-x- Double Contractor -x-

Chapter One - Introduction

The Contracts and the Double Contractor.

"Where… am I?" The girl's golden eyes gazed into the endless space of black.

"You're in the space between the human world and hell, of course." An unfamiliar voice echoed somewhere in the distance.

"What am I doing here?" She answered to the darkness, confused and unsure.

"You died." Two words were straightforwardly put across to her.

"I died…?" She tried to remember something distant in her mind, but failed to do so, "I… who are you, then?"

"My name is Sebastian Michaelis, I am what you humans deem as a devil."

Somehow, there was a voice deep in her heart that was whispering to her, telling her what to do. And without thinking, words were uttered, "Then make a contract with me."

The devil then revealed himself to her in a hidden form, in which she could only see a human shadow. "Yes, my lady."

Then, she felt a tingling sensation on her left eye, followed by nothingness.

One Year Later

His Lady

"Sebastian!" The girl wore a bright smile on her face as she took her butler's hand, dragging him along and pointing to an angel-shaped pendant. "Isn't this cute?"

"Yes, my lady. Do you want it?" Sebastian smiled back at her, ruffling her grey locks.

"You know Sebastian, you really could stop messing up my hair like that. I'm not a kid anymore." She frowned at him, but her golden eye was practically glimmering as she continued, "Yes, I want it."

Sebastian nodded and pulled out the money, passing it to the shopkeeper. He had always found it a pity that his lady's other eye had to be covered by the hat she was wearing. It was a beautiful hat, really, made with the finest soft pink and white silk. She wore it slanted to cover the eye which had the mark of a contract with a devil.

"Thank you!" The shopkeeper said as they walked off.

"My lady, you do know that you have violin class in thirty minutes, don't you?"

"Hmm… Don't remember anything about that~" She hummed and skipped away playfully.

Sebastian sighed. His lady was a handful.

His Lord

"Young master, for today's schedule, first you're going to have to attend your literature class at one, followed by your violin class at two thirty. Tea break, then you'll have to prepare for the dinner banquet and show by the designer clothes company 'Kiseki'." Today's schedule was acceptable, it could be considered light and easy compared to his usually hectic one, although Ciel was already used to it, he enjoyed the free time he got once in a while.

Ciel raised an eyebrow. "Is that a new company? I've never heard of it before."

"Yes, my lord. It's just opened recently, but news has been going around that the mistress there is a miracle. She's the same age as you are, you know." Sebastian resisted the urge to smirk.

Ciel nodded nonchalantly and changed the subject. "What's for tea break?"

"Chocolate mousse, my lord."

A smile formed on the boy's lips.

His Lady

The girl opened the door and motioned for Sebastian to enter her room.

"Is it okay?" She asked nervously as straightened her clothes.

She was wearing a yellow dress with silver and white layers. It ended just below her knees and floral designs outlined it. The dress was wrapped tightly around her waist, and from there, it flared down freely. Her 3-inch heels were golden, and ribbons secured it to her foot, and ended below her knee. Her hair was tied up in a low side ponytail with diamonds studded on a butterfly clip. Also, a silver ribbon was tied around her left eye to mask her contract. Her whole outfit looked like its purpose was to emphasize her eyes.

"Beautiful. After all, I picked the clothes." Sebastian gave her a reassuring smile.

"Right… So it's just the clothes, huh. I was the one who designed them in the first place." The girl muttered softly while rolling her eyes and exited the room, walking towards the staircase and took a peek. She stifled a gasp. There were so many people here already.

"Nervous, my lady?" She nearly jumped at the feeling of her butler's warm breath on her neck.

"Yes, it's my first major banquet after all."

"Well, it can't be helped. You're a 'miracle' after all."

"You know I hate it when people go overboard and call me that. It's just a stereotype. I'm perfectly normal." She argued, although in her mind thinking 'other than the fact that I made a contract with a devil.'

"Yes, my lady. Would you like to go down to greet the guests now?" He reached out his hand.

"Okay." She rested her hand on his shoulder and they walked down the steps.

Sebastian swore he could hear her chanting "please don't let me slip and fall, please don't let me slip and fall", but it might have been his imagination.

When they reached the banquet hall, she glanced at Sebastian, who at that moment looked as if he had seen something that horrified him. "Excuse me, my lady, I'll be back in a short while."

His Lord

As they entered the banquet hall, Ciel took a look around, "This is a pretty large scale banquet for a company that's just been opened, are their clothes really that good?"

"You'll see, young master." Sebastian smiled. Just then, Sebastian looked as if he had seen something that horrified him. "Excuse me, my lord, I'll be back in a short while."

His Lord and His Lady

"Sebastian?" The girl called out and turned around, only to find her butler already long gone. He was always like that, she mused, disappearing within one second only to appear again later, there was no need to worry about him.

Ciel could only sigh, not bothering to even look around for his butler. It happened frequently as it was not much of a big deal.

As both of them were thinking about the same devil, there seemed to be a force called 'fate' that pulled both their strings toward each other.

The girl and the boy clashed, and he reached out a hand to stop her fall.

"Aw." The girl, her head faced down, apologized, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry." Ciel said at the same time as he helped her to steady herself.

She looked up and in that moment when their eyes met, something seemed to spark in between them. His right eye and her left eye were hidden, his hair and her hair were the same, their eyes were distinctly different, and they were captured in each other's orbs.

"Hello, my name is Alysteia."

-End of Chapter One

Hey guys! (:

This fanfiction is actually a remake of my previous Kuroshitsuji one which I deleted, "Forever and Always". This is probably the more refined version and I've got quite a different story plot in mind, so please stay tuned yeah.

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I'm not sure about frequent updates coz it's my exam period now. It mostly depends on the amount of time I have and whether inspiration feels like it's coming to me I guess?

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