Crazy trouble with love part 8
Odine and Kim
Series: Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir
Author's note: Be warned, the thing with Marinette and her 'outfit' was based off this funny comic dub you can find on youtube. Me and my co-writer DO NOT own the idea, it's not originally ours, we just wanted to use it here because we thought it'd be funny to use. So if you're the artist and read this, please stay calm because I don't wanna get into a fight. If you have a problem, let's talk about it like adults.
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Marinette was panicking as she rushed around her room, tossing anything she could grab out of her way. "Where is it? Where is it?"
"Where's what?" asked Tikki floating over.
"Oh I lost the right ladybug earring." she answered while looking around under her desk making Tikki gasp. "I don't know how, but it must have fallen off before I went to sleep, I'm sorry Tikki. I must be the worst Ladybug ever losing half your miraculous."
"Well...I wouldn't say that, I mean this isn't the first time it's happened actually. The tenth Ladybug lost one over a dozen times. But unless you have both, you won't be able to use Miraculous Ladybug to fix the damage caused by a villain, or Adrien's cataclysm."
She groaned and rushed over to lift her mattress and looked around. "I've gotta find it before school!"
"Catbug! Come out and help your aunt Marinette!" Tikki called.
Said Kwami poked his head out of a small basket and yawned. "Ugh mom, it's too early for this."
"Well right now this is important. Marinette lost one of the earrings to her miraculous and she needs help finding it."
"How dumb do you have to be to lose something that's pinned to your ear?" he asked floating up and getting a frown from Tikki. "Alright alright, I'll help find it."
"Good boy." she said hovering to Marinette. "I swear that boy acts more like his father every day."
"I can't tell if you're disappointed or proud." she remarked while looking under the bed. "It's only be a few months since he was born."
"Well with our lifespan he was gonna start growing much faster than a regular baby. You humans are lucky you get to enjoy childhood for so long."
"Well it's not as easy as it sounds. At least you got past the bratty toddler stage." remarked Marinette while Catbug idly floated around the other side with a yawn. "Now you just need to survive the moody teen stage."
"Well that shouldn't be too hard, right?….right?!"
"I think I'll let you decide for yourself. I'm not touching that one." she remarked before she heard her phone go off. "Ugh! Keep looking for me would you Tikki?"
"Sure thing." she nodded before seeing Catbug snoozing on the dresser with a smile. "Catbug!"
He snorted as he jumped. "I'm up! I'm up!"
"You're supposed to be helping us find that earring."
He groaned and continued searching before Marinette answered her phone.
"Hello?"
"Marinette? Where are you?" asked Alya on the other end. "It's almost time for school to start."
Marinette gasped and looked to the clock. "Oh gosh!"
"If you don't bolt you're gonna be late."
"I'll be right there!" She said and hung up. "Tikki we have to go! Did you find it?!"
"No Marinette, it's not here."
"What am I gonna do if I can't transform!?"
"You can still transform Marinette, you just can't use Miraculous Ladybug." Tikki clarified.
"I guess it's better than nothing. I'll just have to try and keep any akuma attack to as minimal as I can." Marinette said as she quickly grabbed her things.
"Oh wait, there's one more thing." Tikki spoke remembering an important detail.
"Later, we have to go." Marinette said grabbing Tikki and put the kwami in her hand bag. "Catbug, you keep looking for my other earring and bring it to school when you find it."
"Got it." he waved as she rushed out before floating back over to his basket and laid back down with a yawn. "AFTER my nap."
Marinette raced out of the bakery and made her way to school. She only barely made it on time when the bell rang and was out of breath. "I….made it!"
"Just barely though." said Alya. "What were you doing this early?"
"I lost one of my earrings."
"Seriously? You risked ending up late over an earring?" Alya questioned. "You need to get your priorities straight."
"Sorry, but it was a really REALLY important one that I lost and had to find." Marinette replied. "No luck, obviously."
"Well maybe you and I can go get you some new ones, your boyfriend was pretty worried." Alya pointed to Adrien. Said boy gave a wave with a smile which Marinette returned.
"Uh, sorry Alya but I can't replace these." she sighed. "They're one of a kind." She said before running over to her boyfriend. "Hey Adrien, sorry I couldn't get here sooner."
"No prob, but aren't you hot in those pants?" He asked making her recoil.
"W-What!?"
"Didn't you check the temperature today? It's supposed to get really hot." He said before gesturing to his legs to show he was wearing shorts.
She looked down at her own pants and sighed. "Sorry, I had to rush out of there and didn't really check the weather."
"You're the one who's gonna be sorry, it's going to get even hotter later on." Adrien remarked.
"Oh man, I'll be sweating before gym." Marinette whined. "Maybe I can rush home at lunch and change."
"Hopefully into something cute." he smiled nudging her with his arm.
"Of course, who do you think I am?" she smiled.
"Um is it just me or are you missing an earring?" Questioned Plagg after looking out from Adrien's shirt.
"Yeah, that's kinda the reason." Marinette admitted. "I fell asleep with them on and I can't find it."
Plagg blinked before snorting and started giggling. "Hope there's no Akuma attack today or your gonna regret losing it."
"Yeah I know, I won't be able to use Miraculous Ladybug to undo the damage caused by akumatized person."
"That and more." he muttered with a snicker.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked Marinette raising an eyebrow.
"Oh nothing nothing." Plagg said while Tikki facepalmed at her husband's failed attempt to hide what he knew.
While that went on, the camera moved over to Kim who was currently rubbing his hands together nervously while looking down at a wrapped up box inside his backpack.
"Kim, if you continue to worry before class has begun, you're going to wear yourself out." remarked Max next to him. "What's wrong with you anyway?"
"Well...it's about Odine." he sighed while crossing his arms. "I wanna do something with her today, you know, do something together to grow closer as a couple. I got her this nice gift, but I'm just worried she might not be into it. I mean it looks straight up weird."
"Come now Kim, you won't know that until she's seen it. I've read up that most relationships don't come to fruition due to shyness and self doubt. What is it exactly?"
"Eh, just this pendant with a weird half fish half horse thing."
"Oh, I've heard of that. A hippocampus I believe it's called.
"But it doesn't even look like a hippo, that's a weird name."
"Hippocampus, a mythical creature."
"Huh?"
"My point is that you won't know if she likes it unless you give it to her. Try talking to her about hanging out after school during lunch, maybe you two could take this day as a chance to go to the pool." Max explained. "Who knows, she might like it more than you think."
"...you know what? You're right. I should just go up to her and ask her out." he said with a nod.
"That's the spirit." nodded Max as the teacher came in. Unlike her normal attire she was dressed in a shirt with short sleeves and a skirt.
"Good morning class."
"Good morning Miss Bustier." they greeted back.
"I already know how hot it's going to be so the ACs turned on all around the school and gym will be done inside to keep out from the heat."
"Oh thank God." Chloe said in a yellow belly top and short shorts. "This heat is a danger to my skin and hair. Sabrina fan me.'
"Fan yourself." she remarked while wearing a loose t-shirt with a lighter skirt on. "All this time and you still don't get that I'm done with you?"
Chloe groaned and rolled her eyes. "Well excuse me if I'm so use to it."
"Well you've got plenty of time to get use to it over the day while sweating like a pig, little miss princess." she said resting her head in her hand.
Chloe groaned as Miss Bustier started the lesson for the day. 'I'm starting to think I'll never get her back.'
(Later)
Around lunch time Marinette raced back home and quickly changed, along with Tikki reprimanding Catbug for sleeping when he had a job to do, before she came back to school.
"Oh man, I can already feel the humidity." Marinette said wearing a T-shirt and shorts. "I just hope I don't sweat too much."
"If you do Plagg wouldn't complain." Adrien said to her.
"Hey! I like my cheese smelly, not people." huffed the kwami.
"And stinky socks." Added Tikki.
"Don't tell her that!" he groaned at his wife before Marinette gagged with her tongue sticking out. "That was supposed to be a secret."
"Please, you spend so much time in my dirty socks I think you might have a foot fetish."
"That's an understatement." Grinned Tikki with a giggle while Plagg paled.
"Can you not, please?" spoke Marinette. "The less I know about your freaky kwami sex life the better."
"Same." spoke Adrien while the camera panned over near where Sabrina was currently having lunch beside her girlfriend Aurore who was holding her umbrella over the two of them while she had a loose blue tank top on with white shorts.
The two were feeding each other while enjoying the shade while Chloe was scowling at them.
'I never imagined I'd end up by myself all because Sabrina started dating a girl. I mean sure, whatever, so she's gay, but now I've lost a lackey, it's utterly ridiculous.' she thought while spotting Juleka and Rose at another table sitting beside each other and holding hands. 'And now I'm the one ending up by myself after blabbing to those two's parents. My life is crumbling all around me.' she looked around before spotting Kim. 'Hmmm, it may not be Adrien, but perhaps Kim still has a bit of a crush on me. I mean how can he not?'
Said boy himself was trying to mentally psych himself up unaware of the blondes approach. 'Come on Kim, you can do this, don't wuss out. You got this.'
"Hey there Kimmy."
Kim turned and saw Chloe standing there with a smile. "Oh, hey Chloe." he greeted casually.
"Care to sit with me for lunch?" she asked trying to sound flirty.
"No thanks, I'm actually planning on meeting with someone." He said looking away from her.
"What?" she responded in surprise and a bit caught off guard. "Seriously?! I thought you had a crush on me?!"
"I did, until you trampled on my heart last Valentine's day remember?" he spoke glancing back at her. "I'm way over you."
She dropped her jaw as he stood up and walked off, feeling like she just hit rock bottom and dropped her lunch. 'You have GOT to be kidding me!' she mentally screamed.
She lost her lackey and probably only friend, felt more of an outcast to the others after the Rose and Juleka incident, and now not even Kim was into her anymore? She looked down at the ground and felt like someone hit her in the stomach.
Meanwhile Gabriel was looking over some new designs Marinette had submitted to him. "Hmmm, that Marinette girl might prove to be quite the designer with age, with designs like this no one would imagine she was born into a family of bakers. A true diamond in the rough."
He flipped the page before his miraculous began to glow and he suddenly sensed the negativity Chloe was putting out. He smirked and put the book down before standing up and turned to the picture of his wife before pressing the concealed buttons and he descended into the floor before rising up to his secret villain lair moments later. "Nooroo, dark wings rise!" he said pulling his ascot aside.
The miraculous lit up before he started to transform into his super villain persona. He smiled as the large window opened. "Ah yes a classic pairing of anger and rejection, not to mention the feeling of isolation. She'll do quite nicely." he held a butterfly and cupped his hand over it before filling it with darkness and let it fly. "Go my darling Akuma and evilize her."
The akuma went out the window and towards the school while Chloe was clenching her hands.
The blonde was still aware enough to notice the tainted butterfly approaching and screamed. "An akuma!"
Everyone around there turned and jumped up while seeing it moving towards Chloe.
"No! No! Get it away!" she screamed before she took off running. "Help me, somebody!"
"Oh no, Chloe's about to be akumatized!" spoke up Adrien before Marinette ran towards the blonde.
"Chloe over here!"
The girl ran towards her and quickly put Marinette between her and the akuma. "Don't take me, take her!"
"It doesn't want me, its after you." Marinette said as the two dodged the evil insect. "It senses your negativity Chloe, you need calm down and it will go away."
"How can I calm down when it's coming right at me?!" she screamed and backed away. "Please, someone help! Don't let Hawk Moth get me!"
"Chloe!" Marinette whirled around and grabbed Chloe by the shoulders. "If you stay calm and let go of whatever negative emotion you're feeling, it won't get you."
"B-But...I don't think I can do that, I'm all alone." Chloe said with tears in her eyes as the akuma made for another pass at her.
That's when it clicked in Marinette's head before pulling Chloe out of the way. "If you give in and think like that then it's the same as giving up. That's not who you are Chloe. You're not alone, I'm right here, I won't let it get you!"
The girl looked at her in surprise as the akuma got closer. She then did something no one expected of her, she wrapped her arms around Marinette and waited for the inevitable.
Marinette hugged her back while the akuma fluttered closer before stopping an inch from them and began flying away.
Both waited for a moment before opening their eyes. They saw the akuma flying away from the school and Marinette sighed in relief as she and Chloe separated. Meanwhile Chloe was having trouble processing it.
"It worked? It actually worked?" the blonde let out before a number of students rushed over.
"Are you two alright?" asked Aurore.
"That was so scary." Rose spoke.
"For a second there I thought we'd have another akumatized villain." spoke Max.
"Do you need to sit down?" Asked Juleka.
"No, we're both alright, aren't we Chloe?" Marinette asked looking at Chloe who was still in shock.
"Uh..yeah, of course, I'm just fine." she replied tossing her hair back. "That little bug was lucky I didn't squash it."
Despite her words some could see she was shaking a little.
"Chloe, can I talk to you in private?" asked Marinette.
"...if you really must."
The two moved away to the side while the others went back to their lunch.
"Alright Chloe, talk to me. What were you so upset about?" Marinette asked. "Hawk Moth doesn't just send out akumas for no good reason."
"Like, it's nothing to concern yourself with."
"Chloe, you can try to hide it, but everyone knows you were crying." Marinette said taking out her compact. "Just look, your makeup is running."
Chloe looked at her reflection and gasped in horror while touching her cheeks. "I..I...I look awful!"
"I think I have an idea of what's wrong, but I can't be sure unless you tell me what the problem is."
Chloe thought for a few moments before she worked up the nerve to speak. "I….I'm lonely okay, I admit it."
"Lonely?"
"Everyone's turned their backs on me. No one will sit with me at lunch, Rose and Juleka won't say two words to me, hell Sabrina doesn't even want to come by the hotel any more because she's rocking the bed with Aurore. I even went so far as to flirt with Kim and he turned me down cold." she finished stomping her foot.
"Well it sounds to me like your...rude attitude is finally catching up with you. Everything that's happened to you is your own fault. Yet even after everything you've been through you still can't see the big picture."
"Oh yeah? And just what's that?"
"Whenever you don't get your way you whine like a spoiled brat and do everything in your power to make everyone else feel just as bad, you think you're so much better than everyone else that they should just drop and worship the very ground you walk on, not to mention you think that just because something seems wrong that it's suddenly bad. No one turned their back on you Chloe, you pushed them away because they couldn't meet your high standards." spoke Marinette with a frown. "This is what happens when you're not willing to tone it down on the high and mighty attitude and being so rude to people around you. It doesn't feel good, does it?"
"No…." remarked Chloe looking at the ground.
"And I bet if you had given in to your anger you would have been a villain again and probably made it even harder for everyone to give you a chance to be their friends and you would be on your own for good. How does that thought make you feel?"
"..."
"Probably not so good, is it? The whole reason they ran up to us was because they thought we needed them. If you keep acting like you don't need anyone they'll never want to hang out with you again. I imagine you'll even have a lot of lonely parties, no matter how much cool stuff you have."
Chloe let out a deep sigh and tried wiping at her eyes. "I'm so lame."
"Can't argue there," Marinette nodded. "but it's like falling off a bike, you just gotta get back up."
"...I don't know how to ride a bike either."
"Wait...really?"
"Daddy said he'd teach me...back when I was 5."
Marinette looked at Chloe who was blushing embarrassed and felt pity hearing that. "Wow...uh, okay good, this is good. You're being more open. This is a good start."
"How?"
"Well you'd never willingly admit you were anything less than perfect would you?"
"Of course not."
"But I bet it felt good getting that off your chest, huh?"
"...A little, maybe." Chloe muttered fiddling with her fingers.
"Think abou what I've said. And after school meet me back here, okay?"
"Ugh, fine." Chloe groaned.
"Trust me you're going to feel a whole lot better after today." Marionette said before she turned to leave.'
'Like that'll happen.' she thought while we cut back over to Kim who was tugging at his collar and looking over at Odine who was busy relaxing against one side with a wet towel over her face and wearing a loose black tank top and slacks.
'Okay, I can do this.' he took a deep breath and walked over to her. "Uh, hey Odine?"
"Kim!" Odine grinned. She moved the towel off and sat up. "Hey there."
"Uh, I was wondering if you….I mean if you weren't busy….maybe you'd wanna...hang out after school?" he asked rubbing the back of his neck.
"You mean, like a date?" she asked hopefully with a smile.
"Yeah. I mean just you and me." he smiled while looking her in the eye. "I was thinking maybe we could go for a swim to cool off and maybe grab a bite to eat afterwards, if you want. I mean if you want to swim, unless you're sick of swimming."
"Not at all, that sounds just perfect." she replied.
"Great." he sighed in relief. 'Okay so far so good.'
"I'll see you right after school, later." she smiled with a wave as the bell rang to show the end of lunch.
"Yes!" he gave a fist pump and sighed in relief. "Nailed the first part, now I just gotta wait. This might actually work."
As that went on, Hawk Moth himself was annoyed at seeing his akuma failed to create a new villain when it was so close. "Darkwings fall." he returned back to Gabriel and went back down to his study. "I'll have to wait before a new chance comes and shows itself. To think my son's own girlfriend would halt my efforts. Perhaps I should separate them."
(Later)
Marinette had gathered her classmates in the yard after school but was being very secretive on why. 'Alright, now to get Chloe.' she thought after everyone was accounted for. She then walked over to where Chloe was hiding and smiled. "Are you ready Chloe?"
"No. I don't think I can do this."
"Come on Chloe, you can do this. They may not forgive you right away, but this will be a big step. Show them the girl hiding beneath all that glitz and glitter."
"I just can't, I...I'm too nervous."
"Just imagine all the big fancy birthday parties where you'll be all alone if you don't go through with this. Just you and your butler. That should motivate you."
"Oooh, fine!" she pouted and crossed her arms.
"Do you wanna hold my hand?" Marinette asked.
"I'm not a baby, I can handle it just fine." she spoke before peeking out at all the people she had either mocked, belittled, or insulted. She gulped and felt overwhelmed to see all of them in one spot. She reeled back with a groan before her head drooped in defeat and she held her hand out to Marinette. "Just this once."
Marinette nodded before taking Chloe's hand and guided her to the group. "Alright everyone, the reason why I've gathered you here is because Chloe has something to say." she announced to the crowd. "Go on Chloe."
She was urged forward by Marinette and could immediately tell the students were expecting her to say something bratty and obnoxious. Was she really this predictable? She felt self conscious with all the attention and tried clearing her throat. "I...well you see…"
"Ugh, would you just get it over with." Alya rolled her eyes. "We don't have all day for your typical high and mighty bullcrap."
Chloe frowned sadly with her stomach twisting in knots at that, but managed to keep her mouth shut and took a deep breath. "I….am sorry." she choked out.
"What?" spoke up Nathaniel with everyone caught off guard.
"I'm sorry." she repeated while looking down and interlocked her fingers. "For...everything. I see now that I was a brat."
Everyone was silent and so shocked they didn't know what to say.
"I've done and said things that have hurt all of you and the whole time...I think I was just jealous."
"Yeah right." scoffed Juleka.
"I'm serious! You all can do things a lot better than me. Juleka you can apply makeup like an artist, it takes me four times as long to get ready just before school. Rose you write amazing music lyrics like you rehearsed them for hours not to mention your just as cute as I am. Nathaniel you can draw amazing pictures, all I can manage are silly stick people." as she bared her heart and soul to them she started crying again. "Sure I can dance, but but beside that all I know how to do it is lie, humiliate, and fool everyone around me. I'm not tech savvy like alya, I can't build a robot like Max, or even found love like Adrien. I can't even ride a bike for God sake!" she broke down sobbing and dropped to he knees.
At this point all the kids were flattered, and stunned to see Chloe crying for real and not as part of a lie.
"All I've done is made everyone around me hate my guts and avoid me like the plague, even the only one who could put up with me! I'm such a loser!" she sobbed while her make up ran over her face and made her look pitiful.
None could muster a single syllable in response to the sight.
"I'm the lowest of the low! I'm the one who keeps making more akuma attacks happen than anyone else in all of Paris!" she added before someone walked up to her. She looked up and saw it was Sabrina.
She kneeled down in front to the blonde then cupped her cheeks before smiling as she used her thumb to wipe away the tears. "I think you've said enough, we can't have you turning suicidal before we even make up."
Chloe looked at her surprised before finding herself in a hug. Her eyes widened before her eyes watered even more. "You….You mean it?"
"After that speech... I think we can try." she nodded while patting Chloe's back. "Right guys?"
"Well...I don't wanna see her keep crying or else I'll feel guilty." spoke Rose.
"If Rose is okay with it I guess I can try." Juleka said wrapping her arm around Rose's waist.
"All signs point to me believing this is a trick, but...I suppose ignoring the data this once won't hurt." relented Max.
"What do you think?" Nino asked Alya.
"Honestly, I think either she's serious or she's been taking great acting classes. We'll play along and see how it turns out."
"If Sabrina's willing to forgive, then so am I, but if you make one jab at our sexuality, and you're toast." warned Aurore banging the tip of her parasol on the ground while Nathaniel was sketching the scene for posterity.
"I swear, I'll never do it again." she spoke up while wiping at her face with a sniffle. "It's none of my business if it's guy with guy, girl on girl, or even a whole group of them together. Wait, is that really a thing?
"Depending on how they do it. It's either called an orgy or a gangbang. Some people are into that, but we get what you mean." Sabrina whispered. She kissed Chloe on the cheek and helped her to her feet. "But thanks for saying all that, I think it's what everyone was waiting to hear for a long time."
Chloe looked around and saw a few students were smiling a little, even Ivan. She smiled back and used a tissue to wipe at her eyes. "Thank you everyone, thank you."
"Come on lets go hang out at your place." Sabrina said looking to her girlfriend. "Come on Aurore." she said before the three started walking off.
"So what are we going to do once we get there?" Asked Chloe. "Also could you not kiss in front of me. I mean I'm okay with it but not that much yet."
"Probably watch a movie."Aurore said before smiling at Sabrina. "But you know Chloe you never can tell where you stand sexually, until you try it."
"Uh….what?"
"Well now that you're cool with it we'll fool around a bit and see if it does anything for you." Sabrina said quietly as she and Aurore grabbed Chloe's arms.
"Wait what?!"
"Trust us Chloe you're going to love it."
"Great." Chloe let out.
As the three walked off and the crowd dispersed. Marinette watched with a smile and nodded. "I think that went well."
"Yeah, I think there was some real progress." nodded Tikki poking her head out of Marinette's bag. "This might help cut down on future akuma attacks now."
"That's good to hear." Plagg remarked.
"Yeah, and who knows, she might end up joining them." joked Adrien.
"I doubt that, Chloe's too much of a prude to come out." Plagg shrugged. "The day she admits she likes girls is the day I give up camembert."
"And that's the day a true miracle happens." smiled Adrien making Marinette giggle with Tikki shaking her head.
"You'd still find some way to get back to it, you wouldn't give that up for the world."
"Well I wouldn't say that. I'd give it up for you." he smiled at his wife and wiggled his eyebrows.
"Oh you." she giggled with a blush.
"As much as much as I'd hate to break up the love fest, we need to see if Catbug found my other earring." said Marinette.
"Hopefully he didn't take a nap when we left him."
"Want me to come along and give him a talking to if he did?" Asked Plagg.
"We can all go, especially since I'd like a better look inside your room Bugaboo." whispered Adrien making her blush with a smile. "And maybe some of your dad's macaroons."
"Alright, let's all go then."
As they left we go to Kim who was racing to the pool. He was already working up a sweat while carrying his bag.
"Oh man, I'm gonna end up a sweating mess by the time I get there! Good thing I brought extra deodorant." he finally arrived and went inside and found Odine was already in the water. "Hey Odine! Couldn't wait for me I see?"
"Sorry Kim, I wanted to loosen up my muscles, plus the heat's murder." Odine said as she swam up to him.
"Good thing I came prepared." he set his bag down and started taking his shirt off and then his pants, showing he had his own swimming trunks underneath. "Cannonball!"
Odine used her arms to block the water when he came right in and laughed as he popped his head out. "Oh you're gonna get it now." she said and swam towards him.
He smirked before he started swimming away as she tried splashing him.
"Get back here you!"
"Come on, you can swim faster than that can't you?" he said before she jumped him. He went down under the water under her before surfacing while spitting some water out as she smirked.
"You were saying?" she grinned before the two laughed.
So the two of them enjoyed themselves in the water, whether by racing, marco polo, or even playing their favorite game with Kim pondering on giving a hint to her on what he had planned, but held off. Eventually the two than exhausted themselves before they climbed out.
"Ah man, that was great." smiled Odine stretching out her arms. "I needed that."
"We both did." he nodded while briefly looking at the water dripping down her and shook his head to focus. "Wanna go get a bite to eat?"
"Sure, but….uh, do you need a minute?" She asked glancing at his groin for a moment.
"What do you- OH CRAP!" he jumped backwards and fell into the water making her cover her mouth to stifle her laughing while blushing. "Ha ha very funny." He said after his head came out of the water.
"Hey, you're the one apparently staring, perv." she giggled making Kim blush and look away. "But you're probably cooled off now. Come on, dry off and let's go eat."
'Oh man, I can't believe that happened.' he thought getting out and using his towel to dry off. 'Smooth move Kim, real smooth.' he thought and shook his head.
'I'm glad I got a new set of clothes for the date, I wonder if he'll try to sneak a peek.' Odine thought feeling her face heat up.
Both of them went to the locker rooms, well mainly Odine while Kim dried off and put his regular clothes on and waited outside for his girlfriend feeling slightly embarrassed about earlier.
"I can't believe she saw me get hard just from looking at her. Now she's gonna think I'm ogling her for the rest of the day." he groaned and started hitting himself in the head. He was so focused on that he didn't notice the door open or Odine step out.
"Kim?"
"Huh?" he turned and felt his jaw drop since Odine was wearing a red short sleeved top that was short enough to show her belly button with blue skinny jeans that hugged her legs. "Odine! Uh….hey." he waved with the hand he was hitting himself with.
"Hey Kim, what were you doing?" she asked curiously.
"Me? Oh I was just...swatting a fly, yeah the thing wouldn't stop buzzing around me." he replied. "But ... about earlier-"
"Kim, it's fine, really." she smiled. "It's kinda flattering you were paying EXTRA attention like that." she said and nudged him.
He blushed and tried to keep from staring and sighed in relief. "Really? So you're not mad?"
"If it was another girl then I might." she patted his cheek. "So, what do you think of my clothes? Or maybe I should ask your little friend?"
"Is that going to be a thing with us now?"
"Maybe~" she giggled before she started walking. "Come on, let's go."
"Yeah okay."
(Later)
Kim and Odine grabbed a bite at a recently opened cafe. Both at a table by themselves with both sharing a good laugh from a joke Odine told.
"Okay I got one," Kim spoke "two guys are sailing on a boat, lightning strikes their supplies and starts a fire. One guy says 'put it out' and the other guy says 'where am I supposed to get the water?!'."
"Oh my god, that's hilarious!" laughed Odine with Kim doing the same. "Did you come up with that on your own?"
"Naw, my grandpa told it to me when me was little." he replied while sipping his drink and caught a brief glimpse of Odine's chest from the top, but quickly averted his eyes. 'Aw man, keep it together dude.'
'Alright Odine, so far everything is looking good, I just hope it doesn't turn awkward because I can't think of something just as funny.' she thought and cleared her throat. "So I noticed there hasn't been a villain attack in over a week. Must not be a lot of people for Hawk Moth to pray on."
"Honestly it feels kinda boring to me. I kinda got use to freaking out over some new bad guy, especially since it got us out of school, plus have you noticed it makes you look at others in a different light when they change? Heck Chloe almost got Akumatized, again."
"No way, for real? I didn't even know that was possible." Odine remarked.
"Way, just glad it's not me. Getting turned into a villain might sound cool with the powers, but I have no idea what happened when it...well happened. Plus I can't remember a minute of it. It's like we're not even us any more. Or have any will to resist once Butterfly Boy gets his claws in us."
"Yeah, when I was told what I did, I felt really bad." spoke Odine looking at the table sadly. "I mean, I flooded all of Paris, completely. I'm just glad no one died, because I don't know what I would have done if that happened. I mean it's a miracle really. You'd think some people would have drowned."
"Well if it helps, you still looked cute like that." he smiled to her. "Like a real mermaid."
She blushed hearing that while briefly catching his eyes flick to her chest before going back to her face and got a bold idea. 'Oh this will be fun.' she stretched her arms out above her head while sticking her chest out which made Kim gulp. "Man, it sure is hot out. The kind of weather that makes you hate wearing clothes."
"Uh y-y-y-yeah, I-I guess s-s-so." he stuttered before images of Odine naked came to mind. And since she was often in a swimsuit it wasn't that hard to picture.
"I mean it's so hot it'd probably be way cooler to just strip down to our underwear. So what if we get into trouble, it's so hot the police would probably be too dehydrated to do much."
Kim tugged at his collar with that image while Odine leaned down to the table giving him a clearer look at her cleavage. He found it much harder to look away. 'Come on Kim, just turn away nice and slowly.'
Odine started to laughed and sat up right. "Okay I think I had enough fun teasing you."
Kim jolted and turned red seeing her giggle and facepalmed. "Oh man, I am not myself today."
"It's ok, I'd be lying if I said this heat wasn't getting to me too." she chuckled with Kim shaking his head. "So, should we order desert?"
"Uh… not yet." He said. "I have something for you."
"You do?" she asked surprised as he opened up his bag and reached inside before pulling out the box.
"I hope you like it." he smiled handing it to her as she tore the paper off and slowly opened it.
Inside was a gold pendant that had a two headed Hippocampus with fin like wings.
"Wow Kim, it's beautiful...what is it?"
"It's a hippo….hippo...ugh Come on what was it, Hip-Hippocampus! That's it!" spoke Kim. "Max told me it's name, but I kinda got it because I thought it looked nice and figured that...you know...you'd look good with it on. Also because the guy at the store said it was an animal that lived in the sea."
"It looks beautiful, but it seems so expensive too. I hope it didn't cost you an arm and a leg. I'd hate to think I bankrupted you."
"Actually I got it on a sale, still cost a lot, but I've been saving up my allowance to give you a date you'd like. But if I didn't, I'd give an arm and a leg for you in a heartbeat." he smiled which made her feel touched.
"Excuse me." A waiter said. "Not to be rude, but you two are making the other patrons uncomfortable."
They looked around and saw the people around them were looking while appearing like they weren't trying to
"Oh! Sorry about that." apologized Kim. "Uh what did we do exactly?"
"Well for one this one is spouting various sexual innuendos."
Odine blushed and looked down at the table.
"I understand you're teenagers with hormones, but please have a little dignity and self-control, or I will have to make you leave."
"Sorry, we'll try to reel it in." spoke Kim.
"See that you do." he turned and walked away with Odine sighing and shaking her head.
"Sorry Kim. You must think I'm a total floozie."
"Trust me Odine, floozie doesn't describe you at all. You were just getting into teasing me. Besides like you said this heat makes everyone a little different." he reached over and patted her hand. "And everyone who thinks you are, well if they say anything I'll knock their lights out."
"Thanks Kim, you're a real sweetheart." she said pinching his cheek.
"Heh, thanks." he smiled as a guy walked by their table and didn't see how close he was, causing him to bump it and made the necklace wobble on the edge. It fell to the floor and he stepped on it.
"Oh no!" spoke Kim and Odine together while the man raised his foot up and looked down at the broken necklace which was bent.
"Oops, guess that's what happens when you pay for something so cheap." he remarked casually and coldly while Odine moved down on her knees and looked at the wrecked necklace with sadness while Kim looked at the man with a frown and stood up.
"You broke it!"
"Next time don't put you junk on the edge of the table, dumb broad." He said.
Kim scowled and grabbed the man by the front of his shirt. "Don't call Odine a dumb broad when you couldn't even see where you were walking, jerk!" he said and pushed the man into another table.
"Watch it brat!" he glared before shoving Kim back into the table and made it break. "Ha that'll learn ya."
"Kim!" Odine shouted. She crouched down while he groaned. "Are you alright?"
"I will be." he winced with Odine glaring at the man.
"What is wrong with you!?"
"Shut up hussy."
Kim sat up with both of them scowling at the man with anger and fury, something the akuma at the school picked up on.
"Ah at long last." Gabriel smiled. "The feeling of anger, disappointment, and blind fury, and on their first real date too. Go my akuma, bring these two together to let their emotions free!" he said before the butterfly flew off. "Tell me Nooroo, what should I do with them?"
"Uh, well master, I'm not really sure." he spoke up hesitantly.
"Come now Nooroo. I read the entire Butterfly Miraculous chapter. You can't lie to me. I thought I was evil, but in the past...you were a true monster." he smirked with Nooroo gasping and looking down with shame. "You were such a creative little thing. To think you were the one who created the Kraken, the Gorgon, oh and let's not forget the tengu."
"Please master, don't remind me. Those were darker times for me. I was young and impressionable."
"And yet you enjoyed it. Now tell me, what would be perfect for these two? Show me the devious mind that lead to the burning of Rome."
Nooroo let out a deep sigh and took a moment to see everything through the akumas eyes. Afterwards he moved over before whispering the idea into Gabriel's ear.
"I can do that?"
"Yes, but they'll be more feral and go off their instincts. You'll have almost no control even as Hawk Moth, unless you're close by."
"That's still fine, a wild animal can still be kept in line as long as you don't force them too much." he smirked while we see the akuma fluttering down towards the cafe. "Dark Wings Rise!"
Odine and Kim didn't notice though as the akuma flew down to the broken pendant before both of them went wide eyed with the masks appearing on them.
"Hippocampus, people ghave scorned your love and insulted you, I can help you hurt them back and show everyone how powerful your love is. All you need to do is bring me the miraculous of Ladybug and Cat Noir."
Kim and Odine growled and stood up while grabbing the pendant before dark energy started covering them and alerting everyone there at the cafe. They ran out screaming before loud smashing and crashing could be heard.
Back over at Marinette's, the teens and Kwami's were in her room looking high and low for the brunette's missing earring.
"Catbug? Catbug. Where are you son?" asked Plagg floating around. "Did you find it?"
"Zzzzzz."
"Ugh not again. CATBUG!" yelled Tikki floating into the closet where her son was sleeping on a mitten.
"GAH!" he jumped before seeing both his parents glaring at him. "Oh...uh...hey guys. What's the word?"
"Hmm, let's see, how about grounded!"
"Aw come on! I was just resting my eyes."
"You're supposed to be helping us look for the other half of your mother's miraculous." Plagg scolded while pointing at Marinette and Adrien who were still looking around
"And I was, but I couldn't find it. I even looked in aunt Marinette's underwear drawer."
"Hey!" blushed Marinette.
"What? I had to be there. Not like I told anyone about your thongs. Oop!" Catbug quickly covered his mouth.
Marinette and Adrien looked at him, the former blushing beet red before the latter spoke "Okay that image is going to be in my head for a good while." he said with a grin before Marinette chucked a pillow at him.
"That's it, you're double grounded mister." Tikki barked at her son.
"Aw come on mom!"
"Find the earring first and you'll be ungrounded." Plagg said to try to encourage his son to work harder.
"But ONLY if you find it first." frowned Tikki playing along.
"Alright alright, I'll try and find it." he sighed before floating out to look with Marinette groaning.
"I can't believe you had to find out like that."
"In my opinion you have nothing to be embarrassed about." Adrien patted her back. "I mean would it help if I told you something private to me?"
"I guess."
Adrien was a little hesitant for a moment before he opened his mouth only to be interrupted by his girlfriends phone ringing.
"Oh, hang on." she hit answer. "Hello?"
"Marinette! Turn on the news!" Alya blurted from the other end.
Marinette held her phone away and didn't ask since it sounded urgent and turned her tv on which showed an emergency report.
"After days of peaceful serenity it seems Hawk Moth is back to his old tricks. Only this time with a new spin on things." spoke Nadja as she was showing a video of people screaming with cars being thrown around followed by a sudden tidal wave down the street. "Unlike other villains, this one is more...well I'll let the image speak for itself."
The camera panned off before the teens and Kwami gasped. They saw what looked like a beast that had the front part of a horse with the front hooves, but had the lower half of a shark with two large wings on it's back letting it fly while having two heads that were roaring out.
"Another fusion?" Adrien questioned as he and Marinette looked at each other.
"This is way worse than what happened with Rose and Juleka." Tikki commented. A fusion like this can only be feral."
"But how? I mean, usually Hawk Moth's villains are coherent enough to listen to him." spoke Adrien.
"This looks like one of Nooroo's original handiworks." Plagg stated "Back when he was going through a phase. He had a pretty twisted mind back in the day."
"Their definitely ugly, that's for sure." remarked Catbug.
"We have to stop them." Marinette said with a fire of determination.
"But Marinette, we haven't found the other earring." Adrien said. "No Miraculous Ladybug remember?"
"I know Adrien, but if we don't do something who knows how much of Paris will be destroyed. We need to transform."
"Lady's first." Plagg grinned and held back his giggles.
"Plagg." frowned Tikki. "I think Adrien should go first."
"Does it really matter?" Adrien questioned. "Plagg, claws out!"
Plagg got sucked into the ring leading to Adrien transforming with Marinette looking at Tikki.
"Let's do this. Tikki, spots on!"
"Marinette wait!" she cried out before getting sucked into the lone earring.
Marinette transformed alright, but not in her original outfit. She was clad in what looked like a leotard over her body with a hole in the back, the bottom parts of her leggings that looked like boots with the gloves over her hands losing the covers for the fingers along with the sleeves. Both Catbug and Adrian had their mouths agape.
"Bugaboo?" was all Adrien managed.
Marinette blinked and looked down before jumping and turned red. "W-What the...WHAT IS THIS?!" She screamed.
"Uh...summer wardrobe?" spoke Adrien trying to crack a joke, it was obvious now why Plagg was laughing at Marinette losing her earring.
"Not funny!" she spoke while trying to cover herself while Catbug shook his head.
"I'll...find the other earring." he spoke floating back to the bed.
"I can't go out in public like this! What will people think!?"
"That you're dressed for the weather? Look I'll go on ahead while you gather your nerves." Cat pecked her on the cheek before moving to the window and left. 'Why can't mine do that? It's too hot for this suit.'
"Oh man, I should have listened to Tikki earlier." Marinette said before we go back to the city.
There Hippocampus let out a demonic neigh while crushing buildings using their hooves and tail. Broadcasting all of it live with her phone was Alya.
"This is way overboard compared to all the other bad guys viewers, this thing is totally berserk! Hawk Moth, on the miniscule chance you're watching this, WRANGLE IN YOUR HORSE FISH!"
That's when Cat Noir landed on a roof and whistled. "HEY FISH STICKS! OVER HERE!"
Hippocampus turned their heads and let out a growl while gnashing their teeth.
"Wow, Hawk Moth must have really given it to you with the ugly stick!" he smirked while leaning on his pole. "I think I've seen hairless dogs that look better than you two!"
That made Hippocampus extra mad before they swatted a car at him with their tail.
Cat Noir used his pole to vault out of the way while seeing the tail glow before a sudden wave came rushing towards him. "Crap!"
The wave slammed into him and sent him into a building while Hippocampus neighed and flew away. "Okay, that could have gone better." he groaned while shaking his head. "I just had a bath yesterday." he said as he stood up and chased after his prey.
With Marinette, she was swinging to the roof tops while being careful not to be too much out in the open. Ducking behind chimney's and billboards. "If anyone sees me in this get up I'll just die of embarrassment."
When she peaked around she spotted Hippocampus crushing cars with their hooves, to top it all off she saw Alya broadcasting from her phone and frowned. "How am I going to fight without all of Paris seeing me dressed like a super powered hooker?" she asked herself her while taking out her yoyo and looked around. She spotted a nearby chimney and got an idea.
With Alya she hid behind a bench while recording Hippocampus going wild. "If only I had my Fox miraculous I could fight, I really need to talk to Ladybug about keeping it next time she gives it to me."
The large villain neighed while leaning down to bite down and rip a tree out before munching on it. Suddenly one of the heads was snagged by a red and black spotted yoyo. The other head dropped the tree and neighed in anger with Alya looking and saw the wire wrapped around a chimney coming from behind a billboard.
"Ladybug?!"
Hippocampus tried tugging at the yoyo while flying up with their wings.
"Not the best time to chat Alya! Find cover!" called Ladybug without showing herself. "It's too dangerous!"
"Okay, but we really need to talk next time you need help!" Alya called before she took off running as fast as possible.
Marinette was locked in a game of tug of war with the monster and grit her teeth. "Come on Adrien, hurry!"
"Hey ugly!" called Cat Noir running over on the other side of it. "I have to pay you back for giving me a bath." he vaulted up and struck the other head with his pole. He landed near the chimney and turned to Ladybug with a smile. "So you decided to come and join us Bugaboo?"
"Catbug is still looking for my other earring. But I'm trying not to get spotted."
"Well at least your weapon's still working, that's gonna help since I don't think double head over there is gonna be easy to take down on my own."
"Just find that akuma you adorable dummy! I can't hold on forever!"
"On it." he winked before pole vaulting back over and landed on Hippocampus' back who neighed and tried flying up to shake him off. "Woah there, I never got a pony ride, I'd say I'm do for one. Now where's the Akuma?"
Ladybug groaned and pulled harder as Hippocampus' heads turned to each other and nodded before they suddenly folded their wings and went falling down before crashing into the street, making Cat Noir to stumble and fell over the side of it while Marinette was pulled forward and hit the chimney.
"Ow!" she winced rubbing her head before looking down and saw Hippocampus raise one of it's hooves up over Cat Noir. "LOOK OUT!"
"Huh?" he looked up and narrowly rolled out of the way. "Whoa, that was too close."
"Run Cat!" Marinette called out pulling her yoyo.
He got up and started running to avoid the large hoof while Ladybug tried thinking of a plan.
"Cat, where's the Akuma?!"
"I don't know!" Cat called back "There was nothing on them it could be hiding in!"
"Well it must be there somewhere!" Marinette said looking the villain over.
Hippocampus roared out while Hawk Moth himself was trying to get a message through the heads.
"Hear me creature! Obey me!" He raised his voice hoping it would get through, but it did not. He focused more and clenched his fist. "Hear my voice Hippocampus! You must find Ladybug and Cat Noir and acquire their miraculous, they are your prey! Grr, it's no use, neither one can hear me." He said before letting out a huff. "Dark Wings Fall."
His attire turned back into normal. "You were correct Nooroo. It seems that in this feral state I am unable to command them."
"Maybe we should stop then, I mean if they won't listen, they'll keep destroying the city."
"Come now Nooroo." Gabriel smiled. "This is YOUR creation after all, doesn't it make you feel nostalgic to create something so powerful once again?"
The small Kwami looked away and shook his head. "No, it's just an awful reminder of what I use to do."
"Really now? Then why do you not look me in the eye and say that?" Gabriel said holding his hand under the Kwami and let him sit in his palm. "You can't lie to me little Nooroo. Why do you think I chose you over the Peacock Kwami? Yes you were both firm objectors to being bound to the miraculous and the humans who created them, but you also have a creative mind, much like myself, greater even."
The Kwami gulped while keeping his eyes away.
"Such an imagination can be quite hard to stifle, can't it?" Gabriel added while gently rubbing the tip of his finger over Nooroo's head. "You think I don't notice you peeking at my designs, but I do."
"Master please, we need to-"
"You my dear little Nooroo are an artist who wants his freedom, deep down you want to be free, free to see the world, free to express yourself through your creations, as the god you really are instead of a tool for humans. You know I'm not an evil man, but a driven one. Help me bring back the woman I love and you will be free to go wherever your heart desires."
"But….what about the other Kwami?"
"Once I have the power I seek I will free them all, and destroy the miraculous that subjugate them to the will of mankind, creatures of your power don't deserve to be held back." He said softly holding Nooroo closer to his face. "You can help free them all."
The Kwami felt conflicted and overwhelmed hearing all that. He reached a conclusion before lowering his head. "Master," he let out as his vibrant coloration turned dark before looking back to Gabriel with a smile. "You're too cruel." he said and opened his eyes to show they had turned red.
"I knew you'd see the big picture Nooroo."
"No, in this state I am Shadow Nooroo." he grinned darkly while floating up. "Now then, let's crush some goody goodies."
"You read my mind, Shadow Nooroo, Dark Wings Rise!" he called before the Kwami eagerly entered the miraculous. He started to transform into Hawk Moth again, but with a slight difference. His cane was now a staff, his pants were now similar to bell-bottoms, his shoes were pointier and curled at the toes, the cuffs of his sleeves were wider, and his mask had wings on the sides. He grinned and let out a chuckle. "Now this is the true form of the butterfly miraculous." he said before a red butterfly symbol appeared over his eyes. "Hippocampus, hear me!"
The same symbol appeared over both sets of eyes of the villain.
"Listen to me closely, you see that small cat hero? He is Cat Noir, he is fresh prey and has something I want. Capture his ring along with the earrings of Ladybug and I will ensure both of you are free to cause as much chaos together."
The creature growled and looked back at Cat Noir before attacking.
"Woah!" he took off running as Hippocampus began to follow him using their wings. "It's just an assumption Ladybug, but I think Hawk Moth has control again!"
"Oh great, like this wasn't bad enough."
Adrien screamed as he jumped to avoid their maws and ran down their back and tail in a panic. "We could really use a lucky charm right now!" He let out and jumped off.
"I figured, but I can't!" Marinette called back while groaning. "This day couldn't get any worse." she said before facepalming herself. "Oh no, I didn't just say-WAH!" She lost her footing and fell from the roof. "Ahhhh!"
"Ladybug!" Adrien cried before she used her yoyo as a grappling hook.
"Phew." she sighed in relief. "That was-" she felt some hot air blow against her and turned to see Hippocampus glaring at her making her go wide eyed. "Close?" She let out a scream and dropped down.
"Hey ugly! I heard they had an opening at the glue factory, but with that fish smell, even they're not that desperate!" Cat called while hitting at their tail with his pole before laughing attracting the other head. "Come on, what kind of horse is too slow to catch an itty bitty cat?"
"Okay that definitely took some years off my life." Marinette said standing up right in Alya's line of sight.
"Ladybug? What are you wearing?!" Alya let out in surprise.
Marinette blinked and let out a squeak while blushing and tried covering herself. "A-Alya!? Don't look! I-I-Its not-"
"So cool!" Alya smiled confusing Marinette. "Ladybug's new summer super suit!"
"Wait...what?" she questioned, but decided to go with it and quickly stood up straight. "I mean yeah. I wasn't too sure if it was a little on the skimpy side, so I didn't want people to see it until I was sure it was ready."
"Well it's definitely worth the sight. I gotta get this on my blog." Alya said rushing over and circled the heroine. "Well ladyblogers this is definitely a sight to behold. This heat wave is too much for our resident superhero."
"Uh, can you hold off? Trying to save all of Paris at the moment." she blushed before chasing after the villain while crying on the inside. 'I'm never going to live this down!'
"Waaaah!" called Cat who came flying over and crashed into Ladybug making them roll. "Ow."
"We need to figure out where the heck that Akuma is, fast." spoke Ladybug getting him off her. "Anything that seems out of place?"
"No, there's nothing on them." he replied while they heard the villain let out another roar and circle the from about. "Whatever or wherever it is, we can't see it on them from this angle."
His words made something in Marinette a head click. "What if...it's not ON them, but IN them!"
"Wait, you mean like….ok that's just gross." Cat gagged at the very thought.
"Think about it, if we can't find it outside, then it must be the one place we haven't checked yet. A place where we couldn't normally reach it."
"So what? We're supposed to jump right in their mouths and get swallowed?"
"Got a better idea?"
"We overfeed them and hope they gets indigestion?"
"Really?" Marinette deadpans.
"It was worth a shot." he said before Hippocampus moved to strike. "I hope this plan works!"
As the villain lunged, Cat Noir used his staff to launch himself into one of their mouths. This made the head reel back while Ladybug swung up into the other making the beast stop and look confused before feeling the heroes go down their throats.
"Aw nasty!" Alya cringed.
"Nooo! How can I have their miraculous if you've eaten them?! Spit them out now!" roared Hawk Moth banging the end his staff on the ground. "Obey me!"
Hippocampus groaned and tried coughing as hard as they could but to no success.
"Nooooooo!" Hawk Moth roared out.
Inside the beast though, Cat Noir and Ladybug cried out as they came falling down in some yellow bubbling juices.
"Aw yuck!" The cat themed hero let out wiping some off.
"So gross." grimaced Ladybug while looking around. "Cat, I think we made it, to the stomach."
"Then that would mean we're-ow!" he let out jumping when he felt like it was getting warmer.
"Hurry and find the Akuma!" spoke Ladybug jumping too and cried out since it was burning more on her bare skin.
"There!" Cat said pointing at something embedded into the flesh. He tried moving over and ignored the acid while extending his pole out of the stomach. "Hawk Moth's sunk really low this time. Putting the akuma inside the villain, not cool."
"Let's just grab it and get out before we crush it, I don't wanna think of what happens if we destroy in here." Marinette grimaced.
"Yeesh, good call." he remarked before grabbing the item, the pendant, and held on to the pole as Marinette rushed over and grabbed him before he made the pole extend up and lift them out of the stomach.
They busted through Hippocampus' teeth and landed on a roof. The beast roared out in pain and shook around with the second head snarling at the two with hate.
"Time to split these two up." Cat quipped. "Cataclysm!" he called out before crushing the pendant to dusts.
Hippocampus roared out before shrinking down and split back into the two teens who fell from the air. Ladybug swinging her yoyo to catch Kim with Cat jumping to save Odine.
This provided the akuma a chance to escape.
"Curse you Ladybug and Cat Noir, you survived the acid, but you will not survive what I have in store for you next time. Or should I say, what my little 'friend' has in store. Dark wings fall!" he became Gabriel again with Shadow Nooroo looking upset. "Don't look so upset my little Kwami, there's always next time."
"Yes, but but the akuma is not yet cleansed of its dark power." Nooroo grinned devilishly.
"Did you have something in mind?"
"When a Kwami taps into its shadow power it's more than just a small boost of power or a simple cosmetic change."
"Oh really now?"
"Just sit back and let me take care of this." Shadow Nooroo looked to the window before a butterfly symbol appeared over his eyes.
"Ugh...what happened?" asked Kim rubbing his head and looked at the damage around. "Wait...was there an akuma attack?"
"Yeah and guess who got turned this time?" Remarked Cat.
"Oh no." spoke Odine covering her face. "I can't believe I did it again."
"You? No no, it was me, I mean I can't remember anything that happened." spoke up Kim quickly.
"Actually that was a trick question," Ladybug said, "Hawk Moth turned both of you and made you his newest fusion villain."
"Wait, we fused?" spoke kim with wide eyes. "Like what happened with Rose and Juleka?"
"Yeah, but we had to destroy the item the akuma was hiding in and I can't use miraculous ladybug to fix it. Or every thing you broke for that matter." spoke Marinette which made the two look down. "I'm so sorry."
"No you did what needed to be done." Odine said.
"Well this is gonna be just dandy to hear at school. Not to mention how long it'll take to pay off all the damages, my allowance isn't big enough." spoke Kim with a sigh. "I'm sorry Odine, it's all my fault for getting into a fight. I should have just ignored him and ended the date there, then maybe things would have turned out better."
"Hey don't worry about it, I'll chip in to fix the damages and WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?" Screamed Odine pointing at the sky.
All of them turned with their eyes going wide since they saw numerous akuma multiplying together in a dark swirling mass. They gathered together and took the form of Shadow Nooroo.
"Okay that's a new one." Alya remarked with a hit of worry in her voice.
"Ladybug, who's that?"
"I don't know."
"Ladybug and Cat Noir, I am Shadow Nooroo, the Butterfly Kwami. I seek your miraculous in the name of Master Hawk Moth! Surrender them now and Paris will not suffer my wrath!"
"THAT'S Nooroo?!" gasped Marinette.
"Something tells me you were expecting something a bit more...tiny and adorable?" guessed Cat.
"Kinda." She said before noticing the pad on Adrien's ring had gone dark. "Cat you're going to change back soon, if we split up he can't follow both of us."
"Oh great, more running." he joked before whistling. "Hey Nooroo! Over here!" he called out getting Shadow Nooroo's attention and raced off.
"No over here bug boy!" Ladybug shouted running in the opposite direction.
"I will crush you both for interfering in my master's way for so long!" he roared and the swarm followed Ladybug.
"Then come and get me!" she called back before swinging off.
Up in the sky the news helicopter was getting everything on camera for all of Paris to see. Including Gabriel who was watching everything on his phone.
"That's it Shadow Nooroo, show Ladybug what you can do on your own." he said with a grin. Even he had to admit this new dark power impressed him. 'This is the power the Kwami held back?'
Ladybug ran across rooftops while hearing Shadow Nooroo try and crush her using his arms. "Jeez, who knew a Kwami could be so vicious?"
"Hold still and give me your earrings!" Shadow Nooroo snarled taking another swing at her. "Give them to me now you miserable little trollop!"
"Come on, is that all you got? I thought you'd be more scary!" she said before he roared out making his mouth stretch open wide like the Scream. "Okay, scratch that!"
She swung even faster and didn't even realize where she was going before she wound up rolling through an open window. She heard screams as she shook her head then looked to where they originated and saw a rather shocking sight. Aurore, Chloe, and Sabrina all in the same bed and covering themselves with a blanket.
"Ladybug?!" spoke Sabrina. "W-What are you doing here?"
"Oh! I-I'm so so SO sorry!" she spoke averting her eyes with a blush, "Don't mind me, just passing through!"
"I hope you weren't peeping on us, Chloe here is still new." whispered Aurore making Chloe blush and nudge her.
"Don't tell her that or she might ask to join." she grumbled before Nooroo appeared at the window. The three girls screamed in fear and hid under the blanket.
"There you are!" Shadow Nooroo let out. He raised his arm and started to force it through the window.
"Gotta get him away." she spoke before hitting the arm with her yoyo snagging a few of the butterflies from the swarm.
"GRAAA!" he let out moving his arm back. Lady bug took the chance to jump out and made a run for it.
"I can't keep this up forever." Ladybug said starting to feel herself get tired. "I have to catch them all, but how do I get them to stay back long enough?
"Aunt Marinette!"
She turned and saw Catbug flying towards her. "Catbug? What are you doing here?"
"I thought you might want THIS back." He smiled holding up her missing earring.
"You found it!"
"You're not going to believe this, but it was poked into the underside of one of your pillows, crazy right?"
"Yeah yeah, real crazy." she remarked before she took it and applied it to her other ear before Catbug saw Shadow Nooroo and went wide eyed.
"Whoa! Okay this is too much for me, I'm out!" He said and zipped away.
Marinette saw her clothes glow before they started returning to normal and smiled. "Now that's more like it. Now for a little luck. Lucky Charm!" She said throwing her yoyo in the air before a fire extinguisher appeared. "Huh, I think I know what I can do with this." she said turning to the swarm. "Let me help with that fiery temper of yours Nooroo."
"What are you-ahhhh!" he was cut of when Ladybug used the extinguisher on the swarm of butterflies. The swarm moved back with Ladybug keeping it up until they were at a more suitable distance.
"Time to de-evilize!" she smiled spinning her yoyo and began using it to snatch up the akumas.
"No! No no nonono!" Shadow Nooroo let out a until the last one was caught and he could no longer see the heroine. "My Akumas, my precious Akumas!"
Gabriel watched Ladybug release the purified swarm on the news and groaned. "Well this was a colossal waste of time."
"She'll pay for ruining my work!" snapped Shadow Nooroo who started flying towards the window.
"Stop!" Gabriel said before the Kwami hit an invisible force that halted it. "I admire this new gung-ho attitude, Shadow Nooroo, but don't forget until my goal is achieved you will do as I say."
"But...But...fine."
"Besides, now you have time to think up new ideas." smirked Gabriel. "That way next time they'll be in for a rude awakening. Our little heroes have yet to sample the true power of the shadows." he said before the window closed.
(Later)
Though they had won the day Tikki and Plagg looked worried.
"Shadow Nooroo." Tikki spoke with a saddened look.
"I can't believe it." spoke Plagg. "I thought he was over that phase."
"What phase?" asked Adrien sitting next to Marinette.
"Well you know how we need to eat after you guys use lucky charm and cataclysm? Well that's from physical strain. We Kwami have to maintain a certain level of self control to keep our powers from corrupting us. If that does happen we become Shadow Kwami."
"Wait, so you'd be like Nooroo?" asked Marinette.
"Shadow Kwami have the advantage of using their special abilities multiple times." Tikki added. "But the more they use those powers at one time the more feral the Kwami becomes. When they go beyond the point of no return we have to…"
"You get the picture, right?" questioned Plagg.
"The way of Old Yeller?" Adrien questioned back.
The two Kwami nodded slowly in reply.
"Oh god." spoke Marinette with Adrien patting her back. "That's horrible."
"It's never a good thing when you have to kill your own kind, even when it's for the safety of others." Plagg said sitting down and crossed his arms. "It's even more painful when your miraculous holder orders you to do it. Trust me….I know."
Adrien looked at Plagg who looked down and felt horrible to hear that.
"So….what does this mean for us?" Marinette questioned. "Are we in even more trouble now?"
"With Shadow Nooroo coming out, yes. Hopefully Hawk Moth's got enough common sense to keep him on a tight leash. I don't wanna execute another one of our kind."
Catbug was stunned to see his father so... vulnerable. The two teens looked to each other and they could tell the worst battles were yet to come.