PLEASE DON'T BLAME ME IF THESE CHAPTERS ARE GOING FAST THIS TIME AROUND. I HAVE SO MANY GOOD IDEAS.
So this story will only be three chapters while the third story will just be one epilogue chapter.
PattyBHana: EVERYTHING IS REVEALED IN THIS CHAPTER.
Disclaimer: I bought a Ciel plushie :)
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Word after word flew through Len's head as Kaito took the paper from him. "She apparently died of smoke inhalation during the fire," he explained sadly. "But then…how in the world is she in this manor?"
Len didn't answer at first. He was still shaken up because of the fact that the letters appeared on the paper, but he also was thinking of how in the hell Rin could be dead when she walked through the front doors of the manor just ten minutes ago. The bells began to ring loudly, reminding Len about the lunch. He quickly took the tray from Meiko's hands and ran up the stairs, without a single word to the couple. Carefully balancing the tea cups to make sure they don't fall, he made his way into the office and to the desk, where Rin was sitting, doing the daily paperwork. The pile grew taller than her, because she had been out for a good while. When she looked up, Len held back a strong flinch as those emotionless eyes looked at him. "What took so long?"
"My apologies, Master," Len said, and Rin didn't bother to correct him. "Lady Meiko and Lord Kaito are downstairs, and I was having a conversation with them."
For a moment, Rin's eyes seemed to flash a bright red. "Oh," she said nonchalantly. "I see. This paperwork is getting on my nerves and I needed a snack." She held out her hand and Len noticed her black nails.
"You painted your nails, Master?" Len questioned nervously.
She hesitated. "…yes, I did."
Len hummed a response and bowed. "If you need anything, don't hesitate to call."
Rin didn't stop him, only watched his back as he walked out. A smile crept to her face as she let out a soft chuckle. The door closed behind her brother.
"M'Lady…" Teto said, bewildered on the fact that Rin was already awake. "I'm sorry, did I lose track of time and not wake you?"
Rin put a hand up, her black nails reflecting the light. She smiled, "Oh no, I woke up myself this morning. And…what are you doing?" she turned her head towards the broken plates and glass.
Teto felt a blush covering her cheeks. "I'm sorry. I was deep in thought—Ma'am, please don't touch that, you may cut yourself!" Teto cried as Rin crouched down and took a few pieces into her palm. She felt a sharp pain and dropped everything out of her hand, watching the blood begin to overflow from the cut. She stared at it, and her eyes flashed a bright red, and she brought her hand up to her mouth. She began sucking the blood from the wound, licking all across the cut, feeling it close under her tongue. She took her hand away and her eyes turned blue again. She turned to Teto. "Everything's fine," she said with a monotone voice.
Teto watched as she stood up and dusted the black dress off. It was unusual for Rin to wear such a dreaded color during the day, but for the past few weeks, anyone who was close to her had noticed her sudden changes in personality, looks and daily life. Her hair was always down now, if ever there was a bow to accompany it, it would have to be black. Her entire wardrobe had turned toward the dark color, and only a few articles of clothing had spots of white on them, most of them also consisted of high collars to cover the entire span of her neck. And whenever she got mad, her eyes seemed to go from a dark blue to a bright red, then back again. She had really changed; her strength had improved greatly as did her speed. She felt less the need to sleep at night but instead to read a long novel and bore herself until her eyes finally closed in the early hours of the morning. There were nights where she didn't even sleep. No one really knew what was going on.
The doors flew open, and Rin stared emotionlessly at the man standing at the door. She knew that Dell would be visiting them soon, she had prepared for it quite some time after he burned the second house down. His eyes quickly drifted to the burn on the side of Rin's face, and muttered, "Damn! You just can't seem to die!"
This piqued Rin's interest a bit. From the corner of her eye, she saw Len stumble down the stairs, still half asleep because his tailcoat was on wrong and his hair was tousled. "And why are you so intent on killing me, Master Dell?" she asked politely. Another factor that had changed: Rin gained a handful of more patience and courtesy.
"What?" he asked back, walking toward her. "Are you trying to pick a fight?"
"You really do not want to fight me in my current state."
"Ah, yes," Dell murmured, a small smile appearing on his features, disgusting Rin. "I forgot, you just got back from almost dying in another house fire."
"As if I do not already know that that was you, Dell," she growled. Her eyes flashed once, and she was hopeful that Dell could have possibly not noticed. "You killed my parents and you tried to kill me."
"He succeeded in killing you," Len spoke up, starling the rest of the house. Rin's wide eyes finally showed some emotion as she turned around. "Isn't that right, dearest?" he spat.
She let out a dark chuckle. "What? The fire must have you hallucinating, love, I am clearly alive." Rin could feel her rage piling up inside of her body. Despite that, she kept her manners. And she couldn't let her eyes flash on him or anyone else just yet.
"In loving memory of Rin Kagamine who died March 31st, 1914 at the age of fourteen," Len recited. "It said so on a death certificate Lady Meiko and Lord Kaito got from the doctor that looked at you. You died the day after the fire of smoke inhalation because of your stupid faults. You are just a hallucination that apparently everyone can see."
Rin stared at him and heard Dell laughing behind her. She looked out of the corner of her eye and felt fingers on the back collar of her dress. "So…you faked your death?" the murderer asked, a smirk evident in his voice.
"No." Rin's entire ensemble let out a gasp. She took a step away from Dell, the collar ripping from under his fingers, showing a complex design on her neck drawn in black. Right in the middle of both the front and back was a butterfly with an upside-down star in it. Her black nails seemed to exert dark power as a sword appeared in her hand, butterflies fluttering from it. Her eyes burned a bright red as she turned to Dell. "I did die. I took it upon myself to seal my soul away and become a demon. More specifically," she smirked, "the devil."
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