Twelve-year-old twins Enzo and Emma sat on the couch doing what they do best: arguing.

"James is way cooler than Jesse!" yelled Enzo, pulling the Pokéball they were tugging between themselves closer to him.

"James can't even compete with Jesse!" Emma screamed back. She still had a firm grip on the spherical toy as she tried to pull it away from her brother.

They didn't see the purplish-black butterfly float in through the cracks of the window. The butterfly melded into the Pokéball….

"Team Darkwings," a deep voice sounded in their minds. "I am Hawk Moth. I can grant you the power to prove to the world who truly is the best, like no one ever was…you only need to do something for me in return."

"Yes, Hawk Moth," the twins replied in tandem. Bubbling black and purple light crawled over the twins' bodies, transforming them into something new. The shared Pokéball split to grant one to each twin. Laughing, they burst through the window and out into the streets of Paris.

Chat Noir couldn't believe what he was seeing. This is because of an Akuma, he had to keep reminding himself. There are victims here. But as much as she really tried to wipe the smile from his face, the effort was futile. Really, though, he couldn't blame himself…this was just awesome.

Pokémon roamed the streets of Paris.

Chat squeezed his grinning face with his fists. A squeal might have escaped him. He hardly noticed when Ladybug landed next to him, spinning her yo-yo.

Now everything was perfect.

Until dual victims appeared in front of them, laughing cruelly. Chat physically rubbed his eyes. They couldn't be…but yes! They were them! Like mini, cute versions of the famous villains that Chat had virtually battled 100 times over.

"Prepare for trouble!" the red-headed girl called out.

"And make it double!" the blue-haired boy followed.

Ladybug tried to yell something back at this point but Chat smacked a hand over her mouth.

"To show the world who is best of our pair!"

"To use our powers and then do our share!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To get Hawk Moth your Miraculous!"

"Jesse!" The girl posed, eyes closed, in front of the boy.

"James." The boy came and knelt on one knee in front of her, a rose suddenly in his hand.

"Team Darkwing blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now – give us your Miraculous!"

Chat pulled out his baton and turned around. He wanted to remember this moment forever. He grabbed Ladybug around the neck and pulled her into him. They stood smooshed together, Chat winking at his baton. The hand wrapped around Ladybug flashed a peace sign. They could hear the villains behind them start after them.

It was, in essence, the perfect selfie.

The super hero duo saw quickly that the super villain duo had been changing the citizens into all the Pokémon they saw walking around, using their Pokéballs to change the people and then capture them inside. Luckily they could only capture one at a time; this accounted for the many other Pokémon roaming around. Chat realized that they were trying to find bigger and stronger Pokémon to fight each other as well as himself and Ladybug.

"Geez," said his lady beside him. "They're going into 4th and 5th generations here!"

Ladybug was talking about Pokémon.

Ladybug had never been more attractive to Chat than she was in that moment.

The battle was fun for Chat, at first.

Ladybug's knowledge of Pokémon was super cute, at first.

Until she became his own personal Pokémon Master, and she thought she was hilarious.

"Chat! Scratch attack!" she yelled, then giggled.

"…."

"Chat! Quick! Use allure now!"

"…."

"Oh, it's not very effective…."

Chat rounded on her.

"THAT IS NOT FUNNY."

But Ladybug was doubled over, laughing hysterically. Chat narrowed his eyes at her before putting a hand on her shoulder and giving her a sound shove.

They were safely on a rooftop now; Chat could see the troublesome twins from where he was, but was pretty sure they hadn't spotted him and Ladybug yet.

"Would you just use your lucky charm already!?"

She obliged. Neither of them were prepared for its contents, however. Then Ladybug looked over at him and gave him a sly grin.

"What-?" Chat tried to ask. He was abruptly cut off when Ladybug slipped a tight collar – necklace (was that really any better?) – around his neck and clasped it together in the back. Then she slipped a ring unto her own finger. Chat glanced at the stone in the ring, realization dawning, and shot a look down at his own new accessory. The ring and necklace had matching luminescent stones, a rainbow hue to them, the symbol on them easily recognizable.

"No way!" Chat started. Then the grin dropped from his face when he looked over at Ladybug. "Wait – Bugaboo, come on, let's go find an actual Pokémon to put this on –"

Too late.

"Chat Noir!" yelled Ladybug, holding her ringed hand in front of her face and touching the stone with her other hand. "MEGA EVOLVE!"

Chat Noir felt the energy around him immediately. His feet stayed grounded, but the air around him swirled. It felt similar to when he transformed from his civilian self to his super alter ego. A light started at the top of his head and washed completely over him, all the way down to his steel-toed boots. When it was finished, he looked around at himself before pulling his baton and its camera to get a better look. Split-ended tail, slightly clawed-toed boots, bigger claws on his fingertips and…did he have fangs? His personal selfie stick showed him a better picture of his face. He smiled toothily – yup, those canines were definitely more feral than normal. His hair had been slicked back in a decidedly anime fashion. He grinned impishly and snapped another selfie before he noticed a red bug-girl in the background staring at him. Her face was completely slack.

"Mega…hottie."

Ladybug's face instantly turned the same color as her suit.

Chat Noir was super glad he snapped the picture when he did. He was going to remember this moment forever.