Disclaimer: I don't own Miraculous Ladybug.
I got inspired by Sam Tsui's cover version of Talk Dirty. It sounds like a cool theme for Genderbend.
Chapter 21
"I'm afraid she doesn't like me back" Said Juleka. "She won't like back, I know that" Said Juleka to Marinette.
"Juleka, why do you think she won't like you back?" Asked Marinette petting her on the back.
"Have you ever seen two of the same gender dating?" Asked Juleka.
"Sure, I've seen a lot" Responded Marinette.
"I mean for real Marinette. Do you know somebody, who's dating somebody from the same gender?" Asked Juleka. "Do you know anyone else, which was in the same situation as me?" Asked Juleka making Marinette stay quiet.
"See?" Asked Juleka. "Sorry for incommoding you with this" Said Juleka and ran off the restrooms.
"Juleka wait!" Called Marinette and ran behind her.
Down at the entrance of the school, Lila walked accompanied by Nathaniel the stairs down.
"Hey Lila, where exactly from Italy are you?" Asked Nathaniel looking at the girl.
"Me?" Asked Lila. "I'm from Milan" Responded Lila. "It's on the top of the boot"
"Aha" Replied Nathaniel. "I've always wondered, why Italy looks like a boot"
"Ever heard of the tectonic plats?" Asked Lila and he shook his head.
"No"
"No wonder, Ms. Mendeleiev says, you're bad at science," Said the brown-haired girl with a giggle.
Apparently, Juleka ran by them crying, ramming Lila causing her to fell down, but Nathaniel grabbed her on the arm, to prevent this to happen.
"Was that Juleka?" Asked Nathaniel as he saw the girl running away while sobbing.
"And is she crying?" Asked Lila pulling herself up to him.
"Wonder, what happened," Asked Nathaniel himself and Marinette appeared.
"Juleka!" Called Marinette and the two looked at her.
"What happened?" Asked Nathaniel.
"It's kind of girl stuff" Replied Marinette and ran down, followed by Lila and Nathaniel.
"Hey, wait, wait" Called Lila and hold Marinette on her arm. Marinette looked at her and at Nathaniel. Nathaniel then got, why the girls were looking at him.
"Oh if it is girl stuff, I better leave?" Asked Nathaniel about to leave.
"Well, you could also listen to it, but…." Said Marinette, then Nathaniel interrupted her.
"No, I better leave you two handle this" Said Nathaniel.
"That's really nice from your part, Nathaniel," Said Marinette to the redhead and he nodded and walked off.
While he walked away from the girls, his phone rang and he took his phone out and it was from the communication app on his phone. The call was from PinkyPieLover, a.k.a Rose Lavillant, Juleka's best friend.
"Hello?" Responded Nathaniel to the call.
"Hey Nath, did Juleka stay at school?" Asked Rose. "I didn't see her leaving the school as I left?"
"She sort of was along with Marinette. I was talking with Lila as she left the school crying and running away from her"
"What?" Asked Rose. "What happened?"
"I don't know" Responded Nathaniel. "You gotta ask that Lila or Marinette. I didn't stay back, because they said it was girls stuff"
"Oh okay, I'll come over to school, I'm currently passing by bus at the Notre Dame"
"Why don't you call them?" Asked Nathaniel.
"I prefer to talk to people, who have problems personally. It's easier"
"Alright," Said Nathaniel looking back at the girls, which were talking.
"And can you talk with her?" Asked Rose. "And tell me, where exactly she is?"
"She ran before at the park. She must be sitting there somewhere" Said Nathaniel.
"Good, I see you there, bye!"
"Uh bye," Said Nathaniel as Rose hung up. "Uhm" Replied Nathaniel looking at the park, where Juleka ran before.
At the park, Juleka sat down on a bench crying.
"I hate my life!" Cried Juleka sobbing more.
On the other side of Paris, a tall window shutter opened in a spiral form and inside there stood Hawk Moth, the villain, which had akumatized Chris into Bomb Mime to terrorize Paris.
"Disappointed of mother nature, sad about not being able to tell her love, how she feels. Oh, I wonder how I should help her...oh I think I already know" Said Hawk Moth opening his hand as a white butterfly came across him, landing on the palm of his hand. He closed the hand transforming the butterfly into a black akuma. He released the akuma from his hand, then he flew out of the window, going over Paris.
"Come to me, my little Akuma, fly and go evillize that girl," Said Hawk Moth and the Akuma flew towards the park, where the girl was.
While Juleka was still sobbing on that bench, the akuma showed up and landed on her wrist mirror, causing her to get akumatized. In front of her face appeared a light purple, butterfly-like mask in front of her face.
"Genderbend, I'm Hawk Moth. I will help you in winning the girl you love's heart, after that, I'd like you to help me in getting the miraculous of Cat Noir and Ladybug. Do we have a deal?" Asked Hawk Moth and Juleka made an evil smirk, getting transformed into a male looking villain. She had the similar appearance of Reflekta, except she had now a dark blue tune and her hair was gelled up in the air, like from many anime characters, forming triangular forms.Instead of the pink skirt, she wore a kilt-like blue skirt, which came to her knees and light blue thighs and dark blue boots.
"Amazing" Said Genderbend opening the mirror on her wrist looking at herself, as she became now the opposite gender.
"Oh my gosh!" Exclaimed a blonde haired woman as she saw Genderbend. Genderbend laughed and turned the mirror against her, shouting a laser arrow at the woman. The woman got hit by it and she got morphed into a male. The exchanged person observed herself shocked at this and looked at Genderbend.
"Trust me, you look way better" Said Genderbend and strutted around the park.
At the park, Nathaniel walked around seeing if he could see Juleka anywhere.
"Run for your life!" Exclaimed a brown haired woman passing by Nathaniel.
"What the?" Asked Nathaniel and another woman, with black haired ran towards him.
"Dude run or you will get turned into a girl!" Exclaimed the woman looking back scared.
"Uh, you okay ma'am?" Asked Nathaniel to the woman, which had a deep voice.
"That's the problem. I'm a guy and I was transformed into a woman" Explained the guy and the two heard Genderbend's laugh.
"There she comes!" Said the guy and ran off. Nathaniel saw Genderbend transforming people into the opposite gender.
"Oh oh," Said Nathaniel as he witnesses it.
At the Agreste's mansion, Adrien sat in front of his computer screens looking a movie on stream.
"Fat and Nutritious is a really awesome movie" Said Plagg sitting on the desk of Adrien eating a rectangular cheese bit. "But more awesome is this piece of Appenzeller," Said the black kwami.
"At least it doesn't smell as much as Camembert"
"You know you could have bought me Swiss Cheese a long time ago" Said Plagg making Adrien roll his eyes. Adrien's phone on the table vibrated getting a message from somebody in the class. He opened it and saw, that it was from Alya and that she had a picture of the blue colored villain.
"Oh no, somebody has been akumatized" Said Adrien to Plagg and the little kitten threw the cheese into his mouth and engulfed it.
"Gweat, I'm awmowst…..fiwinsh" Said Plagg, while chewing, making Adrien smirk and roll his eyes.
"Plagg, Claws Out!" Shouted Adrien to transform into Cat Noir.
At the park, Marinette and Lila saw Genderbend transforming the people and got scared.
"Come!" Demanded Marinette and pulled Lila to come with her. Lila ran looking to the front, then she turned her head back observing the villain harming the others. She then looked back, but she couldn't see Marinette anymore.
"Marinette?!" Shouted Lila scared as she disappeared out of the nowhere. Marinette was hidden behind a bush in the park and opened her purse, where her kwami Tikki was.
"Tikki, Spots On!" Said Marinette transforming into Ladybug.
"Hey, where are you all going?" Asked Genderbend looking at all the humans running.
Ladybug observed from behind the bush Genderbend shooting with her wrist mirror at the people.
"I've seen this somewhere before" Said Ladybug sharpening her eyes.
"Oh, you look gorgeous without that skirt" Said Genderbend as she hit a girl with the arrow.
"It's Juleka" Said Ladybug.
"Ahhh!" Screamed Lila running around the park.
"Really?" Asked Ladybug rolling her eyes and observed her running. She then looked at Genderbend pointing her mirror wrist towards Lila.
"Lila, watch out, she's aiming at you!" Shouted Ladybug and Lila looked behind to see Genderbend pointing at her.
"Ahhh!" Screamed Lila trying to run faster with her high heel boots. From outside the park Nathaniel was hidden behind a car with two other men looking at the park, which has been victim of Genderbend's deeds.
"Help!" Shouted Lila and Nathaniel heard the voice and forced his eyes to see, who was running there in the park.
"Lila!" Said Nathaniel and walked to the entrance. He saw Genderbend shooting arrows against her, but she was too far away from Lila and ran now towards her while shouting. Lila tripped over her heels and fell down. Nathaniel got scared and ran into the park.
"Be careful," Said one of the men, which were probably transformed by Genderbend before.
"Lila get up!" Yelled Nathaniel across the park. Lila saw him running to her direction and tried to stand up by her own. She made it and she jumped, as she almost got hit by the arrow.
"Ah" Cried Lila and ran towards Nathaniel.
"Come, come, come!" Demanded Nathaniel and she passed next to him and he ran behind her.
"You're alright?" Asked Nathaniel.
"Since you're here, I feel better" Said Lila and between them landed an arrow.
"Whoa" Replied Nathaniel. "We better hurry," Said Nathaniel running along with Lila.
"On this street is the jewelry store I bought my fox tail necklace," Said Lila to Nathaniel.
"And on the other side of this building is a synagogue," Said Nathaniel.
"You're Jewish?" Asked Lila and another arrow passed between them.
"My mom's Jewish, but she told me, I can decide later if I want to be one or not," Said Nathaniel looking at her. "Why?"
"I thought you were Christian like the others, but your family name actually does sound..."
She ran over the street and a car honked and break, getting both teens to pay attention to it.
"Oh my…." Said Lila stopping in the middle of the streets. Nathaniel pushed her away from the place and the driver of the car successfully stopped the car, before it was over Nathaniel.
"What a stroke of luck," Said Nathaniel relieved and breathing from the running.
"Nathaniel you saved me," Lila said as she runs to him, giving him a hug. Nathaniel was surprised by her reaction, afterward he leaned his head next to hers closing his eyes, appreciating it.
"Watch out!" Warned the driver, making both open her eyes, followed by the Italian girl screaming. Nathaniel opened his eyes looking back at Genderbend aiming them.
"Lila run!" Demanded Nathaniel taking his arms down from her. Lila looked back at Genderbend and she quickly aimed Lila again, making her shriek. As she shouts, Nathaniel jumped at her falling down with her and getting hit on the back with the arrow.
"Nathaniel!" Exclaimed Lila as she saw the arrow on his back. She holds her hand and tried to remove the arrow, but she got a shock on her hand from the arrow and she took her hand away from it and the arrow disappeared from his back.
"Nathaniel?" Asked Lila looking at Nathaniel, which had his eyes closed. "Nathaniel!" Called Lila. "Nathaniel…." Said Lila closing her eyes. "Why is everything blurry?"
"Huh?" Asked Genderbend. "This wasn't supposed to happen" Said Genderbend looking at the two.
"It sure wasn't," Said a voice and she looked back and saw Ladybug.
"Oh Ladybug, nice to see you," Said Genderbend.
"So am I!" Said Cat Noir jumping down from the building and landing on his feet.
"Oh you're here too" Said Genderbend. "There will be fun" Said Genderbend and laughed.
"Nathaniel, are you okay?" Asked a female voice and all looked to the building and saw Rose looking at Nathaniel and Lila lying on the bottom.
"What happened?" Asked Lila's voice from there.
"You're okay?" Asked Rose and Nathaniel moved his head to Rose's direction.
"I'm feeling dizzy," Said Nathaniel sounding like Lila.
"Lila?" Asked Rose as she saw him passing her hand in front of his hair.
"Did I just turn into a boy?" Asked Lila in Nathaniel's body and Rose nodded.
"You turned more into Nathaniel" Responded Rose.
"Huh?" Asked Lila and looked at her hands and looked down her arms and saw only one of her arm wrists on it, which was the one, she gave Nathaniel.
"Did I and Nathaniel just change bodies?" Asked Lila and the body of Lila woke up.
"Ouch, what happened?" Asked Nathaniel in Lila's body.
"Nathaniel, you're….you're me," Said Lila and Nathaniel looked up at his body.
"Uh…..why do you look like me?" Asked Nathaniel and he looked down at him and saw, that he was in Lila's body.
"And why do I look like you?" Asked Nathaniel panicked.
"Don't worry, Ladybug will fix everything," Said Rose.
"Hey Rose" Called Genderbend walking towards her. "Do you recognize me?"
"Uh...Hi" Greeted Rose scared.
"Who's got akumatized?" Asked Cat Noir.
"Juleka" Responded Ladybug.
"Juleka?" Asked Rose surprised and Genderbend nodded.
"Yes exactly" Responded Genderbend.
"Why do you look like a guy?" Asked Rose. "Or why are you a guy?" Asked Rose having a disgusted and confused face.
"Yeah, I might not look as good as Cat Noir" Said Genderbend.
"Oh, thank you" Said Cat Noir passing his hand through his hair.
"But what matters, is the character" Said Genderbend.
"What are you referring to?" Asked Rose.
"She is referring, that she's in love with you" Said Ladybug making Rose, Nathaniel and Cat Noir look confused.
"What?" Asked the three.
"Where did you know, that she's in love with Rose?" Asked Lila, which was in Nathaniel's body.
"I….uh….well….saw a blue haired girl talk with you about it" Lied Ladybug.
"Oh..." Replied Lila.
"Enough," Said Genderbend and stood in front of Rose looking down at her. As Genderbend, Juleka was the double size of the girl. "Rose, do you want to go out with me?"
"Uh…." Replied Rose as Genderbend took the blonde's hands.
"Please, I beg you so much" Said Genderbend and Ladybug threw her yo-yo at her, then pulled her back to her. Genderbend tried to free herself from the yo-yo and looked at Cat Noir. She tried to aim at him, shooting an arrow, which hit him.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Cat Noir.
"Cat Noir!" Exclaimed Ladybug shocked. Genderbend opened her arms with the rope of the yo-yo, causing Ladybug to fall down, and get free from her.
"Yes!" She replied in victory.
"You cause people to change their gender" Said Rose surprised and Genderbend took her in the arms.
"Come, my angel, let's get to the Eiffel Tower" Said Genderbend walking off with Rose in her arms.
"Cat Noir get off!" Demanded Ladybug and as he stood up he was turned into a female. All looked at him. He resembled Mrs. Agreste a bit, just with the Cat Noir super suit.
"What?" Asked Cat Noir and Ladybug started to laugh.
"If we just had a mirror" Said Ladybug laughing.
"What is wrong?" Asked Cat Noir looking at Nathaniel and Lila. Lila, which was in Nathaniel's body took from Lila's red jacket her smartphone out, turning the camera to the viewer on and gave it to Cat Noir.
"Oh my gosh!" Exclaimed Cat Noir. "I look like my mother," Said Cat Noir making Ladybug laugh even harder.
"Come on m'lady, let's stop him...I mean her..." Said Cat Noir and she laughed again, making Cat Noir shook his head.
"Still not funny," Said Cat Noir and pulled her with him.
"We'll be right back," Said Cat Noir and he started to run along with Ladybug.
"Sorry about that" Apologized Ladybug. "It's just weird to see you as a girl."
"Again" Added Cat Noir. "Last time with Reflekta it was the same, just good, that I don't have to wear high heels again"
"I think now Nathaniel has the problem"
"Yeah," Said Cat Noir and they stopped at a crossroad and looked around.
"They're gone" Said Ladybug.
"Let's go over the roofs," Said Cat Noir and both jumped at the roofs using their yo-o and staff to get there and ran on the roof.
"As they left, Genderbend said, they were going to the Eiffel Tower, remember?" Asked Ladybug.
"Right, the Eiffel Tower is on the left side, we're going wrong"
"Let's split so we find them quicker" Suggested Ladybug.
"You wish is my command, m'lady," Said Cat Noir and jumped with the staff, using it to rotate in the air. Ladybug kept jumping over the roofs and looked down if she could see anyone.
While Cat Noir was rotating, he saw a few blocks away Genderbend walking with Rose on her back.
"Blue Macho at 12 O'Clock," Said Cat Noir pointing at the end of the road, where the two were.
"Well done, Chatte Noir" Joked Ladybug.
"You should leave the puns to me," Said Cat Noir and he jumped down at the road, running towards the girls. Ladybug smiled and kept running on the top of the roof.
Down at the ground, Rose was talking with Genderbend.
"So you think turning into a guy is the solution for this?" Asked Rose.
"Sure, have you seen somewhere a girl dating a girl?" Asked Genderbend. "Or a guy dating a guy?" Asked Genderbend.
"They are many celebrities, that are homosexual. There's nothing wrong about it"
"Yes, but I mean the reality. Do you see somebody, that would respect people like me or them, for the way we are?" Asked Genderbend.
"I don't know" Replied Rose.
"This is why I would prefer being a guy, just like now" Said Genderbend. "Then everything would be normal"
"Being homosexual or bisexual is normal," Said Rose. "There's nothing wrong about it"
"How do you now?" Asked Genderbend. "You're not the one with the problem" Said Genderbend looking a bit angry.
"Uh..." Said Rose as Genderbend stared at her with her red eyes at her.
"Cou cou," Said a voice and both looked up and saw Ladybug sliding down on a street lamp down.
"Ladybug" Said Rose and Genderbend growled at Ladybug.
"Where's you silly cat-boy?" Asked Genderbend and Cat Noir appeared running on the road.
"Oh there he is" Said Genderbend.
"Come, let's take the easy way," Said Cat Noir. "Let the girl down and we try to fix this problem," Said Cat Noir to Genderbend and she got in front of her eyes, the light mask from Hawk Moth.
"Don't listen to him, take the miraculous away from him. His ring!" Demanded Hawk Moth and Genderbend listened to it.
"Before I let her down, give me your miraculous" Said Genderbend. Cat Noir looked at Genderbend with a smirk and behind her was Ladybug pointing at Rose and then to herself, trying to tell him, she would help Rose. Cat Noir looked at Genderbend and smiled.
"Do you promise me, when I give you the miraculous, that you let the girl down?" Asked Cat Noir making Genderbend look confused.
"Why shouldn't I?" Asked Genderbend, then she noted, that Cat Noir was looking behind her and she quickly turned around shooting with her arrows at Ladybug, but she managed to made salto backward escaping them all.
"Damn it!" Exclaimed Genderbend and Cat Noir touched on Genderbend's free shoulder with his baton, making her look there. He poked her with the stab, making her grab it, with both hands and letting Rose fall down.
"Ouch!" Replied Rose and Ladybug threw her yo-yo at Rose, pulling her on the legs back to her.
"Grrr" Growled Genderbend shooting her arrows towards Ladybug, but she only managed to hit Rose, turning her then into a boy. Genderbend growled again shooting her arrows towards Ladybug and she tried to escape from them. Cat Noir jumped over Genderbend and protected his lady with rotating his baton with his hands.
"You know I was about to use Rose as my protection shield," Said Ladybug.
"That's bad my lady, you would exchange bodies with Rose like it happened to Lila and Nathaniel" Said Cat Noir.
"Well played Cat," Said Ladybug. "And for the many times I looked at Genderbend, I think the akuma might be hidden in the same place as it was with Reflekta.
"On the wrist mirror," Said Ladybug and Cat at the same time.
Cat Noir's baton slipped from his hands hitting Genderbend on her head.
"Ops" Replied Cat Noir embarrassed. "This never happened to me before"
"Then it's my turn" Said Ladybug throwing her yo-yo in the air.
"Lucky charm!" She said and in the air appeared a white fisher's net.
"Okay?" Asked Ladybug.
"You're going to fish Bugaboo?" Asked Cat Noir and he got hit by his own staff on the head.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Cat Noir growling at a laughing Genderbend. He looked at the street lamp, that stood next to him and he had an idea.
"Cataclysm!" Shouted Cat Noir activating the power of destruction. He touched that lamp and it turned quickly into rust, then it felt down between him and Genderbend. He took the large and baton-formed like the head from the lamp and prepared to fight with Genderbend.
Ladybug observed the location in black and white, and her mind told her by marking certain stuff with the red and black tune, what she could use. She got the idea to use a tree, that was just a little bit away from the destroyed street lamp and on the other side of the street a street lamp. She then looked at the net and at the yo-yo.
"I think I got it," Said Ladybug and connected the yo-yo through a few holes from the net.
Cat Noir fought with Genderbend, like two knights, that were fighting about a princess, which in this case was Rose.
"Come on Cat Noir, you can do it!" Cheered Rose and Genderbend looked at Rose very surprised.
"Seems like she has a new hero," Said Cat Noir and Genderbend hit him with the baton on his face, causing him to fly down on his back.
"Ouch!" Replied Cat Noir and Genderbend grinned evilly at him.
"Hey Genderbend!" Said Ladybug and she looked up and Ladybug had the net with her yo-yo hanging over the lamp and the three, like a flag, then she released her yo-yo to let it fall over her.
"No!" Exclaimed Genderbend and she fell as the heavy net landed on her.
"You're okay?" Asked Ladybug jumping down from the lamp.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Responded Cat Noir and both looked at Genderbend under the net.
"Looks like we caught a big fish" Said Ladybug and Cat Noir took the net away, while Ladybug took the wrist band from Genderbend.
"My lady?" Asked Ladybug showing Cat Noir the objects. "Do you accept to destroy this object for me?" Asked Ladybug and Cat Noir nodded.
"But of course," Said Cat Noir trying to sound as female as possible, making the bug laugh. Cat Noir threw the object on the ground breaking it, to release the akuma.
"Enough for today, little Akuma" Said Ladybug rolling her yo-yo down and de-evillizing the akuma.
"Time to de-evillize!" Said Ladybug catching the akuma to turn him into a butterfly again.
"Bye, bye little butterfly," She said leaving him to fly off. She threw the net from Cat Noir in the air, shouting her power's name.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" She yelled and everybody in the city turned normal again, including Cat Noir, Rose and Juleka.
Juleka lied on the bottom and stood up looking at the three.
"Pound it!" Said Cat Noir and Ladybug doing the fist bump.
"What happened?" Asked Juleka and Ladybug walked to Juleka.
"You wanted to talk with Rose" Said Ladybug and Rose came to her.
"About what?" Asked Juleka.
"About the feelings, you have for me," Said Rose, making Juleka blush.
"Yes, you know….since many years of friendship, I kind of started to…."
"Shhh," Said Rose holding her finger in front of her lips. "I'm actually glad, that the right person for me, is my best friend" Said Rose smiling at her.
"But, what….what if the others..."
"Just forget about the others, we're in the 21th Century, Same-gender relationships have been accepted for years, I know in France only for a few years, but you got to see, that time changes and people change too. And I don't care if the others don't like to see us together or not, as long as we are happy, it's fine to me" Said Rose making Juleka smile.
"I got to admit, they sure make a cute couple," Said Cat Noir and his miraculous started to beep.
"Oh we gotta go home" Said Ladybug as her earrings beeped too.
"Well, it was a nice again to be in a woman's body again," Said Cat Noir making Ladybug giggle.
"And seeing you as a woman too" Added Ladybug making Cat Noir shake his head.
"Really, you just can't get this out of your head," Said Cat Noir unimpressed. "Good, that I'm myself again"
"Alright, I stop" Said Ladybug taking her yo-yo out. "So I see you another day," Said Ladybug throwing her yo-yo up. "Bye my punny kitty"
"Bye Ladybug," Said Cat Noir waving at her and smiling bright. "She called me kitty," Said Cat Noir feeling happy. He observed the two girls hugging each other and he looked back at the disappearance of Ladybug.
"Just a few more missions and she will be mine," Said Cat Noir sighing lovely.