An: Hello readers here is the test chapter for the Miraculous Ladybug and card captors. I hope you enjoy it, and please leave reviews as I would be interested in seeing if there is any interest in this crossover. If their isn't I'll leave just this chapter up, if there is I'll see about writing more. Until then enjoy.
Miraculous Captors
Chapter 1: The Hunt Begins
Silence filled the halls as three figures stood outside a door waiting to be called in. The first had messy short dark purple hair and golden eyes. He wore a simple silverish grey t-shirt with a dragon made up what looked like dream catcher parts. He wore plain white shorts and a pair of brown slip-on shoes. The second figure had dirty white hair and electric blue eyes. He wore a lab coat over a sheep themed t-shirt and a pair of light brown chinos. Beside him was the only girl in the group. She was an elegant and delicate-looking young girl with porcelain-white skin and long, wavy, greyish-violet hair and violet eyes. She was dressed in a light green summer dress.
The door cracked open, and a woman came out and ushered them in. The room itself was a pretty standard classroom. With several desks with benches behind them going towards the back each slightly higher than the other. The seats were mostly full of various people. In the front to the left was a blonde-haired girl who looked like she put on too much makeup and had a sort of snooty air around her. Beside her was a girl with orange hair wearing a sweater vest and glasses. Across on the other desk in the front row was a girl with black hair tied up in twin pigtails and beside her was a girl with dark skin and reddish-brown hair. Behind them were a pair of boys. One had blonde hair and looked kind of like a model, and the other boy had dark skin and dark brown hair. Around his neck were a pair of headphones and he was wearing a baseball cap turned backward.
"Now class I would like you to welcome three new students who will be joining us this year. They are Zen Omnes from Ireland and Stein and Tomoyo Daidouji from Japan. I will allow them to briefly give a bit more of an introduction themselves before we start class, now which of you would like to go first" the women asked as she turned to the trio.
The purple haired boy put up his hand and took center stage. "Hi my name is Zen Omnes, I used to live in Ireland until my friend organized for me to come along on his move to Paris. As for my last name which you probably are finding weird. To put it simply it wasn't always like that, my friend just managed to figure out how to legally change my last name. For my hobbies I enjoy studying mythology, the occult and other supernatural areas of the world, I also enjoy reading in my spare time" Zen said as he then went back to the other two.
The next to step up was the white-haired boy. "My name is Stein Daidouji, and yes that is Daidouji as in the toy company before you ask. While my sister and I are originally from Japan, we've been living in Ireland the past few years while our mother was there for some important work. And yes, I was the friend Zen mentioned, and the name change was surprisingly easily just some slight of hand, and I gave him a cooler name. Hobby wise I'm an inventor I spend my spare time creating gadgets and gizmos and sometimes designs for my mother's company." Stein exposited to the class before returning to the group,
At this point most of the class was interested in the trio, so they were all patiently waiting for Tomoyo to come up to speak. Which she did after a small prompt by Stein.
"Greetings everyone, my name is Tomoyo Daidouji and as my brother had said we are the same Daidouji as the ones who run the toy company. I apologize in advance if my brother annoys any of you as even though Zen and I try our hardest, he sometimes escapes and causes trouble. In my free time, I enjoy designing clothes and singing. I hope that we will all have a nice time together" She said with a smile, though half the class let out an ahh due to her melodic voice.
After that, they were shown to their seats and class began. The Class went along like any normal class would, and nothing interesting happened until a break came around. The snooty looking came up towards the desk. "Hello, I am Chole, the mayor's daughter, it's nice to meet you two, and the extra" Chloe said as she introduced herself focusing mainly on Stein and Tomoyo and just ignoring Zen.
"I would say the same, but I know your kind, and I fear until you've gotten you worldview completely shattered by reality and eat some humble pie I don't see a friendship any form being created. Now then I'm off to do plan S" Stein said as he stood up and left. A look of fear appeared on Tomoyo and Zen's faces as they both suddenly stood up. Zen quickly followed after Stein, while Tomoyo paused for a moment turning towards Chole.
"I'm sorry for my brother's words, but unfortunately I to must say that at the moment our personalities aren't compatible enough to be friends, but hopefully in time that will change. Though I must bid you adieu as I need to help Zen make sure my brother doesn't try to blow up the school" Tomoyo said as she followed after the two.
Chole looked them as the left a look of annoyance appearing on her face as she stomped back to her seat to get her lunch.
Outside the rest of the class was talking and having lunch and Zen had come out looking for where Stein had gone. Tomoyo quickly followed after and the two reached the ground floor. But before they could look around, they were stopped by the dark-skinned girl and her black haired friend.
"Alya Césaire, runner of the ladyblog. May I get your opinions on the local hero's ladybug and Chat Noir" She asked as he held her phone like a mike towards them.
"I don't know much about them, so I can't give an opinion on them right now, though right now have you seen Stein?" Zen asked as he glanced around trying to spot his friend.
"No, I haven't. How about you Tomoyo do you have any opinion on the local heroes?" Alya asked as she moved her phone towards Tomoyo.
"I like their costumes from what I've seen, but as Zen said I don't know enough yet to give an opinion, though may I ask who your friend is here" Tomoyo replied as she gestured towards the black haired girl.
The black-haired girl suddenly looked up as she was mentioned. "Oh, I'm Marinette Dupain Cheng, nice to meet you. Sorry about Alya she is a huge fan of ladybug and chat noir. So much so that she is always running into the middle of Akuma attacks." Marinette said.
"Wait, the millennium earl is real?" Stein's voice said from somewhere which caused all four of them to look for him now.
"I don't think that is what they're referring to, I don't think a secret fight would be made into a manga, also where are you Stein and what are you doing" Zen said as he looked for his friend.
"Nothing much, catch" he shouted as Zen looked in the air to see a meter stick flying towards him. Though something Strange happened as he looked towards the stick. The whole world turned into a dark void, and the meter stick turned into a strange looking staff. The head of the staff was shaped like a bird's head with red gems for eyes, a beak, and a pair of tiny wings on the back of the head. The main body of the staff was a dark purple color, and the bottom was a red triangular jewel.
The moment of hesitation from the vision caused him to miss the stick, and it hit him in the face causing him to fall to the ground. "Dammit Stein, what the hell was that for" Zen muttered as he forgot about the vision and looked up to the upper level to see his Friend holding another meter stick looking down on the group.
"Plan S is Sword fighting with meter sticks now grab your weapon and fight, what did you think I was setting up stink bombs," Stein said as he slid down on the banister landing in front of Zen and the others. He began to strike before Zen had a chance to react. Though due to years of knowing Stein and his antics he quickly kicked up the meter stick at his feet and used it to deflect his attack. While they little fight was going on, Tomoyo watched it with Marinette and Alya.
"Does this happen often with you guys?" Alya asked as she filmed the fight as both were fighting quite well and if it wasn't for the fact they where using meter sticks instead of swords she would say it looked like it was straight out of a movie.
"Well my brother can be eccentric at times, and Zen is often dragged in as an accomplice or to act as clean-up crew, trust me this calm compared to some of the other things he does with his spare time. Like the time he filled every bully in our old-school lockers with water balloons filled with scented water. They smelt horrible for the rest of the week. Stein has actually already graduated from college and only chooses to go to school so he can be with Zen and me." Tomoyo explained.
"Really that's quite impressive, so are you the same?" Marinette asked.
"Not really, while I'm quite good at designing clothes I'm pretty average at everything else," Tomoyo replied.
"Wait, Stein Daidouji. I knew I heard that name before just give me a second" Alya said as she quickly began typing something into her phone. A minute later she had an article on her screen.
"Is this your brother?" She asked as she showed an article with the title of the youngest college graduate in the world. There was also a picture of a young boy with white hair.
"Yes, that is my brother. Funnily enough, that was a result of an argument between him and Zen. You see after a certain incident of Stein trying to prove his smarts to Zen. Zen challenged by saying if he was so smart then he would easily be able to graduate college. My brother took that challenge seriously, and you can see the results in the article" Tomoyo answered with a smile.
After that the continued to watch the fight while Marinette and Tomoyo talked about fashion designing. When the bell rang the returned to class and the rest of the day was peaceful. Once school was over the trio returned home.
As Zen left his room to get some water before going back to working on his homework, he heard a strange noise coming from the library. He slowly opened the door and slipped into the darkened library and began to try and find the source. He wandered through the aisles in the room passing selves filled with various kinds of books from fiction to thesis for various subjects. Though as he was moving down the next isle, the noise echoed in the library and made him turn around and look back towards the shelf that was behind him. It was as his eyes locked on to a single red book in the center of the shelf. The top and bottom had metal over them and along the spine where the words The Clow. He began to slowly walk forward towards the book. His hand slowly reached for it.
The moment he made contact a jolt flew through his system and made him feel as if something inside him had changed. Putting it out of mind he removed the book from the self and looked at the cover. On the front was a large pair of wings with the head of some kind of lion in the middle resting on a sun. Above it the words The Clow was written. On the side was a lock holding the book closed. On the back was some kind of magic circle with a sun, moon and several symbols he didn't recognize. Though as his hand brushed passed the lock, he heard a soft clicking noise. Looking back towards the lock he found it had opened. Curious, he opened the book.
Inside he found that it was hollowed out a deck of cards which looked remarkably like Tarot cards lay inside. He carefully removed the deck looked through the cards. Each one seemed to depict some sort of being, most of them being women, while others where objects or a creature of some kind. Each had a different name such as The windy, The shadow, the Time, The shoot, The Bubble. He felt strangely drawn to the windy keeping it in his hand as he returned the rest to the book. Then almost as if in a trance he read the cards name out loud.
"The Windy" he read. As soon as those words left his mouth, a glowing circle which looked identical to the one on the back of the book appeared beneath him, and a roaring gale erupted around him causing the cards began to fly out and shoot upwards seemingly phasing through the roof. As the wind died down leaving him dazed the book fell from his hands and landed on the ground. It was then he was drawn out of his dazed state when he heard his friends voice from behind him. "Zen, what did you just do, and can you repeated it I wasn't able to get a reading."
Zen turned towards the door to see Stein and Tomoyo standing there looking at him.
"Stein, no is not really the time for that. Also, I don't think so, seeing as the rest of the deck just flew the coop. also sorry Tomoyo I somehow made the cards in the book disappear I hope they weren't Important." Zen replied as he rubbed the back of his head letting out a small laugh.
"It's fine, I've actually never seen that book before in my life. I think it was a book my mom picked up with several other occult books she was adding to the library for you to read, though I do wonder what happened here it looks as if a tornado passed through" She answered as she pointed to the various books which had been thrown from the selves.
Zen was about to reply when a groan drew the trio's attention to the book the cards were in.
"Hey hey hoo! I'm surprised you were able to wake me" a voice said from the book. They are looked to see a small creature which looked kind of like a teddy with a pair of small wings behind it's back emerging in a glow of light from the book. It was mainly yellow and had looked kind of like a lion cub. They all noticed that he had a New York accent when he spoke.
"What the hell are you and why a new york accent?" Zen said in surprise as he bent down to get a closer look at the creature.
"Yeah, the book was there for a long time, and I picked up the accent..." Kero said only to be interrupted by Zen picking him up and giving him a once over.
"No screws, battery backs or Velcro stitches so not a toy. Stein you haven't moved on to animal mutation experiments have you or is this one of your mom's new toys" Zen quired as he poked the creature before he turned back towards his friends.
"No, I haven't, and I haven't seen anything like this in the designs for the new toys" Stein replied as he just stood there watching the creature. Tomoyo was just holding a video camera recording Zen and the creature.
"Hey, I'm not some kind of mutation or a toy, I'm Kerberos beast of the seal who guards this book," He said as he broke free from Zen's grasp and landed on the book of Clow.
"Guard…seals, what the hell did I open?" Zen muttered as Kerberos continued to speak.
"Yep, my job is to make sure the cards don't get up to any trouble…' Kerberos suddenly looked at the book laying open and the empty slot which the cards had once sat in.
"what happened to the cards," Kerberos said as he began looking around frantically, suddenly stopping as he noticed the card still in Zen's hand.
"Where did they go and where did you get that?" He asked as he pointed towards the Windy card which Zen was still holding.
"This I picked it up from the book, took a quick look through the deck." Zen started.
"Yeah," Kero said as he waited for Zen to continue.
"for some reason felt compelled to read the cards name out, then a magic circle at least that what I think it was what appeared beneath me, and a gale of wind erupted from beneath me."
"Yeah" Kero once again said.
"It then cards to fly out of the book, and they all shot out of the room," Zen explained.
"I see…WHAT!" Kerberos shouted at him.
…..
Tomoyo quickly grabbed a tray of four plates with cake on them along with some juice from the counter and began to leave the room only to turn to the only occupant in the room and gave a curt nod.
"Thank you, Miss Maka" Tomoyo said as she left the room and headed upstairs. She quickly reached the door which was labeled as Zen's room. She gave it a light knock and stood there waiting. A few seconds later Stein opened the door and let her in. Inside the room, Kerberos was sitting on the desk, while three chairs were arranged to be facing him. Zen sat in the one nearest the window and Stein returned to the middle one once he had closed the door again. Tomoyo quickly gave the plates and drinks to the others including Kerberos and then took a seat in the last reaming chair.
"So, any luck?" Zen asked as he looked towards Kerberos who sat on the bed in deep meditation.
"No good, I can't sense where the cards are" Kerberos mumbled as he opened his eyes catching sight of the cake Tomoyo left for him.
"That looks Delicious, thank you," He said as he dived into the cake and began enjoying it.
"Your welcome Kerberos" Tomoyo replied with a smile.
"You can just call me Kero, Kerberos is a mouthful. Now then there where clow cards in this book" Kero started only to be interrupted by Stein.
"Clow cards?"
"Yes, Clow cards, it is said when the seal on them is broken catastrophe will befall this world. They were special cards created by a powerful sorcerer called Clow Reed. Each card is alive and possessed its own unique and incredible power. But they all enjoyed acting on their own and no normal forces could stop them. So, to contain them Clow Reed created the book of Clow and sealed the cards inside and placed me the beast of the seal on the cover to guard them. Now the cards must be found and put back in the book and your coming with me" Kero explained as he pointed towards Zen.
"Why me?" Zen asked out of curiosity.
"It was you who cast the windy spell which scattered the cards" Kero replied.
"But wasn't it your job to guard them and make sure they stayed sealed" Zen shot back.
Kero paled and began to stutter. "I may have accidentally fallen asleep."
"For how long?" Zen questioned.
"For thirty years" Kero muttered as he began to look elsewhere.
"So, the noise was just you snoring," Zen said with a small smirk.
"Anyhow, seeing as you were able to open the book that means you possess some magic, meaning you'll be capable of resealing the cards which were let loose. By the way, what is your name, and can you stand up for a moment?" Kero asked as he stood up on the book.
"It's Zen Omnes, but why do you need to know?" Zen asked as he stood up pushing the chair back a bit.
"Key of the seal, this boy will carry out the sacred promise. His name is Zen Omnes. I command you to bestow him with your magical powers. Zen Omnes take the staff! I, Keroberos, name Zen Omnes Card captor!" Kero chanted as Zen found himself standing in a green void with a similar magic circle to the one he noticed was not only on the back of the book of Clow but also present on the ground when Windy activated earlier. As the words were spoken, a light came from the keyhole and shot towards Zen stopping just in front of him. It grew and became a staff around a meter long. Zen immediately recognized it form the vision he had early in the day. As his hands touched it, he felt a sudden jolt through his system, like as if he had just gotten a static shock from a trolley.
"What just happened?" Zen said as he examined the staff.
"I've just bound the staff to you so that you can use it to both make use of the cards you have and seal the ones which are losses" Kero explained.
"Does it do anything else?" Stein asked as he began to inspect the staff.
"It can be used to channel Zen's own magic once he learns how to properly use it" Kero replied.
Just then a piercing cry echoed throughout the city. The four of them quickly rushed to the window where they saw a large bird flying across the city.
"What is that?" Zen asked as he looked at the creature in awe.
"That is the fly card, quickly we need to go and capture it" Kero replied.
"Right, Stein is the prototype booster board in the garage still?" Zen asked as he went and grabbed a pair of goggles and bandana from a desk drawer.
"Yeah, right where it was left. I fixed it so it can reach higher speeds than before be careful" Stein responded.
Zen nodded and headed down the stairs with Kero following after him leaving Stein and Tomoyo alone in the room.
"So, brother is the drone cam fixed yet?" Tomoyo asked
"Yeah, the controller is in my room, let me guess you want to record this?" Stein replied
"Yeah, though I wish I had time to design a cool costume for him to wear during the capture. Though I will make sure to have one for the future captures.
Zen reached the garage and quickly found the booster board. It was a skateboard which Stein had designed to house an engine to allow it to get to higher speeds then a normal one was capable of. He quickly donned the goggles and put the bandana over his mouth hiding his identity from any onlookers. Putting on the helmet to hide his hair, after all, he didn't want to be answering questions on what he was doing on a giant bird or why said bird was in the skies of Paris in the first place.
Using the board, he was able to keep with the bird as is soared through the sky. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could really use as a ramp to get to a height where he could jump on to the bird.
Though as he chased after the bird, an idea came.
"Hey Kero, I have a question about the windy card," Zen said glancing towards the guardian of the seal.
"Yeah what is it?" Kero replied.
"Could I use it to send myself into the air and over the fly, so I could land on it?" Zen asked.
"That is possible, windy is one of the strongest cards in the deck, she is able to summon and control all winds in the world, so that would be simple for her" Kero answered.
"Okay, second question how do I use the card?" Zen asked realizing he hadn't any idea of how he could use the card and seal the one he was chasing.
"for using the card, simply throw out the card in front of you and call out its name, then give you command, then once again say its name and finish by saying release and dispel. Also, for sealing simply name the card followed by saying I command you to return to your power confine followed by its name" Kero explained.
"Got it, The windy, become a gust to shoot me onto the fly, the windy release and dispel" Zen shouted as he flung windy out and tapped it with the staff.
Like when he first read the card, the magic circle appeared beneath him and a shortly after a blast of wind sent him flying upwards towards the bird. His body hit the bird, and he began to slip off but resolutely grabbed the feathers in one hand. With the other, he took the staff and prepared to strike.
"The Fly, I command you to return to your power confine the Fly" He shouted.
He waited a few moments, but nothing happened. "Kero why didn't that work?" Zen shouted as he clung tighter to the fly which was now doing a loopy loop to knock him off.
"I don't know, it could be that it still too strong for you to force it back with your current power level or that it's still or it just needs to be immobilized, you could try to bind it with windy?" Kero suggested
"That would have been helpful information before I decided to jump on the thing, now then Windy I need your help again please lend me your aide" Zen said as he carefully moved his left hand to retrieve the card. Flicking out he once again struck it with the staff.
"The windy, become chains to bind the fly, the windy release and dispel" Zen shouted. As the circle appeared and glow, the wind began to grow stronger and stronger, becoming visible and began wrapping around the fly card. Zen noticed that some of the wind formed into to what looked like a woman who resembled the image on the card.
"Thanks for your help, Windy. Now then time to finish this I hope to god this works, or otherwise I'm dead" Zen said with a gulp as he let go of the fly much to the shock of Kero.
"What are you doing?" Kero shouted in shock.
"Being a reckless and stupid Gryffindor, also being possibly badass. Now then The Fly, return to your power confine, the fly" Zen shouted. Unlike last time the circle appeared beneath Zen creating a solid platform for him to stand on. Then at the tip of the staff, a vortex of light formed and began sucking in the fly and windy in. In a matter of seconds, the two were sucked in, and two cards flew into Zen hand. One was the Windy and the other the fly. Waiting no time Zen threw out the fly.
"The Fly grant me wings to fly, The fly release and dispel" Zen shouted as the card glowed and flew behind him causing a pair of large feather wings to appear on his back granting him the ability to fly. Using them, he landed on a nearby roof safely.
"Well this is certainly going to be an interesting adventure, so Kero how did I do?" Zen asked as he turned to the guardian of the seal.
"You did fine, though you shouldn't be so reckless," Kero replied letting out a sigh of relief that Zen was safe.
Just then a voice called out from behind them.
"Stop right there Akuma."
Zen turned to see a figure dressed in a skin-tight red suit with black spots standing behind him. Though instantly recognized the figures blue hair with two distinctive ponytails. "I know he's weird looking but that's no reason to call him a monster Marinette" Zen replied pointing towards Kero.
"Hey," Kero said in mock offense.
Meanwhile, Ladybug was having a mental freak out form being identified by someone. "What do you mean, I'm not this Marinette person, I am one of the heroes of Paris the Miraculous ladybug" She replied trying to hide her anxiety in the situation.
"I'm not blind, though I do question why you're wondering about Paris at night in a skin-tight body suit, though Kero would becoming a card captor cause me to be immune to glamour magic?" Zen asked turning towards Kero.
"Yes, but only unfocused general ones… like the ones the Miraculous users to hide their identities. Sorry Ladybug, my partner here due to his own situation can see through your disguise, but don't worry he doesn't count towards the people not knowing. If you want to know more ask your kwami about the Clow cards and tell Tikki Keroberos says hello, also I preferred the original design" Kero said with a wave as he whispered to Zen to use the Clow cards to provide an escape.
Zen nodded and used windy to create a blast of wind blinding ladybug as he uses the fly to escape. Leaving Ladybug alone of the roof.
"I feel this is only the start of something" She muttered as she began her return home.