Chapter 5
Well as it seems my dominatrix angel really is no fun at all. *sigh* but I do love that little Chinese assassin girl Ran-Mao Lao has with him, Lao himself is pretty cool, until he killed that inspector, but alas somehow I predicted he would die like he did. Anime can be so predictable sometimes. Shame, but I mean seriously a man who's orphaned like Ciel, planned to get married and was expecting a child. That's just asking for a character murder. *Sigh* if I sound a bit arrogant in saying this forgive me. though it's cool to see Sebastian get his-self slapped by that cutie Ciel! ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
"Now let's get started, Ru is counting on us to find her cat before dawn tomorrow after all." Ciel explained.
"Of course young master." Sebastian said.
~earlier~
"Right, now let me tell you about my Mimi." Ru began, "She's a Scottish fold with an unusual fur pattern and eyes."
"Is that all we have to go on?" Ciel asked, Ru grinned.
"Well not really, sadly there's another reason I asked for you to bring Pluto. It seems my own demon dog isn't able to track poor Mimi." She said "So I figured maybe it was because she wasn't used to finding and chasing down cats, maybe Pluto, since he is one to chase after cats he could find Mimi."
"I see so that's the reason you did so. But wouldn't any other dog be able to find your cat then?" Ciel asked. Ru shook her head and turned away from him.
"It takes a demon dog to find my cat, Mimi will not approach any dog but a demon dog, Pluto and Lily are the only ones I know about in this world." She said.
"I see, I will find your cat Mimi then." Ciel said. Ru turned back them.
"That's great!" she said, then walked over to Sebastian smiling up at him. "Now usually Dobi-boy I wouldn't let you anywhere near my home, nor sweet Mimi, however, given the circumstances I feel it will be unavoidable."
"What on earth are you talking about?" Sebastian asked, Ru nonchalantly stepped on his foot, causing the butler much pain.
"Ya know damn well what I'm talkin bout." She said crossly, then her tone sweetened, "Now bring back my cat safely and I'll let you pet her, alright? I believe someone like you would enjoy this breed of cat." Sebastian's ears perked.
"I will do as my young master asks of me." he said calmly, but down inside Ru could see he was excited.
~0~
"Now where to start?" Ciel thought aloud.
"Perhaps if Miss Rui had given us something for Pluto smell we'd have somewhat of an idea." Sebastian said, suddenly something was thrown at them Sebastian caught it as it whizzed by Ciel's head. Sebastian opened his hand to reveal a stuffed mouse toy.
"That was Milady's cat Mimi's favored cat toy stitched by milady's mother herself," an older man said stepping out from behind a large cat statue; it was Philip, Ru's butler. "That should be good enough to help your dog find a scent."
"You're an interesting servant." Ciel pointed out. Philip smiled.
"Not at all, milady Ru asked me to give you that since she had neglected to do so earlier. Milady can be such forgetful type." He said walking away. "Please do find her cat, I do not wish milady to be forced into such a horrid marriage." And with that he left the three, to find Ru's cat.
~0~
"Say where'd Pluto go?" Finnian asked as he played with one of the puppies Ru had introduced them to.
"Oh he's probably with Ciel and Sebastian." Ru said sweetly, "see aren't these puppies the cutest? Momo's been a strong mother for her pups too."
"Say Ru, do you mind if we asked you a personal question?" May-rin asked. Ru looked up.
"Sure, I love questions." She said, the three looked to each other, then back at Ru.
"Who exactly was that guy from the room? He seemed to know you well." Finnian said. Ru cocked her head.
"Well you see, he's my soon-to-be husband." She said grinning. "Not that I'm too joyous to the idea of getting married so soon."
"Oh I see. Not to seem rude but he's a bit of an ass if you ask me." Bardroy said bluntly.
"Shh, Bardroy that's not the kind of thing you say to a person who's getting married." May-rin said.
"Oh no he's right, I completely agree with you Bardroy." Ru laughed. "He's not my first choice when it came to marrying him, but I suppose it is my own fault for all this."
"What do you mean Ru?" Finnian asked.
"Well you see when I had first met him; he came right out and asked me to marry him." She explained setting down the pup and standing. "Of course I turned him down, heh, well my exact words were more around the lines of; 'the day I marry you is the day hell itself will freeze over.'"
"Wow that was awfully rude for a noble." Finnian pointed out. Ru laughed a bit.
"Yeah, not really my nicest day, but I didn't want to marry the dude, he's so….well you've seen for yourself." Ru went on, "He's something I wouldn't even let my demon dog chew on."
"So why are you marrying him now?" Bardroy asked.
"Oh, perhaps a change of heart you know?" Ru said shrugging, the three didn't buy it, but decided to leave it to that.
~0~
"So the Phantomhive brat has decided to help Rui after all?" Jonathan asked, the man who had been spying on Ru, Ciel and Sebastian had now relayed all the details of their conversation to Jonathan, who was now, even more unhappy to begin with.
"It doesn't matter by the time they find that rotten flea bitten feline I will have Lady Feliné's wealth, power and social status." Jonathan went on. A bat flew over his head just missing his face. He screamed and ducked down.
"And when I do have Feliné power, I'll cast all these beasts, along with my dear wife, into the garbage like the retched trash they are!" he shouted, then looked at the man who was standing there, "What are you still doing here get back to work!"
~0~
"It seems, master Phantomhive, that Pluto has caught a scent." Sebastian said as Pluto began barking and dragging on his leash.
"This is perfect, once we find this cat we can leave this party. I never was one for pet parties." Ciel said. Pluto then began to growl as they approached a large stone door, they had found themselves deep into the lower levels of Ru's house.
"I wonder if Rui is aware of these lower levels in her home." Sebastian thought aloud.
"She must, it is her home. But there is something amiss, if Pluto has tracked the scent to this part of Ru's own home, who could have put her cat down here, and how could her dogs not find the cat?" Ciel said. Pluto continued to bark and scratch at the large stone door.
"Now the question is, how do we get in to retrieve the cat." Ciel thought aloud, a low snickering sound that made the two turn to look behind them to see an older man with silver hair snickering.
"Who are you? what are you doing here?" Ciel demanded to know. The man stopped.
"My name is Crowl, I'm servant to my master Jonathan." The man said, bowing to the two. "And sadly I cannot allow you two to go into that room."
"What do you mean?" Ciel asked, behind him Pluto began to growl, and bark at the man.
"I mean if you wish to go through that door, I will have to kill you." Crowl threatened drawing out a blade from his side.
~0~
"Milady Rui." A maid called interrupting the small group. Ru turned to face the woman.
"Master John has requested you try on your gown. 'T-to see that it fits' he said." The young woman said, Ru sighed.
"Well that's my cue Sorry to cut this short, but by all means don't let that stop you from having fun." She said standing up to follow her maid.
"Poor Ru, it's obvious she doesn't want to marry that guy." Finnian said.
"And who would? That kid's just cruel." Bardroy huffed. May-Rin watched with sympathy as Ru left with her maid.
"If only we could help her, she'd be much more happy I'm sure." she said, Bardroy placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Ain't nuthin' we can do, she's a noble and we're just common folk." He said then walked off with Finnian trailing behind him. May-Rin sighed, he was right nothing they could do.
~0~
"Sebastian, quit playing around and kill the man!" Ciel yelled as Sebastian was fighting the silver haired man.
"Awful spry for a man in your age." Sebastian said as he swung at the old man named Crowl, with knives and forks. The old man managed to dodge most of his attacks with the same speed as Sebastian.
"Why thank you; it takes so much to keep my body in fit condition for my master." Crowl said smiling arrogantly. Sebastian swung at him again, Crowl dodged then came back and hit Sebastian in the back of his head, sending the butler flying into a wall with a loud crash. Crowl then advanced to Ciel, baring down at him with evil filled eyes.
"Now, young Phantomhive; you're mine."
W0000T! chapter 5 done, how'd you like my cliff hanger hmm? Tell me in your reviews! FUKUYAMA OUT!