Chapter 3
Yay 3rd chapter. I'm sure the last chapter came as a bit shock to most people unless of course they expect this sort of stuff in which case. Yeah it's pretty typical. I hope you enjoy this chapter. To recap; Ciel had been invited to a pet party by lady Feliné a mysterious American noble woman, upon his arrival they found that the young lady wasn't home, then Ciel ran into Ru, or Rui from previous stories. It was then that he found out that she was indeed the mysterious lady Feliné. ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
"You're lady Feliné? This cannot be." Ciel said, upon their return from their run in in town. The young butler had literally forced Rui into their carriage. The thought of Ciel's former dog trainer was actually the American noble woman that had invited him was something that he never would have expected.
"Yup, the one and only." Ru said, smiling sweetly. "Sorry for not telling you, but I thought you wouldn't believe me."
"Milady you really mustn't run off from home like this what if someone had seen you?" Rui's butler scolded. Rui smiled.
"Someone did see, several some ones actually. There was the baker, the dog walker, the butcher, the flower shop keeper." Rui said naming off people she had no doubt ran into while dressed like she was. Her butler gave her a stare.
"Don't be a smart ass. It's not proper." He said. Rui huffed.
"To hell with being 'proper.' That sort of stuff if for snooty little Pomeranians, and long haired pinched nosed cats." She said.
"If you don't mind, Lady Rui-"
"Ru, my friend Ciel, will do just fine." Ru said laughing Ciel's face turned a light pink.
"Right. Why did you leave your home, have you any idea how inconvenient that is to your guests?" Ciel asked. Ru sighed.
"The people attending my party aren't my guests." She said somberly, and then her mood went cheery again. "If I were in charge of the guest list I wouldn't have invited so many snooty poodles, Persians and Selkirk rexes." She giggled.
"Had you had your way milady, you would have invited every stray cat and mutt onto the Feliné noble yards." Ru's butler said.
"Oh can it, Philip, besides I wanted to get a certain item from the repair shop I had dropped off a few days back, too much of a hassle for the people who were already busy preparing this farce of a pet party." She then said crossing her arms.
"What item might that be Milady?" Philip asked. Rui paused looking at the window.
"That, my dear friend, is none of your concern." She said sweetly. "now Ciel how's Pluto? Is he behaving? You did bring him right?"
"I didn't wish to but the dog refused to be left behind." Ciel said, Rui squealed happily.
"Oh how wonderful! I just love that cute demon dog of yours he's just the sweetest thing on four paws." She said happily, Ciel narrowed his eyes.
"Right." He said, as the carriage rode off, back to the Feliné house.
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"I wonder who lady Feliné is and why she invited us three too?" May-rin asked.
"Who cares the point is we were invited to a party to have fun for once!" Bardroy said.
"Still though, it would be nice to know." Finnian said. "It's pretty neat how she's kind enough to even invite us servants to the party."
"Meh whatever." Bardroy thought.
"I don't know, I keep getting the idea we know her or something." Mary-rin said aloud.
"Who knows maybe we do." Finnian said.
"Hey what are you three standin' around for? Get back to work." a young man shouted his accent was American. The three looked to see someone standing, he was about a few years older than Ciel, perhaps the same age as Rui, (for the record she's about 16, 17.) he wore a red dress suit and had bright flaming red hair and brown eyes that were piercing through the trio.
"Uhm we aren't-"
"If this room isn't spotless by the time the guests arrive heads will roll!" the boy shouted, he then looked over at May-Rin. "Starting with you!"
"B-but we're not…"
"No excuses back to work!" he shouted then turned leaving the three.
"You think we should have told him, that Miss Feliné invited us as guests?" Finnian asked.
"It's not like I didn't try!" May-rin said
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"As you can see the Feliné home has many pets that roam the yard." Rui said, showing Ciel around, "So it's alright to let Pluto roam free. He won't bother any of the other animals"
"I'm not so sure about that." Ciel said as a bird flew over his head. "So Ru, if you weren't in charge of the party plans who on earth was?" Ru didn't answer.
"Oh would you like to see what other animals we have? We have all sorts, the Feliné family is famed for their large collection of animals. Not saying that animals are items created for collecting of course." Rui said changing the subject.
"Ru, why won't you answer my question?" Ciel asked.
"The party is really for someone else, not me." She finally said.
"Milady Rui, you need to get dressed." A maid called, Ru sighed.
"I'll be back alright?" she said with a smile and a wink then ran off to follow her maid upstairs.
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"I thought we were invited to this party as guests not hired hands." Bardroy grumbled to the others as he scrubbed the floors.
"I thought so too, but I really don't want to chance it with that guy around, he's scary." May-rin said as she dusted a flower vase.
"May-rin? Finnian, Bardroy? What on earth are you three doing?" A female voice said from above the stairs. The three looked up to see Rui in a party dress.
"Ru? Is that you?" Finnian asked, Ru came down the stairs.
"What are you three doing?" she asked as she walked down to the main level.
"Well we're working." May-rin said, Ru growled.
"What's this? What makes you think you can stop now?" the boy came in again shouting. Ru turned and glared at the boy.
"They aren't not here as hired help, Jonathon, lay off!" she shouted, the boy, now known as Jonathon looked down at Ru.
"Oh, is that it? So they're you guests. Just like the Phantomhive brat right?" he said, then let out an annoyed sigh. "I swear Rui, you have such horrid taste in people." He said then walked off, Ru puffed out her cheeks.
"Oh go blow it out your—oh!" she turned to the trio. "Heh sorry about that, please enjoy your time here alright. I really must be going." The trio stood slack jawed at their friend.
"Don't tell me, y-you're…" Bardroy stuttered, Ru turned to them and curtsied.
"Lady Rui Feliné? Yes, I am." She said sweetly. "Sorry for not telling you, but I really do need to go." she said then left. "Do have fun, and do me a favor and let Pluto off his chain?"
~0~
"So, you didn't know who she was after all?" Ciel asked Sebastian.
"No, that I did not, it was a complete shock to me as well." Sebastian said.
"Fwo! Sorry bout the wait!" Ru said walking back to meet with her friend, she then noticed Sebastian.
"Hello, black butler." She said dryly, then looked back to Ciel. "So duchound boy, did you have a safe trip? I had meant to ask you that earlier, but never did."
"My trip was fine until we got to the outskirts of the town and my carriage's wheel crashed into a rock, smashing the wheel." Ciel explained.
"I imagine your butler took care of that though didn't he?" Ru said sweetly.
"So this is where you had run off to, Rui." Jonathon shouted entering the room the three of them were. Ru said narrowed her eyes and looked in the opposite direction of him.
"I ran off? You were the one to storm off when you insulted my guests by making them work." she said flatly. "By any chance, have our servants found my cat yet?" Jonathon sat down next to her forcing her to look at him.
"No they have not, but why on earth would you need that retched cat when you have me?" he said giving an evil smile.
"Stop that, I do have a guests of my own, and you're making me seem really rude Jonathon." Ru said no emotion behind her voice. Jonathon looked to Ciel and Sebastian and narrowed his eyes.
"Oh that's right your little rat dog boy." He said, Ru stood then glared down at him.
"how dare you insult my guests, I have never in my life insulted any of the people you've invited into my home and yet you have the audacity to insult the few people I have ever brought here. You stand now an apologize to my guests!" she shouted, Jonathan stood glaring back. There was a long pause, then Jonathan smacked Ru. Ciel and Sebastian looked at the duo in shock.
"You arrogant bitch! How dare you talk to me like that, I'll insult anyone I wish and neither you nor that filthy pest of a cat can say a thing about it." Jonathan shouted then stormed out, leaving Ru and the two staring after him. Ciel was the first to speak.
"Care to explain what that was about?" he asked in his usual tone Ru turned and smiled.
"Oh nothing but a small quarrel between two adults is all." She said sweetly rubbing the sore spot on her cheek.
"That's a terrible lie and you know it, Ru." Ciel said. "Tell me who is that man to you?" Ru sighed.
"You catch on quick perhaps you're not a duchound after all." She said smiling, "You see Jonathan is…my fiancé and well this party is to…'celebrate' our wedlock."
Well that's the end of that chapter what do you think? I hope you don't mind my introducment of a new character. Heh but he plays a key part in this story so don't think he's some random pop up character. Please tell me what you think of my story thus far. fare the well! n_n!