Flowers & Coffins (Undertaker, Black Butler) Prologue

(Chapter 1), (Chapter 2) (Chapter 3)

I watched as a beautiful woman with long strawberry blonde hair and the most beautiful dark blue eyes walked across the garden. She sat down in the chair across from me, fixing the skirt of her favorite pink and white dress before looking up at me with a soft smile.

"Kat, my dear friend, how have you been?" She asked, offering a smile to the butler as he poured her some tea.

I leaned back in my chair, smiling as I pushed a piece of hair behind my ear. "I've been well. How have you been, Rachel?" I replied, thanking the butler as he poured me some more tea.

Rachel took a sip of her tea. "I've been good. How is Adrian?" She set her cup down on the garden table.

I chuckled. "He is well. As always he's his cheery self, despite what he does for a living." She chuckled.

"You're probably wondering why I've called on you on such short notice." She smiled.

I nodded. "Yes, but I do enjoy your company so it's no bother, sweetheart."

She giggled. "Well that's good to hear since I as well enjoy your company, too."

I smiled, tilting my head some. "So, what is the reason you've called on me?" I took a sip of my tea and then set it back down on the table .

She seemed to perk up at this question. She grinned brightly. "I'm with child!" She announced.

I looked at her in shock for a moment, before leaping up and hugging her. "Oh sweetheart! That's wonderful!" She laughed, hugging me.

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"He's adorable," I said, smiling down at the little newborn as he rested in the crib next to Rachel's bed. He had their mothers beautiful dark blue eyes and their fathers black hair. He let out an adorable little yawn, stretching his tiny arms out before going back to sleep again.

Rachel smiled as Vincent rubbed his sons cheek. "He is, isn't he?" She said, smiling brightly as everyone in the room gushed over him.

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I watched as Vincent played with his son in the yard while Rachel and I stayed up at the garden table in the shade.

"Kat." I looked over to see her giving me a serious look.

"Yes?" I picked up my cup and took a sip of tea.

She was silent for a moment, causing me look up at her. She was frowning as she watched her husband and son play.

"What's wrong?" I asked in concern.

She sighed, slowly turning her head to look at me. "Promise me, that if something were to happen....you'd look after him," she whispered.

I set my cup down, frowning as I nodded. "Of course I would. You know that. Sweetheart, where's this coming from?"

Just as she was going to answer, her son came running up to us. "Mommy! Auntie Kat! Look! Look!" As he was showing something to Rachel, I wondered why Rachel would say that all of a sudden.

Years later I would understand why.

Flowers & Coffins (Undertaker, Black Butler) His Butler and Maid, Able Pt.3

I helped to arrange the stuff for the tea onto a tray, before following Sebastian upstairs. He set the tray onto a cart and we headed down the hall towards the drawing room.

Just as Sebastian got to the door of the drawing room, it opened and Mr. Damiano came out. He had a sour look on his face as he looked at us.

Sebastian smiled. "We've brought some tea for you and our lord."

"I'll be right back," Mr. Damiano said, walking around us and heading down the hallway.

I glanced back as I followed Sebastian into the room, shutting the door behind us.

I stood back as Sebastian handed the Young Master his tea. He took a sip, making a disgusted face.

"What is this? It smells terribly weak."

"It's Italian, sir," I said.

"Out of consideration for our guest I brought some Italian tea," Sebastian explained.

The Young Master looked up. "Italian?"

"Italians drank more coffee than tea, sir. So finding high-quality Italian tea can be difficult. This particular selection is not to your liking, sir?"

The Young Master stared down at the tea. "No, it is not. I don't like it at all." Sebastian and I both narrowed our eyes.

Sebastian set the tea pot back down on the tray. "I'll see to the dessert preparations," he said.

"Good. We must show him every available hospitality. The Phantomhive family is known for its courtesy," Young Master said, smirking at us.

"Yes, my young lord," Sebastian and I said, bowing.

Sebastian's eyes started glowing pink while my right eye shined a bright green.

As we left the room, Sebastian gave me a look before heading down the hall.

I headed down to the telephone room. I stayed hidden in the dark as I listened to Mr. Damiano talk.

"-Now all that's left is to pocket the extra cash. I'm trying to squeeze more out of the brat right now." I narrowed my eyes. "The employees? Who cares about them?"

I stepped closer to the doorway, the chains on my boots making a slight noise.

"Ah!" He gasped, quickly looking at the door. "Never mind. The rest of the formalities are for you to deal with. No, it'll be easy." I started backing away, turning and leaving.

"Please, he's only a child." I heard as I left.

'So he's sold the masters factory and now plans to try and get more money.' I hummed as I headed to inform the master, while Sebastian took care of the rest.

'He may be only a child, but it's his butler and I you need to watch out for, Mr. Damiano.' I smirked.

I found Mey downstairs, she was holding a mop and bucket. I walked down the stairs and heard her talking to herself as she held the mop and bucket to her face.

"Oh how embarrassing! I really messed up this time!" She started staring off into the distance. "Oh, but at least I was able to get close to Sebastian!" She started waving her arms around. "Oh, what a shameful day it all! What kind of lecherous maid am I?!" The bucket went flying up in the air as the handle broke from her waving it around violently.

I caught it as I stepped off the stairs. I giggled. "Mey, what're you doing now?" She blushed.

I heard Mr. Damiano scream just then from behind me. I turned just in time to see him fall down the stairs, landing in the middle of them. His leg was twisted.

Mey gasped, dropping the mop and bucket handle before running over to the stairs.

"Ah! Sir, 're you all right?" She asked. She gasped, stepping back. "His right leg...it's twisted 'round. What happened to it?"

I picked up the broken handle, putting it into the bucket before grabbing the mop from the floor.

"It would appear our guest has had an accident," I said, stepping closer.

Bald and Finny came walking by then, carrying the painting of Rachel and Vincent Phantomhive.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Bald asked.

Mey started freaking out, waving her arms around wildly. "Our guest! Something's 'appened," she yelled.

Mr. Damiano groaned, opening his eyes. He looked up at the painting and his eyes widened. He rolled over and started crawling down the rest of the stairs.

We all watched as he crawled away. Mey reached out towards him. "Sir? Uh, sir? Come back," she said weakly.

I handed Mey the mop and broken bucket and headed after our guest. I quickly found him crawling down the hallway near the kitchen.

Sebastian stepped out of the shadows, leaning down over him with a smirk. "Surely you aren't leaving the manor yet, sir?"

Mr. Damiano gasped and fell backwards, landing on his back as he stared up at Sebastian, shaking.

"We haven't given the full Phantomhive treatment yet." I smirked as Sebastian said this. "We still have to serve dessert." Mr. Damiano groaned as he turned and started crawling back my way. Sebastian stood straight, smirking still.

"You've lost a leg, remember?" Sebastian said, following him as he desperately crawled away from him.

"Now you can only move half the number of spaces. So why not just relax a bit and make yourself at home?" Sebastian smirked, his eyes closed.

Mr. Damiano grunted as he got to the kitchen door, grasping the handle and crawling in as fast as he could manage before slamming the door behind him.

I walked down the hall, stopping at the kitchen door as Sebastian walked in. I watched as he turned the oven on with Mr. Damiano inside it.

"What an impatient guess we have. You couldn't even restrain yourself until dessert was out of the oven," Sebastian said, looking at Mr. Damiano through the little slot on the front of the oven.

"T-the oven?!" I heard him yell.

"Open up! Please, open the door!!" He started banging on the oven door.

Sebastian stood up straight, turning and looking at me as I stood in the doorway. "Perhaps the Italians aren't familiar with our customs." He held a thoughtful look as he spoke. "There's plum pudding, mincemeat pie. There are many traditional desserts here in England that make use of meat. I find them all quite tasty."

Mr. Damiano was screaming in panic as Sebastian slowly shut the small slot.

He started screaming even louder as I turned and left, Sebastian following.

I went and tidied up some things, checking on the Young Master before going to see if Sebastian had let Mr. Damiano out of the oven. After confirming he was finally gone, I made some lemon meringue pie that the Young Master and the others loved (using the other oven of course). Sebastian made some tea while I waited for the pie to be done.

Once the pie the was ready, I sliced it, putting three slices on plates for Finny, Mey and Bald. Sebastian set the tea on the tray along with the plates with the pie slices before following me outside and up the stairs.

Bald was stoking the fire while Finny stood next to him and Mey was sitting on a wooden box behind them.

"Oh, hi Kat, Sebastian!" Finny smiled.

"We wanted to bring you guys some tea and the lemon meringue pie I made," I said, smiling.

"Thank you for your hard work today. As a reward, how would you like some lemon meringue pie?" Sebastian smiled. "The sugar will give you energy."

"Huh?" They stared in wonder for a moment, before running over and hugging my legs. "For us? You're wonderful, Kat! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Finny cried.

"Oh, Kat, thank ya!" Mey said as she bowed over and over again.

"Thank you so much! Thank you!" Bald said.

I chuckled, patting their heads. "It's no problem. You've all earned it." I waved my hand.

Sebastian sighed, shaking his head. "Finny, Bald, please let go of Kat's legs."

They both jumped up and away from me, blushing. Sebastian walked over and set the tray on a wooden box. Finny and Bald went over and quickly grabbed a plate each with a slice of pie. I giggled as they started stuffing the pie into their mouths as fast as they could chew.

"I'm glad you like it," I said, giving them a closed eye smile.

Finny swallowed what he had in his mouth, grinning. "Oh yes! It's wonderful, Kat!"

"Yeah, it really is." Bald smiled while Mey nodded as she took a bite of her own.

"Thank you!" I smiled.

I turned and headed back to the stairs leading down to the kitchen door. I glanced back to see Sebastian stop at the top of the stairs, looking back.

"Oh, yes, and Bald, a workman will be coming by in the morning. When he arrives kindly let him know we'll be needing our other oven thoroughly cleaned."

I shook my head, smirking.

Flowers & Coffins (Undertaker, Black Butler) His Butler and Maid, Able Pt.2

(Prologue), (Chapter 1)

Sebastian explained that we were going to turn the ruined garden into a stone garden. A traditional feature in Japan.

We all headed outside and cleaned up all the dead plants and flowers.

I sighed as I picked up a dead rose from the ground. "My favorite and they're all gone." I frowned, throwing it over into the clean up pile.

Before long we had all the dead flowers and plants all cleaned up. While Sebastian, Finny and Bald worked on the garden, Mey and I headed back inside to go and clean up the turned over cabinet and broken dishes that still lay in the floor.

It didn't take too long before we had that cleaned up. Just as I had finished throwing away the last of the broken glass, Sebastian came walking in.

"Our guest is about to arrive. Let us go and welcome him." Mey and I followed him outside.

I looked around as I fixed my sleeves back right, straightening my vest as well. They had finished up the garden and had done a wonderful job with making the stone garden. It was very impressive.

I stopped and stood at the top of the steps while Bald, Mey, Finny and Tanaka all stood over on the newly built wooden walkway. I looked up to see a carriage coming down the drive. I straightened up, holding my hands behind my back as Sebastian went and stopped at the bottom of the steps, waiting for the carriage to stop. Once it was, he walked over and opened the carriage door for Mr. Damiano.

He stepped out and walked forward some. He gasped as he looked up. "How Impressive," he said.

"Welcome!" I said, bowing.

"Ello! Welcome sir!!" The others all said as they bowed.

Sebastian stepped forward some. "This is called a stone garden. It is a traditional feature in Japan," he explained, smiling.

Mr. Damiano spread his arms out on both sides. "Ahh prodigiso! Wonderful! Truly an elegant garden." He grinned.

"We thought it appropriate to serve dinner outside this evening. Allow me to escort you inside until the meal is ready." Sebastian offered to take his coat and hat before leading him up the steps and by me. Tanaka came over and took over leading him then.

He started laughing. " I should have expected this from a Phantomhive. I cannot wait to see what else is in store," he said as he followed Tanaka inside. Tanaka closed the door behind them.

Finny, Mey and Bald came over to Sebastian and I then. They all let out a breath of air.

"We actually did it," Bald said, wiping his arm across his forehead.

"Who'd have thought a dozen bags of gravel could turn into an amazing garden?" Finny said, grinning as they all stood looking out at the new garden.

I started walking towards the door with Sebastian following me. "It looks beautiful. You all did really well," I said, grinning as they all blushed.

Sebastian stopped and looked at them over his shoulder, grinning. "Naturally we were able to handle this. We serve the Phantomhive family after all. There's still work to be done. Let's take care of it while the master is talking business with his guest. Look sharp now."

"Right!" They all replied, grinning.

We all headed back inside. Sebastian told Bald how he wanted the meat cut and then left to go and see what else needed to be done.

I went and helped setup the dining room table and chairs out in the garden for dinner tonight. I then went and helped Mey get the boxes that Sebastian wanted. As we were headed back towards the kitchen, I looked up to see Sebastian step out into the hallway. Mey then decided it would be a good idea to take off running towards him with boxes stacked up in her arms that all had fragile written on them.

"Mey, no!" I yelled.

"Sebastian! We found 'em!" She yelled, giggling as she ran, but then as always, she tripped.

The boxes went flying up in the air. Sebastian quickly caught them all and Mey ran in to his chest, gasping. He looked down at her. "Oh honestly. How many times have we told you not to run in the manor, Mey-Rin." She gasped again, quickly scattering backwards towards the wall as she held her bright red face. I sidestepped so she wouldn't knock the boxes I held in the floor.

"I'm so sorry, sir! My glasses cracked and I can't see a thing!" She yelled out. I noticed the crack on the left lens of her glasses then.

I walked over, gently taking the box Sebastian was balancing on his shoe. "Mey, please be more careful. We'll have to see about you a new pair of glasses, sweetheart, hm?" I said, smiling at her. She turned red again, nodding.

"Y-yes, Miss Kat!"

"These are all the last items we needed for dinner," Sebastian said as Finny and Bald stepped out into the hall then. "Splendid work everyone and now I believe you can leave the rest of it to Kat and I and relax for a bit, but we need you to do well. Very well during dinner tonight," he  said with a closed eye smile.

"He said it twice," Bald said.

"Ohhh, that's serious," Finny said as Mey stood over against the wall with a red face still.

Once dinner was ready, Sebastian went up to the drawing room to inform the Young Master and Mr. Damiano.

I helped Bald finish up in the kitchen and set the food on a cart. I headed out to the garden with Mey to wait for the Young Master and Mr. Damiano. A moment later Sebastian came outside, leading them over to the table.

Once they were both seated, Sebastian stepped back and stood next to Mey and I.

"On tonight's menu is a dish of finely-sliced raw beef donburi, courtesy of our chef Baldroy," he said.

Young Master and Mr. Damiano both held shocked faces.

I headed inside with Sebastian and grabbed the cart with the food on it, bringing it out to the garden.

Sebastian and I took the silverware and napkins, him going to the Young Master and I over to Mr. Damiano. Next we set the tea cups out, then the wine glasses and finally the food. I stepped back and stood next to the Young Master, holding my hands behind my back.

"A pile of raw beef...and this is dinner?" Mr. Damiano asked, staring at his bowl in shock.

"Yes, but surely you have heard of it," Sebastian said, smirking down at him.

Mr. Damiano stuttered, not knowing what to say.

"This, good sir, is a traditional Japanese delicacy. A dish offered as a sign of gratitude to someone who has accomplished important work. That is the wonder of donburi!!" Sebastian explained, being quite dramatic. I sweat-dropped as everyone else looked amazed.

Sebastian stood straight again as Mr. Damiano slowly slide down in his chair in shock. "This is a token from our master to show his thanks for all of your hard work on the companies behalf. He wanted you to know that it's much appreciated," Sebastian said.

I glanced over to see Finny, Bald and Tanaka all hiding out in the grass with headbands on with pieces of grass stuck in them.

"Now that's our Sebastian for you!" Finny whispered, grinning.

"He and Kat saved the day!" Bald said, grinning as well.

"Ho ho ho," Tanaka laughed as he held a cup of tea.

Mr. Damiano perked up then, throwing his arms out. "Excellent! What an inspired idea! The legendary Phantomhive hospitality in action!" He grinned.

Sebastian and I both walked back over to where Mey was. I stayed next to Mey while Sebastian took the cart and went back inside to get the wine. He came back out a moment later. He stopped the cart in front of us and held his arm out towards it. "The vintage we are pouring tonight was specially selected to compliment the flavor of soy sauce, Mey-Rin.'' He looked at her.

After a moment of standing there still, I glanced at her. "Mey!" I whispered, trying to get her attention.

"Now, Mey-Rin," Sebastian said, his eyes closed as he held his arm out towards the cart still, his other arm behind his back.

She jumped slightly. "Y-yes, sir!" She tensed up as Sebastian leaned down next to her ear.

I hummed, smiling. 'It seems Mey has a crush.'

"Why are you just standing there? Pour the man a glass of wine," he whispered.

She started turning red and shaking. "O' course, yes, sir!" She grabbed the wine and walked over to the table. Sebastian grabbed the other wine and went over to the Young Master to pour him some. I looked over to see Mey swaying back and forth as she walked. She was muttering to herself as she held out the wine, shaking violently.

I gasped as she started pouring the wine on the tablecloth. A big red stain quickly started spreading, running down towards Mr. Damiano. I quickly went over and grabbed the wine from her just as Sebastian luckily acted fast and yanked the tablecloth from the table without disturbing anything on the table.

Mr. Damiano stopped eating, looking down at the table in confusion. "Huh? Where did the tablecloth-a go?" He asked.

I glanced over as Bald and Finny came rushing over and grabbed Mey, dragging her away.

"A speck of dirt, most unsightly. I had the cloth removed so it wouldn't distract us. Think nothing of it," Young Master replied, before going back to eating.

I stepped forward, pouring Mr. Damiano some wine, bowing as I stepped back from the table. He looked up at me. "My, what a beautiful one you are!" He grinned.

I smiled, bowing again. "Thank you, sir."

Sebastian bowed. "Please accept my apologies, sir. Do continue. Enjoy the meal at your leisure."

Mr. Damiano laughed. "Oh, oh my. Lord Phantomhive, once again you have truly impressed me. What an able butler and maid you've acquired."

"Pay them no mind. They merely acted as befits my servants."

Sebastian looked at the Young Master. "My master is quite correct about that. Naturally, you see, I am simply one hell of a butler." He smirked.

Young Master looked up at him then looked away. "Humph."

After dinner, the Young Master and Mr. Damiano headed back up to the drawing room to finish their game.

"Our guest doesn't seem too excited about finishing their game," I remarked as I dried the dishes and silverware while Sebastian washed them. I shared a look with Sebastian while the others looked at us with confusion.

Once everything was cleaned up from dinner, Sebastian started making some Italian tea to bring up to the drawing room.

"You should know he's not going to like that weak stuff," I said as I walked past him.

He simply gave me a look, but didn't reply.