Hell To Pay
PART 1
'He said will you
Defeat them
Your demons
And all the non-believers,
the plans that they have made?
Because one day
I'll leave you
A PHANTOM
To lead you in the summer
To join The Black Parade'
- My Chemical Romance, Welcome to The Black Parade
Chapter Three.
"So Ciel, is there anything you want to know about Hell?" Sebastian was oddly amiable as they walked together and Ciel silently noticed the houses getting better the further the pair went.
The boy's gaze flitted momentarily to the demon for a brief moment. Ciel had a lot of questions, but trusting the supposedly most evil man in hell to answer him wasn't exactly high on the boy's to-do list.
"For now, you could do with telling me where on earth you're leading me to," Ciel told him with an air of faked nonchalance.
"You mean where in Hell," Sebastian smirked, Ciel not sharing his amusement.
"It's a figure of speech. Just answer me."
"I asked if there was anything you wanted to know, but at no point did I agree to tell you anything." While his face turned impassive, Ciel felt that the demon was enjoying himself.
Ciel raised an eyebrow. "Have it your way. I'll find out when we arrive."
Sebastian chuckled. "But by then it may be too late. Of course, if you were to ask politely, I may be inclined to grant you with some knowledge."
"You have quite a way with words - suggesting things without promising them." The boy commented.
"As would be expected. A demon shouldn't lie and so it would be troublesome for one with the status that I have to make unnecessary commitments that may lead to unforeseen results."
Ciel had to hide a smirk, but his eyes lit up with the joy of a small victory and Sebastian frowned as he realised he had unintentionally gifted the boy with information.
"Oi, Sebastian!"
The boy almost smiled, an interruption – what perfect timing. Said interruption was a teenage boy – at least, he looked it – with shoulder length violet hair and extravagant jewellery adorned clothing.
Sebastian sighed before looking at the teen. "Soma, how nice of you to talk to me. For the fourth time, today."
Soma grinned and looked at Ciel, "Who's the little one?"
"Ah, how rude of me," Sebastian murmured, "Ciel, this is Gluttony. Soma, this is Ciel."
Ciel looked up at Sebastian inquisitively. "Am I to assume that Lucifer, Gluttony and the likes are just titles rather than names?"
Sebastian smirked. "Aren't you a sharp little kitty? Our titles are inherent, and we generally refer to each other by name – but that's a privilege of the higher levels only."
"So I must call him 'Gluttony'?"
"Unless he asks you to do otherwise, it's courtesy."
Ciel sighed. "I didn't expect Hell to be so polite."'
The older demon shrugged, "It's simple aesthetics."
"Call me Soma, Ciel," the purple-haired demon smiled, before turning to Sebastian seriously, "There's a little bit of a problem, my Lord."
"Has your darling Agni refused to spend time with you again?" The said lord asked unsympathetically, "You know, I don't really approve with your attempts to court a holy one."
"The prophecy has been set in motion," Soma murmured, only wincing slightly at the devil's off-hand comment.
Sebastian, Ciel noticed, paled for a moment before looking down to Ciel with a forced smirk. "Looks like we'll have to end our little outing for today, Ciel, I need to deal with something."
Ciel could have laughed. He was free from whatever the demon had had in mind for him.
"Soma, collect our brothers and sisters. We can meet at the mansion."
"My Lord," Soma agreed before running off.
Sebastian looked back at Ciel, with a strange expression on his face. "You seem to be the kind of kid that will get into trouble without an escort," he pondered.
"I'll be fine," was the biting response.
Sebastian smirked. "Close your eyes."
Ciel definitely didn't like the way this was going. Closing one's eyes was like asking to be taken advantage of. That would not be allowable.
"You know, the punishment for prideful humans is to be weighed down so they cannot feel above themselves. I could send you off for your punishment, or you could close your eyes."
Ciel closed his eyes, swearing hatred for the older Demon in his mind. He felt nothing at first, and then a slight pressure over his right eye. The pressure slowly turned into a pain then to a piercing sensation. The boy jumped back and opened his eyes reflexively before glaring at Sebastian.
"The fuck?"
Sebastian smiled, "I was just making sure no one would bother you. You should thank me."
"Don't you have a prophecy to deal with?" Ciel mumbled, looking at his feet.
He heard Sebastian chuckle and when he looked back up a second later, the demon was gone.
It was a few minutes before Ciel's eye began to sting dully, as if the red light that seemed to seep from hell was irritating it and Ciel hastily brushed his fringe in front of the eye to try and block out the light. That stupid fucking demon, he thought. Prince of hell? Who cares? That guy was just a freaking weirdo.
Ciel, honey?
Ciel looked up at hearing a voice and looked around for the source. It had almost sounded like Ra– no, impossible.
Great, he was hearing things now. Not only was he in hell, but he was also crazy!
And where the hell was he supposed to go? What was he to do?
"Ooh, why hello there! Never have I gazed upon such beauty!"
"Are you sure?" Sebastian demanded, impatiently.
"I wouldn't have reported if I wasn't, Sebastian," Soma pouted, "So what do we do?"
"Why do we need to do anything? It's just a prophecy. We should go do something fun, Sebby!"
"Grell," Sebastian growled, "Have you even read the prophecy?"
"Yes, brother, you need to take this a little more seriously," Madame Red sighed, "Back to Soma's question – What do we do?"
"We need to find the tyrant." Sebastian replied, "We'll have to use the information the prophecy has given us and I'll speak to Charon."
The seven royalty all made to leave before one of them paused. "Oh, Sebastian?"
"Greed?"
"I saw your new little pet on my way here. He seems like a tough cookie. But he's so beautiful! Such eyes, well there's only one cute eye now that you've marked him."
Sebastian scowled. "I'd prefer it if you stayed away from the little kitty. At least, until I'm finished with him."
The one called Greed pouted. "Kitty?" he murmured, "He seemed more like a little robin to me."
[END OF PART 1, CHAPTER 3]
A/N: Reviews are what gives me a guilty conscience to update more.