(For those interested check out my deviant art page the link to which is in my profile for pictures of Lupine and Corvus along with their Kwamis)
~o~
The pharmacist at the drug store couldn't help but feel like this was the strangest day of their lives. After all it wasn't everyday four superheroes walked in wanting to buy the strongest non-prescription allergy medicine there was. The wolf's face was red especially around the nose but not as red as the cat's was. The crow and ladybug hung back a bit which suddenly made sense when the crow extended an arm pointing out a specific brand of medicine and one of the feathers on his arm brushed against the cat's face causing him to go into a sneezing fit. The wolf gave a sigh and offered up a sheepish smile. "Sorry Chat Noir is allergic to my partner it seems."
"You have got to be kidding me?!" The pharmacist exclaims in disbelief. Ladybug and Lupine Alpha shook their heads while Chat Noir looked to be in pure utter misery and Corvus gave Chat an apologetic look. The pharmacist grimanced in sympathy for the poor boy turning to retrieve the medicine Corvus had pointed out and set it before them before casting them a doubtful look.
"I don't suppose any of you are over the age of 18?" Lupine and Corvus simply looked at the other two who shook their heads. "We are." They both said in unison. The pharmacist nodded in relief. "Now I don't suppose either of you have an I.D. on you?" He questions hopefully this was making his job far more interesting as it was he hoped not to have it made anymore complected at the very least.
Both shook their heads. "Secret Identity and all." Lupine explains a bit gruffly. "Umm can I at least get a date of birth to enter in then?" Lupine hesitated a moment, Corvus was the one who spoke up screwing up his face as he spoke. "December 12th. I'm 18 as of last December do the math." He states his dark eyes giving the poor guy the creeps what with no whites just all glossy blackness.
The pharmacist entered in the date of birth and scanned the medicine a second time telling them their total. All four looked at each other. "Anyone got any money on them?" Lupine asks patting her sides to show she had no pockets so no where to keep money. Ladybug shook her head doing the same thing as Lupine had.
Chat who did have pockets emptied them of all the random junk he had in them which included a white lily flower which caused Lupine to start sneezing herself. "Why do you have a lily Chaton?" Ladybug asks exasperated with her own partner. "I was going to give it to a furend later." He says flashing his lady a smile like that of a cat who got into the cream.
"Sorry I only have Yen on me not Euros." Corvus replied when all eyes turned to him. "Why?" Ladybug questions somewhat curious as to why he actually had money on him in the first place. "Because that's what I had in my pockets the last time I transformed." He answers playfully giving her a slight smile and a shrug. Chat didn't know how to feel about this new guy just yet other then Lupine seemed to really like and trust him he was her partner after all.
"I'll pay for it." A citizen says from behind them causing them all to turn and peer at the man holding the hand of an over excited little girl her other arm in a pink cast covered in stickers. "Really you don't have to..." Ladybug starts to say raising her hands to wave off his offer. "No it's fine I want to besides my little girl here wants to know if you would sign her cast for her." The father says pulling out his wallet to pay for the medicine.
All four melted at the hopeful look the little girl gave them. Her arm broken and being stuck in a cast is never fun but getting to decorate it and have people sign it makes it better. As the father payed for the medicine each hero took a different colored marker from the little girl and signed their names on it. Ladybug in red, Chat in green, Lupine in brown and Corvus in purple.
They even let the father take pictures of them with the girl who babbled on and on about how much she loved Ladybug and Chat Noir and was now fans of Lupine Alpha and Corvus as well. Chat gave the girl the lily as a parting gift earning a squeal of delight and her little arms being thrown around his neck in a tight hug.
The girl waved to them from the street below as they took to the rooftops once more. "Okay she was totally adorable you can't deny it." Lupine laughs as she swung herself onto the next roof with her whip. Corvus flew beside her the long gloves that covered his arms acting as wings with the attached feathers allowing him to actually fly or rather glide through the air.
The two miraculous holders with allergies stopped to take the medicine they had just gotten each gulping down the pills desperate for it to take affect so they could breathe again. Ladybug took the time to talk to Corvus. "You're the Crow Miraculous Holder?" She asks. "Yeah my miraculous," He held up his wrist showing her the bangle like bracelet that hung from it, "is from the same set as Lupine's is."
"What's your power if you don't mind me asking. I have the power of creation while my partner Chat Noir has the power of destruction and we know your partner Lupine has the power of Protection." Ladybug questions remembering how Lupine said something about him having the power of Choas or something like that.
"I have the power of Chaos. It's somewhat like Chat's destruction but instead of physical mine works differently more on a mental emotional level. It causes things to go out of control. It can cause people to go out of control." He states simply but his voice seemed to hold a power in it that suggested he knew all of what his power did exactly to people around him when he used it. That was something that freaked Ladybug out but also something she could respect. He knew his power was dangerous and knew exactly how to use it the best he could.
"Bugnette if you're done flirting with my partner can we continue with our discussion from earlier before Chat started being allergic to my partner?" Lupine growls softly her gold eyes hot with jealousy. Chat was glad in a way that he wasn't the only one jealous. If Lupine liked Corvus the way he liked Ladybug then he felt better about the crow hanging around with the female there to keep him in line. Her comment caused them all to remember what had transpired not to long ago.
"Corvus! You get back here! I'm so going to kill you when I get my paws on you!" Lupine Alpha howls in furry using her whip to try and grab Corvus's legs and pull him down out of the air as he flew over her head keeping out of reach and only landing when he had to to get another running start to take to the air once more.
His costume at first seemed to be all black but upon closer examination the only true black thing about him was one his eyes and two his hair. His sleeveless shirt with feather trim on the bottom, was blue black just like his pants. His arms were covered almost completely by a pair of long gloves that were black with a tinge of purple to them like his feathers that extended out from the gloves and going up and down the length of them.
The boots that covered his feet that went up to his calves had a green tinge to them like his mask. His eyes were black and had no whites to them or pupils just pure black. His hair was a soft black compared to the glossy black of his eyes. At the base of his throat was a gem pinned to the collar of his shirt. A string was tied across his chest which held a four winged boomerang on his back. A bracelet or bangle hung from his wrist a thick heavy metallic black metal with five purple crows feet marks on it.
He was avoiding getting caught by the furious female he called his partner to the best of his abilities not wanting to face her wrath given the choice. But eventually she was going to win their little spat as persistent as she was. She lunged and tackled him to the roof top landing on top of some of the lilies causing her to start sneezing while she tried to grab him by the shirt front and shake him.
She was growling at him between sneezes yelling at him in another language speaking to rapidly for them to even get an idea of what she was saying. After a while of letting her yell at him Corvus sat up seizing the girls hands to keep her from beating on him and scooping her up with his other arm drawing her waist in close to his so he could maneuver them away from the lilies.
Her face was bright red not just from sneezing but because of his actions. "Deep breaths Hime and then I'll explain myself okay?" He asks the wolf getting a shy nod from her and a few more mutters in a strange mix of whatever language she was speaking earlier and English. They were able to pick out a few words from it that were English and some names but not much else. Chat Noir perched on the far edge of the roof farthest from where the two other superheroes where.
Ladybug sat down beside him listening an watching the two. After a few breaths Lupine Alpha was able to calm down enough and breathe somewhat clearly enough to talk clearly. "Corvus what on earth are you doing here?I left you in charge of Tokyo I told you I was coming here. That's why I left you in charge I figured the city would be safe as long as you where there." She questions worriedly her gold eyes brimming with it.
"That's part of why I'm here Lupine. After you left it got quiet all of a sudden. Very quiet." Corvus explains releasing his grip on her waist but still holding her hands not quite trusting her not to hit him again. She was stronger then she looked. Lupine paled and yanked her hands free of his grasp to clutch the front of his shirt tightly her eyes wide and desperate. "Tell me everything!"
"Not long after you left another possession occurred and I went to handle it. It got rather long and drawn out without you being there but eventually I got it under control. Then another possession happened shortly afterwards with in the same day. Again I took care of it. For three days possessions happened one after the other it was exhausting. But then it grew quiet. Very quiet. The thing that really bothered me was the first one took place on the day you left. Just after you left. And then it stopped everything was completely quiet and no signs of her at all. I got some news from my family that involved me having to go away for a while and with how quiet it had gotten I got worried so I choose to come here and find you. By the way did you know you are all over the internet along with Ladybug and Chat Noir?"
Lupine sank down ignoring the last bit of what he said rolling her eyes though at his playful jesting tone. She started to bite her talons on her hands before her hand was knocked away by Corvus. "She hasn't shown up at all since the last attack?" She asks looking up to meet Corvus's solemn eyes as he nodded. "It got quiet the possessions decreased in strength and got spaced out before dropping off abruptly. I've been checking the news and the Howler for anything regarding incidents or possessions and nothing. Not even regular crime its too quiet Lupine. Way to quiet." His playful smirk had fallen away as he met her worried gaze.
"Who are you guys talking about if you don't mind me asking? And what's this about possessions?" Ladybug questions stepping towards them. "And what's a Howler?" Chat asks hopping down from his perch to walk over to them. "Like you guys have someone you face off against so do we. You have Hawkmoth who from my understanding has a miraculous and is using it for evil. Well we have someone too. Her name is Deer Woman. She to got a hold of a miraculous that does not belong to her and is using it for evil." Lupine Alpha explains.
Corvus shifted positions while his partner did the explaining scratching at his neck where the feathers around his shirt collar itched his skin. Chat was standing across from him and suddenly wrinkled his nose as one of Corvus's longer feathers on his arms stretched across the distance getting in Chat's face. Chat sneezed suddenly unable to hold it back. The suddenness of it caused Corvus to start his feathers ruffling. This caused Chat to sneeze again and again. The sneezing fit finally ended when Corvus backed away enough coupled with Chat backing away there was enough room between the two males that Chat did have a reaction to Corvus's feathers.
"What was that about?!" Lupine Alpha exclaims in surprise her eyes wide and darting between her partner and Ladybug's who was currently groaning and looking like she would rather be else where. "I forgot dammit." Ladybug curses going over to her partner to make sure he was okay. "Chat Noir is allergic to feathers." She explains somewhat sheepishly. "You have got to be kidding?" Lupine mutters her eye brows raised or rather the top of her mask raised. Ladybug shook her head while Chat regained his breath. "No. Chat really is allergic to feathers." "So basically what you are saying is Chat Noir is allergic to my partner?Ohh this is just too good."
All three settled themselves down in comfortable positions on the Eiffel Tower having chosen that place to sit and discus what was going on. "Okay first question." Lupine directs with a nod towards them telling them to begin. "What's a Howler?" Chat Noir asks quickly before his lady could get in her question. She had already gotten part of an answer earlier while he didn't so he felt it was only fair to be answered first since he had starting sneezing due to Corvus not that it was his fault.
"The Howler is a social media page. A blog run by a fan who follows the fights and tries to get interviews with us any chance he gets." Corvus explains pulling his boomerang off from his back and gave a tug on two of the wings pulling them apart from the rest so the middle slide open reveling a screen. A few quick taps and a page was pulled up. The top of the page had two large prints on it. One in English reading The Howler, and the other is kanji characters.
He handed the boomerang to Chat letting him scroll through the pages curiously while Ladybug finally got the chance to ask her question. "What is this Deer Women's powers?" Ladybug asks directing her question to Lupine while the guys browsed the blog. "Deer Women has the power to brain wash and posses men and children. She takes over their minds and controls them. Her power works best on men especially those who have been unfaithful or are promiscuous. Children it's not as strong with I've found and the connection is easily broken."
"That explains the child during the Skin Walker and Wendigo incident as well as the native american theme with them. If this Deer Women is here in Paris somehow and is now working with Hawkmoth then that explains these last few akumas. She is using her powers to weaken the people and make them vulnerable to Hawkmoth's control and then strengthening them once they are Akumatized controlling them and using children and others involved."
Lupine and Ladybug continued discussing Deer Woman their faces grim as they hashed out the last few akumas and how things had differed from normal. Their growing heated argument over how to handle things. (Lupine wanted to handle Deer Woman herself with Corvus since she was their enemy and let Ladybug and Chat Noir handle Hawkmoth. But Ladybug opposed splitting up arguing two separate teams working on two different but possibly connected things wasn't going to work they should stick together)
Chat Noir let out a surprised shout interrupting the two females causing Lupine to drop her growling that she had been doing. Her teeth bared and a low rumbling growl rising from her throat as the two dominate females clashed over how to handle things. They turned to the males to see what had caused the commotion. "Who is that?" Chat asks his eyes wide pointing to a picture that had appeared on the screen having been posted on the blog some time ago.
In the picture a tall lanky dark haired dark eyed male stood there frowning seemingly disinterested as a perky smiling girl hung off his back her arms wrapped around his neck her head resting on his shoulder her green eyes light with happiness her long dirty blonde hair pulled into a pony tail laying draped over the guy's shoulder. He should no annoyance by having the girl cling and hang off him the way she was in the picture at all. "That is Itsuki and J.J. they are friends of the owner of the blog."