Chapter 9

What is lost can never be regained.

Before:

Your POV:

I smile and get myself dressed. I then head to the living room where I find Ciel Scowling over a newspaper. He looks up at me and signals for me to come over. He then passes the newspaper over to me.

Jack the Ripper strikes again!

Now:Still your POV:

I jump when I read the title. I begin to read the article noting down anything useful in my mind.

I finish and hand the newspaper back to Ciel, "It appears the Viacount wasn't the culprit."

Ciel looks down at the table, "Indeed."

I move so I'm standing beside him in an effort of comforting him without drawing attention.

Sebastian walks in the room with the masters Breakfast. He smiles when he sees me there. "Good morning my lord, I have prepared scones and toast fore your breakfast with Chocolate cake for dessert."

Sebastian serves Ciel before continuing with the guests. Ciel looks up at him, "I want you and y/n to find all information on the victims and look at your suspect list again adding anyone that may seem suspicious." He then hands a note to Sebastian.

Sebastian bows,"Yes my lord."

I curtsey, "Yes master." I then follow Sebastian out the room. Sebastian opens the note and reads it. Once he was finished he quickly changes direction and heads to the kitchen. "Sebastian why are we here?"

He smirks," The young master wishes for you to eat before we head out. He also wants you to make a pot of soup he can help himself to at lunch. It appears he has taken quite a likening to you."

I smile and begin work, "He probably trusts me a bit more than you. I don't consume souls I create them so he probably trusts me more than you." I begin to make omlets. "You want one?"

He smiles and begins chopping vegetables for me, "Yes, please, gives me something to do while you eat."

I laugh, "You just don't want to admit that I'm better at cooking actual food than you. Granted no one could top your talent in cooking desserts."

I take the vegetables and put them in the pan and add a big chunk of meat. "If he wants this finished I'd better quicken this up. I suppose having witches around wasn't all bad. you pick up a few things." I wave my hand and the soup is ready. I take out the chunk of meat. "Serve this for dinner."

Sebastian raises an eye curiously, "Is that how you learned to go through peoples memorys?"

I sigh, "no... An old friend taught me that." I turn back around to the omlets and serve him his one then serving my own.

Seeing I wished not to continue that subject he takes out a few pieces of paper looking over them as he eats. "It would seem there is very little me and you can currently do without different orders." He then places the papers back in his pocket. "Its strange the young master gave us most of the day to do a 2 minute job."

I finish my food and begin washing up, "Just means we have some free time. Does the young lord do halloween?"

He smirks, "No but I believe you could convince him why?"

"Just thought it would be fun with it so close." I smile remembering the days of my childhood. "Mabye we could get Lady Elizabeth to dress you up." I give a teasing face.

He sighs, "Anytime she is involved it means we fall hours behind."

A few hours laterWe sit and talk for hours when we head up to give our findings to Ciel. We enter to find him playing chess with madame red. He sees us enter the room and turns back to Madame red, "Is this really the time for a game of chess?"

Madame Red makes her move, "Obsessing about it wont help you solve the case. Why not just leave it all to Sebastian and y/n dear?"

"Because Sebastian is simply my chess piece." He makes a move. "I am the one who moves him by making orders. Well he is no Ordinary piece he can move as many squares as he needs to." He moves a knight and knocks the opposing king off the table. "Like that."

Madame Red Gasped. "That was against the rules don't you know!"

Ciel moves forward resting his head on his hands. "Indeed it would be if this was a game." He smirks," but rules such as that have no true meaning in the real world. There are always knights who brake the rules. And pons who betray." He frowns, " If you let your guard down." He moves his knight. "Its cheak mate."

She looks at him with pity. "You must have had other options in life than policing England's underworld. I'm sure your mother , My sister, wanted something else for you. And yet after there deaths you return to be the queens guard dog. Is it because you are trying to avenge your parents murders?"

Ciel takes a sip of tea, "The need for revenge is a funny thing. It won't bring back the dead or bring them happiness. To answer your question. I didn't return to the house of phantomehive for my parents." He touches his blue diamond ring and looks up. " I did it for myself. I want to find the people responsible for what happened and I want to make them experience the same pain and humiliation that I suffered."

Sorrow fulls Madame Reds eyes," I still remember when you were born. Though it seems so long ago." She stands up and walks over to him. " You were so tiny and fragile. I remember thinking no matter what I have to protect him." She rests a hand on his shoulder. "You know I was never able to have children. But there was you and I've come to think of you as my own son. Which is why I wish you would quit this."

Ciel Moves her arm from him, "This is a task I have freely chosen it is still my choice to make and no one else's. I don't regret my decision. And I won't be coddled by anyone."

He stands up. "Y/n take me to my room I wish to retire. Sebastian see Madame Red to the door."

I nodd, "Yes master."

Sebastian walks over, "Yes my lord."

2 minutes laterCiel sits at a desk in his room as we wait for Sebastian. "How was your day?"

I smile at him, "It was ok. We finished up rather soon and ended up talking for a few hours."

He chuckles, "I had wondered why Sebastian served lunch and dinner as normal. Is there any soup left?"

"I think so." I leave the room and come back with a bowel. "Here. There were also some scones too."

"Thank-you y/n." He begins to eat.

He finishes off and I take the things back to the kitchen. I return to him trying to undress himself. I chuckle, "Here let me." I unbuton his clothing and untie his shoes. I then tie up his dress shirt leaving room for him to pull it over his head. I then turn my back allowing him to change.

Once he was done I take his clothing and fold them up placing them on the desk. I then take a piece of fabric from my pocket.

It was white and on one end was a button and the other a hole. "I use to struggle with buttons too." I show him how to do it and before long he manages to do it himself.

I go to leave the room, "Sweet dreams Ciel."

I then leave and return to the kitchen to clean up.

Ciel's POV:y/n leaves the room and I lay down and wait for Sebastian to come upstairs.

After a few minutes I hear a knock at the door and Sebastian enters. I look over at him. "Well then?"

"No matter how we looked at it the result is still the same." He holds a thick stack of paper.

I sit up. "Yesterday's murder. The viacount didn't do it."

Sebastian speaks, "Exactly. None of the people in his mansion could have done it either."

"No person could move that quickly. Anyway tomorrow we will start." A thought crosses my mind. "Sebastian, you did it."

"Of course I didn't my lord I told you I never lie. Now involved in medicine, ties to secret society's or black magic, lacking alibis for the nights the body's were found the only human who fits our criteria is the viacount Drewit."

He isn't telling me something." You know more about this than your letting on dont you?!"

He gives a face smile, "But I am just simply one hell of a butler." He places his hand over his heart? Do demons have hearts?. " I as you well know I carry out the orders my master has directly given me." He is avoiding the question. He then throws the papers in the air. "You may only say the words my lord and I become either your pon or your knight." Papers fall around him. " Now master move me to check."

Your POV:I continue cleaning up when Sebastian enters the room. Followed by Ciel wearing street clothing.Ciel speaks, "We have a lead. We will leave now. "

I stare at him confused. "What ever are you planning?"

Later that nightWe stand in a cold street. It is filthy and full of rats. Ciel turns to Sebastian. "He'll show if we stake out this place right?"

"Yes"

Ciel continues. "You know I've realised the murdered prostitutes have other things in common presides there job."

I see a cat walk by and Sebastian instantly picks it up ignoring what is going on.

Ciel continues, "But I still don't understand why he had to kill them all."

Sebastian starts commenting on the cat and I begin to chuckle. Ciel continues, "And what's more-" He stops and turns to Sebastian. "Listen when I'm talking to you!"

I laugh as Sebastian gives an innocent face, "Oh. I apologise sir but she's so beautiful and soft."

We are all caught off gaurd as we here a scream. "How could someone have gotten passed us?"

I giggle, " Mabey during Sebastian's time molesting that cat."

Sebastian glares at me, "lets go sir-"

Ciel runs straight for the door. And opens it.

Blood stains the walls and a body lies in shreds on the floor. I instinctively cover Ciel's eyes and pull him into a hug. Sebastian Comes up behind us and pulls us away from the door.

Ciel shivers in shock I move him allowing him to throw up.

Sebastian still holds me and While I hug Ciel. "You've made quite a bloody mess in there Jack the ripper, Or should I say, Grell Sutcliff."

In that moment grell walks out the room covered in blood," No! No! Your wrong! I... I heard the scream and rushed to help but-"

"You can drop the innocent act Grell. Its over. You know this is actually the first time I've met someone like you in the human world.You played the role of helpless butler well. Your act had almost everybody completely fooled."

"You... You think so?" He smirks. I know that smirk. Where do I know that from. "How kind. " he begins his outfit change. "After all I am an actress." He begins brushing his hair it turns red as the comb passes through. Shit I know who he is. "And a very good one at that. Of course your not really Sebastian are you?" he begins applying make up.

"Sebastian is the name my master gave me so that is who I am for now."

Grell puts on his red glasses. "Ahh your playing the faithful dog. Well... Your handsome enough to get away with it. Anyway here we are Sebastian. No. Ill call you Bassy! Let me introduce myself. The Burnett butler Grell Sutcliff. What do you say lets get along." He blows a kiss at Sebastian.

Sebastian freezes for a second which makes me laugh. Grell continues."It is so nice to talk to you in my true form I admit I was surprised when I first met you I've never seen a demon playing a butler let alone Will's girl taging along."

Ciel and Sebastian stare at me as I glare at Grell. "I could say the same about you. Will won't be pleased at your latest hobby. Also you and I both know that me and will were finished years ago!"

Sebastian buts in,"I never thought Id find one of your kind playing a butler either. Your supposed to be an intermediary between man and god. A grim reaper. Why would a divine being like you pretend to be a servant."

Grell looks as him with a smirk, "Why indeed. For now lets just say it was out of love for a certain woman."

"That woman would be?" Sebastian glares at him.

"You don't really need to ask, do you?" Madame red walks out the blood stained room.

Ciel moves my hand from his face. "Madame."

"Well I hadn't counted on this. I didn't think anyone would be able to tell who grell truly is."

Ciel pulls himself from me and walks forward," Naturally you were on the suspect list from the very beginning. But all of your alibis seemed flawless."

She tilts her head, "You mean you actualy suspected your own aunt?"

"I was looking for a murderer. Degree of relation to me did not matter. None of the humans on the suspect list could have been responsible for all the murders. But if one of them had an inhuman accomplice that would change the game completely. It had to be someone who could enter and leave the room without being noticed someone who could travel from the viacounts home to the east end instantaneously. In the end you two were the only ones who could be jack the ripper. You madame Red and Grell Sutcliff. I began to look into what else the victims had in common besides prostitution. And then I noticed they had all undergone a certain surgury at the hospital where you work. We made a list of all the patients."

Ciel takes a note from his pocket and continues," One. The only One who was Still alive was a woman by the name of Mary Kelly." He shows them the list." We knew if we waited around here you would come for her eventually. But we were. To late." He looms to the side.

"My darling Nephew. How unfortunate this turned out to be. If you had let it go we could have played chess again.But Now...YOU'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING! "

In an instant Grell begins to attack. Sebastian quickly stands in front of Ciel and blocks his attack.

Ciel stares at him," What is that!"

I speak up. "Grim reapers use tools for harvesting souls. That is his reapers scythe. "

"Hey don't call it that this is so much more than a scythe I worked very hard to customise it! This is a special Death scythe of my own decine! It can hack anyone into tiny pieces! I've been far too well behaved. I'm getting out of shape. I'd love to exercise my skills so shall we play?" He blows Sebastian a kiss. Yep he is head over heels crazy for the demon.

I wisper to Ciel, "Now we know how to piss Sebastian off. Recon it would work if I did it?"

Ciel chuckles, "Nope He'd probably enjoy it."

I giggle, "good point"

Sebastian glares at all of us, " I would appreciate it if you were mindful of my position , I'm on duty after all."

"Oh! What a stoic man you are! That makes you even more irresistible!" He fangirls for a moment before composing himself, "You know Red is my favourite colour. Its perfect for hair, for clothes, for lipstick. So I painted all those woman with pretty pretty red blood." He points the death scythe at Sebastian. "So Bassy lets make you even better looking than you already are. Ill tair you up from the inside and trust me I'll make you like it!" He winks as I cringe at his meaning. "You'll be like scattered rose petals."

Sebastian turns his back on Grell."Your a grim reaper. Your job is to quietly harvest the souls of the dieing." He takes off his over coat and wraps it around Ciel. " And as a butler your job is to follow your master like a shadow." He turns back to Grell."You have violated both these expectations and quite frankly. I find it sickening."

"Bassy! You wooed me! You know, I'm more deadly efficient than I seem."

Ciel takes off his eye patch, " In my name and that of the queen I order you Sebastian. Put an end to them."

Sebastian's Eyes glow, "indeed my young lord."

Sebastian and Grell begin fighting. Grell flirting at every given opportunity. Sebastian gets taken off guard and pinned against a wall. "Lets see what happens when your not fast enough." He pulls the chainsaw of a death scythe down on Sebastian's shoulder. "You get cut. Its more fun when it hurts a little though isn't it!"

Madame Red turns to us, "Your still the queens guard dog which means that now I'm your pray. But if its hunt or be hunted." I see her go to take a knife and I stand in front of Ciel. ""There's only one thing I can do!" She swipes at him cutting my arm. I don't heal as fast as other demons but its better than humans.

I hug Ciel shielding him, "Your a doctor how could you do such a thing! Your ment to help people!"

"You wouldn't understand if I told you. Your Just like everyone else!" She swipes again at my back. She begins stabbing my back repetitively. "Give up. You should be dead by now!"

"With me only being 1/4 demon I can still die in human ways." I hug him tighter. "But I won't let you kill another person let alone a child. The same child you say you care so deeply about."

She pushes me to the floor and before I can get up she shouts." This child shouldn't have been born!"

Sebastian runs over allowing the death scythe to cut off his arm, "master!"

I get up and pull out a knife. "You won't hurt him."

before stabbing the woman freezes and begins to cry.

"Stop Sebastian, y/n. Don't kill her!"

Madame red drops the knife on the floor. Sebastian obviously in a lot of pain looks at him. Death scythe blows can kill demons he is lucky it was only his arm.

Ciel looks at him, "Your arm..."

"Oh! How sweet you are bassy really what a prince. Sacrificing your own arm to save that kid." Grell walks over. "On the other hand your a disappointment madame. Come now hurry up and kill the brat already. "

Madame Red continues to cry, "I loved my sister. I loved her husband. I loved their child. I can't. I can't kill him. I can't kill their beloved son."

"Really your getting soft hearted on me all of a sudden. And after all those deaths? If you don't end him he'll end you!"

"But this boy. This child is my-"

Before she can finish her sentence Grell cuts through her revealing her cinematic records. " Too late for that! How disappointing. What use do I have for you if your just another woman."

Sebastian still clutching his arm speaks, "Is that her?"

I walk over to him and wrap an arm around him offering a little comfort, " Those are Madame Reds Cinematic Records. Part of a Reaper's Job is to play and examine the memorys of those on the to die list."

Grell nodds," Well done y/n I see Will taught you well. From that we determine what kind of person they were. We see from their own perspective what kind of life they have lived and we decide weather they should live or die."

Sebastian accepts the comfort and speaks, "There lives flash before there eyes."

"Oh! please that's such a pedestrian term. It is so much more than that. This is the reaper's true power. The cinematic record!"

We watch as Madame Red's life plays before our eyes. A tragic story. No wonder she was the way she was.

Grell finishes his job, " How beautiful you were died red in your victims blood. I loved you so. He takes off his coat and swaps it for Madame Reds. It doesn't fit right but strangely suits him. "What a disappointment you turned out to be in the end. You don't have what it takes to wear red. Your cheap little melodrama ends now. Its over madame red.Good bye."

He then takes his scythe and walks away. Ciel closes Madame Reds eyes," Well what are you waiting for I thought I ordered you to put an end to Jack the ripper. Its not over yet. One is left stop standing there and kill him both of you."

"Yes my lord"

"Yes master"

Grell chuckles," Oh, I was going to spare you professional certify and all that. but if you insist. Ill send you all to heaven toughether!" He swipes at us.

"Heaven your joking." Sebastian and I jump onto the roof I full out my knife and douse it in a potion. "We both know nothing of heaven."

He then kicks as I swipe. Grell doges, "You wouldn't kick a lady in the face! Where are your manners."

Sebastian smirks ,"I would agree, but the only lady's I see is madame red who is currently dead and y/n who I didn't attempt to kick. I am sorry but you see. I am simply one hell of a butler!"

"Ha you think a demon like you and an ugly cross breed can beat a reaper?"I glare at grell.

Sebastian chuckles,"Certanly although I dont know who this ugly cross breed is. My only accomplice is miss y/n here and she is far from ugly." I blush which makes him chuckle. "You see If my master tells me to win then I shall win."

"You care allot about that puny little brat don't you? I'm Jealous! Demon or not you still be destroyed if I reap you with my death scythe. Aren't you frightened?"

"Not at all I belong to my master, my soul and my body, down to the last hair are his. My heart is the only thing I am yet to lose. The contract remains so I follow his every order."

"That is what it means to be a butler"

End of chapter 9