His Master, Making A Choice
A Kuroshitsuji FIC
Chapter TWO.
Here comes chapter two.
Once again, please be my good critics everyone...
I am currently
in a big PINCH...^^
So please EXCUSE any mistakes or even the way this sequel is written.
I always have plenty of things to worry about... :(
The Second Turn
His Master, C o n f u s e d
It had been three years.
Ciel could hardly believe it, but three years had actually passed since he and Elizabeth had gotten married. Not to mention his two children, Beatrice and Cedric, were now very naughty and rowdy three year olds.....
But he was quite pleased with the way his life was going now. It didn't seem to be as lonesome and bothersome like it was when he was merely twelve years old. Thanks to Elizabeth, he had regained his smile once again....
Even Sebastian could hardly believe how Lady Elizabeth had changed his young master so much. He had never before seen Ciel Phantomhive smile and laugh as much as he did now. Astonishing as it was, Sebastian knew that Ciel wouldn't really have forever to live this almost perfect life...
Surely, the Phantomhive Earl hadn't forgotten about the hideous contract they had made seven years prior to these events.
Saddening as it was, nineteen year old Ciel Phantomhive would have his soul taken- soon enough....
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Sebastian didn't know how to explain this to Ciel. He had already been living for too long.
The contract was supposed to have ended seven years ago, but somehow, Ciel found a reason to live, who was Lady Elizabeth, and Sebastian, though he was quite a bit outraged, became careful to hide his feelings. He knew that he would have to give Ciel more chances. And besides, he was starting to get accustomed to being the Phantomhive butler himself....
But now, after seven long years of waiting for a chance when Ciel would gladly give up his soul, the demon butler felt that he had waited long enough.
Sebastian then started to reconsider his decision. Maybe I will have to let My Lord live just a little while longer, he thought as he watched both Beatrice and Cedric Phantomhive run around the front yard joyfully and then straight into Elizabeth's arms.
"Mama, Mama!" The two children said in chorus, as Elizabeth scooped them both into her arms.
"Aww...you two...tell me, what had you been playing? Both of you seem very happy today..." Elizabeth replied, giggling. "Don't tell me you'd been playing with your Father's clothes again? Cedric, why are you wearing that hat?"
"Papa said it looked good on me...besides, he said that Mama gave him this..." Little Cedric replied, grinning.
"Aww...Bea thinks you look stuuupid in thaaat haat~" Little Beatrice sneered, pinching Cedric's nose hard.
Cedric began crying out loud,"Mama! Onee-chan's teeasiing me agaain....waaaah...."
Elizabeth put both of them down on the ground and gave Beatrice a gentle smack on her bottom. "Bea, you shouldn't pinch or tease your little brother, is that clear...? Mama is not pleased with your actions..." Lizzy scoffed, trying to sound as motherly as possible. Had she possibly matured over the years...? She didn't like being told off herself....
"Bea haaates Mama~ I haaate you~ Stuupid Cedric and meanie Mama!!!" Beatrice cried, running off towards Sebastian to try and get some support. Elizabeth didn't understand how Beatrice, who had taken Ciel's bluish gray locks and deep purple eyes, could act so much like her mother as a child. She had always thought Beatrice would turn out like Ciel.....so she now knew that looks could never really tell a person's personality....
"Sebas-san!!" Beatrice hollered as she ran swiftly towards Sebastian, who was watering the rose bushes beside the kitchen. "Sebaas-saan~! Mamaa and Ceddie are picking on mee agaaain~"
Sebastian smirked playfully as he turned to face the young Phantomhive, who would probably take Ciel's place after his "death" and become the Phantomhive Lady...as the elder one among the twins by three minutes, she had claimed all the rights to Ciel's property...
"Lady Beatrice. You should understand that your Mother is only disciplining you because she wants you to become the perfect lady someday....manners are very important for you, especially because you were born as a woman..." Sebastian replied, while staring into his handy pocket watch."I am deeply sorry, but the time for our lessons has begun. Now, please proceed with me to the study room....My Lady." he continued, as he returned the watering can back into the storage room and escorted little Beatrice to the study room.
Beatrice was livid. Instead of taking her side, Sebastian was making her feel worse...
"I don't want tooo~ I don't want to study~ Sebas-saaan is meean too~!!!! Let go of me, this is an order!!!" Beatrice hollered as she and Sebastian walked down a hall towards the study room. She knew they would be passing by her father's room, so she made sure she was louder than usual to make him come running towards her. Ciel was the only one who spoiled Beatrice....and saved her from Sebastian's tyrannic rule over her as a mentor...
As expected, Ciel, aroused by all the noise, came running out of his bedroom. "Sebastian, this is an order. Let Beatrice come over to me." he commanded, staring straight into Sebastian's eyes.
"As you wish, My Lord." Sebastian sighed, as he once again gave in to the wishes of both little Beatrice and her father. He was getting a little bored with this. But anyway....he had other things to attend to...
"Sebastian, I will personally take on the task of teaching Beatrice all that she needs to know. So go ahead and do your other jobs. You still....have to clean the library. Remember that I want it sparkling clean when I go there by three in the afternoon for my reading hour....go." Ciel continued, as little Beatrice hid behind him. "And remember to go horseback riding with Cedric. He is enjoying that...but he still has a long way to go."
Sebastian could only imply loyally yet again, "Your wish is my command, My Lord. Please take care of Lady Beatrice, now." and walk back down the hall to proceed with doing his other tasks.
Really, this was getting to be quite....infuriating.
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Three in the afternoon, Ciel's reading hour. This was the only time that he strictly forbade Elizabeth, Beatrice, and Cedric to distract him. And the only time when he could have some peace of mind.....
But it was not like he found his family a burden. He, in fact, loved the times he could spend with them....and wished that he had forever to live....
All of a sudden, as he flipped a page of today's paper, a sudden realization came to him.
Sebastian is only here for my soul....
Yes, he finally remembered after a very long time. He had made a contract with Sebastian. And in exchange for Sebastian's loyalty to him as a master- was his soul....
This was definitely something he did not want to remember. With tears of desperation forming in his eyes, he kept his face in his hands and started to think, I don't want to leave everything behind....Elizabeth....Beatrice...Cedric...Mother, Father, how exactly does it feel like to die? Will it hurt or sting you like a bee...? Or will you just lose awareness of everything and sleep for all eternity without any pain....?
All I know is that-
I don't want to die right now....
Sebastian.
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Night time came. And with it, the time for slumber.
As he and Elizabeth watched over Beatrice and Cedric, who were now sleeping peacefully on their beds inside their bedrooms, Ciel felt even more confused, exhausted, and beaten down by all the thinking he had done earlier. Instead of being able to read the daily paper in peace, he could imagine Sebastian telling him with that sickening grin on his face:
"The time has come to end this contract, My Lord."
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"Make it as painful as possible. Etch into it the pain of my life."
-Ciel Phantomhive, his last words.
Sayonara, Ciel-sama!!
But you shall always be alive in my heart-
...just look at this fic and you'll know, my darling reader...
I have just watched the end for Kuroshitsuji after almost a year of forgetting about that idea.
And I am now completely regretting even remembering it!!!!!
Oh well, just head on to the next chapter and ignore my babble.
Regards from:
Your Kindly Fujoshi, Ichi Okazaki(-sama)!!
A SPECIAL P.S. FOR YUKI MINAMOTO-CHII, MY DARLING, DARLING AVID READER AND REVIEWER:
Thank you soooooo much for your witty and heart-warming reviews! I will not expect positive reviews from anyone...since your opinions are very much accepted. But anyway, I never knew anyone would like my first ever Kuroshitsuji fic sooo much...^_^ Anyway, what do you think so far if you're reading this now?? PLEASE give me more of your reviews. They're so sugary sweet that I crave for them like they were COOKIES (LOL, maybe?)!!! And not to mention: Yuki, you're the one who inspired me to write a sequel to "His Master, In Love", may I ask if you're also a Kuroshitsuji otaku like me? Okay, I will read your Code Geass and Final Fantasy fics sometime! Let's exchange opinions about each other's works...it's because readers/reviewers like you are my guides....
HAPPY READING MINNA-SAN!!!
Once again, regards from:
Yours truly