Kagome meets the Black Butler
"Where am I?" Kagome wondered as she stared up at the inky night sky. The schoolgirl had expected to land in the Feudal Ages of Japan after entering the Bone Eater's Well, but when she'd climbed out of the previous source of water, she was aghast to find she was stranded in a cold, gloomy city she'd never seen before.
"Oh, goodness," a young woman dressed in many layers of black clothing said as she passed Kagome on the street. "I've not seen such scandalous attire in all my life."
"Scandalous? This is what everyone at my school has to wear," Kagome shouted to the woman, who walked even more quickly away from the girl. "Although I do make my skirt a little shorter and my shirt a little tighter when I go to visit Inuyasha," she admitted with a laugh to herself. "Oh, where are you, Inuyasha? I'm not supposed to be in a dirty city with signs covered in writing I can't read!"
She continued whining to nobody as she trudged up another street and turned a corner. "Oh, wow, horse-drawn carriages." Several of these vehicles were moving up and down the road, which was lit by gas-powered lampposts. "It's like one of those places I read about in my history books. Well, I never actually read them as I was too busy being kidnapped by demons for the fifteenth time, but I definitely skimmed through the book. I think I even got a 50 on the test!"
Proud of her achievement, Kagome strutted up the street while peering excitedly at the old-fashioned outfits and objects that were for sale in the many shops.
"Jingle, jingle, jingle." Kagome turned as a brown-haired maid played with two sets of bells that could fit in the palms of her hand.
"Oh, Paula, we already have enough bells," a small girl with huge blonde pigtails told the maid. "We're here to buy something cute for the next time I visit Ciel-kun!"
"Sorry, Miss Elizabeth," the maid said before setting the bells down, although she did give them a sad glance.
"Hey, if you're looking for a present for your boyfriend, I'm the person you should be asking," Kagome said with a large smile. Elizabeth looked up at her curiously.
"A foreigner," she said, causing Kagome to scowl.
"So what if I'm foreign? I still know the way to a man's heart-I do have at least three of them chasing after me," she added proudly. Elizabeth's green eyes widened.
"Three boys want to marry you?"
"Well, I wouldn't say they all wanted to marry me, exactly," Kagome said with a nervous giggle. "One did, but he was a jerky wolf demon who didn't know how to treat a lady."
"D-demon?" Elizabeth and Paula started trembling but Kagome took no notice.
"Oh, yeah, I'm around demons all the time-I can spot one from a mile away actually. But only one of the guys who likes me is a demon; one's completely human, but I don't like him very much. I just keep him around in case I need to borrow things from him," she added with a wink. Elizabeth frowned.
"That doesn't sound like a very nice thing to say," she said. Kagome scoffed.
"It's not like I led him on or anything. Well, maybe I did, but the point is you can never have too many things from a suitor."
"I don't think I should be listening to you anymore," Elizabeth said in a determined tone. "Ciel-kun is the person I love most and I would never lead him on or use him for things. Good evening." With that she turned and stormed away, while Paula scurried after her. Kagome shrugged.
"She didn't even get to hear about the best boy that likes me. Oh well, her loss." Feeling chipper once again, Kagome continued her stroll down the street and also continued to examine the people around her. "I would hate having to wear so much clothing," she muttered after passing ten women revealing no skin other than that on their faces. "How do you get guys to notice you if there's nothing worth noticing available?"
She shrugged and continued along until an interesting group ahead caught her eye. A young boy, perhaps of thirteen, was wearing a top hat and using a cane as he strolled down the street. He was accompanied by a cheerful woman dressed all in red, and two butlers. Once she saw the face of the taller butler, Kagome's mouth fell open and she started drooling on herself.
"So handsome." With a quick wipe of her lips, she lifted her skirt another inch before taking off after the group. "Excuse me! Could you help a lost foreigner?"
"What is it now?" The boy, who Kagome now noticed wore a patch over his right eye, turned to her with a sour expression. "I've had enough trouble with foreigners."
"Aw, my adorable nephew should not be so cold," the woman in red said as she patted his shoulder. "This poor girl is probably completely confused after arriving in a place so different from her homeland. Er, where is her homeland, Grell?"
"Most likely, Japan," her butler replied. He was the shorter of the two and not the one Kagome cared about, so she ignored him and turned toward the taller one.
"Correct, I am from Japan," she said, bowing politely before them. "My name is Kagome Higurashi. You are?"
"Ciel Phantomhive," the boy replied, to Kagome's annoyance. "This is my aunt, Madam Red, and her butler, Grell."
"And your name is?" Kagome asked, batting her eyes at the dark-haired stranger with brown eyes that almost glowed. He gave her an amused look before bowing as well.
"I am Sebastian Michaelis, personal butler of Ciel-bocchan. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
"No, the pleasure is all mine," Kagome said, forcing a throaty laugh from her mouth. Ciel had taken this time to study her further and frowned at her appearance.
"I don't know how it is in Japan, but in England it is not proper for a young woman to dress in such attire," he informed her snootily.
"Perhaps she is one suited for such clothes," Madam Red said in a teasing tone. "A woman who walks the streets at night?" Kagome gasped and glared at her.
"How dare you call me a prostitute? I am simply a schoolgirl from Japan who travels back in time to fight demons!" Sebastian's brow twitched ever so slightly at this proclamation.
"Demons, you say? I've never heard of schoolgirls slaying demons before." Kagome quickly batted her eyes at him again and twirled a strand of hair between her fingers.
"Oh, yes, Sebastian-san. I'm an expert at finding and purifying demons. My friends would be useless without my expertise in each battle." A smile formed upon both the butler's and the boy's lips but they made no mention of it as they looked down at each other.
"Perhaps we should be taking our leave, bocchan? The hour is growing quite late." Ciel nodded and gave Kagome one last odd look before adjusting his long coat.
"Yes, we should be leaving as well," Madam Red said with a yawn. "A doctor needs her rest if she's to perform at her best. Good evening to you, young demon slayer." She nodded to Kagome before setting off with her nephew and their butlers.
"Are you just going to leave me here like this?" Kagome called after their retreating figures.
"I'm sure the church a street away will take you in for the night," Ciel called back in an uncaring tone. Kagome growled and stormed away.
"Fine, if they don't want me then who needs them!" She continued walking and muttering to herself until discovering that she was completely lost. "Oh, no, I thought the church would be here. Now what do I do?"
"I have a suggestion for that." Kagome looked up as a strangely familiar voice called down to her from the top of a roof.
"Who's there?" she yelled, trying to sound fierce. "Show yourself!"
"Of course!" A man with long red hair and crazy pointed teeth hopped down beside the girl and grinned crazily at her. "I've never met a demon slayer before-what an exciting opportunity."
"Oh, really?" Kagome felt flattered. "Would you like me to show you some of my skills?"
"Actually I'd like you to show this shinigami what's inside you?" he responded. Kagome gasped, not at learning that this man was a shinigami, but at what she thought was a lewd come-on.
"I'd never show that to you, you pervert!" She raised her hand to slap him but was halted by the man revealing a giant chainsaw, turning it on, and then shoving it through her chest. Blood and intestines gushed onto the blackened streets before the device was removed. Kagome crumpled to the ground, a stream of blood now leaking from the corners of her mouth.
"Hmm, how disappointing," the shinigami said after examining the corpse. "I had expected a brighter shade of red from a demon slayer."