Chapter: 3 The Good the Bad and the Reeeeally Ugly

Adrien rode up to a village he was sure that it had to be where this Marinette woman was from. He was almost to the gate when an arrow landed a foot in front of Raven. The horse stood fast waiting for his master to give the command to charge or to flee. A voice called out to him from above. "Stand and state your business!"

Adrien looked up to the wall with archers spread single file and bows drawn ready to fire. Adrien called back to him. "I was just bringing back one of your own." He stayed com thinking don't make this harder than it needs to be.

Nino looked down and saw a horse with no rider, he knew this horse anywhere it was Freya the Princess's mare. "What have you done to Princess Marinette you snake." His yell made every archer pull back their bows just a little farther all of them aimed for his heart.

"Wait!" Adrien pleaded still calm as if he was just breathing. But on the inside was a different story he was not afraid of dying, but as for the person in his arms that was a different story entirely. He pulled back his cape that had bin wrapped around him, as it fell back everyone on the wall saw that they had bin aiming not at the Young warrior but at Marinette. "She's fine she just hit her head on a branch of a low hanging tree limb." Adrien said trying to ease everyone down. "She told me where to go so I could bring her back but I didn't want her to ride with out someone else helping her. That is all ok now may I please bring her in. I will even surrender my sword I just want her taken care of that is all." Adrien managed to say everything without having one arrow fly at him again.

Nino just glared down at Adrien, even though he didn't seem hostile let alone threatening he still didn't trust him especially sense he was holding the daughter of their chieftain in his embrace. "Don't try anything funny or I'll cut off your head myself, open the gate! Let them through!"

Adrien quickly replied. "After she's safe then you can try." He smiled back at the hot blooded warrior who he was liking more by the minute. Adrien gave a quick "Click" to let Raven know he could start forward again. Carefully they rode through the gate. Keep calm keep calm Adrien no sudden moves. He dismounted taking Marinette in his arms like a bride, getting a good look at her face. Clearly beautiful he thought to himself, she truly was a Princess.

"Mari!" A new voice came in, this one sounded female, Adrien looked up to see a shieldmaiden with dark skin and brown hair with a spear at the ready.

Nino quickly stepped between them. "Easy babe he said he is helping her that's all. So just relax."

Alya glared at him with anger and fear in her eyes. "How do you know that. He could be lying through his forked tongue."

Nino tried to com her. "We are just going to have to trust him ok Al if not for me then for her please."

Adrien thought the way they talked and were looking at each other they had to be a couple. But because of the shouting Marinette had woken and was trying to figure out where in all the realms she was. "Alya?" She said as she looked to see her best friend and Alya's boyfriend shouting at each other then she looked up to Adrien holding her in his arms.

"Hello Princess glad to see you awake." He greeted her with a warm smile.

Alya saw that Marinette was awake too. "Mari!" She cried out. Adrien quickly set Marinette on her feet only for Alya to snag her in a hug of pure joy. "Are you alright what happened and who in Helheim is he?" The words had come out as fast as Mercury.

Marinette then told her friends about everything that happened on her ride even her fall from her horse. She even told how Adrien would not let her ride on her own because he was concerned for her safety. After their Princess's story seemed to match this stranger's the guards soon relaxed and Alya started to look at him a little different.

Marinette looked back at her new champion. "So Adrien is there anything I could do for you?" she said shy as a new born lamb.

Adrien quickly thought and asked back. "How about guest rights?" He tried hiding a smile, but found it impossible for some reason. "I mean I have no place to stay and you are the hostess after all my dear Princess." He said with a bow. Marinette started to blush, even though it seemed impossible to those who knew her best the warrior princess of Etteugab was turning red in the face for a young man that she didn't even know.

"Well you could stay with me, I mean stay in my house, I mean at my house, I mean with my house. I mean in my house with me there. MMMnn." Mari had let her words fly from her mouth without thinking.

What is wrong with her? Alya asked herself mentally. She had never been like this before in her life and frankly it was not a pleasant experience. At least not for Marinette, but as for Alya it was rather humorous.

"Ok I'll take that as a yes Princess Marinette." Adrien said again bowing. Marinette almost fainted but Alya kept her upright. Alya then suggested to her friend. "Mari maybe we should take him to Shield Hall to talk with your father first, you know the Chief." Her voice hit like a hammer.

Marinette quickly came back to herself, "Right…um, take the horses to the stable and give them feed, water, and give them both a rubdown. Adrien if you would follow me." It had taken all of her self control not to make herself into a fool again. Then she led him to her family's old castle and shield hall of the village which also doubled as her home.

While Marinette was leading her guest to the Castle Plagg and Tikki had snuck off to talk for the first time in over fifty years. "Ahhhhhhhhh…finally a much needed break from the kids…" Plagg said as he outstretched his arms and began to lay back on a roof top over looking the village. "This is long over due for us wouldn't you agree sugar cube?"

"Plagg stop calling me sugar cube, how would you like it if I started calling you stinky old sock?" Tikki asked back as she found his pet name for her very annoying, as usual.

"Well sugar cube do you want the truth or do you want me to lie?" He asked yet again as he just folded his arms behind his head and closed his eyes as he began to relax.

"Well the truth of course!" She replied sternly.

Plagg then sat up and said with a mischievous grin. "Okay, but you have to come here cause it's a secret okay?" Tikki just narrowed her eyes almost as if she knew he was planning something, but her tender heart chose to give him the benefit of the doubt. She leaned in closer to him only for him to say. "Closer…" She then growled with annoyance as she leaned in closer only for him to repeat himself. "Closer sugar cube…"

Finally getting fed up with his nonsense she stated firmly. "Plagg if I get any closer to you I'll be kissing you."

"Funny…" He replied mischievously just before he took both hands and placed them on her cheeks then pulled her into a gentle kiss, then he pulled away and continued. "I was thinking the same thing." A devilish grin quickly crept up on his face as he felt such pride in himself for being so clever.

Tikki however did not find this amusing at all as she pulled away and gasped then she shrilled. "Why you SNEAKY…" WHACK "LITTLE…" WHACK "BLACK…" WHACK "SACK OF…" WHACK "SHIT!"

"OW…worth it. OW!" Plagg replied as Tikki just started bombarding him with all her fury, which wasn't much, mainly because she wasn't actually trying to hurt Plagg but she was still plenty furious with him. "Come on sugar cube, you used to love it when I did that sort of stuff."

Tikki just turned away from him and folded her arms and stated. "That was before you started to smell like stinky old cheese."

"Hey I'm a guy we like smelly things." Plagg argued with a shrug of his shoulders. "And in my defense you already knew ahead of time what you were getting into and you had numerous chances to opt it out but you stuck around cause you saw something in me that you liked and you know it." Tikki quickly turned around and started to pout, then in that moment Plagg realized that he took things too far. Aw damn, he thought to himself, he then smacked the side of his head for not thinking before he said anything as a way to atone for his comment. But that smack had brought back a memory that just might save him from the doghouse he put himself in. He then turned to her and said. "Hey sugar cube, I have something for you." He turned around and pulled out a sweet roll, which she didn't see as she'd already turned around.

"I don't want anymore of your so called affection tonight Plagg." She said almost bitterly.

Plagg just sighed and just sat it on her lap. "I know I mess up a lot, but I always make up for my stupidity right?" He asked hoping she'd forgive him. She looked down and saw the sweet roll in her lap and just shrieked with delight as she gorged herself on the decadent treat. "Yes…when in doubt go for the sweet tooth. Who ever said diamonds are a girls best friend is an idiot."

It didn't take her long to finish off the roll, once she did she turned to Plagg and pulled him into a hug then said. "I've missed you so much." Even though she hadn't completely gotten over his annoying behavior or his earlier comment she was willing to forgive him as she truly missed him just as much as he missed her, even if she wouldn't say it to his face. Last thing you need is a bigger ego, she said mentally. Without even thinking Plagg took her right hand in his left and gave her a little twirl then leaned her into a dip.

"I've missed you too sugar cube." He said back to her, and without another word the two kwami's engaged in a small but romantic dance under the stars.

Marinette sat across from the young man her father had taken an instant liking to. While they were in a conversation about weapons she however was taking in her view. A view of what she thought had to be the perfect man, but in her day dreaming her father caught site of her staring at the young man for at least the twentieth time that night.

"Mari?" he asked her, with no reply. "Mari?" Again but with more irritation in his voice, "MARINETTE!" he roared demanding her full attention then and now and that was what he got.

Marinette quickly came backdown to earth looking right at her father, "Yes father?" She asked not knowing how long he had bin trying to get her attention but by the look on his face he was not happy with how long it had taken. Also the fact that he had used her full first name. He would usually just use her nick name so she new he must have called upon her more than once. "Glad to see you can still hear." His tone had a hint of sarcasm in it. "So what do you think of our guest."

Marinette froze like a deer that had heard a sound in the forest. Her eyes flashed between her father and the young man who had unknowingly stolen her heart. "I-I-I think he is a brave young warrior to ride alone seeking what ever it is he is seeking." She had managed to find words but they weren't the ones she had wished to say. She didn't want to make herself into a bigger fool. Then she would be no better than Cat Noir, the next step being bad puns. Maybe even flirting on the battle field, she didn't like to play with her prey she preferred to make the fight end quick.

Thomas came in. "What is your quest son? What are you hunting so far from home?" Adrien quickly replied. "How did you know I was from so far off sir?" He said somewhat stunned. The Older man smiled revealing a white butterfly tattoo on Adrien's left wrist. "Your father's clan is well known."

Adrien gave a sigh. "I came seeking a treasure." Thomas's voice chimed remembering his youth. "What kind lad?" Thomas asked, Adrien began to scratch the back of his neck. "Well it's worth more than a thousand chests filled with gold but it's not like that at all and the worst part is I've seen it. I saw my prize," the light brightened in his eyes as he spoke almost as if she was there. "but…" He stopped his eyes beginning to dim. "I had to turn back hoping I would find it again."

"Well son the best things in life are often the most difficult to obtain." Thomas said giving a knowing look that said there was more to his words.

Adrien looked down hoping that the older man didn't know what he had planned. "Well Sir if you don't mind I would like to get some sleep. It has been a long day and I think tomorrow will be longer." He said only giving a small bit of truth to his words.

"Of course lad. Mari show him to our best guest room," But before Thomas could finish he was quickly interrupted by their guest.

"Thank you but no thank you Sir a room with a window looking out to sea will be fine with me. If that is all right. I like to see the waves and the twin moons at night if that's all right. " Adrien sat strait but calm trying not to anger anyone.

Thomas smiled and laughed as he drank down a horn filled to the top with mead.

"A Love of the sea eh, well I can't blame you for that. With the freedom it gives a man there are few things that come close." He said giving his daughter a glance from the corner of his eye. "But the things that do are worth the price you have to pay. That being said Mari show the lad to the North west tower, you know the room."

Marinette had been paying close attention this time, she didn't want to make her father yell again as it wouldn't make her look good in front of the one who she desperately wanted to like her. "Um yes father…" she managed. "Adrien if you follow me this way please." she gestured for him to follow her. Adrien stood following the young woman down the hall. While Thomas leaned back in his chair thinking, Maybe just maybe this one can tame her wild heart.

The two made their way through stone halls not even meeting each other's eyes let alone speaking but they finally arrived at the room Thomas had spoken of. Mari opened the door to the room, it wasn't much, there was a small fireplace but it would keep you warm. There was also a single person bed covered in furs with a night stand with one whale oil lamp but it had the only thing Adrien needed, a window.

He let his gear hit the floor as he fell into bed. It had been a long three years since he had slept in a bed and not have to worry about a blade in the night. He was about to undress when he remembered Marinette. This made him freeze as if someone had throne him into the sea in the dead of winter.

"Um thanks for showing me where I'll be staying Princess." he smiled rubbing the back of his head not sure what to say.

Marinette however was the one to break the unsettling silence. "Um I have go now. Have to ready to do um princess things and all that, you know the same old same village can't run its self." Her word sounded like they had just been pulled from nowhere but they both we're happy something had been said

"So see you tomorrow then?" Adrien said giving the young woman a half smile.

"No you won't. I mean you can't. I mean you should, I mean YES YOU WILL SEE ME TOMORROW!" Marinette said letting her daydreaming keep her from saying what she wanted.

Adrien just smiled and let it go. She must be shy around new people or something like that. He thought to himself. "Well goodnight princess sweet dreams." he gave her a bow as he spoke then shut the door behind him.

Just as he lay down on the bed to get some much needed rest Plagg flew in the window with a shit eating grin all over his face.

"Where the hell have you been all night!" Adrien barked at the kwami.

"Rekindling a thousand year old love that's where let's just say I know more now than you do." Plagg smirked.

That little speech brought Adrien upright in a second. "You know something about Ladybug?" he began to harass the kwami. "Out with it Plagg you have to tell me."

Plagg was happy to have all the power in his hand so he wanted to make Adrien sweat a little for giving him grief instead of cheese when he got there. "Well I can tell you one thing."

"What?" Adrien begged. "Please Plagg what?"

"Ladybuuuuug willllllllllll beeeeeee oooouuuuuuut tooooooooonnnniiiiiiiiiight." Plagg still smiled happy that he had a love filled evening with Tikki and now he could get to mess with the kid's feelings a little.

"What you mean I could see her tonight?" Adrien was dumbstruck.

His lady, his love, the woman he wanted to see would be running around the village tonight. He couldn't hold himself back. "Plagg Claws Out!" Adrien said with a small retort from Plagg. "Damn It!"

There in the room stood Cat Noir ready for a night of Lady Hunting but only one lady was on his mind. He jumped through the window into the night.

Marinette found Tikki sitting on her bed waiting for her. "Are you ready Mari?" Tikki asked her owner. "For?" Marinette asked back. "Night patrol!" Tikki jumped up happy as she could be.

"What's gotten into you?" Mari asked her Little friend. "Well if you need to know someone special finally is putting some efforts into our love life." Tikki smiled sheepishly.

"Wait you have a boyfriend?" Mari was shocked. "Yes I do." Tikki replied honestly. "For how long have you been together Tikki?" Mari asked. "Let's see, the beginning of time I think." Tikki summed up.

"What? How have you pulled this off for so long? Most would have given up by now." Mari said simply stating the truth.

Tikki just shrugged. "The truth is he makes me so mad sometimes I want to leave him. But then he shows his other side, the one he will only let me see, his gentle side, the caring silly side that makes me smile even when things are at their worst." Tikki smiled when she talked about Plagg showing his true colors to her.

"Who is he Tikki?" Mari asked, Tikki replied still smiling. "Cat Noir's Kwami."

Marinette looked like she had been hit by a Warhammer. "Say that again?" she asked.

"You heard me Mari." Tikki said with a smile. "But that would mean he's close by!" Marinette stated.

"That would be the likely answer." Tikki said knowing it would spark Mari to action.

"Tikki Spots On." Marinette shouted out and there stood Ladybug ready for a fight. She jumped off her balcony out into the night to fight a black cat. She needed to get him before he got her.

Cat Noir sat on a roof looking out over the village, a black outfit made it easy to blend in at night but he had hoped that Ladybug would be out or maybe even a sign she had been there at all. He felt so foolish. What was I thinking? He thought to himself, she wouldn't just be out running around like a crazed woman she was smarter than that.

"Plagg claws in." Plagg appeared and Adrien slumped to the side of a chimney. "She's not coming Plagg I should Just go get some sleep." Adrien moaned. "Kid I'm sorry, we thought for sure she would…" But he was cut off as Ladybug flew by at top speed not even seeing them.

Adrien jumped back up to watch her then hid again, "Plagg it's her it's her!" He could barely hold himself together. Plagg brought him back into focus. "Great kid but SHE'S GETTING AWAY."

That hit Adrien like a kick in the face. "Right, claws out!"

Ladybug stood looking out. "Where is he? I know he's here." She said to herself. Cat Noir could be anywhere. She thought, what can I do? She was leaning against the side of a second story wall trying to figure out what to do when.

"My Lady, so good to see you again." An all too familiar voice said, there stood on the same roof was Cat Noir bowing with a hand on his sword. Ladybug got into her fighting stance ready for him this time. She would make him pay for making her look like a fool on the ships.

"So the stray came back!" She barked ready to attack if he so much as breathed.

Cat Noir smiled and said with a high level of charm. "I said I would my lady, my Valkyrie. Was it so hard to believe I would?"

She just glared at him, hate was all she felt. "No that part I believed but nothing else you lying thieving murderer." Her words were like venom to Cat's heart.

"You think I came here to fight you don't you My Lady?" Cat asked not sure he would like the answer he new would come. "Your damn right your my enemy that's all I care to know." Ladybug spat out. Her words cut like knives to his heart.

"Very well, if that is how you truly feel." He walked closer to her. With every step he pull his sword from its sheath. Ladybug reached for her flail but Cat Noir stopped an arm's length away. Then he presented her with his sword with his head down. "Take it my lady if you think me that much of a danger to your people, if you hate me that much..." He paused as Ladybug took the sword in her hand looking at it in wonder. "Then take my sword and end me because without you it is worthless." He through his arms out letting her have a clear shot to his heart. "Well my lady, go ahead. This is what you want isn't it? This is what you needed to do."

Ladybug was just confused by his actions, as well as disgusted at how terribly romantic he was acting, so much so that it made her want to throw up. "Are you serious right now?" She asked rhetorically all the while sounding very annoyed with him.

"As serious as Ragnarök itself my lady." Cat replied as he held his eyes tight bracing for whatever fate she chose for him, it was a bold and daring move on his part but even he was scared of what the end result may be.

"Arrrg…" She uttered as she threw down his sword. "You're seriously flirting with me even when I'm about to kill you, you know you really take the sport out of this tomcat." She stated as she crossed her arms and just glared at him.

"Careful with that my lady, that's a family heir loom." Cat stated as he quickly picked up his sword. Once he put his sword back on his belt he turned to her and gave a genuinely satisfied grin.

"What?" She asked with slight disgust at his expression. He simply took one of her hands in his and got back down this time on one knee and said. "I never had any doubts my lady." Then he placed a small kiss upon her knuckles. Only for her to yank her hand free from his grasp and slap him across the face.

"How dare you?!" She shrilled with rage. "That is the second time you've insulted me!"

"But my lady…" Cat began to form his lips into a pout. "I'm merely trying to show my admiration toward your flawless vision, your lush blue bell eyes, your perfect figure…"

"Stop…just…stop it." She demanded as she held her hand in his face. "You're not luring me in with your…poor attempt to woo me at all that much I can say."

This only managed to encourage him to pursue her even more. "Oh is that so?" He asked as he leaned in closer to her, a little too close in her personal opinion. "Then purrrrhapes I need to up my game a bit to win your heart."

"Well then your going to be at if for a while because I want nothing to do with you, least of all in that way." She replied as she pushed him back for some much needed space.

But all cat did in response was smile and say with a mischievous tone. "Challenge accepted." Ladybug just narrowed her eyes mentally cursing herself for just encouraging him even more to pursue her. Why didn't I just keep my big mouth shut, she thought to herself.

"What are you even doing here anyway, last I saw you tomcat you were retreating with your tail between your legs like a scared kitten after giving you a good thrashing." She stated in the attempt to regain her composure.

"Really…" Cat voiced as he pulled his weapon then stuck it in the roof and leaned on his sword and just gazed into her eyes with a grin. "Because I remember things a little differently actually. For example that good "thrashing" you gave me was more or less me just stepping out of the way of your blows, and for the record I didn't runaway from you bugaboo, I just got board of fighting a losing battle."

"So you admit that I won that fight." Ladybug declared with a smirk.

"I never said that I was the loser now did I?" He replied with a smug grin knowing very well that this comment would get under her skin. And it did, a little too well as instead of just using a clever comeback to retort she quickly kicked him in the face with full force knocking him off his feet.

She then walked over to him and just looked down upon him and said. "Next time you want to say something cute, don't."

Cat just looked back up at her, normally he'd feel enraged from a cheap shot like this, however this time he didn't feel any kind of animosity toward his attacker. What he felt was…attraction. "You're perfect." He said as he quickly hopped up and wrapped her into his embrace much to her protest. "The gods have finally answered my prayers, not only have I found the greatest treasure in all the world but also the perfect battle wife to stand by my side." He may have gone a bit too far with the second half of his declaration, but he was far too caught up in the moment to really care.

"Battle wife?" She asked with an almost disgusted tone. "As if!" She shoved him away very coldly. "I would never marry the likes of you, least of all some fool who goes around making such horrible cat puns."

"OH…my poor heart." Cat stated as he clenched his heart pretending that her words had struck a weak spot. What in Helheim is he doing now? She asked herself mentally as she just grew confused by his sudden change in behavior. "My lady…though your expression and tone be blunt your cruel words cut me deeper than mine sword."

She just rolled her eyes at his lame Shakespeare like performance he used in a vain attempt to gain her sympathy, but all he got was a scoff. "Dramatic much?" She asked bluntly.

Damn I thought for sure that would work, he thought as he saw his performance had failed. "Welp, looks like I'm going with plan B."

"Plan B?" Was all she had time to ask as he wrapped one arm around the smolder of her back and placed his free hand against the chimney of the house they stood atop and pulled her rather uncomfortably close to him with his lips barely even an inch away from her's. "Wha…what are you…?"

Before she could even ask anything else he simply placed a finger on her lips and shushed her. "Let's not ruin this golden moment with talk my lady, let us simply…enjoy ourselves." He said very flirtatiously as he tried to place a tender kiss on her lips. Which earned him yet another slap across the face.

"What part of NO wasn't clear to you perv?" She asked angrily as she shoved him away yet again and started to stare daggers into his very soul.

"Ah…your lips say no but your eyes say yes bugaboo." He replied as he just gazed into her deep sea blue eyes.

This comment was meant to be romantic of course but to Ladybug it was terrifying, and disgusting at the same time. "Is this really how you pick up women?" She asked in an annoyed tone.

"No…" He replied with a mischievous grin and also learning that he liked it when she slapped him. "Just you my bride to be."

"Don't call me that." She demanded as she found his constant flirting rather unsettling, but Cat just gave a wicked grin and stared even deeper into her eyes. "And stop staring at me!"

"But I can't my lady…" He replied with the tone of a lover. "For you are more alluring than a sirens call." But before he could attempt another vain kiss upon her lips both their attention was drawn out of the moment by the sound of cries for help.

To a degree Ladybug was thankful for the distraction. "Did you hear that?" She asked her very pushy would be lover.

"I'd have to be deaf not to hear it." He replied as he finally let her out of his arms. "Stay here my lady, I'll investigate this matter for you." Without another word he leapt off the roof and headed toward the source of the cries, and also leaving a very annoyed Ladybug atop the roof.

"WHAT?!" She shrilled as he just left her behind. "If he thinks for one second that I'm just gonna sit on the sidelines while my home is under attack he's got another thing coming!" Without hesitation she took off after him toward the source of the sounds of panic.

As soon as Cat had arrived on the scene he was almost surprised to see that the thing responsible for all the chaos was something out of a child's story, a large and quite dangerous troll holding a massive club smashing up everything in sight and literally beating everyone into submission. "Well-well, what have we here? Seems like someone's having a bad day, well I might as well get his attention." Cat voiced just before he shouted at the top of his lungs. "HEY UGLY!" And as expected the troll turned around to face Cat, who instantly began to cringe as he saw just how horrifying his face truly was. "Wow…let me take that back, you're not ugly…you're REALLY ugly. I mean seriously did you fall out of the ugly tree and break every branch on the way down because…gods damn! I mean you're so ugly I think your mother threw you out before the bath water."

As one might expect the troll grew extremely angry and charged Cat with great speed as he raised his club over his head and tried to smash him only for cat to dodge his attack at the last second.

"What Its not my fault your face looks like road apples." Swish! Another swing came from the club but a quick barrel roll over to the side and Cat was fine again.

"Could you at least put a helm on or something you could…" Cur-thunk! Cat wasn't fast enough with his next joke and skid across the market on his back to find himself looking into the most beautiful pair of blue eyes. "If this is Valhalla it looks good so far." He said with a smile.

"Shut up kitty." Ladybug said. "But I have to say your new friend and you seem to be having fun."

"Oh yes a purrrrrfectly good time my lady." Cat replied as he looked up at Ladybug from the flat of his back.

She just scoffed at him in response and stated unamused. "You know puns are just lazy humor right?"

He just shrugged and said back with a smirk. "I'm a cat, lazy is what we do." While they were distracted by each other the troll quickly charged them at top speed that a horse could barely match while holding his club high over his head, just as he brought his club down in the attempt to crush both warriors Cat quickly looked up to see the club coming down upon them. "WHOA HELLO!" He cried as he quickly hopped back up and shoved Ladybug out of the way then quickly held his sword with the flat of his blade ready to catch the club. CLANG! The ring of steel upon wood filled the area around them as Cat's eyes locked with that of the troll. "Gods damnit ugly, I was finally getting somewhere with her!"

"In your dreams maybe!" Ladybug stated as she rushed in and spun her flail at highspeed upper cutting the troll and knocking a tooth loose as the troll flew into the side of a house shattering the wall.

Cat just smiled at her as he slowly stood up then said with a Cheshire smile. "You know the more you swing that ball and chain around my lady the more I want it around my ankle."

With that being said Ladybug instantly got a very clever idea. "Wish granted!" She said quickly.

"Valkyrie say what now?" He asked just as she lightly tossed her flail around his ankles locking it firmly. "What are you doing?"

"Get ready to stab him." Ladybug declared as she began to swing him around in a circle.

"Wait stab WHOOOOOOOOOOO!" Cat cried out as she swung him with all her strength. "YOUR CRAZY! AND FOR SOME REASON I LOVE IT!" She just rolled her eyes as she finally released him letting him fly directly at the troll.

"AND DON'T FOR GET TO STAB HIM!" She shouted at him as he flew right at the unsuspecting troll. As he looked up he then began to realize what her plan was all along.

He smiled as he pointed his sword outward. "Oh now I get it!" He said as he collided with the troll and grabbed him by the collar. "Hey ugly, I just found a way to improve your look…" With one quick thrust Cat pierced the troll's nose causing him to roar in pain. "It's a nose piercing, all the ugly men are doing it now. Or at least I think you're a man because those tits aren't big enough to be a woman's." The troll then grabbed Cat by the throat and tossed him like a rag doll into the air.

While the troll was focused on Cat Noir, Ladybug then rushed in swinging her flail right into the troll's groin causing him to buckle and fall to his knees, the troll let out a howl of pain as he dropped his club. Ladybug then swung her flail again striking him square in the face breaking his nose and knocking him over on the flat of his back. "If I were you I'd stay down." She warned the troll.

As Cat finally started to fall back down to earth he saw the most miraculous woman he'd ever met knock a troll upon his backside. "Whoa, I don't know how…but I swear to all the gods I am going to marry her." He said as he looked upon her with astonishment, his eyes locked on her with desire. He then landed on the roof of a house with the grace of a cat then he leapt off and landed next to his new found ally. "Well done my lady, it seems this troll won't be trolling anyone anymore. Purrrrhapes he should consider going back to hiding under bridges."

"Ugh…enough with the cat puns already." Ladybug demanded as she facepalmed with embarrassment.

But he just leaned in close and said with charm. "Not until Ragnarök bugaboo." But just as the two began to engage in a friendly conversation the troll slowly began to stand back up as he grabbed his club, he then let out a deep growl which slowly turned into a massive roar as he lifted his club over his head with both hands in the attempt to crush his enemies with extreme hatred. But just at the last second Cat caught the attack out of the corner of his eye and quickly tackled Ladybug out of the way, as they tumbled and rolled away from the troll they stopped with Cat simply kneeling over Ladybug in the fetal position, he just grinned down at her as he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

"Get off of me you perv!" She ordered as she shoved him off to the side and quickly hopped back up then turned to face the troll again. "What do we do now?" She asked as she prepared for battle.

Cat just grinned at her and said. "We'll use our powers to take him down of course, allow me my lady. CATACLYSM!" As his power of destruction came to life he quickly charged the troll and at the last second as the monster swung his club from the side Cat quickly leapt over it and placed his hand on the large weapon turning it to dust as he quickly pushed off of it while it was still solid enough to leap behind the troll in the attempt to defeat him. As he landed gracefully he quickly raised his sword and made ready for the final blow. "Let's finish this my lady!" But before he struck the troll was then engulfed in an inky black aura which slowly shrunk down to the size of a rather large man who fell to the ground in a daze. "Uh…what in Hel's name…?"

This wasn't the only strange thing to catch his attention however, emerging from what remained of the club was a solitary black butterfly which simply floated about. "What is that? It doesn't look like any natural butterfly I've seen." Ladybug stated as she just stared at the tiny insect which she could see was emitting some kind of evil aura.

"I don't know, but my gut tells me that this thing is responsible for our friend turning into a troll and causing all this destruction. Which also means we have to destroy it." Cat replied as he swung his sword and sliced the butterfly in two. "There problem solved." But as quickly as his satisfied smile curled onto his face the butterfly simply became two butterflies from both halves. "What?" He gasped as he quickly started slashing at both butterflies and cutting them both in half, but just as before they only became more butterflies. "Oh come on!"

"Would you stop that!" Ladybug ordered him. "Clearly your just making it worse."

"Well I'm sorry but I can't really destroy anything else right now until I feed my kwami. Besides if I'm not mistaken you still have your powers too don't you? You could try something." Cat replied as he crossed his arms at her.

Ladybug quickly thought about what to do and chose to summon her power as well. "LUCKY CHARM!" She exclaimed as she tossed the ball of her flail into the air with a magic sparkle and shine. Out of thin air an object fell into her hands resembling the color scheme of her armor. "An empty mead bottle? What am I supposed to do with this? Age mead for the next year?"

"Well you'd better figure something out. Otherwise we'll be right back at square one." Cat stated as he grew a little nervous about the multiple butterflies that simply pulsed with evil. Ladybug started to look around to try and figure out what to do, she quickly spotted a barrel of whale oil for the oil lamps her people used at night, then she saw a torch resting on a support beam of a nearby house, then she looked at the bottle and got an idea of what to do.

"I have a plan, but first have you ever spit fire before?" She asked plainly.

Cat simply smiled at her and said with confidence. "I'm no stranger to flames my lady."

"Great, go grab that torch over there while I fill this with oil." She requested as she took off for the barrels. Cat gave a mock salute and did as he was told then grabbed the torch while Ladybug quickly filled the bottle to the top with oil, she quickly ran back to Cat Noir and handed him the bottle. "Wait until I've got them corralled in one place."

"I humbly await your orders my lady." Cat stated with a smirk as he took the bottle from her grasp and waited for her to get all the butterflies in one place to make it easier to destroy them. Ladybug wasted no time as she chased the butterflies into a tight enclosed corner in which Cat Noir would burn them in.

Once they were all huddled in close she turned to Cat and cried out. "Light'em up!" In that moment cat took a swig of the oil, which tasted terrible of course, then he spat it out onto the torch creating a giant stream of fire which engulfed the butterflies and turned them to ash. "I don't think there getting back up from that."

Cat grinned as he came walking up to her and held out the bottle to Ladybug and jokingly asked. "Can I offer you a drink madam?" Before she could criticize him for his stupid joke they then heard the groaning of the man that used to be the troll as he slowly rose from the ground. They turned around and saw him kneeling as he rubbed his head, it was the local blacksmith.

"Ivan…?" Ladybug asked with confusion. Ivan slowly began to open his eyes to the sight of two very oddly dressed Vikings standing before him.

Cat quickly turned to Ladybug and asked. "You know him my lady?"

"He's the best blacksmith in town, well actually he's the only blacksmith in town but we're still lucky to have him." She explained to Cat.

Cat Noir's face quickly curled into a grin upon her statement. "Oh really, so when you say "we're" you also mean yourself as well, which means you live here for sure right?" He asked as he leaned in close to her face only for her to shove him away.

"What…happened? How did I get here? And…what happened to the town square?" Ivan asked thrice.

Both Ladybug and Cat Noir exchanged a confused look due to his words. "You mean you don't remember anything?" Cat asked puzzledly.

"What do you mean?" Ivan asked back to the strange black Viking.

Ladybug then knelt down in front of him and began to explain. "I hate to say this Ivan…but I'm afraid you're the one responsible for this." She said in a calm voice.

Ivan just looked around to see all the chaos he'd caused in disbelief. "I…I couldn't have done all this, are you sure this was my fault?" He asked hoping she was just lying.

"I'm afraid so, but I don't think you did it of your own free will. I think you were being controlled by some kind of evil force. Tell me, what's the last thing you remember before you wound up here." She requested of him in order to figure out who or possibly what could be responsible for this chaos.

Ivan began to think back to his latest memory. "Let's see…I was in my smithy with a customer, he wasn't happy with the way I forged his sword back together after he broke it, then he said a lot of nasty things about me and I got mad and I was about to punch him when I saw this strange little black butterfly float into my shop. Then the next thing I know I'm here for some reason." He stated honestly.

"You were right Cat; the butterfly did have something to do with all of this. But where did it come from? And what purpose did it have other than to turn Ivan into a monster?" Ladybug began to wonder aloud. But before she could get an answer from him her earrings began to chirp, this sound only managed to confuse Ladybug. "What was that?"

Cat of course already knew what that sound meant as he had his miraculous far longer than she did, but he didn't really know that. "My lady how long have you had your miraculous for?" He asked with a half smirk.

"I literally only just got it today." She replied honestly. "Wait…do you know something I don't?"

Cat's grin just grew wider as he simply said. "Maybe…but I think a better question is how are we gonna clean up this mess?" He gestured to the destruction all around them.

Ladybug started to wonder about that herself, but that's when she started to remember an old story about the previous Ladybug, about how she would summon strange objects from out of nowhere and use them to defeat her enemies quicker and once she'd won the battle she would toss said tool into the air and undo all the damage that had been done during the fight with two simple words to be uttered to activate the power. Ladybug quickly took the bottle then tossed it into the air and shouted. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" And with a bright flash thousands of ladybugs emerged from the bottle and began to repair the town square leaving absolutely no trace of any battle at all.

"Whoa…now that…was amazing." Cat voiced as he found himself in awe of her power. "Dare I even say…miraculous." He added with a wiggle of his eye brows.

Ladybug just rolled her eyes at him, then she heard the chirping sound again. "Damnit why do my earrings keep doing that?" She asked rhetorically.

"Just hold on to that thought for a second my lady." Cat stated as he pulled Ivan aside for a private conversation. "So you're the town blacksmith eh?"

"Uhm…yes?" Ivan asked somewhat puzzledly at the odd question. "Why do you ask sir?"

Cat simply pulled his sword off his belt and handed it to the smith before saying. "Think you could make another sword just like this one?"

Ivan quickly inspected the blade and marveled at the craftsmanship as he gave it a quick look over. It was without a doubt in his mind one of the best looking swords he'd ever seen. "I guess I could try, but why do you need another sword when this one is still in it's prime?" Ivan asked bluntly.

Cat just patted his shoulder as he answered. "Let's just say it's for a friend. Oh and he'll probably be heading your way tomorrow so make sure you don't give it away to anyone except him, and don't worry about your pay my friend he's good for it." Ivan simply nodded his head as he returned the sword and went back to his forge. As he left Cat then turned back to Ladybug and asked with a charming voice. "Now then my lady, where were we?"

Ladybug was about to tell him to leave her alone when her earrings began to chirp yet again. "Alright seriously why do my earrings keep making that irritating sound?" She asked sounding very annoyed with her miraculous.

"I guess your kwami didn't tell you about that yet, you see my lady that sound is an early warning for something important." Cat stated with a smile as he leaned up against his sword.

Ladybug's face just twisted with confusion. "An early warning for what?" She asked.

"I'll tell you after you have a minute left. That way I'll get what I want." He stated with a mischievous grin.

She just narrowed her eyes on him right before she grabbed him by the collar and demanded him to explain himself. "Listen tomcat, I'm not the kind of girl you wanna mess with around here so unless you want to go to Valhalla via my boot up your ass I suggest you start talking! And I don't mean about your life story, I mean what do you know about this chirping sound that I don't?"

After giving yet another chirp Cat just grinned and said. "Alright, after using your power you have only five minutes before you change back to normal, and judging by the amount of dots you have left on your earrings I'd say you only have one minute left before I get to know who my future wife is."

Ladybug's eyes shot open with shock at his answer, she didn't know if he was telling the truth or not but she wasn't going to risk it when she knew that he had his miraculous far longer than her. "WHAT!" She shrieked as she let him go. "I've got to get out of here!" Then with out hesitation she took off down the street then she leapt up to the rooftop of a near by house in the attempt to get home before she turned back revealing herself to anyone around. But to her surprise Cat started to chase after her. "Oh no!" She voiced knowing exactly why he was following her.

"Wait my lady!" He called after her as he bound from one roof to the next. "I promise I won't tell anyone who you are please just wait!" Ladybug knew that she'd never be able to out run him this way, so out of desperation she did the only thing she could think of to get rid of him. She stopped for a brief second as she pulled her flail then she quickly whipped around and as he was coming in for a landing the steel ball of her flail connected with his chest and sent him flying back in the direction he'd come from and farther, as gravity finally started to pull him down he landed in the very last place he ever wanted to land in, the most foul smelling and disgusting place he could ever be in, the pigsty. He lifted up his head and turned to see he was being looked in the eye by a sow. "What are you looking at?"

(A/N: And that's all everyone hope you enjoyed it, also we're sorry this chapter took so long to get out. The reason is because my brother, the true author of this fanfic is getting married and he has to focus his attention on planning the wedding with his bride to be so I'm afraid that these chapters are going to come out a little later than we'd like them to but we will still do our best to get them out in a timely manner. Alright that's all thank you for your patients and have a wonderful day.)P.S. thanks from Hong gui and White Wolf. As Hong gui said yes I will be getting married the lone wolf will be alone no more we are trying to do this at a chapter a month pace or faster but we will see. But don't worry things will heat up soon in Princess and A Cat ;P