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chapter three:
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tit for tat
"I can't believe he tried to take the blame for himself!" Ellie scowled deeply, plopping down onto the park's grass.
Vite nuzzled her small head out from her hoodie, "I think it was really sweet of Adrien. You don't see a lot of boys who take blame for everything."
"Exactly!" Ellie snorted, "He was trying to be a hero! Getting all sweet and nice infront of the principal and saying that it was all his fault. Talk about being dumb!"
Rolling her gray orbs, Vite gave an unimpressed look. "That really was nice of him, Ellie. Because of him, the principal let you two out with a small warning. I think you owe him a thank you."
The redhead shot her kwami a frosty glare, "Are you becoming a fan of Adrien Agreste too, Vite?" She inquired, sarcasm dripping from her voice. "Oh, my God! The amazing and great Adrien Agreste saved me from getting detention. I should go and kiss his feet and then become his slave for the rest of my life." The American gushed dramatically, then glared at her kwami.
"You know I didn't mean that, Ellie." Vite frowned before smiling up at the ginger. "But a thank you would be nice."
Ellie scoffed in response, "There's no way in hell I'm gonna thank that moron. I could've gotten out of that situation easily on my own." She pulled out a small notebook from her bag, Vite leaning her furry head against the redhead's shoulder.
"What're you gonna draw, Ellie?" The little cheetah cub asked, the gray eyed taking out a pencil as she crossed her legs.
"I dunno," She mumbled, gaze settled on the empty page.
And then, a smile pulling the ends of her lips upwards, Ellie pressed the pencil's tip against the paper, drawing out a round face before moving up slightly to sketch the eyes.
Vite watched curiously, amused when the cheetah miraculous wielder drew out two pigtails. The kwmai at once knew what she was going to make.
"You're drawing Marinette?" Vite questioned, Ellie smiling in response as she continued sketching the pigtails. "Yeah," She answered, "I think I actually made a good friend in my whole life."
The shouts of little children made of them look up from the notebook, gaze settling on a group of kids that were in a sandbox a few feet away from them. Apparently, they were all fighting.
"We don't wanna play with you, Tim!" A boy glared, pushing the other shorter boy out of the sandbox.
They all laughed, Tim sniffing as he landed on his back, tears threatening to fall out of his blue eyes. The small child whimpered, Ellie raising a brow on seeing a strange violet colored butterfly fluttered out of nowhere, moving towards the weeping boy.
"What a weird butterfly," The American mused, not noticing how horror crept over Vite's face. "Oh, Ellie!" The kwami cried out in panic, startling her human.
"You need to transform!"
Before the redhead could question what she meant, the butterfly vanished into Tim's small sand shovel, a dark moth shaped shadow appearing around his eyes. A purple cloud began enveloping his body, Ellie's silver eyes widening to size of dinner plates as the child grew into an enormous sand monster.
"Wow," She breathed in awe, completely oblivious to Vite's constant tug on her hoodie.
"I am Sandman!" The monster roared, turning towards the children who simply screamed in terror.
As if realization had just slapped her, Ellie sprang to her feet, gathering a few stones from the ground.
"Ellie!" Vite screamed from her shoulder, "What're you doing?!"
The gray-eyed girl ignored her kwami's yells, using full force to throw the stones at Sandman. "Hey, ugly!" She shouted out, the stone hitting the sand monster's head. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size!"
The small stones didn't bother him much, but they were good enough for him to focus his attention on her. With a furious growl, he brought his murderous glare on Ellie, the girl instantly regretting what she had done.
"Uh, oh." Ellie winced, trying to step back as he let out an angry roar. But the girl lost her footing, tripping and landing onto her bottom.
Vite seemed to hide further into her hoodie, Ellie feeling chills run down her spine as the Sandman unleashed a wave of sand in her direction. Squeezing her eyes shut, the American waited for the sand to painfully hit her body.
A few seconds ticked by and nothing happened.
Cracking her eyes open, she stared as a figure stood infront of her, his staff spinning with such speed that it acted as a shield for them. The figure swiftly turned to look at her, green catlike eyes bright and sparkling with mischief.
"Bonjour, madame." Chat Noir smirked, holding out his gloved hands towards her. "I hope you're alright."
Silver eyes met emerald ones before glancing at his outstretched arm. Chat Noir's smirk morphed into a toothy grin as she clasped her hand with his. With a pull, he helped her up, grinning toothily as he got onto his knees.
"I'm Chat Noir, my fair maiden." He purred, brushing his lips against her knuckles.
His grin grew as her cheeks suddenly flushed a bright color of red, the ginger quickly yanking her hand out of his grasp. "Uh, y-yeah." Ellie stammered, not noticing how the boy was grinning at her in amusement.
"Th-thanks for the s-save." She bit her tongue, thinking why the hell words were coming out as stutters.
Did she hit her head or something?
Chat Noir got up, tossing her a flirtatious wink. "My pleasure, sweetheart." And he was more amused when her face went red even more.
For some strange reason, Ellie found her heart beats going a wee much faster as he slid an arm around her waist, then pulling her flush against him. "Hold on tight," He advised her, the end of his staff suddenly extending and hitting the ground, pushing both of them towards the other end of the park.
As if he was on fire, Ellie quickly detached herself from him. Chat Noir awarded her with a charming smile, "You'll be safe here." He gave a two fingered solute, adding in a wink. "See you later, my fair maiden." And then he was gone, already charging towards the monster rummaging in the park.
Vite flew out of the hoodie, smiling as Ladybug joined Chat Noir, both of them dodging sand from the akumatized boy. "Quick, Ellie!" The kwami turned to the redhead, "We need to go and help the—"
But the cheetah cub paused, raising an eyebrow as Ellie stood still, her eyes matching the size of marbles as she stared over at Ladybug and Chat Noir, cheeks holding a pink hue.
"Ellie?" Vite spoke again, flying infront of the ginger. "Ellie? Can you hear me?" She shook her small paw in her face, frowning as the girl gave no answer.
With a sigh, Vite swiftly spun, her long furry tail hitting the teenager's cheek.
"Ow!" Ellie gritted her teeth together, placing a hand on her aching cheek as she glared at her kwami. "Did you just slap me with your tail?!"
"We need to help Ladybug and Chat Noir," Vite said immediately, Ellie's eyes widening. "They're fighting that monster! Do you know what this means, Vite?!"
Vite flashed an excited smile, "We're gonna help them?!"
"Pffft... No!" Ellie snorted, ignoring the dumb look the kwami sent her way. Placing a hand on her hip, the scarlet haired girl grinned broadly. "It means we can rob that new jewellery story around the block."
Small canines grinding in her mouth, Vite glowered at her human. "No, Ellie. We're not going to rob anything. We're gonna help—"
Cutting her off, Ellie held out her arm, the stone of her bracelet shining in the sunshine. "Vite, it's time to run!"
The words being said, a cry of protest left the kwami's mouth as she was forcefully sucked into the bracelet's yellow stone. Five black spots magically appeared on the golden stone, glitter surrounding Ellie's body, leaving her in her miraculous costume.
A smirk curling the corners of her lips upwards, Cheetah grabbed her whip, snapping it over to a building, pulling herself into the air as the whip caught the building's edge.
And soon the golden cladded girl was swinging through the streets of Paris, cackling with delight, pretty diamonds in her mind.
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When Cheetah exited the jewelry store, she seldom noticed the bright glittering light that shot out from the park. The only thing in her mind were the number of sparkling jewels in her small bag. Pulling out a diamond necklace, she smiled proudly before fixing it around her neck.
Then she was climbing up a fire escaping, laughing as she began running over the rooftops, leaping every bow and then as large gaps came in her path.
"I could do this forever!" Cheetah sighed blissfully, pushing herself off a rooftop when all of a sudden, a yoyo's string coiled around her ankle.
A surprised gasp left her lips as she was pulled back from the air and harshly into a wall. Her vision spun for a moment but she quickly recovered, landing onto her feet before straightening up.
Steely gray eyes moved up, meeting deep ocean blue ones.
Ladybug expertly spun her yoyo, glaring daggers at the other girl with Chat Noir by her side.
"Well, if isn't Ladybug and..." Cheetah began, gaze lingering over to Chat Noir and she winked, letting out a purr. "Kitty cat."
A smirk grew on the redhead's lips as the boy blushed slightly, tightening his grip on his staff as he stood beside Ladybug.
Ladybug's eyes softened and she held out her hand, "You're better than this, Cheetah. You should your powers for go—"
She was rudely interrupted, "God, are you seriously going to give me the you're-better-than-this speech?" Cheetah groaned, placing her hands on her hips. "I've been given that speech before and sorry to say but it doesn't work on me."
The wild feline pulled out her whip, snapping it in their direction. The two heroes swiftly moved out of the way, a grin tugging Cheetah's lips as Ladybug's scarlet earrings released a beep, quickly followed by Chat Noir's ring beeping as well.
"Looks like someone used their special powers~" Cheetah sang teasingly, stepping out of the way as Chat Noir pounced at her.
"Sorry, Chat Noir." She smirked, delivering a spin kick at his back. "But you're not stealing my things again."
And then Ladybug's yoyo was being swung towards her. Pulling out her whip again, Cheetah threw it forward, Ladybug narrowing her blue eyes as the whip's tip collided with her yoyo, both of their weapons bouncing back towards them.
A loud beep rang in the atmosphere and Ladybug ran towards Chat Noir, helping the boy up. "I'm going to detransform soon." She told him, Chat Noir parting his lips to speak when Cheetah interrupted him.
"Are you two together?" She inquired, glancing at their conjoined hands as a smirk pulled at her lips. "'Cause I'm not interested in being with people's exes."
Chat Noir began, smirking. "Well, actuall—"
"No, we're not!" Ladybug glared at her, snatching her hand back from her partner.
Her gloved fingers moving up to her earlobes, Ladybug bit her bottom lip on hearing the second last beep. "You've gotta take care of this, Chat." She shouted out, sprinting towards another building.
Chat Noir frowned at her retreating back, "But, my lady!" He tried to call out to her but the bluenette had disappeared somewhere.
"Looks like it's just you and me, Kitty cat." Cheetah smirked, Chat Noir settling her with a glare.
He pointed his staff towards her, but she simply rolled her eyes, hanging her coiled whip against her hip. She took a step towards him, amused as how his muscles tensed, his grasp tightening on his staff.
"Do you really wanna fight me, Chat Noir?" Cheetah hummed, slowly stalking towards him.
"Just give the jewels back!" He hissed in answer, then charged forward, swinging his staff her way. She ducked beneath it and then kept dodging his attacks. All of a sudden, she grabbed the end of his staff, Chat Noir growling as his ring gave out another beep.
"You're gonna detransform soon," The redhead told him, eyes flashing with fury as he suddenly yanked off the necklace around her neck.
"Give that back to me!" Cheetah hissed, the blonde boy responding with a victorious smirk as he pulled the staff out from her hands.
He twirled the necklace around his finger, enjoying how she shot him a murderous glare. "Come and take it from me, why don't you?" He teased.
An idea struck the redhead and she pointed towards his shoes, releasing a snort. "You're shoelaces are untied."
Chat Noir looked down at his feet but before he could say that she was wrong, she had literally lunged at him. The black cat reacted rather swiftly, taking her by her wrists and pinning her against the nearest wall.
"You really like playing unfair, don't you?" He gave an unimpressed look, Cheetah growling at him.
And suddenly, she used all her strength to push him into the sidewall as well, her hand pressing at his throat to keep him in place.
"How quickly the tables turn," She glared at him, the claws of her other hand grabbing his face.
Chat Noir glowered at her but the American's mind played the events later in the park, causing a smirk to grow on her lips. Chat Noir felt perplexed as she peered up at him through red lashes, gray eyes glittering with mischief.
"Oh, Chat Noir~" Cheetah gave out a purr, burying her face into his neck.
Cheeks flushing red, Chat Noir felt goosebumps scattering all over his body as she took a deep inhale. "Wha-what're y-you..." He stammered, green eyes widening and body suddenly frozen as soft lips began brushing against his jawline.
"H-hey! St-stop that!"
A smirk grew on Cheetah's lips as his stuttering voice hit her ears.
Her hand made its way towards his, gently plucking out the necklace while her other hand cupped his cheek, tilting it down. Emerald eyes met silver ones, Chat Noir finding his heart fluttering as she stood on her toes, ready to press her lips against his.
He could feel her warm breath tickling his lips, her lips centimetres away from him but he blinked, a blush spread on his cheeks as she rewarded him with a satisfactory smirk, and for some reason, he felt unhappy when she swiftly pulled back.
"See you later, purr-ety kitty." Cheetah laughed, giving a two fingered salute before speeding off to the other rooftops.
His ring giving a last beep, Chat Noir dropped to the ground, face flushed and heart hammering in his chest as a green glitter covered him.
"Bleh! What was that all about?!" Plagg grunted with disgust.
Adrien didn't respond, his back against the wall as he stared, bewildered with his fingers running over his jaw as he tried to process what just happened.
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"I can't believe you did that!" Vite hissed angrily as soon as she flew out of the bracelet. "Not only did you steal, you harassed Chat Noir of all people!"
Ellie rolled her gray orbs, walking over a bridge as she examined the necklace. "I wouldn't use the word harass, y'know?"
"What you did was still wrong!"
"Hey, Vite, relax. It was just payback."
The kwmai's eye twitched, "Payback?" She repeated angrily, "Payback for what?"
Gray eyes glancing at the ground, the corners of Ellie's lips pulled down. "Payback for what he made me feel in the park." She mumbled to herself, running her thumb over the diamonds.
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