Hey everyone, SonicRebelHD here with another chapter of my story. I'm super sorry about the late update, with the co-vide stuff thats going on, and me getting destracted I had a hard time writing this chapter. This ones a lot shorter than the rest and I'm sorry about that but the next scene that I'm going to write will take a whole chapter to write so I went small for this one. Still, I hope you enjoy the chapter and I'll try to write more frequently. I do not own Ladybug and Cat Noir.

Chapter 8

Master Light

(Ladybug POV)

'Oh no!' Ladybug thought as she stared speechless at the golden knight in front of her. She couldn't believe that someone knew who she was, it made her worry even more that the someone who found out was someone who she didn't know and it was someone who made her nervous beyond anything that she ever felt before. The knights armor was gorgious, but her sense of admiration was quickly diminished by the way the knight held himself.

Most of the ackumatized victims never let their guards down when Ladybug was there to stop them. But the knight seemed completely lax as he seemed to study her, he held himself with such confidence that it made her afraid of his intentions. He hasn't done anything to harm her yet, but the fact that he revealed to her that he knows who she is, really made her nervous.

"M-me Marinette? No! I wish I was her, she's so cute!" Ladybug said, trying to lead him astray but he chuckled at her, making her stomach drop.

"You think very highly of yourself then." He said in a hollowed voice thanks to his helm.

Ladybug opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out as she backed away slightly, ready for anything that he might try to pull.

But he backed away, bowed slightly then stated, "I'm sorry if I have frightened you, I mean you no harm." He said as he continued to bow.

Ladybug wasn't sure what to make of his behavior. This knight who (from what she guesses) teleported her to a forest opening, appeared out of no where, said her name, and has absolute power over her, backed off and put himself in a position of weakness. She shook her head to clear her thoughts as she relaxed slightly, "So, why did you bring me here? And how do you know who I am?" She managed to ask, as she swallowed a lump in her throat.

The knight straightened back to his full height, which was a head taller than Ladybug, before he spoke, "I brought you here, because I needed to get you away from Cat Noir." He explained which made Ladybug put her guard immediately back up.

"Don't be alarmed, I just thought it would be easier to work with both of you separately since you two are so different." He reasured.

"So, what are you implying?" Ladybug urged.

"Soon in the not so distant future, you and Cat Noir will run across an enemy that you cannot defeat with the skill and knowledge that you know now; I'm going to train you two so that you'll be ready for when that enemy comes." The knight explained.

Ladybug blinked in disbelief, was there someone out there even more powerful than Hawk Moth, or has he figured out how to use the full power of the Butterfly Miraculous? She didn't know but she did find it fishy that this magical golden knight all of a sudden appeared, basically kidnapped her, and telling her that he was going to train her. To Ladybug, the knight was silently implying that he was stronger than her which she thought was a little funny but something in her gut told her not to mess with this guy.

"Ok, but how do you know who I am?" She asked again, hoping for a simple answer.

"It's pretty easy if you pay close attention," The knight replied.

"You and Marinette have the same hair style, the same blue bell eyes, and the same pitch and sound in your voices that it was a no brainer." The knight said which made Ladybug pale slightly.

"Plus I felt Tikki's presence when I was near you."

Ladybug blinked, "Wait, you know Tikki?!" She exclaimed.

The knight nodded, making Ladybug grow feint with the questions that flooded her mind but shook it off staring at the knight in bewilderment.

"So wait, if you know Tikki then you must be thousands of years old!" She exclaimed as she looked at him again but couldn't see anything that could reveal his age.

The knight chuckled, "In a sense, yes I am a few centuries younger than the qwamis." He said which made Ladybug's eyes widen in shock.

"Now we should get started before our time together runs out," The knight said looking off into the distance for some reason.

"Wait, if you're going to train me then how should I address you?" She asked as she took a defensive stance.

"You may call me Master Light, it's a pleasure to officially meet you." Master Light introduced with a bow.

"Now lets see how skilled you are in hand-to-hand combat, let me know when you're ready." Master Light informed as he lowered his stance, which sent chills up Ladybug's spine.

The air around her seemed to stand still as he wait for her go; she definitely knew now that Master Light was stronger than her from his stance. It told her that he wasn't afraid of her, but wasn't overconfident like some ackumatized victims were; Ladybug felt a calmness from him that felt centuries old, a determination not to lose that was all but found in todays day and age, which really scared her.

She had to play smart, she knew that but how she was going to do that in this wide open space she had no idea, she was going to have to improvise. Ladybug took a deep breath, to calm her nerves before saying, "Alright ready." She said.

He launched at her with such speed that Ladybug almost couldn't see him, and threw a punch at her which she was able to dodged barily. He kept on the assult, striking again and again making Ladybug retreat more and more into the woods, until she got hit right in the jaw from his left cross which blinded her in pain. She backed up quickly as black and white spots clouded her vision making it hard to see and stay upright but she held herself up not wanting to go down so easily. Master Light then threw a punch right at her face, which made her life flash before her eyes but he stop just short of her causing a tidal wave of air to flow past her. She fell to her knees, completely spent as Master Light walked up to her.

"Are you alright?" Master Light asked as he kneel next to her, seeming to examine her face.

She just looked away from him, a little afraid to speak. Master Light just beat her without breaking a sweat, like she was nothing. How could she be Paris's protector when, someone can beat her so badly.

Then she felt something being placed on her cheek, instantly taking away the pain and Master Light moving her hand over something warm. "Keep your hand here, this should heal your wound right up." Master Light said as he backed away giving her some space.

She took her hand away from her face, to see a golden ball of light in her hand; it seemed to pulse with heat as she looked at it completely in awe of it but soon her pain started to return so she placed it back on her cheek. Her pain soon left her completely and with that the orb of light as well, filling her mind with even more questions that her brain started to spin.

"I know you must have questions, and I'll answer them at another time but I have one more trail for you before our time runs out." Master Light stated seeming to read Ladybug's mind as she got up and followed him back out into the field.

"The last thing that I want to see is how well you fight with a weapon." Master Light said, making Ladybug pull her yo-yo out but stopped as she saw him shacking his head. "Not your yo-yo, I already know what you're capable of with it; I meant this." He stated as he held out with left hand.

Instantly, light started to swirl around his hand until a golden orb of light hovered above it, seeming to dance in his palm like it was alive! Ladybug blinked as she watched the sight in front of her, she had never seen anything like it, it almost seemed unreal.

"Here catch." Master Light said, throwing the orb to her.

She caught it and instantly noticed how much warmer she felt, it seemed alive in her hands, pulsing like a tinny heart beat, completely entrancing her in its wonder. But as soon as she squeezed her hand, the orb instantly changed. The orb expanded and morphed until with a flash, Ladybug was holding a sword, instead of an orb.

The skinny blade held itself proud as it shined in the moonlight, its guard a golden-red was like that of a fencing sword from Adrien's fencing class, and the handle felt completely at home in her hand. It was as if this blade was made for her. Then when she looked up at Master Light, he was holding a sword as well but her sword couldn't even compare with his miraculous blade.

The blade itself was a pearly silver, with its edges inlaid with gold. the guard arched itself toward the point of the blade and on the underside of the guard were what looked like see through metal feathers, and the clear crystal that was placed in the center of the guard shined beautifully in the presence of Master Light.

"Let's see how well you handle yourself in sword play." Master Light said.

Ladybug smiled slightly as she took her stance, she was confident in her sword play though she knew that Cat Noir was more adept in it than her, she knew she could hold herself well with a sword. But the way Master Light held herself made her hesitate yet again with how confident he held himself. He was thousands of years old, which she still had a hard time believing, it made sense that he would be confident in his sword play.

But why would he need her help if he was already this powerful, she even felt like he was holding back which put even more questions into her already confused mind. Shaking away her thoughts, she pointed her sword at Master Light and prepared herself for the worst. Master Light lunged, slashing with an over head arch which she blocked and instantly regretted her decision as her whole body shook from the impact.

But she quickly shook it off as Master Light through a barrage of slashes and thrusts at her, leaving no room for her to attack. She quickly deflected the next attack and sent a thrust in Master Light's direction, which he deflected with ease, but Ladybug kept up on the offensive sending her own combinations of slashes and thrusts, which put Master Light on the defensive. But the more that she tried to break through his guard the more impervious it seemed to get, as her blade hit nothing but his blade for what seemed like a long time. But then with out worning, Master Light jumped away from her, and it his place appeared a black figure that she recognized instantly.

"Cat Noir!? What are you doing here?" Ladybug asked, surprised to see him here and glad that he was.

"We're a team right? I can't leave you to fight alone." Cat said, with sweat pouring down his face which made Ladybug worry slightly.

But before she could say anything else, she fell through a whole again, and landed on her balcany. She quickly looked up to see the whole close, leaving her back at home with her head full of more questions than answers.

(Cat Noir POV)

Cat Noir watched in horror as Ladybug fell and disappeared again, leaving him alone with the ackumatized victim whole had kidnapped her. His mind was filled with confustion, exshastion, and an unrivaled rage that he had never felt before until now, as he glared at the golden knight. The golden knight just stood there, seeming to mock him with his silence. 'There goes your lady, what are you going to do now?' He seemed to say with his silence making Cat grit his teeth.

Cat quickly grabbed his staff and lunged at the golden knight, but right as he was about to hit, the golden knight disappeared in a golden flash, then even before Cat could touch the ground, got his head slammed into the ground, and his left arm bent behind his back to keep them there.

Cat growled in pain and anger as he struggled against the golden knight but couldn't even budge him.

"You need to calm down Adrien." The golden knight said in a hollowed voice which instantly made Cat Noir stop.

How could this ackumatized victim know who he was, does that mean Hawk Moth knows who he is too? He would have to play it cool if he wanted to throw him off, "Adrien? Who's that? I'm Cat Noir not Adrien." He said as cooly as he could, but the knight just laughed.

"Sure, and I'm Alexander the Great," He said with what sounded like sarcasm but Cat couldn't tell with the knight helmet making his voice hollow.

"Anyway, Ladybug is safe, I just teleported her to Paris." He informed which made Cat's anger soften slightly. "So, you aren't after our Miraculous?" Cat asked as he groaned in pain, which surprisingly made the knight get off of him.

"No, if I wanted your Miraculous I would already have it; besides Plagg seems pretty attached to you so I don't want to break you two up." He said which instantly made Cat's ears perk up.

"Wait you know Plagg?" He asked as he nursed his wrist.

"I know him, as well as Tikki, Wayzz, Nooroo, Duusu, and the rest of the Kwamis, but thats not the reason why you are here." He spoke.

"Yea I came to help Ladybug but now she's gone." Cat said as he stood up brushing the dust off his suit.

"So, is there a reason as to why you're keeping us appart?" Cat asked extending his staff and leaning on it.

"Both of you have excellent teamwork, but you're individual abilities still need some work and then some for the dark times that are coming."

Cat's neck hairs stood on end, "What dark times?" Cat asked trying to decipher any ulterior meaning to the knight's words but came up with a blank.

"Hawk Moth isn't your greatest enemy, an even darker force is coming and with the way you and Ladybug are now, I'd say your final goodbyes before that time comes." The knight explained.

Cat Noir paled, there was someone more dangerous than Hawk Moth? He was expecting, that after they beat Hawk Moth then Cat would finally be able to woo over Ladybug's heart and then settle down but now, that plan shattered like glass at the knight's words.

"Now, there are a bunch of things that need to be explained but unfortunately I have an engagement to attend to, so tell Ladybug that if you guys want to know more, ask Wayzz about the Creator of the Miracle Box understand?" The knight said as he started waving his finger in a circle.

"Wait! Who are you?" Cat asked as he heard the sound of rushing wind under his feet.

"You can call me Master Light." Master Light said with a bow as Cat fell through the ground, and landed on his bed, completely dazed at what happened.

(Corrin POV)

Corrin sighed as he quietly closed his room door, finally in the clear of anyone knowing that he was gone almost all night. He smiled as he jumped into bed, he definitely knew that Marinette and Adrien would be awake all night trying to figure out who he was, but that thought also made Corrin frown slightly. Ladybug and Cat Noir had a lot of work ahead of them if they were going to be ready for the challenges that were ahead of them. They both surprised him with how determined they were then they were standing up to him. Ladybug with her knowledge of hand-to-hand combat and her sword play, and Cat Noir's determination to help Ladybug no matter what both impressed him immensely but the weaknesses they had were all to clear and accessible to anyone who saw these weaknesses.

Corrin would have to work those out of them but what really bothered him was that they seemed to not be using their Miraculous to their full potential yet. Even with his memory restored, some of them were still a little fuzzy and unclear to him, and the ones about the designs and functions of the Miraculous were those unclear memories that he needed to figure out while he still had time to help them.

A tapping on his shoulder interrupted his thoughts as he opened his eyes to see Tikki, looking at him with her big dark blue eyes in worry. "How did you know?" She asked as she sat on his chest.

Corrin smiled kindly as he gently stroked the antenna on her head, which seemed to calm her down slightly, "I overheard you talking to Marinette while I was about to knock on her door." Corrin said as Tikki's eyes widened. "I felt so stupid after I actually went over the facts; it was so ovious, but I'm guessing thats not the only reason why you are here." Corrin guessed which made Tikki nod.

"Is the greater evil you mentioned, you-know-who?" She asked with fear written all over her face.

Corrin nodded, "I know you don't like to talk about him, so I won't answer any more questions on that matter until it is time." Corrin informed.

"But, how is he still alive?! You sacrificed your life to kill him while saving us and Evelyn so how can he still be here?" She asked in a flury, almost getting loud enough for Corrin to start to worry about being caught.

Corrin sighed slightly,he knew that Tikki wouldn't stop asking until he answered, so Corrin answered, "He was still in his spirit form so, the most possible explanation is that I just interrupted his atomic balance enough that he went dorminte,"

Tikki nodded

"But I can sense his darkness growing stronger, which means soon he'll awaken and true darkness will descend upon Paris if we don't work together to stop this." Corrin finished.

"I'm ready to help with what ever you need, but I don't like lying to Marinette." Tikki informed.

"I agree, I don't like it either, but if I'm going to train them, they're going to have to take me seriously and this is the only way to do so."

Tikki nodded in agreement, hugging Corrin before she left, leaving Corrin to ponder on how everything was going to work out.