Today on Wedding Ladybug, the girls are helping at a nursery school, but compared to fighting akumas, this isn't a walk in the park (at least for Chloé). They have their work cut out for them, but there are a few questions. For example, what are Nino and Adrien doing at the nursery school, and why's the former so chummy with the teacher? And second off, why the hell is there another akuma, called the Bubbler, targeting the kids?!
In the akuma realm, Evillustrator was kneeling in the throne room, reporting the developments he'd witnessed to Mayura.
"The final piece of the Miraculous Something Four?" Mayura summarized.
"Yes, ma reine. No question about it," Evillustrator reported, remembering exactly what happened. "Unfortunately, I lost track of it. I searched everywhere. It was like it was drawn out by the Love Angels' love waves all of a sudden."
"So the Love Angels have the Something New?" Mayura questioned.
"Not quite," Evillustrator added. "They couldn't find it, either."
"No matter," Mayura said. "You must find the Love Angels and stop them from carelessly spreading their stupid love waves."
"Understood, ma reine." Evillustrator stated before teleporting away.
Back in the human realm, Nathaniel was walking through the halls.
'Nathaniel, since you have some time outside of school, why not look around for the Love Angels?' Evillustrator suggested as he phased out of the boy.
"Enough," Nathaniel said, turning his face away from him. "I'm sick of hearing about them."
'Nathaniel, need I remind you about our contract? I-' The akuma began, only for him to phase back inside when they noticed someone.
There in the hall, going the other way, was Marinette.
"Marinette." He said as, in his eyes, Marinette had a halo effect and was walking the halls.
'Nathaniel, how many times do I have to tell you?' Evillustrator said. 'You're beating a dead horse, chasing after Marinette. We've already confirmed she's no Love Angel.'
"True, but..." Nathaniel began, while narrowing his eyes and thinking, 'You stay away from Marinette, akuma.'
Alya was in the school blog club room, working on an article.
As some of the other bloggers looked over her shoulder to read what Alya was writing.
"Nice work, Alya! That looks great!" One of the others said.
"Thanks," Alya said. "I've been doing very thorough research."
"We can always count on you for great reading for the blog!" Another one said.
Outside the room, Nathaniel was watching them, Alya in particular.
"What about her? Think she might be a Love Angel?" Nathaniel asked.
'I can see it,' Evillustrator commented. 'She's popular with her peers. So, you know her?'
"Alya Césaire," Nathaniel explained. "Head of the school blog, and one of Marinette's best friends."
Later that day, Alya was walking home from school with an ice cream cone in her hand and licking it. She made sure to sneak Trixx a few bites.
"Damn, this strawberry ice cream's the bomb!" Alya said as she kept walking.
She heard giggling, then looked up to see a familiar face. She was a tanned, dirty blonde girl with brown eyes, about Alya's age with her long, wavy hair in a low ponytail, not unlike Belle from "Beauty and the Beast." She was wearing a teacher's uniform from a daycare that was local to the area.
Speaking of kids, she and another girl in a similar outfit were walking around, with bunches of younger kindergarten-age children surrounding them.
"Oh, Michelle!" Alya shouted. "Over here!"
"Hey, Alya!" She said as she looked up and saw her friend.
The two teachers were sitting along the banks of the Seine while watching the kids playing.
"It's a nice day out, so we decided to bring the kids out for a walk to get some air and sun for them." Michelle said.
"Probably a good call. Little kids tend to get pent-up, so letting them out is a good idea so they can let their energy loose." Alya said.
There was crying heard, and Michelle stood up and ran over to two younger boys fighting with each other, while one girl was crying, not amused about the scene.
"Alright, now calm down," Michelle said. "No fighting!"
One of the boys hugged Michelle by the legs and the girl pat his head to make him feel better.
Alya giggled and said, "Hey, if this whole journalist thing doesn't work out, maybe being a daycare teacher would be a good fallback career."
Up on the road, behind a large truck nearby, Nathaniel was watching Alya.
'Hm... Maybe...' Nathaniel thought.
He felt someone shove him by the shoulder, and then he turned around to see Chloé, who was looking at him suspiciously.
"What are you doing here, Nathaniel?" Chloé questioned, arms crossed and brow quirked.
As the redhead stammered for an answer, Chloé looked behind him and saw Alya.
"Alya?" Chloé asked before getting into Nathaniel's space, hostility in her expression. "Oh, so you're targetting Alya now?!"
"No, I'm not! I, um, gotta go!" Nathaniel said before running away from Chloé.
"Something's not right..." Chloé muttered, with Pollen peeking out and giving her owner an agreeing nod.
The next day at school, Chloé reported her findings to the others. They were still out in public at the school, so the kwamis were still hiding.
"Say what?!" Alya asked, kind of disturbed. "Nathaniel was following me?!"
"Are you sure?" Marinette asked Chloé.
"I'm positive!" Chloé insisted.
"First me, now Alya?" Marinette questioned aloud as she crossed her arms. "Nathaniel did suspect me of being Ladybug, but I've managed to throw him off the trail. But that still doesn't answer the question of how the absolute hell he knew the name Ladybug or about Love Angels."
"Yeah, it's pretty disturbing, considering how careful we usually are," Alya said with a shudder. "Think he's probably suspecting me of being a Love Angel and that's why he was tailing me?"
"I should hope not!" Chloé stated, stomping her foot. "We've already had way too many close calls, and not just with Nathaniel. Remember when we had a major fight before we even had most of the Miraculous Something Four?"
The girls nodded.
"Yeah, Dark Cupid nearly caught me. And let's not forget that time we had to rescue Adrien from him and Marinette had to have Carapace erase his memories." Alya stated.
"I remember," Marinette began. "Bottom line: the identity barrier that protects us can only do so much. We need to be a bit more discreet about this, especially in the school or in public."
Everyone gave an agreeing nod.
"Changing the subject..." Alya began.
"What, Michelle?" Marinette asked.
"Yeah, she's a volunteer daycare teacher," Alya said. "She and I became friends when we were taking our babysitting courses together."
"I see." Chloé said.
"Volunteer work is all fine and good, but Michelle wants to be a real nursery school teacher someday," Alya said. "And I'm sure she isn't the only one."
"I don't know about me," Marinette said in uncertainty. "I've always been into fashion, so I don't see myself being a teacher other than for fashion schools."
"Ugh, I've got like no patience for little kids," Chloé added. "Alya, tell me why we're volunteering at this place this weekend?"
"Michelle's gonna be shorthanded because one of the other teachers has a family emergency, so she needs some backup." Alya explained.
"I have experience babysitting, so I could probably help out." Marinette said.
"Fine, but you two had better help me out with this." Chloé scoffed.
That weekend, the girls were all at the nursery school led by Michelle.
"Kids, today we have three older sisters here to help us out," Michelle said, introducing the girls. "So be nice to them!"
"It's nice to meet you all." Marinette said.
"I can't wait to play." Alya said.
Chloé was silent, the kids cheered.
One little girl was playing with a teddy bear and was saying, "Baba is my best friend ever!"
Marinette crouched down and looked at the bear, and she said, "Hi there. May I look at your toy?"
"Okay, but be careful with Baba," She said before reluctantly handed the teddy bear to Marinette. "He's my friend."
"And a very good friend, I'm sure," Marinette said as she examined the teddy bear. "...Does Baba like playing dress-up?"
The little girl lit up in delight and said, "He does!"
"Well, maybe I can make some new clothes for him." Marinette said as she took out her sewing kit (she insisted on bringing it with her wherever she went) and started taking measurements on the teddy bear.
The young girl was giggling in delight as she watched Marinette measure and design the clothes for the little toy.
Chloé wasn't having such luck. She was trying her best to be nice to the kids, but it wasn't easy.
"Big sister, watch this karate move!" One little boy said.
"Uh, karate?!" Chloé asked as the boy jumped at her with his arms in an "X" shape. He tackled her to the ground, and she hit the back of her head.
The boy laughed at Chloé as he got off her, teasing her about his attack.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing, attacking me without warning like that?!" Chloé barked as she sat up.
But then another little boy tackled Chloé and sent her rolling on the floor. The boys started laughing at Chloé's misfortune.
"I swear I'll get daddy to shut this place down if you little brats make me any angrier than I already am...!" Chloé muttered under her breath.
She heard quiet laughter from behind her and she turned around to see Nooroo laughing.
"Lady Chloé, letting small children walk all over her! This is hilarious!" Nooroo laughed.
"Hey, why don't you give it a try if you think it's so funny?!" Chloé asked rhetorically while pointing at the kwami.
The squeals of little girls rang out as two of the little ones ran over, squealing over how adorable Nooroo was. They started pulling and stretching him without any knowledge he was a living, breathing creature.
"Hey, stop!" Nooroo cried. More kids crowded around and began playing with the poor kwami. "Enough! Stop it, please!"
Seeing the kids were taken with Nooroo, Chloé stood up and haughtily said, "Well, I'll leave the kids to you, since you clearly have it under control."
She started walking away with a satisfied, smug smile on her face, meanwhile Nooroo shouted, "Hey! Don't leave me here!"
One little boy was walking out the door to the hallway of the school. Marinette saw this, ran over to him from behind, picked him up and turned him around while saying, "You can't go that way."
She set him down in the room and let him continue walking, and she breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "Good..."
But then the little guy tripped and fell flat on his stomach and face. In pain, he continued crying and Marinette ran over to help him stand up.
"Don't cry. You're okay," Marinette said. "Oh, does this help?"
She started tickling the little boy's tummy, and he started laughing in delight, the pain of falling down easily forgotten. Marinette started laughing along with the tyke.
Over with Alya, she'd been called over to the diaper-changing station. She just finished wrapping the diaper on one boy, and she said, "Done!"
She stood up him up and the diaper was snug on the little one. He cooed happily.
Back in the main classroom, several of the kids were crying and screaming, and the girls were scrambling around, trying to calm them down. In terms of success, Alya was top dog (or rather, fox), Marinette was an extremely close second, and Chloé was a VERY distant third.
"Ugh, this is the pits! The more they cry, the more they make ME want to cry! This is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!" Chloé complained as not a single child came close to her. "How is it that this isn't such a big deal for you two?"
"Experience," Alya said easily as she calmed one girl down by pretending she was some fantasy creature. "I've been babysitting my little twin sisters for ages, so I know how to handle little angels. And I've been giving Marinette tips and lessons, too."
"Yeah, it really helps when I babysit, too." Marinette added as she was brushing the hair of another little girl.
"You make this look easy, Michelle," Chloé griped. "Is it always this hard looking after little kids?"
"Yeah, they all seem to be under the impression that they're royal babies or something," Michelle stated. "But the minute they smile at you, they're angels again."
Michelle giggled at one little girl and then she hugged her.
Chloé tried to say something and she said to one little boy, "What's up, kid?"
But her facial expression wasn't that friendly and it only scared the boy, and he started screaming, "AAAH! MONSTER! THIS SISTER IS SCARY!"
Chloé was about to snap, thinking, 'UGH, fighting off akumas is easier than THIS!'
Marinette and Alya nearly laughed at Chloé's misfortune, but then something occurred to them.
"Uh-oh! Where's Nooroo?!" Marinette asked.
"No idea." Alya asked.
The girls stopped what they were doing and ran over to see two little girls washing their hands in the classroom hand sink.
"Um, excuse me," Marinette said as she kneeled down to talk to the girls. "Have you seen Nooroo?"
"He was dirty, so we decided we should give him a bath." One girl said as she pointed out to the hallway... where the washing machines were.
"Ack!" Marinette shouted as she and Alya ran out to the washing machines. Marinette threw open the door of the front-load washer only to see that it was empty.
"Dang it! Nooroo! Nooroo?!" Alya shouted.
"Over here!" Nooroo shouted from the dryer machine that was right next to the washer.
The poor kwami was being tossed around like a ball, bouncing around inside the drum. He was dizzy, and the clothes were knocking him everywhere.
"Lady Alya! Lady Marinette! Help!" Nooroo shouted.
"Hang on, Nooroo!" Tikki shouted as she and Trixx came out of hiding and flew into the drier to save Nooroo. In a few seconds, with a few shouts, Tikki and Trixx phased back out, each holding Nooroo by one arm.
"Oh, dear!" Marinette said as she took the purple kwami into her hands. "You okay?"
"I'll b-b-be f-f-fine..." Nooroo said, still dizzy.
Back in the classroom, two of the little girls from earlier were beginning to get into an argument.
"It's my turn!" "No, my turn!"
The little ones were starting to fight with each other.
"Hey, stop!" Chloé pleaded as she tried to placate the little ones. "No fighting!"
She put a hand to her head and she griped, "NOT how I want to spend a Saturday... Why couldn't Alya have suggested a shopping trip at the mall instead?!"
"Yo, anyone here, dude?" A familiar voice said.
"Huh?" Chloé asked.
"Didn't that sound like...?" Alya asked.
Outside the door was Nino, who was carrying a box from the Dupain-Cheng bakery.
"Nino?!" Marinette asked.
"Hello?" Nino asked aloud, and Michelle came out.
"Oh, hi there!" Michelle said.
"I came by to say thanks." Nino said.
"What in the absolute hell is NINO of all people doing here?" Chloé asked. She and the others were poking their heads outside the classroom as they watched Nino and Michelle.
"Maybe he's here to help out with the kids, too?" Marinette suggested. "He does have a younger brother."
"You might have a point, Marinette." Alya said.
The girls were watching Nino and Michelle eating some of the cupcakes from the Dupain-Cheng bakery and talking.
"No way!" Michelle said.
"Yes way, dudette." Nino said.
"Don't those two seem close?" Alya asked.
"Yeah, but this is Nino we're talking about," Chloé said. "He's good with people in general."
"True," Marinette said. "It's not like there's anything going on... Wait, hold on!"
"Marinette, quiet down!" Alya said.
"Sorry," Marinette said. "But I seem to remember seeing Nino sharing an umbrella with a girl."
"An umbrella?" Alya asked.
"Yeah." Marinette said.
~Flashback - Last Week~
Marinette was walking through the streets to get home to the bakery. She'd just stopped by the fabric store to pick up a few things to work on a new project. She had her shopping bag in one hand and her umbrella in the other.
"Hey Marinette!" Tikki said, poking her head out of the bag. "Isn't that Nino over there?"
"Nino?" Marinette asked as she followed Tikki's line of sight. Across the street, she saw Nino standing under an umbrella with Michelle. "Oh, that's Nino all right. But I don't see what the big deal is."
Marinette just went on her way, minding her own business.
~End of Flashback~
"Yep, I'm sure it was Nino," Marinette confirmed. "But it wasn't any business of mine, so I just left well enough alone."
"It's most likely nothing," Tikki said. "For all we know, Michelle could've just noticed Nino was without an umbrella at random and just wanted to help."
"You're probably right." Trixx agreed, with Pollen nodding along.
"Lady Chloé!" Nooroo shouted as he flew over to the girls. "Kinsey's crying!"
"Well, what are you doing here?" Chloé asked. "Get back there and get him to stop."
"Chloé!" Marinette scolded as she took Nooroo into her hands. "The kids are our responsibility, not Nooroo's."
"Marinette's right," Alya said. "Now let's stop snooping around and get back to them."
The girls hid their kwamis and started to stand back up.
"Hey there." A voice said, getting the girls' attention.
"Adrien?" Marinette asked.
"What are you doing here at the school?" Adrien asked with a smile.
"We could ask you the same thing." Marinette said as she glanced at her bag. Nooroo and Tikki were out of sight.
"The mansion is nearby and I had a photoshoot earlier," Adrien explained. "So, what's..."
He noticed what was going on through the window.
"Oh. Nino and a girl?" Adrien asked.
"Any ideas what might be going on between them?" Alya questioned.
"I'm afraid I have no idea," Adrien said. "I don't see Nino hanging out with girls very often. He just doesn't seem the type."
"I can see that," Marinette agreed. "It doesn't seem like him."
Back in the classroom, the kids were crying again.
"Ugh, they're still at it! Now I know how others felt when I threw fits like this." Chloé complained.
"About time she learned..." Alya offhandedly muttered as she rubbed a boy's head. Marinette had a little girl in her arms, but she was laughing.
"Hey dudettes," Nino said as he came into the room. Adrien was with him. "I hear you're helping out Michelle here. Totally cool, girls."
One little boy came up to Nino and was waving his rattle around. Nino knelt down and started playing with the kid, smiling.
"Nino's pretty good with kids," Marinette said to Alya. "No surprise there."
"Still doesn't answer why he's here with Michelle," Alya replied. "And maybe if we do good enough with the kids, we might get the scoop!"
"Alya, can't you just leave well enough alone?" Marinette questioned.
"Of course not," Alya said. "Let's get to it!"
"Count me in," Chloé added. "Let's show them how much these kids love us!"
Nooroo, who'd taken to hiding in Chloé's bag with Pollen, quietly said to the blonde, "But they actually have to like you first, Lady Chloé."
Pollen tried to hold back a giggle.
Chloé turned to her bag and glared at the two kwamis, and with an angry glare, she told the kwami, "Shut your trap, you little...!"
Pollen immediately signaled her owner to quiet down, lest she draw attention to the kwamis. Chloé got the hint.
Marinette and Alya were still playing with the kids, and they were having an easy time interacting with them. Marinette was making a bow to put in a girl's hair while Alya was telling a scary story to a boy who was watching and listening with rapt enthusiasm.
Chloé was glaring at the girls, only to smell something. She looked at the baby she was working with and saw the diaper was discolored. She pulled a disgusted face.
"Ew..." Chloé complained. "Ugh, fine, I'll do it!"
She picked the kid up and ran to the diaper changing station, before ripping the thing off. She nearly threw up at the smell and tossed the thing in the trash.
"Okay... Now to-AH!" Chloé began, only to scream as she saw the baby peed and was shooting his urine at her face. She dodged and growled at the giggling tyke.
"Why you...!" Chloé griped.
In the common area for the teachers, Michelle was washing her hands.
Alya came in and said, "Hey, Michelle."
"Hi, Alya," Michelle siad, drying her hands. "What's up?"
"So, Nino..." Alya began, a mischievous smile on her face. "He's a pretty nice guy, huh?"
"Yep." Michelle agreed.
"So, indulge this journalist," Alya said. "What exactly is going on between you and Nino?"
Chloé was watching from the entryway, saying, "That's the way. Get that info, Alya!"
"Well..." Michelle began.
"Head teacher!" A little one said as she ran into the room.
Michelle followed the little one out of the room to go back into the classroom.
Back with the kids, Marinette was with the rest of the girls and they reported what they found.
"Isn't it just a matter of actually asking Nino what's going on?" Marinette questioned.
"She's right," Alya said. "Changing the subject, don't you think this is good practice for the future?"
"What do you mean?" Chloé asked.
"For when or even if we get married and have kids with our husbands," Alya elaborated. "I can imagine it, now... I'm married to Carapace and we have a little angel girl named Aretha!"
Her imagination showed her and Carapace, ten years later, with a little baby girl in the former's arms. She resembled her mother quite a bit.
"Ooh, that sounds so adorable!" Marinette said, and then her imagination started running. "Then there will be me and Luka with a cute son of our own, named Hugo..."
Marinette's imagination went amok and she imagined herself ten years down the line, with a baby boy in her arms. But when Marinette turned around, she saw that her husband wasn't Luka at all, but Adrien, who was smiling kindly at both her and the kid, and he seemed happy.
"HUH?!" Marinette said, blushing red in the face. "What the heck's Adrien doing here?!"
She started looking back and forth between the baby in her arms and Adrien next to her.
"Is this supposed to be our son?!" Marinette began, almost freaking out.
She snapped out of her imagination and while ladybug-red in the face, she said, "Oh no! No way! Not with Adrien! Never!"
"Not what with me?" Adrien asked as he came over to Marinette. He had a boy on his back.
"Oh, um, never mind!" Marinette said, blushing and waving her hands.
"Never mind what, exactly?" Adrien questioned again.
Michelle came back in and said, "Snacktime, kids! Go wash your hands!"
The kids babbled in delight before running out of the room to go to the bathroom.
"See what I mean?" Michelle said to Chloé. "Angels when they're happy."
"Ugh, I guess so... Now I understand why people have so little patience with me." Chloé admitted.
Outside the school, Nathaniel was standing at the gate.
'I can feel the love waves!' Evillustrator stated. 'Okay, Nathaniel. We're going to make things really interesting around here.'
"What are you, nuts?!" Nathaniel protested. "Don't you know where we are?! This is a nursery school! There's little children here!"
'I really don't care about that right now.' Evillustrator argued gently.
Nathaniel crossed his arms and turned his back, stating, "You can't be serious! Getting innocent kids involved?! How much lower can you sink?!"
'Don't worry. Just follow my directions to the letter and there won't be any problem,' Evillustrator said from inside. 'And don't forget about the contract.'
"You know, I wish I'd never let you trick me into signing that damned contract!" Nathaniel near-shouted.
The Evillustrator flew out of Nathaniel's body and sat on a nearby tree branch.
"Nathaniel, I did tempt you with the contract, but didn't have the strength of character to resist the temptation," Evillustrator explained. "You made the deal, and you need to be responsible for it."
Nathaniel growled, frustrated with the fact that what the Evillstrator was saying rang way too true.
The Evillustrator started drawing something on his tablet and said, "Bubbler, I need your help."
Out of the tablet, in a blast of energy, came a boy that resembled Nino, but he was blue-skinned and had red and yellow features, including a giant bubble sword.
"Bubbler, go and wreak havoc on the kids!" Evillustrator instructed.
"Okay, dude!" The Bubbler said before flying to the window. Nathaniel could only look on in worry.
The Bubbler flew up to one of the upper floors of the building, and found one of the babies through one of the open windows. He was awake, cooing and babbling cutely.
The Bubbler came in and said, "Wanna come out and play, lil' dude?"
He fired a small, green bubble out of his sword and contained the baby in it. The bubble began to float, but instead of being scared, the child started laughing and giggling, like the situation was some game.
The Bubbler said, "Come on!"
He slowly flew out the window, the bubble following suit.
In the hallways, Alya was walking around when Nooroo flew up in fear.
"Lady Alya!" Nooroo shouted. "We've got a problem! Logan's gone!"
"What?" Alya said.
Alya ran ahead, then burst into the room where she'd left the baby boy earlier. She gasped when she saw the bed was empty.
"Crap! He's missing!" Alya gasped, and Trixx looked on, worried. "He was sleeping right here!"
The kwamis, Marinette and Chloé dashed in, and Marinette said, "Nooroo told us what's going on! Logan's missing?!"
"What do we do?!" Chloé cried.
"I don't know, my queen!" Pollen admitted.
Marinette then noticed something outside, and ran to the window.
"Out there!" Marinette said, pointing to the Bubbler, who still had Logan in his bubble.
"No! The Bubbler!" Nooroo cried.
The Bubbler was chuckling while looking at the innocent kid, who was still laughing and smiling without a care in the world.
"We can't let these tykes fall into the akumas' hands!" Alya said.
The trio went into a mental shift.
"Lucky Wedding Flower!" "Cunning Wedding Flower!" "Growing Wedding Flower!"
"Bridal Change Go! Wedding Dress Transform!" "Angel Creation Ladybug!" "Angel Illusion Rena Rouge!" "Angel Subjection Queen Bee!"
The girls used their tools to get out the window (while Rena just jumped), and then they jumped onto the next roof over.
But the Bubbler didn't hesitate. He swung his bubble sword and fired bubbles at the girls. They were each trapped in their own individual bubble prisons.
"Hey, what's going on?!" Rena asked.
"Let us out, you little...!" Queen Bee demanded as she tried using the tip of her top to pop the bubble.
But instead, it was like the bubble stretched at the pressure before forcing the top back. It ricochetted inside the bubble before hitting Queen Bee in the head, and she fell into the bottom of the bubble.
"Ow!" Queen Bee whined.
The Bubbler smirked before moving his sword around. The bubbles trapping the girls started floating around at his will, shaking them up.
When they stopped, the girls were dizzy and shaking from the movement.
"He-He-He's making the bubbles move!" Ladybug stammered.
"That's right! The Bubbler can trap anyone and anything into his bubbles and blow them around! Even the three of you!" Nooroo informed.
The Bubbler laughed before moving his sword again, and this time he was blowing the girls' bubbles around as if they were a bunch of pinballs. He made the bubbles bump into each other, forcing the girls to bump around inside the bubbles.
One wave of the sword forced Rena and Ladybug to slam into each other, and the next one forced Queen Bee to slam into her friends and knock the others around like they were playing pool. But then the Bubbler forced all three bubbles to slam into each other.
"Ugh... We gotta stop him!" Rena said, dizzy.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel was running. Running away from the nursery school.
'Nathaniel, what are you doing?! Go back!' The Evillustrator said from inside. 'The Love Angels are gonna show up and stop the Bubbler! You gotta take this chance to figure out who they are!'
"No!" Nathaniel stated as he kept running.
'Excuse me?' The Evillustrator questioned.
"I'm not helping you anymore, understand? I'm finished with you and all of this crap!" Nathaniel stated.
'Now hang on! You can't just do that! We have a contract-' Evillustrator argued.
"SCREW THE CONTRACT!" Nathaniel hollered as he kept running away.
'Nathaniel! No!' Evillustrator pleaded.
Meanwhile, the angels were still being bumped around in mid-air like they were just a bunch of pinballs.
"Ugh... What are we, toys to him? He's just playing games with us!" Rena Rouge complained.
"Then let's get serious and go all the way to stop him!" Ladybug stated. "Queen Bee! Go!"
"Got it!" Queen Bee said before activating her Miraculous Something Blue and summoning her baton.
"Bride's Bashfulness!" Queen Bee shouted as she spun her baton. "Marriage Announcement - Honey Star Shower!"
The bee lights were fired out of the baton and they popped her bubbls. Using her top, she hung on to a tree branch to keep her from falling. The lights flew towards the other two bubbles, freeing the angels.
They landed on the roof, and Ladybug directed, "Rena Rouge, you're up!"
"On it!" Rena Rouge said before activating the Miraculous Something Borrowed and getting her wand.
"Love's Tribute Candle!" Rena Rouge called, firing her fox tail lights. "Miraculous Fantasies!"
The fox lights caused the Bubbler to spin as if something blew out and he was screaming like he was being thrown around in the air.
"Go for it, LB!" Rena Rouge said, and Ladybug activated the Miraculous Something Old.
She took out the Lady's Crystal and shouted, "Lady's Crystal!"
The Bubbler fired more bubbles, but Ladybug absorbed the bubbles into the crystal.
"Engagement Present!" Ladybug shouted as she charged the crystal "Lady's Crystal, L'amour Pour Vous!"
She fired the love waves, and they bathed the Bubbler. His expression went from harsh to happy, and then he said, "Thanks for the love waves, dudette! From now on, bubbles are for bliss and joy!"
He then flew into the sky in a burst of white sparkles.
But once he was gone, the bubble carrying the baby popped, and he started falling.
"ACK!" The girls screamed.
"I've got him!" Queen Bee shouted as she dove off the roof, tied her top string around her waist and used her top to act as a pulley so she'd be safe, and she caught the boy in both hands.
"Whew..." The others said, relieved. "Nice catch, Queen Bee."
"Thanks." Queen Bee replied.
One Miraculous Ladybug cure later, and the girls had changed back before going inside the building. Marinette had the baby in her arms.
"Where did you three get to?" Michelle asked as she was playing with one of the kids.
"Oh, nowhere, just playing with Logan outside," Marinette said. "Nothing too crazy.
"Wedybugaah-" Logan began, but Marinette quietly hushed him.
Chloé saw Nino was playing with one of the kids while sitting next to Michelle.
"So Nino," Chloé said as she approached. "What's going on between you and Michelle?"
"Oh, Michelle lent me her umbrella the other day," Nino explained. "She was out with her boyfriend that day while it was raining."
"Yep!" Michelle confirmed.
"My boyfriend and I were on our way home from a date when we saw Nino without an umbrella." Michelle narrated as she and her boyfriend were walking through the streets.
They saw Nino was standing under the awning of one shop and was looking up to the sky.
"So, he told me to lend my umbrella to Nino while the two of us shared." Michelle explained.
The sequence showed Michelle handing her umbrella to Nino, and they were smiling.
"Isn't my beau a sweetie?" Michelle gushed.
"Yep, he's a stand-up guy," Nino agreed. "So, I came by to give her the umbrella back and say thanks."
"I knew it was nothing," Marinette said with a smile. "Satisfied, Alya?"
"Yeah, I am." Alya laughed.
"Maybe if we'd known she was seeing someone, maybe we would've just been able to let it go sooner." Marinette said.
Later, Nino was outside the nursery school, but this time it was raining again.
"Hey Nino," Alya said as she approached. "So, it's raining again. Wanna share the umbrella?"
"Oh, thanks Alya," Nino said. "But I've got it covered."
"Nino!" Adrien said, coming over. "Nino forgot his umbrella again, but I just happened to have one in the car, so I got it out so he could borrow it. Then I'm gonna give him a lift home."
"I see..." Alya said awkwardly as she watched Nino and Adrien leave. She turned to her friends. "WHY did you goad me into this?!"
"Come on, we all see the sparks between you two," Chloé teased. "Besides, think of this as good old-fashioned payback for the times you've pressured one of us into doing something we weren't 100% on board with."
"Alright, fine." Alya said.
"Wedybug!" Logan said, babbling from behind. "Cwysaw pawa!"
"ACK!" The girls shouted as they ran to the baby to get him to quiet down.
"Hey, hey, quiet down, baby," Alya said. "Nothing about Love Angels or anything like that, okay?"
"Wav angews!" Logan said.
"Oh no!" Tikki said from her hiding spot.
"How are we going to silence this one?" Trixx asked from her hiding area.
"Indeed." Pollen agreed.
Nooroo sighed.
The girls were scrambling to silence the kid, but it was almost no use...
Alright, that's that for this one! Whew, that was crazy. And it looks like Nate's had enough of his literal deal with the devil.
Coming up, Adrien enlists the girls to help his fencing teammate, Ivan, get together with his crush, Myléne. But this isn't without a lot of teasing, akuma trouble, and once again getting tailed by Nathaniel.
Now, instead of a preview, I have some news: I've decided to cross-post some if not all of my ML stories onto AO3! I've been hearing that that platform has stories that tend to get more attention, comment moderation is better, and honestly, I've been hanging around reading stories from there more often than here on FF as of late. So, hope to see your support on AO3!
And everyone be careful with COVID-19 - Wash your hands frequently, stay in your house if you feel sick, make sure you have enough food/medicine/supplies in your home for a minimum of two weeks, and make sure to cough/sneeze in your elbow and THEN wash your hands again!
