Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
Annalise © Grimm The Undertaker
A/N: Meh I'm bored again so here's another chapter. I bet you were wondering what happened to Sophie. Well here it is! ENJOY! (geeze I'm running out of things to say here ^^')
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"Hmmm…" Alex looked around sniffing a strange smell in the air, getting interrupted as Rose walked into the room. "Do you smell that?"
"Smell what dear?" She chuckled and set down a stack of paperwork for him. Rose frowned at the expression on his face, his nose up in the air as he noticed a strong smell of blood. "Alex?" she said rushing over to him and shaking his shoulder, "what do you smell?"
"Blood," he said standing up and pushing his chair into his desk, "a lot of blood. Smells like Sophie's. Come on."
Rose nodded and threw open his door, rushing down the stairs with her husband behind him. "Shoot Sophie what did you get yourself into?" she shook her head in frustration, letting Alex pass her as they dashed to the lower level and took off out the door.
When he opened the door he had to cover his nose, a flood of nausea overwhelming his nose. "Ugh! Blood and smoke!"
"Smoke?" Rose asked, looking over and noticing that the forest outside of the realm was starting to catch fire, but yet it wasn't burning; only seeing flames surrounding the corner of the realm. "Come on Alex," she pulled on his arm, rushing him along as he started to get lightheaded. She looked over and noticed another woman rushing over to the scene, narrowing her eyes and noticing it had the scent of a demon. "Hey you!" Rose called, leaving Alex on his own and chasing after the woman. She took off in haste and took out a sword, slashing it at Rose who only held her arm up and snarled. In haste she dashed and pinned the creature to the ground, the woman screaming at her to let go. "What are you planning on doing coming out here?" Rose growled as she narrowed her eyes and pinned the woman's hands above her head and straddled her legs so she couldn't squirm away. "Well? Answer!"
"Okay, okay!" she yelped, blowing her neon red hair from her face in a huff. "I smelt blood and I couldn't help myself, alright?"
"I-it's okay Rose," Alex groaned as he made his way over to them and drank down a heavy amount of water. "You're half demon and half shinigami correct?"
"Like I'll tell you," the other being huffed back, letting out a fearful squeak as a blade was held against her neck.
"Fine have it your way," Alex huffed, "but if you're here as a shinigami then don't eat anything. I own that blood—"
"Wait now," the woman yelled back, "how can you own blood –"
"You just can!" Rose sneered, roughly throwing the woman's head on the ground and standing up. "If you don't know that then you're don't know anything demon. Now stay away from my жена or so help me you'll be flayed and your internal organs ripped out of your body and set on a platter!"
"What the hell –"
"God Rose you're turning into Sophie," Alex laughed, giving her a kiss on the cheek before grabbing her hand. Then he looked over at the woman, his eyes glowing red as he sneered at her. "… Who are you anyways? Did you just transfer or something?"
"Actually I did," she huffed as she brushed the dirt off of her clothes. "The name is Annalise, but if you want to call me demon then fine, demon~" she looked over at Alex with a smirk.
"… Then come if you want," Alex glared, "but if I see any funny business from you then I'll kill you."
"Fine," Annalise shrugged as she stood up, "but don't blame me if that body is dead."
They froze, turning around and glaring at the newcomer. "What do you mean by that?" Alex growled.
"I can smell the blood too," she explained, "but I can hear music –"
"Music?" Alex asked. "What does that have to do with anything –"
"When I reap I hear music and see ribbons of color, not cinematic records," Annalise explained. "I don't know. It's strange for me compared to what you see I suppose, but if there's two different types of music in the air then those souls are dying –"
"Thanks for the heads up," Rose smirked, "but we know our Sophie. She won't die that easily."
"W-wait Sophie?" Annalise raised an eyebrow, trying to recall the name as the other two took off. "Hey wait!" she yelped as she ran after them, "wait up for me! –" They all paused as the fire stopped, the scent of blood growing stronger as they came near. Annalise had to over her nose from the smell, trying to keep her demon senses at bay as the smell began to overwhelm her. At last they came upon the scene, only seeing splatters of blood and several dead demons everywhere. "W-what happened –"
"Angel," Alex explained, kneeling down and picking up a bloody white feather on the ground. He sniffed it and gasped, looking over at Rose in horror. "It's Sophie's," he gulped, "but… b-but her wings have never turned white like this –"
"I'm just as confused as you are," Rose looked around for more evidence. "Look here," she pointed, "It looks powerful. A large gust of wind pushed the trees away and the blood splatter is over here. Something must of happened to Sophie… she was here I can smell it –"
"And there were souls here too," Alex explained, "and –"
"Sorry am I interrupting something?" Marius tilted his head to the side as the three shinigamis jumped back in fright. He chuckled as he held out his hands in an attempt to calm them down. "Don't worry Sophie will be just fine," he smiled, the others noticing blood on his hands, "but I want you to relay a message to Undertaker."
"Sure," Alex nodded, "Go."
"Sophie…" Marius looked over at Annalise hesitant to say something, but continued, "Tell Undertaker that the souls Sophie was leading are back to their original destinations. Just… something happened that we weren't anticipating."
"What could that be?" Rose frowned. "Is Sophie okay –"
"I already told you she is fine," he sighed, "but she's in a lot of pain. The only beings that can help her right now are myself. I have to get back to her right this second –"
"Then go!" Rose shooed at him.
"I will when you let me finish woman!" Marius shook his head. "Okay, sorry. Go tell the Undertaker that… well Sophie can explain things later I'm guessing. Just say she's with us and she'll be back in a few moments. Alright?"
"Okay…" Alex frowned. "How will we explain this though –"
"It was a battle against demons trying to eat souls," Marius told them. "That's all I'm aloud to say." Then a bright light shined behind him and he turned around, the three shinigamis shielding their eyes as he walked into the light and disappeared.
"What the hell was that?" Annalise growled in surprise, her finger wiping off a trickle of blood from a nearby tree. Rose growled as she brought it up to her lips, Rose gripping Annalise's arm tightly to stop her and wiped the blood on her sleeve. "Hey –"
"Look Annalise," Alex sighed, "right now things are complicated. For now how about you go back to the buildings. Don't talk about this to anyone and in a few moments I'll try to explain to you the situation… Alright? Just get situated and whatnot and –"
"Alright I get it," she held up her hand in defense. "Geeze you guys are grouches and why the hell was an angel here –"
"Once again I'll tell you later," Alex huffed, "now go."
"You can't order me~ around," Annalise huffed back and turned around, "I can leave on my own accord if I wish." She frowned as the other two turned their backs on her and talked among themselves, Annalise shaking her head and heading back to the buildings. How she was going to explain to her new supervisor why she ran out on him she doesn't know, but there was something in the back of her mind that was keeping her on edge. Sophie… she recently heard that name correct? She shook her head and scratched her forehead, trying to remember where she heard the name. She groaned as she threw open the door and walked into a building. The ringing of hundreds of souls was still ringing in her ears – "That's it!" she snapped her fingers and jumped up excitedly, startling a few shinigamis that were walking past her. It was that delectable looking soul that had showed her to the buildings! Her name… Sophie! Yes that's it! Annalise giggled happily with glee as she ran down the hallway, wanting to get to the bottom of things before her mind exploded with suspense.
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"… Isis… Isis… master… Nephthys, master, wake up!"
Sophie gasped in surprise, letting out another scream in pain as her back felt sore and numbing from the pain. She groaned and looked around, seeing the winged bird still in front of her trying to shield them from the demons as Oba was by her side trying to shake her awake. "O-oba?" she looked at him, gripping her arm as she stumbled around and looked at him in the face. "W-what's going on –"
"I don't know," he huffed, "you tell me. You have wings! Why do you have wings?"
"W-wings?" Sophie stared at him confused, looking behind her and noticing the bloody white feathers falling to the ground behind her. "W-wings wHHHAA…" She tried to think as to why she had suddenly sprouted wings, but feeling a gust of air flying past her she looked up to see Hathor hit the ground and transform back into a human. "Hathor!" she yelled, pushing her legs from the ground as she dashed to the fallen soul. She jumped onto her body to shield her from a demon, which roared and slashed down on them. "You let them go!" Sophie yelled, her wings fanning out behind her and spraying the demon with blood. A white energy came from her back as her wings opened up, suffocating the demon as it screamed in pain before it disappeared into its light.
Sophie groaned as the energy left her, the only pain she had was in her hands where she held Hathor. Everything else went numb, especially the pain in the back. "Master!" Oba cried out, running into the light and grabbing hold of Sophie's waist. "Don't go! –"
He stopped calling to her as Sophie pulled him into her chest, Oba looking over to find Hathor still on fire. "I-it hurts –"
"Don't worry you'll be okay," Oba smiled, gripping Hathor's hand as she began to scream.
Sophie looked down and gently let them go, holding onto Hathor's shoulders with an eased look on her face. "A-a pho-enix is what you are, I-isn't it?" she asked, Hathor trembling as she looked into her bright crystal blue eyes. "Calm down," she rubbed her shoulders, her eyes beginning to flicker as her energy was slowly being drained, "calmmmmm…"
"Master?" Hathor gasped, watching as Sophie's head dropped as she passed out again, falling onto Hathor's lap. Then Oba and Hathor looked around, seeing the devastation they all had caused upon the land. Oba looked over at Hathor and gasped, seeing that the fire that had consumed her was completely gone and the demons had been destroyed. "… Master did this didn't she?" she asked him.
"Y-yeah I guess so," Oba chuckled. "I never knew… that master…"
"Hey what happened here?" Marius asked, appearing out of the light and jumping onto the ground. "Little souls – … s-soror?" he gulped, reaching down for her and picking her off of the ground. "… What did you do?" he growled down at them.
"We don't do anything!" Oba yelled in defense. "Hathor turned into a bennu to protect us and master started screaming and wings came out of her back. You tell us what is going on –"
"Sadly I'm as confused as you are," he frowned. "Come," he nudged them to the light, "your time has come to pass –"
"Not yet!" Oba yelped as he was pulled along. "Sophie promised –"
"It will be better to discuss this in the other world," Marius told him in a stern voice. "Right now we need to make sure Sophie is okay, alright?"
"… Yes…" Oba nodded, Hathor following behind them and quickly catching up as she felt more demons coming closer to them.
When they passed into the light the souls were walking around the fields, Oba and Hathor gasping is astonishment as Marius smirked at them. The souls looked over and gasped in horror, noticing that their master had fallen. "It will be alright," he said aloud, not bothered by the fact that Oba and Hathor was still following him. "Your master will be back in a moment." He jumped up the stairs leading up to a large building, instructing Oba and Hathor to stop. "We will take care of Sophie," he told them, "and I will tell you when she is well."
"Wait!" Oba raised his hand to stop Marius. "Why should we trust you –"
"I am her brother," he told him, "and you have my word as a Serbus that your master will be returned to you. For now let her sleep. We need to tend to these wounds."
Then he opened the door and walked in, quickly being greeted by a young maiden dressed in white with long-wavy burgundy hair whipping past his face. "Marius you're back – My gosh what is this? Savta!" she ran, leaving Marius at the door as he waited for permission to continue into the house. He frowned at the blood dripping down onto the ground, knowing that he'll have to clean that up later.
"Inaya called me and – Marius who is this?" a small woman came up to him asked, her long silver hair blowing in the breeze as the door closed shut behind him. "Don't tell me another angel had fallen into our district –"
"No it's Sophie," he explained looking around. "Is Death here –"
"No he's not," she frowned, "but come in! Go to the guest room at the end of the hall. Make haste!"
Marius did as he was instructed as the two woman moved out of the way for him, using his foot to open the door as he dropped Sophie on the bed and she groaned. He sighed and began to run for supplies, being stopped by the older woman as she instructed him to sit. "Don't worry we'll take care of her," she smiled. "I sent Inaya to get supplies. You sit down and tend to her. I'll be back."
He nodded and grabbed a chair, frowning at the sight of his little sister in agonizing pain. He grabbed her hand and she gripped it hard, shivering as the blood seeped into her wings and down her back. "Marius here!" Inaya called to him, the man looking up to grab the pot of water, rags, and a few small combs and set them on the side.
"Come we'll have to strip her to get to the wings," the woman instructed as Marius leaned her body up, letting the others untie Sophie's cord and slip her white dress off from her body. He fiddled with the back, careful to not touch her wings as he gently set her body down with her back facing them.
Then he took out a warm rag and began to clean her back, Sophie shivering as she let out a yelp. "It's alright," he cooed as he gently wiped the blood from her back, "I'm here… your brother is here… don't cry." Inaya grabbed a rag and walked to the other side of the bed, helping Marius as the other woman left the room at the sound of a doorbell.
"D-do you think she will be okay –"
"She will," Marius told her. "Sophie is a fighter. This happens when bodies grow wings. Why this happened to her I don't know…"
"… How did her wings come out anyways?" Inaya decided to ask.
"The black haze," Marius sighed as he dipped the rag back into the water and ringed out excess brownish-red water, "so… does this mean she's an angel now?"
"It must have been this mission you told me about," Inaya responded. "Something must have happened for this to happen. I know your father doesn't have wings so… who knows –"
"Marius may I speak with you?" a deep booming voice came from the doorway, a chill going down his spine as he stood up and set the rag into the pot.
"Could you continue?" Marius asked.
"Of course," Inaya giggled, watching as he left and she went back to scrubbing the caked blood from Sophie's back.
Marius walked into the hallway and stared up at Death, the man ushering him to follow him away from the room to a quieter spot in the hallway. "What happened –"
"Sophie had gone back into the underworld and emerged with the souls destined to come here," Marius began deciding it was best to not keep him waiting. "I left her and two souls back on earth, since she wanted to talk to them. I came back and there was blood everywhere, demons dead or destroyed on the ground with the two souls circled around Sophie. When I came near I noticed that she had sprouted white wings –"
"White wings?" Death interrupted him. "… We will have to find out the details later. For now tend to her aid, but first I want you to go back to earth to tell the earth dwellers of the situation. I don't want your family to get into trouble over this."
"Yes sir," Marius bowed, looking into the room at the bloody white wings as he quickly tore his eyes away and ran out the house. If he was ever going to get Sophie better he will have to find out what is going on, but to see her in pain made his stomach turn.
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"Thank you for helping me," Marius sighed as he combed the blood out of Sophie's long white feathers.
"Hey no problem," Inaya chuckled, "we're family after all –"
"I'm sorry," he interrupted her, "but I don't see how we are even close to being related. I am just some servant boy who works for you –"
"That's not true Marius," Inaya huffed. "We brought you into our home and raised you since you were a tot. You are free to leave whenever you want. Heck, you can go live on earth if you wish!"
"… Really?" he chuckled lightly, "You may think that Inaya, but I doubt Death would ever want me to."
"Why don't you ask him?" Inaya pointed behind her, Marius turning around as he was startled by the man standing behind her.
He sighed. How Death can sneak up on him every time? Marius wished he knew. "I am not keeping you here," Death told him, grabbing a chair and sitting next to Inaya, "It is your choice to stay. You are free to leave as your sister can, but if you don't take the opportunity presented for you then you will not be able to go back to earth once Sophia is dead. You know this correct?"
"I do," Marius sighed in frustration, "but… I'm not supposed to! I'm an unborn baby soul –"
"So you reject when an offer of life when it's given to you?" Death commented, Marius looking over with a glare before turning his eyes back on his sister's wings. Death brushed a gentle hand over Sophie's wings and she winced, the man rubbing the blood on his hands and watching as it coated his fingers. "… The fact that your family can survive when I touch you means the soul inside of you is more powerful then I. Thus the soul is greater than even Death itself."
"Why are you telling me this?" Marius pouted.
"Isn't this why Sophia went back for those souls," he said as he stood up, "to find out who she is? Whom you are Marius. Your sister is risking her entire existence to find the answer to that question, so perhaps you should help her." They watched as Death walked out of the room, Marius huffing as Inaya giggled at him as he left.
"… I truly love her Inaya," Marius told the other, "and to put her whole life at stake every day…"
"She's like your father you know," Inaya smiled happily. "Yeah…" she sighed as she combed through Sophie's feathers to get rid of the blood, "Like her father…"
"… Is there something you want to say –"
"No," Inaya chuckled. "I'm alright. I was just thinking of the past, that's all… and a promise that seems to never get fulfilled."
"Oh I see," Marius nodded. "What's the promise?"
"That my mother would show up again," Inaya slumped back in the chair and set the comb aside, "but I know she won't."
"Ah yes your mother," Marius sighed. "Just disappeared one day –"
"When I was a baby," Inaya frowned before giving him a smile, "and your father raised me for a few days till my father came back."
"Oh he did?" Marius chuckled. "I never would have guessed…"
"… Well I should help savta with dinner," Inaya smiled as she stood up and set the comb down in the tub of water. "I'll be back with some food for you. Don't starve yourself."
"Heh," Marius chuckled lightly as she left the room, "I won't!" Then he paused and ran a hand through Sophie's auburn hair, feeling the sweat coming down from her brow. "Oh Sophie," he sighed as he combed through her hair, "I love you so much. Don't leave."
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Sophie groaned, her eyes slowly flickering open as she looked around. She was in an unfamiliar room; not as bright and white as an infirmary, but yet not as dark and black as the mortuary either. She felt a hand upon her chest and turned her head, seeing Marius passed out on the edge of the bed. "M-marius," she groaned again, moving her body to the side and looking at his sleeping face.
She poked his nose and he sneezed, getting a giggle out of her. "Soror?" he shook his head, giving her a smile and lifting his head off of the bed. "You're up? Good."
"Y-yeah I suppose," she turned again in the bed, letting out a gasp of pain as she uncomfortably squished a wing under her back. "My god – … So I wasn't dreaming?"
"Nope," he chuckled, lifting up her head and grabbing a glass of water from the bed stand. "Don't worry. I've been keeping an eye on you ever since you passed out."
She looked up at him and smiled, drinking down the water and gagging slightly as she tasted blood in her throat. "Ugh," she groaned, choking on the awful taste as Marius brought the glass down and set it back on the bed stand. "W-where am I? What happened –"
"Before that I have a few questions for you," Marius interrupted her with a smile.
"Oh?" she responded, pushing her body up and resting her back on the wall of the bed. "W-ha is it?"
"What happened?" he reached for her hand, Sophie looking down as he gripped her hand tightly, but in a comforting way.
She let out a sigh and looked around the room, the room feeling authentically familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on where she really was. "Okay," she nodded as she let him hold her hand. "… You left right? S-so I could talk t-to Oba – Where is he a-nyways?"
Marius chuckled, noticing that she was getting sidetracked again. "I'll tell you once you answer my questions," he smirked, Sophie frowning at him and letting out an agonizing groan.
"Fine, fine," she huffed and looked at the wall. "Well… y-ou left and O-oba wanted to convince me t-hat he needed to st-ay. Then a h-hoard of demons came out and w-we were attacked. You'll like this," she chuckled. "Hathor… h-hathor turned into a phoenix."
"Really?" Marius raised an eyebrow.
"A-and when she did… m-my back started to hurt a-nd… and this," she looked at her back and tried to move her wings. She grits her teeth before sighing, her wings drooping behind her. "Could it be… t-he light? I-I don't know w-hat happened… I'm as con-f-fused as you are," she sighed again before looking over at him with a glare. "So? W-where am I?"
"… Oh!" he chuckled nervously. "Yes I didn't tell you. You're in Death's house."
"I-I am?" she looked around as a chuckle escaped her throat. "S-hould have noticed by the déc-or," she smiled before the smile on her face began to fade. "… Y-you brought me here?"
"Yes," he smiled, "and I've been judging those souls for you that you have brought here while you've been out… How's your back?"
"Hurts," she sighed, flopping on the bed with her white wings fanned behind her back and her arms crossed under her head. "… I want t-o go home…"
"Hey I'll tell you what," Marius sighed as he gently grabbed her hand and gripped it tightly, "stay here and recover. Undertaker knows you're here so you don't have to worry. Go ahead and rest easy and when you wake up we'll discuss the situation… alright?"
"Alright," she sighed again, looking at the gray carpet on the floor, "…gratias."
Marius nodded and stood up to leave, turning off the light and closing the door as he left the room. "How is she?" Inaya asked she tried to peek into the room as Marius closed the door.
"Fine," he sighed, "but I wish she would be careful… did you get the book?"
"Yeah here," she smiled as she handed it to him and followed him down the hallway. "I found it on the shelf in the back."
"Thank you," Marius nodded, sitting down on a couch and opening the book.
"Though why you would want a book called The Chronicles of the Divine is strange," Inaya huffed. "How would that help you find out what happened to Sophie –"
"Death recommended it," Marius explained, "and said that there may be beings described in here that can help us… Did Briana want me to do something?"
"No savta told me to leave you alone," Inaya sighed and flopped down on the couch next to him, "but I'll be bored~ if I don't do something! Need help?"
"Well sure I suppose," Marius nodded. "You can find more information if you want or go question the two souls involved. It's up to you."
"Great!" Inaya giggled. "Call me in when dinner's ready! I'll be back!" She dashed out of the house and slammed the door behind her; Marius concentrating as he slowly flipped through the pages looking for the information he seek.
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A/N: There you go. That's what happened to Sophie ^^… Well sort of. More will be explained later. And as always I hope you enjoyed this chapter. SEE YOU!
Nephthys – Egyptian goddess; daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Set
Bennu – bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra
savta – Hebrew – grandmother