No damsel in distress, don't need to save me
Once I start breathin' fire, you can't tame me
And you might think I'm weak without a sword
But I'm stronger than I ever was before-Kings and Queens Song by Ava Max
I do not own the Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler story or characters who belongs to Yana Toboso.
I only own Celia Phantomhive and my other OCs
Ciel's Twin Sister
Chapter 27: Girl Power
In the 2nd Boiling Room of the Campania…
Metal pressure dials turned and spun as the ship slowly filled with cold ocean water.
The cabin workers stopped with their work, when they heard a quake and looked at the turning dials with concerned expressions.
In the centre of the ship workers were Ciel, Celia, Elizabeth, Doll, Snake and Rian standing together.
"It seems that it steadied."Rian complemented.
"What was that?"Ciel questioned. "Did we hit something?"
Another quake shook the steamship before ocean water spurted from the top of the ceiling, a large wave rushing towards the group.
The large wave bursted through the group, separating Elizabeth in the process.
Elizabeth was pushed by the water to the other side of the room and the water lock door.
A blaring alarm and glowing red light was predominant, catching the attention of the crew members.
"The doors are going to close on us!"A cabin worker shouted.
The metal waterlock door was closing fast, Elizabeth sat face down with her eyes shadowed and not moving.
The cabin workers started running to the other side to escape.
"Hurry, you'll be trapped down here!"Another cabin worker warned.
Ciel and Celia notice their cousin's absence before looking to the other side of the door and saw Elizabeth laying down.
"Over there!"Celia gasped.
"Lizzy!"Ciel called out.
Celia paled seeing the door close and was already moving towards Elizabeth though struggling against the rushing water.
"Ciel!"Elizabeth called out. "Cece!"
Elizabeth ran through the water to the Phantomhive twins, but her movements were sluggish and weighed down by her soaking dress.
Ciel was being dragged back by a cabin worker, telling the boy that it was useless.
"Give up!"the cabin worker demanded. "It's too late for her, kid!"
Celia was close to reaching the door before a huge wave of water pushed her towards the ground, submerging her with cold water.
"Smile!"Doll yelled out in worry. "Jewel!"
The metal watertight doors shut with a slam, clicking into place and now letting no water into the otherside.
Running through the water was none other than Ciel, who reached toward his fiancée.
"Ciel!"Elizabeth cried in joy. "You came back!"
"I promised that I protect you and Celia at all costs."Ciel reminded and notice his twin sister was missing. "Wait! Where's Celia? Celia!"
"I thought she was with you."Elizabeth responded.
Ciel and Elizabeth turned their heads in all directions trying to find Celia.
When a few seconds passed, Celia emerged from the water and shivered feeling the coldness all over her body.
"Celia, are you alright?"Ciel asked.
"I've choked some water."Celia coughed and then smiled. "But I'm fine. Really."
Ciel took Elizabeth's hand and looked at the door as Celia went over to them.
"Snake! Doll!"Ciel yelled out. "You guys go on ahead!"
Snake and Doll ran towards the door, pounding their fists on the entryway.
"We can't leave you guys behind!"Snake shouted and lowered his head. "Says Emily."
"You three will die!"Doll cried in worry.
Celia looked around the new environment, observing the room before noticing a long staircase which stopped above the rising water.
"We won't, Doll!"Celia assured loudly. "We'll escape through the duct!"
"Your friends can not be soaked in cold water for too long, Snake!"Ciel reminded. "Go!"
Snake then grabbed the small silver snake around his neck and threw it into a metal grate.
"Smile! Keats will guide you through the duct!"Snake exclaimed. "We'll meet up later! Says Emily!"
"See you later!"Doll called out.
"Yeah!"Ciel yelled as he cups his hands around his mouth. "We'll definitely see you later!"
The three young teenagers climbed up the rusted ladder, first Ciel, then Elizabeth and lastly Celia.
Ciel reached the first platform, pulling Elizabeth up with his left hand before Celia climbed up and closed the trapdoor.
The Earl reached up towards the metal vent to pull it off as Celia carefully squeezed her dress skirt a bit, trying to get as much water off it.
"Here we are."Ciel said and looked at Elizabeth. "Lizzy, take off your clothes."
"N-No!"Elizabeth shrieked as she covered her body with her arms.
"Don't be stubborn!"Ciel scowled. "You can't wade through this with that kind of skirt!"
"Ciel is right, Lizzy."Celia agreed. "You're dress will just slow you down."
"No way!"Elizabeth shouted, turning her body away from the pair and shook her head. "I want you to think of me as cute until the end!"
Ciel lunged towards his fiancée and forcibly ripped the back of her dress apart.
Celia gasped at her brother's indecent behaviour as Elizabeth fell on the ground.
"If you die, you won't be able to wear the clothes you love!"Ciel shouted angrily. "It's all over when you die! All of it!"
"Lizzy, saving ourselves is the most important thing right now."Celia reminded in a calm tone. "This is everyone will expect to see in the next Countess of Phantomhive."
"I'm sorry."Elizabeth apologised as tears rolling down her flushed cheeks.
The blonde haired girl's sobbing was ceased when Ciel's placed his dark navy coat on her bare shoulders.
"I'll ask Nina to make a new dress for you."Ciel suggested. "A much nicer one than you're wearing today. So please..."
Elizabeth shook her head and smiled at her cousins.
"No, Ciel."Elizabeth replied. "I'm sorry for being stubborn."
"I'm also sorry for being so rough."Ciel responded with a rare genuine smile.
Celia smiled at the heart warming moment between her brother and future sister-in-law before clearing her throat.
"Shall we hurry and leave now?"Celia asked, noticing the water level below them. "The water is rising up."
Ciel and Elizabeth nodded at Celia before all three of them began making their escape through the duct.
At the Campania Third Class Deck…
A pair of pale hands with black nails gripped the side railing of the Campania.
The pale hands pulled up revealing to be Sebastian with his body soaked with cold ocean water.
The demon butler pushed off of the railing and walked towards the control room, dry tailcoat in his left hand.
All of the waterlock door lights flashed yellow, indicating that the doors were successfully closed tight.
"At a quick glance, the ship seems to have taken damage over quite an extensive area."Sebastian thought and pulled out blueprints of the very boat he was on. "In this state 3. No, at least 4 divisions should have flooded already. Which means-"
A male corpse appeared to Sebastian's right while groaning before the raven haired butler punched the male corpse in the jaw without facing him.
At the Campania's First Class Suite…
A bright red chainsaw ripped through an undead man, severing the pale noble in half.
Grell twirled around while wielding his chainsaw.
"One after another, there is no end to it!"Grell exclaimed with a shark toothed grin.
Ronald with his lawnmower crushed the heads of several other corpses that were closing in on his temporary boss.
Blood exploded from the Aurora society noble corpse, covering the blonde reaper's glasses and hair.
"Can't we just quit this already?"Ronald asked with a smile.
"Well, I guess messing around these nasty corpses is kind of a waste of time."Grell replied while resting his chainsaw on his shoulder.
"That's right."Ronald agreed. "Because this ship will sink-"
"Within one hour."Sebastian said to himself, one hand holding his chin while cold ocean water dripped down his dark hair.
The red eyed butler was still evaluating the damage of the ship in the captain's control room.
"The water should be about two degrees."Sebastian muttered while observing the palm-sized pocket watch in his right hand, closely watching the second hand tick past the small dials. "To be soaked in it for a long time will harm the body."
Sebastian takes no time in fixing his appearance.
Sliding his tie up to sit on his collar bone, pulling on a pair of pure white gloves over his pale contract marked hand and then finally grabbing his signature tailcoat jacket and pulling it over his wet body as he exited the control room.
"That means, I must hurry to their side."Sebastian declared.
A scream echoed through the halls of the Campania as blood splattered across the cream walls of the corridor.
A large hoard of Aurora Society corpses fumbled through the hallway, ripping through the living passengers.
Many human nobles just looked on at the corpses with horror in their eyes, either running to find whatever safety they could or just stood petrified at the oncoming horde.
One old man noble accidentally tripped on a dead body of a women, causing him to land on his backside and peered up at the large undead horde.
"Look I can write you a check!"the old man insisted and held out his large check book. "Name your price!"
On the other side of the halls, remaining passengers and crew workers created a barrier of sorts, consisting of wardrobes, barrels, luggage and even couches.
The blockade's purpose was to slow down the horde's rampage.
"Hurry up!"A crew worker holding a wooden paddle in his hands as his co-workers were stacking various objects to fortify the blockade's strength. "Let's go lower the lifeboats!"
"But what if those things are out there..."A young co-worker started holding a metal shovel in his hands.
Suddenly, a large rumbling noise echoed through the hallways.
The remaining living passenger and crew members looked towards the large blockade with wide eyes before jumping out of the way and narrowingly avoiding being trampled by an undead carriage, complete with two undead horses and an Aurora society corpse horseman.
"What was that horse carriage?"the young co-worker questioned.
The other co-worker on the floor turned his head towards the incoming horde of corpses that were slowly reaching the survivors with outstretched arms.
"Oh no!"An old man muttered while holding his head in his arms. "We are going to die!"
Many of the survivors were preparing for the worst, some couples hugging their goodbyes and others silently praying.
"Don't give up!"
The Double Charles ran through the corridor and towards the undead horde with their swords drawn.
The white haired duo sliced the undead carriage causing the horses to fall to the ground in a severed pair.
The noble and working survivors turned their heads to their saviours with eyes filled with hope and surprise.
"First rate butlers are prepared for any eventuality."Charles Phipps declared. "Including the undead."
Charles Phipps posed back to back with Charles Grey with their swords unsheathed.
"Yes."Charles Grey agreed with a bored expression. "Naturally, we are prepared. Doesn't make it less absurd."
"We must defend Her Majesty's subjects from any threat."Charles Phipps reminded. "When or not will you find it absurd. If we're used to so many deaths that will grieve us all."
Seeing a corpse trying to harm a co-worker, Charles Phipps thrusted his sword into the mouth of the corpse to kill him.
"Go! We will stay and hold them off!"Charles Phipps ordered to the survivors. "Take any exit to get to the lifeboats! Look sharp!"
The nobles then ran off in the other direction towards the top deck as Charles Grey walked behind Phipps.
"Taking all these monsters won't be an easy task."Charles Grey declared. "But we're up to it, I guess."
Charles Grey turned his head towards the horde and rested his sword on his shoulder.
"I don't see anything that I can't with my sword."Charles Grey stated.
The Double Charles turned to be back to back again with their swords pointing towards the corpses.
"Very well then!"Charles Phipps complemented. "En garde!"
The white haired duo charged towards the corpses, slicing their rotted heads in half then moving onto the next ones.
"All shall be Her Majesty's wishes!"the Double Charles announced together.
The Phantomhive twins and Elizabeth were crawling inside the metal vents to look for a way out.
Celia was taking the lead with Ciel and Elizabeth following from behind.
"Cece, where are we going?"Elizabeth asked.
"We need to carefully head out to where the lifeboats."Celia exclaimed. "It's going to be quite difficult for us with those nasty-"
The trio continued to crawl before Celia crawled over a loose grate causing her to fall to the ground.
"Celia/Cece!"Ciel and Elizabeth shouted in unison.
Celia shut her eyes, waiting to hit the ground, but didn't feel no pain which surprised her.
The Lady of Phantomhive's fall was stopped by Sebastian, who had one hand under her knees and the other cradling her back.
"I...didn't hurt myself?"Celia asked.
Celia opened her eyes and stared into the handsome butler's red orbs.
"Please excuse my lateness, my lady."Sebastian said with a smile.
Celia glared at Sebastian as her cheeks turned a bit pink.
"Put me down."Celia ordered in a bitter tone.
Sebastian placed Celia down before looking at Ciel and Elizabeth.
"The three of you aren't injured, Lady Elizabeth?"Sebastian asked.
"Ciel protected me and Cece, so we're fine."Elizabeth assured with a bright smile.
Sebastian helped Ciel down and then Elizabeth as Celia looked around to see they were in a empty second class restaurant.
"What about my aunt and the others?"Ciel asked.
"They are unharmed."Sebastian replied. "I tried to guide them to a safer place, but they said they wanted to rescue the other passengers."
"That's just like my mother!"Elizabeth remarked happily. "As long as they're all together they will be fine. Thank you, Sebastian."
Celia let out a small sneeze causing Sebastian, Ciel and Elizabeth to look at her.
"Young mistress, please wear this."Sebastian insisted as he began to take off his tailcoat.
"No, it's alright."Celia answered simply. "We should focus on leaving here."
"Well then, the lifeboats are being prepared as we speak."Sebastian instructed the three young teenagers. "Let's hurry to the deck-"
Suddenly a large circular yet sharp blade prodded out of the wooden ceiling, creating a hole right before the foursome.
The butler's eyes widened before grabbing the Phantomhive twins and the Midford girl from being hit by the giant hole.
Emerging from the hole in the wall were the Grim Reapers, Grell Sutcliff and Ronald Knox.
Grell's mouth was pulled into a sharp grin at the sight of the demon butler.
"I hope to see you again, darling."Grell sneered.
"Not you again."Sebastian retorted with a light irritated tone.
"Grell Sutcliff."Ciel scowled.
Celia clenched her fist in silent rage to see the grim reaper that killed Madam Red but knew she had to focus on the situation at hand.
"We don't have time for this."Celia grumbled quietly.
"Hi! Bassy, dear!"Grell laughed as he went over to Sebastian with a twirl. "What else besides destiny could've brought us together again?"
"Coincidence."Sebastian replied monotonously.
"Ah, you're always so cold and that makes me so very very hot!"Grell exclaimed with pink covering his face as he lifted a finger to his sharp teeth. "My dear boy!"
Celia shivered in disgust and disturbance as Ronald let out an irritated sigh.
"This is what I was hoping to avoid."Ronald said and glanced at Grell. "Please don't forget the souls, okay?"
Grell turned around and glared at Ronald.
"Ronald! Please tell me sooner when Bassy's around!"Grell complained. "I would have put more effort into my makeup!"
Sebastian took the opportunity to grab Ciel, Celia and Elizabeth to head to the door, only to be stopped by Grell.
"And just where do you think you're going?!"Grell demanded.
Grell attempted to cut the butler, who jumped backwards with the three nobles in his hands and then released them.
"Well, I'm afraid we're in a hurry."Sebastian declared. "I shall have to ask you to move."
"Oh?"Grell said with a smirk. "And if I say no?"
Sebastian's eyes became bright red.
"I'll have to use force."Sebastian admitted.
"Yes, please. I never been one to mind a little force. Now come!"Grell insisted with a pointy grin and pointed his chainsaw at group. "Let's have a death match that the world has never seen!"
"Who is that person?"Elizabeth asked, holding Sebastian's arm.
"Just a nuisance, my lady."Sebastian answered as he stepped in front of the three teenagers and held his hands in a karate position. "It would be best to stay well away from him though. He might be contagious."
"How rude of you!"Grell laughed with a mad smile. "I simply don't repress my feelings!"
Grell charged at Sebastian to slash him, but he jumped out of the oncoming chainsaw to avoid getting hit.
Sebastian avoided the gardening tool by swinging on a wooded support pole then jumping onto a nearby wall as Ciel, Elizabeth and Celia stood next to each other.
Grell rushed towards Sebastian and slashed his running chainsaw against the frail wall of the Campania.
The black haired butler looked at the redhead grim reaper with wide eyes while in midair.
"Bother."Sebastian murmured.
Cold ocean water rushed through the cut in the wall, knocking Grell over with a large amount of water.
The second that the black haired butler landed on the floor, water enveloped him and pushed him to the ground as well.
"Let's go!"Ciel suggested.
Ciel grabbed Elizabeth's hand while Celia held her cousin's free hand as they headed out of the room.
The three nobles ran out of the door and into a small corridor that was scattered with the ship's debris.
As Ciel jumped over a wooden chair, his other foot caught on the back of the chair causing him to twist his ankle.
Elizabeth let out a small scream as Ciel landed into the cold water face first.
Celia stood up and rushed towards her twin brother.
"Ciel, what's wrong?!"Celia demanded.
"My leg is twisted."Ciel muttered in pain.
"My Lord!"Sebastian called out.
Sebastian tried to run towards him but was stopped when Ronald brought his lawnmower in front of his face.
"Oh dear."Ronald sneered smugly. "Lost your focus, did you?"
Sebastian glared aggressively at the grim reaper.
Ciel and Celia looked up from their spot, only for their eyes to widen horror when they saw an oncoming horde of Aurora society corpses approaching where Elizabeth stood.
"Look out!"Ciel shouted and winced as he held his injured leg. "It hurts…"
Celia notice a bunch of decorative swords in the wall as an idea came into her mind.
"Lizzy, run!"Ciel ordered.
Elizabeth turned her attention from her injured beloved and cousin in front of her to the horde that was now only several meters away.
The Midford's emerald green eyes froze in fear, seeing the monsters before her and didn't move a muscle.
"Lizzy, come on!"Celia demanded. "Get up!"
Ciel pulled out his gun from his pocket and pointed it towards the corpses, shooting several of them in the head.
Celia moved away from Ciel and rushed over to Elizabeth, who had tears in her eyes.
"Lizzy."Celia said sharply while bending down. "If you want to live, fight for it."
Elizabeth does not respond but simply stares at the swords in the wall.
Ciel tried to shoot more corpses down, but the gun stopped and clicked, indicating that it was empty of bullets.
"The bullets are…"Ciel started.
Celia glanced at Elizabeth with a desperate look.
"Just like the old days!"Celia snapped. "Come on! It's now or never!"
The mob closes in around the two girls and Elizabeth started to cry on the floor with a sad smile before glancing at Ciel.
"I wanted you to think of me as cute…until the end."Elizabeth sobbed.
Sebastian kicked Ronald in the gut before sprinting towards the surrounded girls.
Ciel reached out his hand out as the mob of corpses covered his twin sister and fiancée.
"LIZZY!"Ciel screamed out. "CELIA!"
A silver sword pierced through the head of an Aurora society corpse that surrounded Elizabeth and Celia.
The wielder of the sword was none other than Elizabeth with her eyes shadowed by her blonde wet bangs.
Sebastian's wine eyes widened, Ciel looked at his fiancée with a stunned expression and Celia just smirked while stabbing a female corpse by the neck.
Angry tears ran down Elizabeth's stern face as she and Celia fought together.
Elizabeth then landed on the floor with delicate feet before jumping to slash at another one of her assaulting corpses.
Celia and Elizabeth twirled from corpse to corpse, striking each corpse with grace and precision.
Elizabeth picked up a second sword before stabbing the head of an ash blonde haired female corpse, then jumped off of her back which gave her a slight boost in the air.
The Lady of Midford ran down the narrow hallway, slashing at the heads of the corpses.
Celia twirled around with her two swords at the corpses, spraying red all over.
Elizabeth kicked a corpse then continued to slice many Aurora society corpses, many in half and leaving others without heads.
The blonde haired girl's emerald green eyes dilated with rage and bloodlust, twirling and slicing the heads off of five corpses.
Ciel's left blue eye widened and his mouth was slightly ajar.
The young Earl watched his usually energetic cousin fight with his twin sister that was now covered head to toe in bright red blood.
The thing that Ciel didn't realize was that there were two male Aurora society corpses standing directly behind him.
Before he could react, Elizabeth was already in front of him to stab both of the corpses in the brain.
Strained tears ran down the blonde girl's face with her eyes shadowed by her fringe.
"This...this uncute appearance."Elizabeth whispered.
Elizabeth's tears ran down her face and dripped onto Ciel's cheek, who stared at her in pure shock.
"I didn't want you of all people to see me in such a state."Elizabeth stated.
Blooded dripped off the blonde haired girl's sword and onto her pale hand.
"But! This time I will protect you!"Elizabeth vowed with a flushed face.
Elizabeth pulled the sword out of the corpse's heads and twirling to face another oncoming horde.
"I am the daughter of the leader of the British knights, Marquis Alexis Leon Midford: Elizabeth!"Elizabeth shouted towards the corpses before switching her battle stance to placing her left foot in front of her right and crossing her right sword over her chest. "The wife of the Queen's Watchdog!"
Elizabeth sprinted towards the horde, flipping and twirling to avoid the corpses and then slashing their heads with her swords while Celia cut down the bodies of six upcoming corpses on the other side.
Flashback...
What are girls made of?
Sugar, spice and everything nice.
Elizabeth, Celia, Isobel and Rosemary sat around a heavily decorated tea table with Madam Red, who was teaching them how to be a proper lady.
The little girls giggled as they drank their sweat tea that was coated with cream.
Poetry over philosophy.
Embroidery over cooking.
Dancing over chess.
Be an innocent angel.
All the girls from the Rose state are raised like that.
We're the same.
The wind blew harshly in the area where Madam Red and the four girls were by stripping the rose petals from the bushes and make them float slowly in the air.
Elizabeth and Celia turned around when they notice a woman wearing greyish coloured dress and holding a frilly parasol umbrella stood near the tea table.
The woman lifted up the parasol revealing herself to Francis.
"Elizabeth. Celia."Francis said with a firm tone. "It's time."
But we were different from other girls in one way.
In a massive great hall there was a large group of boys fencing in white suits. The hall was filled with large silver statues dressed with knight armour and holding long swords in their grip.
Among the crowd were young Charles Grey and Charles Phipps.
Two fencing tournaments were happing in hall as the future Queen's butlers stared at the first one.
"Grey, is that Marquis Midford's son?"Charles Phipps asked. "The one rumoured to be a genius with a sword?"
"Huh? What are you saying, Phipps?"Charles Grey questioned. "Not here."
Charles Gray turned towards the other fencing tournament with Phipps doing the same.
The smaller competitor of the battle swiftly dodged each of their challenger's advances by moving their head and then striking their opponent in the chest, winning the battle.
"Valid!"the umpire declared.
Grey and Phipps made their way through the large crowd that was accumulated around the duel.
All of the crowd's eyes widened when the winner pulled off the net helmet and revealed to be young Elizabeth Midford.
"The genius is the daughter."Charles Grey declared.
Elizabeth looked down with sad and embarrassed expression.
Another small competitor took down her opponent as the crowd gasped in awe at her victory.
"Touché!"A umpire announced.
The masked figure placed her sword down and removed her helmet to show off her face to be young Celia Phantomhive with her blue grey hair tied in a braided ponytail.
"That's…"Charles Phipps started.
"Earl Phantomhive's daughter."Charles Grey finished with a small smirk.
Celia saw the sadness in her cousin's eyes and quickly ran over to her in the middle of the red duelling mat with a big smile on her face.
"Lizzie! That was an amazing match!"Celia remarked. "Good job!"
Elizabeth gives Celia a small yet cheerful smile.
Neither of us weren't dancing the waltz in that hall.
But I was happy that Celia was with me.
Rain poured down on the Phantomhive Manor while the sky appeared to be dark.
But one day Ciel said-
A small yelp was heard throughout the large manor, a young "Ciel" laid on the floor with a fencing sword besides him and Francis was standing in front of him with a sword in her hand.
"Your footwork is weak, Ciel."Francis retorted. "Well, fine. We'll leave it for today."
Francis turned around and left through the large mahogany door.
Elizabeth quickly dropped to her cousin's side while holding a fluffy white towel.
"Ha…"Ciel said. "That was scary."
"It's because mother is so strict."Elizabeth giggled.
"Such a strong woman is scary."Ciel admitted and smiled at Elizabeth. "I'm glad that you're the one who's going to be my wife, Lizzie."
Elizabeth looked at "Ciel" with a weak smile, but was deep down hurt by his words.
My cute fiancée, one year younger than me. At that time I decided...I would become a wife that he could protect.
Elizabeth later telled her mother that she refused to train to fence any further.
"No!"Elizabeth cried. "I don't want to!"
Francis slapped Elizabeth after hearing her complaining.
"You're my daughter, who's going to marry into the Phantomhives."Francis reminded strictly. "I won't allow you to neglect your training."
"I don't want to practice the sword anymore!"Elizabeth sobbed. "Swords aren't cute at all!"
Francis bent down and hugged Elizabeth to comfort her.
"I know it's hard, but it's for his sake and yours."Francis admitted softly. "You understand don't you?"
A tear escaped Elizabeth's eye as she accepted her mother's words.
But that day…
Elizabeth sat in her room, smiling at the presents she made for her cousins' birthday.
The handkerchief hand embroidered with an ornate 'C' was for Ciel and the pink rabbit toy with a red ribbon on its neck was for Celia.
"I hope Ciel and Cece like their presents."Elizabeth complemented excitedly.
Suddenly Paula burst into the room, earning Elizabeth's attention.
"My lady!"Paula cried out. "The Phantomhives are-"
Elizabeth dropped the presents she made on the floor.
Becoming a cute wife that could be protected by Ciel was my dream.
But that dream was never to be fulfilled.
Elizabeth stood wearing a pitch black dress while mourning at the Phantomhives' graves and hearing other women gossip about their brutal murders before then abruptly changing the subject as if it is no big deal.
"Ladies, have you heard? The Phantomhives have been brutally murdered!"
"Wasn't it probably some act of spite though?"
"My, how scary!"
"Oh, by the way, have you heard that Lady Ashley has a new lover again?"
"My, she's so popular-"
Elizabeth stood staring at the graves of Ciel and Celia as her eyes were filled with tears.
Wearing my pitch black clothes with my pitch black feelings
One month of a pitch black winter had passed, when…
Elizabeth turned around and her emerald green eyes widened when she saw Ciel and Celia with a mysterious butler dressed in black.
Ciel and Celia suddenly came back along with a pitch black butler.
Elizabeth rushed forward to quickly hug Ciel and Celia.
"You two are really back!"Elizabeth cried in relief. "I can't believe it!"
A small smile grew on Celia's face though her eyes showed that she experienced something that haunted her.
Ciel didn't smile but stare off into the distance with his only blank eye.
"We're home, Lizzy."Ciel said expressionlessly.
The Ciel and Celia that had returned to us had become thinner and shorter than I was. But soon I realised that...it wasn't Ciel and Celia who had become shorter, it was me who had grown taller. At that point in time, I made a decision. That I would become a wife capable of protecting Ciel. While Celia continued to train to be a worthy wife of my big brother, Edward.
Elizabeth stood with Ciel, Celia and Sebastian in a crowded street.
To the Midford girl's left was a group of girls her age, all wearing fashionable high heeled shoes encrusted with jewels.
All the girls of my age were wearing cute high-heels.
Elizabeth sat on a plush stool in her undergarments, shaking her head at Paula, who was trying to get the girl to wear a pair of light pink high heeled.
The new shoes Elizabeth received was a reward from her father for winning her match.
Paula tried to encourage her lady to wear the lovely shoes, but Elizabeth just shook her head again.
After she was dressed, Elizabeth walked behind Ciel and Celia in the street while eyeing their heeled shoes.
Ciel's shoes were formal and dark brown to make him look more like an adult.
Celia's shoes were orange with brown high heels with white fabric lines on top with thin orange stripes and small yellow bows at the toes.
For Ciel and Celia, they are trying so hard to be seen as adults...
Ciel turned to the blonde walking behind him, turning and pointing at something in distance with a small smile.
Elizabeth shrieked with a large grin and ran to hug her beloved while Celia smiled lightly at them.
I will smile and walk beside them in my childish low-heeled shoes.
Elizabeth's low heeled black blue shoes skidded to a stop in the cold flooding ocean water before dashing towards some stray corpses in the narrow hallway.
The blonde haired girl ran on the wall and twirling mid-air to slice the heads of the Aurora society corpses.
Mother's teachings…
Elizabeth ran along the mahogany walls to stab at the heads of the left over corpses before twirling in the air and slicing the heads of the corpses.
A sword to protect you.
Elizabeth landed on the flooded floor on one knee, soaking her clean white under dress in cold ocean water.
Those are...the 'nice things' that my current self is made of.
Grell lifted himself from the flooding ocean water and frowned seeing himself wet.
"I'm dripping."Grell sighed.
The red reaper turned his head towards Elizabeth, who was in the hallway on one knee.
Elizabeth then started to sprint towards a slightly uneasy Grell with her swords out.
"I'm fine with not being cute!"Elizabeth thought bravely. "As long as it means that I can protect you!"
Elizabeth exclaimed in her head as she charged towards Grell with one of her swords aimed at his forehead.
Grell's eyes slightly widened when the sword was stopped by two gloved fingers that belonged to Sebastian.
Everyone stayed completely still as Sebastian looked at the little blonde noble with an empathetic look on his face.
"My lady."Sebastian spoke up. "No further."
"Seba…stian."Elizabeth murmured.
"To have forced a lady to go through so much trouble, I have failed as a butler."Sebastian declared before getting on one knee with his hand over his heart and head down. "I am deeply sorry."
Sebastian then stood up and glared at the two grim reapers.
"I'll take it from here."Sebastian stated.
"I guess my entrance was ruined, well whatever."Grell exclaimed and swung his red chainsaw over his right shoulder, grinning like a shark. "Let's continue."
Ronald just yawned in the background and stretched his arms above the back of his neck.
Celia stood next to Ciel in the entrance of the room and no longer was stained red since she washed it off during her fight with the corpses.
"Lizzy, well done."Celia chuckled with a proud smile. "You're fencing was amazing as Aunt Francis."
Elizabeth gives Celia a smile before two familiar voices rang out.
"Smile! Jewel! Black!"
Snake and Doll rushed through the hall before stopping next to the Phantomhive twins.
"Snake. Doll."Celia remarked with a relieved smile. "You're both okay."
"What happened to Rian?"Ciel questioned.
Doll sweat dropped. "You see…"
"Sorry, he ran away."Snake apologised. "Says Oscar."
Ciel glanced at Sebastian.
"Sebastian!"Ciel called out. "There is no time to waste on these two! Rian holds the key to everything in this case! We need to go after him!"
"What?"Grell questioned. "So, if we put the screws in this Rian fellow, we'll be able to learn the truth in these walking corpses?"
Ronald muttered something under his breath and flipped the pages of his grim reaper notebook before showing it to Grell.
"Senpai, look."Ronald instructed.
The two grim reapers stayed silent before a grin came to the former butler of Madam Red and turned to the group of six.
"Hm? I see."Grell said while grinning. "Guess we have no time to play."
Grell jumped through the large hole in the ceiling he created with Ronald following him.
"Actually, we were instructed to investigate the truth about the moving corpses."Grell exclaimed. "It's too bad, but we'll have to leave it at this, Bassy. I'll wrap you in the red of roses next time for sure. Bye bye!"
Grell and Ronald went off from the hole in the ceiling with grins on their faces.
"Weirdo."Celia muttered in complete disgust.
Celia then bent down to help Ciel lift up from the cold water while putting his arm over her shoulder.
"We need to find Rian."Ciel groaned in pain.
"Careful, Ciel."Celia instructed carefully. "Your leg will get worse."
Elizabeth and Sebastian came to Ciel and stopped in front of him.
"Oh no!"Elizabeth exclaimed. "I will carry you on my back!"
Elizabeth turned her back to face her fiancé and got on one knee.
Sebastian gave an amused look as Ciel's face flushed red with embarrassment causing Celia and Doll to both mute their laughter.
"Lady Elizabeth, I'll take care of that."Sebastian insisted as he bent down to the wet floor.
Elizabeth's emerald eyes widened at her 'unlady-like' action and stood up straight while holding her face in her hands.
"That's right. Yes."Elizabeth said and flustered at her action. "Oh no, I..."
A cherry red blush appeared on Elizabeth's face as tears came to her large emerald eyes.
The Phantomhive twins and their servants' eyes widened, not wanting the Midford girl to cry over something so insignificant.
Elizabeth bursted into tears, crying and wailing as her knees collapsed underneath her as she brought her hands up to her eyes.
"I am the kind of scary girl that Ciel hates!"Elizabeth cried in shame.
"Huh?"Ciel said in confusion as he crawled towards his crying fiancee. "What do you mean by that?"
"You said that you don't want a strong wife, didn't you!"Elizabeth cried as she tried to wipe the tears off of her face.
"T-that was in the past."Ciel stuttered. "And anyway, I should be the one apologising right now."
"Then, you will take me as your wife?"Elizabth asked. "You won't hate me?"
Ciel's face became flustered at Elizabeth's request.
"I could never…"Ciel vowed.
"Come on, Lizzie. There is no need to be sad."Celia remarked before giving a teasing expression. "A strong woman is a more attractive than any other types. Wouldn't you gentlemen agree?"
Ciel's face became hot red blush, not answering his sister's question.
Snake's mouth hung open with pink dusting over his scaled cheeks while Doll snickered mischievously.
"That is correct, my lady."Sebastian said with a smirk.
"W-we don't have time for this!"Ciel shouted irritably and blushing furiously. "Let's go upstairs already!"
Sebastian covered his laughter with his gloved hand.
"Shut up!"Ciel snapped. "Be quiet!"
Sebastian picked the injured Earl from the floor in a bridal style.
"Well then shall we get going?"Sebastian suggested.
The group of six then ran down the narrow and now bloodied hallway as the butler couldn't hold in his laughter and giggled while running.
"Stop laughing already!"Ciel retorted.
At the First Class Deck…
Edward shouted that women and children were to board the safety boats first and yelled at the supposed English gentlemen who tried to board first.
"Get up! Women and children first!"Edward shouted while holding his sword. "And you call yourself a gentleman?!"
"Edward/Brother!"Celia and Elizabeth's voices called out.
Celia and Elizabeth ran along with Sebastian, Ciel, Doll and Snake.
Edward's angry face turned into one of relief when he saw his little sister and fiancée safe.
"Thank goodness!"Edward laughed, hugging the two girls. "You're both safe!"
The moment was ruined when Ciel spoke up.
"Edward, I have a favour to ask."Ciel said before pointing at Snake and Doll. "Instead of me and Celia, take them on."
Snake and Doll's eyes widen at Ciel's declaration as a worried look appeared on Elizabeth's face.
"There is something we have to do."Celia admitted.
"What are you guys saying?"Doll questioned.
"It's dangerous!"Snake warned. "Says Oscar."
"If Ciel and Cece are staying, I'm also-"Elizabeth started.
Elizabeth was not able to finish her statement, due to Sebastian striking a nerve in the back of the girl's neck, rendering her to fall unconscious.
"Butler!"Edward exclaimed angrily as he caught his little sister.
"It would take too much time to make Lady Elizabeth understand."Sebastian responded. "I'll take my punishment afterwards."
"No, I should be thankful."Edward commented. "I can't pull off that kind of move with her."
Celia looked at Ciel and Sebastian.
"I am coming with you two as well."Celia declared. "I am not having any second thoughts."
"Celia!"Edward spoke up, concerned over his fiancée. "You can't put yourself in danger, what if you don't make it back?"
"Well then, I suppose that I should be extra careful of myself then."Celia said with a bright smile on her face.
Celia goes on her tippy toes despite wearing high heeled shoes and kisses Edward on the cheek, making the blonde haired boy's face erupted in a cherry red blush.
The Phantomhive girl brightly then walked towards an angry Ciel and a sighing Sebastian.
Ciel cleared away his anger and looked at his companions.
"Let's go, Sebastian and Celia."Ciel instructed.
The trio started to run away before being interrupted by Edward.
"You don't have to come back."Edward said with a frown. "I'll be fine not having to give you my little sister as a bride."
Ciel smirked. "I'll be sure to make it back then."
Ciel, Celia and Sebastian then headed off back inside the ship to solve the unsolved mystery.
Now that Elizabeth showed her fencing skills, Ciel is the short cute cinnamon ball in the group. We are now getting close to the end of the Luxury Liner Arc. The next chapter is the Phantomhive twins and Sebastian discovering the mastermind behind the undead corpses…