~Ayame Maaka: "Hey guys thanks to miso-kun for my first review!" I'm going to try to get in two more chapters this weekend, and I'll be making a chapter for mine and ak's birthday which is on Tuesday! Woot! So until then, enjoy this chapter.~ Disclaimer- "I do not own Kuroshitsuji its respected mangaka does, nor the anime. I claim only my OC Ayame Koyama and her sister.
~Chapter 2: "The Iris is a tutor."~
As the golden disks rays poured over the room, rising from the east it ushered in new life.* On such a morning glorious our heroine awakens the rays dappling on her pale fair face, reflecting a golden halo on her already honey golden blonde hair. Ayame fluttered her dark blue eyes. Those eyes could pierce the coldest of hearts, and could also make one think she was looking straight at their soul.
Ayame slowly sat up against her pillow, looking around and admiring the quaint little box room which servants had. Suddenly her sharp eyes caught a flicker of movement. Her eyes caught a hold of a certain black clad butler moving towards the bed. He had with him a silver pocket-watch, and a tray-on-wheels* stacked with little tea sandwiches and tea. He hands her some of the food which is on a plate. Then he smiles, and takes a seat from the writing desk and sits adjacent the bed. Ayame sleepily smiles, nodding thanks. "Well, Miss Alexandra I expect you to finish that soon, and meet the young master downstairs in the parlor." The angelic demon butler said with a pleasant smile. No doubly fake. As he was reaching the door, Ayame spoke up. "You may call me Ayame, Sebastian." "Alright then Mistress Ayame." *then he went up and left.
Ayame finished her small repast and tea, and then she realized something as she was getting dressed. As she reached for her modest midnight blue dress, she had a realization that she hadn't put on a nightgown the night before. Nor, did she remember much about retiring to bed. "Lord, it could not have been-"But, it seemed so, and the thought caused a small blush to appear on the young lady's porcelain face. She walked down the steps a little bit dazed. "Red really does suit you, Miss." Proclaimed the devilish butler, he'd noticed her realization and smirked. 'Now who does that remind me of?' thought Ayame. But, that wasn't the main issue at hand right now, and the girlish tutor just blushed some more. She had wanted to say something in protest, but she wasn't something of feminist, firmly believing in the Biblical principal of how women should act in the presence of a man and behavior. Lashing out in anger would be unbecoming behavior for a young lady. So she held her tongue, and tried to clear her mind in an attempt to stay level headed. She managed a smile, deciding it would be better to just let it go. Her feeling that way was in fact a creation of her own mind anyhow. So she followed the butler to the where everyone was lined up. Ciel nodded to her to step forward, and introduced her to the Phantomhive servants.
"This is Lady Alexandra Koyama, but you may call her Ayame. She is to stay with us for the time being, as my full time tutor." He gestures to a blond boy with a hair pin, and a gardener's hat. "This is Finnian, we call him Finny He's the house's gardener." "Hello." Says the girlish boy cheerfully. Ciel continued, "This is the house's maid, Mei-rin." He gestures to a pretty wine haired girl in a blue maid outfit. "Hello young miss, I hope we can become good friends, yes!" Ayame, briskly nods. Next was a fellow American, a man who had a cigarette, and was carrying a deflated old steward. "Hello I'm Bard, and this guy is Tanaka he doesn't talk very much, but he's very wise." Again Ayame nodded.
Sebastian noticing Bard's lack of respect for the young master's approval to speak quickly sends him to the kitchen with a notice. Ciel nods, "So what shall you be teaching me Miss Koyama?" asked the cheeky blue haired adolescent. "Well now, that depends what does Sebastian here tutor you in?" Ayame asked. "History and music mostly, but I'm rather interested in what can teach me. Perhaps, what they teach boys in school in the twenty-first century?" he gives a smug smirk. "Well first off, actually in a few decades from now, girls go to school along with boys and have the option to receive public free education." Ayame began. Ciel had lost the smug look on his face. 'Girls go to school?' he wrinkled his nose at the thought. 'Distasteful.' She saw the way he cringed. "Young ladies grow up learning the same things males do along, side them as they should: chemistry, geometry, algebra, literature, history, the sciences, foreign language, and the like." "I've had the privilege to get a fine high-school 2nd year level education. I've also had the rare opportunity to learn subjects more fashionable of this time; French, Latin, Art, Music." Ciel raised an eyebrow. "I'm going on aren't I?" Ayame gushed. Ciel nodded.
"I think I'll teach you about stuff your era hasn't learned yet, yes? Today will be an hour of Chemistry, and then some Modern History then I think a short break would be in order. Afterwards, we can have a lecture on Modern concepts of Geometry, and then Modern Biology that should suffice for today. " Ayame gave a light laugh, at the horrified look on the usually unreadable boy. Sebastian looked rather amused; this would prove to be a rather interesting thing. "So let's begin with Chemistry", she got out her Chemistry Textbooks from her messenger bag that she hauled half her locker's contents in every day. Luckily for her she had taken all her text books home for the night before she was to be in school. Unfortunately for the young master, who was still a boy of thirteen, this seemed like it would be a long mind exhausting day. "So this is what your era calls, 'the table of elements' it was arranged by some Russian man I do not recall the name of. We now call it the periodic table, as you can see the table has been arranged to be more organized as newer more frequent elements were being discovered." Ciel nodded intrigued at the table that now seemed to be up-to-date with at least a hundred elements in it now. "This, is magnesium and, this is oxygen, when they are made into a compound they form MgO. Which as you are fully aware of is used in old methods of photography, and is highly flammable." Ciel shuddered thinking about the crazy, old, fat, pig woman who went on a rampage and blew up people with happiness she did not possess. Sebastian gave him a sympathetic glance. Ayame noticed his reactions and continued on, "This element located on the bottom column is the radioactive element discovered by your time, but not yet fully understood is number ninety-two Uranium. It was used to create an atomic bomb, based on Albert Einstein's theory that the atom could produce massive energy through nuclear fission. The reaction happens when the atom of uranium under laboratory supervision is split from its pieces that make it up. Falling apart makes the atom more unstable then it was prior, and the energy has to release. As you know the energy upon the earth cannot be created, or destroyed. Therefore the energy is not lost; nature has a habit of recycling. The energy present in the atom in could obliterate life as we know it if in a high enough quantity. So we use around one-sixteenth of that energy is needed in the bomb."
'Atomic Bomb?', thought Ciel. "Yes, there was two atomic bombs was used to end World War II, they were dropped on two major cities in Japan by the Americans." Ciel looked surprised, so did Sebastian. "The damage must have been immense milady." Sebastian stated. "Yes it was, and oh I forgot to mention that war gets on a world scale now towards the mid twentieth-century. "She gives a half-heart laugh. Ciel has a calm stoic look on his face, while Sebastian grimaces at the new knowledge of the fool-hearted follies man plays with in the new era. Ayame evaluated the air around her, "I think it might be best to end the lesson here, Sebastian can you bring us some tea please?" He nods, and bows then briskly brings some tea and bonbons.* "Thank-you dear." Ayame smiles and continues to the next topic, modern day history. She proceeds to tell Ciel, about future presidents, happenings, and foreign trade relations of the modern era. "Wait, so in the future China is a second-world makes every first-world countries, stuff like clothes by the masses?" Ciel, inquires. "Yes, while it exports most of that stuff to America, it has a booming economy now and the U.S isn't presently so well off. This kind of financial crisis hasn't happened since the Great depression." Ayame, calmly explained.
"Well that sucks." Ciel simply stated. Sebastian told Ciel to watch his language in front of a lady, and his tutor. "But, I'm just repeating the language she used in her journal, right here!" Ciel whined. 'Oh, this is truly delicious Ciel whining.' Ayame thought to herself. 'Oh, wait! Shit.' She addressed Sebastian who was now looking at her in a questioning manor. "First of all Sebastian you're over analyzing this, when someone uses phrases like that with those kinds of words in that manor in modern day conversation they generally don't mean the actual meaning. Or, comprehend it while their using it." "More, importantly why did you go through my private diary Ciel?" Ayame said raising her voice losing her patience. "You shouldn't raise your voice like that milady, it's unbecoming." Ciel stated calmly. This only infuriated the young lady more. "Why you, I may raise my voice when a situation calls for it to be appropriate, and this situation fits well. " Ayame was seething. "You mustn't take and view other persons' possessions like that; it's disrespectful to said person's privacy. That is why it's written down with a lock and key only meant to be in possession of the proper owner." Her words reveal truth to Ciel, away ashamed. He then tries to keep his "pride", and asks his fuming tutor to pardon his actions. Ayame's expression grows soft with the understanding of a mother to a young child, who has caught him doing something naughty.
"It's alright, just don't do that again." "What were you looking for? Where you searching for information about me?""Yes and now, my curiosity has been thoroughly sated." "Especially after reading page fifty, the entry on Sebastian's cat fetish in the manga of ours." Ciel stated. Ayame felt her face heat up. "What else did you read?" She prayed to the Lord God he hadn't discovered anything about neko-mimi Ciel. Oh God. She grimaced at thought. "Nothing too interesting." Ciel replied. He gave her a curious look and then, turned his attention to the snacks in front of him. He sipped his Earl Grey tea. He had it imported from producers in India, typical.
So after tea-time, Ayame guided Ciel in modern concepts of Geometry. "And, so what my parents knew when they were in their twenties in the 1970's, about Geometry has been revised since then. Even a postage stamp issued told the new discoveries. Once thought to be incorrect.*" Ayame, concluded the lecture. Last on the list was Modern Biology. She explained what she knew about the contents of the textbook, mainly what is now known about animals and the way they behave and why. Also how life processes worked. "So it's as I said, earlier this evening, the given amount of energy on this planet cannot be created, or destroyed, it can only be recycled. The sun gives light UV, and UVA radiation as energy to warm the planet and support life in it. In the food chain, the sun's energy is used on the first level to convert a form of simple sugars for micro-organisms, and also plants. Then herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores can the energy from eating the plants and each other."
"However, some energy is 'lost' in the metabolically processed in the organism that is higher on a higher level. The energy gained is less thus by the consumer. Then it can be recycled through the living creature. When you die however your body's vessel you leave behind, will feed the earth nutrients, necessary to keep the earth fertile. Then we get into the Nitrogen cycle." "So, there you have it. Do you have any questions?" Ciel looked like he had been struck by a horse carriage.
'How the hell does this woman know so much?' Ciel thought stunned. It had been very gratifying an educational. He'd felt his intellect challenged by a near equal. What else could he learn from her staying here under her tutoring? He wondered. "Ciel, your thoughts are rude." Sebastian said.* "What?" Ciel just looked at him what was his demon butler talking about? He'd only thought nice things about his golden haired tutor. "Never mind." Sebastian said. It seemed
Ciel was too young to understand fully the meaning of his words. He'd have to update his vocabulary tomorrow before, he could study under the young maiden again. They had supper later that evening, and Sebastian put Ciel to bed.
Ayame had already changed into a night-gown; she had borrowed from Mei-rin. They were about the same height. 5'5. As she was getting ready to retire to dreamland for the night, Sebastian knocked on the door and came in. Now being from the year 2011, and having a full length night gown appropriate to the 1800's didn't change the fact Ayame, was in her underclothes in front of a demon man. She blushed and tried to slip on a robe hanging on the clothes rack in her wardrobe. "Kyaa!" Ayame exclaimed when she couldn't get on a robe for modesty's sake on her part. (Ayame is a very modest girl never showing anything past the knee, she detests jean and pants she would often wear decent length skirts and dresses even in her time.) "Calm down, and keep your voice down, I've seen enough women, for this state you're in to be nothing." He wasn't joking Ayame knew full well. Ayame now wanted to slap him and call him a pervert, but that would be against her better judgment. She decided to slap him only if he did something morally wrong to her.
The demonic butler read her thoughts. "Oh, come now don't play that, you wouldn't stand a chance, and I rather think you wouldn't want too." Sebastian playfully remarked. Ayame was peeved now. Though humble in general she had some pride too. "Would I now? How would you know?" she dared. "Because, my sweet I've looked into your soul and know you." He simply said. "You do not 'know me'. " Ayame stubbornly stated. "I know you well enough, to know, you're thinking on the word is perverse though correct." He said. 'What do they teach young people in that era anyways?' he thought. They seem so knowledgeable in the nature of sinfulness not present in people like the young master's fiancée. At this age she shouldn't have, not have period. "In my era many girls aren't waiting for marriage, and learning about such things by massive libraries of information on the 'internet' I've talked about earlier in my lectures with Ciel." 'Wait had she just read his mind?' 'No that's not possible he was a demon, human aren't capable of that feat, and most creatures in general.' 'Only God, and his messengers the angels, and occasional demon mostly one's partners could.'
"Oh, but it is posisible Sebby." Ayame mocked. Sebastian stood dumb-struck at what he had heard, then gave a creepy grin and walked up to her. Ayame took a step back, and then another until she was against the wall. Sebastian trapped her pinning her arms. "Who gave you permission to use that atrocious name that numb-skull of a reaper Grell uses?" he asked her. "No one." Ayame says in a small voice. Several black feathers were floating about, as Sebastian's eyes flashed red. "Well then, say you're sorry." He continued to smile creepily.
"Sorry?" she offered. In a flash before she knew what hit her, Sebastian had taken a hold of her lips pressing against her. It took a moment for it to register in her brain. This hadn't been her first kiss that went to a fellow Russian American boy, at the Russian camp in New York when she was ten or so. 'Damn, why must his lips taste so good?' She thought. She wanted to fight him, and pull away but, couldn't Sebastian was taking his gold old time. He savored her emotions that ran through her soul; fear, anger, confusion, and some lust too. Her soul he could taste through her mouth was like sweet berries of the summer; her being was both cold, and also warm. He taken in all of this with a simple kiss. He pulled back from her, and released her. She was now looking at him in wonderment. He smirked, and left her to linger over it. He'd also sensed something in that kiss, besides her mysterious parts she kept locked, and hidden behind her dark blue eyes. He found he wouldn't be physically be able to extract her soul. It was seemingly protected especially by Yahweh the Lord God of the Israelites'. He would have to find out more, about this matter later. He could always claim her, his, by giving her his mark for the end of days. He chuckled at the thought, and left the confused maiden to slumber.
The next day, there was a knock on the door of the main entrance. Sebastian went to go and open it. There standing in the doorway was a little girl at most three-years old, who shared resemblance to the flustered tutor of Ciel. She had the same eyes, and the hair was slightly darker almost brunette but, not quite. Her skin was also slightly darker, than the fair tutor. It had a more healthful glow about it. 'Her child?' he dreaded that thought and banished it from his thoughts. He smiled, said hello and led through to the sitting room where everyone was enjoying afternoon tea taking a break from their studies, and/or work.
"Young master, Lady Ayame I present to you this young mistress. What was your name little one?" He asked her. The little girl in a dark green dress, of the time period, saw the older girl and ran towards her. "My big sister Alge* is here!" she gleefully proclaimed. "Annastia? What are you doing here sweetie?" She was slightly confused. "I don't know Alex sister, I was at day-care. When I woke up from my nap, I was led here by a white bird, and black bird. The birds helped me knock on the door." The smart three-year-old explained. Ciel and Sebastian raised eyebrows. "This is my baby sister Annastia, she gets her vocabulary from me." Ayame stated proudly. "Anna is going to be staying here for a while." The cute little girl stated. "I'll get your things into my room, you can stay with me sweetie." Ayame fondly looked upon her angelic kin.
To be continued-
Star Notes: 1. the sun, rises in the east, myths tell this is rebirth of the sun, or a god. They set in the west, to shine on the land of the dead. 2. I actually used the right term found this on google search: .com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=&h=459&w=500&sz=21&tbnid=BQ3_vrDhFG1fPM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtray%2Bon%2Bwheels&zoom=1&q=tray+on+wheels&hl=en&usg=_NXdHSpv_LSBqjpAUHWitANdsosk=&sa=X&ei=ro16Te67PMKAlAef0_TrBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ9QEwAQ
3. She's a tutor; I'm not entirely sure what was used to address one back then.
4. French- bonbons=candies, or "little goodies" basically. I had to add it. X3
5. Four colors suffice, theorem. .org/wiki/Four_color_theorem
6. I'm lecherous laughs, I like to use woman as in well, its' true definition.
7. Alge= the way my sister first called me when she could say my name perfectly well. Her name is Annastia, also.
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