Hey guys! So yeah, this is another fanfiction that I've been working on. After watching Miraculous Ladybug I couldn't help but think that it would make an amazing fairy tail AU so I've been working with mightystormstirr on tumblr. Obviously this'll be a Nalu story. So enjoy! Disclaimer: I do not own fairy tail or miraculous ladybug, only the plot.
At midnight in Magnolia, most people were in their beds, resting to be ready for the day ahead. Unbeknownst to them a teenager with spiky pink hair and dressed all in black leather was jumping from rooftop to rooftop, patrolling Magnolia for anyone attempting to start trouble. Said teenager reached the peak of Kardia Cathedral and sat down. "Tonight is so boring, Happy" Natsu groaned. "Nothing's happening."
"You could cause some trouble," Natsu's blue cat kwami innocently suggested and the corner of Natsu's mouth tugged up in a smirk. While kawmis and the magic disguise they caused were supposed to look similar Natsu had figured out a way to change a kwami's appearance, hence the blue cat. No doubt if his partner, Ladybug, was with him Natsu would have been sent flying off of the roof. But since it was her night off and she was nowhere to be found, the black masked teenager entertained the idea. Maybe he could get back at Gray, that backstabbing moron. Gray, one of Natsu's friends, had ratted him out to one of their teachers that Natsu had fallen asleep in the middle of class. Natsu didn't particularly blame him for laughing at him for having no energy because Gray didn't know that Natsu was actually the local hero known as Chat Noir. That was one secret Natsu never told anybody. "Natsu if you're so bored, maybe you should continue patrolling the city to find out if anything fun is going on," Happy suggested again. This time, the hero gladly listened and resumed his jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
At the same time, a teenage girl around Natsu's age was walking home from a friend's house. The streets of Magnolia were always quiet around midnight. Lampposts were built at even intervals, far enough away from each other that the light wasn't obnoxious but close enough that there were only small gaps of shadow.
Lucy had been busy at a friend's house working on a project with a friend. She had fallen behind on schoolwork over the past week because there had seemed to be an upsurge of criminal activity and as Ladybug it was her responsibility, along with Chat Noir's, to save the city. The project had been for a reading assignment that was due at the end of the week and thankfully, their teacher allowed them to work with partners. As Lucy was passing a dark alley she saw someone walk out from it. Instincts told her to use her kwami and become Ladybug, but common sense said that she didn't have enough time nor someplace convenient to hide while the transformation took place.
"Hey beautiful," the greasy voice stopped her dead in her tracks and she mentally swore.
This event was great for Natsu because he had been going off of his mind with boredom. His sensitive hearing had picked up on voices coming from the street and he was compelled to see what the situation was. Especially since the gir's voice sounded so familiar, but he was too far up to hear it correctly. "She could be in trouble," I muttered to myself. As I silently scaled down the building, the conversation became clearer.
"Where are you going?" the man who confronted her leered.
"Back home, now can you please let me go?" Natsu silently gasped at the girl who was being confronted. What the hell was Lucy doing walking around at midnight by herself? She was smart, shouldn't she have known to take someone with her? Aw Luce, what the hell? Natsu mentally whined.
"Why are you going home? I could take you out and we could go have some fun." Lucy visibly recoiled at the words and I saw her pull at an earring. Nats almost pounced on him, almost. Seeing him talking like that to his best friend, and crush, was making Natsu lose his mind. Unfortunately he couldn't do anything that would give away who he really was. Right now he was Chat Noir and Chat Noir had never met Lucy before.
"No thanks, I need to go sleep, now can you please go away?" In a flash the man with blue hair had grabbed her wrist.
"I don't think so," he growled. That was it, grabbing her like that was the last straw. Without a second thought I launched myself at him, taking special care to get Lucy out of the way.
"Chat Noir?" Her shoulders sagged with relief. The other guy looked like a deer caught in the headlights.
Lucy's mind was racing. For the sake of keeping her alter ego a secret she had to pretend that she wasn't Ladybug. That the only reason she knew him was because he was on the news at least twice a week.
"Are you ok?" the masked teenager asked her softly and from his messy pink hair Natsu heard Happy give a little snort. If Lucy weren't here, he would've probably smacked him.
"Yeah I think so," she replied, averting her eyes with a slight tinge of pink in her face. Behind me the sound of shoes scuffing against the road broke Natsu's concentration and he reacted instantaneously to the sound. Effortlessly he whipped out his staff and hit Lucy's harasser in the head with it. With that single hit, the perverted man sank to the ground unconscious.
"Well that was easy," Natsu muttered. "What was a purrincess like yourself doing out this late? Alone no less?" There it was again, the pink tinge had returned to her cheeks and his mind was spinning. Was Lucy actually…blushing? Did that mean that she actually liked Chat Noir, like like-liked? With the new idea Natsu felt elated, she could still return his feelings, even if I wasn't actually him! But then again…what about Ladybug? Natsu would be an idiot if he said he didn't have a crush on her, because he most definitely did. But it's not like she returned his feelings either.
"I was just walking home from a friend's house," she mumbled. "We had been doing a project together and we lost track of time." Crap I completely forgot about that project! Natsu thought to himself and he silently thanked Lucy for unknowingly reminding him that it was due at the end of the week.
"What's your name?" Natsu asked abruptly and she looked taken aback.
"Um, Lucy. My name is Lucy," she stammered and Natsu felt a smirk form on his face. She was blushing!
"Well then Lucy, let me walk you home. A purretty girl like you shouldn't be walking home alone, especially at night."
"Oh, n-no you don't have to. I'll be fine, honest. You probably have a lot to do anyway," she tried to reject my offer but I wasn't having any of that. Towards the end of her sentence she sounded almost disappointed.
"It's nothing. Nothing's really happening tonight, and I'm not leaving until you agree." She sighed and her disguised best friend flashed her his megawatt smile. Lucy reacted the same way she reacted in school. And by that he meant she caved in. Lucy could never say no once Natsu gave her that smile. It was either that or puppy dog eyes.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt," she relented and kept the grin stayed on the teenager's face.
"Awesome let's go! I'm assuming you know the way to your house?" Lucy gave her rescuer a dirty look and he chuckled at her attitude.
"Are your parents ok with you being out this late?" Natsu asked. Knowing her dad, he definitely was not, but Natsu had to play the part of a local hero who had no idea who Lucy was. She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.
"My Dad will probably freak out but he's too overprotective anyway. But he can be so annoying and pushy." And Natsu knew it. Whenever Lucy would hang out at his house or when they were out with their friends, her father called her at least once every hour. Sometimes the pestering was so extreme that Lucy "accidentally" switched her phone to silent and left it under a stack of books or a blanket.
"This is the street," Lucy announced and turned to her companion. "Thanks for walking me back home, but I can handle it from here."
"Anytime Princess," Natsu winked at her and Lucy just smiled before walking away down the sidewalk.
Lucy stopped in front of a huge, gated mansion where she lived with her father and sighed. At one point the mansion had felt like an actual home. Her father had been loving and kind, not obsessed with the fashion company he owned. All of that had changed when Lucy's mother died after being incredibly sick for two years. After she had died, Lucy's father had changed. He barely talked to her anymore and when he did it was normally lectures and criticisms. Erza was different though. She was the only one who knew that Lucy was Ladybug. The only reason why she knew was because she had walked into Lucy's bedroom before the magic transformation died off. To Lucy's benefit, Erza was amazing at martial arts and she had taught Lucy everything she knew.
"That was close," Lucy's kwami spoke up. Like Natsu, Lucy had figured out a way to change her kwami's appearance so instead of having a ladybug, she had a lion that she had named Loke. "If you had transformed, Chat Noir would have known that you're Ladybug."
"I know Loke. I don't know about you, but I'm tired, so I'm going to sleep."
"Good night Princess," Loke said affectionately.
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