A few days had passed since Alya's party and Marinette was beginning to get anxious. Her upcoming battle with Hawk Moth was only two days away and she hadn't done much in the way of planning. She needed to visit Master Fu again, maybe she didn't have to do this completely alone.
Marinette tapped a finger on the notes she'd written for herself about Hawk Moth and Mayura, she slipped the note into her purse and stood up. "Come on Tikki."
Tikki floated over and into Marinette's purse. "Where are we going?"
Marinette answered with little emotion, her sole focus was going to Master Fu's and the plan she should come up with to defeat Hawk Moth. "To Master Fu's to get a miraculous."
"You're going to get help for the battle?" Tikki asked, hope suddenly filled her voice.
Marinette smirked, "In a way." Her answer was cryptic, but Tikki would understand.
They arrived at Master Fu's just as one of his clients was leaving.
"Marinette," He greeted her in surprise. "What brings you here so soon after you returned the rabbit miraculous?"
Marinette sat down beside him. "Master I need a couple miraculous to help me. In two days I'm going to battle Hawk Moth and I have to win."
Master Fu grinned, clearly glad to see her determination was still there. He had picked a fine Ladybug. "You can't have the rabbit miraculous again. Not after you were irresponsible and almost got trapped in the burrow." His tone was serious. Not only did he care for her as a person, but she was the holder of the Ladybug miraculous and Paris' heroine. She had to take care of herself.
Marinette waved her hand. "It's okay I don't need it. That miraculous gave me enough trouble." She rubbed her head, reminded of the intense migraine it gave her. "No, I want the mouse and the snake miraculous please."
Master Fu stroked his beard. "I hope you're not planning on using all of these yourself…" Master Fu trailed off, suspicious after her time travelling escapades. She definitely seemed like the type of Ladybug that might try to use all the miraculous at once to accomplish something without putting other people at risk. The risk still remained, however. If she didn't have enough power, using more than one miraculous at a time could destroy a person, possibly leaving them in a coma.
"Don't worry Master, I'll be safe." Marinette took both miraculous from the miracle box. "Thank you!" She gave a bow as she walked out the door behind her.
Tikki released herself from Marinette's purse to sit on her shoulder as they walked.
"You're going to use them all at once, aren't you?"
Marinette bit her lip. She could get around the truth when talking to Master Fu, but Tikki wouldn't stop until she got a straight answer. "I'll be fine Tikki, don't worry."
Tikki sighed, "Marinette…"
Once back at home Marinette stashed the boxes and started to get ready for her date with Adrien. They had been planning to get icecream from André the icecream man, then spend the rest of the night enjoying the view, sitting at Marinette's favourite place in Paris; The stairs at Trocadéro. She was planning to meet him at André's cart in an hour, so she still had plenty of time.
Marinette brushed her hair, debating if she should put it back up in her signature pigtails again or not. She'd come back to that decision. She changed into a flowy top she made for herself a few months ago when she was dreaming of temperatures above 10°. She tucked her shirt into a a pastel green circle skirt and looked in her mirror to make sure the outfit was up to standard.
By the time she was ready a half hour had already gone by.
"Marinette, it's almost time! You need to leave now if you don't want to be late!"
Marinette started to panic, she grabbed her purse and dashed out the door. She felt her hair brush against her face as she jumped down the stairs two at a time. Oh no, my hair! She'd forgotten to tie her hair back up. I'll just do it on the bus, I have hair ties in my purse. Marinette was always someone with a solution.
"See you later Papa!" She called as she ran through the bakery.
Marinette sat impatiently on the bus headed to André's and dug through her purse to find the spare hair ties she kept just in case. No, no, no! Her purse was completely void of hair ties. She thought back to yesterday when one of her hair ties broke and Alix asked for the other. She let out a deep sigh. Hair down it is, I guess.
Marinette arrived at the bridge where André usually was with only five minutes to spare until their meeting time. She opened her phone's camera to make sure she still looked okay. "I hope he thinks my hair looks okay." She groaned.
Marinette opened her purse again to consult Tikki. "What do you think? Do I look okay?"
Tikki smiled, "You look great!" Of course Tikki would give her a compliment, she rarely said otherwise.
"Mari?"
Marinette quickly closed her phone and turned around to see Adrien.
"Wow."
He was clearly surprised about her hair. He didn't like it, she could tell. She wanted to just disappear. "This is a disaster…" She mumbled to herself.
"I love it!" Adrien pushed her hair behind her ear.
Marinette blushed, "Do you think it looks okay?"
"Of course." Adrien took her hand. "Are you ready for icecream?"
Marinette nodded and the two started toward André's cart, hand in hand.
"I'm excited to see this favourite spot in Paris of your's. Especially since you won't tell me where it is." Adrien joked.
"Don't get too excited." Marinette laughed.
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