Posted on: 11-28-17 At: 11:30 AM
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A/N.

Same warnings for religious and demonic references apply as the last chapter.

Also, only one review from last time. I wonder if my other readers are upset with this chapter now? Well. If you are, and are still reading: I'm sorry. I really am.

This chapter spends the majority of its time and reveals a number of facts that were hidden from Sebastian/Jadon, before this. Facts about his human self, Allonia's death, Mey-Rin's grandmother, and what Mey-Rin's father: Glasya- Labolas, is REALLY up to. No lemon connected to this chapter.

Had some technical issues- So, I hope I caught any spelling errors.

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Chapter #9: Ancient Secrets In The Demon Realm.

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The demonic realm was dark. What Sebastian assumed that the humans would refer to as hell... He wasn't quite sure he thought of it in that way- but he seriously doubted that most of the demon's cared one way or another. However, that was MOST of them. Some of the ones who had been angels and fallen (either by their own intentions or by mistakes that they, as perfect beings, should NOT make)- some of the ones who fell without intending to do anything that would cause them to do so... He supposed that those demons cared.

'Like Prince Sitri and his friends...'

He thought, remembering his friendship with that group of demons (all of them had been fallen angels in the service of King Solomon, at the time) before he lost his humanity and fell, as well. They had been kind and friendly to him... And he had-
Sighing softly, the demonic butler remaining in his human form, walked out of the transportation building (other demons coming and going as he left. Heading out and into the air outside). The sky of this realm was a dark reddish purple and deep blue mixed with black and dark gray clouds... He would tell few here cared about the drabness, but he hated this realm.
He craved being in the human world- and more than once, he had wondered what the realm of the angels was like. Was it something that he would like far better than the human realm?
Or would he be indifferent about it... He was ever curious about things.
However, it never had stopped him in the past from taking the souls of humans and damning them all to a hell. He had never cared much before.

But with every step that his booted feet took him further into this realm with its sulfur smell... The more the realization of everything he had been doing since he awoke as a demon all those centuries ago struck him.
Finally, he realized he was crying, as he lifted an un-gloved finger to his wet cheek, he blinked. Part of him still felt indifferent, but, another part? The part that surfaced with his memories... It was aching. In the distance, he saw the castle. The land between him and the black structure was barren. Rocks and dirt. Nothing more. He was here now, his master... The ruler of this realm... Likely knew that Sebastian had returned.
He always knew when a demon came or went. As the butler walked towards the castle, he was suddenly stopped by a soft blue shimmer. Only the demons who had once been angels, still maintained some light in their tarnished souls created that soft shimmer that preceded their disappearance and reappearance from one location to the next. Moments after Sebastian noted this, Sitri appeared before Sebastian.

"Hello Jadon..."

Sebastian took a step back unintentionally.

"How did you know that I had my memories back?"

"I am able to sense feelings, and-"

"Who's in love?"

He demanded, annoyed, Sitri gave him a pitying look.

"I didn't mention love... But, since you asked: YOU are, my old friend."

"... I am glad that you have reunited with Allonia."

"You seem to know a lot."

"I am a high ranking demon prince."

"I need to see our king..."

"About that, in your current state that would be very unwise-"

"Excuse me?"

"He will confine you here and erase all of your memories once more. He will dissolve your contracts with the young Earl Phantomhive and Miss Mey-Rin and you... YOU would never again see either of them again in their lifetime. That is what would happen now, if you were to go before our master at this time, he would know. And human born demons must NEVER remember their former lives..."

Sighing softly, Sebastian looked away from Sitri. The demon prince still held his angelic looks: golden blond hair that framed soft, almost feminine features, clothes that weren't black, but they also could not be brightly colored or light here... Not here in this place.
Since becoming a demon, Sebastian had found a great hatred for the heavenly beings. And Sitri, who had once been an angel, made his demon side very uncomfortable.

"You find it painful to look at me, don't you?"

Said the blond man before him. At that, Sebastian looked away, thinking of how to respond, then he looked back at him. Now, standing before Sebastian was a dark haired woman.
He knew that it was still Sitri, though. He could take on the form of either gender, aside from his angelic form and his demonic form: a humanoid leopard with white wings and lethal claws.
For some reason, the demonic butler found it less bothersome to look at a female Sitri, who appeared more human, than Angel of Demon... Sebastian blinked, opened his mouth to speak, and found lips blocking his breath. Sitri was kissing him, her curvy body pressed up against his.

"What are you-?!"

He demanded, shoving her away slightly.

"Lowering what heavenly powers I still have in my body, this effect will last only a short time... They always return. Weak, but there. But, it will make my demon powers stronger for a time and you will also be more able to easily communicate with me... Remember, you're not really supposed to be in contact with the demons that you knew as a human..."

She said with her arms around his neck, and her lips brushing his.

"Don't worry, it's actually better if you aren't willing and don't like this... Also, our master..."

She added.

"What about him..."

Sebastian said, still trying to remove her from his person.

"He's watching us. Can't have him wondering, since we knew each other when you were human..."

With that, she grabbed Sebastian by the hair on the back of his head, and forcefully kissed him, he groaned despite himself as her tongue entered his mouth.
One if her hands slid down to fondle him through his pants. Finally, she released his mouth, and he gasped for sulfur tinged air, too shocked to be pissed at the moment, as her eyes had changed from sky blue, to a glowing red with slits in their center.

"Wha-?!"

"Let's go somewhere else."

Sitri said suddenly and still clinging to Sebastian, she transported them to her home.

"Can we still be seen?"

Sebastian asked. At that, Sitri, licking his neck, shook her head.

"Then why are you-?"

"I can't leave this realm often. So... I can't get energy often. Let me do this... Please?"

Sitri said as she looked at Sebastian.

"I'm not into males. I already have an insane and obsessed shinigami trying to get into my pants, on a near weekly basis! And with that I'm not quite sure of its gender... But I believe it might be male."

"I'm not male right now."

Sitri countered softly, the demon butler knew what she was asking, he sighed heavily. She got energy from emotions, sex and the related acts, feeding off of the emotions connected to lust and love. And, not many demons were able to fall in love... That meant that Sebastian was an available source, and on top of that, he did not hate Sitri.

"Why me...?"

He asked her, she stopped and looked up at him. Her eyes wide.

"Because it's better than harming a helpless human... That is, if I were ever able to go to the human realm again... And I can freely show my disgust about my situation when I am with you. You may have taken a demon name and may be going under a new alias for your current job in the human realm. But, you are still one of my few human friends, the only one that is not deceased... I cherish friends, be they humans, angels, demons or shinigami.
I don't-"

"Your friends with one of those creatures?!"

"Huh?"

"Shinigami!"

"Oh, well, I was, once. I don't know if my friend among their ranks still exists... Anyway, as I was saying- I don't like the way my body works, what it needs to gain energy... And, there are no other demons around who are in love. Just you."

They looked at each other.

"Would it be easier for you if I looked like this?"

She asked after a moment, then the woman suddenly morphed into the appearance of Mey-Rin.

"Will doing this drain my feelings enough to make them undetectable when I meet with the demon lord?"

"Yes."

"Would I gain them back?"

"Yes... As long as we don't outright have intercourse. You're not losing them. Just letting me drain them for a time..."

"No intercourse, correct?"

He asked her for clarification. She nodded.

"Then, don't speak until we are done. But, stay looking like that."

Sitri nodded as she brushed her red hair back over her shoulders.

A while later

"I can't believe how long it took to drain your feelings. My lips are sore."

"Don't remind me."

"Would you rather that I still look like your little lover."

Said the blond male as he sat in a chair watching Sebastian try and recover somewhat. The demon butler was completely dressed in the robes of this realm. Sebastian felt light headed. He shot a glare at Sitri, trying not to think about what they had just done. He felt like he did before he took notice of Mey-Rin.
Empty. Sitri was dangerous... If he had lost himself and gone all the way... He doubted he would even remember his contract with Ciel... Or Mey-Rin for that matter.
Sebastian somewhat pitied anyone who did have full blown sex with Sitri.

"If he chose to have my memories and feelings permanently erased... Would you be-"

"Yes. I'm powerful enough to pull them all right out if you, completely, and then you would never gain them back, Jadon."

"Call me Sebastian, for now."

"Alright..."

"What you just did to me was temporary, correct?"

"Yes, Sebastian."

"My human life memories are... Faint."

"That's what we want."

The blond demon reminded him.

"I remember everything about Mey-Rin... It's just-"

"- Better not to analyze yourself too much. You'll regain back all of the feelings and memories that I just numbed for you."

"Right."

Sebastian said with a slight sigh.

"Remember why you are here?"

He looked at Sitri.

"In the demon realm?"

Sitri nodded.

"Glasya-Labolas ripped the soul from my unborn child's body, without a contract. Killing it."

There was the flash of some thought in Sitri's eyes, once more. They were sky blue again.

"That is not all that Labolas has done to you, and yours, my old friend."

"Excuse me?"

"We need to play this carefully, once I tell you what else he has done, you may not be able to fully stifle your emotions... Our master will know that you have your memories back. Go and state your accusations to our king. When you return, we will talk about what else Labolas has done to you."

Sebastian eyed him curiously, then nodded. After he left, Sitri summoned the other demons involved.

Over an hour later, Sebastian was finally allowed in to see Lucifer. The meeting was tense, but Sebastian was able to make his accusations. Lucifer had ash blond hair and dark blue eyes. He was confined to a bed, unless he was aided in getting up by other demons.
Having been injured severely in his fall, and by his twin brother: Michael, no less... After all these millions upon millions of years, he was still unable to heal properly. The remains of large, tattered, ash gray wings could be seen from under the leader of the demons.
Whenever he was seen out if his bed, it was with the help of the other demon nobility, like Baal or Camio or Sitri... It took a lot out of the demon king to move about, even with help.

Still... He did not give the impression of being anything other than threatening and imposing, even as he lay on his side in his bed, eyeing Sebastian. Before coming here, the demon butler had gone and gathered some souls from the slums for his demon master. He offered Lucifer the contracts before they spoke.
It was Sebastian's job, after all, as Mephistopheles, to attain souls for Lucifer, who could not do so himself. After he took the contracts that Sebastian offered him, Lucifer noticed that his servant had two contracts of his own. It had been a few hundred years since Mephistopheles had consumed a soul. Lucifer did not question him, though.
After that, he asked why the boy (as he sometimes referred to the human-born demons) wanted to see him.
Sebastian was afraid of alerting his master to his feelings- so he let his demon energy take over, melting away his human appearance, to that of his black winged, black furred, feline form. Then he knelt before his master and formally accused Labolas of breaking their laws.

"Are you certain that the child's mother did not contract with him, offering her child's soul as payment?"

He was asked. At that, Sebastian held up the clawed hand that held Mey-Rin's contract seal.

"The woman... My chosen mate, is contracted to me, I would have known if she formed a contract with another demon, my lord."

Lucifer sighed softly. He had to agree there.

"Your mate interests me."

At that, Sebastian lifted his bowed head, his pointed ears twitched slightly. He was hiding his concern at that comment well, though.

"My lord?"

"What I know about her: she is reincarnated from your lover when you were human?"

"My lord, I would not know. As I hold no memories of being anything other than what I currently am-"

They eyed each other, Lucifer seemed to be gauging what Sebastian had said. Finally, he nodded.

"As it should be- also, another curiosity with her, is the fact that she is a half breed. Labolas is her own sire... Yes, she is indeed an interesting young woman."

Sebastian kept quiet, Lucifer was obviously sifting through his memories.

"Too bad she is yours. She must be good in bed. I would have liked to have her for my own. Perhaps once she is a full demoness we can share her."

"Full, my lord?"

"As a half breed, her soul is already tainted, we demons cannot devour the souls of another demon. So, at the end of your contract, if you have gained her soul, you will not be able to consume it. She will become one of us."

Sebastian did his best to hide his alarm at that. Did he want to damn her to this realm? But... Could he let her go to heaven when she passed on?
Would she even be allowed in through their gates? He would never see her again if that happened... How did he feel about that? At least if she was demonized, she would remain with him...

"Mephistopheles!"

He was snapped out of his thoughts as he looked up at his master...

"I was not aware of that, my lord..."

Sebastian said, trying to cover his inner turmoils at this new revelation.

"- How was Glasya-Labolas able to devour my child's soul, in that case?"

"That... I'm not entirely sure of, seeing as it's body held more demon blood than even its mother. Possibly for the same reason that Mey-Rin was suddenly able to touch holy objects...? Do we know who her mother was?"

He asked thoughtfully. Sebastian frowned, if Lucifer didn't even know...

"From what small bit of info she found out from her sire- it would seem like her mother was of human nobility. But, neither she, nor I are completely certain."

"I will look into this matter. You are dismissed, Mephistopheles."

He told Sebastian with an imperious wave of his hand. Sebastian wanted him to do more than 'look into it' Damn him! He wanted the bastard confined to this realm for several hundreds of years! But, he didn't question his master outright.
And he showed no outward appearance of annoyance. He simply nodded to Lucifer and left, changing his form back to that of the butler, Sebastian Michaelis. Maybe Sitri knew something to further dig Labolas's grave... So to speak.

When Sebastian arrived back at Sitri's home, he frowned. Most of the demons he had been friendly with before Allonia was murdered were here. As he entered, Marchosias, one of the demons who was, to Sebastian, the most like Labolas of this group of demons, glared at him.
This demon had been the first to turn his back on Jadon when accused of not doing enough to help him get together with Allonia, and for allowing her death.
Marchosias was also one of the few demon lords who could take the form of a canine. In this case, however, it was a she-wolf that he turned into when he chose to do so.

"Marchosias..."

Said Sitri as he caught his friend's glare. The demon looked at him.

"Down, be a good boy."

He chided. The wolf demon sneered at him a bit.

"Don't talk to me like I am a damn dog!"

He snapped. But was being ignored as Sitri greeted Sebastian.

"Hail, hail the gang is all here-"

The demonic butler commented sarcastically, as he noticed that most, if now all of his former friends were there.

"- What's the occasion...?"

He asked Sitri as he felt his emotions returning. He pushed his worries about what would happen to Mey-Rin after her death, aside.

"We all need to talk."

Sitri said with his nearly angelic smile falling from his face.

"About-?"

Asked Sebastian. He was scanning the room, intent on taking note of every one of the demons he knew, who were currently here:
Sitri, Marchosias, prince Ipos, prince Gaap, Furfur, prince Stolas, Camio and Vepar(Vepar was able to take the form of a nasty looking mermaid, she was one of the very few female demons)... He had forgotten about her. So, he did know of one or two female demons, after all.

"About how Allonia died,"

"I know how she died. She was violated and her throat was slit."

"Yes, but... Her fiance did not do it alone- look: let's all sit down and-"

"No, finish what you were-"

"Jadon!"

They both looked at Marchosias.

"Don't use that name."

Said Sebastian, that name held bad memories.

"Just shut the hell up!"

At that, Stolas, Vepar and Camio both gave him amused looks. Stolas (who almost always looked like a screech owl (though about the size of an eagle own) actually snickered). They no doubt found his use of the term: Hell, amusing... Given where they currently were.

Marchosias, who had snapped at Sebastian, looked annoyed at them, then he glanced back at Sebastian and Sitri.

"Look, it's not like everyone here doesn't already know it!"

"Damn it! What the-?"

"Jadon, Glasya-Labolas incited Allonia's fiancé to murder her and her whole family."

At that statement, everything within Sebastian stilled. Every demon in the room quieted. He was the only one who was a human-born demon. The others didn't know how he would take this news.

"H-He did what?"

They all blinked at each other- finally, Velar sighed heavily and got to her feet. She walked over to the 3 male demons, and looked at Sebastian, who was a good 2.5 feet taller than she was.

"You're not deaf, Jadon. You heard what Marchosias said. And are not stupid, so, ask us what you REALLY want to ask: Why? Why did he meddle when you did not know him?"

At that, Sebastian frowned.

"Yes, I would like to know that."

He sighed.

"Let's all sit and have a nice little chat, then, shall we? My neck hurts having to look up at you like this!"

With that, she grabbed his hand and dragged the reluctant creature over to the seating area and shoved him into a seat. He glared at her as Sitri and Marchosias followed them and sat down, as well. Sebastian kept his mouth shut, waiting for them to all talk.

"Labolas wanted to have a reason to contact you. He wanted to have you under his control."

Said Sitri with a sigh.

"So he killed her?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Why, what?"

Asked Marchosias.

"Why did he want me under his control?"

"Because, a few if the important archangels who did not fall, still erred. They-"

"No, I think it was done on purpose, Sitri."

Interrupted the owl: Stolas. Sitri sighed.

"Whatever it was, whether it was an error. Or intended, it was done."

"What was done?"

Asked Sebastian, annoyed.

Camio looked at him.

"There were some archangels who had relations with humans in the past. They created human/angel hybrids, your mother was the descendant of one such merging... Therefore, you are the descendant if an archangel."

He did not really know what to say to that, he had the blood of one of the creatures that he detested, running through his own veins?

"Do you want to know which angel?"

Asked Stolas.

"Not really."

"It does matter-"

Said Marchosias.

"Fine, then. Who is it?"

"Michael."

'Lucifer's twin brother...'

He felt some alarm at that... But, he didn't know what to do with that information.

"So, Lucifer is my... Uncle?"

"That's about what it amounts to."

"That's why he wanted to control me?"

"Yes. T- there is more, as well..."

Said Sitri and Sebastian glared at him.

"More what?"

At that, Sitri looked at Ipos & Gaap. They looked at each other, then Ipos looked at Sebastian.

"You are involved with Mey-Rin, correct?"

"Yes, she is Allonia's reincarnation, I know that."

"Well... That's not-"

"I already know that she is also Labolas' daughter."

"Yes, well. That's not what we are trying to tell you."

Said Gaap.

"Well, what is it then?"

"Her mother was the child of an archangel."

'That's why she could suddenly touch holy objects?'

"So, she is more closely related to an angel than I was?"

"Yes. And, it was the angel Gabriel, which is NOT good."

"Why does it matter which archangel?"

"Gabriel has her horn. That horn tells the gatekeeper of heaven when to open the gates for reasons other than allowing one or two souls through."

"Gabriel has it. Not Mey-Rin. And if her grandmother was an angel, and her father was a demon, doesn't that just mean that she's human? All humans hold good and evil within them. A bit of angels and demons each."

He all just looked at him with wide eyes.

"That's not the case, her father may be a demon. But he is a demon who was once an angel. He used to be a guardian angel. They are a little below the archangels... This means that Mey-Rin has a father who is both angel and demon, and a mother who was half human and half archangel... She has more angel in her."

Sebastian sighed, looking tired.

"You're saying that Glasya-Labolas is planning a coup?"

Sitri nodded.

"In which realm?"

"Both this realm and heaven."

Said Velar.

The demonic butler just closed his eyes.

"I still don't get how Mey-Rin's grandmother's possession, namely the horn, can-"

"It's been stolen, Jadon."

At that, he looked at Marchosias sharply. He was getting tired of telling these demons, not to use that name!

"You're thinking that he will likely make her blow it?"

They all nodded.

"Does she even have the ability to do with it, what Gabriel does with her horn?"

"It is highly likely."

Said Sitri.

'And, now that I am here, I am not allowed to return for 3 months..'

He thought grimly. All demons had to stay in one realm or the other for at least 3 months, it was a restriction placed on them. They would take many more souls, if they could just pop up into the human realm and then back down to store contracts, and return right away to the human world. The only way he could get back before 3 months, was only if he was summoned by name- but he was forbidden from telling either of the humans who knew what he was, that they should do that. The short of it was- he was stuck here and could not warn Mey-Rin... Not until the end of January.

"I'm going to my quarters, I need to think about this. And let it sink in."

He said getting to his feet. They all let him go, watching as he left Sitri's home. After he left, the other demons started discussing ways to get Sebastian back to the human realm sooner than he was allowed.

A month and a half later- in the human realm December 14th.

Ciel flopped into a chair, exhausted. Mey-Rin helped him remove his boots.

"Rough day, my young lord?"

She asked, watching him through her thick, useless, glasses.

"Take those damn things off! I don't need any disasters right now."

Said Ciel. She frowned, but, reluctantly, she did as she was told, and took them off, and tucked them into a pocket of her apron. Ciel watched her, then he nodded.

"You could say it was a rough day."

"Might I ask what ha-?"

"I don't want to get into it. Could you get me some tea- please?"

He said moodily. His aunt Francis was insisting he be coached and prepped on how to behave for his upcoming wedding to Lizzie. The thing was... Lizzie was acting strange, and the last thing Ciel wanted to do when he turned 16, was get married.
He would have a much harder time getting things done with Sebastian, with Lizzie around at all hours!

"Mey-Rin,"

He asked as she walked back in pushing a silver cart that had a tea set on top if it, moments later.

"Yes, young master?"

"Have you noticed Lizzie acting... Strangely?"

She had been preparing the tea- but now she paused, then looked at Ciel.

"S... Strangely?"

She asked softly, as she finished and handed him his tea.

"You know what the word means... You aren't as dim as you act. Has she been acting like there is something wrong."

"Well..."

Now that she thought of it... Lady Elizabeth hadn't been using the Phantomhive servants as dolls to play that dreadful dress up. She had also seemed very tired. And... She heard her snapping at Finny when she was here last... Mey-Rin told him this, and he nodded.

"Yes, I have noticed that, and... Other things."

He blushed slightly. She did not press though. She never did. Mey-Rin knew better than to do that. She asked if he needed anything else, he said no. Then she left in order to retire to her room for the evening. For the time being, while Sebastian was "visiting family" Bard would help the young master get ready for bed and watch him until he fell asleep.
None of them knew why Ciel had to have someone in the room when he was trying to fall asleep.
Just that Sebastian had said that they needed to make sure he fell asleep, like he should.

As she entered her room, she sighed and started undressing. She would get up early, to bathe, she did not feel like bathing tonight- she was bone weary. As she finished changing, she saw the suit jacket that she had snatched from the closet in Sebastian's room. Smiling, she got into her bed, holding it against her chest and to her cheek as if it were a stuffed toy. It held his scent.

'How long will you be gone, Sebastian? You never told me...'

Was her last thought before she fell asleep.

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To Be Continued...

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Disclaimer:

I'm gonna be lazy from here on out- the disclaimer in all the previous chapters still stands.