The ray of sunlight stroked the young detective's face. Blinking a few times Chijinda sat up then strolled outside the cave. 24 minutes later he returned having done his morning rounds for the day. Starting a bonfire Chijinda took out a spear with some fish on it. The smell of cooked fished waffled through the air and soon his partner arose.

"Chi-jin-da"~ Narue said as she turned over on her side to look at him.

"Morning. You sleep well last night?"

Blinking a few times Narue Oriku smiled.

"I've done my morning rounds. There were no signs of entry. It's weird. I thought they would want to investigate the location where they had dismissed their panther sentimonster."

Sitting up Narue and Chijinda began to ponder why the Society hadn't made their move yet.

"It doesn't make sense. Why would the Society ignore such a major threat?"

Chijinda chewed on some fried fish.

"Maybe they're scared." Narue suggested. Chijinda shook his head.

"That bird sentimonster nearly killed me. Why would they be so terrified?"

"It's a girl thing."

"Really? You're going to give me that?"

Narue quickly grabbed Chijinda.

"I take it back. I take it back." Chijinda impetuously cried out, hoping to placate his partner. Instead Narue just smirked before setting him back down again. Trixx just facepalmed while Wayzz simply shook his head in disbelief.

"I just remembered something!"

"What is it Pollen? You seem quite excited."

"Today's Duusu's yearly cycle."

"What's a yearly cycle?" Narue asked.

"A yearly cycle is a kwami's birthday. It occurs every hundreds of human years. On it if enough kwamis gather around in the- no. It won't work."

"What won't work?" Narue asked.

"What's so special about a kwami's birthday?" Chijinda inquired.

"A kwami's birthday is one of the few times in which a kwami can interact with other kwamis no matter the distance. Think of it like-" Pollen began to explain before Chijinda interrupted her.

"I see. So if we had enough kwamis we could try contacting Duusu. That's a great plan. And then we can ask Duusu who the owner of the-"

"I'm going to have to stop you there Chijinda."

"What? Why Trixx? What's the matter?"

"Yes, we can communicate with Duusu however asking for the name of the owner of the Peacock Miraculous won't be allowed."

"And why's that?"

"Unless you know the name of the other Miraculous holder we kwamis are magically compelled to never reveal the names of our Miraculous holder."

"Uh-huh. Well that's-"

"Hold it!"

"Yes Narue?"

"You say that you kwamis aren't able to speak the name of a Miraculous holder to those who don't know but what about Marinette Dupain Cheng? How about Adrien Agreste and his father the infamous Hawkmoth? Why were their names allowed to be said but not the name of the owner of the current Peacock Miraculous?"

"Yeah! What gives?"

"As with many things in the lives of you humans there are exceptions." Pollen began before Wayzz took over explaining the rest.

"Under normal circumstances you would've been given your Miraculous by a Guardian of the Miraculous."

"But we never received ours from some Chinese-Parisian girl." Chijinda began.

"And even then, wouldn't she had been in her Miraculous form?" Narue added. "Is there some special rule for Guardians?"

"All kwamis know the name of the current Guardian of the Miraculous of the set they come from. While Guardians are typically Miraculous holders themselves this is not always the case. Thus an exemption had to be made for certain individuals." Wayzz answered.

Chijinda scratched his head.

"I don't know. I feel like something's missing."

"Yeah, it still doesn't answer why you were able to mention the name of her partner, their allies or even Hawkmoth and Mayura. Something just doesn't add up."

"Well it's… complicated." Trixx eyes darted around.

"What do you mean?" Narue asked.

"Hold on. You said that when it comes to the Guardian of the Miraculous, every kwami of that Miracle set automatically knows the name of the Guardian. Then does that mean-"

Back at the Society's hidden base Mia was panicking. Sweat dripped from her forehead. How? How was the owner of the Fox Miraculous still alive and going strong? She had to regain her composure. A loud knock startled her.

"Aaah!"

"Madame Director?"

"What is it?"

"Your orders?"

"Ah yes. Just stand by for now."

Taking a cloth Mia wiped the sweat from her brow. Her heart was still racing. Breathe, Just breathe she told herself. After a few minutes she had regain control over her breathing. Wait. What am I doing? Am I so scared that the mere knowledge a powerful ally of my worst ally is still alive troubles me? This is not like me! I'll show him a thing or two- Mia's face contorted into a grin which startled Duusu. Taking out her walkie talkie Mia called one of the members of the staff.

"Has the perimeter of the Fox Miraculous's holder been entered?"

"Yes."

"Good. I want an army ready to go in half an hour. We're going to crush those rebels. Do you copy?"

Silence.

"Well?"

"Excuse my insubordination Director but we just received reports of something that might interest you."

"Oh, and what would that be?"

"I'll send it over to you right now."

Looking down at her smartphone Mia read the notification. Her eyes brightened.

"Ah, excellent. Still be sure to have an army ready for me. In fact, bring 2."

"2?"

"Yes. We're going to need all the power we can."

"I understand."

Clasping her hands Mia opened a drawer. It was her trusty battle armament. When she had fought against Chijinda this is what she had used to engage the detective in hand to hand combat once her battle frame had been severely damaged beyond the point of return. No, this won't do. If the owner of the Fox Miraculous is such a valuable ally to that speck Chijinda he'll know who I am if I bring this along. I should bring something else. How about this hunting knife? It's commonly sold at stores, that shouldn't signal any resemblance to my being. Yes. That will do. Heading out of her room Mia made a quick stop to pick up one additional item. A Zastava PPZ. Outside Erika was waiting.

"Your orders, Madame Director?" Erika asked.

"We cannot allow the owner of the Fox Miraculous nor his ally the owner of the Turtle Miraculous by. Left to their own devices they will inevitably come to ruin things for us. In light of our recent discoveries it is imperative we keep the enemy from continuing any further. Special field agent The Black Neko shall be assigned to the exploration team. Meanwhile I, Le Péon will personally be leading the charge against that Fox Miraculous and that giantess ally of his if she shows up."

"Understood."

With every member of the two armies fully armed Mia and Erika ran off as their armies followed behind.

"Plagg, Claws Out!"

Erika's hair turned black as she gained a black leotard suit along with sharp razor claws and a tail.

"Duusu, Spread My Feathers!"

A peacock longcoat flew in the wind as Mia made a huge leap. Le Péon was back in business.

Somewhere in a forest Chijinda was making his way to the outskirt of the illusion zone he had set up. He had already surveyed the area so he knew whatever Miraculous may be on this island could not be nearby. As he headed towards the perimeter he thought he thought he could make out the silhouette of a bunch of mechs and maybe some human ones too. They looked female. And they were coming in fast. With his eyes widen Chijinda realized who they were. So he hadn't been wrong to have worried then.

"Trixx, Let's Pounce!"

Pollen looked on with concern.

"Don't worry. The Society may had gotten the jump on us last time, but this is our area. We have the home advantage. I don't know why, but I can definitely sense their going to bring a sentimonster with them, one that can see beyond the Fox Miraculous's power of Illusion. That's why I've got a special task for you."

Pollen nodded as she listened. Having listened in, Narue knew what needed to be done.

"Wayzz, Shell On!"

Her school uniform now exchanged for a green turtle bodysuit, Kaiju Plastra took on a defensive stance. Together the two backed further into the forest. Just as he had expected the first squadron of the Society's members came storming in. It was too early to act. The two Miraculous holders fled deeper into the forest.

"Careful. They've must've booby-trapped this entire forest." A soldier called out. A couple of girls started probing around with their rifles seeing if they could set any potential traps off. It was a tedious exercise though given the Fox Miraculous' powers of Illusion, they couldn't be sure if the next step would cause something like a tree trunk to whack a couple of them away and only thanks to their electronics being immune to the effects of the Miraculous would they be able to tell where they were in conjunction with one another. 24 minutes passed. By then a rather sizeable crowd had gathered within

"This is taking too long. Here."

Somewhere in the crowd a soldier was given a blue feather. An amok. She took out a compass. The amok entered the compass and shortly after a cloud of dark blue bubbled before fizzing out. A sentimonster had been created. Holding her compass the solider simply ordered the sentimonster to show them the way.

12 minutes had passed and Yeou Lujeu was starting to get suspicious. He was sure the Society would've entered farther into his territory by now however instead all they were doing was spreading themselves thin. Did they mean to cut them off? It was certainly a possibility that instead of trying to finish him off once and for all they had other plans. But if that was the case-

Dashing through the trees the young Fox Miraculous superhero saw that the entire perimeter had been encircled. So they don't want us coming out then, that must mean they must've found something rather important! I've gotta get a hold of Kaiju Plastra. Just as he turned to retreat almost as if by instinct he shifted his weight to his left and then to his right as a volley of rockets whizzed by him.

What the -?! Were they just guessing or did they know where he was? Not wanting to figure out he continued with his retreat only for a drone to zoom in by and aim a gatling gun at him. His Miraculous suit would protect him from most injuries though he knew he would have to destroy them in order to hide his location. 1 platoon, 2, 3…11. Yeou Lujeu was on a roll. This was too easy. Something wasn't right. Then, in a moment as if in a movie the young Fox Miraculous superhero swerved on his right foot as a volley of bullets fired from the bushes. It wasn't long before he had eliminated every drone from the local vicinity. He took another step and felt his heart skipped a beat as another volley of bullets flew just past him. Had he missed one? No, that couldn't have been it. In any case he couldn't destroy anymore or he would soon be surrounded. Still, he was certain they would've used a sentimonster to fight him considering how badly it had went for him last time. As he ran he began to become aware of an entity trailing him from behind. It was… human. Maybe whoever had fired at him was a sentimonster. Or perhaps-

"That's as far you go, you clown of a fox."

Yeou Lujeu spun around just time to feel the air be pushed out of his lungs. A direct hit! Coughing a bit of blood he quickly brushed himself off and looked at his adversary who didn't leave him much to recuperate as the humanoid closed in on him. This was pointless. If he wasted his time fighting this sentimonster-

Another bullet fired from behind him. The young Fox Miraculous holder turned around to see a rather larger crowd start to gather. Nope. Now he really had to get out of here.

"Don't think you're getting away that easily!"

Sheesh! What was with this sentimonster? It was as though- Wait. A talking sentimonster? When did-

"So you can see me. What do you want?"

"My handler only asks for your Miraculous nothing more."

"Uh-huh. Your handler. You know, for a sentimonster you seem to have a lot of autonomy."

"What do you know? All I was tasked with doing was retrieving a simple jewel and nothing else. I'm completely fine with letting you live if you just hand over the necklace you're wearing."

"Sure, I can accept that- except, wait. Why would the Society ever let me live? In fact I've got a better ideal-" The Fox Miraculous holder rushed up "How about I take your Miraculous instead!" Just as he was reached out with his hands the Society member pulled out a large hunting knife and slashed it against his wrists. Yeou Lujeu cried out in pain and quickly returned the favor with a side punch. The assailant flew backwards into a tree. As she coughed Yeou Lujeu ran up to apprehend her.

Whack!

Soaring through the sky and feeling the impact on his back, Yeou Lujeu looked up to see a black haired girl wearing a catsuit along with some cat ears brandishing a staff.

"Miss Le Péon. Are you alright?"

"-tch. Don't mind me. Just help me grab his Miraculous."

"Nevermind that. We need to get out of here."

"Are you giving me orders?"

"No, rather you're wasting your time here."

"-tch. I was so close."

"Don't worry. Just leave him to me."

"No. We retreat together."

"What?"

"Black Neko. You're my friend. I've already lost someone. I can't lose another more."

Black Neko? What a weird name. Still, I can't let them escape. Yeou Lujeu ran forward only for the Black Neko to unstrap her belt- along with a whole string of primed grenades. A series of flashes and bangs fired off. Coughing, Yeou Lujeu attempted to tail them but because the smoke was so thick he knew it was pointless. As soon as the smoke had dissipated, Yeou Lujeu shook his head.

"Sir, the rest of the Society is pulling back." Pollen had shown up.

"And I say we do the same as well." Footsteps came from behind.

"Trixx, Let's Rest."

"Wayzz, Shell Off."

Lowering hand so that Chijinda could climb on, Narue lifted the young detective high into the sky.

"I take it you weren't able to see which way they went?"

Narue shook her head.

"No, but I did get a good glimpse at who we'll be fighting."

"Huh. Who knew we would actually fighting against another Miraculous holder."

"Yeah, they're a coordinate team having the Society at their disposal while it's just us two."

Chijinda smiled.

"It's just me and you against the world."

"Nothing can stand in the way of our love."

The two looked into each other longingly.

"Ahem. Shouldn't we be doing something about those two?" Trixx interrupted.

"Your right. We're heading back. We'll need-"

"No."

"Come again, Pollen."

"I say we take the fight to them before they continue on with their utterly ridiculous ploys."

Floating nearby his fellow kwami Trixx scolded the bee.

"I hope I'm not offending you, but you're sounding awfully like that Chloe person. Did her personality rub off of you?"

"Trixx, Let's not get too hasty now. Pollen does have a point. Now that they've faced our masters there's no way they'll want to sit the next one out."

"Sure Wayzz, but do we even have a plan of attack?"

Chijinda scratched his head.

"If we're going to take the fight to the Society, we'll have to know where they are. Do you have-"

"I do."

23 minutes later the heroes had arrived to a clearing. Looking ahead Narue Oriku saw what looked to be a cave entrance of sorts.

"That's-"

"I feel it too, Trixx. There's no mistaking it."

"Hey. That's a nice conversation you two are having but could we-"Chijinda began before getting interrupted by Trixx.

"No doubt about it. The Earrings of the Ladybug are here."

…

Crap. If what Pollen says about the Society's current location is true-

Hm? What's this? Chijinda had begun to swerve his binoculars when his kwami flew right in front of him.

"Hey Trixx. Can you move out of the way?"

Trixx hesistated. Relenting Chijinda put down his binoculars as Wayzz floated nearby. Narue stared at the three kwamis. They all looked, so…

"Care to explain what's going on?" Chijinda inquired.

"Wait! If the Earrings are here than so is Ladybug. There's no way she would- hold on… no. That would-"

"It's as you expect, Narue Oriku." Trixx confirmed.

"What is?" Chijinda asked, puzzled.

"I know the reason why they were able to tell us the names of the other Miraculous holders despite us having no prior knowledge now." Narue said with slow breaths.

"Hold on. I'm not getting you. What do you mean, Narue?"

"What we're looking at is a tomb, Chijinda." Narue whispered.

Chijinda's eyes sunk.

"You don' mean-"

All three kwamis turned to face their masters.

"Marinette Dupaine Cheng is dead. Ladybug is no more."