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So here is the next update for you all:) It's another older chapter for you, all the chapters up until I believe chapter twenty or twenty one that I had written months ago. I remember having fun with developing Kira a little when I wrote this.
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The Ball
Upon stepping across the threshold into the full ballroom Kira was hit by a wall of the worst part of human kind. The hate, the cruelty, the cattiness, the manipulative natures.
Kira almost stumbled at the sheer volume of it and the headache she had been dreading hit with a vengeance.
Social events always brought out the worst qualities in people. They hid behind carefully constructed masks all the while hiding cruelty and deviant minds. It was sickening how small the amount of good in humanity there was.
Demons were naturally drawn to the most negative quality a of humankind and so could easily sense them and the closer she got to it the more of the negetive emotion she absorbed. Her demon side reviled in the atmosphere of this room.
Her human side was sickened quite literally by it.
"Now then, we must locate the viscount of Druitt." Ciel stated.
Kira forced the pounding pain in her head to the background and scanned the room.
"Do we know what he looks like?"
"If the Viscount of Druitt is handsome I would be more then willing to do my paaart." Madam Red singsonged as her eyes glittered with glee.
Lau glanced over where several young gentlemen were gathered.
"Kira, why don't you and I head over there and see if we can hear anything about our host." He suggested.
Kira nodded and turned to her brother who was muttering about his misery to give him a gentle squeeze on his shoulder.
"Look on the bright side. This is a learning experience and once this is over you will never be like one of those idiot males that scorns women who faint because of corsets. You have first hand experience of what it's like to wear one of these torturous devices."
Ciel barely acknowledged her and Kira released his shoulder only to take her "older brothers" arm and weave through the people over to where the young men and some of their females were.
"Such a nice night. I'm glad we've finally made it to one of these English social events." He said cheerfully, catching the attention of several of the young men and one of the women with them.
"You've never been to one of these events before?" One gentleman asked curiously.
Lau laughed and shook his head.
"My sister and only just recently moved from China. We came here with my lover and her niece."
The men and woman looked surprised.
"China? What's that like?"
Lau and Kira were seamlessly pulled into the group and Kira smiled warmly at the other young woman while Lau began to answer the young man's question.
"So how do you like London so far?" The woman asked softly.
"It's quite interesting. I do prefer the more oriental style of housing though." Kira said lightly.
"Lau? Kira? I'd like you to come meet some people." Madam Red suddenly said, coming up behind Lau and Kira.
"Of course. It was good meeting you." Lau said with a nod to the people they had talked to for a moment before leading Kira off as he followed Madam Red.
They were lead over to a chair that was placed in a corner and she took a seat as single gentleman flocked to her. They showered compliments onto her and Madam Red simply laughed as she chatted with them. Kira sighed and lazily fanned herself with her left hand.
"I would like to introduce you to Lau and Kira Qing all the way from China. Lau is...a close friend of mine and Kira is his sister."
One of the gentleman gave her a slimy look.
"As you courting someone here in England?"
Kira snapped the fan shut violently, making the gentleman flinch back both at her clear rebuff of his advances and at the loud noise. As the ring on her left hands ring finger caught the light a couple of the guys winced.
"Actually, I'm engaged to the young man dancing a few feet away with the girl in the pink dress. He's her tutor."
The men looked over and the slime ball appeared to shrink when he saw Sebastian.
"Oh."
Kira snapped open her fan and began to lazily fan herself again.
"Yes...oh."
Conversation ran smoothly with the men lauding praise and attention on Madam Red once it was clear that Madam Red was the only female who was somewhat available.
As the group talked Kira casually scanned the room until she saw a certain blonde who was chasing Sebastian and Ciel across the floor.
"Elizabeth?!"
Lau turned to look at her.
"Pardon?"
"I'll be back in a few minutes." Kira said as she rushed across the border towards Elizabeth who was closing in on Sebastian and Ciel.
She caught Sebastian's eye and gave a sharp nod before passing them and stopping directly in front of Elizabeth. In the space between Sebastian and Elizabeth she had changed her eye colour and slightly changed her voice, her facial structure and her skin tone.
"Oh, hello!" Elizabeth said, seeming surprised and taken aback by Kira's sudden appearance.
"Hello. I apologize for coming over out of the blue but I simply wanted to compliment you on your dress. It's absolutely adorable."
Elizabeth's face lit up at Kira's words.
"Really?!"
"Oh absolutely. Who's the designer?"
As Elizabeth started on a long story about her dress Kira guided her out of the middle of the floor against the wall and then listened attentively as she babbled to make sure that Elizabeth didn't try to approach Ciel.
Suddenly Elizabeth looked over towards the dancers and gasped.
"Oh look at Maria's dress! It's exquisite! I must go tell her!"
Before Kira could stall her the excitable blonde had bolted across the room.
"Maria!" She called as she ran.
Kira pinched the bridge of her nose with her thumb and forefinger as Elizabeth's emotions faded as she ran away. Being next to Elizabeth who didn't have a cruel bone in her body was refreshing and significantly lessened the headache that had worsened over the course if the evening.
Kira sighed and walked back over to Lau and Madam Red, standing against the wall as she watched Ciel and Sebastian dance over to a blonde man who radiated more perversion and cruelty that anyone else in the room.
"The Viscount I would assume." She said to herself.
"That would be correct sister." Lau said, overhearing her words.
"Quite the creep, isn't he."
Lau snickered.
"That would also be correct."
"Of course."
Kira rolled her eyes only to narrow them as her enhanced sight allowed her to see the viscount caress Ciel's lower waist.
"That foul-"
Her words were abruptly cut off by a hollow boom. All eyes turned to see a elegant man with a decorative upper face mask and a large wardrobe.
Kira raised a brow as Sebastian before walking over to the crowd that was gathering around, Madam Red and Lau behind her. She managed to make her way to the front of the crowd and Lau stepped up behind her, placing his hands on her upper arms.
"Well this should be most interesting."
Kira hummed in agreement.
"Now that the party is at it's height, allow me to present to all you fine lords and ladies and illusion."
Then he turned to Lau.
"Sir, if you please. Would you be as kind as to lend a hand?"
Lau nodded and Kira watched in amusement as Sebastian explained what Lau needed to do before closing himself up in the closet. Kira winced as Lau dived at the top of the closet, plunging the sword into the wardrobe hilt deep before going nuts on the rest of the wardrobe.
Once it was done and the the swords had been withdrawn the wardrobe was unlocked and Sebastian stepped out looking as pristine as when he got in.
Once the crowd started to fritter off Madam Red stepped forward.
"That was amazing Sebastian!"
He smiled and inclined his head towards her.
"Madam."
"Indeed. The closed was like a pin cushion."
"It did hurt a bit. I did not think you would begin with my head." Sebastian admitted, one hand reaching up to touch his head briefly.
"How did you do it?" Lau asked.
"You didn't know and you used all those swords anyway?!" Madam Red almost shrieked.
"I believe I explained as much earlier. There were no tricks involved."
Sebastian then smiled slightly and lifted the cabinet before walking towards a set of doors. Kira fell into step next to him silently.
"How's Ciel?"
"In danger as per usual. We will go rescue him now."
Kira grimaced. If they were auctioning off the body parts of the prostitutes there was probably a large group of buyers which would make her headache turn into a crippling migraine.
"Yeah."
Once they had passed through the doors into a silent hall Sebastian cocked his head for a moment before looking over and Kira and scooping her up in his arms.
"What the hell Sebastian?!"
"We need to get to him quickly. You cannot keep when you run."
Kira crossed her arms and glared in front of her as Sebastian started running. How degrading to have to be carried instead of running for herself. Jonathan could never find out about this or her irritating brother would never leave her alone.
Then Sebastian stopped and gently placed her on the ground before vanishing down the hall. Kira watched as they did all the speeches and formalities while a bird cage holding a unconscious Ciel sat in the centre of the stage. Kira struggled to hold back the part of her that wanted to let loose, red eyes, sharp fangs and all.
Then a hand was placed gently on her shoulder. She looked up to see Sebastian smirking down at her.
"Ready?"
"Can I kill some of them?"
"No, the Yard needs to handle them. Speaking of which I have taken the liberty to contact them."
They watched for a moment while a assistant undid the blindfold and Ciel opened his eyes, the purple pentagram in his right eye shining in the dim lighting.
"Sebastian. I'm here."
Sebastian smirked and flicked his fingers, the flames flickering before going out all together and plunging the underground room into darkness.
"What's going on?!" Someone called.
Kira grinned and soundlessly jumped down next to Sebastian and started spinning, slamming fists into throats and hitting pressure points with extreme force as she dropped person after person. It took mere seconds for Sebastian and Kira to incapacitate everyone.
The viscount took a breath to scream and Kira gave a twisted smile as she wrapped her hands around his throat to silence him and then brought her knee up with force, smirking when the disgusting Earl shrieked before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed to the stage.
"Good luck ever having kids now." She smirked before turning back to Ciel and Sebastian who were staring at her.
"I didn't like how he manhandled you." She said in explanation for her actions.
Ciel simply blinked.
"Uh..."
Sebastian sighed as she unlocked the cage.
"Really sir, you possess no real talent save getting captured. You really are quite careless, is it because you believe I will always come when called?"
"So long as I carry your covenant you will come for me whether I call for you or not."
Sebastian smirked.
"Of course. I shall accompany you until the very end. Though this body may perish, I will never leave your side. I shall escort you to the furthest reaches of hell. I do not speak falsely as humans do."
Ciel's face tightened.
"That's just as well. Don't you ever lie to me!"
Sebastian bowed slightly with his hand clasped over his heart.
"Yes my lord."
Kira gave a sigh that caught the attention of both males.
"While this moment is quite touching and heartfelt unless you want the yard to walk in and see the Earl Phantomhive dressing like a delicate flower of a girl I would suggest we go."
Ciel turned pink and gave a rough clearing of his throat.
"Anyway, with this the case of Jack the Ripper is officially closed."
Suddenly there was thumps and the sound of voices approaching.
"Ah, the yard has arrived. Let us go." Sebastian said, scooping Ciel up in one arm and tossing Kira onto his back before jumping out the window.
Kira barely had a chance to wrap her arms around Sebastian's neck to hold herself in place as he jumped and the sharp movement forced her corset at a painful angle, cutting off nearly all her air.
He landed with a jerk and Kira gasped for breath as he leapt up again, jumping to another house top out of view of the mansion. Kira could simply hold on and wince every time the corset dug deep into her stomach as Sebastian lithely ran and leaped all the way across the townhouse and manor roofs until reaching their own townhouse.
The moment Sebastian touched down on the floor of a office next to a window on the second floor Kira slid off his back and clutched her middle with a grunt of pain as the now broken corset only dug further into her middle.
"Remind me to kill you later after I finish pulling pieces of this blasted corset out of my insides will you Sebastian?" She wheezed as she pulled the broken pieces of the corset away from her body.
Sebastian chuckled and started undoing her dress for her. The dress was undone a few seconds later and as it began to slide off her shoulders it was revealed that the corset was broken at the top as well and was revealing a good deal more cleavage then Kira would prefer.
Before Kira could pull the dress up a weight settled around her shoulders and hands closed a large black coat over her front, hiding her dress and ruined corset from view. She looked up to see Sebastian step away, sans a jacket.
Kira nodded and quickly hurried to her room to change into her night clothes. She was more then happy to wish the Victorian style clothes goodbye.
Half a hour later Kira had gotten almost completely ready for bed. All she had to take care of was her hair which would unfortunately take some time with all the pins and clips inside the bun. It had taken time to do her hair in way that would be considered appropriate for such a formal event.
Heaving another sigh Kira was about to start when there was a soft knock on her door.
"Come in."
The door opened and Sebastian stepped inside the room before closing it behind of him.
"Oh Sebastian, what did you need?"
"I simply came to get the coat my lady."
Then he looked closer at her hair.
"Would you care for some assistance taking out the pins in your bun?"
Kira paused before nodding.
"Yes please."
He walked over and gestured for her to sit on the stool in front of the small table that held her hair things and makeup. Once she was seated slender fingers began to work through her hair and pull loose her clips.
He worked in silence and the feeling of his fingers working through her hair was much like being pet and Kira's head subconsciously began drifting back towards him as her eyes slid closed. Without even realizing it a soft purring sound began to come from deep in her throat.
"My lady, are you...purring?"
Kira jerked into awareness and realized in mortification that she had been indeed purring. She gave a half gasp and her head yanked free of his fingers.
"What-?!"
Sebastian chuckled softly.
"Why my lady, I do believe that I was right. You were purring."
Kira gritted her teeth.
"Not a word of that to anyone Sebastian. Understand?"
He chuckled softly and continued pulling out pins.
"Of course. Although I must admit that I'm quite surprised you react in such away to something as simple as me pulling pins from your hair."
Kira glowered at the smiling demon from her spot facing the mirror.
"Shut it."
Sebastian winked at the mirror with a amused grin on his face before they fell into silence again and he pulled out the last of the pins. Kira was about to pull away when he grabbed the brush and began to run it through her hair as he spoke.
"Tell me, how is it that earlier today while Madam Red was attempting to entertain the Undertaker with her story you were unaffected? Her story was quite lewd."
Kira rolled her eyes.
"Are you kidding me? That was child's play. I was hearing worse stories three years ago when I first returned with my mother to her house. Madam Red's story was nothing."
Sebastian was quiet as he continued brushing her hair our.
"Interesting. You continue to surprise me."
Kira laughed at his words and he gave her shoulder a light squeeze before he placed the brush on the table in front of her.
"Goodnight Lady Kira."
"Goodnight Sebastian."
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