Of Soul Binded Memories

~Christmas Special~

"Holiday Cheers"

In the city of London, the holiday spirits were buzzed and all around. Shops decorate with colours of red and green, children playing in the snow, and adults rushing to get home for warmth. Although one particular earl wasn't in the spirit, Earl Phantomhive, though it'd be reasonable. After going through a tragedy before Christmas wouldn't be great.

~.~.~

Aura stood around her room as she was getting ready for an office party. Sure Christmas was coming but it wasn't an exception to reapers though that just meant that Will wouldn't be there. Aura smiled at that thought, of course Will would be working even if it was the holidays. She sighed as she stared at herself in the mirror, she was in a red long sleeved ankle dress with white lacing on the sleeves. Grell had made her dress up.

She wondered if she should go to the office party or anywhere at that thought. It was the holidays and as much as she love her friends she really wanted to spend it with her sister. After all she haven't seen her in years and now finding her again, she'd love to spend Christmas with her even if it means putting up with that demon that got her here in the first place.

~.~.~.~

Ronald sighed as he stared at the red envelope. The red envelope was meant for Aura as a Christmas present but he was nervous, after all it would change how their relationship and he didn't want to it to end. He was in his usual suit, tuning out Eric and his cocky attitude about himself and Allen. He heard Grell's voice coming and hid the envelope in his coat's inner pocket.

"Boys! Are you ready to party~!" Grell said in usual hyper voice, though wearing a sexy red dress that definitely showed more than usual.

"Umm...Grell that outfit..." Ronald couldn't describe it nor finish his thought.

"It looks great on me doesn't it!" Grell said posing for the two men.

Eric shut up by now staring at Grell with the same thing that Ronald was thinking about.

"How about we just go to the party now?" Eric said trying to steer away from all the unmoving air.

"Yeah...sure." Ronald would never know why Grell dress up like a girl so much.

~.~.~

Aura finally made up her mind, she would go visit her sister and spend Christmas with her sister and put up with that demon of a butler. It was already too late to change her mind as she randomly crashed into the human world onto the snow filled streets.

"Ugh! The things I do!" Aura yelled as she stood up and dusting off the snow off her.

She looked around and the streets were starting to crowd which meant traffic was coming.

She quickly moved out of the street and looked around, she was nowhere near the Phantomhive manor but then again she was near by Undertaker's.

'Maybe he would have spare clothes that she could wear, sure it would be black and look strange but it's better than wearing wet clothing. That's what I get for randomly choosing to go after going through the portal.'

~.~.~.~

Earl Phantomhive deeply sighed as he looked around at his manor, the servants had decorated fully. It was an interesting look, assuming Elizabeth hadn't helped with it, but then again she would have made the servants dress up too. The servants were in their normal attire and all full of holiday joy. His butler, Sebastian came by and served his afternoon tea.

"Young Master why do you not participate in the celebration? After all it is a human tradition is it not?" Sebastian said.

"I don't like the holidays."
"Why!" Nana said as she came rushing in, taking a seat next to Ciel.
"We always celebrate Christmas! Ciel~!"

Ciel took a moment and thought about it; it was true that Ciel would always celebrate Christmas with Nana but it would end in tragedy seeing that Elizabeth always found Nana to be a threat.

"Of course we do, though it ends in a tragic war with you and Elizabeth." And as if on cue Elizabeth came rushing in the Earl's office in her usual attire and bear hug the Earl to the point of no air.

"Right..." Nana whispered as she realized why it was also a bad thing that she celebrate Christmas with Ciel.

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"Undertaker! You home!" Aura yelled as she entered his shop.

The morgue is never close, so his 'closed' sign was really pointless.

"Yesssss~?" Undertaker said popping out of a coffin from the center.
"Gah~!" Aura was still getting use to Undertaker's antics.
"My, Aura Moore~! Do you wish to buy a coffin today?"
"Undertaker! I'm in need of spare clothes not coffins!"

"Oh~? Well I can't say I can help you with that situation as much~~" Undertaker said with his cat-like grin.
"Wah~! Undertaker! It's the holidays spare the poor!" I said, the wet clothes were starting to get to me.
"Well the morgue may never have clothes but we can provide something else~~!"
"What?"

Undertaker chucked as he went through the back door of his shop.
"Close your eyes." Undertaker said though still in the back of his shop.
I didn't question it, I just did it.
'What is he thinking!' Aura thought.

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Ronald, Eric, and Grell arrived to the party fashionably late, as usual.
The three went into separate directions, each of them with a purpose.

Ronald looked around for Aura, 'no where to be seen!' He let out a sigh, two seconds of the party and he was already disinterested in it. He could never really enjoy a party if Aura wasn't there.

"Ah~ Dear, Ronald stop being a downer!" Grell said making his way to Ronald's side with a red cup in hand.
"Just because Aura's not here doesn't mean you shouldn't have fun!" Grell continued.

Ronald turned a shade of red, it wasn't like him to be crushing on a girl, but then again Aurora wasn't just a girl; she was that girl that he fell for.

"Ah~! Since my words of wisdom aren't getting through your head, I say it's time to visit Sebby~~!" The red-hair reaper squealed with delight.

"Sebby?" Before Ronald could answer his own question with the approval of right by Grell. Grell went ahead and took them both to the human world directly to Phantomhive's yard.

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Undertaker chuckled once more and said, "open them." The two were at Phantomhive manor in an unexpected way. They had landed at the dinner table as if by thin air.

"How did you do that?" Aura asked the retired reaper.
Undertaker just laughed and smiled.
"Ahem." Sebastian cleared his throat catching the two unexpected guests' attention.
"He did it." Aura said planting it quickly on Undertaker, Undertaker giggled.

The dinner table was filled with food and at the head of the table was Ciel, to his right was Nana and to his left was Elizabeth who was trying to inch closer and closer to him with every passing minute.

Sebastian sighed but none the less let them join the dinner table.
"Sissy~!" Nana ran to hug Aura.
"Why are you here?" She said after her hug with both Aura and Undertaker.
"It's the holidays, spread the cheer!" Nana smiled.

She loved that about her big sister, the holidays were just the most infectious thing that a person could have; spreading kindness and hope!
"Ciel~! I know you don't like the holidays but let's have everyone eat with us!" Nana said smiling at the noble.
Sebastian smiled, the holiday spirits were most infectious; Nana always knew how to the spirit to run through his young master.

"She's right Ciel! Let's have everyone eat with us!" Elizabeth chimed in. Surprised that she'd agreed with Nana but it was the holidays! At some point she would have agreed with Nana.

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As Sebastian went to fetch the other Phantomhive servants, Grell and Ronald made their way in to the manor from the kitchen.

"My~ My~~ I can smell my Sebby~~! He's been here!" Grell squealed with delight at the scent of the demon butler.

"Why are we here Grell-senpai?" Ronald asked, looking around.
"Silly boy~~! For Aurora and for Sebby~!" He said running around the kitchen.
Ronald turn a shade of red again. If Grell was right about Aura being here, he wouldn't want Grell to blurt out his feelings about Aura to her. He wanted to do it an original way.

Grell quickly ran out of the kitchen and follow the scent of Sebastian, leaving Ronald alone in the kitchen. For a little bit.

"I'll assume you are here in search for Miss Aurora?" Sebastian said appearing out from the door. The same one Grell and Ronald had used to get in to the manor from the kitchen.

Ronald blushed again, it was pretty much obvious to everyone but Aurora.

"Um. . .yeah."

Sebastian chuckled at the young reaper.
"Come. She's at the dinner table with the others."
"O.k."

"Ohh Sebby~~!" Grell ran back into the kitchen as quick as he could to attack Sebastian as he would usual do.
Sebastian dodged his greeting and held out a pot and Grell ran right into it.
"Sebby~~! Don't deny our love~!" Grell said as he pulled out his chain saw.

"Go on ahead." Sebastian said to Ronald,
"Um. . ."

"Ronald~~ Sweetie~ Adults are having their fun~~!" Grell said as he was charging at Sebastian with a chainsaw. Ronald decided it would be best to leave the room.

He walked down the hall, before realizing he had no idea where he was going. In a short twenty minutes he decided to stop looking and rest for a bit. It had gotten to him that he couldn't figure out a simple manor, yet he was a top notched reaper.

He entered a room without warning and immediately identifying its content and sat on the bed of the room.
"Much better!" He heard a voice say.

Aurora came out of the washroom of the room and she was dressed clothes that weren't covered in snow. She was now wearing a red bell shaped dress with long sleeve and ruffles, with a black gothic choker and a look of happiness.

Ronald was at a loss for words.

"Ronald! What are you doing here?" She smiled.
"Um. . . Uhh. . I wanted to spend the holidays with you. . .like we always do." Ronald said as he tried taking his gaze off of Aura and everything else around her.

'She looks so beautiful.' Ronald thought, making him a bit more nervous than usual.
"Well everyone is finished dinner and playing in the snow."

"What about you?" He managed to say, after drawing blanks about what to say.
"Hmmm. . . I'll probably warm up here and watch everyone play in the snow."
"Mind if I join you?" Ronald asked feeling stupid for saying a dumb line like that.

Aura smiled, "of course not!" She rushed over to his side and grab his arm. She dragged him out of the room and back into the hallway. They stopped at a window where they were watching the servants, the nobles, and Undertaker play in the snow.

"It's nice." Aura said admiring the snow falling, the people playing in the snow; the spirit of the holidays running through everyone.
"It is." Ronald said staring at Aura.

He discretely checked his coat pocket for the letter.
It wasn't there!

~What Ronald hadn't notice was from the start of getting dress he didn't button up his jacket and with the sudden trip to the human world to Phantomhive's yard, the letter had fell behind back in the world of reapers.

"You okay?" Aura asked, realizing that she was still holding onto Ronald's arm.
Letting go, Ronald came up with a cover up.
"Of course! I just wanted to give you my jacket! You look cold!" Ronald quickly took off his jacket and placed it over Aurora.

She smiled.

"You know, Ronald sometimes I wonder why people call you a flirt. You're really not one, you're really sweet. You know?" Aurora smiled at him grabbing at the jacket to make her warmer.

Ronald sheepishly smiled and stared out the window.
"Happy Holidays Ronald!" Aurora said smiling.
"Happy Holidays. Aura."

Ronald sighed, one day he would tell her but today wouldn't be that day.

Author's Note:

:o

I know I've been gone for a really long time and that's really bad. .
I wanted to do a Christmas special because I love that feeling but unfortunately it didn't happen to me this past year and I was a bit sadden with it. Also I nearly forgot where I was going with this but now I remember! :3

Anyways I will now try and update more~

Because I'm hoping my keyboard works.! c:

Happy Late Holidays, Happy New Year and Hello the start of 2012!

-I was inspired by Nevershoutnever's 30 days to write this
and the holidays even though it's kind of long over! :P

It's winter but it really doesn't feel like it!~~Californian weather instead :P

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