Chapter 6
Ladybug was deep in thought while using her yo-yo, launched from building to building towards the direction of the Boulangerie Patisserie.
After fixin' the place up with Lucky Charm, Ladybug told Chat Noir all about what happened last night and her talk with Meredith. Then they agreed to a night patrol and went their separate ways.
After about twenty jumps, she landed on the building, " Spots off. " Ladybug transformed back to Marinette and put her hands on the railing, enjoying panoramic views.
" This day just keeps getting weirder, don't you think? " Marinette asked, but Tikki ignored her as Kwami just floated in the air.
She stepped in front of Tikki and gentle reaches out to let Kwami sat on her palm. " Tikki, is everything all right? "
" Marinette , you have to tell Master Fu about meet with Notorodanaus . "
" Okay , but why? " She said, surprised.
" He'll explain everything. "
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It took her less than 35 minutes to get to the Master Fu house. Marinette walked up the stairs and was striding down the hall when Tikki floated out of her purse. They arrived at Master Fu's floor and knocked on the door.
"It is open" They entered the room. Master Fu sat in the middle of the room, reading a book.
" Marinette. Tikki. Welcome." Master Fu smiled as Wayzz popped out from phonograph to perch on his shoulder.
" Hello Master, "
" So, what are you doing here, Marinette?" He asked and encouraged her to sit with gesture of his hand.
" Me and Chat Noir met someone that beat evilized villain and removing the dark energy from akuma. " She says, sitting down in front of where he sits. " He said his name is Notorodanaus."
" Notorodanaus? " Master Fu widened his eyes.
" Yes, Tikki said you can tell me who he is. "
He looked at red kwami," Tikki , are you sure he was a… Notorodanaus? "
" I have no doubt. "
For a long moment, Master Fu was staring off into space in a combination of confusion and disbelief. Marinette wasn't sure if she should say something.
" Master? " Wayzz asked at last, Master Fu exhaled sharply as if it only now occurred to him that he needed to keep breathing.
" Master Fu, is everything all right? " Marinette asked,
" That's a difficult question, Marinette. " he looked at her " Can you describe that details of this meeting for me? "
" Alya get a video of the battle for her blog, if you want to see what happened. " She replied.
Master Fu nodded his head and Wayzz brought him tablet, In a few seconds he found a video on the battle on blog and watch it.
" He's really back….but how? " He was staring at rectangle screen with unbelief when vide end. It was as though he had seen a ghost. Wayzz had the same look on his face.
" Master Fu, do you know Notorodanaus? "
" Notorodanaus isn't his real name. His name is Tarlock Seigel. And Yes, I know him. Or rather I knew him. "
" I don't understand." Marinette felt confused.
He looked again at screen " A long time ago, me and he were friends and partners in superhero team. He was owner of Butterfly Miraculous. "
" But that me-" Master Fu cut her off.
" I know you have questions, Marinette , but first I have to tell you a story." He looking at her with very serious face.
" I've only one request, hear me out before you start asking questions. " Marinette nodded yes.
To her surprise, first he stood up to brew a two cups of tea using 1tsp each of lavender, lemon balm, and chamomile. When he sat down again on his sit his face was very strange.
" I never thought I'd shared this story with someone. " He admitted in a small voice so unlike him " But life can be surprising for us. " Master Fu think as took a deep breath and then begin…
" As you already know Miraculouses are magical jewels. Because of the kwamis inhabiting them, the Miraculouses bestowed amazing magical power on their wearers. However, natural magic has always existed. Magic is part of world. It's element, like water. It existed long before we ever even got into this world.
It's great energy full of beauty. But magic have also dark side and this darkalways will draw some people like moths to a flame. People like this were member of The Venom Spiral. " Fu flinched when said this name, " The Venom Spiral which was formed in the year 1012, and was one of the primary adversaries of the Order of the Guardians. Their goal was to dominate the world through subterfuge and raw, brutal power.
The Venom Spiral appears to revolve around dark, ancient magic. They wanted to find a source of magic and dark power. Their multiannual research led them to the discovery of a old cave filled with cryptic hieroglyphics, as the message spoke of an entity containing unending power. Despite the warnings about the entity, they repeated the incantation aloud, which summoned a demonic creature who possessed their leader. He take control of Venom Spiral, vowed to enslave humanity and declared war against Order of the Guardians." Master looked out the window.
" That's year were chosen the new Miraculous holders. And Tarlock was one of them. " He said in a small voice,
" He was once a kind, honorable and respected person, and held in high-esteem by the Order of the Guardians . But all that changed when he decided he must to become stronger than he was, and begin conducting experiments on akumas. " Fu's eyes were sad.
" After a few years, he have succeeded in developing the new akuma and called it Alpha Akuma. He showed the Elders his creation. Of course, They have forbidden him use it. But he didn't listen to them and akumatized himself with a alpha akuma, which warped his mind and body. That's when Notorodanaus was born. Notorodanaus was embodiment of a Tarlock wanted. He was stronger , faster and had the unusual powers.
But that power had a high price. Because he ordered akuma to didn't possess his important object, but his heart. Tarlock couldn't change back in the human being and his new form created a some sort of mental illness that is commonly known as multiple personalities. His other side was wild, aggressive and cruel.
At the beginning, he could control his other side. So he helped others heroes in fight , meanwhile the Order of the Guardians were searching for a cure.
However, after year, they haven't made any progress, tried hundreds of different treatments but even Miraculous Ladybug can't help him. And to make matters worse, Tarlock's other side started getting out of control. He was increasingly unpredictable and wild. And one day, he just… he crossed the line. " Master Fu said nothing for a few moments, giving silence its place, and then continued.
" After the incident, Order of the Guardians took away the Butterfly Miraculous and had hid his family.
Tarlock went berserk, and ran away. It took us a half year to find him. He did a lot of bad things at the time. But he also found out where was the base of the Venom Spiral. However, he was willing to give us the coordinates, that condition, that he will be a part of attack on Venom Spiral, and he can see his family again when this is all over.
After a long discussion Order of the Guardians let him left for one last mission. And next day the Miraculous team set out to the most important battle in that century. We had to defeat a lot of enemies and monsters….. And finally we were faced with the demon leader.
The battle was a most hard and difficult. But in time we've gained significant edge. Unfortunately during the fight, Tarlock lost control of his mind and started attacking everything that moved.
At the same time, Demon understood that he can't win with us, he saw that we have been busy with Tarlock and he took advantage of it.
He gathered all his life force and converts it into energy, and decide to releases all of this stored energy as an enormous, powerful explosion which was to destroy all base of Venom Spiral and kill Miraculous Team.
Me and Ladybug used fusion power of Lucky Charm and Shell-ter to protect us all but Tarlock escaped before the protection field was complete close, and he rushed at demon. We just had enough time to say his name, and then there was an explosion.
It destroyed everything for 50 miles.
By some miracle, we found Tarlock in ruins. He was seriously wounded in explosion and barely survived, so we took him to Guardians' temple. The Elders tried to save him, for many hours. But the next day, they've told us that he died.
I have not hear of Tarlock since that day. And Never thought I would see him…until today."
Master Fu remained quiet, his look lost into the distance, his mind being lost in the memories and thoughts. Marinette wasn't sure how to react.
Finally she asked " But how he came back? And why now? "
" To be honest, I'm not really sure, but I think it's to do with Scarlet akumas incident. " He sighed, and his body a little relaxed " This is an unusual situation. "
That's reminded her of another strange situation. Marinette looked straight through Tikki. The two nodded at each other.
" Master Fu, there's something else you should know. " Marinette took a drawing out of her purse, then she told him about her meeting with Officer Roger, visit to the police station and her talk with Meredith.
" The eyes are wrong but he looks like Notorodanaus. " Master Fu give the drawing back to her.
" Do you think Notorodanaus did it? "
" I can't answer that yet. " He slowly took a sip of his tea. " I don't know what his mind condition is. Although he helped you today , I'm afraid we can't call him ally, Marinette. "
" But we also can't call him enemy, right? "
" Yes, we can't." He agreed " Right now it's mystery which side he was fighting for. "
" How can I find him? " She asked " I think me and Chat Noir should have a conversation with him. "
" You won't be able to find him. " Master Fu said curtly " The only time to meet him again is when he decides to show up. "
" So what do we do? "
" All we can do now is wait and see what happens. "
Author Notes: Until next time... ;)