Chapter 2: An Eye for an Eye

Ciel struggled to move, no matter how fast his cells regenerate it still hurts. As a demon with hardly any fighting experience, he could only fight off opponents with strength twice a human his size. This man was easily stronger than that. The sharp metal blade of the knife carved patterns Ciel's alabaster white skin and drew blood. The bluenette winced, he bit his lip to stop himself from making any noise that would give his attacker satisfaction. He was the Earl of Phantomhive, if he could not overthrow this miserable assailant, he was not fit to carry such an honorable title.

The unnamed man laughed, "How does it feel to have a taste of what your family did to mine before?" Tracing Ciel's face with the knife, the man suddenly scowled and planted the weapon into the boy's eye, twisting it sharply. Laboured gasps escaped Ciel's parted lips. Shaky hands pulled desperately at the knife wielder's hands. Blinded with pain, he tried to claw at the offender. A shout of pain and a hand removing itself from his head alerted him that he had hit his target. The one-eyed boy shuddered in revulsion and yanked the kitchen utensil out of his eye. Blood sprayed profusely from the wound, leaving a sticky crimson red mess. A wave of pain struck the wounded boy, however he had to take advantage of the unarmed man and kill him before it became the other way around. Ciel slowly stood up and tried to walk towards the older of the two but his legs gave way and he fell unceremoniously onto the floor. Nevertheless, the stubborn boy used his arms as support and inched closer to the man. The enraged man had recovered from the surprise attack before Ciel and launched at him first. A fist made contact with the boy's face and sent him flying into the wall. Forgetting about the knife, the man threw an onslaught of punches at his victim. Unfortunately for him, he was the only one who forgot about the weapon. Ciel discreetly reached for the knife and hid it at his side. A human's eyes are not as well trained to see in the dark, the attacker did not see the move that would cause him his downfall. The man kicked the bluenette in the shin and leaned down beside the crumpled form. "No one smears the name of the Ferro Family and gets away with it," he sneered and spitted on Ciel.

Wiping the spit on his sleeves, the blue-haired boy looked at the man, his lips were turned up but did not form a smile. "Unfortunately, you were mistaken to think that the Phantomhives are easy targets. Just like your ancestor," the demon's eyes turned into scarlet slits that reflected in the shocked man's forest green eyes. "Wha…How did you…,"the man stuttered. Before he could finish sentence, Ciel plunged the knife into his eye socket, "an eye for an eye, you took mine I am only returning the favour." "I, Arancio Vanel Ferro will never forgive you," that was the last words the man ever uttered ever again.

Ciel shook his head and the last remnants of the flashback faded away. He hurriedly tied his eye patch over his right eye and straightened his uniform. Taking in a deep breath, he opened the toilet door and walked out to face the rest of the world once again. Well, he did not really want to face the other students with their incessant chattering just yet. With that thought in mind, the demon retired to the library to wait for the ringing of the bell that signaled the end of break. The library of Hillowworth Academy was one of the biggest libraries any school can have and the Hillowworthians were quite proud of it. Settling down in the usual overstuffed armchair he frequented, Ciel pondered over the current case he was solving, it had been dragged over a long period of time. The murderer had seemed to attack at random, making it close to impossible to gauge when and where he would strike next. His reputation as the Queen's Watchdog and being able to solve any case no matter how close to impossible it was, was a stake. The rookie detectives were already starting to talk.

"Ring!" The school bell disturbed his musings. Ciel proceeded to his next class, braving the stairs once more. When the students of Hillowworth Academy had settled down in their classes for their lessons, the year 9 class had a new addition. Mr Oleander opened the door and in came the new student. The bluenette did not bother to even glance up at his new classmate, he was leaving this place as soon as his job was done anyway. "All of you listen up, this is your new classmate," Mr Oleander barked out in his gruff voice. A few people grunted in reply, disregarding his words. "Hi everyone, I am Alois Trancy, pleased to meet you," a familiar voice said. Ciel's eyes widened in shock, his head shot up. Icy blue eyes met with a lustrous blue one.

Author's note: Arancio Vanel Ferro is the descendant of Azzurro Vanel from the Italian trading organization owned by the Ferro Family. He kidnapped Ciel in Chapter 3 of the manga and was beaten by Sebastian (no surprise there.) Since members of the Ferro family were killed by the Phantomhives, I decided to make them hate the Phantomhives. Azzurro is Italian for blue, the contrasting colour for blue is orange which is Arancio in Italian (if google did not lie to me that is.) So Arancio decided to take revenge for his family by trying to kill Ciel (which failed horribly because he is up against THE Ciel Phantomhive.)

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