Hello there,
Welcome my friends to the next chapter of Miraculous: My Iron Skin.
I love it how one comment Travis made turned the entire review section in a discussion about Star Wars. I just want to make something clear, it's okay if you like the Sequels or got more out of it than I did. We all have different opinions and in the end, we are all Star Wars fans.
So let's get into some reviews.
Boo the Ghost: I already have some idea's in my head. While I dislike most of the Sequels, even I admit that there is still some good in each of them, like in every Star Wars movie.
James the apple: Well I do prefer PeterxMary Jane, if I had to use a real Marvel character I would probably use Spider-Gwen (Similar age and could work well together) or Gwenpool (Roughly the same age and have opposite personalities). Though the ex-girlfriend is not a Marvel character, nor a canon character from Miraculous.
SplitsShot: They gave us one good Star Wars show, The Mandalorian which I thought was pretty average but at least it was entertaining and more importantly, it felt like Star Wars. I don't count Star Wars: The Clone Wars as a show of theirs.
Enough about Star Wars, now on to the story.
"Okay, pretty controversial what I'm going to say..." Travis said as he sat in the classroom at College Françoise Dupont, "But Volpina had the best butt."
"What?" Nino said as he, Adrien and Nathaniel where also at the seat Travis and Nathaniel usually sat, "Your cray-cray dude! Obviously Lady Wifi has the best butt."
"Nino, seriously you don't have to lie." Travis said, "Your girlfriend isn't around to hear you being honest."
"...It would be nice to have a normal conversation in the morning for once..." Nathaniel mumbled, lightly annoyed.
"Oh, it's not so bad." Adrien said.
"I'm not saying Lady Wifi's butt isn't great, she is definitely top three." Travis said diplomatically as he and Nino continued to argue, "Even though her butt is only half as good as Cat Noir's."
"Okay..." Adrien said dryly, "I take that back."
"Oh, by the way." Nathaniel said, "I decided on the TV station. What about you guys?"
This got the argument about butts between Travis and Nino on pause and turn their attention to the shorter boy.
"Dude, you mean the social studies trip?" Nino said and Nathaniel nodded.
"...I thought about skipping it." Travis admitted, rubbing a hand through his brown hair.
"Wouldn't that be bad?" Adrien said, "I mean... Miss Bustier already has her eye on you..."
"Because I sleep in class, I know." Travis said with a roll of his eyes.
"Then let's all choose the TV station. We're going to get to watch them tape a show." Nathaniel said, "I'm not really looking forward to being alone there."
"Not like I got any other choice." Travis said in defeat, "At least it will be the four of us together."
"Oh, I can't." Adrien said as he spotted Chloe enter the classroom, "I have a modeling gig that day, and that is sufficient credit for social studies." The four of them watched as Chloe sit down in her seat and crosses her arms just as Sabrina walks in.
Sabrina stands next to her seat, looking at the ground sadly.
"Well? What are you doing?" Chloe said, gesturing to the seat next to her, "Sit down."
Sabrina gasps and sits down happily, "And put it on your sweater." Chloe said she slides another brooch in front of her, "It'll make it less horrible."
The orange haired girl places her tablet on her desk, and happily puts the brooch on her sweater. "Oh, thank you Chloe!" she said.
"Yeah, yeah." Chloe said, waving her off, "You can show me your gratitude later, class is starting." and her lipsticked lips form into a small smile.
"Wait a minute." Travis said surprised, "Did Chloe just smiled nicely!?"
"How can you see that from here?" Nathaniel noted, "I think she's actually happy to have Sabrina back."
"Weirdly enough." Nino said, "I think the feeling is mutual."
"I think they'll always be friends..." Adrien added, "In their own way."
"Whatever." Travis said, giving a smile of his own to his friends, "I still prefer it how we have it."
The day went on, until the students where in their final class of that day. Which was Literature class with Miss Bustier.
"In most fairy tales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess." Miss Bustier said to the class, "Can anyone tell us why?"
"Because only love can conquer hate!" Rose swooned.
"Correct, Rose." Miss Bustier said when she noticed a light snort coming from the back of the classroom.
It had appeared that Travis had fallen asleep during class once again.
"Travis!" she said loudly enough to make him wake up, "Is this class boring you? Or is it me? Am I boring you?"
"What? Of course not." Travis said as his teacher approaches his desk.
"Well then." Miss Bustier said crossing her arms in front of her chest, "If it doesn't, can you tell me what I just said?"
"...That's why in most fairy tales..." Travis said slowly trying to think, "The prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess because only love conquers hate?"
Miss Bustier gave him a soft smile, "Very good, Travis!" she said turning back to the front of the class, "Now, everyone, I hope you'll have a happy Love Day tomorrow."
"Love Day?" Travis whispered to Nathaniel, "Doesn't she mean Valentines day? That is still month's away."
"No, she means Love Day. It's a day when you give gifts, mostly chocolate, to people you care about." Nathaniel explained, "Or to someone you have a crush on and want them to know it."
"...That sounds exactly like Valentine's Day." Travis said, "Is this another cultural thing that is going over my head?"
The following day at the lockers of College Françoise Dupont, Travis walked towards his locker as he walked past Kim and Max, who where huddled together talking about something.
"Operation Love Day is commencing." Max said, holding up a pad, "According to my extensive research and cross-referencing of online shopping sites, this particular jewel, was ranked highest in popularity."
Max reveals a heart box hiding behind his back, he hands the box to Kim.
"That's perfect, Max!" Kim said, "I better hit a home run with this one. Love is like baseball, right? You gotta have a strategy or you'll strike out. But if you aim right, you'll hit it out of the ball park. Score!"
"Oh yes Kim." Max said dryly, "Lovely metaphor."
"Meta-who?" Kim said eyeing the gem inside the box.
"Looks nice." Travis said looking over his shoulder, "Who is that for, Kim?"
"The recipient of this gem is..." Max began but was cut off by the much taller Kim.
"Keep it on the down-low!" Kim said.
"This is surprising. Kim's got a crush." Travis said happy for his classmate, "Who ever she is, she's gonna be ecstatic!"
"Technically, she's still gotta accept it." Kim said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head, "But what if she says 'no'!?"
"Don't think like that." Travis said, "Just do it. Make your dreams come true. No regrets!"
"Yeah, no regrets!" Kim exclaimed, "Like the ancient monk saying, YOLO."
"Yes... YOLO..." Travis cringed at what he had just said, opening his locker to find a pile of Love Day cards in his locker.
"The heck." Max said as he and Kim looked into Travis locker, "What kind of crazy statistics have you done to be such an attractive force for females?"
"Whoa, Travis is popular!" Kim said impressed, "That's impressive!"
"I am?" Travis said surprised.
"It's impressive how clueless he is..." Max noted as Travis began to put the letters in his bag.
Meanwhile in the courtyard, Nino and Nathaniel where already there, sitting at the usual place at the stairs as Adrien came walking up to them.
"Morning. What is with all the students?" Adrien said looking over his shoulder, "It seems they have suddenly become obsessed with chocolate. If they want candy so much, why don't they just buy some themselves?"
"Seriously? This is the one day you shouldn't buy chocolate for yourself." Nathaniel said, "Well I hope to get some this year."
"I don't think Travis is going to buy you any, dude." Nino pointed out.
"That's not what I meant." Nathaniel protested, "And besides, you never know with T."
It was at this moment that Travis came walking up to them, greeting them good morning, "By the by. This is for you Nath." he said, holding a plastic bag with chocolate contained with a purple bow, "For always putting up with my shit."
"W-What!?" Nathaniel exclaimed surprised as his friend placed the bag in his hands, "Why me!?"
"Because today is for giving out candy to the people you like, not just your romantic partner?" Travis said, a hint of confusion in his voice, "That's what you said yesterday."
"Dude, that's thoughtful." Nino said as he was handed a bag, his having a dark green bow.
"It's just my way of showing my appreciation towards the boys, boys, boys." Travis said as he handed a bag of chocolates to Adrien his having a black bow.
He turned to look into his bag, "Let's see, I already gave Juleka and Rose their gifts." Travis said looking in his backpack to see four more, "That just leaves Mari, Alya and..."
He looked up to see his three friends giving him a surprising interested look.
"What?"
"And who?" Adrien said curiously, "The girl you like?"
"Who says it's a girl?" Travis said with a cheeky smirk as he turned around to head for his locker.
"The annoying thing is..." Nathaniel said as the trio watched him walk off, "That I have no idea if he is serious or not."
In the classroom at College Françoise Dupont, where Marinette and Alya were sitting in their usual spot.
"You're right." Marinette shouted suddenly, "It's time I told him."
"Say what!?" Alya shouted surprised.
"I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna tell Travis my true feelings!" Marinette taking a heart shaped card from her bag, "Well... I'm gonna write them on a card, that is."
Alya first looks shocked then laughs, "Yeah!"
Marinette tries to write a love letter, but seemed to be struggling with it. "Dear Travis, dear Travis... Dear Travis..." she said with a sigh, "I'm no good at this love letter writing thing... I sound like a total dorkasaurus!"
"Only when you say words like 'dorkasaurus'!" Alya said before she began to advice her, "Relax, Marinette. Think of Travis and speak from the heart."
Marinette writes the love letter, with Alya watching, "Don't forget to sign it!" she gave another piece of advice, knowing how forgetful her friend can be with such small details as a ladybug flies inside the classroom, distracting Marinette.
"This is a good omen! Ladybugs are good luck, especially in the love department!" Alya said remembering what she had read in her research on Love Day, "Since ancient times the ladybug has been a symbol of love, guiding hearts on the path to devotion. It was on my blog this week. You read it didn't you?"
"Oh yeah, yeah, of course." Marinette said as she continued to write.
"Hello there."
"Hey, Travis." Alya said, already knowing it was him as Marinette quickly hide her card from him.
"Well Alya is not a soul mate." Travis thought with an slight pout.
"Oh, look at you." Alya teased with a smirk, "The handsome transfer student looking adorable with his little pouted lips."
With a smirk, Travis leaned in just close enough that when he whispered, his warm breath could be felt on her neck and ear, "These lips can do a lot more than just pout, Alya. I will be glad to demonstrate..." Travis teased right back at her, "On whatever place on your body you wish."
A pleasant shiver ran from the back of her head, all the way over her spine as Alya's face heated up. "T-Travis." she mumbled.
"Just kidding, Alya. For one, your already dating a friend of mine and two, you wouldn't be capable of handling me anyway." he said, before reaching in his backpack, "Anyways, these are for you."
He placed the bag with chocolate with an orange bow.
"W-what!?" both Marinette and Alya said.
"It's a sign of our friendship." Travis said, taking another similar bag with a red ribbon, "Don't worry Mari, these are for you."
When she timidly reached out, her smaller softer hands brush along his to accept his gift. When their skin touched, Travis felt a pleasant feeling spread over him and when his green eyes met in a gaze with her bluebell, Travis could feel some sort of fluttering feeling in his lower stomach.
At the end of the school day, Travis was walking through the streets of Paris as he was on the phone with someone, a friend from back home.
"...Don't take this the wrong way." she said, "But that Love Day thing sounds exactly like Valentine's Day."
"I know right!?" Travis exclaimed, "So how is everything going back home?"
"I just got back from my USA tour, I'm currently with my parents and..." she said before she was interrupted by an older voice belonging to her mother.
"Oh my god! Your disgusting!" she could be heard shouting, "That's not white chocolate! That's your dick!"
"I know!" an older male voice said, full of confidence as if he was about to explain more.
"Yeah... I get those confused all the time..." Travis said dryly, "So everything is going normal?"
"Pretty much." she said just as Travis received a text message from someone he wasn't expecting.
"Chloe?" he said confused.
"The residential alpha bitch from the school your going to over there?" the voice on the other side said, "The one you complain about a lot? So much that it can get kinda suspicious that she is so much on your mind?"
"The same one." Travis said, ignoring what his friend was implying, "How did she get my number?"
Travis opened the message to see a picture attached. He saw that the image was of Kim, with a wet face and a chip bag sticking to his face as he was kneeling down in a puddle of water, holding out the box Travis had seen earlier.
"That bitch!" Travis yelled, drawing the attention of few people walking past, "I didn't know he was talking about Chloe."
"Guess you fucked up." she teased him.
"No. This is not my fault." he said pointedly to her, before he realized what this might mean, "Anyway, got to go. I have to attend to my hobby."
"Well good luck." she said as he walked into an alleyway.
"Thanks Eirwyn." he said, checking if he was really alone.
"Oh, is that Travis?" the voice of Eirwyn's father said before Travis hung up and placed the spider head on his chest.
Iron Spider landed on top of a building overlooking the city, spotting Marinette and Alya walking over the street, each carrying a heart shaped candy apples before he spotted his target.
The akumatized victim wears a black and red suit, along with large black wings attached to his back, each feather-like end tipped with two red stripes. On the sides of his neck, there are black lightning bolts. He wears a black head cover, the areas covering the top of his hair and around his eyes being red. The top of his suit is red, with a large white broken heart on his chest. On his back is a black, red, and white striped quiver, which carries red arrows. On the quiver strap across his chest is a brooch
"All hearts must be destroyed!" the victim said, using his bow to shoot two arrows. One arrow strike the apple, and another one hits Alya, making her lips black.
"Alya?" Marinette said concerned before her friend sticks the candy apples on Marinette's shirt, "Hey, seriously!?"
"You're not my BFF, you're a joke!" Alya shouted, "Travis's gonna laugh his head off at your lame attempt at poetry!" before she runs away, cackling.
She was about to be hit by a arrow, if it wasn't for Iron Spider landing in front of her, kicking a manhole cover up to deflect the arrow.
"Get out of here, quick!" Iron Spider shouted over his shoulder before he faced the victim.
"Right, thank you." Marinette said, running away from the battle.
"Kim!" Iron Spider shouted as he strode up towards him, "Stop it."
"I'm not Kim, I'm Dark Cupid!" Dark Cupid shouted back, "I'll never stop! If I can't have love, then no one can!"
"Okay, okay, Dark Cupid, I get it." Iron Spider said, trying to reason with him, "Chloe burned you. But that doesn't mean you have to take it out on all of Paris!"
"Yes, I do! I won't stop until everyone's heart is crushed." Dark Cupid said, taking aim with his bow, "Say adios to your loved ones. From now on, you'll hate them!"
He attempts to shoot his arrows at Iron Spider, who dodges them by side stepping to the right before throwing the manhole cover towards Dark Cupid, knocking him out of the sky.
"Hey there." Ladybug said landing next to Iron Spider, "So the akumatized victim is named Kim?"
"Yeah, it seems he was rejected by a girl and his arrow can turn your feelings of love and friendship into hate. Also it gives you lipstick only a goth would use." Iron Spider explained, as Cat Noir landed, "I knew this would happen so I have been keeping an eye on the city the entire day."
"What?" Cat Noir said perplexed, "You haven't been spending time with the girl you like?"
"I don't have someone like that at the moment." Iron Spider said.
"Really?" Cat Noir said, "A man of your talents."
"I think someone has began to watch a certain movie series." Iron Spider said as he spotted Dark Cupid taking to the air, "I guess our date is here." and he took of towards the sky.
"Let's go." Ladybug said as her teammate entered aerial combat, but she was stopped by Cat Noir.
"I need to talk to you." he began, "I swore to myself that I'd tell you as soon as I saw you..."
Iron Spider sends a energy beam from his glove towards Dark Cupid, who evade by flying over it and counters by sending an arrow towards Iron Spider, who himself evaded by flying upwards.
Cat Noir notice the stray arrow heading towards Ladybug. Quickly, he spins her around to shield Ladybug and is struck by the arrow of Dark Cupid's himself.
"Cat Noir!" Iron Spider shouted once he noticed what happened.
"Ladybug... I-I." he managed to get out before his lips turn black, "I loathe you!"
"Cat Noir, snap out of it!" Ladybug said as her cat themed teammate squeezed her close to him.
"You're nothing Ladybug, and nothing to me!" he shouted, "I hate you!"
Ladybug slams her foot down on Cat Noir's, making him let go of her giving her the opportunity to use her yo-yo and grapple herself onto a street lamp.
Dark Cupid takes aim at Ladybug, firing an arrow at her which where destroyed by a energy blast from his gauntlet. Cat Noir drops down from above and slams Iron Spider into the ground.
"Ugh... Not again." Iron Spider grumbled, kicking Cat Noir off him, "I don't want to fight you, Cat Noir."
"That friendliness. It's so revolting." Cat Noir said, leaping into the air and swinging his staff, "You are definitely not my friend!"
He dodges it, landing two swift punched to Cat Noir's side, forcing him back with a swift kick to the torso. "Why are you so full of hate, Cat Noir?" Iron Spider said, seeing that Ladybug was engaged in a fight with Dark Cupid.
"Because hate conquers all!" Cat Noir said as he charged again, "You're just buying time! Fight!"
"Okay then. I'm doing this for your own good." Iron Spider said, taking a fighting stance, "Let's fight."
Rocketing towards him with the boosters in high gear, Cat Noir used his staff to jump over Iron Spider and landing a hit by kicking him in back.
The momentum of the kick sends Iron Spider sliding over the ground, but he recovers and rebounds towards Cat Noir. Swiping him with a low kick, Iron Spider catches him by the ankle, toss him up to a rooftop.
Cat Noir bounces off the roof and makes a hasty getaway when Iron Spider landed where he had been a few seconds before. Cat Noir decides to press on with the assault, laying into Iron spider with several acrobatic kicks as he flips and jumps away from anything Iron Spider tries to throw.
Observing Cat Noir's fighting pattern; seeing how he vaults and flips around in the air, Iron Spider called in a drone strike.
Just as Cat Noir attempted to follow up with a kick, he was shot by a electric charge from Iron Spider's nearby drone, stunning him long enough for Iron Spider to barrel straight towards him.
Tackling Cat Noir off the building, and with all the strength he can muster, he kicks Iron Spider which he returned by beating against his face.
Iron Spider punches upwards and an axe kick to send Cat Noir plummeting into a car. The cat themed hero flails helplessly off the destroyed vehicle, but recovers and steadies himself seconds before Iron Spider lands on the opposing end of the street.
Then Cat Noir activates Cataclysm, "I've often wondered what would happen if I use my Cataclysm on someone..." he said as he held the power of Destruction in his hand.
The heroes charge at each other when, at the last minute, Iron Spider slams a flashbang onto the pavement.
Painful ringing fills Cat Noir's ears, blurry images all his eyes can register. Iron Spider closes the distance and hammers him with a number of punches that knock the wind out of Cat Noir, intense groans punctuating every blow. A wide-reaching hook pushes Cat Noir back, where he slumps to the floor.
Over at Ladybug's fight with Dark Cupid shoots arrows at her and she deflects them with her yo-yo. She jumps onto the statue and she throws the candy apple at Dark Cupid's head but he removes it.
"Looks like you got yourself in a sticky situation!" Ladybug said as
Dark Cupid removes the candy apple from and he tries to shoot an arrow at her but his hand is stuck to the bow. He angrily yelled at Ladybug as Iron Spider comes flying in, tackling Dark Cupid to the ground and ripping the pin off him.
"Sorry, need that." Iron Spider said, smashing it under his boot releasing the akuma from it.
"No more evildoing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug said, using her yo-yo to capture the akuma and purifies it, "Bye bye, little butterfly." She follows it up by throwing her yo-yo into the air and the miraculous light fixes the damage caused.
"Pound it." Iron Spider and Ladybug said, fist bumping each other as Cat Noir landed next to them, rubbing the side of his jaw.
"What happened." Cat Noir said.
"You got brainwashed again." Iron Spider said, before remembering something, "Oh by the by, happy Love Day." he pulled out two bags filled with chocolates from his armor, one with a red with black polka dots around it and one with a textured black bow.
"W-What!?" Ladybug and Cat Noir said surprised.
"Don't act so surprised." Iron Spider said, "Today is for giving out candy to the people you like, not just your romantic partner. This is my way of showing my appreciation of you two."
It was at that moment that Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous began to beep, indicating they were running out of time.
"Well, see you two later." Iron spider said, giving a two finger salute, "Don't get anyone pregnant and if you do make sure she's hot." and with that, he flew away.
Later that day, Marinette was standing on her roof balcony, looking towards the setting sun.
"I learned something today, Tikki." Marinette said to her kwami, "I learned that even with all this hate everywhere, love still wins. But if I wanna win over Travis, he needs to know the truth about how I feel."
"Ah! This is a big day!" Tikki said happily.
Meanwhile, Travis was sitting at the desk in his room, his three computer displays on as music came from the speakers placed around his room. A pile of Love Day cards laying in front of him on his desk as a cool breeze came in through the open window.
"Couldn't they just give me candy." Travis thought as he began to look through the pile and reading the letters, "I can't eat paper."
His eye fell on a heart shaped one, something about it drew his attention to it.
Your hair is dark like chocolate, your eyes are gorgeous green, I look at you and wonder your innermost thoughts and dreams. Yes, your Love Day I will be, our love will be so true, together for eternity, my heart belongs to you.
"This poem is so sweet... I think it might have given me diabetes." Travis thought dryly as through the open window came flying in and landing on his hand, "Please don't be radioactive, genetically engineered or from another universe."
He watches the ladybug walk over the back of his hand, before flying off again out of the window as Travis watched it fly away. Travis turned away from the window back to the letter as he read over it again, his eyes widening when he reached the end of the card.
And there you go, the next chapter hope you enjoyed.
Many thanks to everyone who read, review, favorite or follows this story, you beauties.
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Also, here's a little extra:
Travis was sitting with Lila in a small cafe, where the new girl was doing her homework.
Placing his cup down as he felt a softer, smaller hand on his own.
"Interesting..." Lila said, scooting closer to him seeing what he was reading, "I love Star Wars!"
"Really?" Travis said with a smile, "Hello there."
"Hey, what's up." Lila said with a flirtatious smirk.
"Lies, deception." Travis growled, breathing through his nose as his smile disappeared.
"Fine." Lila said impatient, "Show me your dick and I'll show you my tits!"
This put a smile on his face again, "The negotiations where short." Travis said.