Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
A/N: Hey guys! Three more chapters till this arc ends! Of course this doesn't mean that this story is over, but I'm going to take a bit of a break to finish up on other projects I've had on the back burner for this fanfic and school. Anyways, I hope you guys have liked this story so far. If you have any ideas this would be the best time to suggest something! I'll ask for certain questions later, but right now just keep that in mind =D And of course enjoy this chapter!
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Sophie roughly pulled Julia along as Julia tried to run back to Alex. He decided to stay behind to stall the shinigamis for as long as he could as they made an escape. Sophie pulled her into the dense part of the forest among a large grouping of rocks, pushing her into a corner of the wall as a couple of shinigamis jumped over them. Sophie let out a distressed sigh, looking over at Julia as she looked around helplessly as if she was still a young child not knowing what was going on. "Julia what would make you come all this way?" she tried to say in a calm voice, even though Sophie was equally frightened as Julia was. "You know that demons aren't allowed in the shinigami realm, right?"
"I know!" Julia grumbled, leaning against the rocks as she shook her head. "Just this demon came to my house and we got into a conversation about Alex… he doesn't seem to trust me Sophie," she looked over to Sophie with a frown on her face, "He won't tell me anything. That shinigami Margaret is better at giving me information then him! I don't know what's going on with him…"
"Oh I see…" Sophie frowned, walking over to her and rubbing her back. "Hey he's just busy. Did you know he contracted the Thorns of Death and almost died?"
Julia jumped back slightly as she looked at her wide eyed. "No! See that's what I'm talking about," she grumbled, "he's not talking to me anymore…"
"Did it happen around the time I disappeared or during?" Sophie asked.
"During," Julia answered in a huff. "Why?"
"Then it was probably that," Sophie shrugged. "He's probably going through some things that he doesn't want to talk about… but perhaps you talk to him in a calm way then he'll open up, alright?"
"O-okay…" Julia agreed, beginning to walk away from the rock and back towards the city. "I'm sorry for causing your trouble. Just that man… he seemed to know what he was talking about and convinced me to walk into the shinigami realm to confront Alex."
"I see… who is this man?" Sophie asked as she began to follow her.
"I-I'm not exactly sure," Julia confessed. "He has dark amethyst with a hint yellow eyes and messy looking short black hair. He was rather intimidating, which is why I didn't refuse him when he knocked on the door, and he said he knew my father. Plus he called himself… the Apep I think. Why he would call himself that is beyond me –"
"W-what? Sophie gasped, her calm expression quickly turning into dread. "C-come on let's get you home then," she responded as she grabbed Julia's hand and pulled her through the forest faster.
"Sophie…" Julia asked as she noticed Sophie's eyes darting around and looking all around them. "Is something wrong?"
Sophie looked at her and then at the ground as she let out a sigh. "Julia…" she began as paused, "There is something that I need to tell you about that demon."
"W-what?" she asked, walking over to her when she noticed how Sophie began to shudder in fear and wrap her hands around herself in a protective manner.
"H-he killed –" Sophie grabbed Julia and pushed her to the ground as a sharp object went flying at them. Sophie jumped in front of Julia and growled at a demon as he popped out of the trees and jumped own. "Dorren," she said roughly.
He laughed as he noticed her cowering, aiming a dagger at her as she quickly stood up. "Now what's with that sour greeting," he smirked, walking towards them as Sophie pushed Julia back protectively.
"Stop right there you snake!" she growled at him, taking out the small scythe from her holster and holding it in front of her in defense. "Run Julia," she said quietly behind her as Julia stumbled to her feet and passed.
"B-but I can't leave you –"
"Go damn it!" Sophie yelled at her, causing Julia to jump up in fright and start running in the other direction.
Dorren laughed at Sophie, walking towards her as the yellow began to take over his eyes. "Oh so you're a God of Death now… hah! Dim-witted just like your father," he smirked as she took steps backward and pinned her into the rocks.
Sophie narrowed her eyes, the yellow starting to take over the blue and green in her eyes. "He was not stupid you bastard."
"Oh and your mother has a love~ly scream," he chuckled.
That's when Sophie couldn't take it anymore and jumped at him, her scythe raised as she slashed for him. "You bastard! You bastard! Leave my parents out of this!" she slashed at him, Dorren easily dodging her.
Then he let out a bored sigh, grabbing hold of her left hand and stopping the scythe from reaching his face. He twisted her arm and she gasped at the sudden pain, her scythe dropping to the ground. "You don't get it do you," he hissed into her ear, his voice getting low and menacing. "Even if you don't like it you're mine, and if you don't like it then I'll kill you." Sophie gasped as he continued to twist her hand, and she began to scream out in pain as the bones in her hand made 'snap' sounds. He laughed at her, kneeling down as Sophie fell to the ground, "You scream just like your mother," he smirked as he bit down on her ear.
She yelled and kicked him in the gut, biting down on his hand, which made him quickly let go. "Leave me alone!" Sophie yelled at him as she began to run off.
Dorren growled and chased after her, tackling her to the ground. "Bitch hold still!" he hissed into her ear. Then he pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into her back, causing Sophie to cry out and whimper. "There we go," he chuckled, rolling her over as blood poured from her back and onto the ground. Then he slowly stabbed his dagger into her chest, laughing as he did so. "See you're nothing without me. Nothing! You have no meaning of an existence without me here!"
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Julia ran as fast as she could, trying to make it back to the city before the shinigamis got wind of where she was. She couldn't help but look back, hearing a loud cry from the where she left Sophie. "S-sophie…" she paused, taking a few steps backwards as she debated which way she would go.
Then she was grabbed by the hand, Alex pulling her away as he ran as fast as he could towards the city. "I can't hold them off anymore," he huffed at her as he pulled her along.
"Alex wait! We have to help Sophie," Julia said, causing him to stop.
"But we have to get you home –"
"I don't care!" she yelled back. "If she dies then… I-it'll be all my fault. Alex you have to tell me what's wrong. Why won't you talk to me!"
"I ummm…" he said, looking away from her as he rubbed his shoulder uncomfortably. "I'm sorry Julia. It's just… the academy and the stress… and seeing Sophie's memories mostly. God I… I can't stop thinking about it! I just… UGH –"
"Alex it's okay," Julia said as she wrapped her arms around him in a hug, "You can tell me… right?"
He looked at the ground and then back at her, wrapping his hands around her in a tight hug, "Yes… yes I can." Then he chuckled, letting go of her and looking into her eyes, "but right now we have to get going."
Julia nodded as they grabbed hands, running as fast as they could to the city. Suddenly they were stopped, William standing in their way and looking at Alex in a disappointed manner. "What is the meaning of this? Bringing a filthy leech into our realm! You should be ashamed Alex," he said, aiming a long metal rod as the one clippers extended towards them, separating Alex and Julia from each other.
"Julia run!" Alex said as he ran at William to stop his scythe from reaching her. Alex tackled his mentor and pushed him to the ground, his scythe curtail back to its original height. "You leave her alone! She didn't know what she was doing!"
"She is a demon and must be disposed of," William said in a huff, pushing Alex off of him as other shinigamis appeared next to them. "She ran that way," he pointed to the trees, "towards the boulders."
"Wait no!" Alex yelled, getting up and running towards the area Julia ran off in.
"Restrain him," one of the other shinigamis said, grabbing hold of Alex and taking hold of his standard scythe. "He must have been the one who let the demon into our realm," the shinigami said roughly as he pushed his glasses back on his face. "Come Mr. Spears. You will direct us to the demon."
"Yes sir," William said and he stood up, running with them towards the demon that took off.
Julia looked high and low for Sophie, trying to figure out where she left her. She was never good with directions, but hopefully just orienting herself with her surroundings will tell her where Sophie went. As she continued to run she heard another scream, causing her to flinch and take a right. "Sophie!" Julia yelled, running through the forest as her eyes darted around for her. If she died because of her ignorance then… oh she didn't even want to think about it.
"There she is!" she heard as the shinigamis ran after her, Julia taking off in a fast dash to escape. Then she tripped on a tree branch, falling to her face as landed on the ground. A death scythe came towards her; William's long clippers flying at her as it flew towards her slouching body. Julia flinched as she was unable to stand up in time, a whimper escaping her lips as she closed her eyes in alarm.
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Sophie gasped as the dagger was roughly ripped out of her chest, and in a blink of an eye she saw Dorren get thrown into a tree with a long silver scythe. "U-uundertaker?" she called to him quietly as he stood over her with his scythe up in defense.
"You lowlife of a God of Death," the Undertaker hissed, Sophie tilting her head because she never heard that language before.
"Oh hello Undertaker," Dorren chuckled as he stood up. "I would have invited you to the party, but you weren't availa –"
"Do not piss me off Dorren," he snarled at him, causing Dorren to frown, "this is my property, you got that? If you do not then I will send your soul straight back to the underworld where it belongs."
"Oh is that so?" he smirked walking towards them. The Undertaker raised his scythe and slashed at him, causing Dorren to jump back. "So the big bad Death God took a little slore to be his whore, how cute –" he winced, jumping back as the Undertaker ran at him and slashed his scythe at his head.
"Don't you dare call her a whore you son of a bitch!" The Undertaker growled. Sophie blinked in confusion, having never seen this side of the Undertaker before. She slowly got up with the help of a boulder, holding onto her chest protectively as the blood flowed out of her body and onto the ground. "You can torture me all you want, but I won't let you drag Sophia into this," she heard the Undertaker say as he began cornering Dorren. "Sophia get out of here," he said roughly, not turning his head to her.
"B-but –"
"Histalek!" he yelled at her, causing her to stagger backwards and run.
She began to run and stopped, looking back and watched as the demon summoned a black mattock with green markings of snakes on the handle. "Μην πεθάνετε πατέρα," she said quietly but enough for the Undertaker to hear, running as fast as her body would allow her. Sophie glanced around as she held onto her side with her right hand, her left arm just swinging around as she ran. She could feel pains moving through her whole body, especially her broken arm. Dorren hadn't stabbed into her chest as much as he would have liked, but she could still feel the sting of the wound. As she got closer to the direction Julia ran off in, she saw her running in front of her and stumbling. Sophie gasped, watching as clippers went flying towards her face. Without even thinking Sophie ran as fast as she could towards Julia, just in time for Alex to yell at William to stop as William noticing much too late that Sophie had jumped in the way. Sophie closed her eyes and quickly accepted her fate as the clippers were an inch from her bleeding chest.
She flinched back but then blinked in confusion, expecting a throbbing pain in her stomach. Sophie looked up and noticed a dark man standing before her gripping the clippers with his hand, blood flowing from his hand as he gripped it tightly. Then Julia opened her eyes, looking around in fear at the two beings standing in front of her. "S-sophie, Dad!" she gasped. Then Sophie batted her eyes and stumbled to the ground, the large amount of blood loss making her body weak. "Sophie!" she yelled as she noticed the blood coming out of her back.
Sophie groaned in reply, unable to think straight anymore. "S-shezmu wha…" she asked as she closed her eyes with her face in the ground. Julia slid over to her side and turned her over, gasping in horror as she saw blood coming out of her chest. She moved Sophie's arm and set it on her stomach and Sophie cried out in pain as she touched her broken arm.
"What the hell is going on?" Shezmu glared at the shinigamis, noticing that two shinigamis had their hands on Alex. "I'm gone and what do I find? A bunch of brainless shinigamis going after my daughter. I swear…" he growled as he began stepping towards them. "If you caused the death of this young woman for your stupidity then I'll kill each and every one of you in cold bloo –"
"Stamáta!" Sophie cried out, latching hold of his leg as he walked forward. "No, don't kill anyone! Please! Please…" she cried as her grip on his leg diluted, "I don't want to see any more useless deaths…"
Shezmu huffed slightly, but stopped moving forward and stood upright. "Julia attend to Sophia."
"Y-es sir," she meekly answered him, grabbing hold of Sophie's body and tired shaking her to wake her back up. Julia started crying at the sight of all the body, never coming across someone bleeding as much as Sophie was.
"Who do you think you are demon?" one of the older shinigamis asked.
"Is that you, Enrique Lagle?" Shezmu said with a smirk on his face, "How drone. I thought I taught you better then to chase after weak demons."
"M-mr. Shezmu!" he gasped, taking a few steps back as he bowed. "I'm so sorry sir! We didn't know that was your daughte –"
"No thanks to you lot," he growled at them. "Sending my children out to their deaths. You're whole organization is despicable and if I have anything to say about it I would kill you all right here and now –"
"Now don't say things you can't take ba~ck~~" Shezmu heard from behind him, noticing the goofy smile on the Undertaker's face as he appeared out from the trees. That was all the Undertaker said on the matter though, rushing over to where Sophie's body was. "Is she dead?" he asked in a monotone voice.
"I-I don't know!" Julia gasped in complete fear.
"Here let me take her," he said gently to her. He scooted her over onto his knees and he shook her slightly. "Sophia… little maiden wake up please."
"Uhmmm…" Sophie said as she shook her head slightly and opened her eyes. Then her almost completely yellow eyes looked up at him and her eyes widened in fear, pushing away from him harshly. "Áfisé me ísiho! Get off! You'll eat me! Ahh!" she yelled as she scratched at his hands, trying to flee from his grasp.
He frowned and quickly moved his silver hair away from his eyes, noticing how Sophie slowly stopped trying to fight him off as she stared into his shinigami green and yellow eyes. "It's alright. He's gone now… he won't hurt you anymore."
She trembled slightly as tears fell down her face. "U-undertaker?…" she asked as she tried to keep her eyes open. "Y-you're not angry a-any-more… are you?"
He cracked a smile and cooed to her, brushing a nail through her dirty auburn hair. "What did he do to you?"
"H-he cut my back… a-and chest… a-and I think… I think h-he broke my a-arm…" Then Sophie let out a cough, blood splatting out of her mouth and onto the ground.
"Why are you just standing there?" The Undertaker growled at the shinigamis. "Go get some help. Go!" he yelled at the shinigamis, a bunch of them ordered to get someone from the infirmary. The Undertaker examined her body, trying to not move her so he would not irritate her injuries. "I'll have to sew up the wound on your chest, okay?" Sophie closed her eyes and rested her head on his chest as he took out a needle and thread from his pocket. "Julia hold her down for me," he told the frightened young demon next to him.
She looked up at him baffled, looking over at her father's back and then back at the Undertaker. "Y-you know me?"
"Sophia told me about you," he smirked to her, before he narrowed his eyes and skillfully took off her suit coat and white shirt to expose the wound to the open air. "Now hold her down please." Julia quickly complied and held down Sophie's right arm as her other arm was tucked close to the Undertaker. Then he took out a rag and cleaned the blood from her body, causing Sophie to cry out and scream from the stinging pain. "It's alright," he cooed to her as he cleaned up the blood and dirt from her wound so he could see the damage. Sophie whimpered to herself quietly, her right hand grabbing hold of his long coat as she tried to withstand the pain. Then he sewed into her chest as he brushed a hand through her hair to calm her down. "Well the wound isn't too deep. Good. One less bloody mess to look over," he smirked to himself, noticing Sophie giggled quietly at his comment. Once he was done he put her white shirt back on, though it wasn't really a white shirt anymore but that didn't matter. He picked her up, careful not to move her arm too harshly, and began walking over to the shinigami realm. "Thank you my dear," he nodded to Julia as he walked past Shezmu. He didn't even want to give any remarks to the other shinigamis as he walked past with Sophie in his arms, giving a nod to Alex as he made his way to the white buildings.
Shezmu narrowed his eyes at the shinigamis and shook his head. "I'm going to have to talk to your council about this," he roughly said to them.
"You can't do that!" one of them blurted out. "You're a demo –"
"Oh is that so?" he growled at him, suddenly appearing in front of the freighted shinigami's face with a sharp-blunt object aimed at his neck. "I'm more powerful then you can even imagine weakling," he snarled at him, the shinigami whimpering in fear. Then he huffed at him, putting his weapon down and walking over to his daughter, "but I won't waste my energy on you. You're just a bunch of pathetic beings in my book." He knelt down to Julia, who was still kneeling down on her knees and lost in her own thoughts. "Are you okay?" he asked as he ran a black glove through her hair.
She looked up at him and nodded as she quickly jumped to her feet. "I-I want to go see Sophie…" Julia said as she looked into her father's tired gray eyes. "I need to apologize…"
"Don't worry," he smiled, standing next to her and rubbing her shoulder, "Sophia will be alright. You can come with me if you desire, but I will not let these wretched things to get a hold of you." Unsure by what he meant by that, Julia took his hand and followed him up to the shinigami buildings, the alarm not blaring with their presence as they made their way into one of the buildings.
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Alex, Julia, Sophie, Mr. Shezmu, and the Undertaker all sat on a bench waiting for the council to let them in. Mr. Shezmu had a look of anger on his face, while Alex and Julia were talking among themselves and kept themselves occupied. Sophie had her eyes closed and was resting her head on the Undertaker's shoulder, her body still tired after being looked at by the doctors. The Undertaker had made it difficult for them and would not leave Sophie's side as she was lying unconscious in the hospital. She opened her eyes about an hour since the incident, immediately being told to go to the court rooms where the council would precede. The Undertaker had to carry her there and that's where they had been since, waiting for the council to call them in. Once the doors flew open it was Mr. Shezmu who stood up, giving a nod to the Undertaker as he began to walk in. "Stay here with Alexander. I'll explain everything to the council," he said to Alex and Julia, the doors closing behind him as he walked in.
"But –" Julia tried to say but was cut off by the loud slam of the doors. Julia bit down on her bottom lip and brushed away a tear. "This is my fault… isn't it?"
"No," Alex said, flinching slightly when he saw her narrowing her eyes at him. "I mean…" he chuckled slightly, "it wasn't your fault. You were convinced by that demon to come here right? Well don't take it all upon yourself for this."
"B-but…" she looked over at Sophie, who was whimpering slightly and had a tight grip on the Undertaker's coat. He smiled, brushing a hand through her hair to calm her down. In an instant she did, murmuring something in her sleep as she clung to the Undertaker with her right hand. "Sophie…"
"Don't worry about it," Alex smirked to her, letting out a sigh and leaning his back against the wall, "she wouldn't want you to anyways." Julia looked at him unsure with his statement, but cracked a little smile once she heard that Sophie wasn't whimpering anymore. Then she leaned her head against the wall, closing her eyes in a desperate attempt to wake up and hope it was all a dream.
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"… and that's what happened," Mr. Shezmu said as he finished his explanation of the events. "My daughter didn't know what she was getting into and Mr. Agon with Miss. Ioreta was simply helping her as any friend would."
"Being friends with a demon is highly irregular," one of the old shinigamis sitting around said, "but since this demon is your daughter then she must also be half-shinigami and must be dealt with our council."
"I will not let you," he narrowed his eyes gray eyes, a hint of red beginning to shine in his eyes. "Almost every one of you here knows why I left this organization. You did not agree with my methods and kicked me out. I will not let you corrupt my daughter with your insane ideology on how the life source of souls should be handled. I have already lost seventeen children and ten more have died recently in your care. I will not stand for how you treat me and my kind, and I will certainly not have my daughter be taught here."
One of the shinigamis pushed up their glasses, looking sternly at him, "Does this mean you are against us now? Will we have to kill you like we have killed other Gods of Death who will not cooperate with our basic teachings?"
"I wish to not sound threatening," Mr. Shezmu began, "but I will not stand for your organization and how they've destroyed so many of my children. I, in this manner, have stayed out of your issues and concerns. I simply ask that you do not pull my daughter into your organization. She does not want to join anyways. We have been friendly for years and I only wish that this insignificant incident can be forgotten and we can all move on."
"… we have found forms of all the children who have joined us with the last name Shezmu," one of them began as they looked over a brown folder, "and we wish to not start a war with you. Many have them had risked their lives and some have even been proclaimed legendary shinigamis. We hope to keep in good terms with you as you have done for us, but," he began again as he pushed up his glasses, "we see here that Sophia Ioreta is not as she seems. She had recently written forms under the man Maurus Serbus, who died recently, for a God of Death ceremony along with other forms. Could you care to tell us about them?"
"Well…" Mr. Shezmu thought as he tried to come up with an explanation. "She is Maurus Serbus' daughter and is a servant of the darkness and God of Death. As you can see from the forms, she has already taken the proper procedures to stay a God of Death and be a shinigami. As you know, a being like myself cannot go back on a vow that they have taken. Plus I do not think you want to kill the daughter of the man that convinced many of my kind to side with you, do you Henry Lorelei?" he finished.
"I suppose not," he huffed at him, putting the forms aside. "That leaves Alexander Agon, who is also a demon. Alexander and your daughter are demons; even if they are half-demons they still pose a threat to us. We have been able to not bring up young Agon because he hasn't posed a threat to us, but seeing as he brought a demon into our realm we will have to condemn him for his treachery. He will be kicked out of our academy –"
"It wasn't his fault Henry," Mr. Shezmu stopped him as a growl escaped his lips. "They are only kids –"
"Kids who can kill us," he finished him. "Alexander Agon will hereby be kicked out of the academy and the shinigami realms, unless you want me to pose a more serious punishment?" he glared at Mr. Shezmu, who only glared back. He smirked, grabbing his gavel as he continued.
"Wait!" they heard as the door slammed open, causing Mr. Lorelei to drop his gavel by the sudden disturbance.
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Sophie opened her eyes in a gasp, looking around the room she was in. It was nothing but black, pitch-black darkness. She whimpered to herself slightly, trying to walk through the darkness with her hands in front of her. Then all of the sudden she was thrown backwards, her eyes widening as they came into contact with dark amethyst eyes. She gasped as she let out a scream and closed her eyes, the man plunging a dagger into her chest.
When she opened them again she winced slightly, her eyes slowly adjusting to the intensity of the whiteness in the room. She looked over at noticed a woman in white, who was humming to herself as she played the piano. Sophie gasped back slightly, quickly noticing she looked like her mother. "M-mommy?" she asked, the woman turning around and looking at her. Sophie gasped, seeing the color red drenched all over the front of her clothes. "Mom! Mommy!" she cried out, watching as the woman fell backwards onto the ground and gasping for air. Sophie ran to her, her hands getting coated in her blood. "You can't leave me here alone! Mom!" she gasped, leaning her head into her chest as she closed her eyes in terror. "M-mommy… please don't leave me… I'm so alone without you," she gasped, clutching her fists as her eyes were tightly closed.
Sophie slowly opened her eyes in fear, noticing she was kneeling down in the dirt. She quickly got up, looking around and trying to take in her surroundings. Then there was a man who sat with his head against the tree as he gasped for air. "P-papa?" she asked, walking over to him slowly. She was getting rather terrified now, her hands still coated in the blood of her dead mother. "No don't die okay! Just… uhh!" Sophie gasped, running to him and pounding on his chest. "What is going on! I hate this! Why can't this go away!" She cried out, blood gushing onto her face.
"It's because you haven't moved on," her father said answering her question.
Then he closed his eyes and gasped his last breath, causing Sophie to scream. "Papa what do you mean? Papa!" She cried, burying her head into his chest as she kept pounding on his chest. "W-what do you mean?... Why me!"
"Why me!" she yelled opening her eyes, noticing she was back in the darkness. It wasn't the darkness, but a cold, stony room with no light. She looked around as her eyes adjusted, hearing water dripping down in a puddle in the corner of the room. 'Drip… drip… drip…' she listened as she looked around, trying to get up. She gasped in pain, noticing chains on her hands, feet, and a tight one around her neck as she tried to get off of the ground. Sophie looked around in fear, expecting Dorren to pop out at her at any moment, but nothing came. She shivered as she curled up in a little ball, trying to warm herself up as her teeth chattered. "W-what is wrong with me?" she said quietly to herself, closing her eyes once again and hoped she would just stay in the place and not be disturbed by anything else.
She felt something in the back of her mind telling her to wake up, and she jolted up, flinching back slightly as she lifted her head. Then she felt a painful sting in her arm and she lay back down, looking up at the Undertaker with his big black hat and mortician outfit. She let out a sigh of relief, snuggling back into his shoulder and refusing to close her eyes again. "Nightmare?" he asked, Sophie shaking her head and grabbing hold of his sleeve tightly.
"N-no…" she said with a sigh, "memories."
She looked around and noticed that the walls where white, which she always despised about the shinigami realm. Sophie looked down at her hands and noticed they were clean, no blood coating her frail and cut up hands. She cracked a smile and kissed her hands to make sure they were real, quickly realizing that her left arm was still broken and flinched back in pain. That was going to take some time to heal. She closed her eyes and listened in on the councils' conversation and she frowned, noticing that they were talking about Alex. She bit down on her bottom lip, slowly getting up off of the bench and holding her left arm tightly in pain. "Sophia sit back down," the Undertaker said, quickly grabbing her hand.
"N-no I need to go in there," she quickly said, suddenly taking off in a dash and opening up the door. "Wait!" she yelled into the room, pushing it open with both of her hands. She winced in pain as she felt a stinging sensation surging from her arm and chest, refusing to back down now. "You can't punish him!" she gasped, staggering into the room.
"Woh," Mr. Shezmu said and grabbed hold of her before she fell to the ground.
"And why can't we?" one of the council members said. "This is mostly the fault of Alexander Agon. If it hadn't been for his connections to the demon then the demon wouldn't have come here to confront him –"
"But I'm friends with her also!" Sophie yelled at them, pushing out of Mr. Shezmu's grip and propping herself up. "If you want someone to blame then blame me. She came here because of my disappearance. She came here to get her questions answered on why I had been missing because no one would give it to her. Plus I've already caused overtime for all of you in the past, correct? Alex hasn't. Wouldn't it be more logical to condemn me, a shinigami who has been disobeying orders while Alex clearly has not?" Then she narrowed her eyes at them, anger streaming in her crystal blue and shinigami green eyes. "You better not say that you are not condemning me because I am related to my father, Maurus Serbus. I don't care what he has done for you in the past, but I am Sophia Ioreta Serbus. I am my own person and I can pick and choose what I do with the life I have been given. I am different from my father and that much should be clear to all of you."
Many sitting around them blinked in confusion, stunned by her outstanding explanation and defense for her peer. "… We will have to examine this investigation in further depth. We will come to a decision in a few days. Council dismissed," Mr. Lorelei said as he banged the gavel on the table, quickly getting up and leaving.
That's when the Undertaker ran in and grabbed hold of Sophie's body before she fell over and hit the ground. "Little maiden, you never cease to amaze me," he laughed, picking her up bridle style as they quietly left the room.
Sophie smirked at him, letting her left arm sit on her stomach as they walked out with Mr. Shezmu behind them, "That really was amazing that you defended Alexander, Young Serbus."
"Oh well…" Sophie looked to her stomach and shrugged before looking at the both of them. "I was only speaking the truth. I'd rather not see another person in trouble right now, okay?" she sighed, closing her eyes and letting out a yawn. The Undertaker smirked and kissed the top of her head, letting her fall asleep in his arms.
Once they walked out they noticed William sitting next to Alex, trying in a desperate attempt to apologize. When he noticed that the council had adjourned he stood up and bowed to them, about to take off. "Please stay for a moment, Mr. Sp~ears~" the Undertaker smirked, sitting down on the bench with Sophie's face buried in his chest. William hesitated for a moment and sat down, looking over at Alex before he looked back to the Undertaker. "You could have killed Sophia today," he said to him roughly, causing William to cringe at the tone in his voice, "but I am more disappointed in the way you treated your apprentice than anything else. Can you keep your mind off of trying to kill demons and think about what he was trying to tell you?"
William looked at the ground and nodded, looking over to Alex as Alex continued to glare at him. "I am deeply sorry Alexander. It was wrong for me to yell at you like I did. It will never happen again, I promise."
"No it's okay," he shrugged, poking Julia awake, "It worked out in the end – hey Julia didn't you want to say something?"
"Oh yeah!" she yelled, jumping off of the bench and waking up Sophie. "Since father is back I was going to do a little celebrative dinner tonight. Do you three want to come also?"
"O-of course," Sophie chuckled.
"Now wait a minute," the Undertaker said interrupting her. "You've been badly injured and I refuse to see you get hurt again –"
"I'll be fine!" Sophie smirked, giving him a quick peck on his cheek before settling down in his arms again. "I need something to take my mind off of everything anyways… Hey are you coming Mr. Spears?" she decided to ask.
"Well I don't want to intru –"
"You are my mentor and I want you to come," Alex shrugged, a hidden smirk on his face as his mentor grumbled to himself.
"And invite Grell Sutcliff," Sophie said, causing William's eyes to widen in shock.
"Hey wait now –"
"If you're going to bring your mentor, Alex, then I want mine to come," she huffed. "Besides I think they need to talk to Mr. Shezmu about… stuff," she shrugged.
Alex laughed, "Yeah stuff! Sure what do you think Julia?"
"The more the merrier!" she smiled, walking over to her father and grabbing hold of his arm. "When?"
"I'd rather do this tomorrow night," Mr. Shezmu sighed as he felt his arm being pulled. "I have some things I need to still do."
"Alright," she smiled, snuggling her face into his arm. "I'm just happy you're back now."
"Oh and don't forget Margaret," Alex told her.
"Why don't you tell her," Julia winked at him as she was pulled away by her father.
Alex looked over at Sophie, who was out like a light, and let out an annoyed sigh. "Oh great," he grumbled to himself, "two people I have to invite."
"I'll leave you now," the Undertaker said, walking away from William and Alex with Sophie tightly in his hands. He frowned when she cringed slightly, her left arm being bumped slightly when he kicked the door open. He looked back at the building and then at Sophie, noticing the bewildered look on her face. "Now for the two bod~ies I need to bury," he giggled to himself, his Cheshire cat grin quickly coming back to his face as he skipped back to the cemetery.
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With a skip in her step Sophie jumped to the top of the stairs, knocking on the door of the large mansion. "Hello Albert," Sophie grinned happily once the door swung open, the Undertaker finally catching up to the top of the stairs with his famous smile on his face.
"Sophia Serbus! It's great to greet you here again," he nodded to her, looking over at the Undertaker with an unsure look on his face, "and who might you be?"
"The Undertaker, Mr. Albert," he grinned, Sophie nudging him in the shoulder as she shook her head by his funny demeanor.
"I see…" Albert said as he let them in. "Julia is in the room at the far right. I'll direct you," he said, leading them down the hallways and into a room.
Julia was sitting on a couch completely asleep, while her father was in a nearby chair reading a book and sipping some tea. "Thank you Albert," Sophie nodded to him, Albert giving her a bow and closing the door on them. Mr. Shezmu looked up from his book and smiled as Sophie skipped around the room and looked at the books. "Hello Mr. Shezmu. It is good to have you back," she grinned, causing Julia to jolt up and rub her eyes.
"Yes well, thank you Sophia," he smiled back, looking back at his book. "The two of you can sit down if you would like. No one else has showed up yet."
The Undertaker quickly took up his offer and sat down on a couch, Julia looking up and smiling happily. "Sophie!" she giggled, jumping off of the couch and grabbing her in a tight hug. Then she gasped, jumping back and letting go of her once she remembered that she had been injured. "Oh no I'm so sorry –"
"Hey it's alright!" Sophie chuckled, a smile on her face as she waved her hands in front of her. "My wounds have pretty much healed up."
"Already?" Julia gasped, "b-but I thought you were a human or something?"
"Meh," Sophie shrugged, "sort of. I'm healing quicker by the day. It'll only be a matter of time till I'm back to my normal self… though I don't think I'll be back at full capacity for the final exams. I hope I can handle it." Then she moved her left arm, poking it and then punching it. "See! All better," she grinned.
Julia giggled and grabbed her back in a hug, letting go as she heard the Undertaker talking to them. "Don't do that Sophia," he said with a grin, as he grabbed a random book and began reading it, "you've not fully healed yet. I don't want to have to sew you back up."
"Alright mister sour~puss~" she puckered her lips and then let out a huff, crossing her arms over her chest before a smile came back to her face. Sophie did have to admit that the pain was still there. It wasn't as bad as it was yesterday, but it still stung. Plus her chest wound still hadn't healed up yet, meaning she would always have the scar on her chest. A scar in the exact same place as before; Sophie surely didn't like the idea of having to always be protective of her body. She didn't have the strength as the other shinigamis, but if she can just be swift with her actions then perhaps she will prevail over them during the finals.
She smiled when Julia dragged her to the couch she had been sleeping on, setting her head back down on the armrest and let out a yawn. "Alex is taking forever. He said he would be here earlier, but nope! At least I have some company," Julia grinned.
Sophie nodded and set her head on the other side of the couch. "I'm glad to see you again," she sighed, closing her eyes and yawning. "I've missed going out with you."
"Then we should start going again!" Julia giggled. "I found the greatest little pub with the best drinks! And they have dancing! I know how much you lov~e dancing!"
"Oh yes," Sophie chuckled, "but not right now. I can't have any alcohol right now, but maybe after my finals we'll make it a date. How does that sound?"
"Great!" Julia giggled, looking over and noticing that Sophie was falling asleep. Then she calmed down, looking to the ground as she let out a sigh. "I'm sorry for getting you into danger. It was wrong of me to go to the shinigami realm when I knew what could happen to me. I'm sorry…"
"Hey it's alright," Sophie answered her, "I didn't die and that's a good thing! I'm just tired right now… a lot has happened right now and my brain has been on overdrive for a while."
"Like what?" she asked, sitting up on the couch to listen to her better.
"Ummm…" Sophie opened her eyes as she thought, looking over at Mr. Shezmu who was looking over at them with curiosity too. "It will be a long explanation though," she said as she glanced over at Julia.
"It's better than a short one," she smirked, watching as Sophie sat up on the couch and rubbed her eyes.
"Well let me start at the beginning then…" Sophie began, Julia looking over intently and listening to every detail she would think of.
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"… so I now call myself Sophia Maurus Ioreta Serbus, servant of the darkness and God of Death," Sophie said as she chuckled, "but I'd rather be called Sophia Ioreta any day… Hey maybe the name Serbus may grow on me! I don't know yet."
Julia giggled back, a sigh escaping your lips. "You're lucky Sophie," she said in a disappointed way.
"And, may I ask, am I luck~y?" Sophie tilted her head in a rather silly way. "I guess losing my memories is something to be lucky about… hey maybe it was the part of eternally sealing my soul to Death! Yeah that must be it, right?" she finished rather sarcastically, a frown coming to Julia's face.
"No," she said roughly, looking over to her father before back at Sophie. "You seem to know a lot about what you are, but I don't. My father has never told me who my mother is and now I want to know… and also," she said as she scooted over to Sophie to whisper into her ear, "I never knew my father was a God of Death till now. I want to know… why he hasn't passed his oath onto someone else. Did he do so already and the child just died?" Julia let out a sigh as she sat back on the couch, looking up to the ceiling as she grumbled to herself. "I don't know Sophie… I have so many questions now, like why can't I go and see what my father does for a living? Why haven't I seen any of these other children he supposedly had? I don't know, but I'm starting to get frustrated."
"How did you learn about all of that?" Sophie asked, setting her head on the couch and looking up to the ceiling.
"I read about it," Julia shrugged, "and it wasn't fun once I found out… but now I feel the need to find out, you know? Find out about this past of mine that can help me with my future."
"Well I completely support you Julia," Sophie said as she tilted her head and gave her a reassuring smile. "It is a lot of work to find out things about yourself, heck I haven't figured out everything myself! But if you keep at it then it'll be worth it in the end… trust me on this one."
Julia gave her a nod, grabbing her in a hug and squishing her head against her cheek. "Oh I've missed you so much!" she laughed, squeezing the life out of Sophie.
"Agh!" she yelped, "Choking, not breathing!" Sophie said quickly, Julia jumping back and giggling to herself.
"Ah sorry Sophi – Hey Alex is finally here!" Julia jumped to her feet and ran to the door that slowly opened to reveal Alex, Margaret, William, and Grell. Julia wrapped Alex in a big hug and pulled him into the floor. "Finally! We have been waiting for hours!" she groaned, Sophie and the Undertaker getting up at the same time, which caused Sophie to giggle at him.
"We're only thirty minutes late," Alex grumbled to himself as they got off of the floor.
"But we would have been here sooner if Grell didn't take so long," William grumbled as he pushed his glasses higher on his face.
"S~~orry!" Grell huffed and crossed his arms.
Sophie walked over to them and looked at Grell from top to bottom. He was wearing a red and black dress, obviously made by his own two hands. It fit him like a glove, which he wore a long black pair of gloves. He also wore 16cm red heels, which Sophie had never actually seen before and had to tilt her head a little in wonder on how he could stay up and not topple over. "Dang Grell, looking go~od~" Sophie answered him, everyone looking over at her in surprise. "Well he does," she shrugged, walking over to Grell and giving him a hug. "Thanks for coming guys. I don't think we need an explanation on what's been keeping you," she winked to Grell as she let go and gave Margaret a hug. "Now…" she said as she looked over at Julia, "What now?"
"Oh I know!" Julia said as she jumped up and down. "You should show me your outfit!"
"O-ou… outfit? What outfit?" Sophie tilted her head in confusion, only causing Julia to giggle more.
"Yes what outfit?" Alex asked, equally confused.
"Oh you know," Julia said as she slyly walked over to Sophie and took her hands into her own. "Every God of Death has an official outfit. I would know because father has one," she grinned happily, Mr. Shezmu shaking his head and walking over to them as they stood in between the hallway and the room.
"Julia…" her father said as he walked over. "Don't force her to put it on. Sophia's been through a lot and probably feels tired right now –"
"Hey, now hold on!" Sophie said as she held her hands up, "I never said I couldn't. Plus I should dress up a bit, right?" she smiled, walking a few steps back so she could give herself some room. Then she paused, looking over to the Undertaker with concern. "W-wait should I?" she thought quietly to herself, "Or not?..."
"Go ahead," the Undertaker said with a smirk, causing Sophie to smile and let out a sigh.
"Okay here it goes," she sighed, grabbing one side of her shoulder and swiping her suit coat around. Her coat quickly transformed into a black cloak, circling her body and engulfing her. It swished around her and she grabbed it with both hands, tying a thin piece of black cloth around her neck to secure the cloak in place. Everyone at the door stood there in awe, except for Mr. Shezmu and the Undertaker. Sophie stood there and swayed back and forth, a nervous chuckle escaping her lips as she looked down at herself. The black suit she had been wearing turned into the outfit she had been wearing when she took her oath. It was a long white dress, causing her to look thin, secured tightly by a golden and black rope. She wore gold sandals, which she never really liked and may change it later. The black cloak flowed around her as she moved, the hood off of her head and showing them her face. Her auburn hair accented well with her crystal blue and shinigami greens eyes, making them sparkle more than normal. Of course she had her mother's green wedding ring handing around her neck, the silver chain complimenting well with the rest of her look. "I don't partially like the sandals," Sophie grumbled to herself as she moved the bottom of her dress slightly as she pointed her feet a bit, "but what do you think –"
Sophie let out a yelp as Julia giggled and wrapped her hands around her, jumping up and down excitedly. "You look magnificent!" she cheered as she jumped happily. "You actually look great! You should see how others can look when they change form. Ugh, very gross."
Margaret took a step forward, enough for Sophie to quickly notice. "W-wow…" she couldn't help but say, still trying to take everything in. "Y-ou need to tell me how this is even possible…" she said to her, cracking a smile.
"Of course!" Sophie smiled happily as Julia let go of her. She looked over at the other three, noticing Alex was simply chuckling while the other two were in awe. "Are you okay?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Ummmm…" William tried to speak, quickly getting quiet again as he looked away uncomfortably.
"So beautiful!" Grell gasped, running at her and falling into Sophie, causing her to yelp when she was given a bone crushing hug by Grell. "I am so jealous! I wish I had your figure!" he huffed, still hugging her tightly.
"C-crushing, not hugging…" Sophie was able to say, causing Grell to quickly let go.
"Oh sorry dear," he smiled, brushing her slightly with a cheerful smile on his face.
"Do you like it?" the Undertaker asked, walking over to her with a grin on his face.
"Actually… yeah," Sophie smiled as she twirled around and let the dress and cloak flow behind her. "It's better than a suit is any day! I like how it flows and how it doesn't stick to my body in an uncomfortable way."
"Well it is a transformation," Mr. Shezmu responded, "it fits to how you are, not anyone else."
"Oh okay," Sophie nodded, giving Julia a content smile.
Julia's eyes glowed happily, a hint of mischief behind them. "How about the wings? Can I see those too?"
"The wings?" Sophie paused, taking a big step backward in defense. "I-I don't know –"
"You have wings?" Mr. Shezmu asked, scratching the back of his head in confusion. "How could that be? Not if –"
"My mother?" Sophie said with a sigh. "She is human but… well it's a longer story I guess," she shrugged. "I don't know about the wings though. I may not be able to… I still don't understand how they show up."
"Oh," Julia said with disappointment in her voice. "If you can't then you don't have to –"
"Wait, give me a second," Sophie said as she took a few more steps backward, walking closer to the Undertaker than anyone else. "Let me…" she closed her eyes and concentrating, trying her best to summon the black haze to her back. She let out a deep sigh and the black haze formed out of her back, large black wings forming on her back. She cringed slightly at a sudden pain, the pain from the deep stab wound on her back. She opened her eyes and looked behind her, her wings flapping behind her before they settled down on her back. "Okay there we go," she smiled happily at them, looking over at the group. "W-what's with that look?" she asked, taking a sudden step back in fright.
"Black wings, huh…" Mr. Shezmu as he thought to himself, "from the black mist… interesting…"
"Sophie that's so cool!" Julia said, running into her chest and hugging her tightly. Sophie cringed back and pushed her away, feeling rather vulnerable all of the sudden. "Oh…" Julia frowned, a sudden smile coming back to her face as she understood. "Sorry. It's just, none of the demons I know have wings like you do. Not in such a weird form like that… c-can I –"
Sophie smiled, turning around so she could have a better look. "Yeah you can touch it, but not too much. My back still hurts."
Julia nodded and gently touched her wings, the wings evaporating in her hands and she gasped. "So cool! Alex check this out!" she said, ushering the group to come over to her.
Sophie bit down on her bottom lip as she still felt oddly vulnerable about so many hands on her wings. Even if it wasn't fully there, she felt that if they touched them then they'd burn up or something equally as bad. She closed her eyes as they touched her wings, all of them being rather curious once they saw her wings open up. "How does a God of Death have wings?" William thought to himself, talking to no one in particular but himself.
"They don't," the Undertaker said, Sophie noticing that he was a few inches from her face. "It's something only Sophia seems to have… even her father didn't have wings. It depends on a beings genetic makeup and what makes them supernatural. In her case she got the wings from her mother, who isn't an angel but has an ancestor that must have been an angel." Then her eyes shot open when he felt his protective arms wrap around her waist, pulling her into his chest. He frowned slightly, noticing her trembling and the fear in her eyes. "How the wings are formed is from the black haze that her father had. It is a rather puzzling thing, for I have only seen wings like this one other time… now you can put them back," he smiled, brushing a hand through her hair.
In an instant the wings disappeared, Sophie letting out a satisfied sigh once the black haze completely disappeared around her. She looked up at the Undertaker and turned around in his grasp, looking at the group who was still looking at her in awe. "Oh don't be so surprised," Sophie shrugged, back to her normal self. "It's not like the wings matter to me…"
"Oh whatever Sophie!" Julia smirked, a chuckle escaping her lips as she pointed to her. "I know you think they're cool too!"
It was around this time when Albert walked in, bowing to the group and causing them to look over at him. "Dinner is served sir," he said to Mr. Shezmu who gave him a nod.
"Thank you Albert," he said to him, letting the butler leave to attend to his duties. "Now if we're done talking about Sophia, let's go and have some dinner," he said, walking out of the room followed by Julia, Alex, and Margaret trailing behind him. William grumbled to himself as Grell wrapped his arm into his and pulled him along, unable to ask them another question on Sophie's wings or anything else concerning her powers.
Sophie let out an annoyed sigh, scratching the back of her head. "I wasn't expecting myself to be able to do anything."
"Well you're improving~" he whispered into her ear, biting down on her earlobe slightly and causing her to flinch away from. He giggled, Sophie narrowing her eyes at him. "Don't be so sour. I'll have to punish you again."
Sophie huffed, wiggling out of his arms slightly so she wasn't leaning into his chest. "You're punishments aren't very threatening, you know."
"Oh is that so?" He chuckled, grabbing hold of her waist and swinging her into his arms. She let out a shriek, quickly being silenced by a hand going over her mouth. "Then I'll have to give you more~ of a punishment then, because I've been holding back~" he hissed into her ear, tilting her head up and licking her neck.
Sophie winced, trying to move her head away. He smirked and kissed her neck before giving a peck on her cheek. "Geeze…" she grumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest and huffed, "I shouldn't have said anything."
"Yes you shouldn't have," he smirked, walking out of the room and catching up with the group as they walked into the dining room.
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Sophie yelped as she was tackled to the ground by Julia, bumping into Alex and causing a cascade of the trio on the ground. They all laughed heartedly, Sophie smile the biggest of all of them. She hadn't had this much fun in months, almost forgetting how much fun good company was in her life. She rolled over to her back and let out a sigh, Julia sprawling across Alex and Sophie as they looked up at the ceiling. "Oh I miss this," Sophie smiled to herself with another sigh escaping her lips.
"Same here," Alex said with a sigh. "The academy has been keeping me busy lately… we need to have more fun more often."
"Of course!" Julia giggled as she buried her head into Alex's chest. "We need to paint the town red!"
"Oh god we're not going to go out and kill people," Sophie rolled her eyes, causing in the three of them to burst out laughing. Sophie sighed again, looking up to the sky and closing her eyes. Margaret had decided to go back to her dorm because of her classes in the morning. Grell had dragged William away and wanted to see more of the mansion, though Sophie was rather hesitant on what was going through the red-head's mind when he was giggling about being alone with William. The Undertaker and Mr. Shezmu were out and about too, leaving the three of them in a small ballroom that was smaller than the one Sophie remembered going into for their annual Halloween party. Everything was almost perfect, even if she had a lot of things she had to think about. It was nice to sit back and relax every once in a while, enjoying their company as much as they enjoyed hers.
Julia sighed, rolling off of them and sinking her body between Alex and Sophie. "I can't believe I'm a half-breed… all this time I thought I was a complete demon, but really I'm a half-Death God and half-demon."
"It's not that bad," Alex shrugged, "but not always fun."
"Yeah exactly," Sophie said with a sigh. "You can be brought up in a community that is one species like your own, but not completely accepted. That's the problem with being a half-breed. You can't really get along anywhere."
"Well I'm ready for the challenge!" Julia cheered to herself, causing the other two to look over at her. "You will help me, right?"
"Of course!" Alex and Sophie said, the three of them chuckling at the sudden thought.
Then Sophie pounced on top of her, causing Julia to wince. "Only if you go out on a date with me," she beamed, sitting on her knees.
"What is this!" Alex gasped, feeling left out.
"I need to be appreciative of my little wif~e of course," Sophie smirked, suddenly tickling Julia. She gasped and giggled, wiggling underneath her as she cried for help. Sophie let out a yelp, being tackled off of Julia and landing on her back as Alex tickled her own sides. "No, stop! Stop! Alex!" she laughed, laughing harder then Julia was doing.
"Oh my, she's ticklish. Get her!" Julia yelled, jumping onto her as the two of them pinned her down and kept tickling her.
Sophie kicked and wiggled underneath them, crying as she kept laughing her head off. Then they heard the door open and the two of them stopped, noticing it was the Undertaker. "And what are the three of you up to?" he asked as he walked over and loomed over them.
"Oh nothing," Alex and Julia said, quickly getting off of Sophie as she kept giggling.
The Undertaker smirked and attacked Sophie's sides, causing her to laugh again and flail around. "Stop! Stop! Oh – ahhHHah!" she kept laughing as she curled up into a ball and tried to protect her sides.
Even once he stopped tickling her Sophie kept laughing, turning over on her side and trying to cover her waist. "I think you cracked her," he giggled; trying to pick her up, but was rejected by her hands pushing him away.
"If anything you cracked her," Julia giggled, the Undertaker giving her a smug smile and roughly picking Sophie up.
"Come here little maiden," he said, letting Sophie rest her head on his shoulder as she rubbed her head into the nudge of his neck. The Undertaker chuckled, not used to such affectionate behavior from her. "You two can keep talking. I'll be over there," he pointed to a corner that had a line of couches, sitting down on one of them and watched as Alex and Julia talked to each other from afar.
Sophie murmured to herself, annoyed with how her body was betraying her and cuddling into the Undertaker. Every time she tried to get up he would tickle her and that would make her body fling back against his. He smirked; watching as she slowly got tired and let out a yawn. "Y-you're mean…"
"Well I'm not done with you," he grinned, which made Sophie groan. "And I won't tell you when yet," he chuckled, giving her a kiss on the cheek as she frowned.
"Whatever," she answered him, curling up into his chest and closing her eyes.
He smiled, brushing her hair and his hand slowly lingering down the side of her body. The white dress really did show off body curves you normally wouldn't see since Sophie liked wearing baggy clothes, which was making him slightly jealous. Why not? She was his after all, but not in the way of anything sexual. He could never do that… he just couldn't. Though he would admit his mind had wandered to other things, but he would feel guilty whenever he thought about her in that manner. She felt like his daughter, but yet he knew she wasn't. That's what made it difficult, trying to decide what their relationship was. He would not push anything, letting Sophie take the lead in their relationship. If she needed him to be a father he would be a father, but if she needed something more… then he would probably comply. The Undertaker closed his eyes and breathed in the scent of her hair, his hand resting in the curve of her waist. He really had to admit, it was the heavenly scent her pure soul was giving off that made him feel this way. It reminded him so much of a different soul that would drive him crazy, but it was slightly different then Sophie's soul… a more mature soul. He let out a sigh as his lips caressed her hair, staying that way for a few moments with no desire to let her go.
"Are you done fondling over her?" the Undertaker heard from next to him, watching at Mr. Shezmu sat down on the other side of the couch and watched Alex and Julia roughhousing with each other.
The Undertaker grinned, hiding away any signs of his thoughts as he held her protectively. "Why yes, for now," he giggled.
Mr. Shezmu chuckled back, letting out a tired sigh. "It'll be nice to relax again… well once everything with my daughter is cleared up. I refuse to let them take her away, I just refuse! I am sorry that I don't trust them," he looked over at the Undertaker, "but I simply can't. I hope Maurus can understand that."
"I bet he can," the Undertaker shrugged. "He was always the forgiving type."
Mr. Shezmu nodded, looking over at Sophie as she slept against the Undertaker's chest. "You better treat her well Undertaker. I have known you ever since Maurus introduced me to you, but I can't help but be nervous about her with you. And… you know how our kind is. We are very exclusive and only want certain things to be done. I know that Maurus wants his daughter to be married off, so keep that in mind when you play around with her. I know she calls you father, but her real father is Maurus."
The Undertaker shook his head, "Sophia has already made it clear that she wants to stay with me. Besides she has gone through much abuse already and she's only nineteen years old. That's enough in my opinion, and I hope to shield her and keep her happy. If you don't trust me then I can respect that, but Sophia does and I plan to continue treating her as I have been." Then he smirked, tilting up her head and kissing her cheek. Mr. Shezmu twitched slightly, noticing that Sophie had smiled in her sleep and cuddled in closer to the Undertaker's face.
Mr. Shezmu let out a sigh, rubbing his hair in annoyance. "Fine," he grumbled to him, "but if you don't protect her then I'll take the matters into my own hands, got that?"
"That's alright with me," he grinned back, letting Sophie wiggling around on his lap in her sleep. "If it hadn't been for her parents dying… I wouldn't have gotten involved," he said honestly as he hugged her tightly. "I feel responsible for the death of Mr. and Mrs. Serbus. Finding Sophia on the streets was complete luck, but I haven't gotten over their death yet." Then the Undertaker looked back at Mr. Shezmu, grinning from ear to ear. "So I plan on keeping her. Plus she already says that she's mine and she makes me happy. I think everyone needs some companionship, right~?"
Mr. Shezmu gave him a nod, then looking over at Julia as she pinned Alex to the ground and smirked down at him. "I can understand why… I will leave you two alone then," he said, standing up and walking away.
That's when Sophie moved again, opening her eyes and looking up at the Undertaker. "Why do you feel guilty?" she asked, stunning him for a few seconds.
He didn't know she was awake through their conversation, but he chuckled and nuzzled into her cheek. "It's not that I'm guilty, but your father was a dear friend of mine. He had helped so many families by creating forms and applications for them to follow to join the shinigami council without problems, but he never had his own family till now. I just feel sorry for him, that's all."
Sophie grabbed his cheek and looked into his eyes, seeing past his silver bangs and into his shinigami green and yellow eyes. "I think he would want you to move on, and so do I for that matter," she smiled to him, sinking her head into his neck and letting out a breath on his shoulder. "I think it's for the best that I move on anyways. It's not like they haven't affected me, but I think moving on from their deaths will be the best."
He nodded, setting his head on top of her own and letting out a sigh. "How are your injuries?"
"Okay," she shrugged.
"Do you want to go home now?" he asked, noticing how tired her eyes looked.
"Yes," she said as she moved away from his arms and stood up. "Hey Alex!" she called to him, causing Alex and Julia to look over at her. "Tell Grell that I'll see him later, okay?"
"Okay!" he waved to her, getting tackled from behind by Julia.
"See you later Sophie!" Julia waved, sitting up on Alex's back as he tried to get her off of him but was failing. "Tell me how everything goes back at the shinigami realm."
"Sure!" Sophie smiled, giving them a wave and then walked over to Mr. Shezmu. "Thank you for letting us into your house," then she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, "and thank you for all that you've done for me. I'm glad to see that you're back here. Julia has been awfully lonely without you."
"I know…" he sighed, looking back at Sophie with a smile on his face. "Tell me what happens with the council's decision. I would hate it if my two apprentices are kicked out of the academy for something so trivial."
Sophie gave him a nod, letting a giggle escape her lips when the Undertaker wrapped his arms around her and looked over at Mr. Shezmu. "Well alright! I'll try to tell you asap," she smiled to him, her attention going back to the Undertaker as he waved to Mr. Shezmu. "Okay…" she sighed, leaning her head on his shoulder as they walked, "Time to keep worrying now."
"Oh don't say that," he chuckled and gave her a kiss on the top of her hair. "You need to stop worrying about things. Plus you have a punishment you still have to take."
"Oh great," she groaned. "You're not going to make me fight you, are you?"
"I won't tell you till the time comes," he smirked, giving her another kiss as they walked into the streets of London, disappearing into the snow that began to fall around them.
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A/N: Well that's it for now! Tell me how I'm doing! If you like it, don't like it, comments help ^^ Oh and here's a big question, do you guys want GrellXWilliam or have them stay friends? I don't care myself, but right now I've just not been going into great detail about their relationship. So yes? No? Please comment back! =D And sorry if I haven't been talking too much about Margaret. It's a bit hard to keep so many OCs in the story, so I hope you guys can understand if you like her ^^ and I hope you enjoyed this chapter X3
Slore – Gaelic – slut, whore
Histalek – Hebrew – Go away
Μην πεθάνετεπατέρα – Greek – Do not die father
Stamáta – Greek – Stop
áfisé me ísiho – Greek – leave me alone