Chapter 2
Sup?
I dunno what that was for XD
The poll is over, and I'll just say, I was kinda upset that this got tied in third place. I reaaaally wanted to do this one so I'm going to do the winner of the poll and this one. I guess losers really can win. ;P The other one will be published later on, maybe a month from now...? I'll decide later...
Anyways, I don't on BB(black butler)! Catherine/Sakura is mine though! Enjoy!
TPOV
"Mother! Please, you must rest!" Sakura begged.
"Mother, Sakura is right. If you don't lie down, then you will grow weary. Please rest!" John begged as well.
"Pish-posh! I don't need rest. Why don't you go see that young man today, Sakura." The mother sang.
"Mother! I need to care for you!" Sakura cried.
"Shh, dear." The mother pushed Sakura towards the door. "Go!" She opened the door and slammed it shut behind Sakura.
Locked out.
"Mother! John!" Sakura banged on the door. "Never mind..."
Sakura walked aimlessly down the streets until she reached the antique store Sebastian took her to the week before. She slowly pushed the door open and walked in.
"Good morning, Sakura!" Sebastian greeted.
"Oh, hello, Sebastian. I should have known you worked here." Sakura smiled. She walked straight to the counter.
"How are you today?"
"Fine... My mother kicked me out of the house today. She told me to see you. I guess she won the fight after all."
"Yes, I'm glad she did. I wouldn't have been able to see you then."
"Oh... Do you possibly still have that rose I was looking at tomorrow?"
"I'm afraid someone bought it last night. I really do wish we had it for you. I'm sure you'd keep it well."
"Perhaps..."
"Hmm, do you mind helping me with something?"
"I suppose, what is it?" Catherine snapped her head up from looking at the ground.
"Come around the counter and in the back with me, I'll show you."
She did as she was told. In the back, glass sheets and iron plates were sorted out evenly. The glass and iron sheets were divided among colour and size.
"Have you ever blown glass before?" Sebastian asked. She shook her head. "Well then, I'll teach you."
He sat her down on a stool and threw an apron on her. He handed her a glass tube and heavy metal pliers. He hung his arms around her neck to reach the tube. He showed her how to blow it into different shapes and how to make it different colours.
Why am I so calm? He has his arms around my neck! Why does Sebastian make me feel so... relaxed?
Flashback
"Sebastian, why did you chose to stay by me? Even now, after I've cause so much trouble... you stay with me?"
"I feel-even as a demon- there are things I must protect. As it has been said 'above all things, all are putrid, but only one thing must never die... a gentle butterfly.' You, my lady Catherine, are the gentle butterfly. That is why I must love you, because no one else has. I choose to love you, because I don't have to. I want to love you, only because I'm not forced to love you."
His hands curled around her gentle, slim waist. He pulled her close and held her tightly. His soft lips pushed against hers.
End
The glass shattered as soon as it hit the ground.
"Ah, Sebastian, I'm so-so sorry! I'll clean it up." Sakura pled. Her voice shook.
"No, no, I will do it. But, I have a question. What did you see?" Sebastian held her chin between his thumb and pointer finger.
"I-who is Catherine? Why did you say you were a demon?" Sakura asked, her voice shaking from the fear.
"I will explain everything." The bell rang from the front. "But I have a customer. Please... Please wait here. Do not try to leave, please."
She nodded and sat. He left to the front. She could hear him talking to the customer.
"Yes, she is here now."
"Is she well? I felt ill a moment ago. Tell me you did not scare the living ghost out of her?"
"Not exactly. She had a memory shake loose from her past and scared her. I did nothing to her."
"I beg to differ. Is she even still back there? I have the feeling she doesn't quite trust you anymore."
"Undertaker, I know she may not trust me, but she has the sense to stay here when I tell her to."
"Very well, but remember what I told you, keep that rose safe."
"Yes, I know. It is the only reason she is alive. I will keep it protected."
Good..."
"Undertaker, why do you suddenly care for her so much?"
"Some things are meant to be discovered, not be told in stories." The Undertaker smiled and left.
"You owe me an explanation. Speak!" Sakura called from the doorway behind him.
"Hmm, later. You should go home. It's getting late." Sebastian replied.
"I'm not leaving until you tell me why he told you to protect that rose!"
"Lock the store when you leave!" Sebastian handed her the keys and left quickly.
"Really?!" Sakura shouted.
xXx
Sebastian returned to the store the next day. When he walked to the back, Sakura was blowing glass in the shape of a flower.
"C-Sakura, have you been here all night?" Sebastian asked.
"Uhmmm." She hummed
"Sakura, did you even sleep?"
"No."
"Why didn't you go home?"
"I told you, I wasn't leaving until I got an explanation."
"But- Fine. If you really want one, I'll tell you. The reason that rose is so special is because I was going to give it to you for your birthday. I called myself a demon because I'm devilishly crafted with skills. Catherine is an old... friend of mine. Answers your questions?"
"Hmm, no."
"No?!"
"Right. The 'Undertaker' said that it, the rose, was the only reason I was alive. Why is that?"
Sebastian sighs before groaning. "I... can't tell you. If I did, you would be afraid. I can, however take you to meet someone. Meeting him might pull out more memories."
"Well, alright. I guess I can trust you..."
"Always." Sebastian gave his signature smile and snatched up his keys. "I can close the store for one day."
xXx
They arrived at a large, beautiful mansion. The garden was elegantly kept; the entire place looked like it was recently built. Sebastian walked up to the door and unlocked it. Sakura was close behind him.
"My Lord, I am here." Sebastian called.
"You are early. Wha- Oh, Catherine." A boy who looked twenty-one walked down the stairs.
"No, sir, this is Sakura."
"Ah, um... Good day, sir." Sakura smiled and curtsied gently.
"Heh, how high in class do you think I am?" the boy teased.
"What- I mean, um, as what I guess, you're a very high class?"
"Not even. I am merely the queen's watch dog. Anyhow, I am Ciel Phantomhive." He shook hands with her. Her face ran pale and she jolted back, as if she grew afraid of him.
"C-Sakura? Sebastian!" Ciel shouted.
Flashback
"Watch dog, eh? Is that a joke? I hate dogs yet something about you tells me to stay close by." Catherine's eyes shone red before shimmering back to simple blue.
"Really, perhaps that means you should be my ward." Ciel smiled.
"You're ward?!"
"Why not?"
"I-I couldn't- I have my own family name to watch out for!"
"Pity. Catherine, you know, even if no one in this manor doesn't show it, you mean plenty to us. If something were to happen to you, we would all be lost."
"Ciel..."
"Remember that, you should know that I don't say such kind things often."
"Of course. Thank you. Sometimes I question my importance. I am very honoured."
End
"So, Sakura, again what did you see?" Sebastian asked.
"How-"
"Why don't we talk over tea?" Ciel interrupted her.
"Very well. My Lord. Mey-Rin, please excuse Sakura to the tea room." Sebastian called.
"Yes sir!" A maid named MeyRin said. "Please follow me, m'lady."
After they left, Ciel spoke up. "You need to tell her. Everything."
"My Lord-"
"I will make that an order if you do not do so. She means much to us all, even Lizzie. I trust that you take care of that?"
"Of-"
"M'lady, slow down!" The maid shouted. Sakura ran right passed Sebastian and Ciel and out the door. Sebastian and Ciel followed her.
They finally caught up with her. She was on her knees crying in front of a burning house. Fire fighters were trying to put the fire out but were failing miserably.
"Catherine!" Ciel knelt beside her. "Is-is this your-your h-home?"
"Uhuh..." She cried loudly. Her voice was scratchy and breaking. She buried her face into Ciel's jacket. He held her against him as he watch the fire destroy the home.
"Stay with us tonight. I have plenty of room. Unless you have elsewhere to stay..."
"I Don't. They-they were all I had." Sakura wept.
"I'm so sorry, C-Sakura. I wish I could do something..." Ciel whispered. He adjusted her to where Sebastian could hold her against him. Ciel talked with another fire fighter that was waiting for orders.
"Sebastian, take her home. I need to talk to someone first."
xXx
Sebastian had decided not to tell her then, after all, she had just lost her family.
"I'm back... with someone else." Ciel groaned form the halls. Sebastian and Sakura walked out to the hall.
"Undertaker?" They both said. Instead of standing there, Sakura ran to him and hugged him tight.
"You'd better not go too! I'll kill you again if you even think about it!" Sakura cried.
"Hmm, finally talking to me this way again?" The undertaker teased.
"I'm confused, why is-"
"When I seven, I was abandoned. Undertaker adopted me and raised me until I was twelve. I started living with my mother and brother. They aren't my real mom or brother, but I grew fond of them in a short two years." Sakura said pulling away from the undertaker.
"Since when are you nice?" Ciel smirked. "Wait, you're only fourteen?"
"Uhuh, how old did you think I was?"
"Sixteen..." After that, Undertaker and Sakura began laughing.
"So, I'm guessing you told her?" Ciel whispered and looked at Sebastian.
"No, my Lord, not yet." Sebastian bowed.
"Sebastian-"
"Well, how about it? Come back home with me?" The Undertaker offered Sakura.
"But, I already said I'd stay here. Maybe next time." Sakura smiled toward the Undertaker.
"Hehe, Alright. Stop by tomorrow when you can. I need to speak with you." Undertaker laughed and left.
"Let's get her to bed, Sebastian. She must be exhausted." Ciel smiled. His red eyes shone in a mysterious way.
Ok, was it worth the wait?
I'm going to try to do plenty of arcs, cliff hangers, and of course, fluff.
However, the fluff with be slow. I want to try where it's not like my pair is falling over each other by the fourth chapter.
Also, the first flashback took place after they kill Catherine's(1st Catherine) father the first time. While they were walking home.
The second flashback took place on a random day at the manor. (*both flashbacks took place during the time of A Cat for a Demon*)
unfortunately, they were not in the last story so don't go looking for them! -_-
So, as you know, Catherine was a cat demon on in the previous story, so I've been thinking of how to make her look in her cat form. So, I need your opinion. Should Catherine be-
1) just like before- human form then the giant black cat form
2) human form with a cat tail and ears
3) same as 2 but with a second form as the giant cat form
4) or just human
You guys can decide and by the time I get the next chapter up, your decisions will be revealed and tallied to see what Cat will be. So, please put this^ into your review as well because it will change the course of the story quite a lot depending on which form she takes!
Finally, are you shocked what I did? Surprised that the Undertaker is Catherine's adopted father? I bet you were... ^.^
Also, just a hint, Sakura won't be her name for much longer, but that name will also affect the story greatly, so keep that in mind.
Also, very last sentence(sorta)... anyone caught on? If you've seen the last episode of Kuroshitsuji II, you'd know what I did. ;p
Ok, so now that that is out of the way, please R&R and fav/follow! Thanks and stay safe! :3