Chapter 9- A Gala and Competitions

I'm back beeches! Haha, ok no, I'm sorry I had to do that though. My friend did that to me yesterday so I had to borrow it.

I'm really sorry I've been gone so long. I've been having issues with family and a certain guy- who will not be named- may or may not be classified as my bf now. So, I've been kinda down in the dumps and depressed lately. REALLY depressed, so I just didn't want to update because I knew it would mean I'd be updating a dark and dreary chapter. I tend to write based on my mood.

Anyways, I should be able to update next week, unless he-who-must-not-be-named makes me depressed again. I'll try my very best to type it up earlier so if I do get depressed you wont have to deal with my issues.

Ok, comment tyme!:

Catovia~

Thank you for not giving up on me! I love you so much(as a really good friend and reviewer) *blows nose and wipes tears dramatically* Yes, Alois is definitely perverted. I really love how I made him on this story. Wait till you see him on this chapter though, not pervy, but- no, jut read, you'll see. Don't hate me about Cat's sword after this chapter... *laughs nervously* Oh, guess what, I'm doing Attack on Titan! I already have 2-3 chapters done, but they are so freaking jumbled that I think I might do more editing before I post it.

~major-fangirl-in-here17

Thank you again. *wipes tears and blows nose dramatically again* I really love all of you as my friends and reviewers! I'm gonna say it gain incase I left it out when I PMed you. I will continuously add fluff, but since this story it going to be longer than my others, I want to slowly build up Sebastian's relationship with Catherine. Thank you so much!

Ok, show time! Enjoy!

Today was the day of Catherine's family's funeral. It was a dark day, unlike most days. Three children were running around outside the funeral hall.

"Big bro, there's a lot of people over there today. How come?" The middle brother asked.

"Who knows…" The eldest brother remarked weakly.

"Big bro doesn't know either? Are you stupid?"

I'm only twelve, so it's ok if I don't know!" The eldest shouted.

"That's right." A sinister voice called. "It's natural for children not to know." Undertaker cackled as he leaned on the iron fence. "Today is a certain family's special gala."

"Gala!?" The children yelped.

"Yep, the final great ceremony of human life. A funeral."

"Stop scaring children, Undertaker." A feminine voice called over the long distance. Out of a tree not too far from them, Catherine leapt out and landed on her hands and knees casually. She stood up and trekked slowly to the ominous man and the frightened children.

She had been dressed in a simple black sweater and black skinny jeans. Her black converse were slightly hidden by the pants. Her ribbon still hung neatly from her wrist, happily dancing in the wind. Her ears and tail were once again hidden away from public sight.

"Oh? Shouldn't you be there? It is your family after all." Undertaker questioned with a large grin.

"I have already bid them goodbye. Ciel and Sebastian are handling the rest. I don't need to see anymore. I have seen too much death in one week as it is." Catherine frowned.

"Such cruelty to them, I see?"

"Undertaker, I really am in no mood for these kinds of games."

"Did someone rub your fur the wrong way?"

Catherine was silent but nodded and sighed while leaning on the iron fence beside the silver-haired man. "Yes. Sebastian was petting me this morning and rubbed my fur wrong."

Undertaker cackled once again before wheezing once and turning to the girl. "Do me a favor and bid them my goodbyes? I really have no right to be there in such a state."

"You are really trying to get me to go in there aren't you?"

"Indeed."

Catherine sighed once again, and pulled away. "Very well."

The funeral hall doors opened wide and the faint clacking of shoes was heard, even though not boots nor heels were present for making the noise. Alois and Ciel were standing at the two caskets at the time. Sebastian stood at the foot of them while Claude was at the head. Catherine made her way to them and jumped onto the side of her mother's casket.

"You were a great mother while you had the chance. I'm sure anyone else would have been lucky to have you. But, you should have known not to take in a demon as a child. You'll only get hurt." Catherine then took off her silver heart locket hanging around her neck. She took her mother's limp hand and placed the locket with in. "Don't forget about me."

Catherine then jumped down from there and made her way to her brother John's casket.

"It may not be much, but I know that you always wanted to be a fighter for your people." Catherine began. She untied the ribbon from her wrist and flicked it outward so it turned into the blackened blade. "Now you have the chance. Take good care of it for me alright. Slay all those f***ing angels while you're at it too."

When she had leapt down from the casket, her fingers brushed over the cold metal of the lid before closing them both. Alois and Claude turned to her and nodded their heads. She then looked at Sebastian who had a curious look on his face. She gave a weak smile before bowing her head to him and walking away. Alois and Claude tailed after her. Ciel and Sebastian caught on and followed suit.

Outside, Alois and Catherine leaned up against a wall looking down at the blades of grass gently waving in the wind. "What now?" Alois questioned when he looked to her face.

He had spotted a single tear spring loose and hit the concrete beneath their feet. "I don't know. Their bodies are at rest, and everything else seems so too. But I don't. I feel like there's something going on. Something bad. Or, at least something will happen. I can't pin-point it."

"But, what? I mean, there's a lot of bad things going on in the world, but what's really bothering you? Is it that you couldn't save your family? Or is it because you're pitying yourself?"

"Alois…" Claude began.

"I'm sorry if that was rude, Catherine, but it's true. I couldn't save mine either, and I hated myself for it. When Claude found me again, he was honest to me and told me to suck it up and move on."

"I didn't say it like that!" Claude growled.

"Well no, but that's pretty much how he said it. Look at Phantomhive over there. He couldn't save his either, but he never pitied himself. He took revenge. He took action for their deaths. You haven't yet-"

"Neither have you!" Catherine shouted at Alois furiously. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"Because I already did take revenge long ago. I can't retake the revenge I got. You can, because you never did. Sure you were close to it, but you gave up too soon. You never tried again, and they got hurt, yet again! When are you going to stop being a coward and do something for a change?" Alois shouted. His hands were now fists and his eyes were filled with tears.

"Alois," Catherine pushed up from the wall and smiled at him full heartedly. "You right. Starting tomorrow, I won't let anything get in my way. I will find Lucifer, and I will kill him."

Catherine, Ciel, Alois, and their two butlers stood up on the hillside looking down at the grave of the last victim of the Jack the Ripper case. Catherine had said her goodbyes to her family and accompanied Ciel here.

"How kind of you." Sebastian teased Ciel. He had laid a bouquet of flowers down on the grave.

"How many times do I have to tell you I'm not kind or-"

"You are Kind." Sebastian said cutting Ciel off. "If you weren't… You'd simply be a coward. Isn't that right?"

"You Bas-"

"You took in Catherine didn't you? You gave her a place to stay when her family was torn from her. You also paid the expenses of a formal funeral. Along with that, you have had the chance dozens of times to kill Alois Trancy, but you haven't. You are not a… 'heartless demon' after all."

"We are done here. Come on, Catherine." Ciel called. Catherine nodded goodbye to her friend and his butler and followed after Ciel. Sebastian nodded his goodbye as well and did the same.

TGR

It was almost Christmas when it happened. It was a nightmare before Christmas really. Not even that… All Hell broke loose. Elizabeth and her mother were coming to visit. I had been told to stay in cat form all day and lay low. I wonder what lay low means.

"CATHERINE!"

And there goes my name calling. I took off in a sprint (still in cat form) down the hall toward Ciel's office. The door was open just enough for me to push my way through.

"You can form back. You're free." Ciel commanded. I did as told and knitted my hands together at my waist. "I need you to-"

"Whatever I did, I swear I'll fix it!" I yelped unconsciously.

"Oh? What did you do?"

"Nothing…" I hung my head in shame. I really didn't do anything, I don't think.

"Right, look, I need you to go take care of those idiots in the back yard. They messed up the bushes yet again and-"

"Sir, they're already here. I don't think even Sebastian and I could do together it in time for them to not notice."

Ciel growled a bit before standing up. "Sebastian, keep them away from the back yard. I will go meet them and bring them here to my Study. Catherine, go… fix that."

"Sir!" We said together and made our way out, leaving Ciel in his study to prepare.

Out in the hall, Sebastian lifted me quickly and pinned me to a wall. "Sebastian! Now is not the time!" I Whispered and tried to struggle free.

"You have been avoiding me. Why is that?" Sebastian growled. He placed his knee between my legs so my feet no longer touched the floor.

"Gah! I- I don't know what you're talking about."

"Liar." Liar? Ugh, I've never hear him so cold before! It's like throwing ice daggers at me!

"R-really. I've just been so busy with the servants that I had no time to… hand around you so long!"

"You're lying."

"Really! Sebastian-"He had licked the side of my neck with a grin. "Pervert!" I shoved him away and took off down the hall, happy to get away from him.

"Trying to get away?"

"GAH!" I yelped and jumped back when Sebastian appeared at the end of the hallway right in front of me.

"Just tell me, please?"

"For the very reason that I'm fourteen and you're thirty-something!"

"Is that it? That's all that is bothering you?"

"Yes, because you like moving really fast with me, and I don't like that!"

"Very well, I will take things easy with you." He put a hand to his heart and bowed with a frown. "I apologize. Before, you were not so easy going, and you were happy at the pace we went. I will remember that you are different now."

"Good, now go before Ciel beats me for disobeying him."

After I had finished up with the trio and the messed up garden, I returned to Ciel and Sebastian in at form. I sat at Sebastian's feet and watched Lizzy and her mother get out of the very expensive car- probably a Lamborghini.

"It's been a while. Welcome, Marchioness and Lady Elizabeth." Sebastian bowed with a smile. "Thank you for taking the trouble of traveling all the way here…May I ask, is there anything on my face?" I muffled my laughter into my paws hoping no one would hear me.

"That face of yours!" The Marchioness growled to him. "What an indecent look you possess."

"I was born looking this way…" Sebastian sighed with a smile. I could see his brow twitching.

"And also!" The Marchioness grabbed Sebastian's bangs yanking on them. I began to laugh, but I had to try desperately to mask my laughter. "Both the master and his butler are alike. The two of you are obviously men, yet both of you keep your fringe long. Seeing it irks me! Kindly learn from Tanaka!" Hey… Tanaka's bald! I couldn't see Sebastian bald! It ended up that Ciel's Aunt Frances had combed back both Ciel's and Sebastian's hair in a comb-over like style.

"I came to conduct a surprise spot-check, and you are still lazing around like usual. Also, your butler is still as indecent as ever. Along with that, you have a cat here. Do you know about how much they shed? They truly are filthy creatures!" Frances scolded. While Ciel and I had the look of pure hatred and anger written on his face, Sebastian had a slightly hurt look from hearing of his 'indecency'. "Bear in mind that you are going to be the man whom my daughter is marrying to in the future. I am going to retrain you today! Firstly, I am going to check inside your house!"

"Well, in that case, allow me to lead the way." When Ciel tried to complain, Sebastian winked. It was still kinda sexy, even with his ridiculous comb over. He bent down to Ciel's height and peered at him. "Please be at ease, I have already ensured that everything is in place yesterday." Sebatian stood up straight again and directed Frances to the door. "Firstly, I will lead you to explore the garden. The winter roses bought from Germany are exceptionally beautiful…"

"please let me claw her eyes out?" I begged Ciel in a whisper from his feet.

"Later…"Ciel grumbled angrily. I smirked up at him and followed after Sebastian and his 'party'.

I stood at Sebastian's feet as he opened the door slightly. Finny was busy chopping all the rose buds off the stems while singing about them being pretty, ironically. "I have made a mistake. I actually wanted you to explore the main hall."

"Why? Since we are already here, we should start exploring from the garden!" Frances complained with a scowl.

"No, Please come to the main all this way please." Sebastian then began explain about the flowers and how Frances would be able to see them better from the main hall.

"Something must have happened. I put you in charge right?" Ciel growled to me at his feet now.

"It was perfect just like you wanted one minute, then it's a terrible wreck out there the next minute!" I hissed back.

We walked to the main hall where Sebastian began rambling about it. "I refurbished the main hall a few days back, I have taken the liberty to order a wallpaper with a lovely design from France." When Sebastian opened the doors, Meyrin slipped and tossed all the fine china-ware into the air, where they hit the floor with a crash. Luckily, Sebastian closed the door the same time they hit the ground, blocking the sound with the creaking of the door. "I have made a mistake. I think we should proceed to the greenhouse for tea."

Ciel and I sank lower to the ground with a depressing look. "Why? I thought we are here to view the main hall!" Ciel's Aunt Frances complained again.

"Oh, no, we shall have tea first." Sebastian nodded encouragingly with a large grin. "The tow of you have been stuck in a cramped car for such a long time, both of you must be tired." He began talking about his 'excelent choices in fruits and teas' until there was an explosion from what I thought was the kitchen.

"Let me guess, you made a mistake again!" Sebastian was silent, but with a happy smile on his face and a hand over his heart. Oh boy, here comes the scolding and screaming. Ciel readied ourselves for it. "You're such an indecisive man!"

"I'm so sorry, my way of handling matters are just too… Oh, I have just remembered that there is a place which I have been intending to let the Marchioness explore." When she gave him a curious look, Sebastian bowed to her. "It may not really be suitable for ladies to explore it, but let's go to the stables."

"Don't be stupid Sebastian, ladies today do your job better than you do." I scoffed quietly as I trailed beside Ciel, who was smirking.

"Miss, I have specially bought a horse with a blue-black coat as the Young Master's personal horse." Sebastian said petting the horse. "I have always wanted to show this to you."

"It is indeed a splendid horse! Such build and coat!" The eldest lady gasped. "Ciel, do you want to go hunting with me right now?"

"With Aunt?" Ciel questioned.

"Hunting on horses? That's still a thing?" I Whispered to Sebastian from his shoulder.

"Indeed. It is a very popular sport here. I forgot, you recently moved back to England from Japan, correct?" Sebastian smirked.

"What? How did you find out?" I hissed digging my nails into his shoulder deeply.

"Isn't that you got your nickname? When you moved back, you were nervous about those hunting you finding you so you used the Japanese name you were given, Sakura. But, after we found you, you realized you were no longer truly safe around us, so you returned to your original English name, correct?"

"B****rd!" I growled and declawed my nails from his shoulder.

When I zoned back in, I heard Ciel's aunt scoff. "Or perhaps hunting is too strenuous for Earl Phantomhive who possess the small, skinny build of a girl?" I began cackling just like the Undertaker would but Sebastian shoved me off his shoulder to make me stop.

"Sebastian, go make preparations!" Ciel yelled to Sebastian, but he glanced at me too, meaning I was being ordered around too.

"Well then, Ciel, let's have a competition!" Frances dared.

{To be continued…}

So, I am so sorry I got rid of her sword and didn't tell why, but I promise I will next chapter. I kinda want to leave you in suspense. As you know, her sword is a huge part of this story, or maybe you didn't, either way, it is, so I wouldn't get rid of it for a reason. Just think about that *wink wink nudge nudge*

Did anyone notice my new scene divider thing? I'm thinking of doing that with all my stories from now on. You guys can comment on that if you'd like.

So, just comment, tell me whatcha think. Anything you thought I should have added/changed/not put in? Let me know. Thanks!