The next day at school, Renard could barely focus. Ladybug wanted to meet up with him more often! She wanted to spend time with him! He wasn't sure of his feelings for her, but he definitely wanted to spend time with her.

Cateline walked in with Bianca, and they sat behind Renard and Eudes. Renard watched as Cateline talked with Bianca. And what was up with Lina? Suddenly she wanted to hang out with him more? Last time he checked, she wanted nothing to do with him.

Renard tried paying attention in class but the boy sitting across from him was annoying. Colby Bourgeois thought he was everything, and he treated everyone else like dirt. Renard despised him, but Cateline seemed like she could care less about Colby. Renard narrowed his eyes at Colby and turned back to the teacher. But, Renard couldn't help but hear part of Colby's conversation.

"…I don't even know why he tries to talk to us. He's a nerd and no one likes him anyway. I mean, he has to be the only one who cares about school. What a loser."

Renard knew who Colby was talking about. Victor was a kid in their class who always answered the questions correctly, and apparently that annoyed Colby. Renard liked Victor. He would help Renard with homework in their study groups. Renard looked back and saw Victor suddenly get up and run out of the room, carrying his books. Renard sighed and looked back at Cateline, who was following Victor with her eyes. She leaned down to talk to Renard.

"Poor Victor, he's a nice guy. I just wish Colby would treat him better," Cateline whispered.

Colby overheard her. "Are you talking about me, Cateline?" He smirked at her. "Good things I hope."

Cateline scowled and turned away. Renard grinned at Lina's reaction. The teacher continued with the lesson, and Renard tried his best to pay attention. After class, Renard, Eudes, Cateline and Bianca all walked out together.

"It's not cool what Colby did to Victor today," Bianca commented.

"Yeah, Colby think he owns everything," chimed Eudes.

Cateline sighed. "Maybe if Colby tried being nice he would have more friends instead of that copycat Desperoux."

Renard nodded in agreement. "I agree, but I highly doubt Colby knows the definition of a 'friend.'"

Suddenly, a book flew down from the sky and smacked Renard in the face. "What the heck…" he muttered.

Then he saw it. A floating boy with paper and books swirling around him. The boy was throwing books and paper at innocent people on the street, and making them do homework.

"Soon everybody will come to realize that I am the alpha in this system. You will all respect me!" the boy exclaimed. "Call me…Academiccio!"

Renard shouted, "I have to go and warn my parents!"

Cateline nodded. "Uh, yeah, me too!"

Both ran off in opposite directions, leaving Bianca and Eudes alone to fend off this akumatized victim. Renard transformed into Cat Noir and hurried back to face Academiccio.

"Really, Einstein? More unnecessary work? I think not!" Cat Noir taunted.

Academiccio set his sights on Cat Noir and threw books at him. Cat Noir dodged the books while getting the pedestrians out of the way.

"No matter how hard you try, you can't get me to do my homework!"

A book flew towards Cat Noir, but there wasn't enough time to dodge it. Suddenly, a red yo-yo hit the book mid-flight and stopped it.

"Need help, Cat Noir?" Ladybug said, grinning.

Cat Noir sighed with relief. "Absolutely."

Ladybug met up with Cat Noir. "Okay, I think the akuma is in the book he is holding. He's making copies of the books and throwing those. If we can get the original, we can stop him."

Cat Noir. "Sounds like a plan."

Cat Noir and Ladybug advanced towards Academiccio, dodging flying books and paper. Ladybug threw her yo-yo and caught Academiccio's arm, stopping him from throwing more books. Cat Noir leapt up to meet his opponent.

"Cataclysm!" he exclaimed.

Cat Noir destroyed all the copies of the books, taking away Academiccio's weapons. But the main book kept making copies, too many for Cat Noir to destroy. Ladybug threw her yo-yo in the air.

"Lucky charm!"

A giant, red butterfly net fell into her hands. "What do I do with this?" she wondered.

Cat Noir yelled down to Ladybug, "I can't stop all of these copies, Ladybug!"

Ladybug looked around and suddenly knew what to do. She held up the butterfly net and caught all of the copies in the net, stopping Academiccio from using them as weapons. With Academiccio distracted, Cat Noir grabbed the main book and threw it to Ladybug. She caught it in the air and ripped it in half. A small, black butterfly flew out. Ladybug swung her yo-yo and caught it.

"No more evil doing for you, little akuma." She opened the yo-yo and released the pure butterfly. "Goodbye pretty butterfly."

Ladybug threw the butterfly net up into the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

Everything returned to normal, and Victor changed back to himself. Cat Noir walked up to him and helped him up.

"Hey, being intelligent is something to be proud of, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise," Cat Noir said to Victor.

Victor smiled at him. "Thanks, Cat Noir." Victor turned to Ladybug. "And thank you too, Ladybug!"

Victor ran off. Ladybug met up with Cat Noir. "Nice job today, kitty. We make a great team."

Cat Noir smiled at her. "Yes we do."

Both of their miraculous' beeped. "See you soon," Cat Noir said before leaping off.

Ladybug watched him go, smiling. She ran to hide and transform back. As Cateline, she found Bianca and Eudes huddled under a vendor stand. Cateline laughed at them.

"You two okay there?" she asked.

Bianca sighed. "There you are! I was wondering where you had disappeared."

Renard joined them moments later, and Eudes recounted everything that had happened to Renard. While Eudes was talking, Renard made eye contact with Cateline and both of them smiled. After the excitement of the whole villain encounter faded, Cateline and Renard walked home together.

"See you later, Lina," Renard said, smiling.

Cateline waved. "See ya."

As they departed, Renard looked back at Cateline when her back was turned. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he thought maybe he was developing…feelings for her. He shook his head.

"This is Lina we're talking about," Renard muttered.

"You like her," Plagg muttered from inside Renard's jacket.

Renard hushed him. "No I don't…"

But he knew he couldn't hide from Plagg. "Okay, so maybe I do… But she doesn't like me. I'm a nuisance to her."

Plagg raised an eyebrow. "Really, Renard? I think she likes you, too."

Renard's heart started pounding. "You think so?"

Plagg nodded and Renard smiled as he ran inside his house to end a very eventful day. And maybe, just maybe, he could see Ladybug tonight, and they could talk about the battle today. Renard fell on his bed and closed his eyes. Cateline's piercing green eyes haunted his dreams that night, and an image of her smiling at him stayed with him all night.