He had his head tilted backward as he stared at the sky. It was ever so rare theses days that he had a chance to look up at the sky. The clouds were grey, ominous and threatening, they were storm clouds and nothing like the fluffy white cotton balls that were in the sky during the day. The way the snow is sprinkled down from a grey, clouded sky and floats to the ground with grace and elegance, so pure.
The man, despite being a demon, did enjoy looking at the snow, watching it fall from the sky. The ravenette turned his dark red eyes away from the sky to stare at the passing pedestrians below. It was well past midnight, but humans still wandered the streets at this hour. In another time, years in the past, most humans would have been sleeping at his hour. His master would have been slumbering at this time.
Sebastian rotated his head to look through the open doors that led inside to the penthouse apartment. He wasn't sure where his young master had gotten to, but the order to remain in the apartment still resonated through his seal keeping him in place.
Sebastian pushed off the rail of the balcony and stepped back inside, shutting the cold air and snow outside while locking the doors. Since his master has lost his soul and Sebastian stuck in an eternal contract with him, things have changed mildly between them. Ciel changed more than himself, he seemed to be constantly stuck in a cycle of anger and violence. Ciel was cold. Detached. Numb. He had nothing to live for, nor anything to die for. He maintained a steady hatred for most things, yet he was more apathetic to everything.
Sebastian was unable to fully emphasize with his young master seeing as he had wished for death and had gotten eternal life in return. He couldn't bring himself to understand what it was he was going through, even as a demon Ciel still maintained many human qualities which made him quite a puzzle to him. The master still remained the selfish imbecile he had been years ago.
No one cared about how Sebastian felt being stuck serving the brat for eternity. Over one hundred years have passed since Ciel's damnation and still Sebastian remained at his side like the loyal servant he was. Despite his internal dislike, the demon had to admit that there was no one else he'd rather serve for the rest of his existence. He was -dare he say- fond of his master.
The man frowned at this thought and turned to walk through the living room and into the kitchen. He stopped, however, when heard it. It was faint and almost soundless, any normal human would have missed it. The older demon knew this sound like he knew his own heartbeat. His head slanted itself as he remained still and simply listened...there! The man's body blurred from sight, moving too quick for the naked eye to catch, reappearing behind the couch.
He struck instantly with an outstretched hand, but his fingers did not connect with the soft fur of the animal he was expecting, instead he grabbed just air. The ruby eyes traveled in the direction of the beast now sitting on the arm at the other end of the couch.
Sebastian had to admit that the feline was rather stunning, above the average cats and housepets. Delicate. Long, thin legs; Small, fragile paws; Lithe, thin build. Much of this cat looks much too easily broken. The cat clearly has amazing speed in her paws, though, that can be seen in almost every aspect of her build. Large ears, long tail, and soft eyes are also brilliant features of this feline.
Her toned body seemed perfect for doing any movement possible, acrobatic or not. She appeared rather petite compared to the average she-cats. Her snow white fur looked soft and sleek, and he imagined the velvet-like texture is so alluring when she brushes up beside you. Even the way she meowed was beautiful, gentle voice and somewhat high pitched, and it's almost too much, to look at her and hear her voice.
He was quickly overcome with the urge to pet the beauty and see if her paws were soft as they looked, however, even with enhanced speed and accuracy the cat continued to elude him. He probably should have been more concerned on where the cat had come from and how she had gotten inside, but he was too concern with just touching the cat. She was as agile as she looked and the way she was able to contort her body astounded him.
After his thirtieth attempt(he was keeping track) and fail to get his hand on the cat he retired for the moment. He was on the ground resting on his knees watching the cat who had settled a good eight feet away from him. The two watch each other unblinking for a long time. He quickly deduced the cat as blind seeing that up closer her eyes had a milky tint to them. A blind cat who could avoid a demon?
That was a little strange. Sebastian took the time to gather his thoughts as he took in a breath of air through his nose. The cat had several different scents clinging to her body, but her own scent was the most pungent. It confused him as it stabbed at his sense of smell. The perfume was heavy and almost warm like a fire yet cool and fresh like rain, he couldn't exactly describe it correctly but knew that it was a very...tempting scent.
He was yanked out of his musing when the door opened. At once, he recognized his young master as soon as he stepped in the doorway. The master's steps were louder and sharper than usual, causing Sebastian to take his eyes off the cat while rising to stand. His master's silhouette came into sight before Ciel stepped into the room himself. The stench of old blood mixed within Ciel's, it was a plain stench marking the blood as humans'.
A feminine smell clung to him, but not as strongly as the blood. Sebastian's eyed dropped down to the female laying limp in his master's arms.
The heartbeat that resonated weakly said she was alive, however barely clinging to life. He remained a silent observer as Ciel bypassed him to reach the couch, setting the female on it rather abruptly as if her touch burned. The raven haired demon walked up behind the smaller one and peered down at the pale woman. Her dress style was greatly outdated and the chain onto her wrist was an uncommon sight, the fact that a large book was attached to it made no sense to him. He assumed that it was of great value to its owner.
"Master?" He spoke breaking the silence that had descended upon them. The cat was forgotten for a second, although brought up again a heartbeat later as Ciel ignored his butler's question and took to glaring at the cat if only looks could kill.
"How are you here?" Ciel had found the smug feline quite vexing along the way to the penthouse and so had 'accidently' dropped her from a seven storey building on the way here. How the cat was now sitting the living room maddening, he was very tempted to throw her outside again when Sebastian spoke up.
"Master, if I may inquire why you have brought-"
"No." Ciel cut off the demon with one short word. Ciel didn't exactly enjoy being questioned and the fact that he didn't have a clear answer himself frustrated him. "The cat what is it?" He changed the topic yet knew it would not remain changed for too long.
"I can not say for sure, Master. All I know for sure is that it's not an ordinary cat." An answer with so much flaw would of at one time demanded more from him, but Ciel merely accepted it. "What of the book?" Sebastian avoided the topic of the blonde for now and settled on something he assumed would get him an answer on why the female was here.
"I found it, the girl was attached to it and the cat." He explained without breaking eye contact with the cat. "The book is written in glyphs. Can you read it?"
At the question, Sebastian reached out for the book with a gentle hand from where it rested on the blonde's stomach but found the cuff around it. He was once again lost seeing as the cuff was closed having figured his master had broken the metal in order to read it.
"How did you open it?" Sebastian glanced over to his master as the younger one tore his eyes away from the cat to give his butler a particular look. Ciel had been assuming that it would just open itself as it had done for him. He turned away from the feline to assist Sebastian. He didn't get very far for razor like incisors sunk deep into his left hand. He moved to grab at the pissed off cat with his right, but like Sebastian only touched air.
The cat had released him instantaneously and as soon as her paws touched the ground, bolted away and onto unconscious blonde. The back was arched and the lips were peeled away from the fangs as she hissed at them.
Ciel's own rage quickly engulfed him as he looked at the puncture wound that pussed and leaking with scarlet liquid. It oozed out of the hand and leaked down pale skin before falling to the floor. The eye took on that demonic appearance as Ciel went to snatch at the defensive cat. His wrist was caught in strong yet loose grip as Sebastian cast him a rather disapproving look.
"If you miss you might injure the girl further." He kept his tone calm as he released his young master. Ciel scoffed though made no move to grab the cat again. The cat made no move to settled as she continued to hiss and spit at both males. Ciel's wound was already healing, the skin and muscles stitching itself back together. He still wanted to murder the cat which seemed to visible show itself for the cat wasn't relaxing in the slightest. As he opened his lips to order Sebastian to remove the cat an unearthly voice interrupted him.
"Shiina." It wasn't more than a whisper and sounded airy and angelic as if she were singing. It was an enchanting sound that had both demons turning their eyes in the blonde's direction. She stirred a bit in her slumber, her face was scrunched as if she were having a bad dream. That name was uttered again and the cat lowered her hackles. One ear had twisted backward to catch the breathy sound in the right ear, it soothed the animal at once.
The feline slipped off the book it was standing over and moved to lay itself on the blonde's chest. The girl's facial expression returned to one of peace as the cat's weight and warmth reassured her. The older demon deduced that the cat's name must be Shiina and noticed something off the second time he glanced at the cat. It looked as if the tail has split in half right down the middle. It now had two identical tails waving back and forth behind it. It seemed that normal was never something he and his master would ever obtain.
Not as good as the first chapter, but I tried. Let me know what you think. We'll be learning more about Shiina and the girl and learn what the book is for in the next chapter when the girl wakes up, Undertake might be making an appearance too.
Oh and Sorry if Ciel and Sebastian are somewhat OOC, I haven't watched the show in a while but I am trying to keep them somewhat in character along with more modernized a little.
I don't own black butler, I wish I did.