A/N: Hey everyone! Thank you so much for reading my first published FanFiction. You have no idea how much it means to me that my work is being recognize. I was so nervous. True to my word, here is Chapter 2 of Kuroshitsuji: His Butler, Returns. (Don't forget to review!)
Gabriel was walking through the streets of New York City. It had been a long time since he had been here, and so much has changed. He loved humans so much. The fact that they change every day just fascinated him. He had two of his pet hell hounds beside him, though no one but demons could see them. The third was back at the abandoned apartment complex, watching over Ciel has he continued to slumber. Gabriel had put Ciel into a deep slumber while trying to figure out what to do about his old protégé.
Sebastian Michaelis had been his perfect project. Not only was he a cruel and ruthless demon, but he knew how to take care of his contractors with perfection. Before he became a butler for the Phantomhive boy, he left a bloody trail behind him where ever he went.
But something changed in his protégé. Once he became Ciel Phantomhive's butler, the bodies didn't pile up like they once used too.
"What changed?" Gabriel said to himself. He kept walking and ended up back to the apartment. He went upstairs to the very top. The hell hound guarding Ciel lifted his head up, and he patted him on the head. "Good boy." He says, feeding the hounds with dead rabbits.
While the hounds ate, Gabriel looked down to the sleeping boy. Even though he was a demon, he looked like an innocent boy. He lifted the eye lid that held the contract between him and Sebastian.
"Once I have destroyed the contract that holds you two together, I'll teach you everything that you need to know to become an even greater demon than Sebastian himself." he says as he was stroking the boy's dark hair. He understood now why Sebastian was so attached to the boy.
Even though he was a demon, there was still a light that said he was pure.
ΩΩΩ
It had been a week since Ciel was taking away from Sebastian by Gabriel.
He had finally tracked him to New York City. This should have been Sebastian's first guest. After all, this was where he and Gabriel last saw each other.
He had a hard time tracking his young master here. He guessed that Gabriel had put Ciel into a deep sleep, making it harder for him to track and for Ciel to call for his trusted butler. Sebastian even went to visit Undertaker for some ideas. To his surprise, Undertaker was still in the same location his shop had been over the past 100 years.
"Well, well! Lookie at what the black cat dragged in." Undertaker says, opening the coffin from where he was sleeping.
"It has been a long time Undertaker; I'm surprised to see that you are still here." Sebastian says, closing the door behind him.
"Them's the perks for being a Shinigami. We can live in the same spot for however length of time we want." He says, closing the coffin behind him. "What can I do for…" he pauses and takes a good look around his shop, "Oh my! Where is the young Earl Phantomhive?" he asks.
"He has been taking by Gabriel Carter, another demon.." Sebastian says bluntly. "I need your help in finding him."
"Oh dear! It seems our young Earl has been caught in another predicament." Undertaker says, steeping closer to Sebastian. "You know my price, one good laugh. That's all I want…"
"Then prepare to fix that sign of yours outside." Sebastian says, grinning and pulling up his gloves.
*…SILENCE…*
"!" Undertaker laugh, leaning over his desk tears coming for his eyes and snot running from his noise. "Oh how I've missed your jokes Sebastian." He says, whipping his face with his sleeves.
"I've been saving up some jokes for occasions such as this one." Sebastian says, looking pleased with his work as he removes his gloves. "Now, for my information…"
"Of course, I keep to my word. But what will do once you have found the young master?" Undertaker asks curiously.
"Retrieve him of course. He is my young master, and we are still bound by our contract." He says seriously. He was looking over the old Shinigami, wondering what he was up too.
"But what if, hypothetically speaking, Gabriel was trying to break the contract that bounded you to together. What then?" The shinigami asks. He looked over the demon carefully, looking at the surprised look in his eyes.
"Then, there would be no need to stay by his side…" Sebastian says, looking away from Undertaker.
He had him right where he wanted him. "I don't think so…" he says.
"What?"
"I think you would still go after him." The shinigami says, moving towards the demon. "Not only will your ego allow it, and the fact that Gabriel would win, but you have been with Ciel for a long time. Not as long as you were with Gabriel, but besides him you were with Ciel for far longer than the others before him. He is the only thing in this world that is keeping you grounded and you know it. Not to mention that he is your one and only prey. "
Sebastian looked over the shinigami for a long time. And in truth, he was right. He had been beside the young master's side for some time now; it had only been a week and everything around him felt weird and wrong without him. Going through the rest of eternity without him, was hard for the demon to envision. He put his hand over his eyes and started laughing uncontrollably. ""
"I think I broke him…" Undertaker thinks to himself.
"You are right Undertaker. I guess humans would say that this was called 'love.'" He says, heading for the door.
"Sebastian…" Undertaker says. He throws a piece of paper at him, which he easily catches. "Have fun winning your princess back" he says, tipping his hat to him as he watches him leave. "Oh! I guess I should have mentioned that a certain someone is also in New York." Undertaker pauses for a sec… "Nah! Where would the fun be in that!" he laughs as he enters his coffin again.
That all happened four days ago, ever since than Sebastian has been looking all over New York in search for his young master. He was now in New York City, certain that his young master was located somewhere in the city limits. He excluded are the high up residential areas, knowing that isn't the most likely of place for them to be. Gabriel needed a lot of space and private area to work in. He was on top if the Chrysler Building, getting the better view for his demon eyes to spot everything below him. He had been up there for an hour, when he finally caught one of Gabriel's hell hounds.
To his surprise, the hound was heading towards him.
"Nice welcoming party…" he thought to himself as he headed down the Chrysler Building. Just as they were about to clash with each other, a chainsaw comes out of nowhere and enters the hell hounds body. Splatter blood and breaking the glass along with it. (Good thing the floor was empty…)
"Sebassy My Darling! Oh how I've missed you so." A high pitched noise comes out of nowhere. He heads over to the now dead hell hound and removes the chainsaw from the corpse's body. "You have been a very bad boy Sebassy. You never called, or wrote me. Not even and email or a text message; how shameful of you…Sebastian Michaelis." The Red Shinigami turns around. He still looked the same, down to Madam Red's jacket.
"Grell Sutcliffe. Due what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you here?" Sebastian asks. Out of all the shinigami to run into, it had to be Grell Sutcliffe.
Grell comes running up into Sebastian's face, flaring his arms like a mad man. "You sir, owe me an explanation! You go and run off with that brat of yours and then just come waltzing into my city just like that! Have you no shame?" he asks, crossing his arms.
Sebastian sighs. "I have no time for this Grell. If you would excuse me, I have things I need to do." He jumps down from the building and lands into the back alley way, making sure no him spotted him. Grell follows him of course.
"Speaking of the brat, where is he? I know he became a demon and all, but you are still bounded to him by the contract and all that, right?" he asks, being noisy as usually. For 123 years that is one aspect that hasn't changed for him.
"He has been kidnapped by a demon know as Gabriel Carter." Sebastian say, continuing to walk down the same street the hell hound came from. Not even bothering to look back at Grell.
"Gabriel Carter?" Grell repeats. "I remember hearing about him. Said to be one of the most feared of all demons. Last I heard he was in Spain…" Sebastian cuts him off.
"A week ago, he came to London and took my master. He plans on destroying the contract between us and keeping Ciel to himself." He says, turning the corner to yet another busy street.
"I don't see what's the big deal is. You can finally be free from that brat." Grell says, throwing his arms behind his head. "You've been with him for over 100 years, it's about time to let him go…" he cuts off, bumping into Sebastian's back. He goes around and sees a look on his face that he never had seen before. "Unless…you don't want too?" he asks.
Sebastian looks at the ground, then back to Grell. "Help me Grell." He says seriously,
"WHAT!" Grell yells, jumping back.
"If you help me defeat Gabriel, I'll go out on a date with you." He says, giving off his famous smile.
"A…a…ah…da…dat…DATE!" Grells face truns as red as the jacket he wore.
"I'll even let you pick the time and place." He says, moving closer.
"You have a deal!" Grell says, smiling and showing off the shinigami teeth of his. "Not only that, but I really don't care for this Gabriel guy. He has been causing more trouble for us over the past 100 years than ever before." Grell says, turning around and walking down the street again.
100 years? Sebastian thought. Around the same time Ciel turned into a demon. Dose any of this have any connection to one another? Whatever the case may be, sooner we find Gabriel, the sooner we get answers. And the sooner I retrieve my young master. Sebastian thinks to himself as he and Grell continue the path towards Gabriel's hide out. Where he is waiting in wait for his prey to come…
~Kuro~
Ciel: What's the meaning of this! I'm the main character!" *He pouts*
Sebastian: Now Young Master behave yourself.
Me: Sebastian's right. You have a very important rule in the last chapter. *she says behind Sebastian.*
Grell: What about me! *he flares*
Me: You to Grell…*she says nervously*
~Kuro~
