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Origins

"Ok, I have special powers and…this magical yoyo, thingy?" Marinette unhooked the yoyo from the belt around her waist and bounced it up and down, experimenting. Tikki had told her earlier that she had the yoyo to get around Paris, so Marinette decided to throw it towards one of the spires on the Notre Dame. The yoyo suddenly burst out of her hands and soared through the air. Marinette managed to hold onto the string, and she felt it go taut as the yoyo gained purchase on the roof of the church. Marinette pulled slightly back and drew the string closer to her chest. The string then rebounded quickly and sent Marinette flailing through the air, screaming at the top of her lungs.

The yoyo let go of its hold on the spire and sent Marinette farther into the city of Paris. Beneath Marinette the ground and the roofs of the Paris below was coming to meet her fast and she tried to throw her yoyo somewhere to stop her fall. It didn't work very well. All of a sudden Marinette was thrown into someone. Granted, it was partly his fault since he had been the one standing on a stick in the middle of two buildings, but the two still ended up tied to one another, dangling in mid-air by a mere string.

"Well, hey there. Nice of you to drop in." Marinette looked up at the boy she was tied to and blushed in embarrassment.

"Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose." Marinette squirmed against the bindings and looked shyly at the boy who was pressed flush against her. He had vibrant green eyes that were framed by a black mask that covered the top half of his face, not unlike Marinette's mask. The other half of his face looked like baby skin in its softness. His simple lips were pulled to one side in a smirk as he tried to help Marinette with the bindings. Wild blond hair topped off his head and pointy, black cat ears poked out of the blond fluff. He was mildly attractive, but Marinette wasn't too focused on that aspect. She was too busy being flustered and clumsy to care much.

Marinette turned a little to the side and the movement seemed to trigger her yoyo and the string released its hold on her and the boy. The two fell in a heap on the ground. Marinette got up first and hurried to get her yoyo back into control, but she ended up falling on top of the boy again in her clumsiness.

"I bet you're the partner my kawami told me about. I'm…" The boy paused his rambling to think, not really minding that he had fallen to the ground again. Marinette moved off of his back and tried roll up the string to her yoyo. "I'm… Chat Noir, yeah. Chat Noir. Sounds cool doesn't it." The cat boy grinned. "And you?" He brushed off some dust as he got up, and he looked at Marinette with a questioning gaze.

Marinette was multitasking. She was pulling the rest of the string from her yoyo out of some bushes as she tried to answer him. "I'm…,uh…uh…" The yoyo suddenly flew out of her hands and bounced off of Chat Noir's head then bounced to the ground. "I'm madly clumsy." The boy jumped in surprise at the clunk when the yoyo hit his head, and he rubbed his head in response.

"No sweat, clumsy girl." He replied lightly. He seemed way too happy for having just been hit on the head, Marinette decided as she watched him bounce up and down, much like her yoyo. She also decided that she would have to check him for a concussion later. "I'm learning the ropes too-"The newly proclaimed Chat Noir broke off his sentence as the street below them shook violently. In the distance several buildings fell in a cloud of dust.

Beside Marinette, Chat Noir extended his baton and headed onto a roof. "Hey! Where do you think you're going?!" Marinette called after him.

"To save Paris, right?" He replied, like it was a matter of fact. Marinette sighed heavily. I'm not so sure about this, but who else is going to stop him from killing himself? Marinette shook her head in despair.

"Ok, just stay confident," she whispered as she threw her yoyo and was flung into the air. That's going to be a lot harder than I thought.

000

Today had not been the greatest day ever, but at the same time it was the best day of her life. She had become a confident superhero and was known throughout Paris now as Ladybug. But while she was in the classroom, her life was still depressing, save for her new best friend. Chloe was making her life miserable, and even enlisted the new kid in her schemes. True, Marinette still had Alya, but it would be hard to deal with Chloe and her new minion…Adrien. At least Chat was a little more bearable.

The world outside seemed to reflect Marinette's mood at the moment. It was raining and quite foggy. Marinette had forgotten to bring her umbrella today, thinking it would stay dry and sunny. She turned out to be wrong. It's lucky that my house is near here. It looks like I'm going to have to make a run for it. Marinette was grabbing her stuff when she saw the dreaded Adrien Agreste come out of the school building. Marinette looked away from him, pretending he wasn't even there. Out of the corner of her eye she saw him hesitate when he passed her, but he continued his way past her. He popped open his black umbrella and took a step towards his limo, but he turned back to Marinette, surprising her a little.

"I wasn't trying to put gum on your seat. I was trying to take it off, you know." Adrien stared at Marinette with intensity in his eyes, willing her to believe him. Marinette kept her face turned away from him. I can't believe him. He's Chloe's friend, how can he be better than she is. Ughh, how do I get myself into these messes? Adrien sighed. "I've never done this. Gone to school, had friends, any of it. My only friend that I've ever had was Chloe…and I don't really want that."

For some reason, maybe in the way he had said it or maybe it was because he had magical powers, but Marinette's eyes were drawn to his. They were vibrant and intense, and Marinette fell right into them. Adrien drew his eyes away from hers for a few seconds as he stared at the handle of his umbrella. What he was thinking about doing next would change everything he had ever known, and he realized it was worth it. He held out the umbrella to Marinette.

The world had stopped. The rain had stopped. Marinette's heart beat stopped, and the world suddenly shifted so that the umbrella and Adrien were at the center of it.

Marinette's body had stopped working a long time ago, and had drooped into a rather large puddle. Marinette shakily reached out a hand for the umbrella. The tips of her fingers brushed against his, and she felt a bolt of electricity surge and she jumped back. Without even thinking she reached out her hand again and quickly grabbed the handle of the umbrella, just brushing her hand with his. Adrien retracted his hand in a dream like state and watched Marinette's eyes reflect the colorful rain in her bluebell eyes. A small ray of sunlight peeked out from behind the rainy clouds and highlighted the two. It was truly miraculous.

Marinette pulled the black umbrella closer to her, to shield herself from the rain, but the umbrella snapped closed with her in it. This is the most embarrassing moment in my life, Marinette though to herself as she tried to find her way out of the black umbrella. All of a sudden Marinette heard a snort of laughter that sounded so gentle and genuine. Marinette peeked out under the edge of the umbrella and saw Adrien laughing at her little problem, but it wasn't like Chloe's laugh where she was making fun of her. No this laugh was meant to be joined by her. Marinette blushed and giggled along with Adrien.

They finally stopped and just stared at each other. Adrien had a healthy glow in his cheeks that seemed sort of new to his sallow face. Marinette decided the glow looked good on him, very good.

"You can keep the umbrella…I think it likes you," Adrien laughed. Marinette blushed.

"I uh…thanks."

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow….friend." Adrien paused for a second, trying to recall if he ever had heard her name. Since he hadn't, he decided to go with friend.

Marinette realized what Adrien's pause was for and she quickly filled in the blanks. "I'm Marinette Dupain-Cheng…by the way."

"A pleasure." Adrien shook Marinette's hand gently. "As you probably already know, I'm Adrien, Adrien Agreste." Marinette smiled up at him.

"Pleasure it is too…I mean you too pleasure. AH!" They both giggled again as Marinette tripped over her words.

"I understand," Adrien said happily. "See you tomorrow!" Adrien waved goodbye one last time with a smile as he headed towards his limo.

"See tomorrow you. No, see you tomorrow!" Marinette blushed harder and whispered to the kawami in her purse. "Gosh, why am I stuttering and blushing?" Tikki shook her head and cuddled Marinette's cheek.

"I think I know why." Tikki giggled as Marinette grew impossibly redder. Marinette looked through her eyelashes at Adrien, who had stopped for a moment to talk to a black blob, and Marinette dreamily started to plan out the future for the two of them. She was thinking so hard she didn't consciously understand what the black blob was. It didn't matter. Marinette had noticed something else. Something she hadn't noticed about Adrien before…..and she liked it, a lot.

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