Ciel Phantomhive had been called by the Queen to go to London in order to catch the serial killer that was terrorizing the streets of Whitechapel.
This man had murder prostitutes in the area, leaving behind a horrifying scene of blood…
Approaching the crime scene Ciel and Sebastian, Phantomhive's trusted butler, were welcomed by quite a large crowd; Sebastian looked at the humans pathetic attempts to see the dead body with disapproving eyes.
Abberline, a young Scotland Yard inspector, was reviewing some papers on the murder case of the young woman, when a young boy approached him.
"Something wrong? You know this is not a place for kids. Move along." He said to the kid, who didn't even move a millimeter from his place.
"Were are the remains of the victim?" Ciel didn't have a very good relation with the police, they didn't like when he solved their cases, and that tended to happen a lot.
"Remains? What are you talk…" Abberline was interrupted before he could voice his surprise at the child's straightforwardness to such a matter.
"What are you doing here Count Phantomhive?" Sr. Arthur Randall chief of the Yard approached them.
"I came to clean the mess you have made." Ciel states and shows Randall a letter with the Queen's seal.
"What! Another one, you've got to be kidding me!" This was not the first letter from the Queen he had seen today.
"Another one? What do you mean?" Now Ciel was confused, did Sr. Arthur just said he had seen another royal letter?
"Not even five minutes ago I've seen one of those bloody letters! Bah!" Sr. Arthur moved past them to go talk with some of his officers.
"What is going on here?" Ciel looked at Abberline for an answer.
"Ugh well you see Earl two ladies came by with a letter much like yours, with the royal symbol and everything, to inspect the case…" The young redheaded inspector trailed of as Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian went pass him.
There looking at the ground where the victim's blood still painted the floor were two women, one with long straight golden/brown hair, dressed in a green dress adorned with white flowers on the chest and ribbon of the same color around her waist, with gloves of a darker shade of green and a small puppy, probably a German shepherd, on her arms. The girl was elegant, probably a noble by her pose and she seemed to be around 17-18. Next to her was a tiny bit older women probably by the age of 28, 30 tops, she looked very beautiful long face nice figure her hair was raven black with the exception of the points they were purple, she was dressed in brown leather pants, a light gray shirt that was longer on the sides, a black corset with some kind lace flower embroidery on the sides, her hands much like the young woman were covered with black leather finger-less gloves.
Sensing a dark aura behind her, Akira spun around on her Italian black leather knee-high boots, approaching her and her master were two males, a young boy with an eye patch in his right eye, but who had attracted her attention was the tall, gorgeous, sleek man walking behind him, his red eyes were also fixed on her, studying her.
"Good afternoon let me introduce myself, I'm Earl Ciel Phantomhive, and I'm here to take care of this case." Ciel shows the letter to the young woman.
"Pleasure Earl, I'm Countess Anya Coastland. Now that the introductions are over would you please step aside, this is our case." Anya says looking at the young Count in front of her, Akira then shows to them the letter from the Queen.
Akira keeps staring at Sebastian as he examines her, most likely trying to discover her true nature, oh demons always so discreet, she could feel his essence as if he was wearing a flashing sign saying 'Demon right here!'.
"Ugh I'm sorry but…" Ciel and Anya were glaring at each other, sensing a upcoming discussion Abberline decided to intervene.
"Well maybe the Queen wants the two of you to work together on this case?" He tried to calm the both of them, with no success.
"I WORK ALONE!" They both screamed at the inspector at the same time, and then upon realizing this they sent glares at each other.
Akira rolled her eyes at her master, for someone who had 18 years she could be very childish sometimes, reaching for her pocket she took a note pad and a pen and started to write notes about the crime, she moved from the puddle of blood to the nearby officers and then to the people, all the while giving nice friendly smiles, even doe fake, they were smiles that people always took as friendly, and they worked very well, especially with those old hags who didn't have anything more interesting to do then talk about others lives. Wouldn't it be much funnier to just hunt the bastard down and kill him? Oh but no Anya had to work for the Queen, oh how Akira despised the women.
All the while she had been doing her little investigation, Sebastian had been looking at her, what was she? This question wouldn't leave his mind, well he knew she wasn't human, and her smell… it wasn't the smell of a demon, oh but he could see the power behind her purple eyes, very mysterious indeed…
Akira quickly returned to her master's side and gave her the note pad with all the information's she had been able to retrieve, Anya sent a last icy glare at Ciel before rapidly viewing all the notes, she closed the note pad and gave it back at Akira, who was glaring slightly at Sebastian, and then Anya turned her attention to Ciel once more with a triumphant smile in her lips.
"Well thank you for giving me this case Lord Ciel, now if you'll excuse me the Queen is expecting a report from me." Anya and Akira left leaving Ciel behind with his mouth wide open; he had just been passed…
Coming next to Lau and Madame Red's side Ciel stormed right pass them, Madame Red looked at Sebastian with a questing look, but before he could say anything Ciel called them all, saying something about snails…
Ciel, Lau, Madame Red and Sebastian were all seated on coffins in the Undertaker's store waiting for him to tell them what he knew, which for starters hadn't proved to be that easy seeing as he required something as a good laugh as payment, you know the dead aren't a very joyful company as you can imagine, they always look a bit, well cranky…But any way Sebastian had been able to do so and now Ciel was waiting for him to start.
"Ehehehe I saw paradise on earth…" Undertaker was still recovering from the good laugh Sebastian had provided him.
"Well you know nowadays my clients seem to be lacking something…" Undertaker said with one of his creepy smiles.
"Lacking something…?" Lau asked confused.
"Yes lacking something… to be more precise the uterus." He said while holding on to a real life model of the human body.
But before he could continue his explanation something started to scrape at the entrance door, Grell being a butler and the one closest to the door went to open it, all everyone saw was blur of brown and black rush past them and stop in front of the Undertaker.
Everyone turn their eyes in the direction of the Undertaker and to their surprise there was a little brown/black puppy sitting and wagging his tail rather happily, looking up at the man who had been interrupted.
"Oh it's the cutest little German shepherd I've ever seen in my life!" Madame Red was looking at the puppy with her eyes shining like two shooting stars.
"Oh hello there Kuro! Came here for some snacks?" Undertaker asked the little puppy with a smile on his face, to which the dog answered with a very happy and exited bark while his tongue was hanging from his mouth in anticipation.
"Wait! That's…" Ciel didn't have time to finish his statement for someone else did it for him.
"Yes Earl that is in fact my dog." Lady Anya walked by Grell, who had left the door open during all that time.
"Actually Kuro's my dog, Anya." Right behind Anya came Akira.
"What are you doing here!" Ciel rose from his seat and shouted at the grinning girl before him.
"How sad, for someone so grand such as yourself Count, you surely lack the manners…" Anya said while examining her nails, and finished with a raised brow at the infuriated boy.
"Yes he does seem to lack the manners; here I thought it was a butler's job to teach those to his master…" As soon as those words left Akira's mouth a frown formed in Sebastian's face, upon seeing the result of her words on the demon's face Akira's lips formed a very satisfied smirk.
"How dare you!" Ciel was about to go to Anya and confront her for her disrespect towards him when Sebastian stopped him.
"Young Master, let's just ear what the Undertaker as to say to us, and leave, peacefully." Sebastian directed a nasty glare to both women who just ignored him.
"Here you go!" Undertaker apparently hadn't heard the discussion that had just taken place in his store, for he was still entertained with the dog.
Kuro took the cookie and went to his masters side, Akira looked down at him with a disapproving stare, upon seeing this Kuro look at her with big sad eyes, his head was slightly down and turned to the side, one of his hears was down and the point of the other too, waving his tail very slowly and whining very low.
"Oh God how can you resist that!"Madame Red was looking at the poor puppy with tears in her yes, and so was Grell.
"Well Madame that's the problem I can't." Looking one last time at her pup she gave him a little smile, which he took as a yes and started to eat his cookie.
"Ah Lady Anya, Akira, came here to ask what happen to the women?" Undertaker was probably a palm away from Anya and yet she was smiling politely at him.
"No, we came here to make sure our information is correct." Anya moved past the Undertaker and seated herself in one of the coffins.
"Oh, and what information might that be?" Undertaker asked Akira.
"Well that the women's womb had been removed and not by an amateur, someone who studied medicine, for to remove such organ in the midst of the shadows one must know the human body quite well." Akira finished presenting the information she had gather.
"Oh you really are good Aki-chan! That's exactly what I was thinking!" Undertaker says holding onto Akira's hands while she chuckles at his nickname for her.
"How did you find that?" Ciel asks looking almost in awe at the woman.
"Simple, I am efficient, My Lord." Akira turns to Ciel and bows her head at him respectfully, while giving a sideways look at the butler, who was clearly annoyed by that, making her smirk maliciously.
"Well you see the throat had to be cut open with a specialized weapon first…" Undertaker moves to Ciel's side and grabs at his throat, gently, to exemplify. "And then this part here had to be open for the precious interior to be removed…" Again Undertaker with his hand shows were to cut, causing Ciel to look at him with a strange face.
This causes Lady Anya to chuckle, while petting Kuro, Ciel glares at her and she does the same.
"Well the 'skill' involved and 'the lack of hesitation' points to a professional." Akira says while contemplating the various details of the crimes.
"And most likely, someone of the 'underworld' at that." Undertaker says to Akira.
"And that is why I knew both of you would come to me." He says smiling at the two youngsters.
"The underworld has its own rules. Its residents do not kill those on the other side without reason…" Ciel got up from his sit and Sebastian started to put on the coat on his master.
"You're wrong Ciel Phantomhive, rules were made to be broken, especially those of the underworld…" Akira turned with a very serious face; her eyes almost seemed to shine at the dim light of the shop. For a moment Ciel almost felt fear looking at those eyes…
"By our family coat of arms I vow to eliminate, without exception, all who defile the Gardens of the Queen…By any means necessary." For a moment no one made a sound or moved, until Anya got up from her sit and scoffed at Ciel's words.
"Such big talk for someone so small, you should be careful Ciel you never know who might be listening." And with a last glance at Akira, who was smirking at her master's words, she left with Kuro on her arms; Akira went after her, but not without giving a last glance at Sebastian.
On the carriage, after talking about the case, Ciel turns to his aunt.
"What do you know about Lady Anya and her servant?"
"Servant! You mean Akira? She's not a servant, she's Anya's tutor."Madame Red didn't knew them to well only the rumors.
"That's all you know?" Well Ciel was surprised, Madame Red not knowing anything about those two.
"I know them." Lau stated looking at Ciel.
"And…?" Ciel needed to find something about those girls, being in the dark was making him nervous.
"Well Lady Anya is much like you, working for the Queen and such, but she is also a known lady of the underworld." Lau said very serious.
(Sweat drop) "That's all you know…" Ciel rubs his face.
"Sebastian see if you can find something about them." Ciel says to his butler.
"Yes, My Lord."And with that he jumps out of the moving carriage to find information on the women and compile a list of suspects.
"It's getting late. Are you sure you want to go to this party?" Akira is looking out the window of Anya's bedroom in her London manor, the full moon high in the starry sky, the silver light of the moon giving her face, hair and purple eyes a magical glow.
"Yes I'm sure, Ciel will think of us both as suspects and I don't want him messing around in the investigation." Anya says from behind the dresser, her dress was light purple, with short sleeves, which were below the shoulder, several roses of different fabrics and shapes adorned her skirt, the top was quite simple with only a black ribbon attached just below the chest; on her neck was a necklace piece with amethysts and her hair was pulled in a tight bun.
"If you say…"Akira kept looking at the moon, but now she was thinking about the demon she had met today, this could be very interesting, he was so easy to irritate.
"Well shall we go…you´re not going to wear the dress, are you?" Anya asked sweat dropping at her friend who was wearing a white shirt with tail down to her knees, ruffles at the collar and cuffs of the sleeves, a dark red vest on top and black leather pants with golden floral designs along the hem of the legs, her boots were simple, black with the laces red, and has always black leather fingerless gloves.
"What do you think?" Akira asked her master arching a brow in an annoyed way.
"Fine, fine let's go. (Chuckles) But you would look very good on it!" Anya says to her tutor, who merely rolls her eyes at her.
Akira huffed for the 10º time; this party's were a waste of time, a bunch of royal wannabes, most were here to get a glimpse of some very expensive dresses and others were there to hear some juicy gossip. At least 4 men had came asking her for a dance, she would politely refuse wanting nothing more than to kill the men right there in the spot, Anya wasn't any better; since it wasn't a habit of hers to go to the parties a lot of people wanted to talk to her, especially women, she had danced with at least twelve men so far and the night was yet so young…
Scanning the room Akira spotted Madame Red (very hard that one) and Lau, as always Madame Red was surrounded by men fawning over her. Looking more in the middle of the guests Akira found what she and Anya had been waiting for Sebastian and…Ciel? Rubbing her eyes Akira looked again at the scene; Sebastian was dressed in a formal way and wearing glasses and Ciel… well he… was wearing a pink dress and fake hair to look like a girl!
Anya looked at her companion, she look like she was trembling; putting a hand on her shoulder Anya tried to make Akira look at her but it didn't work.
Akira couldn't hold it anymore, turning around she fled for the nearest balcony, Anya went after her worried, when she reached her tutor, she was laughing, hard too, and holding on to the railings for support.
"What his wrong with you?" Anya crossed her arms under her chest and scowled at her friend for showing such manners at a party.
"…C-Ciel…dress-ssss…pink…." That was all Akira could say between laughs and breaths.
Looking at her like she was some crazy woman, Anya decided to return to the party, and that was when she saw it, the reason Akira was so strange, there in the middle of the other guests was Ciel Phantomhive wearing a ridiculously pink dress full of lawyers and roses. Anya's eyes bugged out of her head before she turned around and ran to the balcony where Akira was composing herself, Anya grab the railings and laughed much like her friend before.
Ciel and Sebastian were trying to find away to get close to the viscount when suddenly something stopped them.
"That's such a nice dress young lady! Don't you think Akira?" Ciel and Sebastian froze in the spot, looking very slowly behind them they came face to face with two familiar faces. Both of them had their brow arch up and a very pleased smirk on their faces.
"…Ugh…ugh…"Ciel couldn't say anything, he had just been discovered by his new rival dressed as a girl, things couldn't get much worse.
"Tell me Ciel is all of that for the viscount?" Anya asked trying very hard not to laugh too loud.
Shit things just got worse…
"My master is only doing his job of discovering the murderer, of the women in Whitechapel, Lady Anya." Sebastian tried to calm down the ambient so their cover wouldn't be for nothing.
"Yes indeed and he is doing an excellent job." Akira mocked the 'girl' in front of them.
"Look if you do anything to…" Ciel couldn't finish his warning for Anya interrupted him.
"Oh look your date is here, well we'll be off have a nice evening lady" And with that the two women left Ciel to seduce the viscount.
While Anya and Akira were amused seeing Ciel shudder at the viscount's touch, Sebastian appear in the middle of the dance floor with a mask and a closet, claiming to be some kind of Illusionist, asking Lau to help him. Lau started to stab the closet with all the swords at a stunning speed, making everyone gasp in horror, well almost everyone…
Anya was looking rather calm not so much impressed, and Akira…well for someone who was yawning I think it is pretty clear how much fun she was having…
"Such an old trick and a poor one at that, seeing as he is a demon…" Akira trailed of rolling her eyes at the man coming out of the closet intact and smiling.
"It would be much more fun if he died, you know maybe the blood pouring out of the closet and then when opening it his corpse would fall off scaring everyone…" Akira said with a distant look in her purple eyes like she was imaging it.
"God, your imagination as no limits does it?"Anya asked while she chuckled.
"Of course not! Can you imagine me whiteout my humor! I would probably be as boring as Sebastian; you wouldn't like that would you?" Akira replied in a fake horrified voice, placing her hand in her forehead in mock drama.
The next day came with bad news right at the break of dawn, 'Jack the Ripper' had attacked again.
"Are you sure that he is our men?" Anya was eating her breakfast while reading the news about the recent murder.
"Yes, I saw him leave the party last night and he never came back again." Akira was petting Kuro while she talked with Anya.
"And why didn't you say something before?" Anya didn't seem the least angry with her tutor.
"Well you seemed to be having fun, with that entire 'travesty' thing, besides what's one less hooker on the streets?" Akira dismissed her master's question with a wave of hand.
"Then prepare everything, we'll get him tonight." Anya rose from her sit with a determined look on her face.
Ok hope you guys like this, I also want to thank a very good friend of mine without her I'm sure this wouldn't be as awesome, Ana, she's helping me by giving some ideas and such.
I don't own kuroshitsuji the great Yana Toboso does.
R&R people, see ya.