Ok I know I know it's late, but I couldn't wait till tomorrow. So this chapter is a little short because I had to split it. It had became too long. Also, I wanted this entire story to be fluff, but had I done that there would have been too many problems story wise and inconsistencies. What happens on this part is important for the future and I felt like I wasn't making it justice by having a simple flashback. Therefore, I ended up making an entire chapter about the past, but no worries the next chapter takes off from the end of part 3 and will go more into the finer details of a couple of things that happen in this chapter. Alrighty then, Enjoy!
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Part 4
Past
"Oh, come on Alya," Marinette rolled her eyes as she took a sip from her Frappuccino, "Chat Noir is definitely on par with Ladybug. You always held her higher, but Chat Noir is just as important." It was a beautiful day out, the bakery had set up tables and chairs outside for people to enjoy the day. The two friends had decided on sitting outside of the bakery. Marinette had grown over the years to get annoyed when Chat was placed below her. "Without her partner she would definitely run into trouble."
"I know, I just wanted to see what you would say," Alya wiggled her eyebrows and bit down on her straw as Marinette turned pink. She had known for a while that Marinette and Chat Noir were very close. One night as she was walking past the bakery, she saw the two talking on Marinette's balcony. She proceeded to watch from afar and she noticed Chat visited Mari almost every night. While she was Rena Rouge, Chat Noir always spoke highly of Marinette.
There was a loud crash that caught the attention of the girls. All Parisians are asked to remain calm and seek shelter. An akuma has appeared, Chat Noir and Carapace are already at the scene. The street speakers had been installed about a year after Hawkmoth akumatized Ivan. Alya took out her phone and showed it to Marinette. Marinette knew she wasn't going to go record, but it always gave her an easy escape to transform. She watched her disappear into the distance.
Queen Bee was the last to arrive to the building roof top they were currently on. "Chat, you and Carapace were here first did you happen to see where the akuma is hiding," Ladybug had pulled Chat off to the side.
Chat shook his head and crossed his arms on his chest, "I was doing a pho-er," Chat quickly glanced away and looked at Ladybug, "I was near the area when I heard screaming. Carapace got here soon after. The only thing we found out is that she can time skip which throws off anything we try."
Ladybug tapped her chin as she brainstormed, "we'll just keep attacking maybe she will reveal the location of the akuma." Ladybug ran to help her other friends as Chat noir followed suit.
The team kept attacking, yet they hadn't been able to find the akuma. Chat and Ladybug tried attacking, but Hour Glass was faster. Chat was able to land without harm. Ladybug, on the other hand, took a hard blow. She felt the wind get knocked out of her. Hour Glass hovered over her and her ring began to glow. There, Chat thought, but Ladybug had yet to get up. "LB look out! The ring! Crap," Chat used his staff to get to Ladybug faster. He managed to cover her, but he felt a stinging sensation on his back. Carapace, Rena, and Bee felt their hearts sink to the bottom. Ladybug, however, felt her heart get ripped out of her chest and throat suffocate her. Chat had faded out of existence in her arms. Carapace stared in disbelief of what had just occurred in front of him. After Adrien, Chat was like a brother to him. He let one of his best friends get attacked. He was supposed to have shielded Ladybug not him. He could have stopped it but was too busy catching Rena. He took a step back and looked at the heroines. Ladybug, Rena, and Bee began attacking relentlessly. Tears streamed down Ladybug's face. Her partner, the one who believed in her from the very beginning, the one who would hold her after an exhausting fight, the one who she had learned to love, Chat was gone.
Ladybug's attacks were becoming more and more reckless with each hit she missed. Rena was the first to notice, for she had been fighting along her side the longest between Carapace and Queen Bee. Ladybug's constant attacking did delay the akuma's attack. Rena and Queen Bee fell back to where Carapace was still standing attempting to move. "Ladybug is getting dangerous. We have to stop her. She is going to get hurt," that snapped Carapace out. He was not going to lose another one of his friends. Hour Glass kicked, and it connected with Ladybug putting some distance between the two. Queen Bee used the opportunity to throw her trompo to create a blinding light. Carapace went in to pull Ladybug out, while Rena created an illusion of Ladybug.
The group didn't have much time. It would take maybe thirty seconds, if they were lucky, for Hour Glass to realize the Ladybug she is fighting is a fake. The group had barely gotten four buildings over before Hour Glass noticed the fake Ladybug. Within a second, she had reached them. Her time jumping had definitely been their biggest problem. Rena hadn't noticed her behind them. Hour Glass managed to trip Rena. Rena fell against a wall as Hour Glass got ready to attack. Carapace's breathing hitched. He reached Rena in time to protect her. However, Hour Glass's attack never came towards Rena. Instead she took quick aim towards Queen Bee. "Bee!", a flash of red appeared before Queen Bee. Ladybug fell. Queen Bee was taken aback by her sacrifice, her knees got weak and completely gave out beneath her. Carapace felt Rena tense up and shake her head. He was the one this time pulling them out of what had just happened. Hour Glass fell to the floor in pain. Hawkmoth now had lost the two most important miraculous. This gives them the exact opening they needed to get out to safety.
The three superheroes separated into alley ways as they wait to for the transformation to fall. Chloe fell on the floor, rooted in place. Pollen snuggled closer to Chloe in an attempt comfort her. Alya remained against the wall, clutching her miraculous in her hand as the tears fell silently. Trixx sat on Alya's shoulder unsure on what to say. Nino felt crack as his knuckles connect to the brick wall. Wayzz for once allowed the teen to vent his frustration without a word. There had to be something the three of them could do. Nino's eyes opened wide and he opened the app on his phone the team communicates on. Master Fu's in ten. He hit send if anyone knew what to do it was Master Fu.
The trio arrived at the guardian's home. "Master Fu, we need your help," Rena approached him with Carapace and Queen Bee following behind.
"I know," Tikki and Plagg came from behind the guardian. The three pairs of eyes widen. "I wasn't sure what had happened when the two miraculous appeared back in the box. Tikki and Plagg said you were fighting a time forwarding akuma. Is this correct?" Master Fu began pacing back and forth stroking his goatee. He then quickly turned to Carapace. "I have only heard of this happening, but I believe the two of them might have been sent to the future. That is why Plagg and Tikki returned to the box," Master Fu then snapped his fingers, "I got it. Rena, Bee, go home and rest, we have this under control. Carapace, please stay here. I need to talk with you and will need your help."
Rena and Bee were about to protest but Carapace eyebrows furrowed in confusion and spoke, "Master Fu, wouldn't more people be better?"
Given the circumstances Nino thought Master Fu would agree instead he shook his head. Master Fu put his hands behind his back and looked up to the trio. "The information I am about to pass along to Carapace is information only guardians, or studying guardians per say, can know."