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I DO NOT OWN MIRACULOUS

Marinette Dupain-Cheng raced to her school from her house. "I'm so late, I'm so late...!"

She didn't have her backpack, which, normally, would have been chalked up to her bad memory in a rush. But she had already been to school and back home; it was late evening.

The problem was not that she had forgotten her backpack; she had forgotten that she and Adrien had scheduled training together in the gym after everyone else had left. Luckily, she lived only a couple of roads away from the school.

Sure enough, Adrien was in his Cat Noir form, leaning against the wall. He smirked when he saw her. "How are you late to everything EXCEPT fighting bad guys?"

Marinette scowled playfully. "Well, you're normally late for that. So I guess we're even."

"Hey, I have my reasons for not arriving on the scene as quickly as you," Adrien defended. "Either because I wasn't near there when it began, so I didn't get the news as quickly; or because Chloe was sticking to me like a leech."

Marinette laughed. "Fine. I'll accept that reply. That does sound like Chloe."

"Yeah." Adrien raised an eyebrow. "So are we gonna train, or...?" He looked up and down at Marinette's typical outfit; she hadn't transformed into her Ladybug form yet.

Marinette crossed her arms. "Impatient, aren't we, kitty?"

"I've already been waiting ten minutes."

"Fine." Marinette sighed. "Tikki, spots on."

When her transformation was complete, she saw Adrien grimacing and shielding his eyes. "Too sensitive for your kitty eyes?" she teased.

"You could say that... It's quite flashy."

Marinette giggled. "Well, I'm ready now. Let's get started."

(...)

They worked on teamwork first, as it was the position they wound up in the most. Apparently, Adrien had managed to convince Nathalie buy a couple of sparring droids for his "fencing" training. He had brought these to the gym when he came, and that's who he and Marinette were now going against.

The team had each stationed one and turned them on. Almost immediately, the droids began to attack.

Marinette jumped backwards, grabbing the back of Adrien's collar, yanking him back with her. She started swirling her yo yo around, grinning.

"M'lady..." Adrien complained, rubbing his collar and neck.

Marinette laughed. "Don't worry; I'll give you a scratch behind the ears after this is all over."

Adrien scowled. "The annoying thing is I know that you know it works on me."

His partner giggled, but before she could reply, one of the robots attacked, and the two leaped apart, Adrien letting out a startled meow as he did so.

Marinette swung her yo-yo at the robot that attacked. "Cat, take the other one!"

"Got it!" Taking off across the room, Adrien pulled his bo-staff and ran at the other bot.

Meanwhile, Marinette had wrapped up her robot in the yo-yo. However, after only a couple of seconds, it broke loose from it.

The robot began to inch closer to Marinette, backing her against the wall. At the same time, Adrien's bot hit him hard and knocked him across the gym right up against the wall to Marinette. "Ow."

Marinette sighed as the robots closed in on them. "How are we actually having a challenge fighting these?"

"Only the best for Adrien Agreste," Adrien grinned back jokingly. "I think that's Nathalie's motto."

His partner shook her head. "Well, can these things do actual physical damage?"

Adrien grimaced and rubbed the side of his leg. "You mean OTHER than the ginormous bruise that'll cover most of my right side, neck to foot, for the next week? Not sure."

Marinette rolled her eyes. "You can handle a bruise. Will these things kill us?"

"Doubt it. Nathalie would never get something like that."

"I guess your dad wouldn't be okay with a sparring droid that could actually put you in a full body cast, either," Marinette admitted.

Adrien stared at the ground. "He doesn't care."

"A-Adrien-"

"Marinette, now is not the time to talk about my family problems!" Adrien snapped suddenly, gesturing to the two robots who were now only inches away. "What's the plan?"

"You know, I'm not the only one who's allowed to come up with plans," Marinette shot back. "I'll gladly take any of your ideas- if they're good. Why don't you just use your Cataclysm?"

"The affects from that only vanish if there's an ACTUAL VILLAIN we're fighting that you can reverse the affects of," Adrien reminded. "I'd get just as badly destroyed by Nathalie if these droids were harmed like that as I will in about ten seconds."

Marinette sighed. "I didn't WANT to use my Lucky Charm, but fine. Lucky Charm!"

What she got was...a fishing net? Adrien noticed this and blinked. "Didn't you already go Akuma fishing?"

"This is different, Cat." Marinette looked around. Come on, come on! Where is the logic for this?!

And she spotted it. Two large, metal poles, one on either side of the gym. "Cat Noir! Distract the bots!" With that, she leapt away.

"Why me?" she heard Adrien complain. "There's no Akuma to catch this time."

"Do YOU know the plan?" Marinette challenged.

"Fine." Adrien swung his bo-staff at the robots and ran from where he was cornered at the wall, causing the droids to chase after him.

Meanwhile, Marinette was tying the sides of the net to the poles. The net was large enough that it took over almost the entire space between the poles.

When it was set up, she called to her partner. "Cat! Lure them into the net!"

"Got it!" Adrien, who had been running on two feet, got down to four feet and bounded over to the poles, leaping onto one and climbing up it.

However, the robots weren't so agile and couldn't grasp things- other than weapons- well, and they tripped right into the net. Marinette grabbed one end of the net, and Adrien grabbed the other, and the two met on the ground and tied up the net's ends.

Once the bots were trapped, Adrien walked over to them and switched them off. He grinned over at Marinette, and the two of them fist-bumped. "Pound it!" Despite the fact that they hadn't fought an akumatized victim and only completed a training exercise, this was habit for them.

Marinette yawned and rubbed her thighs. "Let's take a break."

"Good idea."

Next up: Part two! ;D