"Chat what are you doing?!" Ladybug screamed as Chat Noir, her crime fighting partner ran straight at the Akuma without even thinking, he knew that this Akuma was stronger than most of the others they had fought. Ladybug thought they should come up with a strategy first instead of rushing into battle once again, she had already used her Lucky Charm trying to defeat the Akuma earlier.
"It's okay Ladybug I got this!" Chat said as he swung his baton at the Akuma, it did next to no damage though only angering the Akuma even more. "Quick get his Miraculous!" Hawkmoth said to his Akuma as he watched the fight from the screen in his hide out.
"Hand over your Miraculous you stupid cat." The Akuma said as it spun in a circle and with a swift kick to Chats gut sent him flying into a lamp post before running over to him and attempting to grab his ring. "Sorry but not today." Ladybug said as she swung her yoyo at the Akuma and it wrapped around the Akumas wrist, halting them for long enough for Chat to reach up and take the item that held the Akuma from them.
"Ladybug catch!" Chat said as he threw the item at the red clad hero, Ladybug caught it but just before she could break it she was tackled to the ground by the Akuma, "Oh no you don't Ladybug." The Akuma spat as it ripped it's item away from Ladybugs hand. "Get her Miraculous!" Hawkmoth said.
The Akuma reached for Ladybug's Miraculous, Chat extended his baton into the chest of the Akuma and knocked him off of Ladybug, he groaned and as he began to stand up Ladybug stuck her leg out and sent him stumbling, his hands opened to catch himself when he fell and it gave Ladybug enough time to grab the item and break it into pieces, freeing the Akuma butterfly.
Ladybug de-evilized the Akuma butterfly, "Bye bye little butterfly." Ladybug said as she waved to the butterfly before throwing her Lucky Charm into the air, "Miraculous Ladybug!" She shouted and all the damage the Akuma had done was fixed.
Her Miraculous gave a warning beep and she turned towards Chat Noir, "Pound it." They both said and fist bumped before Ladybug took off, using her yoyo to swing herself from building to building. Chat Noir also decided it was time to de-transform and ran off in the opposite direction before de-transforming and sighing.
"Your team work is horrible Adrien." Plagg said as he floated into Adriens bag to find his camembert, "I know Plagg….For some reason it's like we just can't seem to work together like we usually do….It's probably all my fault…" Adrien said as he headed off in the direction of his house.
"You're too hard on yourself kid." Plagg said as he munched on his beloved camembert.
Ladybug landed on her taris and then made her way into her room, she de-transformed letting out a sigh and flopping onto her chaise lounge. "Are you okay Marinette?" Tikki asked as she floated in front of her. "I don't know Tikki...It's just...Chat Noir and I are having trouble communicating I guess, it's like we can't seem to work things out together. It takes us longer to defeat Akuma's because we're not working together properly." Marinette said quietly, she was ashamed of herself for not being able to figure out what was wrong with her and her partner.
"I'm sure you'll figure something out Marinette!" Tikki said with a sympathetic smile on her face as she then floated towards Marinette's purse to eat some cookies and recharge.
"Hopefully." She sighed.
The next day Marinette made her way over to where Master Fu's place was, her had left her a note asking her to come in because he had something important to talk with her about. Marinette was nervous, she'd only talked with Master Fu a handful of times, and what could it be that was so important? Was something wrong?
She knocked on the door gently and heard him call from another room for her to come in, she gently opened the door and stepped inside, "It's me Marinette, you wanted to see me?" She asked as he walked into the room. "Ah Marinette it's nice to see you again, sit down I have something I need to discuss with you but first transform into Ladybug." He said.
"Transform into Ladybug? Uhh...Sure.." She said confused and opened her purse, "Tikki spots on!" She said and her transformation into Ladybug began. "Thank you." He said as they both sat down, "Chat Noir should be joining us soon." Master Fu said as he gently placed his hands in his lap awaiting the arrival of the unlucky black cat.
Ladybug sat there confused for a few moments until she was startled by a knock on the door, Master Fu had also left a note for Adrien to come and see him, although in his note he said not to come as Adrien but to come as Chat Noir. "Come in." Master Fu said again as Chat Noir slowly opened the door, "Hello Master Fu you wanted to s-" He stopped when his eyes landed on Ladybug sitting down across from Master Fu.
"Come sit down please." Master Fu said and motioned for Chat to sit down beside Ladybug. Chat slowly made his way over to Ladybug and sat down, "Good afternoon Bugaboo." Chat said with a wide grin on his face. "Master Fu could you please explain what this is about?" Ladybug asked as she looked at the man who was responsible for giving them their Miraculous.
"You two seem to be having problems with your team work so I have come up with a solution." Master Fu said to the two of them, "You have? What is it?" Ladybug asked curiously. "You are to swap Kwami's." He said and both Ladybug's and Chat Noir's eyes widened, Ladybug's mouth opened and closed for a moment, unable to find the words she was looking for.
Swap Kwami's? Trade Tikki? For how long? These thoughts swirled around inside Marinette's head as she sat almost dumbstruck. "You want us to swap Kwami's? For how long? Why?" Chat voiced the thoughts that Marinette was dealing with for he too was as confused as she was although he was a little more open minded and excited about it.
"Only for a little while, I want you to see what the other goes through, the troubles and thoughts that happen when you're faced with an Akuma. I want you to learn how to work together as a team even better since you will learn the strengths and weakness' of one another." Master Fu said then ushered them into separate rooms and asked them to de-transform.
Marinette de-transformed and held Tikki gently in her small hands, "Oh Tikki I'm really going to miss you." Marinette said, although she didn't want to be Ladybug when she first started out, now she didn't want to not be Ladybug because she thought of Tikki as a dear friend. "Don't worry Marinette it's only for a little while." Tikki said.
Adrien de-transformed and looked at Plagg, "I'll miss you Plagg." Adrien said as he smiled slightly at the small kwami. "Yeah yeah, it's not forever I'll be stuck with you again soon." Plagg said.
The Kwami's flew into the other room, Plagg going into the room with Marinette and Tikki going into the room with Adrien. "Oh my.." Tikki said, a wide smile spread across her face, "Hello my name is Tikki." She said, "My name is Adrien it's nice to meet you Tikki." Adrien said as his face lit up with a dazzling smile.
"Hi I'm Plagg and I love camembert cheese." Plagg said as he floated near Marinette, "Hello Plagg I'm Marinette." She said with a small smile.
Both Kwami's told the wielders what to say and the rules all over again, this time Adrien actually listened instead of rushing it like last time. "Plagg claws out!" Marinette said and transformed into Chat Noir, her outfit was very similar to how Adrien's was when he was Chat, although her bell had a cute blue ribbon along with it.
"Tikki spots on!" Adrien said gleefully as he transformed into Ladybug, his outfit too was very similar to how Marinette's was when she was Ladybug, the only difference was that he had black calf high boots and black gloves on. "This is so cool! I'm Ladybug!" Adrien practically shouted as he came hopping out of the room and back towards Master Fu.
Marinette slowly walked out of the room and back to Master Fu and Adrien. "Hello kitty~" Adrien said before he turned to look at Marinette, a dark crimson blush spread across his cheeks and he felt like he was about to pass out, in his mind she looked incredibly adorable and he didn't know if he could handle it.
Marinette sighed slightly, "Hello...My Lady." She said and gave a bow that Adrien usually did for her, his eyes widened and he fell over onto the floor with a thud. "I think I've died and gone to heaven." He said dreamily which caused Marinette to giggle.
"I will send you two a note once I feel like giving you back your original Kwami's. Have a good day." Master Fu said and ushered them out the door. "Meowch, he purr-actically threw us out." Marinette said as she stretched her arms out above her head. "Did...Did you just make a pun My Lady?" Adrien asked as his mouth lay agap and his eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets.
"I did." She grinned and gently laid her hand on his chest, "Although I'm not your Lady anymore, I'm Chat Noir master of destruction and bad luck." She winked, with every word that came out of her mouth Adrien's blush worsened. He didn't know if he would live long enough to see Plagg again. Although he didn't know if he minded that much either.
"R-Right…" He began to say but the rest died in his throat as a couple of screams were heard from afar.
"Looks like it's time to try out these new abilities right Bugaboo?" Marinette said before extending her baton so that she was now on top of a building and scoping out the area before taking off in search of what was causing those screams. "She's going to be the death of me." He said before aiming his yoyo at a buildings railing to try and swing himself over there only to end up having it come bouncing back and hitting him in the face.
Adrien groaned slightly and tried again, this time succeeding in having it wrap around the railing and swinging himself onto the taris of a building before crawling onto the roof and hopping across one another following Chat in search of the screams.
When Ladybug finally caught up to Chat he noticed the destroyed buildings and flipped cars lying around the place, "An Akuma?" He asked as he turned to Chat who was looking at the GPS on the baton. "Yes, apparently she became Akumatized after being embarrassed in front of a large group of people at a business meeting, currently she is searching for a man who I believe to be her boss and wrecking everything in her path." Chat said as she glanced at Ladybug.
"Okay so we should find her boss because we find him we find her? Or should we follow the destruction until we find her?" Ladybug asked resisting the urge to just rush off and fight the Akuma. "I think it would be best to follow the destruction. Come on let's go." Chat Noir said before running off, following the path of broken buildings and other things laying around with Ladybug right behind her.
"Good thinking kitty." Ladybug said before letting out a small "oof." Sound as he bumped into Chat Noir who had stopped running and stood looking up at something, Ladybug looked up focusing his attention on the girl who was floating high above the ground, in her hands was what looked like a clipboard. She paused for a moment before taking a piece of paper from the clipboard and balling it up before throwing it against the wall of her boss' home where upon impact it exploded, crumbling the wall and the things around it.
"Okay Ladybug we need to think of a plan, I could distract her while you try and grab that clipboard away from her, I think that's where the Akuma is." Chat said as she began to extend her baton and get ready to fling herself into the Akuma. "It's your job to de-evilize the Akuma now so you need to be careful." Chat continued, Ladybug saluted her, "No need to worry Kitty I know what to do." He said as he began to swing his yoyo. Chat flung herself at the Akuma, the Akuma flew through the air with Chat Noir as they both crashed to the ground and the Akuma's clipboard went flying.
"Get it Ladybug!" Chat shouted as she tried to hold down the Akuma who was struggling with all her might to free herself from Chat's grip. "I got it!" He said as he ran to pick up the clipboard just as the Akuma broke free of Chat's grasp.