Dark Crow's Jewel ~Kuroshitsuji Fan Fiction~

Chapter Eighteen

Sebastian looked at William, his crimson eyes wide ever so slightly. "Rogue? How so?" He asked.

William pushed up his glasses, his stare not leaving sight of the demon. "It appears he's still upset about something that accured a while back." He looked at Sebastian, narrowing his eyes slightly. "I also heard about what happened today, that somehow Undertaker was involved in. Exactly what happened?" This time his eyes narrowed sharply at the demon before him.

Sebastian explained what had happened through gritted teeth. William only nodded. "I see...all we can do is try to track him down.."

Sebastian sighed and looked at the towering clock below them. "I'd better return. The contest is tomorrow."

"Very well. We will keep in touch." William said before he, Ronald, and Grell vanished into the dark.

Sighing, Sebastian started to return back to the manor but on his way, he caught a scent which made his skin crawl. Beginning to hurry to the manor, he heard Ciella crying from within her room. Inside the manor, Undertaker had came to pay a little visit, he found Ciella's room and thought he would give her a gift but it wasn't what Ciella thought it would be. Undertaker was trying to cause her pain, make her suffer the way he had suffered. She was in the corner of her room, gripping her head tightly, tears running down her head. Undertaker had cut off a few pieces of her hair and taken some blood. It was for his plan for after the conteest. Upon hearing footsteps, Undertaker took off out the window into the shadows. In seconds, Ciella's bedroom door opened and Sebastian ran in.

"Mistress." His voice held nothing but worry as he started towards the cowering Mistress but then when she flinched and her high voice rang in the air, he stopped in his tracks.

"St-stay...back..." Her eyes were wide and filled with non-stop tears, her hands trembling as they gripped her hair. A torn sheet was wrapped around her arm where the blood was taken and if she was looked at closely, one could notice the cut pieces of hair. Sebastian wanted to run after Undertaker but knew he had to be here for Ciella.

"Mistress...it's all right. I'm not going to hurt you." He spoke in a soothing voice, hoping to calm her down.

"W-why? Why...?" She cried. "He won't leave me alone...he wants me to suffer" She cried, shaking as she looked down at the floor.

He sighed and pulled her into his arms. "It's obviously not safe for you in here tonight.." He picked up a few of her favorite toys and began to walk down the hall to his room. Ciella held his hand tightly and whimpered as they traveled down the cold passage. Eventually they reached his room and he let her go in before locking the door. She immediately ran in onto the bed. It seemed it hadn't been used in such a long time. Still it was so soft and plush that she couldn't help but nuzzle into the covers and the demon's silken blankets. Sebastian watched her after he latched the window shut. "Rest. I'll stand guard,"

Ciella quickly sat up and tugged on his sleeve. "Stay." She said before laying back down.

Sebastian sighed before sitting beside her. "Sebastian, sing to me, please..." She asked in an adorable sleepy voice.

"Oh alright.. Which song?"

Ciella yawned. "Anyone.."

Sebastian nodded and began to sing. "Hush little mistress don't you cry, your brother's going to catch you a pretty butterfly, if that butterfly escapes, your brother's going to buy you a pair of ice skates.. If those skates get lost, he's going to buy you a new plushie fox. If that fox toy gets old, your brother's going to buy you a new winter coat. If that coat somehow gets small.." He paused as he sung looking over her. Her eyes were glazed with a mixture of awe and sleep, which threatened to overcome her. She loved hearing him sing. It sounded like honey and a robin's sweet voice combined. Sebastian chuckled seeing her anticipation so he decided to finish. "If that coat somehow gets small....you'll still be the sweetest girl of them all.." He smiled and patted her head. "Now close your pretty little blue eyes and go to sleep." Ciella only nodded and buried her face into the pillows, immediately falling asleep.