I almost forgot to post this after reminding myself to two hours ago. But here it is! The last chapter! *cries* This has been such a great ride, thank you all for reading and enjoy the last chapter!


Honey Bee's vision whipped back to the Master now, seeing pure red. There was no way in hell she was going to let him get away with freezing her sister, no matter how good of a taste he had in television shows. She knew exactly what to say to piss off the akuma, too.

"Hey Master! Been to Kanto lately? I'm pretty sure that the 'Ash is a loser' sign is still there!" With each word, she advanced a step, expanding her disc to act like a shield should he throw anything at her.

He narrowed his eyes at her. "I don't know what you're trying to do, but I don't like it." He readied another ball, aiming right for her, but Ladybug knocked it out of his hand with her yoyo.

"Well, I do! Keep going, Honey!" Ladybug encouraged, signalling to Chat Noir to back her up. The plan formed almost telepathically between them. There was no way she was stopping now.

"How could Ash not even recognize Team Rocket after seeing them both in and out of disguise almost every day?" she shouted, capturing his attention once more. "And don't even get me started on his obliviousness to just about everything going on around him!"

The Master crossed his arms, eyes raging. "How dare you talk like that about the best character the show has ever seen! I mean, you're not wrong, but still!"

She rolled her eyes, feigning boredom. "Please. He didn't even properly earn the first two Indigo League badges, and in order to even get into the Celadon Gym, he had to fool them using Team Rocket's help, no less, by dressing up as a girl. And really, the fact that his charizard didn't listen to him for the longest time is really degrading as a trainer."

The akuma looked downright furious now, but she kept going at Ladybug's signal. She and Chat Noir were almost behind him and continued to move inconspicuously. "If you think about it, he wasn't even that good at battling. He's never won a League yet, and at this rate he probably isn't going to. And do you remember when he challenged Elesa at the Nimbasa Gym? Who brings only one pokémon to a gym battle?"

"All fair points, but have you considered the fact that Ash saw way more legendary pokémon than anyone else in the series as of now?" At this point, it was less of a fight and more of a debate.

Honey Bee lifted an eyebrow and shook her head. "Not true. Team Rocket has seen almost as many, only a couple less than Ash has. And have you considered that even after they mention the passage of time in the anime that he's still ten? It's not possible by any means." She paused a moment to let that sink in before delivering the proverbial nail in the coffin. Ladybug and Chat Noir had almost completely gone behind the Master, ready to grab his hat at a moment's notice. "And anyways, as Iris says, he always acts like such a little kid. There's no way he can win any of the Leagues if he doesn't step up his game at least a little. Honestly, Kalos was the best thing to happen to him, even if he was too dense to pick up the hints Serena was dropping the entire time."

The fury in the Master's eyes grew and his scowl grew into a snarl. He reached up and turned the hat on his head backwards, just like Ash did in the anime whenever things were about to get real. Little did he know, he was actually making their job easier. She crossed her arms tightly over her chest and smirked, nodding at her allies. They immediately lifted the hat right off of his head and Chat Noir used his Cataclysm on it, disintegrating the hat and releasing the akuma, which Ladybug then caught and purified.

Ladybug handed Honey Bee the hat to give back to the released victim, now on his hands and knees but still in the mixed-up costume. Hawkmoth must've not been feeling too creative today, but at least this name was better than some of the others he came up with.

"Here's your hat," Honey Bee said in a soft voice, holding it out to the boy. He stood, towering a good five inches taller than her, and took the hat back, placing it securely on his head. "You know, that's a really great costume. Even if it's not perfectly accurate to one generation, it has an element from each of Ash's outfits. That's pretty unique."

At her praise, his eyes brightened a little. "You think so?" He looked her over a bit, and she could practically see the thoughts racing in her mind. "You could make a good May or Jasmine."

"Thanks," she smiled, noticing Ladybug beckoning to her out of the corner of 'her eye. "I have to go now, but I hope you have fun wherever you were going with that costume." She left with one final wave, sprinting to Ladybug.

"You handled that one really well," the superhero said upon her arrival. The two took off into the sky, as Chat Noir had already left, having only a couple minutes left before he detransformed. "I didn't even need to use my Lucky Charm."

Honey Bee stole a quick glance down to where Paige had been. She could kind of make her out in the crowd, wrapped in a blanket to counteract the ice she had been encased in. If any akumas came after Paige ever again-

"Honey Bee. You still there?" She barely registered Ladybug waving a hand in front of her face.

A quick shake of her head cleared her rather violent thoughts. "Yeah, sorry. What did you say?"

"I asked if you knew any of those people who were frozen. You really started to take charge once that ball exploded."

"Er. . ." she thought quickly, trying to figure out how to explain this situation. "Yeah. She's a friend, and I didn't want to see her get caught in the crossfire."

Ladybug nodded knowingly. "I know the feeling well. How did you know so much about that show anyway? That was kind of impressive."

Honey Bee laughed, slightly embarrassed. "I've been a fan of Pokémon since I was little. It's just one of those things. . ." A sudden thought struck her mind and she stopped in place. "I have to go. See you at patrol!" Leaving a baffled Ladybug behind, she zipped through the sky, striving to get home before Paige. If Paige got home before her and she wasn't there like she said she would be. . . Well, there were three ways this could go.

The most unlikely way was their parents telling her that Holly had went out, which they might not even remember her saying, and Paige believing them, in which case she would have to come in the front door and make up a story about the akuma.

The second path was their parents not seeing Paige come in and Paige going into her room and starting to freak out, in which case she would have to come in the front door and make up a story about the akuma.

And the last path was basically like the second one, except Paige asked her specific questions because she didn't remember seeing Holly anywhere near the akuma. If things went wrong with that path, her secret identity could be in jeopardy. So really, her rushed departure was totally justified.

She didn't see Paige below her anywhere when she was a block away from home. Perhaps she had gone back out with those new friends of hers? It was a likely explanation.

"Almost home," she assured herself, spotting her apartment window in the distance.

She put on an extra burst of speed, jumping through her open window and rolling onto her bed. "Buzz off, Cierr," she spoke, laying flat on her bed. Her transformation released around her, Cierr coming out of the miraculous and dropping onto Holly's chest.

"That was incredible!" she exclaimed, sitting up and glancing over to the bag of trail mix on Holly's desk. "Seriously, I don't think an akuma has even been defeated by a debate."

Holly laughed softly. "Please. I was just lucky that he was akumatized based on something I'm obsessed with. Otherwise, it probably would've taken a lot longer."

Footsteps echoed in the hallway, coming towards her closed door. "Cierr, you might want to hide," she whispered, but the kwami has already phased into one of her desk drawers. With a grunt, she pushed herself up to unlock her door, opening it to find Paige about to knock. "Can I help you?"

"Can I come in first?" Holly stepped to the side, motioning for Paige to enter with her head before closing the door again. They both took seats on the bed, facing each other cross-legged. "We need to talk."

"Yeah. We do." If there was anyone she was comfortable telling now, it was Paige. "Listen, I-"

Paige cut her off with a wave of her hand. "I know about you and Amelia."

It was safe to say that Holly almost fell off of the bed. "Paige, what the hell?" Inside her mind, she was panicking. Yes, she had just wanted to tell Paige about this, but she just came in here and sprung this on her?

"Relax." Paige rolled her eyes at Holly's dramatics. "I've known since you guys started dating. As good as you may be at keeping secrets from our parents and everyone else, I'm your sister. I can see right through you. It also helped when you blushed whenever you and Amelia looked at each other." A pause. "Also, she called the home phone and thought I was you when I picked up and kinda talked about your relationship before I could get a word in."

Holly buried her face in her hands. That was just like Amelia. "Am I really that readable?" she groaned, falling onto her back and letting her head hand off of the edge of her bed.

With a laugh, Paige tugged her up again. "Sometimes, yeah. But don't worry, I'm cool with it. You are who you are." She was silent for a moment. "This is why you left the party, right? Because you were kissed by Marinette?"

". . .Yeah. I don't want anyone knowing yet, and I felt that if I stayed, I'd out myself before I was ready. I'm also sorry I worried you so much. And yelled at you." Wow, thinking of all that she did just to keep one secret astounded her. What would she have to do in order to keep her other identity a secret?

"It's alright. I understand now." Paige held out her arms. "Hug it out?"

Holly responded with a laugh of her own, falling into Paige's arms. "Thank you, Paige."

"We're sisters; it's what we do." Paige held her away for a second. "Now, did you see the footage from that akuma attack? Honey Bee was crazy good at keeping him distracted. Apparently she's a Pokémon fan, too. It's like you two are the same person."

"Yeah," Holly laughed nervously, casting a sideways glance to where Cierr was hiding. "Wouldn't that be crazy."


Hey, we did it! This is the very end of this story! Cue the confetti and party cannons!

So... what's next? I'm currently flirting with a few different ideas for both Miraculous and Pokemon, so we'll see how those turn out. I also was planning on writing a sequel to this story, but I'm probably not going to end up writing it. The team still feels incomplete to me with no fox miraculous, but I think I can leave it for now. Who knows? I may change my mind in a month or so.

Thank you to Sondow23 for following, and everyone who's read, reviewed, favorited, and followed throughout this entire time!