His Fox, everlasting

Strings

"Mama! Mama!" "You must run darling." "No! I won't leave you! I'll kill them! I'll kill them all!" "Ah!" "You're the last one... how did she sound... when she tried to help me... and you killed her!"

The fox's tails stayed low, his tail moving just slightly in the breeze, "Take that back, Sebastian."

"Take what back?"

"That jeer!" Ashi's ears were up, listening to them bicker, "Young master, you told me you would take care of some trifling business. Was that 'business' to dotingly savor your wretched past and wallow in the pleasures of humiliation?" The younger male seemed to get angrier and angrier, "Didn't you say at the frost fair that your body and your ring had already been shattered and reborn? That you were far past being afraid of shattering?"

"That's right. Don't recite my words back to me." The fox grabbed hold of the coat, startling Ciel before it gave a loud noise, like the cry or scream of a baby (Literally that's what a fox sounds like).

"Build it up with iron and steel, iron and steel, iron and steel. Build it up with iron and steel, my fair lady."

"Was Grell defeated?" The fox leaped into the arms of one of the girls before it's tail swished, "I see, so he is controlling them with his tone?" Ashi's tails moved side to side as he stared at them, Sebastian could tell he was the same.

"In that case... Iron and steel will bend and bow." Sebastian began to sing as Ashi seemed to pause in his movement of the tail, "Huh?" Ciel was confused, noticing they all stopped as Ashi stared blankly, "Bend and bow, bend and bow. Iron and steel will bend and bow, my fair lady." Ashi and the girls moved side to side before the fox leaped down from the girl's arms the moment he broke it's neck open, each doll continued to do that, before the last one, which was Ashi.

"Who are you calling a lady?" Ciel looked irritated at Sebastian who bowed with a smirk, "Let us depart, young master." Ashi gave another loud scream before it casually started to walk to the entrance, "No. Ciel Phantomhive is my master's possession now. Come here Yoichi." The fox moved to the man before it sat down in front of it, "'Possession'? I am not a-"

"The proof is the ring on your finger. I can tell. That Hope piece is a present my master sends to those who will be made into dolls." Ciel looked confused before he looked towards the blank fox, "But what of Ashi."

"Yoichi was chosen for a different reason, he was not to be a doll, state what you are Yoichi." The fox opened it's mouth, "Set a man to watch the night, watch the night, watch the night. Set a man to watch the night, my fair lady." Sebastian stared at the fox before scoffing, "Shame he's not as obedient at the manor. But your master?"

"Ciel Phantomhive will become a doll. A doll made of silver and gold, that Yoichi shall protect." The fox stayed still, it's tails being the only thing to move, but then they heard Sebastian sing, "Silver and gold will be stolen away, stolen away, stolen away."

"Oh!" The fox moved to the thief before they leaped out the window, leaving a lone puppet maker and a fox that gave a loud shriek of a howl. The puppet maker turned to look at Ashi, "He was stolen away... so I thought to myself: 'Ciel Phantomhive will return.' Correct Yoichi?" The fox gave a blank nod before laying at his feet as he played the music box.

"Goodness me." Sebastian set down Ciel, before he was smacked across the face, "What about Lizzie?! You still haven't saved her?! I thought I ordered you to solve the kidnappings. Saving Lizzie, who fell victim to the kidnappings, is the first-"

"An order is not the same as a contract. Just as you give first priority to orders from the Queen, and Ashi give first priorities to Finny, I prioritize your life. I have devoted myself to your service and protection all this time." Sebastian's eyes glowed fuchsia as he stared at Ciel, "I couldn't stand for you to be stolen from me now." Ciel pulled out the ring he took from the girl, "Young master?"