As Thunder rumbled over the nearly empty land of trees, rain was pouring down upon the ground making little streams of water. Looking like the land had veins, rushing quickly with their life force. Light brown liquid rolled in small ripples along the pathway that the teen was walking in barefoot and in nothing but a night shirt. There were large crack snapped over the small hills. Running through the garden that the blonde didn't touch usually because he destroyed it with his strength, the young earl was having a nightmare and was unable to control what he did. Ciel's feet squished the mud between his toes, he moved to the edge of a small cliff.
A voice inside of the boy was talking to him, a dark room with a sign under the small boy who was sprawled out, crying out at his young aged body was being tortured. Things were slicing his body everywhere, every moment he stayed in the dark room only lit where he was laying. A red cloth was over his frame, but not for long for suddenly there were arms coming out from all over holding the boy down.
"No…Let me go… How dare you touch me?! Sebastian, kill them. Sebastian…SEBASTIAN…" there was no answer at the boys cries. A dark figure spoke from the darkness and was slowly moving to hover over the boy.
"We are here to clean the unclean, to make them pure. This boy has become so unclean, we killed him, he has our mark on him, he has been touched, by something so unclean that would make the purest flower blossom into a dark black color, wilt and die." There was nothing but pure hatred and cold in the male's voice, or it sounded like it was a male, it was hard to tell with a mask over the person's lips that were muffling his words faintly.
No one was coming to help the teen, and he suddenly realized this, it was just like the time before. No matter how much pain he was in, no matter what was going to happen to him, there was absolutely nothing he could do. He kept his mouth shut, and from here on out he wasn't going to let them have the satisfaction of hearing his voice come out in whimpers.
The demon heard something in the distance, sounding like his name echoing on the wind that woke him from a soft nap that he seldomly got. Within a few moments he had his close on and he was following where the wind was blowing knowing that it would take him to the source of the voice. The demon's vibrant pink eyes shown demonically in the darkness, within a moment of stepping out of the mansion his hair was dripping wet. The demon walked skillfully through the maze like garden.
Another dark figure moved up to take the place of the other dark figure that had been speaking. "This boy must be cleansed of all his evil deeds and his evil thoughts. We must purify him in all the way's that he has become unclean." Ciel's eyes widened at the words that had been spoken, and although he felt fear vibrate down through his body, he closed his eyes awaiting what was about to come.
There was a loud crack and a whip hit across the boy's stomach as the boy had closed his eyes, he didn't cringe, instead he burst out laughing at the wracking pain. "The demon's within this child. We must cleanse him." The masked figure was looking through his eye holes as if the child was crazy, in fact he was. There as nothing about that, the boy when things went wrong or they were disturbing to another would make the boy laugh hysterically and not be able to stop.
Ciel's body was whipped over and over again and there was nothing that was stopping the boy from laughing, in reality he was laughing even harder at the way that the whip slashed across his stomach. Slowly the whip lashes became weaker and as they did, the dark figures around him started backing away, one of them stayed by him constantly. There was no denying that the boy was in need of help but it wasn't anything that the hooded figures could do about.
Finally as the whip slashing stopped, the figures digits tightened on the whip. "He is even more corrupt than I thought. He will need the more punishment than just a whip." The figure moved into the darkness and everything around Ciel disappeared, the hands that were holding him down, making him able to move. He sat up wrapping the cloth around him, he stood up easily.
Ciel's frame was wet and it was reaching out for assistance he was crying and he was unable to control it. In his nightmare he may have been laughing but his conscious self he was wide awake to the emotions that he was feeling. Moaning out his body swayed with the wind that pulled him sharply away from the cliff that was so close to his feet.
"Sebastian." His lips moved but he was unable to actually call for the demon.
Sebastian heard his name being muttered again and finding himself out of the garden and near the cliff he saw a figure standing just by the cliff swaying visibly to the wind. Sebastian noticed the blue gray hair that swiped against the figures face. 'Ciel.." he whispered gently his eyebrows were arched into a deep angle.
Ciel walked towards the darkness finding himself at a window so far off of the ground that no one would survive if they had jumped it, looking around he didn't notice anyone, his stomach was bleeding profusely.
A figure from behind him pushed him out of the window…
Crying out gently Ciel fell forward as a large gust of wind hit hip and flung him over the cliff. Sebastian's eyes widened and being as close as he was he grabbed for the boy, catching him by the ankle, pulling the boy up into his arms carefully. "Young master, how foolish you are for trying something like that."
The young earl felt like he was being pulled back up into the building by a figure and rope. "You can't get away that easily, Young Phantomhive." Ciel struggled as best he could.
Ciel whilst in his dream was fighting Sebastian, Sebastian grunted as he was kicked in the knee and punched in the chest, but he continued to hold the young boy with strength. "No…Don…I'll…kil…" Ciel was muttering half coherently, as he struggled. The butler ran a hand down over Ciel's hair and then down his back back, this small motion calmed the boy nearly instantly. Melting against the demon's chest, he looked vulnerable and weak.
Sebastian's eyes were soft, and he smiled gently at the way that the boy curled up into his chest. The young earl was shaking harder than the demon had ever seen before. Sebastian smiled gently at how that the teen had calmed to his touch. Something stirred within the demon at the sight of the young male curling up into him, as the rain continued to pound down on them, taking the shivering boy so that he wrapped his coat, though it was becoming wet on the outside but was warm as ever. Walking slowly towards the mansion, rocking Ciel unconsciously as he walked.
The demon purred out sweetly as he walked into the mansion, the candles flickered on, and there was warm water into the tub. The demon moved to walk up the steps. Slipping the fully asleep boy into the water. Washing off the mud and dirt that was on the small boy, who was still murmuring in his sleep but it was definitely less hectic as it was before hand. Finishing washing the boy, he picked him up, cradling him so that he could dry him off of. Ciel instantly purred and melted against Sebastian's chest, he was silent once again. Sebastian's brows creased in confusion at how easy the boy soothed down when he touched his skin. There was something strange about having the boy melt to his touch, was it something he did, or was it just that he was the demon that the boy was used to touching.
The butlers mind was full of confusion and feelings that he didn't understand, what was it that made the boy so calm around him while he slept but unable to let him touch him while he was awake. The demon watched the boy with a towel around his waist for many minutes before he picked him up and moved him back to his room and into his bed.
"Young master, you need sleep." He said and the boy rolled over towards Sebastian's voice. The young boy was fully asleep but he murmured something about not being ordered around by a lowly butler. Sebastian smirked his devious and evil smirk at what Ciel had said, knowing that the Ciel that had summoned him was still within him. Covering Ciel up with a blanket the butler left the room with careful ease, moving to the library slowly, he was curious. Sitting down he touched the book that Ciel had been reading, and he was curious at what he was reading to see if it made any sense if it had kindled any memories what-so-ever.
It was many hours later that the boy woke to get dressed, though Sebastian was already up and heard the boy stirring, finishing placing food on a plate, his black dress shoes made small clicking noises on the floor as he walked to the bedroom door. Cracking the door slowly, the demon saw a boy wrapped up in a sheet barefooted on the floor looking out of the window staring out of it slowly. Turnign around Ciel's eyes were as cold as ever.
"Sebastian, where did my clothes go..?" He growled deeply. The butler didn't smile, not really, he smirked deviously, debating whether or not to tell Ciel something that didn't happen, but he refrained from it, and his contract wouldn't allow it.
"You slept walked last night, young master. You got dirty, I had to clean you up and dry you before placing you back in bed." Sebastian said gently, bowing his head to show grace and proper manners as he did so. Small feet slapped on the floor as he walked up to Sebastian, slapping him as hard as possibly.
"How dare you?!" Ciel yelled out at the demon, "You should know better than to bathe me without my permission." The young earl was overreacting but he hated knowing that Sebastian touched him so intimately without him consciously knowing, he didn't like knowing that he might have said something in his sleep.
Sebastian's eyes sparked vividly when he felt the sting cross over his cheek. A glare that could kill anything who may have been in its pathway was pointed straight at Ciel. "Under binding contract, I am liable for your health, young master. What would happen if you got ammonia and you soul was lost before you got revenge on those that had hurt you?" The demon hit a sensitive spot with Ciel especially with the dream that the earl had had. "You were dirty, and I needed to clean you." Sebastian continued but was stopped by another resounding slap.
"Sebastian, leave me. I do not ever want to see you, anymore." Ciel said turning around, he took what Sebastian had said to his heart. 'He said exactly what that figure had said. Sebastian, are you….?' Ciel shook his head, his brows furrowed visibly. He moved back to the window looking out it refusing to look at Sebastian, for he knew his eyes were showing hurt and betrayal in them.
The demon looked surprised at what Ciel had said, watching for a moment Sebastian nodded, he walked over to Ciel's night stand placing the food there before he walked up behind Ciel.
His hand moved to touch Ciel's neck with a light tenderness, "Young lord, you'll call for me soon…" Sebastian said as-a-matter-a-factly, before he turned around and walked slowly from the room. Ciel threw the closest thing to him, at Sebastian, but the demon was already gone.
The teenager broke down right there, hitting the wall until his eyes leaked tears from being hurt, not only physically, but emotional and mentally. Curling into a ball in a corner, the small boy cried. His entire frame was shaking from how much emotional pain he was feeling. The closest person to him had betrayed him. What was he going to do? Once something is lost it will never return. Ciel felt like he lost the last person he trusted. Sobbing gently, he pulled a blanket around his body and fell into a deep slumber because of how bad he slept the night before, and how much emotion that as coursing through his body. Since he had not show so much emotion since before he was killed and was brought back by the demon.
Sebastian had closed the door, and he heard the ringing of glass that shattered and fell to the ground. The demon was unsure on how he should feel about being pushed so far away from the young boy. Sighing faintly he walked down the hall, down the stairs and out of the house. There was nearly no place for a demon to go, but a cat would be able to much more sufficiently as anything else. Getting into the forest he stood in the middle of trees, shivering faintly he looked around, something was coming he could feel it. A male came up behind the other, flowing hair swayed in the darkness.
"AH….A handsome young knight thrown out for such a noble thing." The feminine voice purred out, Sebastian turned to glare at the red male.
"You saw..?" Sebastian glowered angrily, growling viciously at how irritated he already was and he didn't want to deal with the red shinigami. The dark demon looked serious and nearly as if he was made out of stone as he stood in the middle of the forest.
There was a loud squea and the shinigami jumped up into the air and dove for the dark demon that was standing still. With ease Sebastian moved out of the way avoiding the other demon's lips. "I want a Kiss!...I was promised one." Grell said in a high pitched, nearly feminine, voice. There was nothing more irritating that a demon who was always talking about a kiss that he knew he would never get. Sebastian's dark red eyes flashed pink for a moment before he vanished in a wave of feathers.
"Seby-san!!!! SEBY!!!!" Grell cried out as if Sebastian fully disappeared, although he was hiding behind a tree in the form of a dark black cat. Breathing heavily, Sebastian's back was holding along the tree. There was something wrong to have the red demon lurking about in the forest.
There was always something new happening to where the young earl was hidden at, Sebastian slowly lurked out of the forest and back to the mansion planning to keep a close eye on the young lord. Walking gracefully to the boy's bedroom window, keeping an eye on him. His feline lips turned down into a deep frown when he saw the boy huddled back into bed sobbing loudly. Sebastian kept watch over they boy for the next few day's knowing that one of the day's that he would be asked for.
