The cat in the dark room

Sebastian got up from the table. "Oh are you leaving already?" Thoru said sad that he couldn't' have stayed a little longer, or at least tell them where he was from.

"I'm sorry but I must go find my friend the tea was very nice, thank you for your hospitality." He said first bowing to Thoru and then to Shigure. "What no I should be thanking you for visiting thank you." Thoru modestly said bowing to him. Sebastian blinked never in his service with the young lord had he ever been bowed to in return. He smiled at the innocence of this girl and thought to himself, that she would make a very interesting toy to play with later. That would be after his service with the young master of course.

Shigure looked up "wait! You can't leave yet! I mean you haven't even had any of Thoru's wonderful cooking." He said stupidly Kyo and Yuki looked at him as if he was an idiot. "I'm completely sorry but I am very worried about my friend." Sebastian said taking one of his white gloved hands and putting it to his chest and bowing low to all of them before he left.

Shigure ran after him, before Sebastian went into his car he could see the man running after him. "I can't be bothered right now Mr. Sohma I must go find my friend." Sebastian said firmly, all this time he delayed put him off.

"yah but you don't' even know where the main house is, it's a couple of miles to the north near those mountains. You can't miss it; it's a mass of houses in one area. Though I doubt your friend will remember you after what she's going through. Have a safe trip." Sebastian blinked 'what did he mean by "she won't remember me?" could she be in some sort of serious trouble? I thought that she was just being dramatic but she's really in trouble. Interesting.'

Shigure had quickly wrote down the directions to the main house and handed it to the man in black. Sebastian drove off into the setting sun driving as fast as he could. He didn't know why this Meyrin mission was breaking his nerves so much, she was just a stupid maid but he still couldn't help feeling a certain twinge of worry about the girl. It was dark when he finally reached the main house, no one was outside they were all asleep. He got out of the car and decided to look around for himself, see where that girl is imprisoned. The gravel crunched under his feet, there was neat piles of snow on either side of the gravel driveway. There were several homes in one area where is he supposed to start. He went to the biggest house and looked through all the windows, he couldn't see her. He even went on the roof and checked in those windows as well no one.

He could hear a mummer on the other side of the roof and saw that there was a hut attached to the big house. He jumped off the roof and landed gently on his feet. He had landed near the hut and saw that there was a small walk from the other side of a high fence to this spot. There were bamboo stalks placed right in front of a high window, placed just so no one or nothing could get out. He could hear someone speaking to someone else.

"What was that Pablo, don't look at me like that I know you heard that crunch in the snow near here." It was Meyrin she was talking soothingly to someone but then there was a shuffle inside the hut. A face was ticking out of the bamboo-stalked window at Sebastian; she had bright reddish magenta colored hair. Sebastian could see it was Meyrin, he couldn't make out her face, it was too dark but he could tell that she had been hurt many times. She wasn't wearing any clothes.

"Wh-wh-who's there? Hatori is that you?" the girl asked timidly her voice was weak as well. Just what did they do to her, "no it's not." Sebastian said

I had been sitting in this room I was given waiting for the day that I would die from my wounds. I was stroking the only company that I would ever get, when I heard the crunch of the snow next to the window. I asked the cat I was holding I had named him Pablo but he just looked at me funny and mewed. I put Pablo and crawled to the window. I couldn't see who it was; I could only tell that there was a man standing outside my window. "Wh-wh-who's there? Hatori is that you?" I asked the tall man. "no." he said I was surprised this man had a prominent English accent. I felt embarrassed I had no clothes on. Akito had taken all my clothes I had and burned then. He then blindfolded me and shoved me in this small room. I had refused to marry Hatori so he tortured me even more and said that I would die instead, so I've been waiting for my death with my cat friends.

"Meyrin, what have they done to you?" The man asked his voice had some concern to it. It was nice of a stranger to be visiting me but somehow I knew this person's voice, but where had I heard it before. "Why do you care, you don't even know me?" I said to the man. The man I couldn't see shifted his weight. "I know you, you used to work for me in a mansion do you remember?" the man asked, I tried but I couldn't remember. I shook my head indicating that I couldn't remember. I could only guess what was on that man's face but he said "I'm coming for you back up Meyrin." I had no idea what this man was going to do but I did as he said. I heard the bars break on the barred windows. I felt a gloved hand on my face untie my blindfold, and the next thing I knew I was looking into a handsome man's face.

Sebastian couldn't' believe that this girl was the expert assassin he had hired two winters ago. He was disappointed but he was also outraged that someone could torture one of the young master's pawns. He looked away when she asked why he cared about her. He asked her if she remembered working for him at the mansion and she shook her blindfolded face. He blinked in surprise and then smirked, 'so these people had the ability to take away people's memories, interesting. But the young master wanted his maid back so I'm going to have to figure out how to make Meyrin remember me.' "Meyrin, I'm coming in so back up." It took a minute for the girl to move back from the window. Sebastian went to the window and broke the Bamboo bars and came in through the window.

He saw the girl sitting in a dark room, the moonlight accenting her body naked body. It was freezing out and this girl had no clothes on, he went right over to her, kneeled down and untied Meyrin's blindfold. She looked at him with her glittering brown eyes. Sebastian whipped away a tear that had been clinging to the corner of the girl's eyes. He looked at her injured body and saw that all she had to cover her was a towel. 'oh Meyrin what have they done to you.' She was trembling she didn't speak she looked up into his amber eyes and blushed. He leaned over and kissed her gently on the lips. First Surprise came to her face then embarrassment and then recognition. "Se…bas…chan?" She had fainted from the sheer cold and turned into a cat.

The man whipped a tear away from my eye and then he bent over and before I could say anything he had kissed me. I was caught by surprised but then I remembered something about this man. I saw myself as a maid in a fancy place, it was Christmas and I had just finished putting up the mistletoe. This man asked me whether or not I was done, I told him I was, as I fell down a ladder. He caught me in his strong arms and then he gently placed a kiss on my lips, these were the same lips that kissed me now. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the last kiss I would get from this man. I was so cold I just blacked out but not before giving the man an indication that I knew him. He caught me in his arms as I turned into a cat.

Sebastian heard footsteps coming to this room he tried to move but couldn't. It was too late a door slid open and a man was in the doorway, a light was streaming into the incredibly small room. "Who are you? What are you doing in here?" A man's voice shouted at him. He glared at the brat who was yelling at him. This must be the person who harmed Meyrin. "Someone come quick we have an intruder!" The man yelled behind him and more running came. Sebastian didn't know what to do if he killed these people Meyrin might get mad at the man she barely remembered. But if he didn't do something right now she would die. More people came over to help the man; someone had fired a gun at Sebastian. He used his body to shield Meyrin from the shot. He would be lying if he didn't grunt out in pain from the bullet. They shot him repeatedly until he fell down dead; he still clung to the cat that was Meyrin.

They thought he was dead but he was just playing dead. Another man who had just heard the gun fire came running. "Akito what are you doing? Who's he?" This man had a deeper voice than Akito had. "There was an intruder trying to steal your fiancé away Hatori I had to do it." Akito said apologetically, Akito stepped aside so Hatori could examine Sebastian. Meyrin was clutched desperately in the man's arms. The cat squirmed free of the dead man's clutches and looked the body over. She had just remembered one thing about Sebastian but he knew that he didn't want him to be dead. "Sebastian!" she cried out leaping on his body and pushing his body with her forepaws. "No please," She cried tear after tear streaming down on his perfect face. He had protected her till the end but why? Hatori looked over at Meyrin who was trembling and crying, she would pass out soon because of the cold if he didn't get her out of here fast. Hatori came over and picked up the calico cat.

"Come on Meyrin, you're going to sleep at my clinic tonight." He took off his blazer and wrapped the cat in it picking up the injured cat. "Hatori you can't I don't want to leave Sebastian!" Meyrin cried "Sebastian!" was the last she could get out before Hatori took her away. Akito looked one more time at Sebastian 'hmf so this was the famous Sebastian that the girl wouldn't shut up about? He didn't look so all high and mighty anymore.' Then he closed the door on the dead body and had ordered his maid to get rid of the body in the morning.

Sebastian waited until everyone had left the room and he was shut inside before he got up. He left through the window and made sure he didn't leave a trace, in case they wanted to move his body in the morning. He would have to think of where to get a dummy to take his place. It was too late for normal department stores to be open but he went into town anyway. With his inhuman strength he opened the store and took a manikin. He then took the manikin to the main Sohma house and dressed the dummy in his clothing and ketchup to look like the dummy was dead.

'That should buy me some time before I can figure out where they took Meyrin again.' He had no idea how he would find her but he had to find her before she said 'I do.' He hated these human feelings that he was starting to feel toward the maid but he had to admit it to himself he couldn't bear her not being around no matter how annoying she was. He left to go back to the hotel he had found near the main house. The woman at the front desk fawned over him when he asked if he could stay a couple of nights.

Her supervisor who was a stiff upper lipped man just like William T. Spears of the reaper society. "Mary what are you doing don't just stand there turn him away!" he said seeing that the man who had just come in was stripped down to his boxers. Sebastian had forgotten to go to go to the car to change he was in a really bad mood, he would go back to the car and get a change of clothes but now he just wanted a room in a hotel. He sighed "I just need a room I'll get the money in a minute I just need to stay here for a while." He said slightly annoyed at the service at this place. The woman went right to the register and started pulling out from a drawer a room card.

"Mary put that away!" He pushed his glasses up the ridge of his nose, "I'm sorry sir but we go by the no shirt no service rule around here, I don't care what you do in the hotel room when you get it but when you register for a room we expect our customers to have a little more clothing on!" The man preached at the shirtless man. Sebastian looked at him innocently and ran his hand down his pecks. The girl went back to the register and keyed in everything else that pertained to the room. "Um excuse me sir but what's your name I just need that and you can pay when you get the money." Sebastian smirked 'aw nothing like showing a little skin.'

"It's Sebastian Michaelis" he said the woman blushed and put in the name and gave him the key to the room. Sebastian winked at the girl and then walked out of the hotel. He walked back to where he had parked the car. He rode it back to the hotel and then went to the room with his luggage, which wasn't much and lay back on the bed.