A/N: Hello there! Thanks so much to all those people who have read Kuroshitsuji: His Butler, Returns. (You know who you are!) I'm so proud of my first work, and it's thanks to you guys that I can continue with other stories. And a special thanks for Keryous Seastryder for giving me the courage to publish my work. And now, the Final installment of Kuroshitsuji: His Butler, Returns!
When Ciel finally woke up, he found himself in what looked like an old apartment building. His hands and legs were tied to a well-furnished chair, starring out into the rest of the room. It looked like Gabriel had been busy while Ciel was unconscious. The walls of the room were painted a blood red color and the furniture was red with a gold fleur de lis symbols all over them. Two of Gabriel's hell hounds were guarding the door while the third and Gabriel were nowhere in sight. Ciel knew that he didn't stand a chance against the two beasts, and he also knew that Sebastian was on the way to rescue him. "All I have to do is by some time…" he thought to himself. Just then, Gabriel and the beast entered the room.
"Ah, I see you've finally woken up." He says, feeding his pets with raw meet. "How do you like the place? Did it myself you know!"
"I'm not a big fan of the color red." Ciel says, struggling in his seat. It reminded him of Madam Red, and a certain grim reaper who will not be mentioned.
"Oh, but I am." He says, taking out a knife. "There are a lot of pretty things that are red. Like roses, red roses are the prettiest roses of them all. Red is also the color of blood." He takes the knife and cuts Ciel's arm, catching the blood in a bowl.
"Agh!" Ceil says, clutching his hands into fists.
"The funny thing about blood is that everything bleeds. Humans, dogs, cats, even us demons." Gabriel states. "I mean, where demons and we bleed! How funny is that?" he takes the bowl and places it on the table in the corner with other utensils' on it.
"Hilarious." Ciel said through clench teeth. "What are you planning on doing with my blood?"
"This may surprise you, but there is a way to break that little contract that binds you and Sebastian Michaelis together. Once that's done, I intend to kill you with the demon sword over here." Gabriel says, picking up the purple and green odd shaped sword next to him.
Ciel's eyes widen a bit. "Kill me? I thought you plan was to take me under your wing, just like you did with Sebastian."
"Oh yeah, that was a lie I just told you to rattle Sebastian's chain." Gabriel says, not even looking back at Ciel. "I only said that so I could make him angry and get him here. I planned on killing you from the start."
"But why?" Ciel asks. If he thought he didn't understand this guy's plan before, then he sure as hell didn't understand it now.
"Isn't it obvious? I want the old Sebastian Michaelis back." Gabriel turns and looks at Ciel, more series than he has ever been before.
"Come again?" Ciel asks.
"Sebastian Michaelis was my greatest masterpiece of all time. He made deals and took deals that no one else would, and he finished them to perfection. He would never allow such a weak human to hold him back by a chain with a collar around his next like a dog. Then he made that deal with you; to become his butler in exchange for your soul. Ever since then, he has been led around like a dog on a leash by you because of the contract that still binds you to him." Gabriel slams the knife on the table then turns to look at Ciel. "I made the perfect killing machine, and you turned him into your lap dog!"
Ciel just stares at Gabriel for the longest of times, and then starts to laugh uncontrollable. "Your right, that's because Sebastian is a dog tied to a leash being pulled by me. And that's never going to change." He says, looking up into Gabriel's eyes. "Thanks to Alios Trancy, no demon was allowed to calm my soul, not even Sebastian. He turning me into a demon was the smartest thing he did." Ciel said through uncertain eyes.
"Then why don't I believe you?" Gabriel asks, curiosity getting the best out of him.
"The first time Sebastian was going to eat my soul, I welcomed It." he says, telling the truth. "After defeating the people who ruined my life, I was ready for death. Alios Trancy and Claude Faustus ruined everything for me and Sebastian! But we got over it. Sebastian did what he had to do to get my soul back, and in the end he still lost it. And through all these years, he never once complained about the situation. Granted he must be as disappointed about the outcome as I am, but we dealt with it. So sorry if I stole your precious Sebastian, but he belongs to me now." Ciel smiles his innocent child smile.
"Truer words have never been spoken, young master." Sebastian says threw the door way. Grell was cling onto him looking at the hell hounds that were on guard on bearing their teeth at them.
"Ugh! Sebassy, you didn't mention that we would end up in such a disgusting place with more of these flea bag mutts." Grell says, waving at the hounds as if trying to shoe them off.
"Sebastian, what is he doing here?" Ciel asks, glaring at Grell.
"We just happened to run into each other. I thought he might make a good chew toy for Gabriel's pets." Sebastian says, keeping his eyes on Gabriel.
"Now see here! I didn't agree to be anybody's chew toy!" Grell yells, flaring his arms at Sebastian.
"A demon and a grim reaper working together?" Gabriel asks, leaving Ciel's side. "I thought I've seen everything, guess I was wrong." He walks over and picks up the demon sword and points it at Sebastian.
"I heard everything Gabriel; I know what you're really planning." Sebastian says, moving away from Grell and closer to Gabriel. "Your planning on killing my master and I cannot allow that." He says, digging into his pocket and taking out his weapon. (Which of course were forks and knives.)
"It's the only way to get you back to your normal-self Sebastian. Once the contract is broken and he's dead, you can come back with me and we can go back to how things were. You've got to admit, we had some pretty good times. We caused so much mayhem and destruction; the world didn't even know what was hitting them. Humans are such stupid creatures." Gabriel says, stepping closer to Sebastian. "Oh wait I forgot. You used to be one of those stupid humans. Of course, that was thousands of years ago."
"Sebassy, you used to be human? Oh my! How I would have loved to seen that!" Grell says, blushing trying to imagine what he looked like.
"You're looking at it." Sebastian says, turning and looking at Grell. "This is what I looked like, when I was human." He turns away, looking past Gabriel and at Ciel. He could see the shocked look on his master's face, even though he tried to hide it.
"That's right. You were such a beautiful human, and an even more beautiful demon. I still get chills down my spine when your eyes change color." Gabriel looked directly into Sebastian's and saw the change. "There they are! Those are the eyes I remember!" As he said that, Sebastian stuck his knives into Gabriel's chest.
"Grell! Untie Ciel's binds!" he yells, looking back at him. One of the hounds tackles Sebastian and he was forced to let Gabriel go.
"One Deadly Affiant Reaper coming up!" Grell says, taking out his chainsaw scythe and hacking everything in sight. He moves to Ciel and starts to untie he arms. A hound comes up from behind and attacks Grell, leaving only one hand untied.
Ciel quickly unties the rest of his binds and sees Gabriel at the table. "Sebastian! The table!" he shouts.
Sebastian turns to see that Gabriel has a bowl in his hand at the table. He finishes off the hound and attacks Gabriel. Gabriel moves out of the way and stabs Sebastian with the demon blade.
"Ugh!" Sebastian grunts as he starts coughing up blood. He drops to his knees, holding the deep wound at his left side. He falls against the floor and looks up at Gabriel. Grell holds Ciel back after finishing off the rest of the hell hounds.
"Don't worry, the wound isn't too deep. Although it is a demon sword so it's going to sting a lot." Gabriel says, turning his attention to Grell as he tries to sneak up behind him. He kicks Grell back, sending him through at wall into another room. Gabriel stomps his foot on Sebastian, preventing him from moving.
"Sebastian, it is time to release you from the curse that holds you down." Gabriel sticks his hand into the bowl that contains Ciel's blood and then places it into the wound that he caused.
Ciel screams as a sharp pain went through his left eyes. He fell to his knees holding his left eye and looks over at Sebastian; seeing Gabriel over his body with his hand in his wound. "How does mixing our blood do anything?" he thought to himself.
"Young master…" Sebastian calls; he moves his hands and grabs ahold of Gabriel's. He removes Gabriel's hand out of his wound and slugs him across his face, sending him through the table. He sits up and grabs the demon blade lying next to him. "What did you do?"
"Just liked I promised, I removed the contract that bound you two together. He maybe a demon now, but his blood remains the same. Combining the blood between to contractors releases and breaks the contract. It's over now." Gabriel says, wiping the blood that was dripping from the mouth.
"No," Sebastian says and he takes the demon sword and stabs Gabriel in the heart with it. He bends down close to Gabriel, looking at him in his wide, shocked eyes as the slowly cloud up. "Now it's over." He removes the sword and throws it across the room. He walks over to his young master and extends his hand to him. "Are you alright, young master?" he asks with his usual smile.
Ciel looks up at him the looks at his hand, and takes it. He stands up and starts dusting off his clothes. "What took you so long?" he asks.
"My apologizes." He bends his head down in respect. "I ran into some trouble along the way in finding you." He stands up right as he hears Grell returning to the room. "Are you alright Grell Sutcliffe?" he asks, turning his attention to him.
"No, I am most certainly not alright! My clothes are all ruined and my face is a complete mess!" he states, and then goes into this long detail about what was wrong. Both Ciel and Sebastian drown him out. Ciel moves closer to Gabriel's body and leans over him.
"Was he the one who you…" Ciel didn't get to finish his sentence before Sebastian answered the question.
"Yes, he was the demon I made a deal with. However, instead of asking for my soul like I did with you, he turned me into a demon." Sebastian says, looking over his master, or rather, Ciel Phantomhive.
"What was the deal?" Ciel asks, standing up and looking at his bloody butler, or used to be butler.
"When I was human, I had a little brother. He…looked almost exactly like you." Sebastian says, looking at him in the eyes. The contract that bounded the two together was now gone, and both eyes were once again sapphire blue. "He was a sickly child with an incurable illness at the time, and would mostly stay at home in bed. But when he was health I would always play with him. When our parents died, I was left to care for him by myself. He was your age when he got worse and was dying. Gabriel came to me and made the deal with me saying that he would cure my brother's illness and save his life. And in return I became a demon. I took the deal and left my brother, never seeing him again after knowing that his illness was cured."
Grell was clutching to Ciel shoulder while fighting back tears. "Oh Sebassy! That's the sadist thing I have ever heard!" he yells, running towards him with arms wide open. Sebastian dodges Grell's attack and moves closer to Ciel, who wouldn't look at him in the eyes. "Making the deal for your soul because I was interested in it wasn't the only reason why I made it, it was because you looked like him and your souls were the same that I couldn't refuse the deal." Sebastian finished. The three of them fall into a silence that seemed like to last forever.
"Well, I never thought I'd get your whole life story." Ciel says, turning away from Sebastian. "Now that Gabriel is dead and the contract was broken, what are you going to do?" he asks, afraid to look at his butler. He hears a rustling sound from behind him and turns to see Sebastian on one knee bowing to him like he usually would as if falling a command. "What are you doing?"
"I'm still willing to serve you, if you wish young master?" Sebastian says, forming it into a question.
Ciel's face was flushed; he turns his back to Sebastian not letting him see his face. "Do…do whatever you wish!" Ciel yelps as he is swept off his feet by Sebastian. "What are you doing?" Ciel demands. He never got his answer as the two left the old apartment building, leaving Grell behind. "Where are we going?"
"Anywhere you want to, my young lord." Sebastian says, smiling at Ciel while secretly thinking that as long as it as far away from Grell as possible that it doesn't matter.
"Sebassy! What about my date?" Grell calls. He was on the fire escape after having Sebastian dodge he attack. "You haven't heard the last of me Sebastian Michaelis! Do you hear me?"
A/N: So what do you think? Not the ending you were quite expecting, now was it? Gabriel's dead, and Sebastian's human life was revealed. And even though the contract was broken, Sebastian and Ciel still remain together. Poor Grell though, I don't think he'll be getting that date anytime soon! Again, thank you so much for read and I hoped you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
