A Box Of Kittens

Chapter 41

I briefly forgot that I hadn't updated this story this week, so Imma fix that right now by writing the next chapter.

"That won't be the only thing ruining your dress," a dark, menacing voice said from behind them. They squinted their eyes, peering into the shadows. A figure emerged silently from the gloom, their white hair seemingly glowing in the flickering candlelight. Edward pulled Elizabeth behind him and bared his teeth, attempting to shield his little sister behind his back. Ciel's eyes narrowed while Alois' fur puffed up. 

Ash ran a forefinger along the length of the edge of his rapier as (your name) stood in front of the cats and Undertaker, facing the angel with a angry aura engulfing her body in waves. "What's with that sour look?" Ash feigned hurt. "Is it that you are not happy to see me?"

(your name) ignored him, preferring to glare instead. Ash's face suddenly split into a wide grin, menacingly white teeth gleaming at her from behind his lips. "Oh? You're protecting them? Why is that? It's not as if you know them as well as you may believe you do."

A gloved hand appeared beside Ash's head and struck down on the side of his head, causing Ash to collapse. Two demons stepped out from the shadows, much to the relief of the others, and Grell's excitement. "Bassy!" Grell cried enthusiastically, launching himself towards Sebastian.

"Demons ex machina," (your name) muttered under her breath, smirking.

"What did we miss?" Sebastian asked as he attempted to get Grell- who was clinging on for dear life!- to stop trying to climb up his leg to get to his face. Claude made no attempt to help, choosing to straighten his clothes and push his glasses up further onto his nose instead.

"Sebastian!" the servants, along with Agni and Soma ("-said Oscar," Snake finished for his snake, who looked like a furry baby snake.), cried, launching themselves at Sebastian, covering his black tailcoat with different coloured fur. Alois trotted up to Claude and looked up, rubbing his flank against his ankle. Sebastian managed to break free from the onslaught of cats, holding the culprits to his ruined uniform by the scruffs of their necks. Sebastian's brow twitched in irritation and Undertaker snickered, partially covering his mouth with his right hand.

"Huh?" Finny looked to the ground behind Sebastian. "Where'd he go?"

(your name) craned her neck to peer around the demons to see what Finny was looking at. Ash was gone. F*ck.

"Ah," Sebastian stared blankly at where the angel was. "Well, at least we have found our masters."

"That's not the point, Sebastian," Ciel spoke up, all heads flitting to face him. "The angel got away, but he is surely nearby," he smirked. "A blow to the head must surely cause a headache; he won't be able to fly away any tie soon. Sebastian, this is an order: Find and kill him!"

Sebastian breathed out a laugh and dropped the cats in his grasp, bending down onto one knee, a hand placed over where his heart would be. He bowed his head respectfully. "Yes, my Lord."

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His head was pounding, the throbbing pain coursing through his head as he stood in disbelief. Hay, sawdust, limbs, everything from the dolls littered the room, dead eyes staring into eternal nothingness. The dolls' corpses were sprawled out across the floor as if it were a battlefield. The bright red head of Drossel prominent among the blondes and browns.  

"Dammit!" Ash kicked a little girl's head in frustration, causing it to roll and smack into the leg of a little boy. He walked over to Drossel's head and crouched down, rolling it so that it face him. The eyes blinked and the mouth opened, a whisper just barely audible: "What now?"

Ash stood up and slammed his foot down onto the head of Drossel, pieces flying from the impact. "Now," Ash turned away and slowly began walking. "Now, I end that brat and that demon of his."

Sorry for the short chapter, I don't have the most time in the world and have no idea how to finish the story in just one chapter, so the next chapter (or the one after) may be the last chapter for this book.

But don't worry, I don't intend to end (your name)'s story with that final chapter ;)

Word count: 717