As I was walking, I suddenly felt weak and had the need to turn back but…I didn't have the courage to. I wasn't apodictic to go back and expect everything to return to normal. In fact, I believed the complete opposite. I sighed and continued on with my aimless journey, not giving a damn in the world.

I paused, full of insecurities again. I swore to never think about Ciel and Sebastian ever again but seeing them come to the estate, made me want to see them and it brung back all the feelings of regret and sadness. What would've happened if I had gone back to them? I didn't know; I couldn't see the future as much as I wanted to. It would've made things hell of a lot easier.

There was a faint ringing in my ears until I discovered it was actually screaming. I was a few miles away from the estate; I kept walking to find a young girl being beaten by a group of men. Some were kicking her and some we're holding her down. I watched in the open till one of them saw me. One turned and all the others did the same. It reminded me of them and it angered me.

"Who are you?" One screamed at me. They all looked pretty young but the girl being beaten seemed to be the youngest. She looked at me with fear.

"What are you doing with her?" I asked them but they ignored my question. I was getting impatient already. I could imagine the white cloaks and the butterfly masks on their faces.

"Who the hell are you?" Another guy asked this time; I rolled my eyes and dashed in front of them to the girl in the middle. They didn't see me move. I held her shoulders while she looked at me with the same fearful expression. She was bruised and cut all over her body and face. She was only human and she looked about 15 possibly 16, if I asked her. Her hazel hair was tangled in different directions and her frail skin was tender and bumpy from the wounds. The dress she was wearing was torn and slightly off one shoulder.

"Here, let me help you." She scooted away from me a little but I took her into my arms anyway even when she protested. She was so light in my arms, like an infant and once she saw me giving a gentle and reassuring smile, she relaxed and snuggled into my chest. Her skin was so cold and she was beautifully white from blood loss, almost snow like.

The man that surrounded us took out several weapons, all made of wood or metal. I chuckled. How simple minded can humans get? Then again, I was once the same so I shouldn't really say.

"Let her go! We need to teach her a lesson!" A red headed man with a short beard, he pointed a knife at me. He was probably the one who cut her the most plus the one in charge.

"I think she's had enough beatings." I said and looked at the girl. She was shivering, cold and scared. She reminded me of myself when Ciel saved me from the cult. I understood how she was feeling.

"We should teach you a lesson instead!" Two of the men ran at me and it seemed so slow compared to my speed as a demon. My foot kicked out and hit one of the men in the face; he fell unconscious. The others were in shock as I stood there, holding the little girl in my arms, nonchalantly. Another came at me and I ducked when they swung a bat at me, kicking them behind me and crashing into a tree. I smiled darkly.

"Humans are so useless." I said and ran at one of them, giving an uppercut to a dark haired man who also had a bat. I held the girl closer to me when I all of the men threw themselves at me at once. I flipped in the air and landed perfectly next to one of them, kicking them hard in the back. He fell.

"Go get her!" The man with the knife yelled at me and pointed. The others followed orders and ran at me again. I sighed and sweep kicked two of them into the air, letting them fall into the ground painfully. A few of them ran away once they saw me do that and I could hear their screams getting fainter and fainter with every minute. I didn't care, as long as they weren't hurting the girl anymore.

To make things quicker, I put the girl down but she was holding onto my cloak. I hushed her to stay there and not move. She nodded hesitantly and I stood in front of her, knowing that my eyes were glowing red because I saw the apprehension his eyes. The guy with the knife was the only one left. He took an alarming step back as I walked towards him. He was my prey. My fingers clenched his collar and I crushed his face to mine.

"Still want to teach me that lesson?" I asked him, laughing at how scared of me he was. He was shaking in his clothes and his teeth chattered furiously.

"W-what the hell are you?" He asked me. I licked my lips excitingly; I wanted to kill him.

"I…am a demon." I said and turned him around, grabbed him by the neck and gave a quick twist. I felt every bone and artery in his neck break under my fingers; smooth and delightful. I smiled to the beautiful feeling on my skin and tossed him to the side, brushing my hands off.

The girl was still on the floor against a tree which is right where I left her. Good, at least she knew how to take orders, unlike me when I was a human. Her whole body shook as I reached for her again. She was scared of me; it wasn't a surprise.

"I won't hurt you. Come here." I reached for her again and this time she let me hold her. I ran at light speed but then stopped once I heard her yelp softly in pain. "How much pain are you in?" I asked her. She whimpered with her eyes closed. "What's your name?" She looked at me with big childish eyes. Her soul was so…pure. Her voice was as soft as velvet when she responded to me.

"Ivy." She said shyly. How cute.

"Last name please? So I know where to take you." She took long pause then looked at me.

"Mecacci." She said and I nodded.

"I'm sorry if this hurts but I need to get you home quickly. Some of your wounds need to be treated immediately." She nodded shortly.

I ran again at the same speed, already knowing where to go. She was the daughter of the Jon Mecacci, another Earl. It seems to me that my family only had relations with the higher class. She was the only child in the estate and her father repented her for not being a male ever since she was born. Also Jon was an associate of the Phantomhive Company so I met the father; not his daughter but I knew he had one. I heard that her father died from illness a few years back and all she had were butlers left to take care of her. Hmmm wonder if they're actually demons; Guess I'll find out in a bit.