The first attempt was borderline disaster.

Personally, Chat Noir would have thought that it was impossible to burn down a mountain. Honestly, M'gann was over-reacting.

It had all started with one of Beast Boy's stupid plans anyway.

Beast Boy quickly came up with interesting plans to help Chat gain Ladybug's "undying devotion and love," and Chat was starting to worry about Beast Boy's ability to plan.

One of these "plans" involved wooing Ladybug with a romantic candle light dessert.

"Won't that seem a little… Direct?" Chat questioned.

"Nah, man! Ladies love good food!" Beast Boy chirped excitedly.

"Exactly how many women have you wooed with a romantic candlelight dessert?"

"Uh, none. But I read on a blog that cooking is one of the most attractive qualities a guy can have!"

Armed with aprons and apple peelers, Chat and BB set about conquering the most daunting task any hero can ever face- making a scrumptious apple cobbler.

Chat Noir really hoped that Ladybug liked apple cobbler. He figured that bugs like fruit, and since Ladybug's costume was based off a bug, she probably liked fruit too.

"So, how is this going to work? How will we get her to even agree to this?" Chat asked as he carefully sliced apples.

The two teenage heroes had managed to find a time when most of the Young Justice team members were gone or not using the Mt. Justice kitchen. The kitchen was old and outdated, but it still worked fine.

Bustling about the kitchen assembling ingredients, Beast Boy replied, "I'll be walking by her room about dinner time, and I'll ask if she wants some of the apple cobbler we made…" Beast Boy checked the stovetop; seeing that it was the perfect temperature his motions grew more animated as he became more excited," And she'll come to the kitchen, and you'll be here and then-"

Beast Boy never had a chance to say what would happen next, because in his excitement he knocked the open bag of flour off of the counter.

White powder flew into the air, filling the room and coating every surface. Startled Chat noir dropped the knife he was holding, only to have it drop on his foot.

"YEOWW!" The inhuman screech caused Beast Boy, temporarily blinded by the flour to fall backwards onto the stovetop. The very hot stovetop. Beast Boy jumped away from the stove, but not before his apron got stuck on a wire and ripped in half. Part of the flowery embroidered apron was caught on the stovetop, while the other half hung like a bib from Beast Boy's neck.

Panting, Beast Boy collapsed next to Chat, who was nursing his injured foot on the floor.

"Look at this mess!" He grumbled, spitting flour out of his mouth.

"We can clean it up!" Beast Boy insisted, gently stroking the singed hair on his arms and legs. "If we finish and clean up soon, no one will know that we ever-"

Chat Noir never got to find out what people wouldn't know, because at that moment, the part of Beast Boy's apron that was still on the stove top erupted into flames.

That was when M'gann walked into the kitchen.

Screams echoed through Mt. justice.

The second attempt was just as interesting as the first.

That is, if interesting is defined as "excruciatingly painful." The second attempt started when Beast Boy burst into Chat Noir's room screaming,

"CODE YELLOW! I REPEAT, THERE IS A CODE YELLOW!"

"A code what?" replied Chat, who shoved the unmanly fashion magazine he had been reading behind his back.

"Kid Flash is hitting on Ladybug! They're alone in the training room!" Beast Boy panted out of breath.

"What?" Chat Noir managed to squeak out before bolting into the training room followed by Beast Boy.

Kid Flash was being his flirty self, hanging on Ladybug's arm, playfully teasing her. Ladybug stood stiffly and uncomfortably, as if she wasn't sure to handle the situation. Chat was understandably annoyed.

'She doesn't seem to ever have any trouble rejecting me.' Chat grumbled mentally.

"So, you look like you work out. I work out." Kid Flash said flashing a bright white smile and flaunting his lean, but well-muscled arms. "Look at these guns. Did I tell you about the time I took down Captain Cold?"

"Uh, Yeah, probably… Listen, this has been fun, but, um..." Ladybug looked like a disagreeable mixture of bored and simultaneously afraid of having to listen to Kid Flash's egotistical stories.

"I'll tell you anyway." Kid Flash decided.

Before the story could start, however, Ladybug caught sight of Chat Noir.

"Hey Chat!"

"Hi, Ladybug." Chat replied, approaching cautiously. Beast Boy surveyed the situation from a distance, not sure whether he should root for his old friend, or his new one.

Kid Flash glared at the intruder.

"This is a private training session." He said with a wink at Ladybug.

Ladybug rolled her eyes, yanking her arm away from Kid Flash, who was still holding onto it like a leech latches on to a helpless victim.

"Of course Chat can hang out with us if he wants to!" She insisted.

Chat smiled cockily, tilting his head as he added,

"Yeah, and I want to."

"So, then, Kitty cat- you wouldn't mind going a few rounds? We are supposed to be 'training' after all." Kid Flash laid down the challenge.

Chat Noir paled. He had seen KF in action. The American was older and more experienced (although Chat would never admit it).

Beast Boy, seeing the doubt on Chat Noir's face, pulled him aside.

"Dude, you have to do this. It's the only way you can prove that you're a real man."

"But-" Chat started, glancing at Kid Flash, who was still making eyes at Ladybug.

"But what?" Beast Boy cut him off. "Do you want to fight Kid Flash and be a man, or stay in your room reading girly, french, fashion magazines?"

Chat turned red before nodding his head firmly and heading to the center of the training ring.

"Let's go, American." he taunted, trying to ignore Ladybug's undivided attention on the sparring match.

Chat was taken by surprise by the speed and ferocity at which Kid Flash attacked. The American teen appeared to be nothing but a yellow blur speeding about the ring like golden lightning. Chat dodged and flipped, nimbly avoiding most of the attacks.
After a minute or so, Kid Flash got a solid hit in that sent Chat flying. The black-clad teen managed to land on his feet, but looked a little shaky.

"YOU GOT THIS MAN! I mean cat, I mean, LET'S GO, MAN-CAT DUDE!" Beast Boy yelled unhelpfully.

Ladybug looked distinctly unimpressed with Beast Boy's cheering.

"I can see why they don't let you come up with the names for heroes and villains around here." She muttered.

A few other heroes had joined Beast Boy and Ladybug and were watching the fight, cheering on their favorite.

Among them was Miss Martian (who was still furious about the state of her kitchen), Batgirl, Aquaman, Superboy, Robin, and Impulse. Although Miss Martian, Robin, And Impulse cheered on Kid Flash; Chat Noir had a fan base in Batgirl, Aquaman, and surprisingly, Superboy.

Chat Noir realized that he couldn't dodge the high speed attacks for very long, so he quickly came up with a half-baked cookie of a plan. As Kid Flash raced towards the blond, french hero, Chat Noir chouted,

"CATACLYSM!"

He slammed his claws into the ground, causing it to shake and rumble, cracks spreading throughout the ground towards Kid Flash. The hero tripped over a piece of jagged concrete, losing his balance.

For a split second, Chat was elated.

'I did it! I stopped Kid Flash!'

But because of his momentum, Kid Flash continued to fly through the air- straight towards Chat Noir.

Kid Flash landed painfully on top of Chat Noir, in the most painful and awkward way possible. There was a moment of silence before the assembled crowds of teenage heroes broke into rambunctious laughter.

Both of the heroes tangled up on the floor turned beet red, causing the crowds to laugh even more. Chat managed to get to his feet, avoiding eye contact with Ladybug who was positively DYING from laughter.

"Not bad, Kitty Cat." A voice said. It was Kid Flash, who was standing next to Chat with a lopsided grin on his face. Rubbing his arm, he winced. "I think I hurt something."

"Oh, sorry." Chat apologized quickly. He honestly hadn't wanted to hurt anybody, though if he was honest, he felt like his pride was suffering more than KF's arm.

"Nah, I'll be fine. I've got a rapid healing factor." With that, Kid Flash wandered off.

Not wanting to face Ladybug or Beast Boy, Chat returned quickly to his room- it didn't help that his ring was beeping rapidly too.

Too much power used up too quickly.

Collapsing on his bed, Plagg flew from the ring and Chat Noir became Adrien again.

"What am I doing?" Adrien questioned. "All I've done is make an idiot out of myself!"

The blond teen was already sore from his head on collision with Kid Flash. Every time he stretched out, he felt an a annoying pain in his back that he was pretty sure was not supposed to be there.

"OWWWwwwWWWWwwW." He complained.

"Welp, you definitely have problems." Plagg conceded as he stuffed his face with cheese.

There were a few minutes of silent pity-partying and feverish cheese-eating before somebody knocked on the door.

"Chat? Its Ladybug."