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Once evening came and Ciel was resting comfortably in bed, Sebastian walked down the hallway to his room, candelabra held high with a smile on his face.
Even though it had only been a few hours since he had left the chibi sleeping on his pillow, he could not wait to see her again.
His sweet little lady!
Sebastian opened the door to his room, purring as the chibi happily bounced on the bed when she saw him in the doorway. "Bas-tian!"
"Hello, my dear~." Sebastian cooed, taking off his tail coat and coming to sit on the bed, opening up his hand.
The chibi happily crawled into his palm and began to nibble playfully on his fingers.
Sebastian chuckled to himself, amused, not looking away as he heard a noise outside.
Sebastian knew that Claude had arrived from the way the bushes rustled noisily.
Only Claude could be that sloppy.
"Why waste time on such a fruitless task? Your master will never have any part of mine. Not as long as I am here." Sebastian said quietly, the little chibi dozing in his hand.
He knew Claude could hear him and besides, he wasn't going to wake his little mistress over something as worthless as the Trancy butler.
The rustling stopped.
From the bushes, Claude glared at Sebastian through the small window, eyes narrowed, but he stayed silent.
Claude retreated into the night and Sebastian smirked, but he knew this was far from over.
Hm.
His master far preferred this new version of the Phantomhive heir than the original.
Sebastian had both of them, one in his very room, that he carefully guarded.
Claude adjusted his glasses.
He would need to use a different approach.
Sebastian was wrapped up in watching his adorable little lady sleep, poking her cheeks gently and stroking her bluenette hair.
It startled him greatly when he heard Claude burst into Ciel's room, the Trancy butler seizing the boy from his bed.
"SEBASTIAN!" Ciel screamed as Claude held him in an iron tight grip.
Sebastian was down the stairs and into Ciel's room in an instant, taking the chibi with him, just in case.
Ciel struggled and flailed as Claude held a knife to his throat, looking at Sebastian in his emotionless way as the Phantomhive butler entered the room.
"Put my master down immediately!" Sebastian hissed at Claude.
"Relax, Michaelis. I am simply here to make a trade." Claude said pleasantly.
Sebastian's eyes narrowed. "What kind of trade?"
If he advanced, Claude would slit Ciel's throat, and in this moment, there was nothing Sebastian could do other than listen to the Trancy butler's terms.
"I would like to trade your new master for your old master. I have been sent to collect the Phantomhive fragment and deliver her to Alois Trancy." Claude said, coldly.
Sebastian did not want to give up his little lady, but he couldn't let Claude just kill Ciel.
And if Ciel died while the fragment was still in chibi form, she would also die…..
Oh…..
That would leave Sebastian with nothing.
Sebastian felt his stomach lurch…
He had not considered this before now…...
Sebastian had no choice but to agree, but, maybe he could buy some time….
In fact, he could settle this once and for all.
Alois's part, anyway.
It would take several hours for Alois to turn her back to her life-size form….
Claude couldn't use any memory or mind altering tricks…... They would have to be used on Ciel to affect her.
"For twenty-four hours." Sebastian offered.
"And then what? My master plans on keeping his new toy."
Sebastian clenched his teeth.
His little lady was no one's toy.
"I will give her over to Alois Trancy for 24 hours and then she will choose who she wants to stay with. You will release my master and Alois will get the fragment. If he can make her chose him in 24 hours, I will let her go willingly and without a fight." Sebastian sneered, trying not to gag on that last sentence.
Of course those were terrible terms, but he knew Claude was stupid enough to accept them.
"Alright." Claude said, dropping Ciel and adjusting his glasses.
Ciel fell to the ground, breathing hard and rubbing his throat, scowling at Sebastian.
His butler's stupid pet was much more trouble than she was worth.
Sebastian pulled the chibi out of his pocket and held her up to eye level.
"My dear, we have to do this, else I'll lose you tonight forever. It's only one day." Sebastian told her gently.
The chibi frowned, tears welling up in her big eyes, taking her handless sac arms and hugging Sebastian's face.
Sebastian flinched like he had been punched in the gut and kissed her tiny cheek gently, whispering to her, "Remember me."
Then the chibi turned away from Sebastian, her eyes narrowing as she allowed Claude to pick her up.
She understood and she was going to be brave.
As Claude took her away in the night, Sebastian's eyes were on hers.
Hers were sad, but his were determined.
She knew twenty-four hours from that moment, she would be returned to her bas-tian.
One way or another.
Claude and the chibi arrived outside the Trancy manor.
After berating Sebastian for some time, Ciel had finally gotten back to sleep, insisting Sebastian stay with him.
And stay he did.
Sebastian sat reading a joke book by candlelight.
He needed to be ready to pay the hefty fee.
Now he had even more questions for Undertaker.