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Well, well, wellwellwell! First update in two weeks! Get used to it, this is the norm! (Except for a few different updates for 'special' days I have planned. July 10th was one of those 'special' days. The other three days…well, I'll announce them when they come up.)

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HUGE ANNOUCEMENT! THE SNAKE POWER WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT IN CANON! THIS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE PARTY CRASHER WAS RELEASED, THUS ALREADY HAD SHAPESHIFITNG BY THE TIME THAT PARTICULAR EPISODE WAS RELEASED! NOT HATING ON THE POWER OR ANYTHING, BUT SHAPESHIFTING IS CURCIAL TO THE PLOT!

Take Me Home

-Us the Duo

"She knows who I am." Was the first thing to cross Adrien's mind and to come out of his mouth when Ladybug was no longer standing before him, after she had given him Sass, when she was finally vaulting over rooftops away from him.

"Woah, kid, sit down." Plagg ordered – oh, goodness, was Plagg being replaced now?! – when he noticed how Adrien was shaking like a leaf on a windy day.

"Relaxx, yourself, young one." Sass soothed. "Shhe is oblivious to your connection to her previouss partner. Shhe hass no clue who you are."

"H-how is this possible?" Adrien asked, sitting down on the edge of his bed. He was not quite sure if Sass was right, because what were the odds Ladybug would choose Chat Noir to replace Chat Noir?! "There's two million people in this city! I should know, I met half of them!"

"You were also akumatized and killing them at the same time," Plagg deadpanned, grunting dismissively.

"My point still stands! Out of two million people, why me? How did she pick me out of everyone? Again, no less? After I failed her last time?"

"You are not well verssed in the wayss of the Miraculouss are you?" Sass squinted, suspiciously eyeing Plagg though he spoke to Adrien.

Plagg, however, spoke anyway. "I've never had the time to teach him!" He argued, against the wise serpent based Kwami, crossed his tiny stubs for limbs.

"Who elsse did you use that exxcusse for?" Sass flashed back, not at all amused by Adrien's apparent lack in training,

"No one-"

"Thomass. Your "Little Cheessecake", if I recall correctly. You never taught him, either."

"I only had him, for, like, a month, Sass! Cut me some slack!"

"He perishhed, Plagg."

"…I see your point," Plagg grunted, defeated. "I loved that Little Cheesecake."

"Yet you could not ssave him from the fangss of death."

"Excuse me," Adrien interrupted, hunching his shoulders as the two Kwamis stared at him with identical looks that could shoot daggers, thus killing the victim. "Sorry. But…um…what is going on, here?"

"Plagg, here, resstrainss from giving hiss favorite chossenss proper education." Sass revealed, not looking very pleased about this information. "Sso, young one, lookss like it'ss up to me."

"Sounds great, but…three questions."

"Yess?"

"Number one, who's this Timothy you mentioned?"

"Thomass." Sass corrected, shooting the black Kwami, who as pouting, a pointed glance. "Among Plagg'ss favorite Chat Noirss."

"Knight Noir." Plagg smiled fondly into nothing. "We ate camembert together every day, and always slept in the weirdest places we could find. But only during the day. At night, we would play with Scarlet Lady and then race to the tallest place to watch the sunset, then race to the lowest spot to watch it for a second time." Plagg's grin faltered, sorrow overtaking his features. "My Little Cheesecake."

"That's the most emotion I've ever seen Plagg emit." Adrien blinked, surprised by the kwami's show of nostalgia.

"Yess, emotionss are rare for him." Sass agreed, shaking his head at Plagg.

"Well, okay, then. Second question; I'm one of his favorites?"

Sass gazed blankly at him for a minute or two, then sighed. "Nexxt quesstion."

"Huh? But you didn't answer my last one."

Sass just shook his head. "Young one, you are very obliviouss. Of coursse, you are among his favoritess. Nexxt quesstion."

"Riiiight. How again, did Ladybug choose me out of the literal millions of people in the city?"

"Lessson one in your sstudiess." Sass began, floating over to Adrien's foozball table to sit on top of one of the players. "The Black Cat and Ladybug are drawn to one another. One cannot be ussed without the other. Yin-yang, if you will." Sass continued, pausing to consider what to say next. "The keeperss of thesse two Miraculoussess are what humanss call 'ssoulmatess'. Though that doess not mean you two will be 'happily ever after' in the end. More likely than not, the two of you will become besst friendss rather than a married couple."

Adrien deflated at that. He loved Ladybug; he wanted a happy ending with her. But, despite being soulmates, it seemed it still would probably never happen.

"Point being, without the other, they sseemed to collapsse. They need the other to, at the very leasst, remain active. Sso, in that ssensse, they ssubconccioussly will mosst likely choosse the other in an unrealizzed attempt to sstay free of harm. Chanccess are, you, too, would ssettle for her alter ego if roless were sswitched."

Adrien though of Marinette, inwardly chuckling. "Sorry, Sass, already chose someone."

But what if his theory were correct, and Marinette was Ladybug?

Don't think of that, Agreste! Stay focused! He scolded himself, stubbornly turning his attention back to the amused-looking Sass.

"What?"

Sass didn't respond, nodding to Plagg, giving the stage to the older being.

"Clear everything up with the Gorilla, then let's get outta here and meet up with your girlfriend." Plagg ordered, clearly also not wanting to be the center of attention. He looked ready to burst with laughter.

"She's not my girlfriend!" Adrien protested, by his words fell on deaf ears.

"Well, young one, we shhould be getting going." Sass said, gesturing to the bracelet.

"Right." Adrien agreed, walking for his door. "We do, but not quite yet. I'm going to go talk to the Gorilla and tell him what's going on."

"'Gorillla'…?" Sass asked, looking from Plagg to Adrien.

"The Gorilla." Adrien confirmed. "He's my bodyguard, and he knows my identity. I think he knew that I'd be Chat even before I did, and so he deserves to know I'm the Snake holder now."

Sass just stared blankly, not quite comprehending what he had just said.

Adrien pushed open the door, tapping the Gorilla on the shoulder.

The Gorilla turned his head, arching an eyebrow in confusion. His eagle-eyed gaze when straight to the bracelet on Adrien's wrist, staring intently at it.

"Yeah…can we… talk? In here?" Adrien asked, gaze darting towards the doors of the meeting room, where Natalie and his father currently were having a, well, meeting.

The Gorilla checked his watch, looked suspiciously at the meeting room doors for a good five seconds, then nodded.

Upon entering the room, Sass seemed to break from his trance, staring at them. "That…" he said, cocking his head, "…iss not a Gorilla."

The Gorilla stared in shock, eyes flickering from Sass to Plagg and back again.

"This is Sass." Adrien explained, waving his hands towards the Kwami. "He's…uh, well, you know what he is. Ladybug chose me as the replacement for…me. And gave me the Snake Miraculous."

The Gorilla nodded, slowly, still looking a bit confused.

"How she chose me was because of some soulmate stuff; she doesn't know I'm Chat Noir. Apparently."

The Gorilla smiled slightly, seeming to understand it better than Adrien. It made sense; guy was a romantic. Honestly, Adrien wouldn't be surprised if the man knew every single love-song.

He grunted, patting Adrien gently on his head. Arching an eyebrow, he silently asked if there was anything else Adrien needed to tell him that required immediate explanation. If not, he would have to hurry back to the door to avoid the fury of his seniors if they happened to see the Gorilla missing from his post and Adrien's door open.

"Yeah, I think that's it." Over the months, Adrien had learned how to communicate properly with the Gorilla, similar to what his mother had done. It was incredible, really, how much he was like her, from personality to looks.

The Gorilla smiled down at him, nodding at him before moving back to the door.

He would protect Adrien's secret while he was gone, fending off anyone who wished to enter the vacant room.

Right before he closed the door, Adrien perked up. "Oh; I'll be leaving in two minutes!"

The Gorilla nodded stiffly, shutting the door securely behind him.

After he left, Adrien turned back around to face his Kwamis. (He prayed to God that Sass didn't like camembert, and liked something else, like…macaroons!)

"Well, Sass," he began glancing at the newest – living – addition to his room. "I guess there's only a couple of things left to explain."

"That iss where you are misstaken, young one. There iss sstill much to learn."

"I think you know what I meant. I only have two questions right now. The rest of the explanation can be saved for another day."

"I thought you only had three, kid." Plagg joked, laughing merrily. He was a far cry from how he was five minutes ago, mourning a young youth, a fallen chosen. "You just switched it to five questions." Yes, he was a far, far cry away.

"Give me your quesstionss oncce again." Sass commanded, trying to arch an eyebrow. But, since he didn't have any eyebrows, it just came out looking like one eye was squinted while the other was stretched wide open.

"What was your power, again?"

"Morphing."

"It used to be Second Chance. Why'd it change?"

Sass shrugged helplessly. "We're not exxactly ssure. Shhortly following the Party Crashher inccident, my power sswitched ssuddenly. Hisstory wass completely changed so that I wass morphing instead of Ssecond Chancce, but everyone rememberss what my power ussed to be. The mosst likely posssiblity to thiss wass that my Miraculouss was cursed."

"Cursed?"

"Indeed. Certain magess or Miraculouss Holderss can cursse objectss and that cursse actually takess effect."

Adrien wondered briefly if the Black Cat was one of those certain Miraculouses that could cruse things. Because he actually had cursed the Snake Miraculous a month or so beforehand when he remembered how long he spent reliving the same three-to-five minutes. He had cursed it, wishing it would never affect anyone the same way ever again. If he did have the ability to curse…it appeared that it had came true. Quite by accident.

"Another way is that it's damaged in some shape or form. Or, simply, God found that it was needed for something else." Sass shrugged. "No matter what it is, I now have the power of morphing."

"…which is…?"

"Plagg, what do humanss call it-?"

"Shapeshifting."

"Shhapeshhifting. Yes, morphing is shhapeshhifting. You can change yoursself into anything you sso dessire."

That was much cooler than he would have guessed. And much cooler then cataclysm. He prayed Kwamis couldn't read minds; or Plagg would kill him.

"And the transformation words?"

"They have changed as well, to 'Let'ss Rattle'." Sass recited, looking quite confused when Adrien choked on air, doing his best not to burst out laughing. "I do not undersstand the mirth of thiss."

"Nowadays," Adrien explained, taking deep breaths and forcing himself not to laugh. "'Rattle' can mean to be persistent with things and get on people's nerves. And your name is Sass!"

"I sstill do not undersstand."

Plagg was laughing, now, too. "Sass, let's be sassy!"

Sass stared blankly into space, still not understanding.

"You know what? Never mind." Adrien sighed, shaking his head as he pouted. "Obviously, you are immune to humor."

"Wass that what that wass? Humor? You are influenccing your chossen more than I thought." Sass grumbled, rolling his eyes. "He inherited your horrid ssensse of humor."

"Ouch." Plagg grunted, glaring daggers. "My sense of humor is wonderful!"

"Alright, guys, we should just be going." Adrien sighed, crossing his arms. "Obviously you two can't get along."

"At least I'm not the one transforming…" Plagg hummed, content.

"Yeah, but you're still coming with us." Adrien smirked, swiping his Kwami from midair, trapping the poor creature.

"Wha-?!" Plagg spluttered, struggling against his finger-cage. "Let me go, you vile boy! How will you even bring me along?"

"I have an idea." Sass hummed, tilting his head. "Ever heard of Kwami-proof pocketss?"

Five minutes later, Plagg was stuffed into a pocket on Adrien's new suit.

I REPEAT! I CANNOT CHANGE THE SNAKE POWER, SINCE SHAPESHIFTING IS IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL TO THE PLOT! THIS WAS WRITTEN WELL BEFORE THE DUBUTE OF PARTY CRASHER!