Chapter 4: Just Enough

"And what exactly is a watcher?" Ciel asked a bit confused. In fact, everything that was going on was confusing him! Where did this Alena come from? Why was she claiming to be Sebastian's wife? And why was Sebastian acting so strange around her? All he wanted was a simple explanation to everything!

Alena was about to speak as she stood back up from her kneeling position, yet Sebastian was a bit quicker on the explanation. "A watcher, my lord, is similar to that of what humans call guardian angels. Yet there is a difference." Sebastian said turning to look at his young master. "Watchers can alter the course of humanity if they see fit, although they do not like to. While guardian angels do not."

"We are the first line of defense against those who wish to do harm." Alena added.

"You mean demons," Ciel said.

She nodded.

"And yet, you claim to be married to a demon." Ciel said with a smirk.

Alena smiled at Ciel then glanced at Sebastian, who was standing ridged – just as a butler should be. "That is not a lie, Earl Phantomhive," she said as she moved closer to Ciel. "May I show you?"

She held out her hand towards him, in a gesture of wanting him to take a hold of it. He looked at the out stretched hand wearily for a moment, then back up at the young woman. He was a bit hesitant to comply; yet her presence did seem to have a calming effect. Besides she had dispelled of Grell in quick and easy fashion. So what could go wrong?

He reached out and grasped hold of her hand. As he did, the garden around him dissipated and was quickly replaced with new images coming into view. It was almost as if he was inside of watercolor painting with the way that the colors seemed to move down the sides of his field of vision.

'Where am I?' he wondered to himself.

'Inside my memories,' a female voice replied inside his head. 'This is over 700 years ago when Sebastian and I were both mortal humans.'

Ciel continued to watch the memory unfold as two figures ran up the dirt path towards where he was standing – one male and one female. As the figures moved closer, Ciel could make out the features of the male that were eerily similar to Sebastian, yet just a bit different. He continued to watch as the couple moved closer to him, then walked right past him. Ciel turned to watch them move on towards a lone building in the distance. He followed as well.

He quickly caught up to the duo as they stopped in front of the lone building, which Ciel could now see was a church. By the looks of it, it must have been a small local church given its size. "Why are we stopping here?" the young woman asked looking up at whom Ciel took to be Sebastian. That was when Ciel noticed the vivid blue eyes of the young woman. Those were the same eyes that Alena had.

"If we are going to start a life together, then we are going to do it the correct way." Sebastian said placing a hand against the young woman's cheek. "Father Gregory will marry us without question."

Ciel watched as the young woman's face lit up as she tightly embraced Sebastian who hugged her back as well.

That was when the scene around him began to change back to that of the darkened garden. Ciel found that he was still grasping Alena's outstretched hand. He dropped her hand and turned to look at Sebastian. Without saying anything, Sebastian knew exactly what his young master was thinking.

"Demons do not remember their previous lives," he said, answering Ciel's unspoken question.

"Unlike watchers, who do." Alena added. "It is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing to be able to help right the wrongs that were committed against us in our lives and a curse not to be able to spend eternity with those that we had loved."

"Is that how it is?" Ciel asked looking at Alena once again. "A solitary eternity?"

"For some," she answered. "But not all."

"Then why are you here?" Ciel asked, continuing with his questions. He was determined to get to the bottom of this.

"That is a matter to be discussed first with Sebastian," Alena answered. "It is a private matter. Yet I do promise that you will be made privy of the issue once I have explained it to him."

Ciel looked in between the demon and angel in front of him. What on earth was exactly going on? Why had this ang- er, watched exactly sought out the help of his demon butler? There had to be more to this then what was being said. He sighed.

"Sebastian, learn what is going on and why your wife has returned. That's an order!" Ciel said.

"Yes, my lord," Sebastian answered as he bowed slightly as Ciel turned from them both and made his way back into the ball. He figured that Lizzy was sure to be looking for him by now.

Once Ciel had disappeared back into the crowd of the ball, Sebastian looked over at Alena. She was still wearing her slender, white gown. Deep in his cold heart, Sebastian could feel a longing of sort starting to build – a longing to never leave her side. He held out his hand to her. "Come," he said. "Let's share a dance before you tell me why you have returned to me."

Alena smiled as she reached for his hand. As she took a hold of it, the white gown she had been wearing was replaced once again by that of her blue masquerade ball dress. Sebastian could not help but return her smile as he escorted her back into the ball.

As they began to dance, Sebastian decided on something.

Heaven and hell be damned.

There was no way that he was allowing this angel to slip through his fingers again.


AN: Just enough to make you want more? I hope so!