Chapter 1: What's the cost of a goodnights sleep?
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It was night like any other Chat Noir and Ladybug were busy patrolling for standard crime, there were no akuma's that night. As the duo approached a group of men who had robbed a convince store with bags of cash in their hands. The Duo then acted.
"Little late for a charity drop off don't you think?" Chat Noir chuckled jumping in front of the men. They immediately fell back reaching for there weapons.
"It's chat Noir! Don't just stand there kill him!" The one in the middle who was presumably the leader yelled pointing at the figure who was immediately gone as the men open fired. "do you think we got him boss?" A very large man said reloading his gun. "No he's definitely-"The leader was cut off.
"Right here!" chat beamed before smacking the large thug with his poll. And then ladybug jumped in and drop kicked another thug.
"You criminals are always so predictable." Ladybug chuckled, her and Chat Noir both were busy handling the henchmen, until only the leader remained. As they approached him, he pleaded.
"No please take the money just don't turn me in." The man said throwing money at them.
"As they say crime doesn't pay-"Out of the corner of chat's eye he saw a henchman with a gun shoot, chat ducked but then saw ladybug was still standing up talking and he then jumped on her. At first, she was confused then saw the bullet hit the wall behind her.
"Watch out! You don't have 9 lives like I do ma lady." Chat Noir chuckled helping ladybug up before knocking both of the men out and ladybug then tied them up, and they called the police.
Once the police had came and the duo were on a building chat decided to ask ladybug out of concern.
"so, what was that all about? I'm usually the unlucky one that forgets to dodge." Chat giggled. Ladybug just sighed.
"I had exams all week I'm exhausted but can't take a night off ya know?" Ladybug said ruffling Chats hair at the end.
"Well why don't you take off early? I can take things from here." Chat said grinning at ladybug.
"I couldn't what if a akuma-" Chat cut her off putting a finger over her lips.
"Shhhhh it'll be fine an Akuma never attacks this late, and I'm not a kitten I can handle myself."
Ladybug giggled "Well alright if you insist but call me if anything goes wrong."
"Don't worry everything will go purrfectly I'm sure. " after a quick thank you and wave ladybug was off and Chat Noir was patrolling.
Meanwhile
"Wow Marinette!" Tikki chirped. "You got all your studying in and now you have time to get to bed early! It sure was nice of Chat to give you the night off!"
"Yeah I had my doubts at first, but I have to say this was a tremendous help, and I'm sure he can handle himself." Marinette said with a yawn. "Well, I think I'll head off to bed, G 'night Tikki."
"Goodnight Marinette." Tikki said before going to sleep next to Marinette.
As Marinette was halfway asleep, she heard a thud.
"What was that?" Marinette said shooting up. She then got out of bed rubbing one eye and going to her balcony. When she came to it, what she saw almost made her vomit.
There was Chat Noir laying face down on her balcony with a puddle of blood forming. "Ch-chat Noir?!" Marinette said trembling.
"hello?" Chat said weakly as his eyes adjusted to Marinette, once focused he continued. "Hey Princess I fell head over heels for you-' Chat then abruptly started coughing.
"That's not funny Chat come inside….. Do-do you need help?" Marinette said sticking her hand out. Chat got up trembling.
"No, cough* I'll be fine." Chat said limping inside of Marinette's room and then sitting in a chair in her room. Marinette immediately got her first aid kit and came over to Chat.
"What happened to you?" She said with a look of sadness.
"It's a long story." He said looking down.
Flashback / Chat Noir POV
As I was patrolling I saw somebody braking into a car the alarm was going off and everything it defiantly wasn't someone who knew what they were doing. "Chat reminisced.
"Some thief's have no class the idea's not to get caught." The thief stuck in arms up saying he surrendered but as I jumped down, someone through a bag over my head.
"I guess we put the cat back in the bag." I'll admit even I couldn't have come up with a pun that good, anyways…
"What's wrong girl friends not here to help? A pity." They took baseball bats and began beating me over and over again, bat's some metal, some were wooden with nails in them.
"I think he's had enough, don't wanna kill him who else will protect us from the Akuma's, but remember something kitty stay away from our gang, or else next time we won't go so easy on you." They laughed at me, once I got the bag off I grabbed one of there shirts, and then they…. They.
Normal POV
"Then what Chat!" Marinette gasped with tears in her eyes.
"I don't wanna talk about it." chat grimaced.
"Where was ladybug?! How could she let this happen to you, you need to tell her that-"
"No!" Chat said cutting Marinette off. "I couldn't face her… Her-her appreciation and what she thinks of me is all I have left I couldn't bear to tell her how pathetic I am, also Ladybug deserves to have a break after all I'm just the side kick." Chat said looking down.
"No…. don't talk about yourself like Ladybug is just a miserable selfish jerk, you're the real hero she doesn't even deserve to be called a hero if this how she treats her friends." Marinette sobbed. Chat Noir was about to speak but then his ring started to flash.
"I'm about to de-transform, oh here! Go into my bathroom." chat Noir limped to the bathroom shutting the door.
"Can you bring me some cheese?" Chat asked.
"Of course, anything you need." Marinette said with a tired smile. I Can never forgive myself. Marinette thought bitterly.
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Rantings: I'd like to say I took inspiration from a comic dub while this story, is far different I still took some inspiration and I'm not taking full credit for the idea however, the writing is my own and I'm not stealing if anything I'm paying homage, this story was also a commission from a readers poll to all of you on Wattpad and anywhere else this get's posted.