Before I begin this chapter I thought I would address a couple parts of this story. Firstly, the version of Ladybug that is currently using Marinette's body is still technically Marinette. This personality, that is free, has Marinette's compassion, humour, kindness and hate for liars, but she is now confident, strong willed and powerful all the time. This is why it is going to be hard for Chat Noir to notice much of a change in her, as technically Ladybug is still the same person. Second, Adrigami has run its course in this story and is long gone, leaving room for LadyNoir (the ship, not the superhero). Thirdly, Ladybug wasn't given the run down of the current akuma situation. If she knew how horrible the situation is (even if it's fake) she would not be spitting puns or jokes. And finally, this story will have a large portion of LadyNoir, with a bit of MariChat (though not till a bit further into the story).
Thx for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own miraculous or any of its characters
(I don't know if I need to say this disclaimer since this is a FanFiction site, but till I know otherwise, I'm going to do so)
-Miraculous Ladybug and Chat Noir-
She'd been foolish, Ladybug told herself. She had been so carried away with attacking the two larger akuma's and that she had forgotten the small girl. As she was punching and wipping with her yo-yo, she just saw, from the corner of her eye, the deathly girl coming at her from behind. Kicking herself off the akuma's chests, Ladybug flipped through the air an over the girl. Landing away from the enemy, a small smile spread across her lips as the girl went crashing into the larger figure of the pair. In a tangle of limbs, the man and girl flew back.
The small girl began to slowly pull herself up, but the man did not. Unlike the girl, the man remained on the ground, unconscious. His body quickly began to deteriorate, till he took on a form that had a startlingly similiar appearance to the bloodied girl. It was in that moment she realised this was an akuma that she could not risk to make direct contact with. At least not the girl.
"I should find Chat." Ladybug thought to herself. "It'll make this a lot less troublesome."
While the remaining two targets gathered themselves, looking somewhat traumatised at the near dead man, ladybug swiveled around, and launched herself onto a higher building. Quickly landing, she crouched, and rested her back against a nearby chimney. Raising her yo-yo to her face, she slid open the device. To her will, a map appeared across the magical screen. It showed the basic layout of the streets of Paris and the icons of the cat and the ladybug miraculous. Surprisingly, the two symbols where rather close. Chat Noir was currently, in what looked to be, an alley that separated two tall buildings.
Seeing the close proximity between her and her partner, she chose to launch in his direction. In a matter of seconds she was on to his location. Ducking into the space, she stared down at the form of Chat Noir, hidden in the shadow of the two buildings. She grinned at the sight of her partner.
"Come on, Chat! What are you doing!" She asked, jokingly. "Sleeping?"
Ladybug moved closer, her smile faultering for a second. Why wasn't he responding? Why was he here, and not fighting by her side? After all, he wouldn't just transform and come rest in an alley. She sped up and crouched by her partner. Her breath hitched, and her eyes widened. She quickly raised her hand to his neck, searching desperately for a pulse.
-Miraculous-
"Chat!" Marinette cried, staring helplessly through the screen, at Chat's bloodied and broken body. Discomfort and pain where forgotten as desperation flooded her mind. Her mind panicking at the site of her unconscious partner.
"Please!" She begged to the darkness. "Please, don't be gone!"
She pulled harder on her chains, attempting to brake free. Pain shot through her arms and legs, but she didn't care. She just wanted to know if he was alive. Marinette just wanted to be beside her partner. She wanted to feel the pulse of his neck, proving to her that he was okay. She pulled and pulled, and the pain grew and grew. It wasn't enough to stop her. Marinette begged for release.
Suddenly a loud snap sounded as the chains that held her snapped. Marinette stumbled forward, a massive smile spreading across her face. Pure joy overwhelmed her mind, out of relief.
New chains shot out from the darkness, thicker and tighter. There where more chains than before, and she couldn't move at all as the pain returned, but she didn't care.
Marinette didn't care, because against her hand she could feel a pulse, and she had no doubt that it was Chat Noir's.
It didn't matter if she was still trapped, and would be forever. All that mattered was that her partner was alive, and that she had felt his pulse. And that was enough, for now.
-Miraculous-
Relief flooded through Ladybug at the feelings of her partner's pulse. It was faint, but it was there. And while she knew that the miraculous cure could bring her partner back if it came to that, she never wanted Chat to get that far away from her. And if she ever did lose her miraculous and he had died, she would never forgive herself. Despite the sadness that she held from her partner being hurt, a small bit of her was happy that he was at least alive.
Standing up from his side, determination renewed, she focused her gaze out into the street. It was time to end this destruction, and bring her partner back into tip top shape. There was going to be no holding back. Destroying Paris? Forgivable. Hurting Chat Noir? Death sentence.
Ladybug pulled out yo-yo, and with a last promise to Chat Noir, propelled herself into battle.
-Miraculous-
The thud of metal on bone rung through the area as ladybug brought down her yo-yo directly across the akuma's face, causing the older of the remaining pair to be sent flying into the wall of a nearby building. The remaining girl whirled around and stared with dead eyes at her, a deathly grimace of anger spreading across her features. Pulling back the yo-yo, ladybug whipped her arm into the air, and swung it back down, this time at the standing girl. Just as it was about to make contact, the akuma raised its arms and pinned the yo-yo between her hands with a clap. With a twisted grin, the girl gripped the yo-yo and threw it with all her might back at Ladybug. Shooting through the air, it made contact with the spotted heroine right in her gut. The sickening hit pushed her back a couple steps, before bringing her to a kneel. Cradling her gut, she retreated her yo-yo back to her hand. Launching through the air, the akuma was already moving in for an attack, the older woman not far behind running at full speed. Ladybug rolled to the side, but the woman was instantly on her. The second akuma raised her fist and prepared to slam down on her. In a rash decision, Ladybug smashed her own fist up into the akuma's hand. With a crunch and a snap, both villain and hero recoiled in pain. The akuma stared while eyed as a ring Ladybug hadn't noticed, fell to the ground, snapped in two.
Purple bubbles spread across the woman and a teary eyed chinese lady was left in its wake. Ladybug, still cradling her arm, stood up. She turned around and almost fell back. Millimeters from her was the still akumatized girl. Strangely though, she was frozen, blank, as if she where an empty shell. Uncertain if its decaying power was still active, she slowly and carefully backed away from her. Below her, squeezing out of the ring, was the blackish akuma. Using her good arm, Ladybug quickly purified it and released it.
Ladybug was tired, and called upon her lucky charm. Pink light glowed and in her hand fell a small mirror.
"Huh?" She said, bit confused why of all things from a lucky charm a mirror. She was just about to throw it in the air when, in the mirror, she saw the large man, still akumatized. But the akuma was captured. He should have transformed back! Running over to the still unconscious and decayed man, Ladybug searched him for any item a second akuma could be hiding. Her gaze soon fell upon another ring on the man's hand. Quickly she slid the ring off and snapped it in two. Another, identical akuma squeezed out and she quickly captured it.
Satisfied at the akuma's transformation back into a man, Ladybug threw the mirror into the sky. "Miraculous Ladybug!"
Light exploded and rushed throughout the streets. The fires and damages, extinguished and repaired, the decaying, dead like people rose from their sleeps. And with a glorious relief, the pain and bruises disappeared with a relieving flood of power. Ladybug crouched down by the man, who was regaining consciousness. He looked dazed and confused as all akumas do, but something else was there. Anyway, she spread her hand in front of him to reveal the man's ring. Silently, he took it, and dared to stand. Without a word, the large man turned to look at the other two un-akumatized girls. One of them, the older lady, stared back at the man, tears in her eyes, before looking down at the young girl. Unlike the two of them, the girl did not move. She did not make a sound, or loose a breath or a tear. No, this girl remained perfectly still against the cold concrete ground. It was the stillness that made Ladybug realise. Hawkmoth had made his second claim on a life.
-End Chapter 15-
Sorry sorry sorry sorry! I got so so soooo sidetracked and I am so so soooo sorry! School has been a mess as of recent and it can really be hard to find the energy to finish a chapter like this one. I ended up speeding up the end of this chapter as I wanted it done. This should be the last akuma style chapter episode for a good, good while. I realised this battle was k8nda similiar to the first one in the inability to touch, but... I just majorly messed up or made this chapter boring in my opinion. Anyway, sorry for the delay, I really am gonna be better. Byeeee!
