Heyooo! This story is inspired by Haruka and Takane's backstory in Mekakucity Actors, which is an awesome anime by the way. It was so sad! I really loved it and decided to make this AU! It's also a best friends AU, by the way. I hope you like it! Have a lovely day and remember to leave your reviews!
I do not own Mekakucity Actors or Miraculous Ladybug.
It had been 2 years since Marinette Dupain-Cheng was deemed dead after she went missing. 2 years after she experience how it was like to fall off a building. It wasn't intentional. She wanted to see Adrien, her best friend one last time, but she died earlier than he did. How she wished to watch Alya's vlogs one more time...
It had been 2 years since the death of Adrien Agreste. He died in thr hospital, and yet...His body disappeared. How much he yearned to see his best friend one last time, little did he know that she died even before him. Adrien was a weak boy. Often getting sick when he was young. Too bad his good looks weren't put to use. He couldn't spend time with other friends like other people. Despite his condition, Marinette had stayed by his side since young. Even when his mother disappeared.
1 September, 2015
"Looks like he's in the hospital again..." Alya said. The three fourteen year-olds sighed at the sight of their best friend lying on a hospital bed. Adrien had collapsed again.
Adrien's eyes slowly lifted open as he felt weak. Not like any other time he had collapsed. Just. Very, very weak. He saw the faces of Alya, Nino and Marinette. He could see the worry written all over their faces.
"D-Don't worry about me..."
The trio's eyes widened as they heard the weak, feeble voice of the boy.
"Adrien..." Marinette smiled as tears brimmed her eyes. Alya and Nino heaved sighs of relief upon his awakening.
"Oh! I had something to give you! I think I left it in school...I'll go check my locker..." said Marinette as she held his hand.
"I'll see you later," she winked as she headed out the door.
Marinette had prepared a special gift for Adrien. No. She just wanted to give it to him. The drawing she had wanted to give him.
"You like him, don't you?"
The cold voice of a girl made her almost jump out of her skin.
"Adrien Agreste."
"W-Who are you?" asked Marinette.
"Lila Rossi," the girl stuck out her hand.
"U-Um..."
"Do you like him? Just give me an answer!" shouted the girl. Marinette clenched her fists as her hands were clammy.
Adrien. The boy who'd been next to her, by her side for the past 6 years. The boy who cared so much about her. The boy who'd stick up for her from Chloe. Recently, she'd been nervous around him. Her face turned red when he was around.
Her jaw dropped.
She liked him. She loved her best friend. And she didn't even realise that.
She had to tell him. She had to! Marinette got up and walked swiftly past Lila, before Lila pulled her back by the collar.
"I need to tell him..."
"Hey! Give me an answer!"
"Hey, do you have a death wish, Maritrash? Give me an answer!" Chloe bellowed as Marinette crawled to a corner.
"Give me your answer!" Chloe hollered, pushing Marinette back every word she said.
"Um, hello?"
Marinette trembled furiously.
"Give me your answer," Lila said, stepping forward every step. Marinette took a step back, every step.
Step by step, she reached the railing of the 8th floor of the school.
"W-What if I do?" Marinette had finally mustered enough courage.
"Stay away from him," Lila growled. Marinette's eyes widened as her heart nearly stopped, trembling in fear, she stepped another step back. And her jaw dropped.
Marinette doubled over, and fell over the railing.
The feeling of air gushing towards her. Next, the impact if the cold hard ground. Marinette's vision soon turned blur as she heard cries.
"Marinette? Marinette!"
Voices echoed in her head.
"A-Adrien..." her feeble voice couldn't be heard by anyone. She felt sleepy. After a while, she gave up.
Marinette's eyes slowly closed, but something else happened.
"Marinette Dupain-Cheng."
"Always sticking up for people."
"Always helping people in need."
"I think you deserve a second chance," Marinette could hear a voice say. The voice sounded old. A voice of an old man not any younger than...60.
"D-Didn't...I...D-Die?" asked Marinette as she looked down. No blood. No scars. She looked up to see a short and plum old man with tiny, floating creatires staring down at her.
"A-Ah! It's a bug, no...It's a mouse! It's a bug mouse!" She screamed, upon seeing Tikki, the Ladybug Kwami.
"Yes, you are dead," the old man said.
"I am Master Fu, the Guardian of the miraculouses. You have been a very good person. You deserve a second chance in life," said Master Fu as one of the creatures came forward.
"This is Tikki, your Kwami, she will be taking care of you from now on, granting you the powers of the miraculous ladybug."
"But," Master Fu sighed.
"You have only two choices," said Master Fu.
"One, lose your memories of your friends, family and be reborn into someone who looks exacly like you, no. You. Just with a slightly different appearance," said Master Fu.
"Two, live in the virtual world until you find your body, with the help of someone else."
"Your choice, my dear?" asked Master Fu. Marinette was already grateful for a second chance in life. But she couldn't possibly forget about Alya, Nino. Her parents. Adrien.
She made up her mind.
"I choose... To live in the virtual world."
"I don't ever want to lose my memories of everyone. Even if it may be hard to find my body again...I'll do my very best to find it once again," exclaimed the blue-haired girl as she looked at the bracelet that Adrien had given her for her birthday. He had the same one.
"Very well, now...You may go back and forth to any device you would like to be in. The owner of the device, could help you too," said Master Fu.
Marinette soon saw herself getting sucked into what seemed to be...
"I love you, Adrien."
She said as tears brimmed her eyes, before her body disappeared.
"Adrien? Adrien!" Alya and Nino cried as they heard the sound lf the heart monitor connected to Adrien. That sound. That straight line. He knew that that was his end. He didn't even get to see Marinette.
"No, Adrien, don't go!"
"Please, man, Adrien!"
The voices of his beloved friends were consolling. Yet, it didn't help.
"I-I'm sorry..." his feeble voice echoed his last words, before his eyes closed. Before he felt...Sleepy?
Adrien woke up again, eyes widened to see an old man with several floating creatures staring down at him. He looked at himself. Nothing attatched to him from the hospital.
"H-How am I alive?"
"You're a very kind person. Yet trapped at home by your father. You always find a way to help people even during your photoshoots. You always stick up for your best friend, too."
"W-Who are you?" Adrien asked, heart palpitating like a jackhammer.
"I am Master Fu. Guardian of the Miraculous. The reason you are not dead yet...Is because you deserve a second chance," the phenomewas that...It was the first of september.
"A-A second chance?"
"Yes, you have two choices."
"One. Live in the virtual world, until you find your body, with the help of someone, of course," said Master Fu.
"Two. Lose your memories, and become youself again. Just. Some things may be different. Like your hair colour, and this body, will be stronger. Much, much stronger."
He didn't want to forget anyone. Yet. Who was there to forget? He definitely didn't want to forget Mari, Alya or Nino. But maybe he could find them once again. If he got a stronger body. He wouldn't have colds so often, he wouldn't have that disease again. He could find Marinette again. He was dead sure that he wouldn't ever forget her. Maybe a little hint will be left in hit head.
"I choose."
"Two...Even if I may lose my memories, I will definitely find them again. Alone," he said as he looked at the bracelet which Marinette had given him.
"Very well. Now, you will become your new self."
"This is Plagg, he will be your Kwami. Granting you the powers of the black cat."
Adrien's jaw dropped as he saw himself start to disappear. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he said.
"Goodbye."
"I-I'll definitely find you again."