Anciel & The Akuma

Chapter 4: Rejection

As they walked on, Evillustrator began to notice that the beauty that is the young human. But there is no possible way someone so sweet and brave would ever return his love to an Akuma, right? 

"You can go anywhere in this castle," he began. "Except, the west wing."

That made Marc curious, "why? What's in the west--" 

"IT'S FORBIDDEN!" Evillustrator shouted. 

The two returned to their silence until they got to Marc's room. Evillustrator opened the door and gestured Marc in, to which the latter obliged.

Once he was inside, Evillustrator told Marc, "you will join me for dinner. That is NOT a request."

In the last few words, Marc's jade eyes widened. He was about to run out when Evillustrator slammed the door, leaving Marc to sob by himself... at least that's what he thought. All of a sudden, the dark-haired boy heard a thumping sound. Marc looked around the room until he saw an Akuma lurking around. He had blue skin and blue eyes and wore a pink, black and yellow outfit and cloak, and a helmet with a jagged mouth. At first, Marc was frightened when the Akuma started coming closer. 

But soon the Akuma lifted a hand and started speaking through it, "I know you're scared and it's okay. I'm Silencer."

He lifted his other hand for Marc to shake. The young boy gingerly looked at Silencer, then he smiled and shook his hand. Then the door opened and two other Akumas entered. They were female and were carrying a tray of tea. One of them had orange-red hair, dark magenta eyes, and a black butterfly mask like Evillustrator. She wore a black long-sleeved dress, white gloves, and there was a glowing purple WiFi symbol on her chest. The other is shorter and had short pink hair tied into a side ponytail. She wore a pair of black goggles with green shields over each eye, a green top, underneath a black jacket, and matching pants and boots. 

"Hello Marc," The taller Akuma greeted. "I see you met Silencer, I am Lady WiFi and this is Timebreaker." 

The Akuma addressed as Timebreaker, waved at Marc, who smiled and waved back.

"So you're the one who is supposed to break the curse." She asked.

Lady WiFi scolded her for not watching her tongue.

"Curse?" Marc repeated.

"It's a long story." She replied.

But Marc knew the tale of the Prince who got turned into an Akuma until his 21st birthday unless he learns to put others before himself. All the while he thought it was just a myth, until now. 

Timebreaker then said, "well, we better start getting you ready for dinner. I know, Evillustrator won't like it if you came down late."

Marc's smile dropped when she mentioned dinner. "I-I don't think I want to go for dinner."

His mere response made the three Akumas turned to him with shocked expressions. They had so much hope that the boy would be their way to break their curse.

Lady WiFi looked at him with gentle eyes and told him, "well, there's no point forcing you to come down."

She walked out of the room, leaving Timebreaker and Silencer to take care of the boy.

Meanwhile, in the dining room, Chat Blanc and Bubbler were trying to talk to their already-agitated master.

"Be polite, don't slurp your food, ask him about how his day, and most importantly: CONTROL YOUR TEMPER!"

Just then, the door opened and Evillustrator looked up in excitement. But, instead of a dark-haired boy in elegant clothes like they expected, Lady WiFi entered the room.

Evillustrator slumped as disappointment crossed his face, "where is the boy?"

Lady WiFi was silent at first, trying to find a way to tell her master about the situation. Evillustrator grew impatient as he slammed his fist on the table

"I'm sorry," Lady WiFi explained, taking a step back. "But he's... Not coming."

"WHAT?!" Was Evillustrator's reply before he dashed out of the dining room and up to the East Wing, with his servants following him.

Once he got to Marc's room, he angrily banged the door.

"Marc! Come down!"

"You can't make me." A soft muffled voice could be heard.

Chat Blanc cleared his throat, attracting Evillustrator's attention. "Might I suggest asking him to come down."

"But he is being so difficult," argued the purple Akuma.

Chat Blanc pleaded, "just try please."

Evillustrator sighed as he halfheartedly asked Marc, "will you join me for dinner?... Please?"

"No thank you," Marc answered.

That's when he lost his patience and exclaimed angrily, "You can't stay in there forever!"

"Oh yes, I can." Marc replied stubbornly. "I would rather starve than dine with you."

"Fine," Evillustrator huffed. "Then, go ahead and starve!"

Lady WiFi, while horrified, tried to reason with him. But the redhead just won't listen.

"If he doesn't eat with me, he won't eat at all." He told his servants.

Then he retreated to his room in the West Wing, smashing everything in his way. He pulled out the magic mirror Master Fu gave him and demanded it to show him the boy. The mirror immediately showed him an image of Marc's bedroom. In it, both Marc and Silencer were sitting on the bed, the latter placed his arm over the former.

"It's alright," Silencer said through his hand. "He's not that bad once you got to know him."

Marc sighed, "I know, but I just don't understand how could someone could be so violent and quick-tempered... and...and--"

Evillustrator looked away as the mirror ended the vision. Marc was right, how could he, an Akuma, learn to put someone he cares before himself.