*Hey everyone!
Time for the final chapter of the training arc! I'm excited because this is where the story finally gets the pace up and everything will start to fit into place.
I got a review that said Glasses Marinette was too mean and rude to be a Ladybug. Wanna clear something up with her character.
I wrote her like that on purpose. She's suppose to signify a Marinette that only focused on training and studies, one who doesn't rely on anyone else. Excelling in everything she does will make her a bit cocky and think little of everyone. Not only that, the way she treats others is a result of her believing that she is better than the rest of them. In truth, Marinette could be a whole lot worse if she didn't have loving parents, good friends, and a moral compass to follow. Plus, she holds many miraculous on her person that adds onto the weight of her responsibility. She knows she's powerful and flaunts it well.
So to the person who said she was too overpowered and mean, this is your reason. I like that you hate her, this makes her development for the better!
Enjoy~!
"Alright team, let's do this!" Bridgette called, going left with Jeannette while Marin and Marinette went right. Marie stood in the center, pointing her wand at Mari with a look of concentration.
"FORTUNA GAUDETE!" From out of nowhere, Marie summoned many large projectiles of red magic and shot it at Mari.
The glasses girl opened portals to counteract the magic, but found herself distracted by Jeannette who had her Lucky Cannon out as well.
"Let's see you dodge this! LUCKY BLASTER!" Jeannette shot out multiple balls of Ladybug shaped energy at her.
Mari forced herself to open more portals to block her attack, but a kick to the abdomen from Marin caused her to break concentration. The male Ladybug moved out the way as she got hit with those bouts of magic. A dust cloud rose up from the attacks, blocking the view from the trio.
"Don't delay or take a break! Bridgette gave us a plan and we have to follow through with this." Marin told the other two, both nodding as they awaited for Mari to rise again.
Meanwhile, the other two Ladybugs were doing their part of the plan together.
"LUCKY CHARM!" Both Bridgette and Marinette rose their yo-yo's up to activate their magic. Coming out from the shower of ladybugs was a rope and a roll of tape.
"Well this will be fun to use. I believe I have a plan on how to use these." Bridgette said, turning to her other world counterpart. "This time though, I wanna know what you would do with these objects."
Marinette looked around, activating her ladybug vision as she did so. The rope lit up along with the tape and surprisingly Jeannette of all people. Figuring out how all of these related with each other, she suddenly caught on quick on what she would do.
Mari was keeping the trio on their toes, using the Fox Mirage ability to her advantage and creating more clones of herself. Luckily, Marin and Marie managed to disperse the clones via magic and his own yo-yo. Jeannette was giving fire coverage, getting annoyed at the fact that Mari was blocking her attacks with the Turtle Shield.
Marinette landed by her while Bridgette went to help the other two. "Hey granddaughter, wanna do something incredibly stupid that just might work?"
Jeannette gave her the biggest smile. "Would I!?" Staring at Mari, she narrowed her eyes. "I've seen her use the Turtle, Horse, and Fox all while channeling the Mouse. There's just no end to how much power she's giving off."
"However, there's one power she hasn't been using." Marinette pointed out to her as Bridgette charged forward with the rope in tow.
Jeannette's eyes widen as she realized where she was going. "I see, then allow me to give you the coverage you need!"
"You two should give up! I'm clearly more powerful than you, faster than you, and have more skills than the both of you combined." Mari said, activating the portal ability again as Marie shot some magic at her. "This is why you Ladybugs are so weak! You never think about these lesser miraculous and combining them to get more power! This is why I think that the Ladybug is the weakest of the Miraculous!"
"You know, that pride of yours is gonna be your downfall." Bridgette raced past them, approaching Mari from the front. "You put down others who don't have the training you went through. That's gonna cost you in the long run."
Mari scoffed at this, ready to activate the Shelter ability once more. "You are all so predictable. I'm sure that the other two are going to attack from behind as well. This is why you'll never beat your opponents. Ladybugs are so we-"
"LUCKY SHOOT!" To Mari's shock, she was attacked from the front, a glowing ball hitting her right in the stomach. Jeannette pumped her fist in excitement, earning a nod from Marinette as she and Bridgette charged forward and captured Mari in the rope and tape.
"Let me go! I refuse to believe I got beaten by a couple of Ladybugs!" Mari hissed before getting a piece of tape slapped on her mouth courtesy of Bridgette.
"You know what Mari, I'm so glad I didn't end up like you." Marinette admitted, reaching over to grab the mouse miraculous off her neck. The various transformation were suddenly dropped off her, all the miraculous getting snatched up by Jeannette. "You act all high and mighty with this snobby girl attitude and it only ended up in your defeat. Fighting alone does not suit you at all. In fact, it just shows how much you need people in your life."
"There's also one thing you neglected to learn." Bridgette took the temporary earrings that Tikki Prime had lent her. "The miraculous isn't the problem, but the person who wields it. I don't know where this mind set about the Ladybug being the weakest of the bunch came from, but I'm here to tell you straight up." She got in her face, giving her a cold look. "You better respect your teammates and their powers or else we'll just send you back to your home dimension. We share strengths and weaknesses here, but nobody is expendable nor are they useless."
The full squad surrounded the fallen and beaten Mari with looks of pity for the poor girl. There was nothing more they could tell her, but they did have one collective thought among them.
Thank goodness I never ended up like her!
Tikki Prime gave a satisfied smile at the excellent teamwork the Ladybugs had shown. At first she was hesitant to give Mari her temporary earrings for the training activity, but her ultimate goal was met. They got stronger by working together and working on trusting each other. While she didn't see Mari as much as a prime example of how Marinette could be if she was part of the guardians early, she was surprised by her thoughts and actions. What happened to this girl that caused her to become this way?
Her path is quite reminiscent of Marietta's. Had it not been for her meeting all her different dimension counterparts, would this child have ended up like my own protege? If I hadn't pushed her to do what she did...
"Tikki Prime, I think the others are done with their training." Sparrow, the only one who had insisted upon watching the others train, was standing behind her.
The deity turned her head to see his masked face staring at the Ladybugs, particularly Bridgette. Tikki Prime gave a knowing smirk before nudging him.
"You like her, don't you? I can tell by the way your body moves." Prime joked, watching Sparrow flinch. "Will you ever tell her how you feel? Or are you gonna leave those feelings inside?"
Sparrow clenched his fists, feeling conflicting about his wavering emotions. "It's too late for me to do so. I wasted my life trying to get her to notice me, but she liked Felix so much. I thought my feelings would go away when I saw that she was never going to reciprocate them. Those feelings just got stronger until I just wanted her to be in my life forever."
Prime came over and patted him on the shoulder. "If you ask me, you'll never get these feelings off your chest if you never approach them."
"I think it's for the best. If I ever were to tell her these feelings, then I do believe I'd ruin the friendship I have with her."
Meanwhile, in the ruined dimension of Paris, the ultimate lifeform was seen looking over her city with a satisfied smile on her face. Just a few more ladybug miraculous and she would reformed this entire universe in her own liking. Then, just then, will she finally be able to rule over all.
"I'll show you Tikki. I will show them all what I'm fully capable of."
