Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) or Inuyasha. They belong to their rightful creators and distributors. The same goes with any song that I may add or mention in the fic. I also do not own any songs that may appear in the fic.
AN: For those who thought Kagome almost getting raped would be a good idea for the chapter, I'm sorry to say that that's not gonna happen since I refuse to add any non-consensual sex. I don't like rape, and even when I read it, I just skip it when a fic looks like it has a potential plot. While growing up and spending time with my mother, I was always stuck watching movies from the lifetime channel as there were marathons that showed movies with rape in them. It came to the point where I just got sick of it and have no desire to add it in anything I write.
Not to mention a bastard like Azuro has to have his limits. Part of an Italian mafia or not, some men like him aren't as sick as to try raping a kid of 12-13 years old.
Not really much else to say except that I'm glad everyone is enjoying this fic so far and I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
I also encourage more people to make Kuroshitsuji/Inuyasha Xovers to help this certain Crossover circle grow.
Chapter Four
Kagome's vision was dark… and the scent of chloroform stuck to her nose even after she was unconscious. She could faintly hear voices while feeling large hands on her arms, binding them behind her back before tying up her torso and her legs. Moaning in discomfort, Kagome slowing opened her eyes to see she was in an entirely different room that did not belong to her and Ciel's home.
"Boss, the girl's awake." She heard a man speak as she tried to get her bearings straight. Once she did, she heard footsteps stop in front of her with the sight of a pair of new looking Italian shoes before she lifted her eyes to see the scarred and brow pierced face of Azuro Venere.
The miko child narrowed her eyes at the man as he looked down at her with a cocky smirk on his face before speaking in a low voice, "Azuro… what is the meaning of this?"
Azuro gave an overconfident chuckle as he continued to stare down at Kagome. Kidnapping the girl with her brother was a mistake from his men when the girl caught them kidnapping her brother… but seeing both Phantomhive twins before him gave him a greater advantage of getting what he wanted.
'If the servants in the Phantomhive Household want their Master and Miss back alive, they'll have no choice but to do as I say.' He thought before hearing Kagome's demanding question and answering her, "You'll know soon enough, Miss Phantomhive, once your guard dog of a brother wakes up."
At the mention of Ciel, Kagome looked around and soon caught sight of her twin, with his arms and legs bound much like hers, sitting against the wall with his head tilted forward while he was still unconscious.
Kagome struggled to sit up before trying to get to her brother's side, but with her arms bound much like Ciel's, it was kind of hard to do. Once at Ciel's side, she tried calling his name, hoping that he would wake up. At his grunt, Kagome sighed in relief of her brother being okay. Even though from her side view of his face, Kagome could tell by the look of the slight bruises on his face and the light trail of blood that came from his nose that he got a bit of a beating before she woke up.
Other than that, and him being tied up, he was still alive.
"Ciel… are you okay?" She spoke to him softly. Ciel opened his only visible eye and turned it to her before clenching it closed, trying to get his bearings straight.
It was then that Azuro spoke, "The English Underworld; the league of evil lords who, generation after generation, take care of the royal family's dirty work." Kagome turned to him, watching him walk up to his desk to get a cigar from a box full of them as he continued, "The Queen's guard dogs that, with absolute power, stifle all those that would rebel."
He then turned to where the twins were, cutting off one end of his cigar, and asked, "Just how many households have you helped, and how many have you crushed, Ciel Phantomhive?"
'What the hell is this bastard going on about?' Kagome knew that her brother was hiding something from her; something that was pretty dangerous… she wondered if she would now be able to find out what that is now…
Ciel internally cursed, never wanting Kagome to get involved in anything like this and soon after she had returned to him. And now… here HE was and with Kagome being in danger at Azuro's hand. He then lifted his head to glare at the man before him as lit his cigar, "So, it was you after all, Azuro Venere of the Ferro Family."
"Hey, little Phantomhive, it's pretty hard for the Italian Mafia in this country. English people always have tea on their minds." Azuro then walked towards them before crouching to their level and continuing, "Even though individuals in our line of work can make people a lot of money, they have to strain their little tea-stained minds. That's why we deal in drugs."
At this, Ciel replied calmly, "In '68's Pharmaceutical Affair's Law, even opium is listed as a poison. It is the Queen's decree, not to allow the spread of drugs or accommodate dealers any further."
'Ok, I read about that in one of the law books in Ciel's library… so Azuro and his men have been dealing opium to the people in England under the queen's nose… is Ciel somehow working for Her Majesty?' Kagome thought before Azuro slapped a hand against his forehead, giving a hopeless groan, "This is why English people are such a pain." His voice then turned almost frustrated and annoyed, "The Queen! The Queen! They all have this Oedipus-like complex for the Queen."
Kagome the snorted before muttering, "What do you expect, dumb ass. She's a good leader who's royalty, making it known that she demands respect from all."
Azuro glared at Kagome for a moment before he ignored her and grabbed a hold of Ciel's chin and continued where he left off, "Binding people to your rules and trying to secure all the good picks for yourself; aren't we birds of a feather? Let's work together. You could even make a better life for your sister."
It seemed that Ciel didn't even listen to him as he spoke, "If my sister and I are not returned, my servant has been ordered to take the storehouse's key to the authorities." At Azuro's angered face, Ciel smiled and added, "Sorry, but I have no intention of working together with some gutter rat…" his mocking and soft face turned hard with anger, "and my sister is just fine living the way she is, even though her well being is none of your concern nor is she involved with what I do."
Azuro gave a sadistic upturn of his lips, "Kagome Darleen Higure Phantomhive; her family name is the same as yours, so she is involved simply because of direct connection to the Phantomhive name." He then stood abruptly and pointed the gun at Ciel, "And don't underestimate us adults, you little brat."
"Same goes for you… you shouldn't really underestimate anyone, no matter how small or young they are." Kagome shot back at him with narrowed eyes, making them seem darker than before.
Out of anger, Azuro caught Kagome off guard by hitting her in the face with the same hand that held the gun, ordering her to shut up. After Kagome landed on her side wincing, Azuro turned his attention back to Ciel, pointing the gun at the boy once more, "And you… I've already had my subordinates lie in wait at your mansion. So where's the key? If you don't spit it out soon, I'll start offing your servants, one by one after I kill off your sister for starters."
Wincing from the pain from the right side of her face, Kagome started to taste blood in her mouth from the skin on the inside of her cheek breaking and bleeding before she spat the blood out and tried to keep from groaning in pain while Ciel tried his best to keep his anger in check.
This scum in front of him dared to harm his sister but also dared to threaten to kill her after killing off his house staff for the storehouse key that was stashed in his home. After glancing where Kagome was struggling to sit up again, despite her bounded limbs and the blood that trickled a little from the corner of her mouth, Ciel looked to Azuro and said something that annoyed the Italian man to no end, a soft smile on his face with a taunting look in his eye, "It's really nice when pets do as they're told."
Ciel only said this so that Azuro would stay away from his sister and so that she wouldn't be harmed any more than she currently was.
And what he said struck a nerve in Azuro and made him impatient when Ciel didn't tell him what he wanted. And with his frustration and impatience, Azuro kicked Ciel in the face. Kagome called out to him worriedly when she heard Azuro hit her brother. After Ciel landed on the ground with a grunt, Azuro dropped his cigar to the floor and stomped on it before picking the phone up and giving an enraged reply with an underlying order, "Did you hear that? Negotiations are over." Then he hung the phone up.
Turning away from her brother's figure, Kagome gave a cold look to Azuro before speaking, "You won't get what you desire…" her voice caught Azuro's attention before she continued, "The raven shall come to collect the souls of you and your men… to feed them to his demonic brethren. You won't be winning this so-called fight, Azuro. You'll be heading to neither heaven nor hell… but to a demon's gut."
This made Azuro's expression turn into something that looked similar to a snarl before he made his way to her and picked her up by the front of her shirt. Just when he was going to demand what she was talking about; his words got caught in his throat when he saw the girl's eyes.
Not only were they stone cold, but also they were slit like a cat's… combined with the fact they were almost glowing ominously, her eyes made her look demonic…
/\/\/\/
Meanwhile at the Phantomhive Manor, Sebastian was on the ground with Meylene on him after she had tripped on her bootlace and bumped into him from running to him to hand him two letters that arrived at the entrance, addressed to him. But due to her bumping into him and making him fall on the floor, the shot from the hit man outside missed him and the vase close to him was shattered by the shot.
During the fall, the dessert Sebastian prepared flew in the air but landed on the serving platter, not ruined. After a while of lying on the floor, Sebastian asked Meylene to give him the letter.
After she did so and they both got up with Meylene opening one of the letters for him to read.
"If you want your master to be returned, bring 'the item' to Bethnal Green's Nova Scotia Gardens." Sebastian read, over looking the threat of the sender's about cutting Ciel's fingers off one by one, if he doesn't show up at the set time – before sunset. The demon butler raised a brow before opening the second letter and read, "The same goes for your master's sister… but she won't be as lucky as her brother." At this, Sebastian thought aloud, "They probably didn't expect to kidnap Miss Kagome… both notes are inelegant as well …"
Soon Finny and Bard, along with Madam Red, Grell, Lau, and Ranmao came up to him after hearing the shot break through the window and hit the vase, wondering what had happened. The bulter reassured them that it was nothing and there was no need to worry but Madam Red had her doubts as she and Lau looked to the window and Ranmao looked at the pie Sebastian was holding and Grell came running up to them, out of breath.
After Sebastian handed the pie to Bard, asking him and Finny to clean the mess up in the hall, Sebastian made his way to where he and Ciel stashed away the key that was 'requested'. On his way out, he was met with Kirara waiting by the front door. He gave a smile and asked, "Would you like to accompany me in retrieving your mistress?"
With a mew on agreement, Kirara went up to the demon butler and climbed up to rest on his shoulder. Once Sebastian was sure the demon feline was securely on his shoulder, he spoke as he walked out the door and closing it behind him, "Let us go track down the ones that left… and retrieve the young master and lady."
/\/\/\/
A ways from the Phantomhive home, a car with two men in it was driving away from the Manor as fast as they could with the man in the passenger's side holding a radiophone of sorts in his lap as he spoke into the receiver, "Sorry, we failed."
"Failed?! You useless screw-ups! This is why you're garbage! Whatever… you guys are finished. Get back here at once." Came Azuro's voice from the phone before the man who spoke to him turned to look behind them.
In the dust that picked up from the tires, the man with the phone thought he saw a fire from the distance behind them and told Azuro that there was something strange behind them as he held the phone to his ear and his hat on his head. A hazy dark figure then could be seen catching up to them at great speeds that weren't human, even though the figure looked like that of a man's.
/\/\/\/
Back at Azuro's home, Kagome was breathing deeply trying to ignore the pain she was feeling from the punches and kicks Azuro gave her before he went to her brother to give him the same treatment. The Italian man didn't break any bones but his kicks and punches still hurt.
After he had seen her dragon eyes, Azuro got a bit shaken up before dropping her and started to kick her out of slight fear because of her demonic eyes. When Ciel became aware of what Azuro was doing, the boy yelled tauntingly at him to get him away from his twin. Not to far from Kagome, Ciel somewhat lay on his stomach with a couple more wounds on his face and probably some bruises the will develop from the kicks he endured on his torso and stomach area.
The voice of the man he was speaking caught her attention, making her look toward Azuro as he leaned on desk with the phone to his ear. The male from the other end of the line could be heard cursing in fright before Azuro spoke in a jokingly manner, "What's wrong? Did you run into a bear in the forest?"
The guy next to the Italian started chuckling before he and Azuro heard cries of fear from the phone. "What's with you guys? Isn't this a bit cliché?" Azuro asked in slight annoyed yet apprehensive before the voice from the other line gave the order to speed up to the driver.
The sound of wheels almost screeching over dirty before hearing them accelerate in speed could be heard. After close to a minute, the male from the other end of the line could be heard, saying in a terrified voice, "it's coming… its coming!"
"Cut it out, you numbskulls!" Azuro ordered, not finding 'trick' funny anymore before his man from the other end of the line spoke, more frightened than before, "Oh gods… it's here!" With this, came a terrifying roar with the sound of metal being pounded and the men in the car screaming before a loud crash came and the line suddenly went quiet.
'Kirara…' Kagome knew that roar from anywhere and was certain that Kirara was coming for her and Ciel.
Azuro's face became that of fear and shock as he looked to the phone he held to his ear, asking his men from the other end. After getting no answer, Ciel spoke up with a chuckle, "Looks like the game of fetch is going to be over soon." Azuro then started to sweat, close to losing his cool before he tried to cover his fear with anger and started kicking the boy again before stomping him and ordering him to shut up.
Angered by Azuro's actions, Kagome tried to trip him even though her legs were still bound by her ankles and telling the scarred man to leave her brother alone. Kagome nearly succeeded in making him lose his balance but Azuro caught his footing before he directed his anger on her again, kicking her in the face making the inside of her other cheek bleed and almost getting her nose when he kicked her in the eye.
Once he was through with the siblings, he grabbed the phone again and barked a threat with his order, "Hey! If you morons don't respond, I'm going to kill you!"
Sebastian's voice then could be heard from the other end, making Azuro freeze in fear, "Good day. I'm one of the servants of the Phantomhive family. I was wondering if our young master and mistress were intruding upon you."
'He's coming as well…' Kagome thought in relief as Azuro almost started to shake as he glanced at the Phantomhive siblings from behind him; Ciel was on his side, back facing the man while Kagome lay on her side as well but toward Azuro as her eyes were closed, trying to ignore the pain that coursed through her body.
From the phone, Sebastian tried to get his attention while Azuro himself tried to force the words out of his mouth before Ciel broke the silence with a 'woof'. Kagome opened her eyes for a moment in reaction and glanced at Azuro, seeing him completely still with perspiration all over his face as Sebastian's voice spoke, having heard Ciel's voice, before the line when completely dead, "Understood. I shall come and collect them immediately."
After releasing a deep calm breath, Kagome hoped he and Kirara would come soon. 'Because I don't know about Ciel… but I'd like to take a nice hot bath to help sooth these aches and sores.'
/\/\/\/
Just a little outside the forest, upon a cliff – halfway to the Phantomhive manor – Sebastian, with Kirara in her larger form, sat on the front of the car they were chasing. The demon butler held the phone in one hand while the line, which he yanked from the phone itself, was in the other.
During the chase, as Sebastian pursued them by foot, Kirara transformed into her larger form and took to the skies. And while the men in the vehicle had their attention on Sebastian, Kirara came down and pounced on the hood of the car, giving them the scar of their life but also having them swirl the car and came close to falling off the cliff, not far from the dirt road.
But thanks to the weight of Kirara and Sebastian when he landed along side of her, the car was just halfway off with their weight holing it down. In the two human's shock and terror, Sebastian took their radiophone to speak with Azuro before ripping the cord from the receiver.
The demon butler gave his usual smile to the two men who looked at him and Kirara in apprehension, "Thank you for allowing me to borrow this. I also have two or three things to enquire about. First, what is the name of your owner? Please bear in mind that I'm not the patient type… nor is my feline companion when it concerns her mistress." To prove a point in this, Kirara let out a low threatening growl that made her look malicious while baring her teeth to the frightened men in the vehicle.
Sebastian then added after the men gave frightened whimpers from Kirara's growls, "and you also don't want to end up like Humpty Dumpty, do you?"
In desperation, the driver of the car hung onto the wheel while his passenger spilled, "It's Azuro Venere of the Ferro family! His base of operations is in the northern part of East London!" The demon butler stood with his smile still in place as the squealer pointed out desperately begging for mercy, "We're just hired hands!"
"Oh, is that so? I'm sorry I held you up when you were so busy, then." Sebastian said in false sincerity before bowing to them, "Please have a nice trip." And jumped off the hood of the car with Kirara and tossing the phone he held back to the passenger and allowing the car and the men inside to fall to their deaths.
After turning away from the cliff with Kirara at his side, Sebastian brought out his pocket watch to look at the time. His brows furrowed slightly, "Oh dear… it's already this late?" The explosion of the vehicle he and Kirara allowed to fall shook the ground before the butler put the watch back in his pocket before speaking to Kirara, "We must hurry or dinner will be delayed."
As he was about to walk off, Kirara grabbed a hold of one of the tails of his coat to get his attention. When Sebastian looked to her, Kirara motioned her head to her back, silently say that he should ride on her back to get to Azuro's base.
Nodding in understanding, Sebastian took up Kirara's offer and hopped on and hung onto her fur as she took to the air at full speed.
/\/\/\/
Back at Azuro's place, once Azuro gained back his composure, he ordered, "The Phantomhive's guard is on his way here! Guard the wall! Don't let even a single mouse in! Don't let anything get through!"
With this order, all of Azuro's men headed out to their posts to keep a look out for Ciel's butler. They covered every corner of the place, every possible entrance guarded but Sebastian was still able to get through with Kirara, now in her smaller form, on his shoulder.
Walking behind their backs, the demon butler praised with Kirara mewing in agreement, "My, what a splendid mansion." His voice startled Azuro's men before they sharply turned around and aimed their guns at him, demanding whom he was. But Sebastian wasn't fazed by their weapons while Kirara was on guard as the butler answered them, "Ah, I beg your pardon. I am one who serves the Phantomhive household."
/\/\/\/
Inside, within Azuro's office, Kagome could hear the faint cries of pain and some gunshots from outside while feeling Kirara and Sebastian's demonic aura coming closer. She then turned her attention to Azuro, giving him a hooded and calm look as she repeated from before, "You'll be heading to neither heaven nor hell… but a demon's gut."
The Italian then began to sweat bullets, dread creeping into his being as he almost started to believe that the girl's words were coming true.
Gunshots then could be heard from what sounded like the dining hall…
/\/\/\/
After looking at the time, to see that it was four minutes passed 5:27, Sebastian made his way through the manor to the dining hall with Kirara on his shoulder. The men out front were already finished off, either severely injured or killed. Now he just had to face others that were guarding the inside.
Once entering the dining hall and shutting the door behind him, about five guns or more went off shooting at him from the left. To block the bullets, Sebastian used the serving platter, he held under his arm, and used it as a shield. After the men on the upper levels paused in their shooting to repload, Sebastian and Kirara took the chance to run before Sebastian threw the serving platter like a discus, hitting the first group of men who shot at him.
More shots came at him after Kirara jumped off the butler's shoulder and transformed into her larger form to take on some of the men from the right. As Sebastian landed on the long table, he ran its surface, picking up the dinner dishes and used them in the same manner as he did with the serving platter from earlier, hitting and knocking each individual with a single platter while Kirara snapped, bit, growled, roared, and bashed into them.
One of the men still standing and able to shoot then shouted, "Damn! Call the guys over in the east wing!" Before shouting a threat of turning Sebastian into Swiss cheese.
But Sebastian quickly dodged the bullets aimed at his head as he looked at his pocket watch again for the time, muttering to himself over Kirara's roars and the screams of the men she was attacking, "With all these 'mice' scattering everywhere, there will be no end to this." He then turned to when Kirara was 'working' and called out, "Kirara, take cover!"
The large neko-matta's ears perked before she quickly took to the air so that she could be out of Sebastian's line of fire. Once she was out of the way, floating beside the chandelier, Sebastian brought out knives and forks from his sleeves. After jumping high in the air, he threw the sharp silverware to his opponents- hitting them square on the foreheads or chest and killing them before landing on the railing of the second level, above the entrance to the dinning hall.
Once they were dead, Sebastian leaped again and threw more of the silverware like they were kunai, killing more men in the process.
After all the men under Azuro's control were dead, nothing but their corpses and their blood littered the hall with bits of broken china.
"Looks like that took quite a bit of time, didn't it Kirara…" Sebastian said with a sigh as he hung upside-down from the chandelier and balancing herself next to his legs after transforming into her smaller form.
After getting a mew in agreement from the demonic feline, Sebastian fell to the floor with Kirara following. Once making a landing as Kirara landed on his shoulder, Sebastian brought out his pocket watch again and read, "5:39p.m." turning to the feline that sat on his shoulder, he suggested, "Perhaps you should wait outside while I retrieve Master Ciel and Miss Kagome."
Nodding, Kirara jumped off the demon butler's shoulder and made her way outside as Sebastian started walking off to the room he could sense the twins in, as well as the man who kidnapped them.
/\/\/\/
Sometime after it all went quiet, Azuro, Kagome and Ciel heard calm and collected footsteps coming toward the room they were in. Azuro held his pistol, aiming at the doors shaking as Kagome and Ciel watched calmly from where they lay.
When the footsteps stopped, Azuro froze while ready to fire. But he relaxed a bit at seeing Sebastian opening the double doors.
After walking in, Sebastian bowed to him, "I've come to collect my master and Miss Phantomhive."
Azuro laughed a bit in relief, "Ha… I'm surprised. Here I was wondering what kind of monstrous man would appear, but it turned out to be a Romeo in a tailcoat." With his gun still aimed at the butler with his guard up as he demanded, "Just what are you? You aren't just any butler, are you?"
(*)"No. I am one hell of a butler. Just that." Sebastian answered with his usual smile. He noticed how both siblings were tied up, Kagome with a few bruises on her face with small welts of blood from the small cuts and Ciel was lying on his side with his back facing him. Both twins didn't move, aside from Kagome lifting her head a bit to look at him.
He was brought out of his silent observation of the twins as Azuro spoke, "I see. At any rate, I have no intention of going at it with you, but you know…" he then startled Kagome, quickly moving to her before grabbing her by the hair and pulled her to him. Once he had an arm wrapped around her shoulders, Azuro aimed his Italian revolver to her head.
Her yelp of pain alerted Ciel, making him struggle to get up despite his bounded limbs, "Azuro, let her go! I said she has nothing to do with what I do!" But Azuro ignored him, shoving the barrel of the revolver to Kagome's temple.
Sebastian stayed where he was, keeping an the man who held his master's precious twin sister within death's reach as Azuro asked, "You brought the item, right?"
As Sebastian confirmed Azuro that he brought the Storehouse's key, a vision flashed before Kagome's eyes as they became slit once more. The vision of what was going to happen made Kagome gasp before yelling to Sebastian, "No! Sebastian, get beck! It's a trap!"
But it was too late. A shot sounded and a bullet went straight through Sebastian's head before an onslaught of more shot through the butler's body.
Ciel and Kagome were both still with shock while Kagome felt her blood run cold at the sight of the male, who she came to like and saw as someone she could talk to, fell to the floor dead.
While Azuro ordered his men to run out and guard every possible entrance, the group of men with him in the room hid in a secret room, hidden behind one of the portraits that hung on the wall, not to far from the door. While on the floor with her brother, Kagome didn't see them leave the room so had no idea what would happen until the vision of Sebastian being shot, giving by her Dragon Eyes, flashed before her eyes just before it came true.
Everything was quiet before Azuro started laughing as his men came out from where they were hiding, "Sorry, Romeo. Looks like I win this game! The opponent was a master of games, Lord Phantomhive with his beloved sister, but I had an ace up my sleeve." He then turned to the twins, grabbing Kagome's hair once again to lift her head up, "It seems I roughed you two up a bit, but…" Azuro aimed his gun closer to Kagome's left eye, which was now black from the shiner she received, as he asked her, mockingly, "Who said that 'the raven will come to collect my soul'?" The Italian noticed that Kagome was shaking as she looked at the gun in fear, "Don't worry, you and your brother don't have to be afraid."
Kagome couldn't stop her fearful shaking as the gun continued to get pointed at her. Sure, she had come across Japanese blades of all sorts and survived them but those were nothing compared to the force and speed of a bullet. She hoped that she would never come close to the receiving end of one, especially when it's aimed anywhere close to her brain.
In the modern era, with advance medicine and such, there were some cases of people surviving a bullet to the head but that didn't mean Kagome believed that she'd be one of the lucky few who'd survive.
Ciel started to get annoyed at how much Azuro was scaring his twin and glared where Sebastian was lying on the ground and spoke out, "Hey, how long do you intend to mess around?" This gained a surprised sound from Azuro while Kagome glanced at him, "how long are you going to play dead?"
"My, my…" Came Sebastian's voice before Kagome looked to where he lay, seeing his hand twitch. The action made Azuro and his men jump in shock and fright at the notion of the butler not being dead from the gunshots he received.
The miko noble knew that Sebestian is a demon but she never thought that he'd be able to survive a gunshot to the head or any places close to his heart or other vital places in his body. 'But then again… he's not like any of the demons I had encountered before…' Kagome thought as she watched Sebastian get back on his feet in a very eerie way.
"Today's guns have improved. They are completely different from those of a hundred years ago." The demon butler said as he stood, before coughing up the bullets that didn't completely shoot through, like the one that shot through his head.
After coughing into his hand, Sebastian revealed the bullets that were once in his body. Each of the seven pieces of metal was covered in his blood, staining his pristine white glove as he showed the bullets to Azuro, saying, "I shall return these to you."
Terrified, more than his men, Azuro barked a desperate order, "What are you doing? Kill him!"
The last four of his men snapped out of their states of shock and aimed at Sebastian but weren't quick enough as Sebastian killed them with bullets he was holding.
In his state of panic, Azuro lit go of Kagome's hair, momentarily leaving her alone while Kagome watched the demon butler in complete surprise as the butler assessed the damage of his clothes. Even with her Dragon Eyes, she didn't foresee the tall dark butler to survive the trap Azuro had his men set.
Noticing the extent of the damage to his clothes, Sebastian gave a light frown, "Ahh, my clothes are all full of holes now."
Ciel grew annoyed as he replied, "that's because you were playing around, you idiot."
As if he didn't hear what Ciel had said, Sebastian spoke with his usual smile, "Young Master, they don't seem to have treated you or Miss Kagome too well. It also seems that Miss Kagome took a worse beating than you."
"It's okay… I've suffered worse than what Azuro did to me." Kagome lightly assured, despite the soreness on her face and the rest of her body as Azuro started to sweat bullets before he threatening to shoot her if Sebastian walked any closer.
The demon butler chuckled, "Master Ciel looks like a caterpillar, both disgusting and cute at the same time; it fits his small, weak stature. And Miss Kagome… words simply can't describe how beautifully fragile you look while bound from head to toe and sporting injuries to the face. Combined with the fact that your body is developing more than the average English girl."
Despite the situation, Kagome couldn't help but blush when the older dark male pointed out that last thing about her body developing faster than most girls her age. And Ciel frowned more at the words Sebastian spoke but he'd let it slide. He wanted his sister away from Azuro.
After another threat of Azuro promising to shoot Kagome, Ciel ordered, "Hurry up and get Kagome away from him. I don't want him touching her anymore and threatening her life."
'Not to mention the smell of cigars on his breath is starting to make me sick…' Kagome absently thought, warily looking at the barrel of the gun that was pointed to her temple. She didn't dare to move, fearing that a move from her would set him off and it would be lights out for her – permanently.
"But if I get any closer to her, Miss Kagome will be killed." Sebastian pointed out, in slight mock.
Ciel almost gave a snarl at his 'insolence', "You bastard. Are you trying to break the contract?"
"By no means. I am your loyal servant, after all. And with the strong blood and spiritual bond you share with Miss Kagome, this applies to her as well." Sebastian said with a light bow. After ignoring Azuro's demand of what they were talking about, Sebastian continued, lifting a finger to the side of his face as some of his hair covered his left eye, "Young Master… I told you what to do if I ever disregarded my duty…" he then tilted his head to one side, "Did I not?"
With his eye patch somehow falling away from his covered eye, Ciel snapped open his right eye, revealing a purple iris with a pentagram at its center as he ordered, "this is an order. Save my sister now!"
Azuro yelled for them to shut up, squeezing the trigger and making Kagome release a scream as she braced herself from the quick pain that would come.
Kagome heard the gun go off but she felt nothing and all was quiet, aside from the loud beating of her heart pounding in her ears… she could also smell the scent of gunpowder, a sign that Azuro did shoot. She then slowly opened her eyes and slowly turned her head to the Italian fearful confusion and saw that he was more terrifyingly confused as well.
"Why didn't she die?" Was Azuro's quivering mutter before he and Kagome heard Sebastian ask, "Is this what you're looking for?" His voice was much closer.
Right next to Azuro, Sebastian stood, even though he was just right in front of him and Kagome not a second ago. In between in thumb and forefinger was the bullet that was meant for Kagome's head. "I shall return this to you." Sebastian said before dropping the bullet in the breast pocket of Azuro's coat.
Within seconds later, Azuro cried out in pain as his arm, that held Kagome, twisted unnaturally with his bones breaking beyond mending. The sudden injury made Kagome gasp, wondering when Sebastian had made Azuro's arm useless before she felt the said butler pick her up gently. Before he went to collect her brother, Kagome couldn't help but let her body shudder in relief while letting out a shaking sigh as light tears of relief started to fill her eyes.
She didn't bother to hear what Ciel said about 'the game wasn't all that fun this time' and just hid her face in the nap of Sebastian's neck as the demon took her and Ciel to a nearby chair. There were many times that she came so close to death's door… but that… 'That was the closest I ever came to dying.'
After Sebastian had set Ciel on the chair, the boy watched as his servant set Kagome on her feet. His sister's eyes covered by her bangs, not looking at anyone as Sebastian untied her; tearing the leather straps that bound her and unbuckled the chained and leather cuffs on her ankles. The young Phantomhive lord wanted to get this over with and have Sebastian finish up Azuro so that he and Kagome could go home.
From the beginning, he never wanted Kagome to witness any of this or even find out that he formed a contract with a demon, even when said demon was Sebastian. If she did find out, there was a chance that she would become afraid to even stay in the same house as him… and Ciel didn't want her to leave – not when he finally had her back into his life.
But then again, he wouldn't blame her for leaving and probably moving back in with Madam Red…
Ciel was brought out of his thoughts as Azuro spoke, "Hey you! Come and be my bodyguard! I'll give you five- no! Ten times the pay he's giving you!" After Sebastian was done getting Kagome untied, he went to Ciel as Azuro continued, "I'll give you all the women and booze you want, so please…"
Kagome's brows furrow as she massaged her wrists and glances to where Azuro sat wit his right arm; twisted and useless. To Kagome, it was like he just couldn't give up and there was no way he was going to come out of this alive. Her Dragon Eyes activated again, showing her the vision of Sebastian devouring his soul; it was much worse then how Kanna used her mirror to steal souls.
Sebastian turned to Azuro, dropping the leather strapping that bound his master, "I'm sorry, (**) Signore Azuro, but I have no interest in the waste made by man. I am… a demon… and a butler, after all." To prove a point, Sebastian's eyes started to glow a reddish color with the slit of his eyes becoming more noticeable as Kagome turned to Azuro and revealed her Dragon Eyes.
"D… (***) demone…" The Italian muttered as shadowed feathers fell to Sebastian's feet before darkening the whole room; covering it in shadows and making his eyes glow more ominous before he explained, "By the key of the contract my young master holds, I am but his loyal dog." He then pulled off the white glove from his left hand, revealing the same insignia that was also in the iris and pupil of Ciel's right eye, as he lifted his hand over his right eye, "through Sacrifice and wishes, I am to abide by the contract and be bound to my master. This… in exchange for his soul."
And as what sounded like an afterthought, Sebastian added, "And due to the strong blood and spiritual bond that my master and his sister share, I am also to abide by Miss Kagome's desires… without the price of her soul."
Kagome and Ciel glanced at Sebastian, finding this information new to them. But everything else that Sebastian explained about a contract with Ciel was something Kagome never heard of. There were some times when she heard of humans making pacts with demons but she never thought that her brother would make one…
'When this is over, we're definitely having a talk…'
Azuro shook in fear where he sat; sweat dripping from his brow as he stared at the butler and the girl. Before he could voice his thoughts, Sebastian spoke, "If you're thinking that Miss Kagome isn't Ciel's twin sister… but a demon disguising herself as my master's twin, then I'm sorry to say that your wrong, Signore Azuro. Due to events we're not certain of, Miss Kagome obtained her Demonic Dragon Eyes from a dying dragon demon… allowing her to see the past… present… and future – but only when the events to come are dire."
"You won't get what you desire…" Azuro remembered Kagome saying to him, "The raven shall come to collect the souls of you and your men… to feed them to his demonic brethren. You won't be winning this so-called fight, Azuro. You'll be heading to neither heaven nor hell… but to a demon's gut."
'She knew… she knew this would happen…' he thought, 'She foresaw my own death…'
"Like I had said Azuro…" Kagome's soft, calm, cool, voice broke through his thoughts, "The Raven would come to collect the souls of your men, as well as your own… only to feed it to a demon."
After Ciel said it was Game Over, the entire room went black…
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The masculine scent that Kagome recognized as Sebastian's awoke a miko noble with the feel of Kirara's fur tickling her neck, stirring her from her light sleep with the light of dusk shining through her eyelids. With her left eye being swollen, she couldn't open it completely like her right eye as she lifted her head from Sebastian's shoulder.
"So you've awakened?" Came Sebastian's calm voice, making Kagome turn to him to see him looking straight ahead, with her held in one arm and her still sleeping brother in his other. On her shoulder, Kirara slouched over like an ornament.
The miko was silent for a moment before she spoke, "Where…"
"We're almost home. After getting your wounds treated, everything will be explained." Sebastian's reply was almost clipped but was soft, like he didn't want to wake Ciel yet.
Understanding what the last part meant, Kagome nodded before resting her head on his shoulder again. Her brows furrowed a bit before she asked, "I'm not too heavy, am I?" Kagome was always self-conscious about anyone carrying her, even if the person was a demon.
Sebastian just chuckled, "No, Miss Kagome, not at all." The demon butler was clearly amused at her question, despite what she had just witnessed at Azuro's manor and coming so close to death and finding out that he was a demon. When seeing that she had Dragon Eyes, he understood that she might not have been that much of a surprise to her.
Kagome blushed at his reply but it soon faded when she saw that Ciel was still asleep. "Is Ciel okay?" She asked worriedly.
"He's fine. Just a little tired, is all. The both of you had an eventful day."
Think young miko gave a soft snort, "Yeah. Coming close to getting my head blown off just took the cake of 'how eventful' a day could get." At this, she heard the butler give an amused chuckle before she asked, "What happened to Azuro?"
It was silent between the two before Sebastian answered, "Like you had told him… he's in neither Heaven nor hell… but in a demon's gut."
'So Sebastian devoured his soul after killing him… no surprise there.'
Their conversation was cut short when they heard Ciel start to stir as they were coming close to the Phantomhive Mansion. The boy awoke to the same light of the sunset before laying his eyes on his and Kagome's home. For a moment, he thought that he was seeing the manor on fire but after looking again, it was just effect of the sunset and the shadows of the manor.
The voice of Finny met his and Sebastian and Kagome's ears as he and Meylene welcomed them home outside but both gasped at the site of Kagome and Ciel all banged up in the face. To not let them worry more than they are, Ciel told them, "Kagome and I were just roughhousing. It's nothing to worry about." At their expressions and their staring, he asked slightly annoyed, "What? You don't believe what the Lord of the household tells you?"
"No, it's not that. It's just…" Meylene started with her hand resting on her blushing cheeks before Finny finished for her, "You and Miss Kagome look like your having fun being up so high!"
Ciel blushed at this while Kagome blinked in confusion before Ciel ordered Sebastian, "P-put us down already."
After the butler did as he ordered, setting the Phantomhive twins on their feet before Ciel told Meylene and Finny, "As if it was fun! You people are–" Ciel was cut off when Kagome muttered, "It wasn't that bad…" while Kirara gave a mew in agreement.
Before Ciel was gonna say anything to her, Sebastian spoke, catching their attention, "Young Master, I apologize profusely." They saw the demon butler kneeling before him, "I have erred in a manner unbefitting a Phantomhive butler. How should I repent?"
Kagome became confused at what he was talking about before he continued; "I have not made preparations for tonight's dinner in the slightest."
After a moment of silence, Kagome asked, "You're kidding me? Sebastian, is that all?" the demon looked to her in slight confusion before she added, "Being behind schedule doesn't make you any less of the fine butler that you are. A lot of things happened today but it's not a reason to beat your self over just because you're just a bit behind schedule in making dinner."
Both Ciel and Sebastian looked at her before she suggested, "how about this? You help me and Ciel get cleaned up, take care of what cute we got from our…" Kagome glanced at her brother, "… roughhousing, and I'll help out in making some quick and light for supper. And after all that…" she paused before she finished with a tired but slightly pained tone, "you can help with making me a nice hot bath to help with these sores and bruises the jerk gave me so I can sleep better tonight. Will that help you in repenting just for being a bit behind schedule?"
Sebastian looked at her and looked like he was about protest but Kagome covered his mouth, saying she wasn't gonna hear any buts about it before retracting her hand and heading to the front entrance to the manor as Ciel pointed out, "Like you had said… just as you are my servant, you are hers as well. I won't question her suggestion."
As he watched the twins and two other servants, who came to greet them, walk to the entrance, Sebastian smiled before following and thinking of what dishes would be quick, light, and simple for supper while wondering what soaps to use for Kagome's bath for later this evening.
With all that had happened today, he was sure that the twins would be too tired to even talk about what had happened at Azuro's manor.
Sebastian smirked at this, 'There's always tomorrow morning…'
There we go! I can't believe how long it took for me to finish this! But I got it done! And I'm relieved! Now I can get to the next episode. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this. I'll do my best to get the next chapter out soon with some new stories.
Hope you guys leave some nice reviews, and any suggestion you believe would be good. All questions will be answered concerning Sesshoumaru and such in later chapters. If you've got questions concerning the Kuroshitsuji series, then you'll just have to watch the anime your selves. Sorry to sound blunt, but it's really that simple rather than asking me.
-- References --
(*) Okay, this part is tricky and it took me some time to figure out how to explain it but I'll explain it the same way the anime did so.
In the Japanese dialogue of the anime Sebastian says "Watashi wa Akuma da shitsuji desu." The fansubbs translated this in two ways; for those who don't know Sebastian "I am one hell of a butler", and later technically translated, "I am a demon and a butler."
I thought that I'd explain that bit since I have some readers who tend to ask me question without even watching or reading the series of any crossovers I write.
(**) Signore (Sin-your-re) is really Italian for "Mister" while addressing a male. It closely resembles the Spanish pronunciation, "Señor", but you just add the extra 'e' vowel at the end. I don't know Italian, so this was new to me.
(***) Masculine Italian term for Demon, next to Demonio.