Chapter 9: Lady Wifi

After Today, we were in class at Collège Françoise Dupont and Miss Bustier was teaching. She was very pleased with how we all did on our last assignment. Some of us have really stepped up and she did appreciate it and it was time to move on to our next assignment. While she spoke, Alya cut out a picture of Ladybug. She was using it to fit every girl in the class own face in it. I thought what Ladybug told her would get her off the trail, but, surprise, she's still trying to find who in our class is Ladybug. Alya pointed it at Chloé, who pointed at Miss Bustier, who was right in front of Alya.

Miss Bustier looked at Alya and said "Are Marinette and your foreign classmates still in the bath-room?" Me and the gang weren't actually there because another villain popped up.

"Uh, I don't know, miss." Alya said. Then the bell rings.

"Tonight I want you all to read chapter three of the breathtaking France, the First Thousand Years. Then, answer this simple questionnaire." Miss Bustier said as she handed them out. "See to it that your friends receives their homework." She said as she gave Alya eight of them.

Outside the classroom, Alya tried to call us, but got sent to voicemail instead. She asked Ivan and Nathaniel if they saw me or the guys in the bathroom, but they shrugged.

In the girls' bathroom, Alya was searching for Marinette, Meri, and Tricha.

"Marinette? Meri? Tricha?" Alya said as she looked for them.

Outside the classroom, Alya was still looking for all of us.

"Uhh, have you guys seen Marinette anywhere?" She asked Rose and Juleka. They shook their heads "no". Alya went to the locker room to search, but she saw Chloé taking something from her locker. It was a Ladybug costume and yo-yo.

"Chloé's Ladybug?" She whispered.

Though I guessed that she was a fan of Ladybug and was pretending to be Ladybug. I know how that's like. I have my cousin Frost and he actually does that. He even made his own El Dragon costume. Outside the school, Chloé board her limousine and Alya followed her.

She then called Marinette and said "Hey, Marinette. Ring me ASAP. We gotta talk." She then stopped, saw Nino, and said "Nino, wait!"

"Yeah?" Nino asked her as she went to him.

"Come with me, I need your help!" She told him.

"So…" He said, but Alya shushed him. Alya tried to call Marinette, but got sent to voicemail again.

"Ughh." She groaned in frustration. "I hate when she goes AWOL. She's not calling me back! Where is that girl?!"

"Seriously. My man Adrien's the exact same way. But I guess you gotta be sly when Mr. Control Freak is your daddy-o." Nino said. Then Alya's phone ringed and they saw a news report about the Element Gang saving the day once again for a menacing villain. Alya then saw Ladybug's yo-yo and got an idea.

"Hey! I think I've just sniffed out who the real Ladybug is!" Alya said to Nino. She then whispered "It's Chloé."

"Chloé? Seriously?" Nino laughed for how ridiculous that sounded. "She's too self-absorbed to think of anyone but herself, much less save the world. You are cray-cray, lady!"

"I am so not! You'll see!" Alya said as Nino walked away laughing.

In the city, me, the gang, and Ladybug were jumping above ceilings. We headed for home to turn back, while Ladybug reaches a billboard and transformed back into Marinette.

"Time flies fast when you're saving the world. Day's already over!" Tikki said.

"Tell me about it. I missed an entire half day of school and half day of seeing Adrien!" Marinette said.

At the house, we managed to get back and transform back into our normal selves. Some of us were a bit sore after that battle.

"Oh, my neck." Tricha groaned.

"I think I have a knot in my back." Jay said.

"My knuckles hurt from punching so much." Basar said.

"You said it." I said. "I'm still sweating from it."

"Whoever Nevix's new wielder is really us keeping us on our toes!" Nooroo said. I laughed and grabbed him. With my thumb and finger.

"Seriously? You don't even have toes, knuckle head." I said.

We got down stairs and our parents gave us our homework that Alya brought over. I checked the back of my sheet and saw a note from Alya that said she figured out who Ladybug was. I told the others and, to make sure it wasn't Marinette, we tried to call her, but none of our phones worked. After we found out why, I decided to go to Marinette's place to see if she got the same thing.

At the Dupain-Cheng House, Marinette entered the bakery.

"Alya brought your school bag home for you, Marinette." Sabrine said as she handed Marinette the sheet.

"Hey, mom…" Marinette said.

"You seem so forgetful these days." Sabrine said. "Maybe you just need some fresh air and extra exercise for that growing brain of yours!"

"Good idea, mom. I'll start tomorrow." Marinette said. Then Sabine kissed her and Marinette went up to her room, where she started her homework. "Ladybug saved Paris from destruction once again, but who's gonna save Marinette from her homework?" She then saw a sticky note. "What's this? 'Call me. I know who the real Ladybug is'?"

"No way! You think she knows?" Tikki said.

"I doubt it." Marinette said. "Alya's always jumping to conclusions before she has facts straight."

"But just in case…"

"No worries, Tikki. I got it covered." She then ran off to talk to Alya. Marinette tried to call Alya, but there was no signal. "Dang. No signal."

"You too, huh?" I said as she looked over and saw me. "Yeah. Nobody's gonna get a signal today."

"Why's that, Axel?" Marinette asked.

"Cell tower maintenance. The Element Gang's fight busted it a bit, so the whole neighborhood's down. No signal for the next hour. What are you doing out here anyway?" I said.

"I got this note from Alya and was going to talk to her." She said.

"Same here. Hey, don't worry about it." I told her. "Look, we'll all go down to school and talk to her. Just get home and we'll deal with this tomorrow." Me and the gang went off as Marinette started her way back home.

Back at Collège Françoise Dupont, Chloé and Sabrina entered the school and some students were watching her, including Aurore and Mireille.

"Hey there! Hi! You look totally fab! Uh, no, not you. Hey, it's still a month from Halloween, you know?" Chloé said.

"You need to have your head examined. If she's a superhero, then I'm the Wizard of Oz." Nino whispered to Alya.

"I'm telling you, she's Ladybug!" Alya whispered.

"Can you prove it?" Nino asked.

Back in Marinette's room, Marinette and Tikki woke up.

"Uh… what time is it?" Tikki asked.

"Uhh, school starts in… An hour ago?!" Marinette said as she checked her phone.

In the locker room, Alya was talking to Nino.

"Now don't mess up your lines." She said as she pushed Nino to the lockers.

Nino saw Chloé and said "Oh, uhhh… Ladybug! Look over there!"

"Uhh, what kind of lame joke is this?" She asked.

"Uhh, well, that was…" Nino said. "Did you see Ladybug yesterday? Isn't she amazing? I wonder who she really is."

"Uhh…up too late DJ-ing, Nino?" Chloé said in disgust. "Obviously you didn't get your beauty sleep." As she spoke, Alya took a photo of Chloé's locker.

"Uh… Chloé! Alya's looking in your locker!" Sabrina said as she saw Alya do it.

"Uhh…that's a lie! I so was not!" Alya said. Then Kim stole her phone and gave it to Chloé. "Hey! Give it back!"

"Who's the little liar now?" Chloé said as she saw the photo.

It was later that we heard that Alya was called to the principal's office. I put my ear to the door to hear what's going on.

"She's guilty of invasion of privacy! I have proof!" Chloé said as she showed the photo to Mr. Damocles.

"What?! Seriously! All I did was take a measly photo!" Alya said.

"I'm sorry, Chloé. But there's no school policy on invasion of privacy." Mr. Damocles said.

"Then…then breaking and entering!" Chloé said.

"I didn't break into her locker! It was open!" Alya said.

"And nothing was stolen?" Mr. Damocles asked.

"Only my very soul! My locker is my secret garden! He who enters uninvited burglarizes my inner being and steals my life force!" Chloé cried.

"Right. An hour of detention for you, Alya." Mr. Damocles said.

"Are my ears failing me? Did I hear you're giving one miserable hour of detention to a… a heinous criminal? Sabrina!" Chloé said.

"The school rules clearly state that any student guilty of theft should be suspended for one full week." Sabrina said.

"Yes, but she's hardly stole anything." Mr. Damocles said.

"I'm not sure that my father would share your point of view." Chloé said as she prepared to call her father.

"Uhhh, well, now, Chloé, let's not bother your father, I mean, the honorable Mayor with a minor locker situation…" Mr. Damocles said nervously. Chloé then started calling her father. "Ehhh…what I mean is, you're suspended for a week, Alya."

"What?! That is so unfair! I am so gonna protest this on the school blog!" Alya said, not believing this.

Mr. Damocles then looked at Chloé, sighed, and then said "The school blog is hereby suspended as well."

"She's no superhero, she's super-psycho!" Alya said as she looked at Chloé angrily. We all then watched as she left with a face of rage.

In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.

"Ahhh… School life. Such a science experiment. A petri dish of cultivating secrets, lies and betrayal, the thriving vivarium for my evil akumas." He said as he sensed Jalil's sadness. He then turned a butterfly into an akuma. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize her!" He said as the akuma flew out into Paris.

Outside of Collége Francoise Dupont, Marinette ran to the front door saying "I'm late, I'm late, I'm so, so late!" As Marinette ran upstairs, Alya walked downstairs, running away from the school. After getting outside, she tried to call Marinette, but got sent to voicemail again. She then dropped her head in a mixture of annoyance and sadness. Then the akuma came by and infected her phone.

"Lady Wifi, I heard through the grapevine that you're seeking to unmask Ladybug…" Hawkmoth said as Alya gave a look of rage. "I'd like to help you if you agree to help me too."

"I'll expose the lies of anyone who covers up the truth! Sign me up!" Alya said as the akuma energy transformed her into a villainess wearing a black face mask and a black jumpsuit with a signal icon on the chest and white gloves and boots with black stripes.

In Ms. Bustier's classroom, I just felt another akuma just as Marinette entered and saw Adrien and Nino. I managed to hear what she said thanks to my super hearing. She then tapped Nino on the shoulder and whispered "Where is she?"

"She's been suspended…" Nino said.

"What?!" Marinette shouted, shocked that Alya was suspended.

"Marinette, if you're going to come late, would you please do it discretely?" Ms. Bustier said.

"Sorry…" Marinette said as she went to her seat. She then whispered "What happened to her?"

"The short story? Accused of breaking into Chloé's locker. I mean, Ladybug's locker…" Nino said.

"What?!" Marinette shouted again.

"That's it, Marinette! Go to the principal's office!" Ms. Bustier said. Then Marinette started her way to the principal's office.

"Ms. Bustier," I said as I got her attention. "I just remembered that I let something in my locker. Can I go and get it?"

"Be quick." Ms. Bustier said and I then ran out the door. I then went to bathroom and then into a stall.

"Time to go back to work." I said as Nooroo got out of my bag's pocket. "Nooroo, let's fly!" I then transformed into El Dragon. Using my metal bending, I slid out the door and started searching for the new villain.

Back in Ms. Bustier's classroom, Adrien looked at Nino and whispered "What were you talking about?"

"Exactly what I said, bro. Alya says Chloé is Ladybug! She is crazy!" Nino said. Adrien looked at Chloé and she winked at him.

While I searched outside, I found some akuma energy coming from Mr. Damocles' office and went to investigate.

"Mr. Damocles?" Marinette said as she opened the door to the principal's office. She saw him frozen in a pose. "Sir?" She then walked up to him and saw that Mr. Damocles was actually frozen and a pink pause icon was on his chest.

"Looks like there's a new villain loose." I said as I stood next to Marinette and saw the icon. My presence managed to scare her.

"Huh?" We both said as the computer screen lit up, revealing Lady Wifi. "Alya?"

"I'm Lady Wifi, revealer of the truth!" She said on the screen. "For our first exposé, your principal would like to share a little tidbit with you." Then another video appeared with Lady Wifi talking to Mr. Damocles. "So, Mr. Damocles, is it true you wrongly suspended a student named Alya today?"

"Uh… yes, it is." He said.

"So, you were biased? Unfair? Totally unjust?!" She asked with rage.

"Yes, I was."

"Oh, no! Alya!" Marinette said.

"Oh, boy." I said. "Don't you think it's time to be Ladybug?"

"Oh, right." She said. Then Tikki got out of Marinette's bag. "Tikki, time to transform!"

"You're going to have to fight your best friend!" Tikki said.

"Nope! I'm gonna have to save my best friend!" Marinette said. "Tikki, spots on! Yeah!" She then turned into Ladybug.

"For my next scoop, I'll be taking you to meet the girl who's been hiding behind the Ladybug mask!" Lady Wifi said on the video and then she put a pink stop icon on Mr. Damocles and froze him. "Stay connected!" then the screen turned off. We then went off to find Lady Wifi.

Back in class, Ms. Bustier told everyone class was dismissed and not to forget to study. Thanks to that, Basar and the others managed to get out and head someplace to transform and join me and Lady-bug.

In the bathroom, Adrien decided to do the same and headed for a stall.

"If Chloé is Ladybug like Alya said, then Lady Wifi's gonna head straight for her house!" Adrien said as, Plagg got out of his jacket.

"And it also means you must have a crush on Chloé!" Plagg said, teasingly. He laughed and earned a protested growl from Adrien.

"Plagg, claws out!" Adrien said as he changed into Cat Noir.

In the city, Cat Noir ran on the ceiling and saw the hotel. He took his staff and saw Chloé dressed as Ladybug.

"What? This can't be!" Cat said as he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Who's being a sneaky cat now?" I said as Cat turned to see us.

"Oh, guys. Ladybug? But…" He said as he tried to figure out what was going on.

"Come on, you don't actually believe she's the real Ladybug." Ladybug said.

"Yeah, of course not." Cat said.

"I'd say she's just a die-hard fan and is copycatting Ladybug." I said as Chloé got herself tangled up in her yo-yo. "Believe me, I know."

In the hotel, Chloé, dressed as Ladybug, was trying to untie herself, when her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" She said as she answered it. The phone then started to emit a bright pink glow, which made her she throw it. After that, there was a flash and Lady Wifi appeared.

"Well, hello there, Ladybug!" She said as she looked at Chloé. Chloé tried to run away, but Lady Wifi put a pink pause icon on her, stopping her in her tracks.

"We got Wifi!" I said as me and the gang headed to the hotel.

"Well, well… So my hunch was correctamundo." Lady Wifi said as she put a camera icon above Chloé. It acted like a real camera and broadcasted it to screens all over Paris. "Everyone thinks the girl beneath the Ladybug costume is a little angel. Think again, people! The real Ladybug is…Chloé Bourgeois, everyone!" Then me and the gang entered the hotel, giving Lady Wifi a shock. "Who are you?"

"Surprise." I said with a smug of my face.

"But I thought you were Ladybug!" Lady Wifi said as she looked at Chloé.

"Sorry to bust your news story. Next time, double-check your facts." Cat said.

"You'll be sorry." Lady Wifi said as she used her cellphone to delete the pink icons, releasing Chloé, who tripped and fell.

"Alya, listen." Ladybug said as she tried to talk to Lady Wifi.

"Alya's been disconnected." Lady Wifi said. "I'm Lady Wifi. News flash! Ladybug, let's find out who you really are!" She then disappeared into the phone.

"Come on!" I said as I began to lead them downstairs.

"So what's the plan?" Apolloid asked.

"She gets her powers from her phone, so let's lead her to the basement, where there is no service." I said.

"No service, no power. Good idea." Apolloid said.

"We've gotta go lower!" I said and we finally made it to the basement.

"I've got you now!" Lady Wifi laughed as she reappeared above us.

"Get ready!" I said.

"So, Ladybug, what do you do when you're not Ladybug?" Cat asked.

Ladybug looked at him with shock, but then recovered and said "Can't you see we're a little bit busy right now?"

"Uh, guys?" ShockBlade said as she pointed up. We looked up and saw that Lady Wifi was no longer above us.

"She's went back into hiding." I said. "Come on!" We then ran and went to search for Lady Wifi.

We found where she was, but saw she locked the doors with her icons.

"She locked all the doors! Hey, you realize we might actually know each other in normal life." Cat said.

"Doubt it." Ladybug said.

"It's locked!" Apolloid said after failing in opening the doors.

"She didn't lock all of them." I said as I pointed to the top door. We then went through it and prepared to ambush Lady Wifi. "Okay, ambush on 3. 1, 2, 3!" We burst through the door to the dining room, but only to find that Lady Wifi was nowhere to be found and phones on all the tables.

"Ahhh…" Cat said. "So much for the ambush."

"Stay close." I said as we began to search around, weapons ready. "Where is she hiding?"

"Yeah and what's up with all these phones?" Posidacus said as he picked one up.

I used my akuma sense and saw all of those phones were pulsing with akuma energy.

"Posidacus, put that down!" I said as he looked at me. A pink light comes out from a phone and Lady Wifi appears.

"Surprise!" She said as she shot an icon at Posidacus and paused him. She then started her attack on us.

"Watch out!" I said.

"Hit the dirt!" Icedra said.

We then began to dodge her attacks and I managed to wrap her in a lasso.

"Gotcha, ya cyber-freak." I said. I thought I had her trapped, but she disappeared, and reappeared above one phone after another. While she did that, she managed to pause Apolloid and Torna.

"Ha! You can't get me!" Lady Wifi said as she kept disappearing and reappearing.

"Yes, I can." Ladybug said as she broke all the phones with her yo-yo. Lady Wifi then ran into the kitchen and Ladybug followed her. When we got there, we found that Lady Wifi had locked the door.

"Nuts." I said for finding a locked door. I then came up with an idea. If she gets her power for a signal, we have to get rid of the source. "Cat, you use the service elevator and help Ladybug. Icedra, ShockBlade, with me."

"What are you guys gonna do?" Cat asked.

"To give us a winning chance." I answered him and me and the others went off while Cat did as I said.

In the kitchen, Ladybug dodged Lady Wifi's attacks until her hands got pinned to the wall by two lock icons. Lady Wifi then put a camera icon in front of her, which broadcasted a giant holo-screen in the sky.

"Who is Ladybug? Is she a superhero or a super-weirdo? How can we trust the girl when we have no idea who she really is? We have the right to know!" Lady Wifi said as she went to remove Ladybug's mask. Even with her strongest efforts, it wouldn't come off. I know that is impossible because the mask is magic. The only way to rid of it is to remove the Miraculous. "Why doesn't it come off?"

"Uhhh…because it's magic?" Ladybug said. Then the service elevator door opened and Cat came through.

"You're out of minutes, Lady Wifi!" Cat said.

"Oh, how romantic. Tomcat's come to save his love bug." Lady Wifi said.

"I am not his love bug!" Ladybug said.

"We'll come back to that later." Cat said. Cat tried to attack, but Lady Wifi's attacks managed to hit him and knocked him into the freezer room, where his ring comes off, it turned to back to silver and spat out Plagg, and Cat Noir turned back into Adrien. Okay, I know what you're asking. Why is Plagg still around when the ring is off? Well, the explanation there is that if the kwami disappears, that means the wielder of the Miraculous had decided to give up possession of it. If it get knocks off, then the kwami will spat right out of it.

"My ring!" Adrien said.

"Ooh…so chilly in here." Plagg shivered.

"Where is it?" Adrien said as he began to search for his ring. "I could use a little help!"

"Well, well…what am I gonna do with both of you?" Lady Wifi asked.

"Get her to use her Lucky Charm! It'll force her to switch back, and her identity will be revealed, and her Miraculous will be mine." Hawkmoth said.

"If you don't get him outta there fast, your crush will be slush. Ha, ha, ha!" Lady Wifi said as she removed the locks from Ladybug's hands. "Good luck with your cat popsicle! I have other news to cover!" She the disappeared.

"Huh?" Ladybug said in confusion, but the got to work on getting Cat out of the freezer.

Outside the hotel, the mayor and two police cars were there.

"Come on…" He said as Chloé exited the hotel and hugged her father. She then checked her phone, but Lady Wifi came out from it and flew into the sky. She then began broadcasting herself all over Paris.

"What's up, peeps! Listen everyone! I present you with the award-winning news story you've all been waiting for!" She said as she broadcast what was happening in the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Ladybug was trying to break down the door to the freezer room.

"I'll get you out of there, Cat Noir!" She said.

"Take your time!" Adrien said as he continued to look for his ring.

Outside, Lady Wifi was still broadcasting the video and said "Don't blink, 'cause Ladybug's about to drop the bomb on her real identity!"

In the kitchen, Ladybug decided that she had no choice, but to use her powers. "Lucky Charm!" She said and then a box appeared. "This better be some lucky box…" She then got the idea of what it was for. "Of course, the microwaves!" she then put the box in the microwave and used it to melt the lock icon.

"Gotcha! Gotcha!" Adrien said as he found his ring.

"Come on, micro-thingies, jam this signal..." She said as she held the microwave. It worked and the icon soon dissipated. Then the door opened and a frozen Cat Noir fell into Ladybug's arms.

"You okay, Cat Noir?" Ladybug asked and then her Miraculous beeped.

"You used your Lucky Charm…there's not much time left." Cat said shivering.

"Exactly!" Lady Wifi said with a smug on her face.

"Open the kitchen door!" Cat said to Ladybug.

"We can't, microwave's busted." Ladybug said. Then they looked and saw the icons fizzing out. "Hey, what's going on?"

Outside, Lady Wifi saw both the image on her phone and the holo-screen fizzing out to. Then the screen disappeared and the image blacked out.

"What?" Lady Wifi said as it happened.

In the kitchen, Ladybug and Cat saw the icons disappear and they ran out after Ladybug took the box out of the microwave.

Outside, Lady Wifi tapped her phone and was shocked from what she saw.

"Lost the signal!" She said. "No, no, no, no, no."

"Heh. What's the problem, Wifi?" I said as she looked to see me, ShockBlade, and Icedra behind her. "Bad reception?"

"But how?" She asked.

"Simple." I said reminiscing the plan we executed. "While you were distracted with getting Ladybug's secret identity, we managed to slip away and took out the Wifi tower, the source of your power."

She then growled angrily and said "You ruined everything! I'll make you all pay!" She then went into attack us. We then went on the attack and it was a brutal battle. I still can't believe she knew how to block my karate moves. But, by working together, we defeated her. I then snagged the phone away from her and broke it, releasing its akuma.

"Time to pay the Asda price, akuma." I said as I put my staff in capture mode. "Time to de-evilize!" I then caught the akuma. "Gotcha!" I then released it as a purified butterfly. "Goodbye, little guy." Cat Noir and Ladybug made it just in time to see it.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug said as she tossed the box into the air. It exploded into a blast of energy. It turned everything back to normal. Then the akuma energy turned Lady Wifi back into Alya.

But it changed back into a look of guilty when I looked at Ali.

"What?" Alya said as she tried to recollect what happened.

"Pound it!" Me, Ladybug, and Cat said as we pounded for another victory.

"The Element Gang! Wow! Can I get a quick interview? Just let me grab my phone!" Alya said.

"You mean this?" I said as I gave her phone back.

"How did you…?" She asked. She was interrupted by both Ladybug and Cat's Miraculous beeping.

"Sorry. Looks like these two need to scram before they're revealed" I said and Ladybug and Cat then left. "We also have to go and get our teammates. Gotta go! Bye!" me and the others then left. We got our teammates and found a private place to huddle up.

"What's next, Axel?" Icedra asked quietly.

"Now, it's time for them to know our secret." I answered with the same volume. We then went to find Ladybug and Cat to tell them who we really are.

In one room, they both entered to transform back. Ladybug is about to enter a room, but Cat Noir stops her.

"Stay!" Cat said. His Miraculous then beeped, showing he had one pad left. "I won't tell anyone who you are. Cat's honor."

"Nobody must know who we really are. Not even us." Ladybug said as she closed the door. Me and the gang made it there to see Cat Noir try to open it, but only saw him leave it closed and Ladybug transform. I made it over to him and leaned against the wall with a smug. Then the others made it inside and stood in a horizontal line in front of Cat.

"Well, if you're not going to open the door, then I will." I said as I opened the door and revealed Marinette with Tikki in her hands. Tikki floated beside Marinette as she waved and giggled nervously.

"Close your mouth, Adrien." I said as I saw Cat's mouth hanging open with shock.

Then Marinette shook her head and said "Wait, Adrien?"

Then Cat's last minute was up and he transformed back into Adrien. We all then watched as Plagg flew out of the Miraculous and zoomed around the room. He then stopped above me and landed on my nose.

He then recovered from the dizziness, looked at me, and said "Hey. You must be the new Fire Dragon. Nice to meet ya."

"Plagg, get off my nose." I said as I then shook him off.

"It's okay. Fire Dragons don't usually like me." Plagg said as he floated over to Adrien.

"Hello, Plagg." Tikki said as she floated to Plagg.

"Hey, Tikki, what up?" Plagg said to her.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Both Marinette and Adrien said at the same time.

"Of course. Our Miraculous were created at the same time." Tikki said.

"And not only that, but the original Ladybug and Cat Noir were friends too." Plagg said.

"Yeah. My Miraculous was also created along with the Cat and Ladybug Miraculous, so my grandfather was friends with their original wielders." I said.

"So what Tikki said was true." Marinette spoke up. "You're not the original El Dragon, you're his descendent."

"Yep." I said. "It's the same with all of us."

"What?" She and Adrien said at the same time with shock.

"What? Your kwamis didn't tell you that?" Icedra asked.

"Um, actually…" Tikki said.

"We probably forgot to tell them that part." Plagg said.

"So all of you are descendants of the original Element Gang?" Adrien asked. We all affirmed it in our own ways.

"But how did you know who we were?" Marinette asked.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked. "Even with the masks, 90% of your faces are shown. It was obvious. Oh, that reminds me." I then used my metal bending to stretch out three of my fingers on my right hand, touched the ring and earrings, and then used my powers on them. I then retracted them and said "There. I add new additions to your costumes. Now nobody will recognize you."

"One other thing." Marinette asked and I knew what she gonna say next. "Who are you anyway?"

"Are you ready for this?" I asked and they nodded "yes". "Let's show them who we are." Then me and the Element Gang transformed back into our normal selves. "Hey, guys."

"Axel?" Marinette and Adrien said with shock at the same time again.

Then Marinette said "Basar? Tricha? Trustin? Meri? Jay? You're the Element Gang?"

"Yeah. Always had been." I said.

"Tikki! Plagg!" Nooroo said as he floated over to them.

"Nooroo!" Tikki and Plagg both said as they floated over to him and they did a group hug.

"So now that you know, are you still willing to work with us?" I asked them.

"Are you kidding? Of course." Marinette said.

"I'm always up for adventure." Adrien said.

"Then we're all in this thing together, no more hiding from each other." I said. Then we all did a group hug.

After we broke it, Marinette looked at Adrien and said "So, Adrien. You're Cat Noir."

"Pretty much. And you're Ladybug?" Adrien said.

"Yeah." She said before she sighed in depression.

"Hey, a-are you disappointed it was me?" Adrian asked with worry.

"Seriously? Disappointed? Why would I be disappointed?" Marinette answered nervously. "It just turns out that my partner all this time was this incredible, nice, smart, handsome boy who I had the biggest crush on at school and is just so perfect and… Oh, now I'm rambling." she then laughed nervously. Kill me. She thought as she laughed, embarrassed about what she said.

"Huh?" Adrian said, confused by this, as she then gave a depressed look.

"And me… I just…" She said as she tried to figure out what to say. "The first time I put on the mask, I made a big mess of things. I let an akuma escape, I tried to get rid of my Miraculous, and put everyone in danger. There are still times that I still make that mistake. Under the mask, I'm just this rash, careless clumsy girl. I'm probably not the Ladybug you expected."

"Hm…" Adrian said as he gave some thought, right before he began speaking again, listing things with his fingers. "Brave? Check. Witty? Check. Amazing? Check. Righteous? Check. Selfless? Check. Beautiful? Oh, boy, check."

"Huh?" Marinette said as she looked up as she was confused on what Adrian was doing.

"Talented? Check." Adrian said, still listing. "Kind? Check."

"What are you doing?" Marinette asked.

"Curious? Check. Adorable freckles? Definite check." Adrian said as he finished listing with a laugh. "I'm describing Ladybug using the exact same words I would use to describe you, Marinette. Because, you see… With or without that mask, it's the same person underneath. This incredibly kind-hearted, beautiful, smart girl, whether she wears a red suit it a white, flower-printed shirt. And, well… I'm just here wondering if she also likes the boy in the black leather get up with the dumb cat puns." He chuckled, nervous of what Marinette would say.

Marinette giggled before she said "Adrian…"

"Well, of course she does." Tikki said as she joined the conversation. "She has your face plastered all over her bedroom walls."

"Uh…" Adrian said, a little nervous about it.

"Tikki!" Marinette said as she grabbed Tikki for just about embarrassing her in front of her crush, Tikki giggling for her mischievous act. "You don't just go and say things like that!" She looked at Adrian as he continued to look at her. With a blush, she twiddled her fingers as she nervously spoke. "Yeah, uh, about that um…there's some magazine clippings but…that's-that's…"

Adrian then laughed, which Marinette became depressed by as she thought he was laughing at her for that. When he realized that, he tried to explain himself.

"No, no, no! I was not laughing at you, m'lady. It's just…" Adrian said. "Here. I'll tell you a little secret, okay?"

He leaned over and tried to whisper, but thanks to my super hearing I was able to hear what he said to Marinette.

"I have Ladybug action figures." He said and I tried my best to hold in my laugh.

"You mean dolls?" Plagg said, annoying Adrian.

"No, action figures." Adrian said to Plagg. "There's a difference. Shut up, Plagg!"

Plagg laughed as Adrian glared at him. The blonde then looked back at Marinette with a calmer expression as she spoke out in surprise.

"What? Really?"

"Yep. Including the very rare, limited edition articulated one with spinning LEG yo-yo."

"What? No way! I don't think even Alya or Chloé hace that one." Marinette said as she then giggled in amazement.

"You know I can hear you over there, right?" I said to them. I pointed to my ears as I added "Super hearing."

"Then plug your ear or something, smoke breath." He said to me as I laughed a little. He then looked to Marinette as she smiled at him and sighed. "So cute. Marinette… I'm glad it was you."

"So, you really do love me?" Marinette asked.

"I, uh…" We all then watched as Adrien's cheeks flushed red and then his whole face turned red. "Well, yes. I mean…" He was then interrupted by Marinette kissing him on the lips.

After she broke the kiss, she then said "I love you, too."

"Then you would like to be my girlfriend?" Adrien asked.

Then Marinette squealed and said "Yes!" Then the kissed again. I even saw Marinette's leg raise.

"Your mask will fall one day, Ladybug. Yours and the rest of the Element Gang's. You'll have no choice then but to hand over your precious Miraculous!" Hawkmoth said as his window closed.

At the Dupain-Cheng House, we were all on the balcony taking a breather. "This is nice. Eh, Nooroo?" I said as Nooroo floated above me.

"You said it." Nooroo said. "I've never felt so relaxed."

"Well, now you can relax all you want." Plagg said as he laid on the railing.

"I think you've relaxed long enough, Plagg." I said. Marinette and Tikki.

"So what made you get to reveal your secret?" Adrien asked.

"Oh, at first I was listening to my head to kept our identities secret, but I just felt it in my heart that it was just time." I answered.

"Got it!" Alya shouted behind us. She scared us and our kwamis went back into hiding. "Wanna see my new smartphone? It puts my old phone to shame! Just look at these pics!" She then showed us pictures of Adrien on her phone.

"Mind I ask why you have so many pictures of Adrien?" I said.

"Well…with a mask and a costume, don't you think he looks a little bit like Cat Noir?" Alya said as she showed us a picture of Adrien in the costume.

"Yeah. I see that." I said. "Did you get my text?"

"Yep." Alya said. "So is it true?"

"Yep. Me and Adrien are now an item." Marinette said as she kissed Adrien on the cheek.

"Oh, I'm so happy for you." Alya said.

"Hey, did I miss anything?" Ali said as we all turned to see her.

"Ali!" I said as I went to her and kissed her.

"Now it's a special day." Basar said.

"Well, I know what'll commentate this." I said as I got my camera out. "Group photo."

We all then got into position with me with my arm around Ali and Adrien with his arm around Marinette. I then set the timer and said "Everybody say 'Miraculous!'"

We then said it and the picture was taken. It was not a bad photo.

Well, we finally did it. Me and the Element Gang finally revealed our secret identities to Ladybug and Cat Noir. Though I regret what I started between Marinette and Adrien, I'm still very happy for them and now we're a complete team. What's next for us? Find out in the next Element Gang: Miraculous!