Nino couldn't believe what he had just witnessed.

It had been an average Tuesday and as normal another Akuma attack had happened and nothing seemed out of place. However this time it had been different.

It had started in their home class and he, Alya and Marinette were conversing about who the mysterious Ladybug could be. She had made the news again last night as she and Chat Noir had saved the mayor from a crazed technology themed villain.

"I think it's a student." Alya said bringing up her website and all the research she had done on finding out who was the hero who saved them time and time again.

Nino rolled his eyes. Personally he didn't really care who was under it he was just glad someone was saving them on a daily basis.

"You can research all you want but you'll never get her." Nino said fiddling with his phone pulling up a video. He showed them and it was of a person who had come very close to catching her de-transform but they just missed her. Alya looked annoyed and began to point out features that she could identify but while she was making her theories Marinette looked puzzled on the outside she was freaking out on the inside. She had no idea that there had been videos so close to exposing her.

"Why don't you try then hot shot?" She said taking her eyes of her screen and beginning to type something down. She then quickly glanced up to Nino who was caught off guard by the suddenness of her quip.

"I have better things to do with my time, like work on my music." He said casually. This sparked the light bulb in her head which meant she was plotting something.

"Let's make a bet. If you can find out who Ladybug is I'll let you advertise your DJ services on my site. Do you realise how many hits I get per day?" She said smugly. This would be the way to get him to agree. While she doubted that he would be able to do it she needed all the help she could get in cracking the mystery.

Nino thought about it for a moment. While it would be an opportunity to boost his music it seemed so unlikely, near impossible. After debating himself for about a minute he finally decided what he would do. His eyes then wandered down to the view per page bar she mentioned and his mind was practically made up for him.

"It's a deal." He said determined to win this bet. It was a win-win situation. Even if he did lose, he didn't have to do anything embarrassing for her so they were all good.

"Come on Nino, What if you get into danger and Ladybug can't save you?" Marinette butted in trying to get her friends to stop trying to expose her double life.

"I'm sure I'll be fine. Now the real question. Where do I start try-" He was suddenly interrupted by a sudden loud noise coming from outside of the school. All the students looked outside to see a giant bear like creature attacking the outside of the school. It was defiantly an akuma.

Marinette looked nervously at Nino and Alya before sneaking out of the room. She needed to be careful now, if she get rid of the threat quickly enough Nino wouldn't have the chance to find out who she was. She slipped out while the students and their teacher were busy trying to figure out what or rather who it was.

As the teacher began to usher them out of the room and to a more secure location Nino took an opportunity of all the commotion to slip away by himself and see who was she really was. He looked around and hid in an empty class room. Luckily for him there was a window so he could view what was going on in the main courtyard.

The ground was vibrating as the large monster began to rampage throughout the school. It was bigger then your average villain. If Nino had to make a guess at it he would say that it was at least 8ft tall. It looked like a giant bird like creature. It was using its wings like blades slicing through metal like it was nothing.

It came so close to opening the door to his safe room but thankfully someone was pulling him back with a brightly coloured yo-yo. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw what had saved him. The Ladybug had finally joined the party.

He tried to position himself so that he wouldn't be seen by Ladybug but that he would be able to see if the fight was coming anywhere nearing his hiding spot.

As their battle raged on he noticed that Chat Noir had joined that fight as well, doing flips and amazing acrobatics with his staff. Nino also mentally noted that he and Ladybug acted like a well-oiled machine. Fighting alongside each other while also helping each other if in a sticky spot. While one was trying to hold down the bird the other was attcking it, trying to search out the item which the evil butterfly was causing all of this. Nino really did admire the chemistry they had.

He watched in awe but then he only had a split second before he realised a chair was being throw right at the window he was staring out off. He ducked as the glass shattered above his head. He got one or two small scratches on his arms but nothing too major.

When his blood decided to finally form a scab he looked out only to find with disappointment that the battle had been won. There was a random stranger who was lying on the ground as the superhero duo did their signature fist bump.

The battle was over and it was clear that the both of them were exhausted.

"Nice work Chat." She said taking a moment to allow her body to recollect the oxygen it had lost. She felt like she could pass out at any given moment but she was reminded by a high pitched beeping noise near her ear that she couldn't stay for much longer.

"Until we meet again my Lady." Chat said playfully while also looking down at his blinking ring.

Out of all the things Nino expected, running into the classroom he was using as a hiding space was one of them. He began to have a meltdown. He needed a place to hide and fast. His eyes scanned the room before he noted that the teacher's desk had some space under it. He quickly crawled under it and held his breath. He didn't actually expect to get this close to Ladybug.

He heard the door open and a weird mystical noise that followed it, he didn't dare look up yet. He was afraid that she would see him if he looked up too soon. The silence was filled by two voices. One familiar one not quite so.

"Boy that sure was a tough fight Marinette." Said Tikki yawning and giving a big stretch. Big battles like this always tired her out. From where Nino was he could see the feet and the normally red and black footwear to a more normal looking shoe. Nino didn't know why but he could have sworn he knew them from somewhere. He stopped his thinking about the shoes when he suddenly thought about what the voice had just said.

Nino must have misheard the voice. He could have just sworn that it said Marinette was the elusive Ladybug. That just seemed too unusual. And the school had just been attacked by a giant, rampaging bear. And for the past year or so it had been attacked by various villains. At one point the villain was a 5 year old. The fact that this was normal truly made him wonder how it came to this.

"Yeah. I'm just glad I got it over with quickly. Nino and Alya were starting to dig into it." Mari said looking around just to make sure that no one was in the room. She probably should have checked beforehand but when it came to de-transformations time always seemed to be against her. She opened her side purse and let Tikki go into it and rest.

Nino was having trouble comprehending all of it. He didn't even notice that his jaw had dropped and was hanging wide open. It had been her all along. She had been saving Paris while still being their friend. Then again with the amount of classes she missed and the pile of excesses she gave it should have been pretty obvious. He had no idea what he should do with this information.

He could go and tell Alya first but then again it was more than likely she wouldn't believe it. He could just picture the way she would laugh at him. He could go tell Adrien who his secret love was but then again it could be bad if he didn't have any evidence to back it up and he didn't want to ruin things for them. He, just like everyone else in the class wanted them to bet together. He then thought of the best answer which would ensure that no one got hurt. He should absolutely go and discuss it with Marinette. There was no way he could just forget about something like this.

He couldn't go on like things were normal.

He waited until under the desk for another 5 minutes before going just to make sure that Marinette was gone. He got up and re-joined the group of students. The teacher didn't seem to notice he was even missing which he was thankful for.

He met up with Alya and Marinette who were apparently searching for him. He had been gone so long they probably thought he had been tore to shreds or something.

"So how did the bug hunt go?" Alya asked putting down her phone ready to hear all of the juicy details of his mission. She brought up her recorder on her phone and was ready to take his statement.

He began to sweat nervously but then put on the best normal looking face he could.

"No such luck, I'm afraid. I got stuck in a bathroom. Sorry Alya." He accidentally directed it at Marinette while answering the question making her feel a twinge of fear but when she had processed what he had said she seemed to let go of the breath she was holding.

"A bathroom? Well at least you tried." She said annoyed once again bringing up her phone trying to see if annoyed else had possible posted a video of the fight. Marinette carried on as her usual self making sure that everyone was okay and offering them some of her dad's special chocolate caramel cupcakes to lighten the mood. Everyone accepted (Except for Chloe who took the cupcake then gave it to Sabrine to throw away) and seemed to calm down and go about their daily llives, gossiping about the heroes who had saved their school once again.

As they were brought back to their classes they all noted that Nino was being very quiet. Even Chloe asked in her oh so kind way by commenting 'Oh wow finally some peace and quite now that the DJ shut his mouth and stopped playing his awful music.'

As Alya and Adrien were preparing to take her down a notch and as much as Nino would love to focus on it there was only one thought going through Nino's mind at the minute.

He knew what nobody else knew.

He knew who Ladybug was.

He knew it was Marinette.


I re uploaded this chapter as there seemed to be a couple of spelling errors. If you do see anymore mistakes please PM me with what they are. It helps as if I look at at story for too long I tend to make more simple mistakes.