He unheroically hit a hypnotized Parisian on the way down

"Sorry." Red Riding Bug said.

Then he saw that the man was in front of the Louvre and wore a police uniform; Sabrina's father. Opposite and beside him were more police officers, also hypnotized.

They were Villusionist's guards.

Just to confirm, they stated to attack him. He kicked, hit, dodged, and apologised like he never had before.

Finally inside, he followed the sounds to what looked like a throne-room, more so with Villusionist sitting on a throne with Adrien and Alix standing at either side of him while Old White Carspace served as his footstool.

"Yo Tomato!" Red Riding Bug called. "Am I late for the ball?"

"Ladybug?" Villusionist asked.

"Ladybug's gone, thanks to you." Red Riding Bug said. "I'm Red Riding Bug; sorry to barge into your little cottage."

"That's Goldielocks, Jasmine." Villusionist summoned his book and shot paper planes at him.

"Touch me not, Aurora." Red Riding Bug silently apologised as he kicked Villusionist in the head.

The villain fell back onto his throne. He looked sick and dazed.

Out of pity, Red Riding Bug helped, only to be repaid with neara punch in the face.

Red Riding Bug dodged, butting Villusionist in the stomach. He understood very clearly why it was a team of two-sometimes-four-sometimes-sometimes seven.

"If you're the new Ladybug, then you have her miraculous." Villusionist figured out. "Hand it over."

"You weren't able to get it the first time, and you think it'll get handed to you now?" Red Riding Bug decided to crash behind a statue—both metaphorically and literally. He was very tired.

Okay; if I were Ladybug, what would I do next?

"Did you think you can hide forever?"

Red Riding Bug jumped to his feet. "Lucky charm!"

Another hoodie; except with black polka dots. Red Riding Bug wondered if he could keep what he got.

When he looked up, his vision went black and white, excluding Villusionist's head.

"Very unconventional use for a hoodie." Red Riding Bug said to himself. He sprang on Villusionist's back and used the hood to cover the villain's face, then tied the arms around his neck like how he tied his shoes ten years ago.

He dug out Villusionist's book.

"I'm really sorry." Red Riding Bug said before ripping the poor thing up, (A writer's civil duty). A black butterfly appeared and started to fly away.

"Oh no you don't," Red Riding Bug swung his yoyo. Surprisingly, it caught the akuma. "Time to de-evilize!"

Five seconds later, the butterfly came out white. He assumed he could let it go.

Below him, Nathaniel called for help. The hoodie was still on him.

Red Riding Bug sighed, unwrapping the makeshift torture device. According to the news, Ladybug usually threw it up in the air and everything got fixed. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

Everything changed. People came out of their trances, Adrien unexpectedly turned into Cat Noir, the book below him repaired itself, et cetera. Nathaniel looked up to him warily.

"Nice outfit, Ladybug." Nathaniel said, suddenly shy. He may have gotten akumatized for love, but Red Riding Bug knew he had a huge crush on the actual super-heroine.

"No diggity, Bugaboo." So did Cat Noir.

"It's Red Riding Bug." He corrected. "Ladybug's…busy."

"You know her secret identity?!" Nathaniel and Cat Noir inquired.

"No, but I know that of some others." Red Riding Bug sarcastically patted Cat Noir on the back. His earrings started beeping. "Bug out!"

The door was wide open, but he had to make a dramatic exit.

Marc returned the earrings to Old White Carspace. He assumed he knew stuff about Ladybug.

While he took care of that, Marc had his own problems.

"Hey, Nate." Marc tried to be as playful as one can be after causing someone to get akumatized and kicking them in the head as a superhero.

"I'm sorry." Nathaniel said. "I—all that was my fault."

"Um, they're kind of mine too." Marc said. "You know what they say; if you love someone, set them free, get them akumatized, kick a cat in balls, get him super angry that he almost kills his crush, run away, become a superhero for an hour, de-akumatize them, give up your new powers, then find them and talk until they forgive you."

"Wait." Nathaniel held his hands in a time-out gesture. "You really—"

"Temporarily." Marc said. "Do you know there're two Carapaces? The OG one told me to become Red Riding Bug. He's really cool."

"Forget that. I knew it was you. Whoever makes those disguises will have to completely make you over to fool me." Nathaniel placed his hands on Marc's shoulders. "What you said about loving someone. I also recall something about, hmm, 'The Nathaniel I have feelings for'."

Marc frowned. "I'm actually still thinking—"

Those were the last words to leave his mouth for almost a minute.