So this chapter is a bit shorter, but it should be better! Big thanks to kargen5747 for giving me advice and editing it for me.

"Master Fu?" Marinette asked cautiously as she entered the old man's room, "Something happened that has me and Tikki more than a little worried."

"And what would that be?" he responded. He both looked forward to her visits, because they brought a nice change of pace, and dreaded them, because she usually brought bad news.

"There was a boy at my school yesterday, and an Akuma landed on him, but whatever Hawkmoth was offering him, he refused."

This caught Master Fu off guard. According to the legends, no mortal could resist the power of the butterfly miraculous. Either everything Master Fu had learned was wrong, or…

"Marinette, no mortal can fight the will imposed by an Akuma. There is only one explanation. This boy is something far more ancient."

"Like a Kwami?"

Master Fu shook his head. "There are numerous beings which it could be. Was there anything else peculiar about this boy?"

Marinette thought for a moment before answering, "He was blind."

Master Fu looked terrified. "Blind? Are you sure?"

"Why? What's wrong?"

Master Fu opened his mouth to speak, but then he was cut off by an explosion.

"I probably should take care of this. I'll be back soon!" Marinette said as she ran out of the room, "Tikki, spots on!"


Across Paris, a dark figure was approaching the Agreste mansion. He saw what was being done there and knew he must do something. What he had to do about it he didn't know, he only knew that this was why he was awoken. He saw something else, two humans, wielding miraculous. He saw their intentions, and he also saw that they were coming for him. He almost laughed.

They actually think they are a match for me? This should be fun.

As they approached him, he saw the yo-yo zipping toward him, its wielder hoping to ensnare him. He simply willed it to stop, and it fell to the ground. Ladybug quickly retrieved it and stood by Cat Noir.

"Where do you think his Akuma is?" her partner asked. Marinette looked all over him for anything that stood out. He had a black, featureless mask that covered his whole head, and the rest of him was obscured by a shadowy cloak that wrapped around him completely. The only feature about it that really stood out was the clasp, but it didn't look flashy enough for Hawkmoth to have Akumatized it.

"I don't know," she responded, "He has a clasp, but it doesn't look Akumatized. His cloak covers everything else."

Just then, Allseer looked directly at them, and he saw. He saw their weaknesses. He saw their strengths. He saw all that they are, all that they want, all they have done.

All that they love.

"I'll try to get his cloak open," Cat Noir said, "He might be hiding the Akuma underneath it."

The black-clad hero rushed at Allseer, but the cloaked figure dodged, willing his assailant to be still. Cat Noir's body locked up immediately, unable to move.

"I was planning on going to Agreste Mansion, but perhaps you'd rather I go to a certain apartment atop a bakery," he said in a voice as smooth as glass yet sharp as a knife, "Keep fighting and I'll pay Marinette a visit. Oh, and I'll make sure she knows you sent me, Adrien."

Allseer freed Cat Noir, but the boy just fell to his knees. He didn't know how this man knew who he was, but he couldn't let Marinette get hurt.

"Cat Noir!" Ladybug exclaimed. She shot her yo-yo at the dark figure before her, thinking he had paralyzed her partner, but her weapon froze in the air. He looked directly at her, and willed her to him.

"Originally, Gabriel Agreste was my target. If you keep fighting, I might just go for his son, too. I'll send him your regards."

He dropped the hero to the ground, but to his surprise she launched her yo-yo at him again.

"Hollow threats may affect Cat Noir, but I'm a little harder to intimidate," she said.

"There's nothing hollow about it," He replied, dodging her attack with one swift motion. Then, before she had time to react, he was right in front of her, binding her with his invisible gaze. "But perhaps you'd prefer if I took this fight to your home, Marinette. I'm sure your parents would be delighted to see me."

Ladybug would have froze if she wasn't being held in place, and suddenly they were above her house. She was dropped and landed on her knees.

"How?" Ladybug asked, "How do you know who I am?"

"I see who you are," the cloaked figure said, "I look at you, and I see more than a hero. I see your life, your love, your memories." He smirked under his shadowed mask.

"I see all."