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Baby Butler

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Ciel Phantomhive can't fathom why his inhumanly perfect butler is late for his morning wake up call. Searching the manor, Ciel ends up in Sebastian's room. The Earl finds himself staring face-to-face with a raven-haired, crimson-eyed demon baby.

"Sebastian?"

Ciel sat up and rubbed sleep out of his eyes. The curtains were still closed and judging by the amount of light filming through the dark fabric, it was probably around mid-day. Sebastian hadn't come to wake up Ciel.

"Sebastian!" Ciel called again, louder this time. There was no answer, only the sound of Ciel's soft breathing and birds faintly chirping outside.

Strange, Sebastian is never late giving me my morning tea, never mind waking me up in general, thought the young Earl.

With a scowl on his face, Ciel Phantomhive slipped out of bed and proceeded to attempt at dressing himself. He had succeeded in properly putting on his shorts, jacket, eye patch, socks and shoes, but the white cotton shirt that was under the jacket was still undone and the garters for his socks were missing.

"Bloody buttons," he muttered to himself, trying to match the correct button to the correct hole. It was much harder than it looked, especially with only one usable eye. "How does Sebastian do this so quickly every morning?" The Earl settled with the excuse of the speed being from Sebastian's demonic abilities and not for the fact that the boy lacked the ability to dress himself.

Ciel totally skipped over the garters that held up his navy socks, not wanting to fail at another simple task, and put on his family's blue diamond ring and the gold Phantomhive crested ring. The thirteen-year-old quickly got tired of his worse than satisfactory job at clothing himself and decided to go search out his tardy butler. Ciel headed down the hall, peeking into every room along the way.

Maybe he's in his bedroom? Ciel thought, after finding no sign of his butler on either side of the upper floor.

So the Earl carefully traveled downstairs, hoping not to run into any of the other servants looking like he did. He'd be utterly embarrassed.

Upon making it to Sebastian's quarters in the servant's area, Ciel knocked on the heavy wood door. Receiving no answer, he called out Sebastian's name. This time he heard something coming from the closed room. It was a soft sound, barely reaching the young Earl's ears. Ciel's brow furrowed, trying to make sense of the sound through the thick wood.

Having no luck in figuring out the source of the noise, Ciel slowly opened the door a crack and peered inside.

Sebastian's bedroom was completely clean and empty of everything besides a couple decorative pieces of furniture and a couple pairs of the dark butler assemble Ciel usually saw Sebastian wearing. Ciel knew that Sebastian spent little time in this room but the space held no smell of dust or muskiness that was often found in undisturbed rooms. Ciel's dark blue gaze moved across the room, looking for any sign of Sebastian hastily leaving his sleeping quarters or even someone breaking in. The Earl couldn't think of a reason why either of those things would happen, but he searched regardless. The window was shut and in one piece and the adjoined bathroom was dark. No signs of a fight or even quick leaving, Ciel was just peeking into an empty room. Or was it truly empty?

Ciel stepped into the somewhat small space. His one eye zeroed in on the shifting bed sheets that seemed to be the only messy thing in the room. A big tangle of fabric was twisting and squirming, making small whimpering sounds.

Is that a cat? Ciel wondered. He wouldn't put it past his butler to sneak a cat into his bedroom. But Ciel dismissed the thought when he felt no oncoming sneeze or cough. It couldn't be when he wasn't having an allergic reaction.

Frown still in place, Ciel carefully approached the bed and pinched the edge of the sheet. He slowly and cautiously lifted it and nearly fell backwards in shock.

Under the blanket sat a struggling raven-haired and crimson-eyed baby.

Standing there for several moments gaping at the sight, the young Earl decided to approach the bed again. He recognized the baby. The infant looked like a much, much younger version of Sebastian. It couldn't be though, right?

Ciel stared at the small pale body for a couple minutes, with a thoughtful look replacing the shocked look he had seconds before. The baby looked human besides the unusual red eyes and tiny black feathered wings that were sprouted from the child's back. And were those horns?

"S-Sebastian?" Ciel mumbled quietly, not wanting to startle the demonic looking child and have it attack him or something.

At the sound of the name, the baby's eyes locked with Ciel's one eye. The child was smiling and he had two rows of tiny sharp pointed teeth, fangs really. And reaching out a small slender hand, the infant clenched his fist, causing his tiny pointed black nails to click against one another. His left hand seemed to have a smaller version of the pentagram marking that Ciel's eye held. It seems that the contract was still in place.

Ciel bit his lip and slowly reached out one of his own hands. The child – it had to be Sebastian, somehow – reached out further and griped Ciel's bigger hand. The baby's nails were extremely sharp and cut through Ciel's skin like butter.

Wincing, Ciel pulled his hand back sharply which caused little Sebastian to fall forward and a tail to come out from under the cream sheets. The black feather tipped tail grew out of the infant's behind, the infant's bare behind. Sebastian's tumble and the nude discovery caused Ciel to double over in laughter. He couldn't help himself. Sebastian becoming a baby, a nude baby was beyond funny.

Soon the noise summoned the four other servants of the Phantomhive manor. There was a knock at the door and Ciel immediately shut up.

What can I say if they find me in Sebastian's room? Ciel thought. Damn, what if they see the baby on the bed? How can I explain the wings, teeth, claws, horns and tail and why the thing looks like Sebastian?

"Young master? Is that you?" Mey-rin's voice floated through the door.

"What's young master doin' in Mr. Sebastian's room?" Finnian questioned to no one in particular.

Tanaka just stood there beside Finny with his daily cup of Japanese tea and a jolly "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Like usual.

Baldroy slowly opened the door and peeked inside. "Is Sebastian in 'ere with ya?"

Ciel whirled towards the open door and reached behind him in the same motion. As fast as he could, Ciel grabbed the edge of the bed sheet and pulled it over the baby form of Sebastian. The infant didn't make a sound, much to the Earl's relief.

"Y-young master! What're you doin' in Mr. Sebastian's room?!" Finnian gasped.

Ciel pushed away his earlier amusement and slid on a bored and slightly annoyed expression. "Sebastian went out on an errand and I was looking for the chocolate he hid from me... What are you four doing? Aren't there chores to be finished?"

That easily changed the subject. They are all so easily swayed and quite stupid, thought Ciel, mentally smirking to himself.

The three younger servants stood at attention and gave a quick bow to the young Earl before stumbling out of the room to their designated areas of work. Tanaka gave another three 'ho's and started to waddle down the hall when Ciel called him back.

"Tanaka, I ask you to take up Sebastian's job as head butler until further notice. He has been called to attend to some business and I don't know how long he'll take."

The real Tanaka decided to make an appearance at that moment and gave Ciel a deep bow. "Yes, young master."

Ciel nodded and glanced down at the bed quickly before turning back to his family's loyal house steward. "And could you please find me some books on child care? I uh... Need something new to read..."

Such a lame excuse, thought Ciel.

But Tanaka just nodded and bowed again before deflating into his smaller form and proceeding to travel down the hall once again.

Relief at not being questioned flooded through the young Earl. With a soft sigh, Ciel shut Sebastian's bedroom door and uncovered the demon child.

"No matter how funny this may be, you are going to cause me so much trouble. I have no idea how to raise a demon child!" Ciel shouted in a hush tone so he wouldn't be overheard by the servants. "How did this even happen, Sebastian?"

The child just looked at him and Ciel could swear that little Sebastian was smirking. "You find this amusing, don't you?" Ciel muttered, annoyed and frustrated.

Ciel rubbed his forehead and let out a small huff. "I am utterly screwed."

The Earl watched the small child; they just stayed completely still, staring at each other. Until little Sebastian whined quietly, stretching out his small bird-like black wings. He kicked his small feet in the air and let out a soft growl.

Ciel chuckled quietly and sat on the edge of the bed. "Having trouble?"

Two big round blood red eyes narrowed and a black feathered tail swished in the air. Sebastian looked like he was ready to pounce on prey. This prey obviously being Ciel.

"Oh no, you don't!" Ciel jumped up from the bed and moved out of the way of the riled demon child. "You need some clothes," mumbled Ciel, averting his eye.

The Earl's sapphire gaze caught sight of the cream coloured bed sheets and he smirked. Perfect.

~*Baby:Butler*~

A pair of scissors and a couple snips of fabric later, Ciel had a makeshift undergarment for baby Sebastian.

Now all I need is to get him to hold still long enough to get it on him, with as little touching and looking as possible, thought Ciel. That was definitely easier said than done.

Fifteen minutes later – more or less – Ciel had tied the sheet around Sebastian's lower half and only lost a little blood and hair.

"Damn, those claws hurt!" Ciel grumbled, touching his bloodied cheek lightly. Little Sebastian was currently gazing curiously at the strands of ash-coloured hair he had ripped from Ciel's head.

"Alright, I'm going to go get you some Funtom toys to be entertained with while I work. I'll be right back," the Earl promised the preoccupied demon.

Ciel slipped from the room and quickly headed to the manor's storage room. He found a box of some of his old childhood toys and even an outfit or two that hadn't burned down in the blaze that consumed his home years before.

"Sebastian will have to grow some more before he fits into this stuff but I can use the toys and button up shirts," Ciel mumbled to himself. "Maybe one of my old gloves will fit his hand, to cover the contract…"

Gathering his find, the young Earl headed back to Sebastian's room and laid his stash on the bed. The young demon immediately grabbed a toy - a stuffed cat - and proceeded to squish the toy to his chest.

"Of course," muttered Ciel, letting out a sigh. "Let's see if I can get you into a shirt and get you to keep this glove on."

Another fifteen minutes later, with more hair lost and a mangled eye patch, Ciel had gotten the squirming child into a large button up shirt and he managed to fit the appropriate black holes of the glove he found over the correct fingers on Sebastian's left hand. With the scissors from before, Ciel cut two slits on the back of the shirt so little Sebastian could comfortably fit his wings through.

"Okay, you can have the stupid cat back," Ciel grumbled and handed the stuffed animal back to the whining demon. "No more scratching me!"

While Sebastian was occupied with the toys, Ciel walked around the room making sure the demon couldn't seriously hurt himself with something. Not that a demon couldn't heal but Ciel didn't want baby Sebastian to wail or cry, attracting attention from any of the other servants. The scissors Ciel had used were tucked away in a drawer in the bathroom which was shut tightly. The window was locked and the curtains were drawn across the glass. Ciel couldn't find anything else that Sebastian could get into.

"Alright, I'm done here. Sleep, play, explore, or whatever, just stay quiet. Do you understand, Sebastian?" Ciel asked the small ruby-eyed child.

Not expecting an actual answer, the Earl took the innocent gaze Sebastian was giving him while hugging that blasted cat as a 'yes'. Closing the door, Ciel let out a frustrated sigh.

The thirteen-year-old mumbled to himself while heading to his study. "I do hope whatever happened to him wears off or reverses soon. I need my inhumanly perfect butler and he needs his perfectly spiced soul."

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