A red flash burst from the alleyway and Ladybug vaulted towards the sounds of fighting.
“If I don’t deserve your attention, you don’t deserve to have any performances ever again!” A small figure clad in bright, gaudy fabrics with a theatrical mask was transforming people into stage props left and right with a wooden crossbow. Ladybug saw Chat sneaking up on the villain from behind and devised a split-second plan. “That may be what you think, but I think they’re about to get quite the show!” Ladybug shouted, spinning her yoyo as she emerged from the shadows. The akumatized victim refocused his attention on her, shooting an arrow of green light from his crossbow. She blocked it with the yoyo and continued to advance. “Ladybug! I was wondering when you would join me,” The villain twisted his masked lips into a sneer as he shot bolt after bolt. “I would never miss such an exciting performance!” She taunted before attacking, throwing her yoyo around his wrist. “Grab the bow, Chat!” Saying his name reminded her of what she had seen, but she shook the memory away. No time to dwell on that now! We have to get the akuma! Chat’s clawed hand snatched the weapon away and broke it in half, but no butterfly emerged. His eyes widened in surprise and he jumped away, but not before the villain had grabbed hold of his belt tail. His green eyes bulged as Chat was yanked backward. Ladybug switched tactics and wrapped her yoyo around the villain, pinning his arms to his side and preventing him from further harm to Chat. However, the villain’s hand managed to hold onto Chat’s tail in the midst of being tied up, until Chat’s flailing made it slip from his grasp and Chat flew through the air from his own momentum. Ladybug rushed in and grasped at the villain’s mask, her next guess as to the location of the akuma, but the akuma victim had loosened his bonds and dodged away. Ladybug, exasperated, finally executed the unfailing Lucky Charm. A small, red, fluttering bird came to rest on her hand. Upon closer inspection, Ladybug noticed it was mechanical, but it had all the workings of a live creature and appeared to be able to fly. Narrowing her eyes, Ladybug surveyed her surroundings. “My lady, he’s exiting stage right!” Chat shouted to her as he began pursuing the fleeing villain. She jumped to the rooftops with the help of her yoyo and followed the chase from above, cradling the bird in her hand. Suddenly, a white paste appeared on her arm, and she looked at it in alarm as she ran. It appeared that the mechanical bird had just let loose a gob of paint in lieu of bird droppings! Ladybug grinned and began to form a plan. Side note: so this is mostly a battle sequence of sorts, and I'm trying to incorporate as much realism to the show as possible; for example, making references to the villain's situation, not activating the Lucky Charm until attempting to solve the problem without it even though legit every single time there's an akuma it isn't caught until the charm used, and completely arbitrary things being the Lucky Charm. I was going to have an actual live bird be the charm, but I thought about it and I don't think that the Lucky Charm is capable of creating life. Correct me if I'm wrong; it's been awhile since I actually watched all the episodes. Hope you enjoyed! (And hopefully I'll get the next chapter out in a more timely manner...)
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Marinette was rooted to the ground, disbelieving her eyes. The akuma was all but forgotten; screams and havoc faded into background noises. Her brain had come to a standstill.
How could Adrien be Chat Noir? Adrien, the sweet, thoughtful, serious boy she was infatuated with couldn’t match up to the pun-spouting, goofy partner that flirted with her at every opportunity. And yet she had seen him hide behind the tree- a bad hiding place, although she could hardly judge from some of the places she’d had to resort to- and transform before her very eyes. He had jumped away immediately, but her eyes still saw him transform over and over. Her overloaded brain’s thoughts were interrupted with a jerk as Marinette found herself flying through the air, black leather-coated arms encircling her. Chat! I can’t deal with him right now! Not when… Her face heated. If she hadn’t just had a hallucination, she was in the arms of Adrien! Adrien- Chat- set her down in a nearby alley. “Stay here! It’s not safe for you out there, Purrincess,” he said cockily before leaping away again, giving her no chance to respond even if she could have found any words to say. There is no way Adrien would ever say something like that. It was a hallucination for sure. But it was so real, and she’d never had anything like that happen before. Tikki flew out of Marinette’s purse. “Come on, Marinette! You need to transform!” She squeaked. “Oh no! Of course! I just… what with seeing Adrien transform, and Chat dropping me here, I totally forgot about the akuma- and there’s no way they could be the same person! Adrien’s so nice and Chat can never be serious! I mean, I guess they do look alike, with the green hair and blond eyes and- I mean, green eyes and blond hair! But how-” “You saw Adrien transform? Into Chat Noir?!” Tikki interrupted the waterfall of words flowing out of Marinette’s mouth. “Yes! Right behind a tree! I had been heading to a tree myself because of the akuma and all but there he was except there was a black thing flying around and-” “Marinette, calm down. Whether Adrien is Chat or not, you still need to help him with the akuma! He’s probably wondering where you are.” Marinette sighed and focused on the problem at hand. “You’re right, Tikki. Spots on!” So this is a pretty short chapter, but I tend to write that way. The next chapter is in the works! Please leave feedback :D (You can already see this is a reveal fic I'm sure) (It's my first fanfiction so I figured I'd start with mainstream, but I'm trying to make it as realistic as possible ^w^) mima ♥ |
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