Chapter 6: A Protective Instinct

Sorry about the long wait my dear readers. Life has been pretty hectic lately, but I haven't forgotten about you guys.

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Kumi Uchiha: Yeah, there is going to be some Ariel and Undertaker loving, but your joking may just be on the right track. Maybe.

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Insanity runs through my vains: Yes, it is torture for a demon. But I don't think our Sebby will stand for it. What do you think?

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."

-Soren Kierkegaard

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Ariel

The next morning I awoke to a still fairly dark room which meant the sun was just starting to rise into the sky.

"I wonder if Sebastian would spar with me this morning?" I mumbled to myself as I slipped from the warm covers of my bed. Then after lunch I can go visit Pheobus. At that thought a wave of possessiveness and jealousy washed over my mind.

What, I couldn't help but ask whoever was projecting these feelings into my mind. Why do you care if I am seeing him? No answer was given to me. Well then, if you won't tell me, then you should have no problem with it. Satisfied with my words I went through a quick wash then dressed in the fighting outfit that I had made myself. Then I swept my hair up into a high ponytail with a ribbon which marked me as ready for sparring. Now I just have to find Sebastian. Humming to myself, I skipped through the mansion looking into his normal haunts until I same across him walking through the entryway by the front door.

"Sebastian," I called in a mild voice so that he could hear me and I wouldn't disturb the others.

"Yes, Young Mistress?" he asked once I was at his side.

"Will you spar with me?"

"As you wish." (1) I nodded in reply so Sebastian led us out to the garden where he stood and waited for me to stand opposite him in a ready stance. "Alright Young Mistress, let us try you attacking first. Life will not give you the luxury of letting someone else attack you so you must attack first." I frowned at his harsh words, but I knew he was only saying them so that I would be able to protect myself and others like I had asked him to do so long ago. The frown was quickly wiped from my face as I nodded before I sped in his direction from the left. Keeping my thoughts clear and keeping my movements unpredictable, I switched my direction of attack at the last second and sent a kick from the right only for my foot to be caught by Sebastian. I in turn called upon the familiar warmth that signaled my hidden power, which gave me a speed and strength boost, to kick from the other side so he would let go of my leg with a punch. He stood as firm as a rock when I hit him so I amped up the strength of my power to run even faster at him until I was a blur. With no difficulty he matched my speed until we both were attacking and blocking as if we had carefully choreographed all of it, ending in the both of us panting slightly as the sun rose higher into the sky.

"It seems this is where we will stop," Sebastian told me. "I still have to wake the Master and help prepare for breakfast."

"Alright. I will meet the two of you in the dining room in a half hour." He bowed slightly to me before he walked off to tend to my brother. Well, I might as well do a cool down before I head inside so my muscles don't ache later. While I went about my exercises, I found myself thinking that I was lucky that I didn't have any sweat anywhere on my body so I did not need to take another bath. Now to find something to occupy myself with until breakfast.

A half hour later found my brother and I at the breakfast table with me still in my fighting outfit.

"Ariel, could you change into something else?" Ciel asked lightly.

"No, I feel comfortable in these clothes and I may go exercise outside in the garden after breakfast."

"But you can at least wear trousers instead of that," he groaned.

"Too bad," was all I said which ended the conversation. Ciel had learned the hard way years ago that if I didn't want to do anything, I was not going to do it no matter what. However, if given a reasonable reason as to why I shouldn't do it, I wouldn't. My clothes on the other hand were perfectly alright for wearing around the manner.

"Ariel."

"Yes, Ciel?"

"Will you come and sing for me while I work. Your voice is soothing and I have a feeling that the paperwork is going to be hectic."

"Of course." We both finished our meal and began our walk up to Ciel's office.

"I will be there shortly with a snack and some tea," Sebastian told us when we reached the base of the grand staircase.

"Thanks Sebastian," I said while Ciel waved him off. "What song would you like me to sing?"

"Umm, how about that vocal song that you hum," he suggested while he rummaged through his papers.

"Alright." (2) While I sang my heart out for my brother, I felt a sort of peace settle over me as well as the whole mansion. Even the person in my head felt peaceful when I sang. I don't know why but whenever I sang, I felt one with the world and that there were no problems at all. It also distracted me if I was not carefully dividing my attention between my singing and my surroundings. Which is exactly what happened when I felt multiple presences come at the mansion from the window. I didn't even have the time to yell at Ciel as I pulled him away from the window towards the door with me in front of him. Right on cue about five men came through the open window to look at the both of us.

"What do you want?" I demanded at once in a protective crouch in front of my brother in case any of them try something.

"We want you and your dear brother there," the tallest one with chestnut colored hair and hazel eyes told me.

"I'd like to see you try." As if on cue three of the five lunged at me and I sprang into action punching the first guy in the gut that would have made Sebastian lean back with no discomfort, roundhouse kick the second man into the wall, and backwards kick the last one back towards the window. "Anyone else?" Just as I uttered those words I felt a stab of pain in my side that made me gasp as a cloth was put over my mouth. No, Ciel! I fought viciously for consciousness so that I could look over to see that they had already knocked out my brother with the same method of putting the cloth over his mouth and nose. Damn it! After all this training I had failed my brother a second time. What kind of sister am I?

What seemed like hours later I awoke to see that I had awoken before my brother and that we were held hostage by the "guest" we had last night in an office.

"Well, well. It looks like the princess is awake," he smirked as he walked up to me. "I thought what you were wearing before made you look good, but I was wrong. This is even better." While he spoke he placed his hand on my bare stomach which made me cringe.

"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY SISTER!" demanded my now awake older brother.

"Finally awake Phantomhive? Good. I have some business to discuss with you." While the two men began to talk, I discreetly used a hidden dagger to cut my binds so that I would be free to protect Ciel if need be, but I kept my hands and legs in place. At some point during the talk the man had pulled a gun on my brother, however he didn't move to shoot.

"You'd better hope your little lap dogs actually know how to fetch," Ciel remarked. The man made to strike Ciel for his comment, but I threw myself in front of him to take the blow instead.

"Keep your hand off my brother," I warned him while working my jaw to make sure it wasn't broken.

"Ariel," Ciel said from behind me.

"Stay out of this little girl this is business," the man glared after he made a call to his men. "It only concerns your brother and myself."

"If you wish to harm my brother, then it is my business."

"Fine with me," he sneered as he brought some men from the sidelines to come surround him from behind. "Gentlemen, please show the lady her place, but make sure not to harm her face. I want my sex slave to stay pretty." Ciel bristled at his words while I ignored him so that I could focus on defeating the men that tried to get a hold of me. Please, let me have enough strength to get Ciel and me out of here. The familiar warmth spread over me until I was tearing through the men easily until a sting made me rumple slightly in pain form my side. Damn, I forgot that one of them stabbed me. The lackeys took that as their cue to grab my arms and legs so that they could start wailing on me with all they had. All the while the boss was on the phone and Ciel looked on in horror of the beating I was receiving.

"H-Hey, what happened," the leader panicked into the phone.

"Sounds like your game of fetch failed," Ciel smirked while his only visible eye glanced over at me with worry. What is he talking about? The man's eyes widened at Ciel's words and made to kick him, but I threw off the men that held me to rush in front of Ciel to be kicked back into his body.

"Le-Lea-Leave h-hi-him al-alo-alone,"I coughed harshly, thick red liquid oozing from the corners of my lips.

"Ariel, why?"Ciel asked sadly.

"Because I swore to myself that I would protect you Ciel. To make sure that you were never taken from me again," I replied weakly while I rested against his chest. By this time the boss was back at the phone yelling at his underlings until Sebastian's smooth voice came over the receiver.

"Hello? I represent the Phantomhive estate. Would my master and mistress happen to be there? Hello? What's the matter? Hello?" A shaky but definite woof came from Ciel. "Very good my lord. I'll be there to pick you up momentarily." That was the last words I could make out as blood began to flow freely from my body and my hearing dimmed so I could only make out sounds, not any words that were spoken. All the while Ciel held me tight to his chest as tears fell down his face while a concerned tone slipped past his lips. Soon we were joined by the familiar alto tone of Sebastian's voice. A conversation took place between Sebastian and the man that ended with the man reaching to take Ciel by his hair, but I pushed myself into his reach instead so Ciel would stay safe. A sound of protest left Ciel's mouth when I felt something hard and cold up against my temple. Is it a gun? Anger passed over Sebastian's face when he caught the sight of me, but he kept his emotions in check from what I could tell of his facial expressions as he dealt with the man. He then proceeded to pull something out of his jacket when a bullet shot through his head. No, I screamed in my head. H-H-He c-c-can't die, I thought as my thoughts turned sluggish. The shot through his head was soon followed by more gun shots to his body. No. My body went limp in the man's hands, but for some reason my vision did not want to shut off even though my brain mostly did. In the next few minutes Sebastian rose from the ground completely alive as he coughed up the bullets that were shot at him to throw them back at the men with the guns. After that he walked up towards me to disappear from my sight when a vibration in the air went off. What? Being lifted up and sat on the couch along with Ciel is what registered next while Sebastian walked back over to the man with weird black feathers falling around him. What I saw next scared me so much that I fainted from shock and fear. It was of Sebastian with long black hair put up into a high ponytail, pointed ears that sported earrings that were in the shape of a silver crow with a blood red jewel in the center, his pale skin became even more so although it wasn't deathly white, dressed in a black leather jacket that hugged his toned chest tightly that was sleeveless with cords of fabric that connected long black sleeves that came down to the middle of his hands, from his shirt came black leather pants that showed off his lean legs with black leather boots starting at his knee that ended with a high heel. The last things I noticed were the large pair of black wings from his back, a set of long black claw-like nails, sharp fangs, and a pair of blood red eyes that had a slitted pupil like a cat's. (3)

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(1): Cookies to whoever gets this movie reference. Chocolate chip to be exact!

(2): The song she sings is InuYasha's Lullaby from the anime InuYasha. If you type in the title in YouTube you should be able to find it.

(3): If you type in Sebastian Michaelis true form in the bing images search engine you should be able to find this. It has an actual person modeling the clothes with a front and back view on the picture.

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