okay I decided to put this earlier because next week there's no chance in Hell or Heaven I can post, damn school so I leave a little bit for those you have taken an interest on this.
Also I'd like to thank risi for the awesome review, that people is the type of things that keep a writer happy and with passion to continue his work, so read and review this guys ^.=.^
The next day the Phantomhive servants were all (being Sebastian the exception) gathered in the kitchen talking to Angela, and praising her on how beautiful and grand she was, when Akira walked in dressed in her normal attire, fit black leather pants, white shirt, dark blue corset and gloves, hair pulled back in a lose ponytail, leaving some bangs to frame her face, and black choker.
Bard and Mey-Rin looked at Akira with hearts in their eyes, while Finni blushed at the young woman, sensing lots of eyes on her, Akira turned to the group and gave a small friendly smile at them until she spotted Angela, then her smile disappeared and a glare formed in its place, Akira drank her water and left the kitchen.
"Who was she?..." Bard asked in awe looking at the door.
"That's Lady Anya Coastland tutor, Miss Akira, she doesn't seem to like me too much…" Angela said quietly to the other servants.
"How can she not! You're so nice Miss Angela!" Finni shouted to animate Angela.
A bell in the wall ringed, showing that Lord Henry required her presence and so Angela took her leave.
Not long before Mey-Rin walked down one of the many halls of the mansion, she stumbled upon an open door, peering inside she saw Angela sitting in a chair with Lord Henry at her feet, rubbing her legs none the less and calling her his angel!
Mey-Rin kept watching until someone got behind her and tapped her on the shoulder she spooned around to find herself nose to nose with Akira.
"Hasn't your Master taught you it's rude to peek on other people's business?" Akira towered over the Phantomhive maid making her more and more nervous.
Mey-Rin excused herself and left running thru the mansion, leaving Akira behind. Making sure the maid had run away, Akira peeked in finding the same scene the other woman had found, disgusted with it she made her leave.
"Birds, such disgusting creatures…" Akira left for her master's bedroom leaving behind the image of those two.
Anya was drinking a cup of herbal tea when Akira stormed in with a frown on her face and closed the door rather aggressively, causing poor Kuro who was sleeping on the bed to awake and hit the floor.
"Did you have a run in with Sebastian?" Anya asked her friend with a grin in her face, she found quite amusing the kind of "relation" Akira and Sebastian had, always bickering with each other.
"Umm… No, no I didn't found Sebastian…just be careful with that maid Angela" Dismissing her masters tone, Akira spat the maid's name with every venom she could, she truly didn't like her.
"If you say so…" Anya knew better than to irritate Akira or question her.
"Aren't you going to see the village?" Now that Akira was calmer she looked at her master, drinking tea and reading some papers.
"No, Lord Henry is going to try and negotiate with Ciel so the Queen won't take the lands, he said something about a curse…" Anya calmly drank her tea and kept reading the various papers in front of her.
"Well then if you don't mind I have business to attend to, My Lady." Akira bowed deeply at Anya and left without waiting for an answer from the young woman.
Akira left the mansion by the back going in the direction of the forest. As she moved away from the house a pair of red eyes followed her movements with precision and suspicion.
"Sebastian lets go." Ciel called his butler, who was at the window.
"Yes, My Lord…" Sebastian acknowledged his master without leaving his yes from the female outside.
At night when Akira returned she found Anya having tea with Ciel, Sebastian raised his crimson eyes and looked at the woman intensively, Akira looked briefly at him, but none the less ignored the demon's looks and walked over to her master's side.
"So his family has a curse, then." Anya didn't even blink and merely kept talking to Ciel, after all she was already used to Akira's behavior.
"Well, apparently he does. Some kind of evil dog shows up in the village." It was all Ciel and Sebastian had been able to get from the frighten villagers, which wasn't much. The people were too much afraid to talk about the curse.
"An evil dog kills the villagers who go against Lord Henry's rules, creating panic and fear among the people who live here, it is said that this is the curse of the Barrymore's." Akira quickly replied directly at Ciel, leaving him quite impressed.
"A very efficient tutor she is indeed, I wonder if she is better than you Sebastian?" It was a rhetorical question. Just like Anya, Ciel was beginning to enjoy the banters between both of them, unlike Anya and himself, the banters between Sebastian and Akira seemed to have a special spark about it.
Sebastian glared at Akira, who grinned devilishly for his annoyance.
At that moment Angela broke in the room, her light violet eyes wide with fear.
"You should all leave this place at once, or the devil dog will come to get you, you must leave!" As soon as those words left her mouth a howl was heard outside.
Sebastian rushed to the window in hopes of catching the dog but all he was able to see was some kind of shiny blue-green footprints left by the dog.
"Oh no! His here, he will punish us all!" Angela started shaking in fear as she saw the footprints.
"What do you mean?" Anya had rose from her sit standing side by side with Ciel, looking at the terrified woman.
"That's what it does, the devil dog, it punishes those who don't obey his masters orders! Just like the boy early!" Angela screamed in terror.
"What boy?" Ciel asked from his spot between Lady Anya and Sebastian.
"A boy has been killed because he was keeping a sixth dog, and since by Lord Barrymore's rules that each villager can only have five dogs, they say the boy was killed by the devil dog." Akira calmly stated, well as calmly as one could when giving a death glare at the steric maid before them. Every fiber in Akira's body wanted to slap that bitch's face so she would stop screaming.
"Why didn't you said something before!" Ciel screamed angrily at Akira, who directed a glare at the boy, that by the way made him take a step back.
"Because we were interrupted by the maid" Akira answered the Lord surprisingly calm, while she spat Angela's title with disgust, something that didn't go unnoticed by the black butler of the Phantomhive household.
As discussion ended Ciel and Sebastian left for the Earl's room and so did Lady Anya and Akira, after making sure Anya was sound asleep and secure with Kuro by her side, Akira ventured again out the mansion, to take care of her business. Sebastian saw her do the same thing she had done the day before, but does not go after her "What are you trying to do?"
Anya was walking along the corridors looking for Akira when Kuro stops in his tracks and starts to growl, looking ahead Anya found Angela with a smile on her face approaching her, remembering what Akira had said before the girl clearly tensed up.
"Is there anything I can do for you Lady Anya?" Angela asked the girl with a sweet voice, and something in her voice made Anya feel strange, lightheaded, almost like the sounds of her surroundings where starting to fade.
"I…I…" Anya blinked a couple of times as the room around her began to spin slightly.
Sensing his master's distress Kuro barked at Angela before jumping at her and biting her hand leaving a deep bite mark and draining some blood, Angela screamed in pain and took a few steps away from Anya, holding her bleeding hand.
"Stay away from me, woman!" Anya took a step in Angela's direction and slapped her across the face leaving a red imprint in the maid's face of her hand, and then she grabbed Kuro and walks away.
"Good boy Kuro!" Anya praised her little friend and gave him a peek in his wet little nose, making him bark in happiness while giving a glare at Angela.
Akira walked in her master's bedroom but didn't found her, closing her eyes she looked for Kuro's presence, finding him at the lake.
Upon arriving at the lake she crossed with Sebastian, they both exchanged a glare as he left to take care of one of his master's orders no doubt. Finni, Bard and Mey-Rin were all playing in the water while Ciel talked with Anya and Tanaka sat with the whore of the year, Angela. Akira did noticed that the maid's hand was bandaged but she gave it no second thought.
"Excuse me Lady Anya for being late." Akira bowed deeply at Anya to apologize.
"It's ok Akira, but don't make it a habit, ok?" Anya looked sideways at her tutor, Akira answered with a simple head movement.
"Lady Anya with this hot temperature, why do you wear gloves?" Ciel was quite curious about that particular trait about the young maiden, after all not many women used gloves, all the time.
"Why do you wear that eye patch on your right eye?" Anya questioned Ciel while rubbing Kuro's belly, for his delight.
"I…Well it's because I…" He couldn't finish for Anya answered for him.
"…Have an injury, right? Well there's your answer." Now Anya was rubbing the back of Kuro's ears, making him shake his leg and let his tongue hang from his mouth in total bliss, making her chuckle at his behavior.
"Oh, ok…" Ciel didn't press the mater, he understood exactly what she had implied with that, and looking at the dog by the corner of his eye he couldn't stop the tiny smile that took over his lips as he saw the dog's manners. Unknown to him a very amused Akira had seen his small involuntary gesture.
From afar a huge crowd started to form. Everyone looked in their direction, Akira frowned at the people's manners and shouts about punishing James sixth dog, the boy who had been killed.
Ciel and Anya ran in their direction while Akira and the other three servants followed behind, upon arriving everyone gasped in shock at what was happening, James sixth dog was tied with a rope around his neck to a pole. Akira backed away from the familiar scene, flashback's of a time of her past has a human passed before her, she hit her back against a tree while trying to keep her breathing even, she grabbed her head with her hands, images start to form in her mind, so real and painful: a dark place, shadows, the smell of death, blood, cuffs holding her arms and legs.
As sudden as it had started, the images cleared away from her vision and mind. As she opened her eyes again she saw Anya, Ciel, the other servants and Kuro tied up, while Lord Henry stood there with Angela pleading him for forgiveness in their behalf, Akira took a few seconds to completely regain full awareness of her surroundings, but when she did she ran towards the group just in time to defend Ciel from the first dog who was about to attack him, with a roundhouse kick to the dogs head, Akira was able to fend off the attack. From the between the shadows the trees nearby provided, Sebastian watched the woman protect his young master, even though he was impressed with her agility and strength his jealousy as he glared at the woman, he was so jealous that with all his anger he couldn't help but leave a nasty mark in the tree beside him.
All the while Akira looked at the villagers with her purple eyes, now a much darker shade of the light purple they usually have, daring them to do something against them, the dogs afraid of her aura backed away whining and bowing their heads at her. Akira relaxed a bit, at that moment Sebastian decided to appear, his eyes shining in pure red hatred towards Akira, who upon seeing that and realizing his jealousy, grinned maliciously and arched a mocking brow at him, making the butler even madder.
While Akira secured her master and her companion, Ciel explained that the devil dog was a fake and a lie created by Lord Henry, the shadows the villagers would saw were mere projections and that Henry poured phosphorous powder in a normal dog for him to look demoniac, and inside James dog's mouth was a piece of cloth from Lord Henry, proving he was the culprit and not some devil dog.
The villagers angry at Henry tied him and carried him back to the castle to the dungeons. Finni approached the dead dog and silently cried, saying he was a brave and loyal dog. Anya hugged Kuro tightly while he buried his nose in her chest, looking at her friend Anya saw how sad Akira looked, so she grabbed her hand for comfort. Akira looked from the fallen dog to Anya, expressing a weak smile she hold the girl's hand find comfort in it.
Sebastian and Ciel looked at the three of them, each one mourning the loyal dog's death. Sebastian noticed how dull Akira's eyes were and how much she seemed to need her master's comfort and presence, instead of still feeling hatred towards the woman he found himself feeling pity, no, not pity, compassion… Shaking his head he proceeded to guide Ciel and the other servants to the castle.
It was already very dark, so dark that if Sebastian wasn't a demon it would be almost impossible for him to be walking around like he was. As the demon passed by one of the many windows of the mansion he saw Akira walking towards the woods once again.
"You can't protect your own master, what kind of demon are you?"
"Must I do all the work Sebastian-darling? After all I was the one who found about the way the curse worked…"
Sebastian's hands curled into two tight fists as he remembered how the woman had teased and made fun of him during dinner. And it that in mind he jumped out of the window and followed after her, carefully not to make any noise.
Akira walked with security as well as agility, no sound could be heard from both of them, only the sounds of the woods around them could be heard.
Suddenly Akira stopped, sighing she rubbed her temples and breathed deeply before speaking loud enough for her voice to make some kind of eco around the old ruins that they had arrived to.
"You can come out now Sebastian, you sound just like and elephant walking over eggs." Akira said rolling her eyes in annoyance.
Sebastian's eyes widen in surprise, how could she hear him? Composing himself he came out from behind a wall not too far from Akira, glaring knifes with his red eyes at her.
Akira merely smiled at him, just to annoy him further.
"It's a shame you know how demons are no longer like they use to be…" Akira trailed of while rolling her eyes at him once again.
Sebastian surprised even himself for letting a growl escape his lips; she was really testing his patience.
"And here I thought you didn't like dogs, and yet you growl just like one of them (laughs) but tell me did you came to me to learn how to take proper care of your Young Master? Well sorry hotshot but I don't teach low lives such as you." Akira scoffed in annoyance and turned her back on him, preparing to leave.
Big mistake, Sebastian having enough of the woman's mocking tone, threw a silver knife at her that flew past her head towards the wall were it stocked, turning her head to confront Sebastian Akira found herself pressed against the cold wall.
Opening her purple eyes she found herself very close to the demon that had followed her. Sebastian was pressing her against the wall stopping her from escaping by pinning her arms by the sides of her head with his hands, and his body pinning hers under him, if she wasn't who she was this could had been a very interesting situation.
".you. Doing?" Akira growled much like Sebastian had done before, her eyes starting to shine in a deep purple while glaring dangerously at the demon.
"Stay away from my master, I'll only warn once." He glared at her, his demonic red eyes shining.
"What? I have no interest in a vengeance consumed brat like Ciel! Besides you should be more worried with the shit that surrounds him, and not the one who is actually there to protect him from warms way." Akira said finishing with a sinister and sickly sadistic smile.
Sebastian moved closer to her, when he noticed a cut in her left cheek made by his knife, then an idea hits him, making him smile in a sadistic and satisfied way, he reached down to her cheek, and much to her horror, he licked her cut, making her shudder under him.
Problem for both of them… Well for Akira at first she felt completely horrified and disgusted with Sebastian's actions, up until she felt a shudder of pleasure run down her spine.
In Sebastian's case he licked her blood and to his surprise tasted her soul! She had a soul and a very good one at that; it tasted even better than Ciel's, it tasted old, full and surprisingly human, so many emotions inside of her…
They both stayed like that for a while until Sebastian backed his head away from her enough to look at her, his red eyes shined in confusion while her purple ones were very much surprised, and then all of the sudden her eyes started to shine an intense purple and her iris turned in to a small black pentagram, she looked at Sebastian with all the hate she could gather, and while Sebastian was surprised to see her real eyes she gave him a head butt which caused him to back away.
"Never touch me again do you hear me!" Akira's voice had changed; it was deeper, ghostly and louder.
After that she disappeared in the shadows, the last thing Sebastian saw before she disappeared were her deep purple eyes with the black pentagram glaring deathly at him.