Sorry about the wait fanfictioners and all those AWESOME PEOPLE who've read this far! As per usual i thank u from da bottom of mah emo heart. (and no, i'm not an emo poser but i luv gloomy weather, violence, dark fantasy and the colour purple and black 4 some reason...)
"Don't you think Alice seems to be too flawless in everything that we've known about her since the beginning?" Ciel asks out the blue as he placed his hand under his chin while talking in bored monotone. Just another day free of the missions…
"True, I've never really took notice in her bad points though since I'm not as observant as you!" Alois replied nonchalantly as he began whistling a merry tune OF UTTER ANNOYANCE. "But I get how she doesn't seem to show any signs of weaknesses either…how fun would it be to use it against her…"
"That's because Miss Alice is always working hard to be a strong and independent head of the Nightrave mansion! Another reason is the fact that she's a young girl so society doubts her power and independence. For both you guys, it's an exception since you're already influential families and people as well as companies that don't doubt your standards for you are male. Oh Miss Alice, such hard conditions to live with-!"
"Shut up Lucie, we all know you're a mistress complex so get over it!" Alois intentionally meant offense and cuts into his deep, meaningful intro and Lucian had more than enough to say.
"Since this is a free day, why not play a game?" Ciel suggested as he slumped back into his rich leather chair.
"Rejected! I'm bored with you and your overplayed games!" Alois answered while he rocked back and forth with slow momentum on the legs of his chair at the opposite end of Ciel's desk. (That's right, in filler fanfics the reasoning of its reality is proved possible for ANYTHING. That includes Alois and Ciel in the same room without KILLING EACH OTHER!)
"No, I've been thinking of this for a while now. This 'game' will differ from that of any other…" Ciel said with a dark smirk.
"Oh reeeaaally?" Alois said with a sinister grin.
"This 'game' is simple: find as many flaws as you can from Alice Nightrave by sunset without her knowing what we're attempting." Ciel briefly explained.
"Sounds interesting!~ Sure, I don't see anything better to do anyway!" Alois agreed unhesitatingly and confident he'd win against his arch enemy Ciel.
"As long as you don't harm Alice in ANY WAY POSSIBLE then I'm ok with it." Lucian sighed in acceptance. "…BUT IF YOU DO…" A raging demonic aura emanated from his looming form while he clearly cracked his fists for preparation.
"W-we know, you don't have to threaten us." Both Alois and Ciel replied shakily in unison witnessing the beginning of an apocalypse.
THE GAME'S BEGINNING:
Ciel's first attempt: Alice's lack of reasoning
"And therefore this is an order Sebastian." Ciel maturely ended the secretive discussion from a hidden location with his butler by his side.
"Yes my lord." Sebastian answered in his rich and smooth voice of obedience. He bowed swiftly in respect.
Alice mumbled to herself, she was out with her ninja maid Miyuki shopping for new clothes. "Like I said! I hate anything remotely close to pink or yellow. It hurts to look at myself with it on!"
"But Alice! As your maid, I'm concerned for your lack of TRUE feminine choices of clothing. With this, you can improve your image of a charismatic young lady! After all, you have the right looks for one if not for your long bangs and Lolita-Goth clothing. Do you not understand? Or will you remain stubborn?" Miyuki scolded like an older sister.
"Truthfully, I don't care about what other self-cantered nobles see me as. Please understand that you're in no position to scold me so openly either!" Alice countered strongly without a care in the world to take note of. Flaws much? Well you could count that as her tsundere side.
"If it weren't for Lucian's intensive training of a lady's proper etiquette it'd be confirmed that you'd stay as a tomboy with no hope of romance whatsoever! Have confidence and pride in your feminine side and enjoy the pleasures of a girl!~"
"But it's not as if I don't HATE the pleasures of a girl…h-hang on! Just what are you implying?" Alice stuttered then panicked in regret after realising how her reply sounded like. She blushed furiously and face palmed to cover her embarrassment and shame.
"See! This is what I'm implying! You're feminine side only ever appears when you're involved when being flustered! At this rate, you'll become a girl being taken advantage of by a CERTAIN EARL!~" Miyuki sang in a singsong voice in a mocking tone followed by girlish snickering.
"W-WHA?" Alice yelled in astonishment taken by shock. She then broke into an amazingly fast sprint upon DESPERATE SURVIVAL INSTINCTS. Miyuki gasped and chocked on her recently bought ice cream witnessing the sight of a life-time...
Alice was being chased by a DEER-HEADED MAN IN A BLACK BUTLER'S SUIT. Yes, A DEER HEADED MAN and it doesn't get any better when Alice is yelling curses and throwing the nearest obstacles and aimed them at the mystery stalker all in which he expertly dodged as she ran like her entire life depended on it. On the other end, Miyuki stood there stoned beyond movement. She held two ice creams, one mixed-berry flavour for Alice while the other was chocolate flavoured.
"…well…it would be a shame to leave perfectly fine ice cream to melt…"
ON THE OTHER END:
"H-HOW THE HECK THIS HAPPEN?" Alice screamed while still running down the streets with Sebastian in the deer-headed mask chasing shortly behind. She was sprinting past a narrow alleyway until she was swiftly grabbed by two white gloved hands from the shadows. "FU-"
"Young master, it seems that this was the designated street that I'd stop?" Sebastian questioned smoothly as he unmasked himself from his deer headed disguise. "Although I must say, this is a first to see you give orders to such an extent…" He smirked in amusement.
"Why of course, there were no rules to the game to refer that butlers weren't allowed to participate." Ciel's stoic expression was skilfully maintained and watched the events from afar without even a slight change of emotions. "Her reaction of course adds to my current score of 1-0. Alois Trancy is sure to be oblivious to this twist of rules, he's an idiotic simpleton. haah…ahahahaha!" For some cruel reason Ciel began to chuckle darkly and SMILED, YES. THE CIEL PHANTOMHIVE SMILED. But it wasn't that innocent smile a child would depict, more like a smile of kuudere mysteries.
"Young master hasn't truly smiled for quite a long time. My, my. This will be indeed interesting… "
BACK AT THE ALLEYWAY:
"Shit stalks you, it's inevitable." Lucian commented in a nonchalant monotone and he glanced down on her with a dull expression of no-suspicion to take note of, in return she glanced up but with menacing glare.
Alice was instantly released from Lucian's grip and cussed darkly feeling utterly pissed. "What the heck is going on?"
Alice was already left ignored the nanosecond Lucian sped off into the light. "EXCUSE ME FOR I HAVE 'BUSINESS' TO ATTEND TO'!"
"…doesn't that mean he wants to beat the shit out of A DEER or go for a piss…?"
ALOIS'S TURN: Alice's weakness of intimacy
Alice was now walking away from the alleyway feeling utterly pissed off and furious with her humiliated state of reactions. "What I'd do for the bliss of food…"
"Alice…! I'm completely starved…save me…" Alois complained weakly while staggering to find the strength to stand let alone talk. He leaned by a nearby lamp pole by the path Alice was walking. She frowned in annoyance and narrowed her glare.
Alice glared daggers at him but it wasn't as if she was in a better condition. "What happened? Did you get lost or are you playing runaway fugitive or some crap like that?"
"No…Claude was the one who got lost! I gave all my money to Claude to hold while I was searching for SOMEBODY!"
"Not buying it, I don't have much money with me either but at least I can afford food enough for myself! It's your own fault for being careless! And this is CLAUDE we're talking about! There's no way he wouldn't find you with a contract AND REMAIN LOST…unless…" Alice stopped herself mid-sentenced, could that deer headed freak chasing after her possibly be CLAUDE? No freak'n way and sheer insanity not to mention DOWNRIGHT DISTURBING on so many levels…
"Enough! I'm starving to death if you hadn't noticed…!"
"What are you plotting this time you scheming-"
"Hey look! Phantomhive's store! Buy confectionery enough for the two of us Alice!~"
"Tch! Listen to me!"
"I want chocolate!"
A couple of minutes passed as the blonde Earl in his plum frock coat stood impatiently outside the Phantomhive store that sold both confectionery and toys.
"You bought the chocolate?" Alois's mood was instantly high and happy go lucky once he caught glimpse of Alice exiting the door with a block of chocolate in her hand.
"You don't have to order me around Alois, I won't obey anyway!" Exclaimed Alice in irritation, truthfully she was starving as well and an entire chocolate block was enough to keep her alive at the very least. "By now, Miyuki must've already finished both ice creams AND ENJOYED IT. It's even worse that Lucian basically ABANDONED ME so that he can HUNT A DEER and it doesn't get any better now that it's come to this…" The two sat beside each other on a nearby bench surrounded by luscious trees, vibrant flowers and all that CRAP. They were sharing the same chocolate block and breaking off even pieces, Alois wore his smug smile of childish enthusiasm and Alice wore her bothered frown of resentment.
"It was my chocolate that I bought yet why are you being so damn delighted?" She pointed accusingly at him while he was already eating his share of Phantomhive Company's SMOOTH. RICH. QUALITY. MILK. CHOCOLATE.
"Is it wrong to be delighted when someone you like buys chocolate for you?" He asked with a wide smirk of self-satisfaction.
"Tch! You twist reality into your own fantasies. Might I add, you make it sound like Valentine's Day and I'm your crush going through all the effort to personally give you my Valentine's chocolate. W-WHICH I'M NOT!" Alice blushed furiously in an embarrassed state due to misleading reasons.
His smirk matched that of the Cheshire himself. "…You know, you're the only girl that I've ever accepted to stay in my life!"
Alice's expression depicted a widened eye of astonishment and blushed an even darker shade to that of crimson "It's not like I WANT to be the only girl in your life, I just want to be the one that MATTERS…" She diverted her gaze from him and muttered to the ground. His sharp blue eyes determined for attention and craving for love and a playfully mocking grin made her self-conscious and emotionally confused.
"Your weakness of intimacy really annoys me…"
"E-eh?"
"...it annoys me how any guy can see such a cute side of you just because you get into an embarrassed state…I can't tolerate it, I'll be yours so won't you be mine?"
"I-idiot! At such a critical time like this when we should be found! You'd say this much just for the amusement right? Yeah! That must be it! You know for a second there, I NEARLY fell for your words! NEARLY! Yeah, I admit I have a weakness for this kind of intimacy!" Think of the public Alois! THE PUBLIC!" Alice in tsundere mode the second after she realised the meaning of his words summing up as: a confession. "U-urm…look! It's already late afternoon with all the grey clouds, almost sunset to be precise! We should've done this sooner and find them ourselves so let's go Alois!" At that moment Alice was sweat dropping and blushing at the same time whilst she stuttered awkwardly at the turn of events. She grabbed hold of his arm and commenced desperately dragging his heavy form along with her.
"You're still cute no matter how many times I see your flushed face! I want to monopolise you even more now!~"
"Shut up you scheming bastard! Keep your disturbing thoughts to yourself!"
"Hey Alice, don't you think it looks like there's going to be a thunderstorm tonight?"
"CRAP! I HATE THUNDERSTORMS!"
"Don't cry! I'll always be here to protect you!"
"From what exactly?"
"From anything that gets in the way of our love!"
"…in that case, protect me from your stupidity…"
MEANWHILE:
Miyuki used her secret ninja tracking techniques to pinpoint Alice's location through the elements of nature by channeling her inner chi. Lucian on the other hand was using the power of his contract with Alice to find her after he fought SEBASTIAN, of course Lucian and him ended in a tie after deciding 10 minutes of demonic war was more than enough to keep their contractors waiting. Ciel was observing the demons battling elegantly yet violently but became bored three minutes later and began to wonder how bad Alois was faring as to achieve points in finding Alice's flaws. Perhaps at this moment Alois and Alice were…
*boom!* (lightning struck) Lucian's sensitive ears instantly picked up the sound and recognised it all too well to ignore and supernaturally vanished before Sebastian could react in a mildly surprised expression.
"Miss Alice! I'm a failure as your butler! I won't ask for forgiveness I selfishly acted on my own due to my overpowering emotions of HATRED and so I beg for punishment before I repent for my sins!" Lucian desperately said all this within one second at demonic speed, knelt to the ground on all fours and repeatedly BASH his forehead into the CONCRETE GROUND.
"L-Lucian!" Alice cried through heavy sobs of fear the way a child does when they're traumatised for life and in need of a guardian's comfort. Another of her flaws: Her Ultimate Fear of Storms. Her bangs dripping wet over her contracted eye separated and revealed her silver contract through her shadow raven hair. She was shivering cold because her Gothic-Lolita dress was suited for clear weather and not HORRIBLY VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS. Seeing this, Lucian immediately took off his black butler's jacket and placed it over her shoulders. Alice's stiff posture soon relaxed within the warmth.
"I've laughed at the irony when YOU were the one pulling me around but then the main role was passed on to me! I feel so dependable and LOVED!" Alois said chirpily and happily in a pure voice of optimism.
"Seems sunset is no longer visible, the 'game' is off…for now." Ciel declared gloomily.
"And just as it was getting interesting…are you sure that it's not only the 'invisible sunset' the reason for ending the game so soon?" Alois whispered darkly.
"Miss Alice! Since the circumstances are inevitable, I'll have to carry you so that you won't have to force yourself. No need to worry, you're not a hindrance." Lucian swiftly lifted Alice off the ground and swept her gracefully up in his arms.
"No Lucian! Release me! I don't need to be carried over such trivial circumstances! I'll manage on my own!" Alice desperately struggled from humiliation of revealing her weaknesses. Alois had a dark expression of envy…TO BE CARRIED AS WELL while Ciel remained calm and collected with his priorities set straight.
"Another flaw…" Ciel began.
"She avoids personal contact by others with me as an exception!" Alois proclaimed.
"Perhaps she's the type that won't accept being touched by other men until she finds a fiancé." Sebastian quoted in amusement and smirked to himself. "Might that 'fiancé' be present?"
"She is indeed innocently pure to such an extent in which it is quite unforeseen…" Claude stoically commented as he took his glasses off in order to wipe them dry with a white cloth from his jacket. "That may be one of the reasons her soul is deemed perfect…"
"I wonder who Alice accepts as the one to touch her. No wait, that sounds wrong!" Miyuki muttered to herself in dazed off fantasy of romance and such.
"I never asked you did I? I CAN WALK YOU KNOW! PUT ME DOWN! THAT'S AN ORDER!" Alice ordered demandingly while flustered with the relentless occurrences.
"Yeah I know that, but this is the best time for development!" Lucian replied with a sneaky leer of a teenager talking dirty.
"W-what's that supposed to mean? Just what are you implying? LUCIAN ANSWER ME!"
"I'm not telling!~ Your too young to know anyway..."
"I beg to differ!"
"Miss Alice, you smell like chocolate! How sweet! It makes me want to consume you!~"
"Hey! Don't change the subject! Lucian you're an idiotic perv!"
"Am I really an idiot, Alice? Blame the hormones if I'm a perv! Are you sure you're not simply missing the HINTS? By the way, why didn't you share me some of YOUR chocolate?"
"…hints? WHAT HINTS?"
"Geez, you're denser than I thought…unless you're playing dumb OR are you rejecting your feelings and can't be honest?"
"Give her a break Lucian." Ciel demanded while face-palming with a shameful sigh. "It isn't the business of a mere butler to pry into private matters or tease the one they serve at any rate regardless of age or gender!"
"Yes that's right! Truer words were never spoken! THANK YOU CIEL! MY IMAGE OF YOU HAS IMMENSELY INCREASED AS AMAZINGLY SUPERIOR! Now what's your rebuttal Lucian? Gonna fight back or be owned?" Alice took an outward sigh of relief as she regained a surge of confidence.
" Thanks." Ciel said in a nonchalant monotone.
"…I-I understand Miss Alice…I'm not needed, the contract must be voided, I'll be rejected and fall back into the darkness…am I really a nuisance to you Miss Alice…? Then I should kill myself as a way to repent for my sinful existence…" Lucian mumbled darkly in an emo state of depression, his signature mood swing.
"That wasn't what I meant Lucian! I'm sorry for going too far!"
"As expected of Miss Alice, you're so innocent to regret so easily for even your butler and demon contractor no less!" Lucian replied smoothly with his shining smile as if he never had a dramatic mood swing of bitter anguish.
"Don't just recover so easily!" Alice was shocked to an exaggerating state of panic. In her thoughts: A demon, he's definitely a demon for more reasons to count.'
"Alice? Did you forget about the storm already?" Alois questioned noting her natural self during the storm.
"Miss Alice, you see. During that whole entire time I was using methods to distract you from your fear of storms!"
"Tch! Don't sympathise me and go for methods like that!"
"Shouldn't we have already gone back since I'm getting bored of this depressing environment?" Alois sliced through the conversation between Alice and Lucian.
"You haven't even released me yet! Listen to me Lucian! Idiot! KYAA! Where do you think you're touching?"
"Alice, did you realise ANYTHING from today?" Ciel queried with suspicion.
"Yeah I realised something from Lucian, shit stalks me. It's inevitable."
"Alice!~ I'll destroy the shit for you!"
"Sure, destroy the shit you see when you look in a mirror, Annoyance!" Lucian snickered loudly while wearing a demonic grin.
Ciel took a sidewards glance at Alice and turned to face Alice who was brought down to ground level. "I apologise for having you experience such bothersome proceedings while dealing with simple-minded fools."
Alice raised a brow with suspicion. "Wait...don't tell me...for the entire day...oh I see how it is, it aaaall makes sense now..." The sky darkened to a black blue shade mixed with gloomy grey clouds and heavy rain.
Everyone snapped focus to Alice who was quivering with clenched fists with strong unsuitability of her usual self.
"YOU WANTED TO PISS ME OFF AND TEST MY ENDURANCE LEVEL DIDN'T YOU? DOES EVERYONE REALLY WANT TO PLAY THE 'PUNISHMENT GAME' THIS BADLY? "
More flaws forgotten due to how often she's like this: HER VIOLENT RESORT, LOW TOLERANCE LEVEL AND THE FACT THAT SHE LOSES SIGHT OF EVERYTHING WHEN BLINDED BY HATRED.
"RATS CANNOT ESCAPE! THE CAT WILL ALWAYS SHRED ITS PREY!"
Everyone quoting in unison: How the Hell did this happen? *flees from the miniature apocalypse of Alice Nightrave's wrath and leaps into the horse-carriage, slams the door and desperately rides off while crouching and quivering in the emo corner chanting: The apocalypse has revived, Alice is Satan's chosen one, once angered there is no hope, home is but a distant salvation...*
Yes! Extra filler fic completed! Niiice~ So once you've read this, don't be reserved and openly review with your thoughts of this even if it's JUST ONE WORD! I promise i won't hurt u...mwuahaha! No really. (T_T) Yeah, I know, this seems like it revolves around Alois and Alice for SOME REASON but now worries! Next chapter I'll re-summarise the last chapter I left off from 4 those who can't be stuffed to reread it. (i hope no-one lost interest yet! i'm trying in my own way so don't stop reading until the very end! ...well that's what I'd LIKE to say buuut...)