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That Butler, Freeloading 3


≤speech in Indian language≥

'thoughts'

"speech"

"Demonic speech"

{setting/stage directions?}

SOUND EFFECTS

An entire sentence like this, without quotes, is narration for dreams or stuff like written letters.

=†=†=†=†= scene shift/time shift


Previously:

"Then I shall ally with my brothers in this battle." The boy declared. "Agni!"

'What battle...? No matter how you look at it, this is a lynching...' Chêne thought, chagrined.

"Yes, your highness." The white-haired man said, stepping forward.

"Defeat them!" The purple haired boy ordered.

"≤Jo aagyaa.≥ This right hand with which God has blessed me... shall I wield for my master." The white haired man said.


The white-haired man, Agni, removed the bandage that had been covering his hand. Chêne was a little surprised when she saw that the previously bandaged had was perfectly healthy and unscarred. She narrowed her eyes slightly, confused. Why did he have it bandaged then...?

Agni narrowed his eyes and glared sharply at them as he suddenly lunged towards Sebastian, and aimed a swift blow at the demon butler's head.

WHAM!

Sebastian blocked the blow, but Chêne noticed that he winced slightly when he did. Sebastian furrowed his brow and frowned slightly, wondering why his arm was tingling from this man's blow. Sebastian quickly grabbed Ciel and tucked him under his arm.

"Wh—Uwah!?" Ciel yelled, startled.

"Duck!" Sebastian warned Chêne as Agni swung his leg in large sweeping motion that would've knocked all three of them on the ground if they hadn't managed to avoid the blow at the last minute.

"Whoa!" Chêne yelled, surprised by the white-haired man's speed. It was like being attacked by another Sebastian.

"Get back, Chêne." Sebastian said firmly as Agni pivoted around to face them, and began delivered delivering blow after blow to Sebastian.

WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!

Sebastian managed to block most of the blows with his arm, but he was obviously at a disadvantage, since he was holding Ciel, and had to shield him too.

'So swift!' Sebastian thought as a Agni's fist flew past his head.

"Sebas—!" Chêne yelled, moving to help him, but she was cut off by Faker.

"Don't you dare... forget about us!!" Faker yelled at her as he thrust his knife at her. Chêne's eyes widened slightly in surprise for half a second, but then she smirked.

"The person I am today is stronger than the person I was yesterday!" Chêne said determinedly as she grabbed his wrist and head butted him. She wasn't going to hesitate. She wasn't going to ever let herself get injured to the point that she scared Ciel like on the night Madam Red stabbed her again!

"Urgh!?" Faker cried out in pain as he stumbled back away from her, holding his face. Agni rushed forward to punch Sebastian, but the demon butler saw an opportunity, and ducked—resulting in Agni not only missing him, but Agni instead ended up punching Faker.

CRACK!

"Ouch...!" Chêne said, wincing. That had to hurt.

"Ah!" Agni said, surprised. Sebastian took the opportunity to run.

"Chêne!" Sebastian called to her, motioning for her to follow him.

"Forgive me, brother! I will tend to your wounds shortly!" Agni said as he ran in pursuit of them. The other thugs must've decided it was their turn to act, because the stepped in front of the two Phantomhive servants and their master, cutting off their escape route.

"Hold i—Gfff!" One of the men tried to yell as Sebastian jumped up, and stepped on his face, using him as a springboard to get over the wall of people blocking their way.

"Sorry!" Chêne said, sweat dropping and smiling apologetically, as she followed Sebastian, and imitated his movements. Ciel sweat dropped.

WHIZ!

"!" Chêne said as she and Sebastian looked up to see Agni flying at them after he flipped into the air.

WHAM!

Agni reached out with both hands and hit both Chêne and Sebastian in the elbow when they tried to block the blow.

"!?" Chêne cried in surprise. She could feel a weird tingling sensation, just before her arm went completely numb, and it fell uselessly limp at her side. She managed to stumble back before Agni could hit her with another blow, but Sebastian stood his ground, unaffected.

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!

Chêne's eyes widened slightly as she watched Agni target different pressure points on Sebastian's body.

'That's why my arm went numb! He's targeting our nerves!!' Chêne thought, her eyes widening in realization. Agni narrowed his eyes when he realized his attacks were not having their desired affect on Sebastian. He jumped back, putting a safe difference between the two of them.

"I have struck your ≤marma≥ numerous times. Normally, your arm would be paralyzed by now, like that girl's." Agni told Sebastian, staring cautiously at him as he maintained the proper stance that would enable him to attack and defend as needed should their fight continue. Sebastian glanced at Chêne out the corner of his eye. She was holding her left arm in front of herself defensively, but her right arm, the one Agni had struck, was hanging limply at her side.

"Hah!" Ciel and Chêne gasped. Sebastian was letting his inhumanness show too obviously!

"Hey! We were just passing through when those guys picked a fight with us!" Chêne said quickly as Ciel started to try to wriggle free from Sebastian's grip.

"Let me down!" He whisper yelled at his demon butler. They needed to distract them from Sebastian's unusual behavior. "Are all Indians barbarians who indiscriminately attack any Englishmen they lay their eyes on!?" Ciel demanded of the two newcomers indignantly.

"Yeah! I'm not even British, and they tried to make me strip...!" Chêne said, sniffling for extra effect. That got purple's attention.

"What?" The purple-haired boy asked, furrowing his brow as he frowned. He turned to the group of thugs. "You there! Did you attack the runt and his companions without a valid reason?" He questioned them.

"Hunh? Reason?" They asked, sweat dropping.

"We can't have that!" Purple hair said, placing his hands on his hips as he frowned at them in disapproval. "The fool is he who wages war without cause."

'You mean, like you...?' Chêne thought, sweat dropping. This had nothing to do with him, until he stuck his nose into their business without knowing anything.

"Agni!" Purple hair said, getting the attention of the white-hair man. "In this case, our brothers are at fault! Ally with the runt and company!" He declared bluntly.

"Yes, your highness!" Agni replied faithfully.

"... EH...?" They all said as British, American, and Indian alike stared at the two of them in disbelief. Just how freakin' arbitrary could a person be!?

=†=†=†=†=

{One extremely one-sided beat down later...}

"All done, Lord Soma~!" Agni said, smiling brightly as he saluted purple hair from on top of the mound of unconscious thugs that he was kneeling on. Sebastian, Ciel, and Chêne stared at the scene, dazed. Ciel and Chêne had idiot hairs popping out of their heads. Chêne hadn't seen a beat down this bad by anyone other than Sebastian since her dad totally owned her kidnappers...

"Good!!" Purple hair—Soma, said firmly, nodding in approval. "Sorry about your arm, girl." He told Chêne as he leaned down and picked up Ciel's top hat, which had fallen off of his head in the struggle.

"Uh... it's okay? I'm already starting to recover from it..." She said, smiling wryly as she sweat dropped. How should she react to this...?

"Hey, you two. You're not hurt?" Soma asked Sebastian and Ciel.

"N—No..." Sebastian said... If Chêne was feeling slightly puzzled by their strange behavior— Sebastian was a ship lost at sea, without a compass, and being tossed around in a storm—He really didn't get humans sometimes...

"And you, runt. A child should not be wandering in a place like this. It's dangerous." Soma told Ciel as he slapped Ciel's top hat back onto his head.

"!?" Ciel said, startled by the sudden impact.

"I'm still on the hunt for someone, so I'll be taking my leave. Farewell." Soma said as he turned to leave. Agni smiled and bowed goodbye to them.

"≤Alvida...≥" Chêne said, dazed as she waved goodbye. She felt like she'd just been swept up in a hurricane, and she wasn't the only one. Ciel and Sebastian stared after them, stunned.

"Lord Soma, you have done a good deed~!" Agni said as they walked away.

"It was my duty as a child of God." Soma said casually.

"Myyy—! Those two were something else!" Lau said. They perked up when they heard that, and started looking around for the China man. He was on the roof of the building behind them...

"And just where have you been this whole time?" Ciel demanded, vein mark throbbing on his forehead. While they were in danger, he had just been calmly watching from safety this whole time!?

"How did you even get up there!?" Chêne asked incredulously.

"Oh, don't be like that~! Why, I was waiting for a chance to save you, okay?"

"English roads are too complicated!!" Soma huffed.

"Let us go left next." Agni suggested as they turned the corner and disappeared from their sight.

"In any case, who were they? They don't live in the east end, that must is obvious." Lau said as he swiftly jumped down from the roof without breaking a sweat.

"Yes, they were well dressed, and their English didn't have any trace of an Indian accent... they must have learned it from an actual Englishman." Chêne said thoughtfully.

"Ah, by the way, Miss Maid~!" Lau said as he leaned on Chêne, using her head as an armrest. "What was that strange phrase you said as they were leaving?" he asked curiously. Chêne blinked as she thought for a moment.

"Oh! You mean ≤Alvida≥?" Chêne asked, cocking her head to the side slightly. "It's Hindi for 'goodbye'... Mr. Raja's mother taught it to me."

"Mr. Raja...? You mean that Indian restaurant owner you mentioned before? The one that makes 'the best damn yellow curry on the face of the planet?" Ciel asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Yep. Mr. Raja's mother, Mrs. Karishma, always wanted a girl, and we were regular's at their place, so we became friends. She would often dote on me and teach me things while we waited for our food."

"Be that as it may... I should think our first priority is to take these people to the city police." Sebastian said, smiling wryly as he sweat dropped, and kneeled beside the thugs Agni had just defeated for them. They were out cold. Chêne sweat dropped.

"Yeah... that might be a good idea..." Chêne said, smiling wryly.