Good grief, I've been working overtime on these chapters to get em done! This a record for me this year!
Anyways, we get to see more of Master Fu at the beginning of this chapter, and a little less Nathaniel, as there's not really much I can do to implement him in this episode. I will say this, Mr. Pigeon is definitely a unique villain, I'll admit that much.
Also, I wanted to point out two things from the last two chapters.
The whole thing with Yuko's macaron printed vest: I kid you not, that's kinda a real story from me. I found some macaron printed fabric and I plan on making a vest with it!
And the hula hoop with bubbles: That's happened to my friend. We wanted to make a larger bubble so we used one to increase the size of it.
Anyways, enjoy this chapter. I don't own Miraculous, only my OCs.
Chapter 7: Mr. Pigeon, Part 1
"Sounds like your getting use to you life as a superhero Yuko. I'm glad things are turning out alright for you."
Yuko smiled as she meditated in the apartment, Master Fu setting a cup of tea next to her. The older man couldn't help but smile at his pupil. Since she arrived in Paris several weeks back, he had begun to train her like he did with her father and uncle decades back. Mitarai would be proud of you, Yuko.
"It is a bit difficult, but I've gotten a lot better with adjusting to both sides of my life. Slypph and Rosse seem to be having fun as well," Yuko admitted, the red hair watching the 3 kwami talk in another part of the room, "I guess the only thing I have to remember with my hero form is to keep something on me to change into. The power to change something is handy, but it's trouble if you got nothing to change."
"Your father and Satoshi were the same with their powers. Satoshi was easy to lose his temper with his miraculous' antics, and little Mitarai lost his concentration a lot at first. But they became a strong team in the end."
"The I guess I have to get better too, along with Ladybug and Cat Noir." The red haired teen stretched as she stood up, catching the attention of Rosse and Slypph, "We better get going soon. I have a lot to do today."
"Thank you for coming today Yuko. It's good to see your training as a Miraculous hero come along."
Yuko nodded as she gathered her things and left, the two kwami floating alongside her. "Mitarai? Satoshi? Those are some interesting heroes, at least from what I've heard." Slypph pointed out.
"My dad and Uncle respectively. Both were apparently Miraculous heroes. Uncle Satoshi still is I think. His was the Phoenix Miraculous, of rebirth."
"Oh yeah, that's Blazze! I remember him. He miraculous for another person in my former owner's time. He's naturally uh... a miraculous with a very sophisticated personality. It's good to know he finally got a chance to be a hero again." Rosse explained, her eyes sparkling, before noticing her user had taken out a book out of her bag, "What's that for Yuko?"
"Oh this? It's a book on sewing patterns for the sewing contest today. That's why I went to Master Fu's place. I needed to get some focusing meditation so I can work on it. Mom's allowing the shop open for a trial run of the sewing room for my classmates." Yuko stated, her confusion getting the best of her, "But I just don't get why the theme is derby hats. It makes no sense. Maybe I should just stay out of this one. I'm out of ideas."
Rosse grew confused, and Slypph snickered. "What is it with this world's idea of fashion?" The butterfly kwami asked, "Back with my former owner, we had really nice kimonos we wore back then. And they're still used in summer there in this era!"
"Times change Rosse, especially with fashion. Although, I'm happy just wearing a kimono pattern of my own idea." A brief pause followed, and Yuko giggled, "Maybe I could work on that when I get back to the shop."
"Coo?"
The butterfly kwami gave a little whimper, and Yuko noticed that she was hiding from a... Pigeon?
"Rosse it's fine! Pigeons are really friendly birds!" The red haired teen giggled, "All they eat are seeds anyways."
Slypph's eyes widened. "Well why didn't you say so before!"
Both Yuko and Rosse looked as the owl kwami as he tossed some of them seeds he had hidden in the bag, the birds eating them happily. "Hey I may be a glutton with seeds, but hey! I love to share with fellow seed eaters!"
"Hey Yuko! This is amazing, isn't it!"
Yuko couldn't help but giggle as she held open the door for her classmates, several of them looking in awe. "So this is your mother's idea for the studio?" Julieka asked.
"Yeah. As you know from before, she does a lot of fashion designs. She thought it might be able to attract attention from modeling companies by allowing everyone in our class to use the sewing stuff in here. She's got a lot, so don't hesitate to ask on stuff," The teen explained as she saw her mother enter the room, the older woman waving to them.
"This is really incredible!" Nathaniel pointed out, and Yuko blushed.
"Don't thank me, this is my mother's forte."
"Well you still take after her, young Yuko."
Everyone looked up to see an elderly man with blue-green eyes behind glasses and pale hair, several streaks of hair still retaining their original red color. "You carry more of the historical side of art with you Yuko. That will come in handy in the future, I know it." The elderly man stated as he turned to Yuko's classmates, "Good afternoon. I'm Kazemaru Tendo, Yuko's grandfather."
"It's a honor to meet you sir. Yuko's mentioned your talents a lot at school," Nathaniel explained as he bowed, the elderly gentlemen bowing in return.
"Likewise. Yuko mentions how artistic you are. I hope when we open it will help with your skills."
Nathaniel smiled, and looked over at Yuko as her grandfather left the room and the others begun working on their projects. "Your family is really nice Yuko." he artist pointed out.
"Most of them. Taji's kinda a jerk at times, but that's only when he wakes me up late." Yuko admitted, both teen's giggling when they hear Taji scold em from the other room.
"This is gonna be a nice shop, I just know it Yuko."
"Thanks Nath. I really appreciate it."
"No problem. By the way, wanna see what I drew on the way here?"
Yuko watched the artist open his sketchbook, and on the page was a drawing of several pigeons. "There were quite a few of them on my way here today. It seems like they're just gathering around here this time of year now," Nathaniel pointed out.
"Now that you mention, I saw some on my way home today. I had to stop by my martial arts mentor's place. He's a family friend that lives here in Paris."
"Interesting. But yeah, there's been a lot more than usual out now. It's a little surprising. Granted Paris deos get a lot of em, but this is a lot more than usual."
"Really? That's really odd." Yuko pondered it for a minute, trying to comprehend the situation. Could it be another akuma attack using the birds? No, it couldn't be that. They're all disorganized and all over the city. Someone would have to have control over them, and right now there's been no sign of attacks. Maybe it's just a rare occurance then.
A look around the shop made Yuko notice something. "I thought Marinette was gonna be working on the project too." The red haired teen pointed out.
"I heard her talking about finding some inspiration first. This is her first time working with a derby hat idea."
"Okay, I understand that. A derby hat is an unusual theme for the project." Yuko contemplated, before looking at her own clothing designs, "Kinda a shame though. I was working on an idea for a kimono dress to use for it just in case."
"Really?"
Nathaniel took a peek at the page holding Yuko's designs. On it was a magenta colored kimono, designed with white butterflies and purple flowers on the bottom part of the dress. "Yuko, this is really nice! Even without it being the theme, you should make this as well!" The artist exclaimed.
"You really think so?"
"Definitely! It really matches your style!"
Yuko blushed, and looked at the pattern again. "Well it couldn't hurt to work on it. Maybe I can find inspiration for the hat while working on it!"
"That should do. The basic design is all sewed together. All that's left is the designs."
Yuko sighed with relief as she stepped back from her little sewing project, Rosse and Slypph admiring it from afar. It had taken her about an hour, but the basic shape of the dress had started to take form. Now all that was needed was to add onto the butterfly and flower patterns after a break.
"That took a lot longer than expected. I wonder if there's any news on the TV now. I need to get a way to refocus again, especially after not taking a break for an hour," Yuko pointed out as she turned on the TV.
"I just hope we don't have to go outside again. I'd really rather not encounter those pigeons again. They give me bad memories of my encounter with a messenger pigeon with my former user. Do you know how terrifying getting stuck on it's talon is?" Rosse exclaimed, growing terrified at a pigeon flying past the window.
"So that's why you don't like them Rosse. You're traumatized by an event involving them!"
Slypph snickered, and the butterfly Miraculous glared at the owl. "Oh laugh it up Slypph, you've been in a similar situation! Remember your first encounter with Plagg?" Rosse asked, and Slypph grew quiet, "Yeah, I thought so. So keep your mouth shut."
Yuko sighed at the duo's antics, before turning her attention to the TV, where her eyes widened. "Uh, Rosse? I think you may have jinxed yourself." The red haired teen pointed out.
Rosse turned her attention to the TV, and immediately took off hiding in her user's bookbag. "What would give Hawk Moth the idea of making a villain who can tame those scary birds!" The miraculous wailed at the TV, Slypph snickering at the scene, "Shut up Slypph!"
For once, Yuko ignored the two as she paid attention to the news bulletin. "Sorry to ruffle your feathers, but Paris now belongs to the pigeons!" Mr. Pigeon declared, giving a pigeon-like call from the Eiffel Tower.
"What is it with the Akumas and the Eiffel tower? Anyways, this is a serious problem Rosse. One that needs Paris' trio of heroes to stop before it gets out of hand!" the red haired teen pointed out, "And They'll need Crimson Butterfly's help for it."
"B-But the pigeons, Yuko!" Rosse whimpered.
"It'll be fine Rosse. We'll be transformed, remember?"
"Oh... Right. Okay then, I'll be fine." Rosse paused to glare at Slypph, who just snickered at her behavior.
"Let's go help Ladybug and Cat Noir then! Rosse, Soar High!"
"Okay, either these Akuma like to stop traffic on purpose, or life is seriously against people getting to their destination!"
Yuko felt annoyed for once as she jumped from rooftop to rooftop, following the plane shaped pigeon flocks as she moved. "Hate to admit it, but Hawk Moth definitely chose an interesting idea for an akumatized victim." The red haired hero mumbled as she leapt onto another building, "Although I hate to hurt these pigeons. They're not overly evil. Well, other than making a mess of statues and sculptures."
"Speak for yourself Butterfly! I'm allergic to these bird's feathers!"
A sneeze caught Yuko's attention, and she watched as Cat Noir and Ladybug landed next to her. "This is getting beyond weird," Ladybug pointed out.
"Well you know what they say, Birds of a feather, flock together!" Cat Noir joked, and Yuko groaned as the cat-like hero sneezed again, "These birds are only part of the problem. The park keepers in Paris are vanishing without a trace!"
"Any idea on how to find them?" Yuko asked, growing concerned as Ladybug answered.
"I don't know, but we need to find Mr. Pigeon asap."
"But where are we gonna find him? He could be anywhere Ladybug." Cat Noir pointed out, another sneeze escaping him.
Yuko's eyes widened as she and Ladybug realized something.
"I don't know where to find him, but I know where he can find us," The spotted hero stated.
"I think I know what you're thinking of Ladybug. But I don't think you're gonna like it Cat Noir." Yuko suggested, making the cat-like hero look at them with a smirk.
"Try me."
"You're right, I don't like it!"
Yuko just shook her head with amusement as she watched Cat Noir whistle in a park keeper's hat, before he started to do a bunch of random dances. "We're trying not to look suspicious Cat Noir!" The red haired hero stated, before giggling at the cat-like hero's antics.
"Crimson Butterfly's right. Act Natural, or he'll never show up!" Ladybug added.
"What do you mean?" asked Cat Noir as he did a reverse moonwalk, "I am acting natural!"
Yuko covered her mouth to muffle some of the laughs escaping her mouth. This is more amusing than when I caught Taji dancing in his boxers and a tank top while dancing to Dancing Lasha Tumbai last year. And that's not easy to admit. If it wasn't for the fact that this is serious, I would've filmed the situation. The red haired teen thought, before noticing several bystanders doing just that. Forget I said that. I wonder how he'll react to that on YouTube?
"Where could he be? He should've been here by now!" Ladybug pointed out.
A sneeze and some cooing noises caught the two female heroes' attention, and they looked to see a bunch of pigeons form a sphere and take Cat Noir away. "What the?"
"Figure this out later, it's time to go after them!" Yuko called out as she engaged the fan and took off. Ladybug looked around, before shrugging her shoulders and taking off after the other female hero.
"Where's that birdbrain Mr. Pigeon?"
Yuko watched as Cat Noir looked around the building he was on while she disengaged from flight, Ladybug not far behind. "He's gotta be here somewhere," Ladybug pointed out as the trio looked around.
This makes no sense! Why would Mr. Pigeon bring us here instead of where the other park keepers are? Something's off about this! Yuko thought, before looking upward in surprise.
On top of a cloud of pigeons was the akumatized villain, looking down at them with arms crossed. In his hands was a whistle of some sort, and Yuko's eyes widened as he blew it. That's a pigeon calling whistle! That's how he controls em! Which means...
"Cat Noir! Ladybug! Heads up!"
All three heroes looked up as the pigeons began flying around them, backing the 3 into one area. "Call me crazy, but I feel like bird seed all of a sudden." Ladybug called out behind the red haired hero.
"Oh don't worry! I think my kwami would agree with you on that Ladybug!" Yuko retorted, eyes wide as the pigeons brought down a cage around them. "Okay, not good!"
"Rooloo! Chirpy day! I'm so ruthless."
Yuko and the other two heroes looked up to see Mr. Pigeon above them, and only one real statement could really come to mind as she faced the bird-like villain. One that Cat Noir would probably joke about later.
"Really? What's this supposed to be, an imitation of a bug catching container?"
Yeah, kinda wanted to end it on more of a joking cliffhanger. But don't worry, part 2 will be here tomorrow. Hopefully. It really all depends on the time I have. I'm busy in the afternoons. Who knows though, maybe I can get it done tonight. Anyone else agree with me when I say Mr. Pigeon reminds me of the Penguin from Batman? *Shruggs* That's probably just me then.
Anyways, the two mentioned by Master Fu at the beginning of this chapter (Satoshi and Mitarai), they're gonna play an important part in the future. Not this season (Although you will see Satoshi soon), but moreover in season 2, where I do plan on adding a few original parts to the series (It's relavent to part of my version). Mitarai is Yuko's father, but as to why he's not in this season (or next season), you will find out in time.
That's all for this chapter though. Remember to read on and review, and until next time, this is Warrior signing out! See ya on the other side of the nexus!
