Chapter 10
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The duplicates of the akumas threw the heroes back and forced back-to-back as they closed in. All the kids cackled and started closing in on the heroes. A howl split the air and suddenly all the duplicates disappeared and the original akumas were thrown back by an invisible force.
"Was that you?" Ladybug asked Cat Noir.
"No. You?" Cat asked back. Ladybug shook her head.
"Looks like you could use some help." A voice called. Ladybug and Cat Noir traced the sound up to a rooftop a few feet from the park. There stood a person. She appeared to be in a superhero outfit like them. She had wolf ears, a wolf tail, and a suit that was a dark midnight indigo color.
The girl jumped down off the roof and landed in front of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Her ears twitched and she turned around. The two akumas had started getting up off the ground. They got ready to charge at the new hero. She raised her hands as if she were ready to pounce like a cat and Ladybug and Cat Noir saw that there claws on the ends of her fingers, very much like Cat himself. The girl started doing hand-to-hand combat with the girl akuma. The boy charged towards Cat and Ladybug. The akuma created a copy and engaged in hand-to-combat with Cat. The copy went after Ladybug. After several minutes of fighting Cat came up with an idea. He quickly moved his fight near Ladybug's and got close to her.
"I have an idea. We'll keep switching to throw them off." Cat whispered to Ladybug. She nodded and they switched. They kept fighting and switching until their opponents were too weary to keep fighting. The new hero had already subdued her opponent and was waiting for the other two to finish.
"The akumas are in their wristbands." The new hero said.
Ladybug took the band off the boy's wrist and Cat took the girl's. Ladybug snapped the one she had while Cat tried to snap his.
"Come on Cat. Just break it already." Ladybug said.
"I can't. It's made out of that stretchy cloth."
"Give it to me." The new hero said. Cat gave it to her. She uttered a soft growl and her teeth somehow became almost like fangs. She bit the hair tie and the threads broke. The hero's became normal she dropped the broken hair tie on the ground. At the same time, black and purple butterflies came out of the broken objects. Ladybug captured one of the butterflies and purified it.
"Bye, bye, little butterfly." She said as she released the now snow white butterfly.
"Wait, where's the other one?" Cat asked. Ladybug looked around in the sky.
"It's gone. We lost it." Ladybug said.
"Nope." The new hero said.
"How?" The two asked together.
The new hero held up a heart shaped box. "You're lucky I caught it."
"And now Ladybug needs to purify it." Cat said as he reached for the box.
"No need. I already did it." The new hero opened the box and a white butterfly flew away. "You're not the only who can do it."
"Who are you, anyways?" Ladybug asked.
"Canis." The two were confused. "You know, like a wolf. I have wolf powers."
There was a tiny clatter sound as something hit the ground. Ladybug bent down and picked it up.
"What is this?" She asked.
"Oh, that's the version of what my Miraculous does when I run out of power. Now, gotta run." Canis ran off without another word.