Chapter 1

The beginning

Chat Noir bounded over the rooftops of Paris, searching for the akuma, Educator. A teacher was being fired after a co-worker had framed her for altering test scores. Exciting, I know. Adrien had heard of the rumor of this at school and apparently only now, a week later, the principal had heard of the rumor too and had taken action on false claims.

Chat had gotten a block away from the school where the akuma was and he could already see the scattered school papers littering the streets. He hoped Ladybug was already there. Chat rounded the corner on all fours and stared at the mess he was about to get into. The doors inside were slammed open and homework covered most of the ground. In the center of the school floated Educator. A tight bun with a neon purple streak, purple steam-pressed shirt, and a knee-length black skirt clothed her body into a person while swirling papers and school supplies performed a small twister around her body. The few kids who decided to stay at the school after school were locked into doing schoolwork, with only a fewer number able to break away from their trance to see their savior.

'Where is Ladybug?' he thought frantically. 'Shouldn't she be here by-' Chat's small amount of luck ran out and a purple ray shot from the staff/ruler Educator was holding. The shot swam towards Chat's chest, narrowly missing him by a few inches as he jumped out of the way.

"You know for a teacher you really need to go to school to learn how to aim," Chat smirked. A purple butterfly with sharp corners that pulled the cuteness to threatening flashed over Educator's face, telling her what to do.

"Give me your Miraculous and I will give you a less severe detention," Educator said, pointing the ruler straight at him.

"I'll have a hall-pass instead," Chat said and flipped out of the way of an oncoming shot from Educator. Several more came, with Chat ducking and jumping out of the way of the shots while trying not to bump over the enslaved students who were trying to break their force to watch the fight.

Chat ran up the stairs to the second floor, and calling out 'Cataclysm!', destroyed the stairs to prevent Educator from reaching him. He hoped from this angle he could get a better view and get an advantage on Educator.

"GET BACK HERE!" Educator screamed as she started to follow his direction of running, trying to find out his plan before he enacted it. The problem with that was that Chat didn't really have a plan except stalling until Ladybug came.

He ran to the best view he could get of the entire school floor and noticed that the sky had turned a muddied brown and a storm was shaking everything around the building. 'Maybe that's why Ladybug is late?' He thought to himself.

The school ground covered completely with papers and Educator moved her fiery red eyes onto Chat. The papers around her sped faster and launched at Chat. The innocent papers folded into razor-sharp darts as they catapulted at him, and eyed him with their pointed noses.

Chat leaped sideways, trying to avoid the razor-tipped papers, but failing as one ripped through his suit and cut into his upper arm. "Ack," he grimaced at the wound as blood started to seep through the cut and drip down his arm. He glared back at Educator, looking for her Achilles heel. Looking at her ruler, he thought, 'That must be where the akuma is! Now if only Ladybug was here…', silently wondering where his partner was.

Then an idea struck him: If he could get Educator distracted then he could pounce on her from above and grab the ruler. He'd worry about what to do with the butterfly later. Now the only problem was that Educator had her eyes locked onto his every move. Time to change that.

"Hey Educator! What would happen if I- per say- took out a support beam with my staff?" Chat said with a sly look.

"Then the whole building would collapse, with everyone inside," Educator responded, "You're not going to-,"

Chat Noir threw his baton at a beam, knowing fully well that there was no way any of his throws could actually do any damage, but he hoped Educator didn't and would fall for it. Educator shrieked turned away from Chat. Chat leapt up into the air to pounce, but unfortunately Educator saw this through the corner of her eye.

"If you're going to pounce on things like a cat, why don't I educate you on being one!" Educator cried, shooting a beam from her ruler at Chat.

Time moved a little slower as Chat saw the beam coming straight for him. He was in mid-air with nothing to change his directory. No staff, no Ladybug, not even a civilian that had enough freedom from Educator's force could help him. He was alone. A stray black cat.

He could hear the sizzle of the blast as it grew closer to him. But a red flash pulled his mind away from his imminent doom. 'Ladybug!' She hadn't forgotten about him! Time snapped back into place and he was hit with ladybug's weight, a notebook in her hand absorbing most of the blast that Chat could only assume was her Lucky Charm. The blast went into the book, but as he fell to the ground, he knew he did not go unscathed.

Chat and Ladybug fell on top of each other and rolled in a tumble out the extra force. Ladybug landed on Chat's chest in a very suggestive pose, and her cheeks turned a bright red for a second before springing up.

"Are you hurt?" She asked concerned.

"My hand…" Chat stumbled out, the feeling of dancing glitter and sparkles stretching from his knuckles to his fingertips on his last three fingers on his right hand, exactly where is Miraculous layed.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Ladybug asked more worried and grabbed Chat's hand to see what was the matter. The feeling of sparkles and glitter died from his hand.

"N-Nothing," He stammered and pulled his hand away from Ladybug while simultaneously turning a light red color on his face. Nothing had happened to him yet and the feeling had gone away now and anyways Ladybug's Charm would fix any akuma damage, so why tell her?

"Okay," Ladybug said, trusting her partner's judgment, and opened a hand to help him up.

"Ladybug! Chat Noir!" Educator yelled, "Give me your Miraculouses now!"

"Where's the akuma?" Ladybug asked Chat.

"In her ruler-staff-thing, -I think," Chat said, holding up a fighting stance he saw in a movie once.

"Okay. Chat you distract Educator while I get her staff," Ladybug said, explaining her plan.

Chat nodded in agreement and began his attack. "Hey Educator!" Chat yelled, getting the attention of said person. "Who am I?" Chat grabbed his baton off the ground and mimicked Educator. "I am going to teach everyone a lesson!" He said in a childish voice and started swinging around his baton stupidly while making blasting noises.

"How dare you-!" Educator shrieked and started firing an onslaught of blasts. Chat gracefully danced around all of them.

"You really should take my suggestion of target practice," He played. The anger Educator had blocked out every other sense that wasn't focused on Chat, giving Ladybug enough time to sneak behind Educator and snatch her staff.

"My Ruler!" She cried, lunging at Ladybug.

"Chat! Catch!" Ladybug cried, throwing the staff to Chat who caught the ruler and broke it above his knee.

"NOOOOO!" Educator cried, falling to her knees. A black butterfly escaped from the ruler and Ladybug threw her yo-yo up into the air to purify the akuma, and sent it off with a smile and a 'Bye Bye little butterfly,' coated in honey. Ladybug threw her charm into the air and her miraculous power surged through the town, fixing all that the akuma had done.

"Bien Joue!" They both chimed in unison, bump fists. Chat Noir's ring beeped, signaling 5 minutes until the transformation wore off and Ladybug's earrings followed directly after.

"I guess we both have to go," Ladybug said with a smile. "See you tomorrow for patrol, Chat!" She said before throwing her yo-yo and disappearing into Paris's cityscape. Chat stood dumbfounded for a moment, basking in the sugar-sweet memory of Ladybug's smile before bounding off on his own towards the Agreste Mansion.

Chat landed in his room, letting Plagg materialize and his alter ego stand in place. Plagg immediately flew over to his stash of camembert cheese with a grin. "Mmmm... I have been awaiting my blessed camembert all day," Plagg said, rubbing his paws together before plunging headfirst into the stack, probably not to be seen again until at least half was gone.

"You're lucky I'm rich and can afford your expensive dining," Adrien said with a small smirk forming on his lips. Adrien fell back on his couch and turned on his T.V., letting the rest of the night slip away until Nathalie came in to make sure he was in bed at 10:30. The sweet dreams that came with sleep filled Adrien's head as he slowly drifted off into the night.