Bringing out the bad side

A/N; Hey dear readers! My beta has returned to me, and I am happy! I don't have much to say, but don't worry, I'll probably think of some random thing to put in the A/N at the end of the chapter. On with the fic!

Beep! Beep! Beep!

There it was. The signal that Marinette's time as Ladybug was drawing to a close, for the time being.

"I will see you very soon, my lady." Chat told her, kissing her hand. "Until next time, Chaton." The spotted hero of Paris blushed, and ran out of a fire exit to her left. While she was de-transforming, Chat Noir looked coldly at Nathaneal. His mind told him to eliminate the possible threat to his relationship, but he knew if he did so, he would be no better than Hawk Moth. While the villain was corrupted and power-driven, he had not actually killed anyone.

"You should be happy for them." Nathaneal shook his head, a small smile etched on his face. "I am. This girl, she was perfect. I waited too long and lost any chance I had." Chat nodded in understanding. He was glad he hadn't wasted his chance, glad that he didn't end up like the boy on the floor.

"I know." And with that, Chat Noir walked out of the same door Ladybug had just minutes earlier. He felt a familiar green light envelope him, and there stood Adrien Agreste in the place Chat Noir had been occupying seconds earlier.

Marinette stood in front of him, smiling, kwami in hand. "I need cheese!" Plagg whined, shattering the silence.

"You always need cheese." His chosen countered, looking despairingly at him. "What can I say? It's a beautiful thing, and the love of my life." Tikki sighed from her seat on the bluenette's left palm. "Oh Plagg." The fairy-like thing breathed, with a shake of her head. "Mari, can I have a cookie?" It asked, as an afterthought, smiling when her chosen pulled a chocolate-chip cookie from her bag. "Thanks!"

Plagg huffed, and glared at Adrien. "Why can't you be like that?" It moaned. "Hey!" Adrien exclaimed, pouting at his kwami. Marinette giggled, along with Tikki. "I don't have any cheese Plagg." The blonde explained, hands in the air. The black cat kwami floated towards his face, looking him in the eye.

"What do you mean you don't have any cheese?" It asked threateningly, smirking when his chosen let out an uncharacteristically high pitched squeak, and leapt backwards. "I brought some camembert for you, Plagg." Marinette said, through her girlish giggles. Plagg zoomed over too her.

"You should definitely be more like her." She reached into her bag, and pulled out a slice of the smelly cheese. "Ew Plagg. How do you eat this stuff? It's gross." The red kwami asked, wrinkling her nose at the strong smell of the cheese.

"Like this." The cat god answered simply, shoving the piece of cheese down his throat. "You're disgusting Plagg." Adrien told it, arms folded over his chest. "Well, kid. You're missing out." It countered in a sing-song voice. Marinette giggled again.

"You two are adorable. But, we have to get back now, before anyone notices we're missing." Adrien smirked. "Adorable?" He asked innocently, batting his eyelashes. "Hush, kitty." She scolded lightly, hitting him jokingly on the head. "My lady, you wound me." The model pouted, feigning hurt.

She smiled at him from over her shoulder, and Adrien could have sworn he melted into the pavement. Plagg poked him on the nose. "Earth to Romeo!"

"Eh?" Adrien snorted out dumbly, face scrunched up. "And here you humans had me thinking the Neanderthals had evolved into something more sophisticated." The cat god said under its breath, though it was just loud enough for his chosen to hear, and let out an angry "Hey!"

Marinette made her way to Alya, deciding Adrien looked comfortable plastered to the side walk. She pressed Tikki into her purse, ignoring the muffled cries of her kwami.

Alya looked up from her phone, she was reviewing the small amount of footage she had from the fight. "Hey, Mari." The auburn-haired girl smiled, looking proudly at her best friend. "So, you and Agreste, eh?" Marinette felt the heat rushing up her face, tingling when it reached her ears. "Er…"

"Relax, girl. I'm just teasing you. " Alya told her, a wicked glint in her eyes. 'Sort of.' She added mentally, knowing it was probably not a great idea to say that out loud, in front of Marinette.

She couldn't help but wonder how those two had gotten so close in the first place, whenever she approached the subject Marinette simply waved it off, uninterested. It was obvious the two were destined to be together. (Obvious to Alya at least. Nino was having a hard time picturing the two together, then again, he didn't have an easy time picturing anything except him becoming a famous DJ.)

"Ayla, hello? Anyone home?" Marinette asked, waving her hand side to side in front of the Ladyblogger's face. "Oh er what?" The auburn haired girl spluttered, confused. Nino came up behind Marinette, looking quizzically at the school. "Just think how many people here have been akumatised." He whispered.

'That's right,' The bluenette thought 'Almost everyone that became an akuma goes to school here. Creepy.' Alya yelped in excitement, almost dropping her phone. "I wonder if there's some sort of connection! Maybe Ladybug or Chat Noir goes to our school, and that's why people here are targeted so much? It seems plausible, but I'm positive I'd know if a superhero went to our school." Marinette laughed nervously, an uneasy smile on her face. 'Oh no.' She thought, scratching the back of her head. "Er yeah. They'd totally stand out." The sarcasm was wasted on Alya and Nino. They ignored her and looked wistfully at the school.

Minutes later, Adrien arrived, having picked himself off the pavement. "Hey." He greeted them, pulling Alya and Nino out of their thoughts. He wrapped his arms around Marinette's waist, her back against his chest, and rested his head in the crook of her neck. "I missed you." He whispered in her ear.

"I missed you too, Chaton."

A/N; Not the last chappie, but probably only one more, then the epilogue. It's been fun writing this as my first proper series, and I hope you all liked it. PLEASE REVIEW!

Note to my beta, may contain spoilers:

Hello! Did you have a nice time camping? I live in England, so I uploaded just after lunch, when I normally upload at about nine o'clock in the morning. I'm trying to space things out more, to make it easier to read. I plan to have the epilogue as an explanation. Basically, it will have little snippits of everybody's life when they're older. Do you like that idea? Or should it focus more on the main characters? HawkMoth will not have the moth broach in the end, but has taken the butterflies with him, and half of the Agreste fortune. Does that sound good?

LT xx