Kuroshitsuji: The soul of light

The court of hell and some shocking news

This chapter was hard to write but I hope you enjoy it!!

When I regain my consciousness I feel a burning heat surrounding me, the flames of hell. I open my eyes to see the throne of Lucifer in front of me he's sitting on it with the atmosphere of power around him. His long black hair is tied in a ponytail behind his back and he wears the long red cloak with so much pride. On his left there's another chair in which Mara is seated, her long red dress fits her perfectly and her long black hair is braided into a bun, her red eyes stare at me and the corners of her mouth are curled in a smirk. The chair on his right side is empty it's the chair where I should sit, but I don't, I'm tied with my hands behind my back against a post, sitting on the ground. I look around me and see Aiko lying in a cage, her eyes are closed and her chest softly goes up and down so she's still sleeping. "She's the reason why you're here today, Malphas." I look at Lucifer. "You have broken one of the most important rules from hell and today you're here because of that, you've fallen in love with a human and a very fragile one above all of that." A feeling of hate is burning up inside of my chest. "All people are fragile and weak in your eyes Lucifer!" "you should address me with father, tone some respect my son." I give him a death glare, he's one of the people I most fear but he shouldn't insult the one I most love. Mara stands up from her chair and starts walking towards the spot where I'm sitting. I look down and close my eyes for what's about to come, a few seconds later I feel a horrible sting of pain against my cheek, she slapped me with an amazing force. Suddenly she places a warm and gentle kiss against my cheek, then she moves her mouth to my ear "He, Malphie cut off the bad manners and don't give that look to our own father." "Go away my dear sister, this isn't the good time for a family reunion." I whisper in her ear. She walks away and drops down on her chair. My father begins to speak "Malphas" the severe tone sounds through the room, "Father, please don't call me Malphas I'm not worthy of that name anymore, Sebastian will do." I just wasn't used to that name anymore, Mara begins to giggle and father stares at me with the uttermost disgrace. "It's the name I gave you, how do you dare ask me to change it into something that little brat over there has given you!" I couldn't answer so I just looked down. "As a punishment for your actions and feelings towards this girl, we will take her soul from you and kill her. Mara will become my right hand and I banish you from hell, the disgrace you brought down on your family is unforgivable." I look at him in shock, he'll kill Aiko? Just as he did with mother when she protected me from his wrath? "No, you can't kill her! Anything but that if I lose her to nothing is left of me, it will tear me up! Father please be forgiving for once." A tear streams down my cheek and falls on the ground. He looks at me and the cage "please, don't make a mistake as big as when you killed mom." I whisper soft. His eyes turn dark as I say this "Your mother has nothing to do with this, do you hear me?!" His voice cracks "She was just a pathetic mess and went to the nothingness of hell!" I try to break free from the rope that hold my hands together, but I haven't had a soul for so long that even my last master couldn't still my hunger totally, so I remained pretty weak. "Father, let him take her to earth he has no longer anything to do here in hell and she will be pretty useless once we have taken her away from him, so just let her stay and give Sebastian another punishment." My sister looks at father with her puppy eyes. "I couldn't decline a request from my dearest daughter, could I?" He thinks and comes up with an idea. "Malphas," I get a bad feeling about what he had come up with. "We give you a week of the everlasting pain punishment. It's a pain so intense that you beg to die. If you get through it you can stay with her on earth, if not you die by my own hands. For now go to earth with her and we'll see how you get through it, She'll doesn't remember a thing about hell so don't speak about it and say you have a common disease for demons that comes once in a century. You'll be banished from hell and your position here is taken over by Mara." I nodded and waited for the pain to start. A sharp sting goes through my body and the last thing I hear is "Goodbye, Malphie. Don't ever forget who you really are, take care my little brother..." Everything starts to fall into a black hole.

When I wake up I hear Sebastian groaning besides me, I look behind me and see him writhing and moving in pain. His whole body was covered with sweat and he seemed paler than he was yesterday. "Sebastian, what's going on with you?" He turns his face towards the sound of my voice, his eyes are closed and he breaths heavily. "Young mistress, are you there?" I put my hand down on his forehead, he feels like he is on fire. "Yes Sebastian, you're safe here." he sighs and tries to open his eyes. Tears begin to stream down his face "It hurts so much, you know?" I nod "But you can pull through, Sebastian I believe in you. I'll take care of you, till this is over." He closes his eyes again and I go out of bed to retrieve a rag in the bathroom. Once I come back with the rag Sebastian lies in a ball on the bed, I lay the rag on his head and gently sweep the sweat from his head. If only I could bear some of the pain for you, my dear butler. I wrap the sheets around him and walk towards the kitchen to retrieve some water for him and put it down beside the bed. After dressing up I walk out of the room.

That morning I see Charles Grey standing in front of the manor, he probably had a message for me from the queen. When I let him in he begins to speak "Is your butler here I have to speak him together with you." I shake my head "He's in no state to talk right now, he's gotten a pretty bad disease. He's bed bound for the week." Charles looks troubled "I still have to tell you something . This morning a servant found your niece Fye von Nort and her butler Claude Faustus death in the front yard of Fye's manor, they've been murdered brutally." Something inside of me cracks and I just bow and thank him for bringing this news, though I rather wouldn't hear it. It's just the harsh reality. I walk away after saying goodbye, I'm in no mood to eat right now so I skip breakfast. When I walk into my bedroom I see Sebastian sleeping. "S-Sebastian" he opens his eyes and looks up at me as I start crying "Fye and Claude are murdered, I don't know what to do..." He pats on the bed in a sign that I have to come sit by him as I sit down on the bed he begins to speak "Close this case in order for them to rest in peace, young mistress." He gives me a kiss on my cheek as his face is full of sorrow "I know you can do it." I nod and dry my tears with my sleeve. I grab my cloak from the closet and walk towards the door. The last thing I hear before I walk out is "please be careful, Aiko." I will.

When I walk towards the horse stables, My horse Shiro (white) awaits me. I pat him on his nose, take him out of his box and guide him towards the road where I mount him, I grab the reins and start to ride towards the city of London where I'm going to meet the undertaker.

I walk into the store of the undertaker, but no one is there. Suddenly a voice behind me starts speaking "Ah, the young lady Shizukana. How can I help you, dear?" His hand grabs a hold of my chin as he held his mouth close to my ear "I have to see the body's of Fye von Nort and her butler." I mumble. "Before you can see them, you have to make me experience a laughter I never had before, little Lady." He walks away to sit behind his desk, I just remain standing close to the door. "That's true you always deal with laughter, do you?" I sigh. I tell him a stupid joke and he begins to laugh like crazy. "hahaha your even better than that demon butler of yours." Tears of laughter stream down his face. I bow with my hand on my chest "yes, young mistress." With my best imitation of Sebastian. Again he explodes into laughter "O-one more please, hahaha!" "If I couldn't see those body's now what kind of lady would I be?" "O-okay I let you see them. But they're in a horrible state, I warn you." He leads me towards the coffins on the left side of the room, when he exposes the contents of it I stare at it in shock. "The butler has been stabbed in the chest and shot through his head, the girl has been shot through the head after that they were both crippled with some sort of hammer. They've been hit many times with the object and both ended with a few fractures and broken ribs." Fye looks really pale and she's covered with dents, Claude looks the same. How could things end up like this? This is certainly not the work of one person otherwise Claude could have protected Fye and himself, they were caught by surprise by something. "You can close the coffins, please." When he finally has closed the coffins I ask if the murderers had left any traces. "No not a thing, young lady. It must have been the work of professionals." I nod, and walk towards the door "Oh, I forgot to mention one thing. Last time a month ago or something like that, I had a victim with exact the same Injuries and death cause. He was found in a storage house, his name was Elias Goldstein and his profession was dealing with drugs. Maybe it's worth researching him." "Thanks for your service today, undertaker." I bow and walk away, behind me I hear him giggle "Thank you for bringing me laughter, next time make sure you bring your crazy butler with you. Little lady." I close the door. I mount my horse and head towards the archives of the Scotland Yard, where I'll be doing some research.