PLEASE READ: Just to let you know, i know this is very much a half arsed chapter but its half of a single chapter that, after 7 pages of writing and just finishing page 13, i got fed up and gave up on thoughts of finishing it and getting some sleep tonight so i halved what i had writted (had it have been a full chapter, it could have been approx 9k words long!) so this is the first half or maybe even the first of three parts of this ridiculously long chappy so forgive me if it seems a bit stupid D= I'll upload the other half tomorrow nigh or the next if i have time and then it's mother of lost demons turn for an update ^^
Sorry for the wait , I have to say I don't want to see another cake, piping bag, cutter or ANYTHING remotely to do with cakes for another year! seriously! Apart from the choccies i got for my birthday I don't wanna see anything remotely sweet for a good fwe weeks! #munches crisps defiatly# XD As much as i hated it all, their is nothing better than seeing a now 93 year old womanhappy-cry over a cake! It was all worth it =:::::D
Yay for finally getting my new glasses! No more reading/typing everything in font size 28 from 3 feet away XD Just a heads up this has bits of BE chap 53 in (only mild referances but they are their and only in the first paragraph) This chappy has a lot of cursing in it.
Just a heads up, there is a little bit of Undertaker ooc and general craziness but I'm pretty sure he would be the kind of guy who would nickname Satan sparky or smurf lantern or something so it fits (sorry if you don't like it )= Also I tried to make his pov convincing so it may seem a little...cracky...almost but its just undertaker! He's crazy! XD
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Izumo POV
A strange sensation came over as she passed through the Gehenna gate, She had jumped in last minute on a whim and instantly regretted it. Now she felt like her body was floating, suspended in an endless abyss of darkness. She tried to call out to the others but her voice didn't carry through the dense nothingness. The floating feeling remained for what could have been hours before gravity kicked in and she was falling. Just as panic began to blossom in her chest she hit hard, slippery ground and collapsed. Her senses where assaulted, having been floating in perfect silence and darkness not seconds earlier, by an endless onslaught of cries, screams and every menacing sound possible all at once in chaotic orchestra. Quickly standing, she looked around and found Sebastian holding Rin and Ciel, Undertaker brandishing his scythe and a figure in all black she recognised as Yamada who was holding Yukio over his shoulder with one arm and a huge purple katana in the other. The odd switch from oblivion to this had wiped the last moment of being in the school from her mind.
"T-teacher?.." She started towards the limp figure when she was roughly dragged off her feet and two blades met each other where she had stood less than a second ago, one was Undertakers scythe an the other was a sword glowing white, held by a tall man wearing a white toga that was covered in dirt and what appeared to be blood.
"No time, move!" Sebastian called. Undertaker set her on her feet and ran off, Izumo not giving a second thought as she bound after him. They had landed on what looked like a battleground, surrounding them where figures, demons and humans alike, whirling various weapons and body parts at each other, the constant clashing and collision noises so frequent it was more like one continues noise instead of several. Evading random attacks that where swung her way, Izumo summoned her foxes once again and had them cast a defensive barrier around herself. Their was a shriek ahead and Izumo saw Yamada fall to the ground and Yukio's body slumped to the floor. Willing herself to run faster, she dropped to her knees besides Yamada and Yukio. The hooded figure grunted and swung his purple sword at an incoming blow from a brunette wielding a long silver dagger. Yamada shoved his katana forward and the woman fell backwards, shrieking in anger. Yamada started picking Yukio up when a goblin came out of nowhere and caught his sword between its teeth. Again it was shoved away and turned its attention to the woman and sprung forward, sinking it's teeth into her arm. An approaching group of larger goblins caught Izumo's eye and she turned to them.
"Uke, Mik-"
"theirs no time! Lets go!" Izumo turned to the unfamiliar female voice that came from under Yamata's hood, a woman? To confirm it, SHE raised her arm and ripped down her hood, revealing feminine features with piercing magenta eyes and long orange red hair with yellow ends. She spun around and sliced the two nearest goblins in half and got to her feet, grabbing Izumo by the wrist and pulling her with her.
"Wait! Yukio-"
"we can't stay here, he's dead! It's no use!" The woman snapped, her face grim. Izumo cast a desperate glance back at Yukio's form just as another huge wave of 30 or more huge goblins stormed forward along with three people with spears raised, they didn't stop to take not of the body of their fallen friend and ran over him, concealing him from sight. Gritting her teeth and fighting the prickly feeling in her eyes ,she turned a fierce look to Yamada and ran behind her, hiding the body of her teacher from sight. They came to a cave at the base of a huge mountain made of an eerie reddish brown stone and ran it. Yamada stayed behind and pulled a piece of chalk from her pocked, drew a symbol on the entrance floor and spoke a mantra before catching up to them as they made their way deeper into the cave. Sebastian and Undertaker where ahead, taking down and demons that stood in their way until they came to a larger cave opening with a small pond that seemed to glow an unsettling red. Now that she thought about it, everything looked Red, the floor she had first landed on was a dull brick red, the mountain was made up of a deep red stone of some sort, the water in the pond was a translucent reddish pink colour. Even the air around them seemed to swirl with some kind of red dust. Finally coming to a stop, Izumo bent down in an attempt to catch her breath. Yamada continued, circling the cave along with Undertaker checking for any other openings where something- or someone – could get the jump on them. Satisfied, Yamada waked to Ciel, grabbing a fistful of his shirt and tore him from Sebastian's grip and slammed him against a nearby wall.
"What the hell! Why did you go to the Vatican?"She roared in his face holding the point of her sword an inch away from his face. Izumo would have tried to intervene but she was to wrapped up in her own thoughts, the image of Yukio's lifeless body burned permanently into her mind. Yukio...dead? No way, he was way to strong! And was this really Gehenna? She hadn't known what to expect but this didn't feel right, the fighting that appeared to be going on outside the cave, and who where those people? Everything was so disorientating and Izumo pinched the bridge of her nose in an attempt to clear it. Their was an angry exchange that made her jump and she span around to see Sebastian holding Yamada by the neck with her feet dangling inches from the ground while she held onto his wrist with one hand an the other directing the tip of her sword to his neck one handedly a she had Ciel earlier. Ciel was scrambling to his feet behind Sebastian.
"Get yer filthy hands 'off me demon! What the hell?" The woman barked. Sebastian's eyes where narrowed and dread swam under Izumo's skin.
"I suggest you lower your sword m'lady. Why did you follow us?" The tone in which he spoke was so chilling Izumo had to suppress a shiver.
"I came in after the kids! Why did you bring them here?" The woman lowered her katana and Sebastian let go of her.
"Th' name's Shura Kirigakure, Not that it matters right now but I'm an upper first class exorcist and an inspector, I was assigned to investigate a conspiracy involving Satan."
"In short you where sent on an assassination mission." Sebastian said.
"I knew the kid's stepfather before they where born an I knew the four-eyed-chicken when he was growing up," Her eye seemed to soften and a glimmer of sadness flashed over her otherwise cold expression. "Their step father asked me to look out for them when they got older so I've been keeping an eye on them while under cover. That little brat over their was the one who lead the exorcists right to them." She jabbed a finger in Ciel's direction and gave him a look of loathing. "if it weren't for him Yukio would still be alive." She turned away and stood next to Rin who had been laid on the cave floor, standing just outside the range of his flames and reaching a hand towards them, testing to see how hot they where. Once satisfied that they weren't going to burn her, Shura stabbed her sword into the ground and pulled the hoodie over her head revealing a binding around her chest which she pulled away to show a red bikini that was to small for her. A strange red tattoo was visible between her breasts that went down, creating a symbol around her navel. She also pulled the boys pants down that she was wearing to reveal incredibly short tattered denim shorts and thigh hight white socks. Once she had stripped down she tore up the hoodie and wrapped strips of it around Rin's arms. Izumo watched when a devastating image crossed her minds eye of Rin finding out that his twin was dead. Her eyes prickled as the image from before returned but they didn't get a chance to fall when the sound of rock being crushed exploded her eardrums.
Sebastian's POV
Sebastian's head snapped back as he heard he sound from above, he stood next to Shura, standing guard over Rin's unconscious form as large chunks of the ceiling from right above them came falling down. Knocking the rocks aside with ease, Sebastian focused on the green human-shaped blur fell from a new hole in the ceiling and landed neatly on his feet. The green-haired demon tapped down inches from the blood tinted pool in the room. He had noticed the moment he came through the gate, everything was covered in blood, it lay in pools on the floor outside and had years since stained the ground a permanent shade of burgundy. The traces of hundreds of years of bloodshed had even worked its way into the very air they breathed. Thing's had changed.
"Amaimon!" Shura hissed under her breath. Sebastian studied the green hair and blue eyes, recognition and amusement making him relax a little.
"Hello dear little brother, It has been a long time! Last time I saw you you where a a mere impling."
"It's nice to see you again too big brother. I surpassed my father and gained the title of king of earth." the green demon said.
"Amaimon?! THE king of earth?" Sebastian chuckled as Izumo pulled a face somewhere between abstract horror and bewilderment.
"Indeed, Big brother sent me to pass on a message." Amiamon cleared his throat and did a perfect impression of Mephisto. "Angels have infiltrated Gehenna and are in the midst of an all out war, you would do well to evade the angels as most of them are very powerful and, even though you share a common goal, will see you as 'unclean'. Sebastian, the palace guardian is still very much alive, Rin may be able to get past him but he has a feisty temper so approach with caution. Speaking of Rin, exercise precaution as, now that he is in gehenna, he may loose to his demon side being overly exposed to it, You may be able to snap him out of it but if all else fails, snare still grows around the palace grounds and in the mountains. Also, Izumo, Yukio – if you survived - and Rin, congratulations on passing the exwire exam."
The cave was deathly silent. Sebastian cursed inwardly, something he rarely did even in the most dire of situations. Had Mephisto known about the war? Now their was him and Undertaker, two high class demons, the hair of Satan who was in a bad state, Izumo who was more or less human and a skilled swordswoman -by human standards. They had been spat out of the gateway to hell smack in the middle of a raging war between demons and angels, all of whom would see them as the enemy. Their chances of defeating Satan had been a hair away from impossible, now that hair was splitting. Their chances of crossing the planes without someone getting word to the palace was slim to non and, with their severely fractured manpower, even if they managed to get to the palace alive, getting through the palaces defences and the guardian; defeating Satan at this point was in actual fact, impossible. Sebastian almost flinched when the purple haired girl's trembling voice brought him out of his thoughts.
"...How could...HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH THINGS! YUKIO IS DEAD! HOW CAN YOU SAY SHIT LIKE THAT!" Sebastian ran to the girl sitting with her knees drawn to her chest and clapped a hand over her mouth, hissing in her ear.
"Shout any louder and you will alert everyone in gehenna, demons and angels, of are prescience and location." The girl turned her wide, almost manic eyes at him. She gave a shaky nod and he released her.
"What are we...How can we explain this to Rin when he..." Izumo's voice gave out an she started sobbing, something that repulsed Sebastian to no end.
"If we tell him he could loose it, his demon side will be much more active now that we are in gehenna and if he doesn't awaken fully succumbed to his demon side, telling him his twin is dead will push him over. When it comes to it we shall tell him that the boy didn't come through the gate. Undertaker, can you see if you can find some Snare In the caves we past?" Undertaker nodded and ran out the entrance they came through. Glad that the reaper was not taking his time as he usually did, Sebastian turned his attention to the Shura who had a grim look on her face.
"So what now? Angels, Demons and a chance tha' the kid could go ballistic. What's yer graaaand plan now? It better be good."
"Teaching you how to dress yourself appropriately would be a start."
"Very fuckin funny! I don't think we're in a position to be jokin' right now! Where are we?" The woman pulled her sword out of the ground and brandished it threateningly.
"Children shouldn't play with swords you know. I believe we are at the base of deathwatch peak. The fields we landed was the western no-souls land, we are about a days walk from the palace grounds, about 4 hours if we run." Sebastian said thoughtfully. Now that he thought about it, the war could serve as a good distraction, no one would notice or recognise them in the midst of the battle and their would probably be little to no defences at the palace as all the demons would be on on the front lines. Sebastian narrowed his eyes, he was so close yet so far from his goal, and their was one other matter he had to attend to. That thought in mind, he turned to Ciel. "I have a matter to discuss with the young master." He addressed Shura but didn't take his eyes away from Ciel as he approached him. The master paled and stood up, before he could move he was swept up into Sebastian's arm in a princess carry.
"What are yer plannin' to do with the kid?" Shura snarled from behind.
"Oh nothing, we just have a private matter to discuss. Stay by the children, we wouldn't want a stray demon to come and kill them now would we?" As they walked into the hall now covered in fresh demon blood from their earlier flight, Sebastian set Ciel on his feet and knelt before him, ajusting his collar.
"How can you take my soul without fulfilling the contract?" Although low, Ciel's voice came out steady and he looked him right in the eye. Sebastian chuckled.
"I never had to fulfil the contract, that was merely a formality to strengthen your soul. Plus, we are in gehenna, the rules work differently here." (1) Ciel's fists clenched and his entire form shook. Sebastian couldn't help enjoy the fear that pulsated from the boy before him and licked his lips, tasting what was to come.
"j-just...C-can I..." Ciel struggled for words as Sebastian nicked his jawbone and his smile widened as he watched the life essence trickle down his neck.
"If you have something so say I suggest you say it now." Ciel narrowly failed to disguise something half way between a gasp and a sob.
"I will not run away, but please...Please fulfil the terms of are contract and bring my parents killer to justice." He said, his voice still somehow. Sebastian chuckled at the acceptance in Ciel's voice as his eyes glowed red.
"Yes...my lord."
Shura POV
Shura had never felt so hopeless as she assessed the situation. They where definitely in gehenna with no way of getting out, The four eyed chicken was dead, his brother was in bad shape to say the least and from the sounds of it, he could wake up a mad hell hound and turn on them with his ungodly hellfire, then their was purple pigtails who looked like she was physically holding herself together as she turned to her to Rin to Amiamon and back to her rapidly, her eyes widening with each change. Their man power consisted of herself who was more than capable but didn't have endless reserves of energy like the other demons, Amiamon the king of earth, the creep who had gone to find some sort of plant and creepier but handsome who had gone off with the betrayer who just so happened to be a 12 year old boy. She let out a long sighand saw the bluette's shift and snapped her head towards him. She watched him carefully as he tried and failed to force himself into a sitting position and settled for resting on his elbows. His wide eyes flew around the room for a few seconds before the situation seemed to set in.
"where are we? Why are you? Where's Sebastian?...Where's Yukio, Is he Ok?" Shura could have punched the girl sitting with her head buried in her crossed arms as she let out an audible sob that bounced around the cave.
"He didn't come through the gate, I think someone managed to pull him out before he sunk." Shura spoke through clenched teeth to keep her voice steady and guilt pulsed through her as Rin, still evidently groggy, swallowed the lie and nodded. She pressed on, "They will probably treat him, I think they only did that to try and scare you, I don't think that would kill him, stubborn as the chicken was."
"i-i guess thats good news. So who are you anyway?"
"Shura Kirigakure, upper first class exorcist and an ex pupil of Shiro Fujimoto's. I was posing as Yamada in the cram school on orders from my superior to keep an eye on you." Rin's brows furrowed before let the info sink in and changed the subject.
"w-w-wait, you said you where a pupil of the old man?"
"Yeah, that's a long story for another time. That aside, how do yer feel? Smarty-arse said you would fell a little weird being here in gehenna with yer flames an all." Rin looked down at himself and raised his hands, studying the front and back of them. He unravelled one of the rags dressing his arm and studied the wound which Shura saw was knitting itself closed at an incredible rate. He thn looked around and found kurikara which lay next to him and his and Shura's eyes both widened as they saw the sword sitting comfortably in its scabbard. Shura thought for a minute and was about to voice her thoughts when she turned her sword to the entrance of the cave. Smarty-arse walked in silently dabbing at his lips with a handkerchief, a dark black aura surrounding him and making the twisted grin on his face seen even more menacing.
"You're in gehenna now, I guess you could say you are now one with your flames so exercise a little restraint or you could go haywire with the overexposure. We can stay here a little longer but we will have to move soon-"
"An just who put yew in charge? And where's the traitor?" Sebastian chuckled and opened his now glowing crimson eyes, sending a shiver down her spine.
"He won't be troubling us anymore. I am not taking charge, merely directing us in the best way possible. Regardless, we cannot leave until the young master can keep his flames contained or he will alert all of gehenna. We only got past it because of the chaos of the battle outside but it would be wise for us to relocate immediately."
"Back up a second, who is the traitor?" Rin was rubbing his temples, Shura hid a sad smile as the action reminded her of Yukio and she wondered how the two of them could be twins, they where so different.
"My former master was the one who went to the Vatican and informed them of your existence. Pressing on, Rin, We need to get those flames of yours under control." Sebastian crossed the cave to where Rin sat and roughly dragged him to his feet.
"Hay, go easy on 'im, you recently slashed his wrists if you don't remember, give him a break!"
"Their is no time for a 'break'. Get the girl on her feet, we need to be ready for anything." Reluctantly, Shura stiffly took a seat on the ground next to the huddled girl and finally took notice of Amiamon crouched near the pool chewing at one of his long stiletto nails staring at the cave entrance. His presence ticked Shura off beyond believe but she suppressed he urge to bury her sword in his chest and, feeling awkward and out of sorts, placed a comforting hand on Izumo's back.
"Keep it together, we'll get this over with and get home soon. God knows how but we will." The girl wiped her face on the back of her sleeve and looked at her.
"B-but its hopeless! We can't... A-and Rin doesn...And Yuki is..."
"Keep it down, it'll be hopeless if we all fall apart, I thought yew where supposed to be tough?" Shura chuckled at the girls frown and smiled. "Just keep it ter'gether kid." Izumo's frown deepened and she turned to the green haired demon.
"s-so Amiamon, Why are you helping?" The demon didn't budge but tuned his eyes to her.
"I like assiah." Shura deadpanned and let out a humourless laugh.
"Not much of er talker are ya?" Shura tsk'd. The two turned their attention to Rin and Sebastian, The taller was standing before Rin giving him instructions and Rin was standing with an intense look on his face as his flames reluctantly but slowly retracted towards him. They sputtered and flickered before slowly disappearing all together. Rin grinned in triumph and they ignited again.
"Keep concentrating, if anyone sees them, its over." Sebastian sighed, resting his forehead in his palm in annoyance. As Rin continued to practise, Undertaker swept into the room silently holding an odd looking twig that looked like some type of coral.
"I couldn't find any snare but it looks like we won't be needing it. I did find this however, beautiful when it flowers, it lights up when whisps and other kin of are brother Azezal is around." He stood near the entrance and twiddled the plant between his fingers and Shura glared at him, 'was this guy for real?' She sat their for a while silently, she would have been deep in thought but their where so many different things that she didn't even know how to comprehend that she found herself just staring into space, her mind void. She was so zoned out she didn't even notice the tremors that rumbled beneath her until Sebastian grunted in irritation.
"Oh what is it this time?" They all stood and took their stances, Shura holding her sword in both hands ready for anything. The tremors continued and then died down without event and everyone shared nervous glances. Shura noticed a spot directly above her and grabbed Izumo and pulled her out of the way. The small spot seemed to glow and spread and Shura felt the already clammy heat raise. 'What thu-?' She looked at Sebastian who was looking at Sebastian who was glaring at the spot.
"What is that?" She shouted. Sebastian looked at her with an almost angry look on his face, he grabbed Rin and swung him on his back like he weighed nothing.
"Run!" Shura didn't need telling twice, she cursed and grabbed Izumo's wrist and took off towards the entrance of the cave.
(1) I did loook this up on the wiki, it said that demon's didn't actually have to form contracts with humans to take their souls, Sebastian is just a little classier than most XD
Answers from last chappy.
1. A rose buka bomb is a pink sambuca bomb, its a glass of red bull/energy drink with a shot of pink sambuca floating in it. maybe its a brit thing o.0
2. The song Mephisto and Undertaker where singing was Furisidaation by kyary pamyu pamyu, I R DISSAPOINT!
3. The guys smelled of almonds/marzipan and the only drink that smells of is Amaretto/Dissoranto. I'm thinking if i'm going to quizz, I should ask non alcohol related quetions, sorry guys, the bar tendor in me can't resist XD
Reviews
Blackchaossoria2501; As usual, i love youuuuu! thank you for reviewing again 3 No worries, no time for romance, everyone is to busy dying XD But their will be fluff! i will find a way to worm in some fluff APROPRIATELY in all due time (the kind you like XD) much love!
ToscanThorCat; Thank youu, omg i feel old! twenty flipin three! T.T I could cry! Do yourself a favor and don't take up a hobby that people will happily take advantage of because it bloody hurts! XD
Guest: meeeehehehehehe... I know you didn't want it to happen but it had to happen, this is just the beginning #taps fingertips together evily# #facepaalms for slipping up# XD atleast he didn't run like a lil chicken like i almost made him XD but no that really would have been far to ooc. I know i didn't really put i as much as i should in about Sebby and particularly Ciel but its been so freakin long since i watched kuroshitsuji (and cba watching it all again inbeteen what i'm already watching =/) I can only really go on what i can remember...from a year ago... sorry =( i'll see if i can in future chappies. Also, its no prob ^^ I love reviews and try tofit in what readers want so if i can i'm always happy to take requests. (blackchaossaria will tell you that from my other fanfic XD) but anyways, hope you can review again xxx
Alyways, c ya tomorrow! XXX