I'm looking forward to this ;3


"You wanna fight," Juuno challenges, tail spread "intimidatingly" as he darts about, waving his arms, trying to mock his opponent into coming at him, "I'm ready fight. Yeah, I'll fight, I'm rearing to go. I won't hold back! I'm a dangerous god! And far older than you! And lived through humanities ugliest moments!"

Before him, his rival, Jacques the pigeon, blinked dumbly. Jacques released a soft coo to the little god.

Juuno gasped, offended. "You dare!"

"Juuno," Tikki called from where she was checking the roses with Nooroo and Beea, a little something for them to do since Marinette shooed them out of the room so she could do her homework in peace, "leave Jacques alone. He's a nice pigeon, I like him."

"Let him get rid of it," Beea tuts, "that bird just poops on everything."

Wayzz sighs loudly from where he was basking on the table. "Stop it you two," Wayzz lectures. "That bird was here before we were. Marinette has made no move to get rid of it, we have no right to try."

"But I'm very bothered that he's here!" Juuno cried, huffing as he crossed his arms and glared at Jacques, getting more and more pissed at that dumb blank expression.

"Leave him alone guys," Plagg called out, leaning back in Marinette's lounge chair with a bowl of sliced Camembert, occasionally giving Vixx the stink eye when she purposely leaned too far over it. "If he wants the pigeon gone, I say let him try and scare it." If he could...

"I can be scary!" Juuno snaps.

"Sure you can Juuni!" Vixx encouraged with a giggly smile. "Besides, this is really fun to watch!"

"Vixx this is serious!"

"Sure."

Frowning, Nooroo voices, "Maybe you should check with Marinette first on whether or not you should get rid of Jaques."

"Or just let the bird stay," Tikki huffs.

"I don't want him here!" Juuno dramatically whined.

Plagg snickered at the little blue god's antics, then closed his eyes, taking a savory bite of his slice. Seeing her chance, Vixx stole one of the remaining slices and inhaled it. Humming in delight, Plagg turned to grab a fresh slice, only to stop,frowning. He turned his narrowed gaze to the innocently sitting Vixx. "Vixx," he growls lowly.

She turned to him with a curious hum.

"There were four slices in here."

"You did just eat one."

"That was the fifth slice, I had four remaining. Only there's three. Where's my fourth slice?!"

Vixx made an I-don't-know noise, glancing down at the bowel. "Quite the mystery huh?"

Plagg growled.

Before he could move, the trapdoor flung open with a victories cry. "I'M DONE!"

It made all occupants on the terrace jump.

Vixx and Plagg knocked over the cheese.

Wayzz and Juuno ducked under the table, the latter squeaking in alarm.

Beea, Nooroo, and Tikki darted away from the flowers.

And Jacques flew off, ramming straight into the little red god that had instinctively flown up, right into the bird's path.

Tikki squealed as she fell down.

Squawking in alarm, everyone rushed to the railing, rapidly looking for Tikki.

Who they found instead was a familiar blonde, crouching down and standing up, holding something small and red in her hands.

"Chloe!" Marinette cried desperately, waving to her. "That's mine!"

The blonde turned to her, and Marinette stiffened as the smug smirk sent her way.

Chloe slipped away, clutching Tikki in hand.

Marinette and the gods all dashed away, the little beings piling into her backpack while Marinette hurriedly scooped it up and tore down the stairs, trying to reel in the piling panic in her. Inside the backpack, Juuno quietly grumbles, "This is why I wanted that bird gone."

Juuno promptly hid behind Vixx when Plagg sent him a hiss.