Taken Under By The Love Of The Undertaker ( Black Butler / Kuroshitsuji )

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

i feel a weak squeeze on my hand and wake up. im still holding Mikki's hand. her eyes still weakly closed, but i realize her hand im holding is working hard to hold my hand back. i sit up from sleeping on the lid of a wooden coffin and look at her. i use my other hand to close her fingers around my hand and hold my hand there. i see a very small smile work its way onto Mikki's pale face. i smile in relief to see her trying to show me she is still hanging on. i bend down and kiss her. not on the head. not on the forehead.

on her lips. i kiss Mikki's lips and hold my lips on hers for about 5 amazing seconds then slowly pull away, keeping my face still just inches from hers. her mouth slightly opens to say something, but no sound comes out. she moves her lips. i understand what words she mouths: "I love you Adrien Crevan." i blush slightly. i lean into her ear and whisper very close "I love you Mikki Brunswick." and i kiss her ear. i move my hand from over hers that is locked with my other hand and i stroke her cheek with my finger. Mikki weakly smiles again. as the smile fades, her grip on my hand is limp again. she has fallen asleep.

====SEBASTIAN====

"Sebastian, we are going to bring a gift to the Undertaker's guest, McKenzie. get one ready and get a carriage." my young master says. i bow and say "yes my young lord." i walk to the kitchen. i make a batch of cookies and get a large travel cup and fill it with milk. i fetch a carriage and get my master.

i stop the carriage just outside of Undertaker's place. i help the young master out and knock on the door. no answer. we both knew Undertaker was here because his horse and wagon are visible in the back. i open the door and my lord walks inside. "Undertaker?"master says. no answer again and he repeats himself. still nothing. my young lord turns to me and orders "Sebastian, find Undertaker. now!" i bow and set the gifts on the dest then walk into the other room. i see the glow of a candle and walk into the room and see Undertaker kneeling next to a pale weak looking girl in a coffin. Undertaker is holding one of the young ladys hand between his own and resting them on his forehead as he looks down at the girl in the coffin. i back out and go retrieve the young master. we walk into the room and Undertaker doesnt move. "Undertaker, what are you doing? where is Lady McKenzie?" my young lord asks. "right here..." Undertaker says very quietly, not moving at all from the position he is in. my eyes open wide at the sight of the young weak loking pale woman in the coffin. the master and i walk towards Undertaker and the coffin. "wh-what happened?" i ask. "she was...attacked..." Undertaker replies. "how do you mean" my young bocchan asks. Undertaker sighs and tells us what happened. 

i walk to the waste basket and retrieve the cloth. i bring it to my nose and know he is right about what the smells were. i wrap the foul smelling cloth up and put it in my tailcoat pocket. i walk back into the room. i approach Undertaker slowly and look down at him. i have never seen this man so...down. in fact...i have never seen him even close to being down or anything. 

Undertaker took a rose from his hat. a beautiful red rose that i hadnt noticed when we first walked in. he takes it and places it in Lady McKenzie's hair. he lets out a shaky sigh and places her hand on her chest, then he slowly rises from kneeling on the ground. his face was a little red, but im sure under his hair, his eyes were moist and puffy...

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Lady McKenzie has been here for two months now. that means half a month she has been bed ridden in the Undertakers shop. my master has ordered me to catch the man responisible for young lady McKenzies illness.

====UNDERTAKER====

i never knew i would fall in love. sure, my heart is falling apart watching the young woman i cam to love. i mean LOVE! in bed suffering greatly. butler Sebastian has been working hard on trying to find the horrible mysterious man responsible for all of this.

my dear Mikki has been slowly gaining her strength back and has started to make out short sentences before quieting. the one person to not be taking pitty on all of this is of course the blood red grim reaper, Grell Sutcliff. though, he is looking out for suspicious men. 

its not until Mikki gains the strength to turn over a few times did i notice a large lock of hair missing from Mikki's head. blood stains the area around the large bald spot on her head. the tool used to cut her hair had cut her and caused her to start bleeding badly. how could i have not noticed? pretty much the whole back of her head was blood stained. then i see the worst of it all. 

it isnt just any wound. it is swollen and in the inner wound it is redish brown color. like rust. the smell...it is rust. no doubt. the man had used a dirty rusty tool and cut a chunk of Mikki's hair and put a deep looking cut in her head. the wound looks infected from the rust, but i cant see it very well because her hair has been growing back.

i hear a knock on the door and soon Sebastian walks in with Ciel. they too see the wound and gasp at the horrid sight of it. Sebastian kneels next to me and slips off one of his gloves and puts it in a pocket of his clothing. "with your permission?" Sebastian says quietly. i hesitate a little before finally letting him touch the girl i love. i know she is asleep, but she flinches at Sebastians touch. i was just about to slap the man for causing pain to her, but i keep myself from doing so because i know he is trying to help.

Sebastian wipes his hand off and puts his glove back on. he lets out a sigh. "there is not much we can do. it is very deep and severe. slightly infected. it would be much easier to treat if we completely shave her head, but i am not sure if you want to do that." he says. i again hesitate, looking at her beautiful locks of healthy wavy and long hair.

"shave it all off..." a weak voice says. all 3 of us gasp when Mikki talks. her back is to us but she stays still. i secretly smile a little, squeezing her cold hand in between mine a little tighter. "the scissors are on a counter in the kitchen" i say. i hear Sebastian walk out of the room and come back. he must be holding the clean scissors. 

just to be safe, Sebastian cleans them before looking closely at them. "get her to sit up somewhere while i disinfect these scissors before using them on her." he says. i scoop Mikki up and carry her into another room. i sit her on the lid of a coffin, holding her to make sure she doesnt fall over because she hasnt been out of her bed since the incident and she is very weak.

Sebastian comes in and gets behind my Mikki and holds her hair in his gloved hands. then he reaches to the top of her head and place the lock of hair in between the two blades and chops off the beautiful lock of hair. with his other hand, Sebastian holds the detached hair and lays it flat next to Mikki and me. 

about an hour later, we are carrying the bald Mikki back to her room. "wait!" i call out. i turn with Mikki in my arms. i head to my room. "lord Ciel, can you hold McKenzie up on this coffin? i need Sebastian's help with something." i say, sitting Mikki on a coffin in my room. Ciel holds Mikki steady and Sebastian follows me into the room Mikki stays in. i close the lid on the coffin and Sebastian helps me pick up the whole coffin. we carry it into my room. "right beside mine, please" i say, letting Sebastian know where i want her bed in my room for now while she recovers.