Chapter 4
Adrien's Birthday Bash!
Party Time with The Bubbler!
[Dupain-Cheng Residents/Boulangerie Patisserie, Marinette's Room]
Calmdou Nue's view
Upon hearing the alarm of Marinette's phone, I woke up while Marinette swiftly got out of bed with a bright smile on her face. The reason for that smile was because today was a special day. Today was Adrien's birthday. This was something that Marinette would be excited about as this was the perfect moment for her to give him a meaningful gift. It's been quite some time since we defeated Stoneheart and Minrage and made friends with Minochi as well since Marinette developed a crush on him.
"Happy birthday—ow!" Marinette said as she jumped down the stairs, accidentally crashing into a clothes stand. She quickly recovered, not letting this bring her down. "Happy birthday!" After twirling into her chair, she got on her computer, revealing her screensaver which was a collage of pictures of Adrien which made her sigh. "Happy birthday, Adrien." She then began to make kissing faces towards the screen, surprising her kwami Tikki while I rolled my eyes with a smile.
[Agreste Mansion, Adrien's Room]
Frostail's view
After waking up that morning, while he was brushing his teeth, I decided to move in and present Adrien with my birthday present.
"Happy birthday, dear brother." I said to him as I presented him with a green pouch with the image of a four-leaf on it. "A special Lucky Charm to ensure you have a wonderful birthday."
"Aw! Thanks, Frost." He said as he took the Charm and put it on, giving me a smile of appreciation.
"Happy birthday, Adrien!" Plagg said as he came in with a piece of camembert tied with a little red bow.
"Ugh, Plagg!" Adrien said in disgust as he and I plugged our noses. "Get that filthy piece of camembert out of my face!"
"Huh?" Plagg said before he ate the cheese, causing me to glare at him. "Mmm."
[Dupain-Cheng Residents/Boulangerie Patisserie, Axel's Room]
Axel's view
Humming out a tune, I was putting together Adrien's present, finishing by wrapping it in gift wrap patterned with the Montana Griz logo and colors. Even though I do get annoyed by him, I still have to go to his party. Ever since my dad died, I've always made sure that a person would have a birthday, especially with their loved ones. After spending some time with him, I managed to find out he was a fan of the Montana Griz. Hard to believe that a Parisian like him would be such a football fan. That was why I knew this would be the perfect gift for him. As to what it was, you'll find out later. Anyway, while I was doing this, I tried to hold back the disgust I had towards the fact that I was preparing a gift for that cheesy feline that was mixed with my excitement for it being Adrien's birthday. Though I sucked up the disgust in order to focus on making sure Adrien had the best birthday ever. Ever since my dad died, I had always been dedicated to making sure everyone haves the best birthday ever. After finishing the wrapping, I then called my team into a video chat.
"Hey, guys!" I said, greeting my fellow elementals as they all got on the call, all five of them just as excited as I was. "You all ready for Adrien's birthday?"
"You know it, Axe!" Trustin said as he and the others held up their birthday gifts for Adrien. "We all got our present for Adrien."
"I can't believe today is his birthday." Tricha added.
"I know." Meri put in with that bright smile. "I just can't wait to par-tay!"
"Let's just hope he likes his birthday present." I said as I gently placed a hand on the box.
"Present?" Basar said, looking at me with a look of confusion. "I thought you hate his guts."
"Yeah. You called him 'cat for brains', remember?" Jay added.
"Yeah, I know, but it's his birthday and I want it to be great." I told them. "You know how I feel about that."
"Indeed we do, darling." Tricha said to me. "I just hope Marinette will be able to give Adrien her gift."
"Of course she will!" Meri said with a confident smile. "She worked really, really hard on it! Plus, you, me, and Alya will be there to help her do it."
"Considering how she is, she's gonna need all the help she can get." Jay put in. "Still can't believe she's got a crush on him."
"Yeah, considering how much Cat Noir gets on her nerves." Basar added.
"Well, you have to remember that Adrien acts differently than he normally does as Cat Noir." I told the two. "Every Miraculous Warrior develops a sort of alternate personality depending on the Miraculous that they wield as well as the kwami that comes with it. Along with how the mask's magic helps conceal his identity from anyone besides us elementals, it would be easy for one to think they are two completely different people."
"Yeah, I guess ya got point." Basar said before he got an amused smile. "Imagine if Marinette found out that her crush and her teammate were the same guy that drives her nuts two ways."
"Yeah, I think she would pass out from that." I said to them before I grabbed the present. "Anyway, I'll see you all at school. Bye."
With that, my teammates all said their goodbyes as we all ended the call. I was already dressed and had everything packed for school. All I needed to do was grab some breakfast and get to school to meet up with the others to discuss our plans for the party.
After eating breakfast, I stood there at the stairs as I waited for Marinette, who was getting herself ready for school as well as making sure she had her present for Adrien.
"Marinette, come on!" I called out to her. "We only got the end of the school day to wish Adrien a 'happy birthday'."
"I'm coming!" Marinette said as she came down the stairs with Calmdou Nue, all dressed and holding the small thin gift box she wrapped in blue wrapping paper.
"Marinette, don't forget to clean your room after school today." Sabine said to her daughter, stopping us at the door.
"Mom! It's Friday, and I'm already doing something with Alya." Marinette said.
"Fine, I'll go ahead and clean it, but don't blame me if I come across any of your private stuff, like your emails, your diary…" Sabine said, causing Marinette to become nervous.
"Okay! I'll do it, I'll do it." Marinette said before she then went up to her, gave her a kiss, and rejoined me at the door. "Ready to go?"
"You bet." I told her before I turned to her mother. "Bye, Mrs. Cheng!"
"Bye, Axel! Have a nice day, sweetie!" Sabine said.
"Happy birthday—I mean, have a nice day!" Marinette said as I opened the door.
I chuckled a bit at this as I gave her a smug look. "Excitement getting you mixed up, Mari?"
"Shut up!" She gently pushed me with a smile before we both went out, Marinette closing the door behind us.
Sabine gave a look of confusion, then shrugged, and then continued to drink whatever she was drinking.
[Agreste Mansion, Dining Room]
Frostail's view
After getting ready for the day, Adrien and I went to the dining room and began to eat our breakfast. With my company, Adrien had a brighter mood than before during the time when he would eat alone at a big dining table with such depression.
"Are you excited about your birthday, brother?" I asked him as we ate.
"You bet!" Adrien told me with a smile. "I also can't wait to have my first birthday party! Just hope Father will let me have it."
"Well, he did allow you to go to school." I said, putting out a good point. "Surely, he can allow you to have one little party with all the friends you made in school."
"Yours and Frostail's schedules, Adrien." Nathalie said as she walked in and handed Adrien a tablet.
"Thanks, Nathalie." Adrien said as he took it and she began to leave.
"Excuse me, Nathalie." I said, causing the assistant to stop before I said the one thing that made my brother's face lit up. "I wanted to ask what Father had said about Adrien's birthday party."
"Well, um—He…doesn't think would be a good idea." She answered with a look of regret, shocking me.
"ʹCourse not." Adrien softly said as he gained a sad look on his face.
"Surely you are joking, yes?" I said to her. "Adrien had made plenty of friends at school and I'm sure that they would all like to celebrate with him as much as Adrien would like to celebrate with them."
"I'm afraid I'm not." Nathalie said to me. "Even though he finds it good that Adrien haves friends, Mr. Agreste believes it would be better than not to have to throw that kind of party."
"I understand." I said, gaining the same despair as my brother.
"Happy birthday, Adrien." Nathalie said to him as she left.
[Collège Françoise Dupont]
Axel's view
After we were one with the school day, Niño and I decided to talk to Adrien since he had been pretty depressed today. It was from there that he told us that his father wasn't going to let him have a birthday party, something we were shocked about. Looking around, I managed to find Tricha, Meri, Alya, Calmdou, and Marinette hiding nearby out of sight, the Yo-kai and the girls no doubt trying to help Marinette pick up the courage to give Adrien his present. I also found Chloé and Sabrina at the school door, the two close enough to see what's happening.
"Mr. Agreste isn't allowing Adrien to have a party? On his birthday?" I said, still shocked by this news.
"I am just as shocked as you, but it appears Father doesn't see a reason to approve such an event." Frost told us with a sad look on her face.
"Dude, seriously? Has your dad always been such a downer?" Niño said to Adrien as he blew some bubbles. "You'd think he'd remember what it was like to be young and wanna party a little."
"No, I'm pretty sure he was a downer back then too." Adrien told us.
"I'm really sorry, Adrien." Frost said to her brother. "I really thought that he would allow you to have this."
"It's okay, Frost." Adrien said to her with a reassuring smile. "At least you tried."
"It's your b-day, dude! Insist!" Niño said as he then wrapped one arm around Adrien.
"Niño's right, Adrien." I added. "You shouldn't give up so easily. If you just talk to him, I'm sure your father would understand and let you have a party."
"You can do it, you can do it!" I heard Tricha say, encouraging Marinette to give Adrien his present from her.
"I can do it, I can do it!" Marinette said, sounding encouraged.
"You know what? I'm gonna have a little convo with your pops." Niño said, surprising both me and Frost.
"Niño, while I do appreciate your offer of assistance, I'm afraid that is not a wise decision." Frost said to him. "Father is not an easy man to persuade. Believe me, I speak from years of trying to do so."
"Yeah, she's right. Don't waste your time." Adrien said, feeling hopeless. "He's not gonna change his mind."
Calmdou Nue's view
Thanks to our encouragement, Marinette managed to pop her head out from the stairs to look at Adrien while he and Frost were busy speaking with Niño and Axel. I smiled at the thought of how brave she was being until she instantly slunk back down, turned around, and held the gift in front of her face in embarrassment.
"I can't do it, I can't do it!" Marinette said, having already lost her confidence.
"Ugh! No, you don't, girl. You've been stalling all morning." Alya said as she facepalms herself. "Now's the time."
"She's right, Marinette." I said before I then began pushing Marinette over to where Adrien was. "You spent so much effort into making sure you could give him the perfect present. Do not let your efforts go to waste."
"Ah!" Marinette said as she stopped right in front of Adrien, I going back to the stairs to watch with the girls as Marinette then hid her gift behind her back. "Um, he—Hey!"
"Hey." Adrien said, surprised.
"Wait! Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?" Hearing Chloé, I looked to the front door of the school and saw her standing there with Sabrina. Judging by the way she said that, I had to say she looked at what was happening. Managing to sneak over, I managed to watch the scene unfold. "Don't tell me it's Adrien's birthday!"
Sabrina checked her tablet, was surprised, and makes excusing noises while smiling.
"Ugh! Do I have to do everything myself? Seriously, what are you good for?" Chloé said as she facepalmed herself and stormed toward Adrien.
"I, uh, I wanted to, umm, gift you a make—I mean, gift you a give I made—I mean…" Marinette said nervously. I couldn't help but laugh at her display.
"Out of the way." Chloé yawned while Marinette was talking and then shoved her away before putting on a sweet girl act. "Happy birthday, Adrien!" She tried to throw herself onto him, but had been stopped by Frost who held her back with a hand to the girl's face, the disguised Fox Yo-kai giving her a glare. At least Frostail recognizes a rotten child like Chloé when she sees one.
"Hey, come on, Frost." Adrien said with an exasperated look on his face. "Chlo was just wishing me a 'Happy birthday'."
"I know and I do appreciate her showing a little courtesy to you." Frost said to him. "Though I must remind you that she had rudely interrupted someone who was speaking to you."
"Dummy." Marinette said to herself as she was on the ground, Alya, Tricha, and Meri then face-palming themselves.
"State your business, Bourgeois." Frost said to the brat, removing her hand as Chloé stood there. "Otherwise, please leave and let us go about our business."
"Okay, geez." Chloé said before she dusted herself off and regained the smile she lost in the moment. "I was just wondering if Adrien got the gift I sent him."
"I'm afraid I don't recall any gift being delivered to him today." Frost forwardly said.
"What? Oh, those delivery guys." Chloé said with annoyance. "I bet it was too heavy so they had to go back and get another guy to help. Those slackers." She tried to wrap her arms around Adrien, but was stopped by Frost grabbed the girl by the shoulder.
"No physical contact, only verbal responses." Frost coldly said to her. "If you can't abide by those conditions, then I suggest you leave."
"Alright. No touching, just talking." Chloé said, having an annoyed expression on her face for a moment before giving Adrien a smile. "I'll make sure they get it to you by tonight, Adrien. Hope you like it." She then blew him a kiss before she started her way back over to Sabrina, humming a happy tune to herself.
Seeing a way to get a little even for her rudeness to Marinette, I lifted one leg and tripped Chloé, the girl screaming as she landed on top of Sabrina. Looking over, I saw Frost giving me a little admiring smile, silently showing she was pleased with what I did.
"Marinette, get up!" Meri spoke up as she and the girls stayed hidden.
"Yes, darling!" Tricha put in. "You can still give Adrien your present!"
"Yeah, get back there!" "Don't be a pushover, literally!" Alya said to Marinette, while staying hidden.
"Mmm." Marinette groaned with a look of defeat defeated, causing Tricha and Meri to groan in exasperation and Alya to give a look of disgust. Then Sabrina got back up and helped Chloé back up.
"What did you get him?" She asked Chloé as she helped her to feet after getting herself back up.
"I didn't, you did." She angrily said as she pointed at Sabrina. "And it better be amazing, and it better not be late!"
"Mhm." Sabrina cowardly nodded.
"Ugh!" Chloé furiously groaned as she left, Sabrina quickly tapping with fear before following Chloé, I glaring at the blonde for not even taking effort into doing that one thing by herself.
From there, I then went over to check on Marinette as she went back to the girls, all of them hiding behind the stairs.
"C'mon, you can do it." Alya said.
"Hm!" Marinette said with a look of determination.
Axel's view
After a while of Niño trying to convince Adrien to let him talk to his father, a limousine pulled up.
"Gotta go. Photoshoot." Adrien said with a sad look on his face before he went into the limo.
"Hold on, Adrien." Frost said before she then turned towards the girls standing at the stairs. "Marinette, come over here." Marinette gained a look of surprise and looked to the girls who give her an encouraging smile to go up to her. Taking a deep breath, Marinette then walks over to Frostine, hiding the present behind her again. "I suppose what you're holding behind you is your present for my brother, correct?" Marinette was hesitant to answer, but nodded with a nervous smile. "Well then, I believe it is only right for you to give it to him." Frostine then stepped aside to let Marinette by. Marinette looked at the disguised Fox Yo-kai, who simply motions her head to show her it was okay. With that, Marinette then brought the present out from behind her and walked over to Adrien.
"Um… hey, Adrien." Marinette said, nervously. "I this you made—I mean, I want to gift this give—I mean, uh… Happy birthday!"
"Oh, thanks, Marinette." Adrien said as he took the present handed to him, giving Marinette a grateful smile. "I can't wait to open it when I get home." With that, Adrien then moved to allow his sister in, Frostine closing the door before the limo drove away.
"Way to go, Marinette!" Alya said as she and the girls came over and congratulated her.
"Indeed. You've managed to give Adrien your gift." Tricha added. "A job well done."
"Thanks, but I only managed to because of Frostine. I sounded like a real dummy back there." Marinette said, quickly losing her smile. "Why can't I just mean what I say?"
"Uh, say what you mean?" Meri asked.
"Exactly." Marinette said.
"Looks like I've got some business to take care of with Adrien's old man." Nino said to himself.
"Niño, are you sure you should try and talk with Mr. Agreste?" I asked with a little worry.
"Oh, come on, Axe." Niño told me.
"I'm just saying." I said. "The way Adrien spoke about him, his father seems pretty strict."
"Relax. Once we have a chat, I'm sure he'll come around." Niño said with that confident smile.
[Outside the Agreste Mansion]
Standing at the gates, me and my fellow elementals held our presents for Adrien, ready to give them to him. Alya and Marinette were there to see us do so.
"Okay, everybody ready?" I asked the five.
"All ready, bud!" Basar said as he and the others held up their gifts.
"Okay, then let's mail these gifts." I said before I turned to Marinette who was trying to get the mailbox open, the girl pulling on the black, gold decorated drop slot.
"This mailbox won't budge!" Marinette said as she gave up.
"Then maybe we should try ringing the doorbell." Tricha said as she then went over and ringed the doorbell, causing a hidden compartment on the wall to open as a camera appeared.
"Yes?" A voice from the camera said.
"Um, hello." I greeted, feeling a little nervous with speaking to a camera. "I'm Axel, a classmate of Adrien and Frostine. My friends and I are here to deliver our presents for him." I then gave my best smile, hoping whoever was talking to us would open the mailbox.
"Put it in the box." the voice said before the mailbox opened.
"Thank you." I said before me and the others then placed our gifts inside the mailbox. After the camera retreated back into the wall and the mailbox closed, I then turned to my friends with a smile on my face. "Well, we did it."
"Hope he likes the gifts we got him." Basar said with a proud smile.
"I just hope he remembers to thank us for it." Jay added.
"Of course, he'll thank us. He knows those presents are from each of us." Trustin put in, making me flinch in realization and causing everyone to look at me with concern. "You okay, Axel?"
"Yeah, it's just…" I said as my smile became one of shame. "I forgot to put the gift tag on the present from me."
"You forgot to put the tag on?" Basar said as he and the others looked at me with shock.
"Huh. Only a few weeks and he already pulled a Marinette." Jay said with an amused smug on his face.
"'Pulled a Marinette'?" Marinette asked with confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, it means making a big mistake with doing something so simple like getting a birthday present ready." Jay answered her. "I can already tell that can start being a thing."
"What? There's no way that will ever become a thing!" Marinette said, a little offended by Jay's comment. "I'm not that clumsy." She then got excited as she looked at the mansion. "Oh! I hope Adrien likes my gift!"
"Of course, he will." Alya said to her. "You worked really hard on it."
"You signed the note, right?" Meri asked, causing Marinette to give her a surprised look of realization.
"Marinette." Tricha said as Marinette groaned in frustration.
"Still don't think 'pulling a Marinette' won't be a thing?" Jay smugly asked her.
"Good thing Frostine was able to make sure Adrien knows that is from you." Alya said.
"Yeah, wish I had that help with the gift I just sent." I said before we all then began to walk back to our homes.
Seeing how Adrien might not open his presents for a while, I saw I had no choice but to sneak into the Agreste Mansion when I had the chance to get the tag on the gift.
[Agreste Mansion, Nathalie's office]
Got It Maid's view
After getting to her office, I then place the presents I was helping Nathalie carry inside onto her desk as Nathalie did the same with the others.
"Master Adrien certainly has some generous friends, doesn't he, Nathalie?" I said with a smile as Nathalie then sat down at her desk.
"Yes, he certainly does." Nathalie said before a call came on the intercom.
"Who was that, Nathalie?" Mr. Agreste asked as we saw him on the intercom.
"Friends of Adrien's." Nathalie answered. "They were delivering gifts for his birthday."
"Did you remember to buy him a present from me?" Mr. Agreste asked.
"Uh—uh, but you didn't ask me to." Nathalie said, quite surprised by this. As was I for the sudden task being given to her.
"Of course I did!" Mr. Agreste said angrily.
"Yes, Mr. Agreste." Nathalie nervously told him. "I—I'll take care of it."
"Good." He said as he disconnected, causing Nathalie to cover her mouth in fear for she didn't get a present for Adrien.
"Nathalie, he didn't tell you to get a present for Adrien." I said to her, shocked that she agreed to this task. "You could have told him that you couldn't get a present for the boy."
"Uh! I know, but I am his assistant. What else am I supposed to say?" She looked at me with despair. "What am I going to do? I don't have a gift for Adrien!"
"Calm down, Nathalie. I'm sure we'll figure something out." I said as I placed a hand of reassurance on her shoulder. "Honestly, I do believe Mr. Agreste should be ashamed. Every year, he assigns us to get Adrien a birthday gift and we never have the time to do so. If he wants to give a gift to his son, he should have gotten one for the boy himself like his friends had." Looking to the six presents on the desk, one of them caught my attention. "Huh, that's odd."
"What is it?" Nathalie asked as I held up the gift wrapped in animal paw-patterned wrapping paper.
"This gift doesn't have a tag." I said as I examined the gift, finding no tag upon it. "It seems the friend who sent this forgot to put it on."
"Ah!" Nathalie's face lightened up before she then took the gift from me, gaining a look of relief. "Ah, this is perfect. I'll just give this to Adrien." I gasped as I knew what she was planning.
"Nathalie, that is a gift from one of Adrien's friends!" I said to her with a look of disappointment. "You can't take and present it as someone else's, especially Mr. Agreste!"
"I'm afraid I don't have much of a choice, Got It Maid." Nathalie told me with a look of worry. "I don't have time to look for a gift for Adrien and, if I don't give one to him, Gabriel will fire me." Before I could argue, the doorbell rang and she composes herself before activating the camera to answer. "Yes?"
"Uh, hi." Said a spectacle boy from the security feed.
After letting him inside, Nathalie escorted Adrien's friend Niño to the foyer, where I then went to inform Mr. Agreste about our guest. After he told me he would come to greet the boy, I went to Nathalie as she and Niño waited for Mr. Agreste.
"He'll be here in a minute." Nathalie said after I told her Mr. Agreste was coming.
"Adrien's not home yet." Mr. Agreste said as he came in from the upper stairs and stood atop the main staircase.
"Uh, I was coming to see you, du—sir." Niño said, trying to be serious.
"Me?" Mr. Agreste said, quite surprised by this.
"Yeah, that's right." Nino said as he explained his reasons for speaking with the master of the mansion. "I know you don't want Adrien to have a party, but it's his birthday, dude—I mean, sir! It's all he wants."
"No." Mr. Agreste raised his palm in response. "That's final."
"That's messed up." Nino said as Adrien and Lady Frostail walked in, only I being the one to notice them first. "He never screws up in class, he always does whatever you tell him. Photoshoots, fencing, Chinese, piano…"
"Niño? You're here." Adrien said as he gently put a hand on Niño's shoulder, surprised to see his friend here.
"I see you kept your word with talking with our father." Lady Frostail added, keeping an emotionless expression on her face.
"Anything for my best bud." Niño said after he turned to smile at Adrien before he turned his gaze back to Mr. Agreste. "Show some awesomeness, du—I mean, sir, please." Though I smiled at the boy for trying to help his friend, Mr. Agreste didn't share the same as his emotionless expression turned into a look of anger.
"Forget it, Niño. Really, it's fine." Adrien said, believing it was pointless.
"Listen, young man, I decide what's best for my son." Mr. Agreste said, getting us all to look at him. "In fact, I've just decided that you're a bad influence and you're not welcome in my house ever again. Leave now!"
"Father, you can't do this!" Lady Frostail said with a look of shock. "Niño did nothing wrong!"
"Frost's right, Father." Adrien put in as Mr. Agreste began to leave. "He was just trying to do something cool for me."
"Goodbye." Nathalie said as she stood in front of the two boys and Lady Frostail. All I could do was watch as Niño started to leave, looking quite upset.
"Nino, wait!" Adrien said as he caught his friend outside of the doors. "I'm sorry. My father, he's pretty stubborn."
"My brother speaks the truth. Father is not the easiest person to negotiate with." Lady Frostail said as she joined them, sharing the same depressed look Adrien had. "In any case involving him, it's just best to stay out of his way."
"But it's not fair." Niño said with a look of rage as he crossed his arms and left, going down the stairs towards the gate. "Harsh, uncool."
"Thanks anyway, Niño." Adrien said as he bowed his head in despair, Lady Frostail putting a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
I really felt sorry for them, for Lady Frostail, Adrien, and Niño. The boy was only trying to help Adrien have the best birthday ever. I know Mr. Agreste is only doing this because he's trying to make sure Adrien is safe, but he should think about how his own son feels about all this and see if he was really okay with it instead of forcing him to do so. The wish that he would truly be a father to Adrien is one that both Lady Frostail and I share.
No one's view
In the park, Niño was sitting on a bench, looking angry as he started blowing bubbles with his bubble wand.
"But, Daddy, please!" Hearing this, Niño looks over to see a man pulling his son away from the park.
"No, it's not playtime. You've got your chores to do." The man said as his son continued to complain.
"Ugh! Adults ruin everything, all the time." Nino groaned in anger as the scene before him reminded him of the father of his friend.
[Hawk Moth's Lair, Paris]
Hawk Moth's view
Sensing the boy's rage, I prepared to make my new villain as the window of my lair began to open.
"Desperate to help his friend, but feeling powerless. How frustrating. It won't be long before frustration turns to anger!" I said as I transformed a butterfly into an akuma before going to Putrefeu, taking out a Soul Coin. "And now to make sure the anger doesn't go away." After I fed it to Putrefeu, my Yo-kai gave me a new Nega-kai soul.
"There you go, master." The Yo-kai said to me after he retracted his tongue.
"Good work, Putrefeu." I said as I positioned the halves of the capsule to where the soul was in between them. "Now my villain will have his guide to his goal and mine." With that, I sealed the capsule on the soul and twisted the halves in opposite directions, locking it and letting it go after it gains its aura. With that, I then watched as my Nega-kai and akuma flew off into Pairs. "Fly away, my little akuma and my horrible Nega-kai. Go and evilize him!"
No one's view
Back at the park, Niño continued to blow bubbles, not knowing the two corrupt entities flying toward him. Nino stopped blowing bubbles after the Nega-kai's capsule landed in front of him, dragging the boy's attention to it. After the capsule popped open, Nino was surrounded in a cloud of purple smoke as the Nega-ka formed within it, its blue eyes shining within the mist. From this, the Nega-kai gained a mad grin as I raised up what appeared to be a paw with purple glowing pads before stamping it on Nino's chest. A brief moment later, it removes it and a glowing purple paw print appears on the boy's chest, Nino's screaming out as he felt intense rage build up inside him. As the smoke dissipated, the akuma flew over and corrupted Nino's bubble wand, causing red butterfly wing-like markings to appear around his eyes as he gave a look of anger.
Hawk Moth's view
Sensing that both my Nega-kai and my akuma had reached the boy, I then went on to release my new servants onto Paris.
"Hawk Moth is my name, your Nega-kai's is Fizzer, and Bubbler is now yours." I said, speaking out my telepathic message to the boy from my lair. "Your Nega-Kai and I will help you with these horrid adults and all you have to do in return is help me get something from the Element Gang."
No one's view
"Yes, Hawk Moth." Niño said as he stood up with a sinister smile before he began to be transformed by dark energy.
A moment later, two blurs of blue and red flew in and landed on a rooftop, where two colorful people that appeared to be almost clown-like crouched down upon. One was shorter and resembled a wolf with a mouth full of fangs curved into an unsettling grin and the other was taller and with a huge bubble wand on his back. These were Hawk Moth's new villain Bubbler and his Nega-kai Fizzer.
"No more adults means total freedom! This is SOOO sweet!" Bubbler said as he took out his bubble sword and turned to his Nega-kai. "Let's do this, Fizzer!"
"Yeah! Let's have some fun." Fizzer said before Bubbler took his bubble wand off his back.
"Off the hook!" Bubbler said as the two then started flying over Paris, leaving a trail of purple bubbles behind them.
The bubbles they created then started capturing adults, turning green upon doing so before flying away while citizens began to scream. They tried to outrun them, but were soon captured, leaving kids crying out from the loss of their parents.
Hawk Moth's view
"Perfect." I said, enjoying the view of all the people floating away into the air in bubbles and knowing this would lure out the heroes.
Back at my house, I had laid there on the couch just, and I can't believe I'm saying this, feeling sorry for Adrien. All of us were after I told them that Mr. Agreste wouldn't let him have a birthday party.
"I can't believe his own pops isn't letting him have a party." Basar said.
"It's pretty awful." Meri said. "Who doesn't like a good birthday party?"
"Apparently Mr. Agreste." Trustin said. "You'd think he would know how he's liked to party when he was young."
"Well, Adrien said he was probably a downer back then too." I said. "I just can't understand why he won't allow it.
Tricha looked at the window for a sec, but she gave her full attention when she saw my mother being carried off in a giant green bubble.
"Uh, Axel?" She said as she pointed to the window.
"What?" I asked. I then saw what was outside and gave a look of shock. I then rushed over and saw my mother being carried off by a bubble. "Mom? Mom?!"
It seemed to happen to the rest of my team as I saw their parents floating away too.
"Oh, no!" Nooroo said. "Hawkmoth must have released another akuma."
"Then let's get out there and find his latest villain." I said as I got ready to transform. "Nooroo, let's fly!" I then transformed into El Dragon. Then the rest of my team followed my lead. After transforming, we then went onto the roof and started searching around, making sure everyone was all right.
[Dupain-Cheng Residents/Boulangerie Patisserie]
After coming from school, Marinette and I ate our lunch, I doing so while feeling sorry for Adrien that his father wouldn't let him have a party for his birthday and speaking to Marinette about it.
"I know Adrien said that his father wasn't the kind of guy that would allow these things, but I still don't understand why he can't allow his own son to have a birthday party." I said to her. "Doesn't he know how important a person's birthday is?"
"Adrien must have gotten his gift by now." She said to herself as she placed the peas on her plate to form a heart.
"Marinette, are you even listening?" I said, annoyed by my housemate ignoring me.
"What's that you said?" Sabine asked after she opened a window.
"Nothing, Mrs. Cheng. Just speaking out my frustration." I said before I got a sudden chill, knowing that it was my Akuma Sense going off. Looking behind her, I saw a big purple bubble fly in through the window towards her. "Mrs. Cheng, look out!" I tried to get over to her, but was too late as the bubble captured her, turning green before it started flying back out the window.
"Mom? Mom!" Marinette yelled as we both head for the window and watched as the bubble floated into the sky with her mother in it. It wasn't long until we saw her father trapped in a bubble that was floating up too. "Dad? Dad!"
"Oh, this is not good!" I said before I then rushed to my room and grabbed all the stuff I need before I went to the door and put on my shoes.
"Axel, where are you going?" Marinette asked me as I stood up.
"I'm going out to check on the others and find out what's going on. Possibly get some help." I said as I opened the door. "Stay here! I'll be back!" With that, I then rushed outside through the bakery.
Marinette's view
"Looks like those bubbles are taking everyone in Paris." Calmdou said as he came over. "Hawk Moth released another akuma."
"We've got to find his newest villain ASAP." I said as I got ready to transform, Tikki coming out of hiding. "Tikki, spots on!"
"Lucky Emblem, spots on!" Calmdou said as we transformed into Ladybug and Lucky Nue. "Lucky Nue!"
[Streets of Paris]
Axel's view
As I ran through the streets and tried to call my fellow elementals in video chat, I was shocked and terrified as I watched numerous bubbles float away with innocent people inside.
"Pick up! Pick up!" I said before the guys finally answered, all of them appearing on my screen and showing worried looks. "Guys, are you alright?"
"All fine here, except a bubble came in and took Nino's mom." Basar said.
"I can't find Ivan or his folks either!" Jay put in
"Alya and her parents are missing too!" Meri added. "The sisters are freaking out!"
"Yeah, I know. Some bubbles took Marinette's parents just before my akuma sense went off." I said to them.
"Akuma sense?" Trustin asked as he gained a look of realization. "Wait, are you saying…"
"Yeah, I think Hawk Moth released another akuma and evilized a new villain." I said as I kept running before I then saw something towards me with a whole bunch of bubbles behind it. "Whoa!" Ducking into a nearby alley, I watched as what was coming at me landed right there and looked around, all while I tried to keep hidden.
What I saw was this short, bipedal wolf with a blue face, black circles around its dark amaranth eyes, two black spots on his muzzle with one on the bottom and one on the top, a red, skin-tight cowl with a red antenna topped with a red sphere. The cowl was attached to a red cape of red, light blue, and yellow segmented from top to bottom with black on the inside along with a red tunic with an eye-like black and white circle with two dark gray tubes attached to it, the tubes attached to these yellow rings that had what appeared to be bubble wands attached to the sides on his wrists. His upper arms and lower legs had these casts which were segmented like his cape, but in different colored spheres. His lower arms, upper legs, and feet were black with dark purple paw pads.
[Nega-kai Fizzer]
"Huh. That's weird." The wolf said as he looked around. "Could've sworn I saw one of the kids Bubbler wanted me to get."
"Bubbler?" I said, keeping my voice down.
"Axel, what's wrong?" Trustin asked, I quickly shushing him before ending the call.
When the wolf looked my way, I quickly took cover to keep out of his field of vision. Before he could go searching the alley I was in, a voice spoke out.
"Yo, Fizzer!" After the wolf looked away, I peeked out to see the voice coming from a small purple that floated next to him. "How're things going, my dude?"
"Niño?" I said with surprise as I recognized the voice.
"All good, Bubbler." Fizzer said with a proud smile. "I got all the stuff for the party and I almost got all the party people. Just got a few more and they'll all be there."
"Nah, don't worry about it. Just head on back." Niño (or Bubbler I guess) told him, I managing to sneak a picture of the wolf with my Yo-kai Phone. "All the adults are gone, so now we can have some fun. Soon as I get the message out, I'm sure we'll get everybody down to the party."
"Right on, my dude!" Fizzer said before the bubble popped. "Yeah! Time to partyyyy!" with that, I watched as the wolf flew off with a stream of bubbles.
After coming out of hiding, I then held up my Yo-kai Phone and did a search on Fizzer's picture, managing to get a match to prove my suspicions.
"Huh. Yo-kai Wuffer." I said as I got the Yo-kai Wiki page of a Yo-kai who was no doubt Fizzer's true Yo-kai form.
"Looks like Hawk Moth also unleashed another Nega-kai." Nooroo said as he appeared on my shoulder.
"Then it looks like we'll need some Yo-kai help." I said as I dug in my pocket and pulled out the Yo-kai Medals I managed to grab. "Good thing I got these." With this, I then went on to summon the Yo-kai partners of my fellow elementals and I, placing each medal in my Yo-kai Watch to summon each Yo-kai. "Come on out, my friend! Calling Jibanyan! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Charming!" The Yo-kai Watch then summoned my partner, playing the song of the Charming Tribe.
Alarming!
Boom-boom! Walla-walla!
Dance-dance!
Charming!
"Jibanyan!" Jibanyan said as he appeared in front of me.
"Calling Walkappa! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Charming!" The Yo-kai Watch then summoned the kappa.
"Walkappa!" Walkappa said as he appeared in front of me.
"Calling Signibble! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Mysterious!" the automated voice said as the Yo-kai Watch summoned Signibble, playing the song of the Mysterious Tribe.
A-boo-shiggy, boo-shiggy!
Boogie woogie!
Cling-clang delirious!
Mysterious!
"Signibble!" Signibble said as he appeared in front of me.
"Calling Betterfly! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Heartful!" The Yo-kai Watch then summoned Icedra's partner, playing the song of the Heartful Tribe.
Speedy Asa!
Shangri-La la!
Everywhere!
Heartful!
"Betterfly!" Betterfly said as she appeared in front of me.
"Calling Flumpy! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Eerie!" The Yo-kai Watch summoned Torna's partner. Since Flumpy was of the Heartful Tribe, the song goes like this:
Oogily! Boogily!
Flippity-dee!
Oogily! Boogily!
Bubba! Eerie!
"Flumpy!" Flumpy said as he appeared in front of me.
"Calling Blazion! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Brave!" The Yo-kai Watch then summoned Apolloid's partner, playing the song of the Brave Tribe.
Sumo shave!
Flame on grave!
Flash team!
Brave!
"Blazion!" Blazion said as he appeared in front of me.
"Hey, what's going on, Axe?" Jibanyan asked me as he and the other Yo-kai looked to me.
"We got big trouble, Jib! Niño's been evilized and is wreaking havoc on Paris with a Nega-kai!" I told them.
"Rawr, rawr-rawr rawr-rawr-rawr!" Blazion said, ready for the fight ahead.
"Blazion's right. Let us put a stop to this villainous rampage!" Betterfly said.
"Yeah! Let's go kick some bad guy butt!" Jibanyan said with a look of determination. "Axe, my belt!"
"Here you go!" I said with a determined smile as I handed him his Miraculous Belt before I turned to Nooroo. "Time to transform! Nooroo, take flight!"
"Alright! Miraculous Belt, take flight!" Jibanyan said as he put on the Miraculous Belt and we transformed into El Dragon and Miracunyan. "Miracunyan!"
"Now to summon the others!" I said as I pulled out Mirapo's medal and used it. "Calling Mirapo! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning Mysterious!" the automated voice said as the Yo-kai Watch summoned Signibble, playing the song of the Mysterious Tribe.
"Mirapo!" Mirapo said as he appeared in front of me before I called my fellow elementals with my staff.
"Guys, I just summoned Mirapo and summoned our Yo-kai partners." I told the rest of my teammates. "I'll explain what's going on once you get here. Just hurry!"
"You got it, cap!" Basar said before I then watched my fellow elementals come through Mirapo's mirror one-by-one.
No one's view
On another rooftop, Bubbler sat there as a purple bubble appeared in front of him, Fizzer's face soon appearing on it.
"Everything's all set!" Fizzer said with a smile.
"Sweet!" Bubbler said with a smile. "And now, party time!"
Axel's view
After my fellow elementals transformed, we alongside our Yo-kai ran out to find the new villain and his Nega-kai, I debriefing them on the new evilized victim.
"Wait, Niño's doing all this?" Apolloid asked me as we kept on moving.
"Yeah. He got turned into a villain called Bubbler and he's got a Nega-kai named Fizzer helping him." I told him. "My guess is that his talk with Mr. Agreste didn't go so well and Hawk Moth used the moment to evilize him."
"Okay, but why's he sending people into the sky in bubbles?" Icedra asked me.
"Well, it doesn't look like he's getting rid of everyone." I said as I looked around and noticed that only teenagers and little kids were roaming the streets. "Looks like he's only getting rid of the adults. The way Mr. Agreste upset him must make him think all adults are bad."
"But some of these kids need somebody to look after them." Posidacus put in. "They need their parents."
"Which is more of a reason that we need to stop Bubbler and get all the adults back." I said before we heard some crying and rushed over to a couple of crying little kids accompanied by a teenager.
After calming them down, we turned to the sky as we saw the purple bubbles in the sky gain the face of the Bubbler, the bubbles seeming to act like screens for a broadcast. The villain's head resembled that much of his Nega-kai's, only without a muzzle and having those black spots on the two sides of his face, one beneath his right eye and the other above his left eye.
"Today is your lucky day, little dudes! The adults have taken the day off, so make the most of it." Bubbler said with a grin. "No chores, no homework, no more nagging. Just fun, fun, fun, fun! This is the Bubbler's gift to you!"
"I hate it when you're right." Posidacus said to me.
"We better find him before he decides to send anyone else into space. And I have a guess of where he might be." I said before I turned to the kids. "Don't worry, your parents will come back. We'll see to it." I then looked to the teenager with them. "You take care of them in the meantime." With a nod from him, I then turned back to my team. "Element Gang, let's go!"
And we then went off to find Bubbler with the kids cheering us on to bring their parents back. Thanks to my super hearing, I managed to find out Ladybug and Lucky Nue weren't too far away as I heard cheers for the duo a block away. From there, the team and I followed the trail of excess akuma energy from the bubbles Bubbler made, which I could see thanks to my akuma sense. As expected, the trail led us to the Agreste Mansion. Niño did want Adrien to have the best party ever. Thanks to Hawk Moth, he now had the power to do so without any worry for him.
[Agreste Mansion, Dining Room]
Frostail's view
Inside the mansion, Adrien and I ate lunch alone in the mansion's dining room, my brother full of despair by Father still refusing to let him have a birthday party and for having his friend banned from ever stepping foot in our home.
"Wow. That was a birthday lunch break to remember. Yay!" He said sarcastically after he finished his meal and got up. We walked into the foyer and stopped to see no one was around. "Nathalie? Father? Got It Maid?"
"Huh. That's strange." I said, confused by this. "Got It Maid usually answers when she's called." Almost in an instant, a strange sound struck my ears, one of which Adrien couldn't hear.
"What is it, Frost?" Adrien asked me.
"I believe I hear people outside." I said before we both walked outside to find a crowd of our classmates as they cheered out, surprising the two of us. "What in the world?"
"Hey, hey, hey, birthday boy!" Hearing that voice, we both looked up to see a couple of oddly dressed fellows standing upon these strange purple bubbles above us, my brother and I giving the man and the wolf strange expressions. "Guess what? Daddy's gone. While the cat's away, the mice will play." Bubbler said as he stood on top of a bubble. Adrien looked at the Bubbler with a strange expression until he realized who he is.
"Niño?" Adrien said as we realized that it was his friend upon one of the
"The Bubbler and his buddy Fizzer's brought all yo homies together for one single-sole purpose: to ce-le-brate!" Niño, or The Bubbler, had said with a smile before he and the wolf (who I concluded to be Fizzer) jumped down into a nearby DJ booth.
"Yeah! Now let's get this party started!" Fizzer said, causing everyone to cheer as Bubbler then played some party music and people started to dance.
Adrien and I looked at each other with surprise before we ran back into the mansion.
Hawk Moth's view
"Seems all is going according to plan, huh, master?" Putrefeu said.
"Indeed, Putrefeu." I agreed with a smile. "It won't be long until the Element Gang arrive and meet their doom. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Axel's view
Upon reaching the Agreste Mansion and hearing some music, my team and I stopped as I brought out my telescope hand to take a closer look and see what was going on.
"Come on, everybody, I brought you here to party!" I heard Bubbler say, our classmates looking downright depressed as they were dancing. "So dance or you'll join the adults up in the sky!" Bubbler laughed evilly as some fireworks shot up in the sky.
"Well, that explains where our classmates went." I said as I continued to look. "Looks like Bubbler didn't just got rid of all the adults, he's forcing people into having fun at Adrien's birthday party."
"Well, let's just go down there and stop him!" Apolloid said, Blazion agreeing as the two tried to go down there.
"No! We can't rush in there with everybody still down there." I said as I stopped the two. "Hawk Moth wants my Miraculous and will do anything to get it. If we go down there, he might order Bubbler to attack or worse. We would only put our classmates in danger."
"He does have a point." Flumpy said.
"Then what do we do?" Torna asked.
"We'll just have to blend in with the crowd." I said. "We'll go as our normal selves, pretend to be having fun."
"And when he least expects it, we'll transform and capture his akuma." Miracunyan said, figuring out what I was planning.
"Ooh! I'm into some partying!" ShockBlade said with that excited smile of hers.
"You sure this is just for a surprise attack or are you using this as an excuse to get in there and get a label on your gift for Adrien?" Posidacus asked with a nonchalant expression.
"Huh? What does that mean?" Miracunyan asked in confusion.
"Not important. Let's just get down there." I said before all stealthily reached the gate. "Descend." With that, my fellow elementals and I managed to turn back into our civilian forms and Miracunyan managed to take off the belt and turn back into Jibanyan. "Jibanyan, you and the other Yo-kai try and sneak in from somewhere else."
"What? Why?" Jibanyan asked me.
"So we don't drag any attention to ourselves." I explained. "There's a Nega-kai around here, remember? While no one else at this party can see you, he can. Practically everybody in Paris knows the Element Gang has Yo-kai partners. Considering how Hawk Moth somehow haves a connection with the Nega-kai he unleashes as much as his villains, going together might reveal our identities to him."
"Guess you got a point." Jibanyan said as he thought about it.
"Not only that, but Adrien is here." I reminded him. "He doesn't know about our secret. While Frostail can be able to cover for us at times, I'm not so sure she can come up with an excuse for all of coming here together like this. We agreed not to reveal our connections with each other until he was ready to learn the truth, remember?"
"Yeah, but…"
"Jibanyan, please. Let's just try and keep this between all of us, okay?" I stopped him before he could argue. "It'll only be until it's time to tell him and Marinette the truth, I promise."
Jibanyan thought for a moment before he sighed in defeat. "Okay."
"That's my pal. Now go, hurry!"
"Right. Come on, guys!" Jibanyan before and the other Yo-kai went off to find other ways to sneak into the party.
"Okay, guys. Let's go in." I said to my fellow elementals before we all went through the front gate, managing to blend in by dancing amongst the crowd.
Frostail's view
After getting back in the mansion, Adrien and I rushed into his room to prepare ourselves to take on the new villain and his Nega-kai.
"If I had known your friend was going to take the ban this personally, I would have stopped him and tried to calm him down." I said as I then pulled out the Noir Ring.
"It's not your fault. Neither of us saw this coming." Adrien said as he looked at his ring. "Let's just stop Niño before he causes any more trouble."
"What's your problem? Relax!" Plagg said as he climbed onto my brother's shoulder. "You're getting the party you've always wanted."
"Plagg, this is not what Adrien had in mind for a party." I said to the kwami with a glare. "He wanted a party with friends to enjoy it, not one being enforced by a supervillain. And may I remind you that this Bubbler had no doubt rid of the adults in this household?"
"Whatever. A party's a party." Plagg countered. "We can at least enjoy it while we got it."
"But Niño's been evilized!" Adrien said to his kwami. "I've gotta help him!"
"You may never get this chance again!" Plagg said as Adrien gave him a sad look. "C'mon, let's have a little fun while your father's away! Then we'll save Niño, trap his akuma, and all will be good."
Adrien thought for a moment before his expression brightened. "Okay, you're right."
"Adrien, you can't be serious!" I said, shocked by this. "You're a Miraculous Warrior! Which means you have the civic duty to…"
"Oh, come on, Frost. I've wanted a party for a long time." He said to me. "This might be the first day in my life that I actually get to do what I want for once."
"I understand that, but still…" I tried to argue before he stopped me.
"Please, Frost." Adrien said with a pleading look. "Can we just try and have a little fun while we can? I promise we'll take care of the Bubbler after the party. Just chill until then, okay?"
I thought about this for a moment as my thoughts were clashing with each other, one voice telling me to keep on trying and get Adrien to stop the villain and the other telling me to go along with his wishes and only act when he said so. Giving a sigh of defeat, I put the ring away as the latter won.
"Very well. I guess we can… party a little." I said, causing my brother to smile.
"Thanks, Frost. You're the best!" He said to me before we then went on to join our classmates, I hoping that the Element Gang would arrive to stop the Bubbler.
Lucky Nue's view
Traveling from the rooftops, Marinette and I followed the fireworks, knowing that they would lead us to the Bubbler and Fizzer.
"It's you and us, Bubbler." She said with determination.
"Hopefully, the Element Gang arrives to help us." I said before we began our way towards the mansion.
Frostail's view
Going to the courtyard, Adrian and I joined our classmates and began dancing to the music, Adrien enjoying himself. While he did so, I kept an eye out for the Element Gang for when they arrived to stop Bubbler.
"Yeah!" Hearing Adrien yell, I watched as he walked over to our classmate Rose. "Hey, nice party, I guess. Not really sure since it's my first one."
Rose smiled and gave two thumbs up to him before she went back to dancing with that depressed look on her face. Looking around, I saw that everyone had the same look. I didn't need anyone to tell me that they were being forced against their will. This was wrong. Though lacking any experience in a party, I knew very well that this should have been one where everybody could enjoy themselves. This party was doing nothing but bringing fear and misery to all who were part of it.
"I'm requesting a slow dance." My fox senses managing to pick up that scarce voice, I looked over to the DJ booth to see Sabrina standing there with Bourgeois waiting behind her.
"It's a bit early for that, isn't it?" Bubbler asked with a confused look.
"Ugh!" Bourgeois groaned before she shoved Sabrina down and put on an innocent face. "It's for Adrien. His first slow dance. Mm?" She made a sweet face with that last part.
"OH! You know it, girl. " He said, Fizzer groaning out in annoyance.
"Really? A slow dance?" Fizzer said as he laid on his back atop a bubble. "Come on! We came here to party! We can't slow things down!"
"Chill, Fizzer." Bubbler said to him as he pulled out a new record. "I'm just helping my dude out. Can't see a better party without him having his first slow dance. It's only this once and I promise I'll switch it back once the song is done. Cool?"
"Ugh! Fine." Fizzer said as he turned over before popping his bubble and landing on his feet as well as laying down behind the DJ table. "Just wake me up when the dumb song is over."
"Awesome!" Bubbler said as he changed the music to one for a slow dance.
With people pairing up as they kept dancing with those depressed looks, I knew what Bourgeois was up to and wasn't going to stand for it. The first slow dance is a sacred moment in the world of romance. If Adrien was going to have his first slow dance, then it must be for the means of true love on his part, not by the selfishness of someone who only cares for herself.
"Is it me or does everyone seem a bit weird?" Adrien said as Bourgeois walked up to him and grabbed him by the arm.
"Forget about them, let's go dance! C'mon!" Bourgeois said as she tried to drag him into a slow dance before I grabbed her arm.
"Excuse me… mind if I cut in?" I said to her with a glare, causing the girl to look at me with shock.
"Frostine! Hi!" She said as she let go of Adrien, I then letting go of her to let her hold her hands up in defense. "How long have you been standing here?"
"Long enough to see you causing trouble again." I said to her.
"Trouble? Me? I'm not doing anything!"
Axel's view
Upon hearing the music change, I looked around as I watched my classmates paired up with each other for a slow dance which pretty much confused me. I wasn't the only one who thought of this as my fellow elementals all came up around me.
"Hey! What happened?" Meri said with a look of annoyance as she stopped dancing. "I was getting my groove on!"
"It would appear a slow dance has begun." Tricha told us.
"A slow dance? This early in the day?" Jay asked, putting up a good point as this seemed to be an inappropriate time for a slow dance.
"Don't act so innocent with me, Bourgeois!" Hearing that familiar voice, we all looked to see Frostine standing between a surprised Adrien and a worried Chloé, the fox Yo-kai glaring at the latter dragging the attention of our classmates who continued to dance. "You were to pull Adrien into a slow dance!"
"Well, what if I was?" Chloé said in defense. "I mean, it is just one little dance."
"He's never had done a slow dance before!" Frostine said. "And you are dreaming if I think I would allow him to give his first slow dance to someone like you!"
"Oh, boy." I said with a nonchalant expression. "Looks like Chloé managed to anger Frostine again."
"Yeah, that's not much of a surprise." Trustin put in with the same look. "She seems to do that a lot."
Lucky Nue's view
Upon reaching the courtyard of the mansion, Marinette and I saw the Bubbler as he stood behind a DJ booth. Looking in front of him, we also managed to catch sight of Frostine glaring down at a nervous Chloé with Adrien right behind the Yo-kai.
"Okay, I'm not even sure I want to know what led to that." Marinette said as we watch the scene unfold.
"Frost, settle down!" Adrien said to Frostine, putting a hand on her should. "What's the big deal of this one little dance?"
"Adrien, listen." Frostine said as she calmed down while turning to him. "The first slow dance is a very important moment in one's life." She then began to speak more profoundly. "It is a moment where two people can open their hearts to each other, share the feelings they have as they dance away. It is one of the ways for one to find true love!"
"Wait, is that true?" Marinette asked me.
"You're asking the wrong person." I said to her. "Though it does seem that girl knows much about romance. She sounds like she's speaking from experience."
Axel's view
"As such, you should be more considerate of who you want to share such a moment for the one you chose might be the one to which you can give your heart to." Frostine said as she finished.
"Well, then maybe Adrien should dance with me." Chloé said as she gained a smug look on her face. "Maybe I'm the one he can give his heart to."
"I highly doubt it." Frostine said, giving Chloé a flat expression.
While the girls began to argue, I decided to put a stop to Chloé's plans. As much as Adrien annoys me as Cat Noir, but I hate the girl's attitude more.
That's when I came up with an idea. With this, I then texted Jibanyan to meet me in the mansion. From doing so, I then told him about my plan, whispering it to him as I handed him a special record I had for such an emergency.
Lucky Nue's view
The argument between the mayor's daughter and the fox Yo-kai continued as we watched. As we did, I noticed Marinette was deep in thought until she became horrified by a sudden realization of the situation.
"Okay, there is no way that's happening." Marinette said as she held her yo-yo, I grabbing her wrist as I knew what she was going to do. "What? Lucky Nue?"
"Marinette, you're going to use a Lucky Charm for this?" I said, giving the girl a stern glare.
"But it's an emergency." She said.
"Yeah, if by 'emergency', you mean 'jealousy'." I told her. "You know what happens once you use your Lucky Charm. You only have five minutes before…"
"Before I turn back, I know." She said with a look of shame.
"Look, I know you have feelings for him and don't want him to be taken by anybody else, but you can't use your Miraculous powers like that. They are meant for the good of others, not for selfish desires. Doing something like that, you wouldn't be better than your own bully down there."
"I know, but still…"
I then gave her a reassuring smile. "Everything will be fine. Besides, it seems Frostine is making sure Chloé won't get what she wants." After looking at the argument for a moment, I then noticed something in the crowd and it didn't take me long to see what it was. "And it looks like she's going to get some help." Pointing towards the crowd, I watched as Marinette's look of shame turned into surprise when she saw the one person we didn't expect.
"Wait, is that Jibanyan?"
She was correct. It was Jibanyan, making his way through the crowd to the DJ booth while carrying a record over his head. Thanks to the argument between the girls down there, Jibanyan was able to sneak his way over.
Jibanyan's view
After getting right beside the DJ table, I looked around to see if anyone was watching and saw no one was thanks to the cat fight going on over there. My luck was even better with Bubbler being busy looking through the records and Fizzer sleeping right there in front of me. I knew Fizzer when he was still Wuffer, we met at a party. This guy always likes a good party, so I knew he wouldn't resist what I had for him.
"Psst! Hey!" I whispered to him. "Wuffer! Wuffer!"
"Huh? What?" He said as he woke up and look at me. "Jibanyan? Hey, what's up, man?"
"Hey, got a little request for ya, dude." I said before I held up the record. "This is a little too dull for my taste. Mind getting this playing?"
"Wait, you want me to change the music?" Wuffer said, surprised by this. "But Bubbler set this up for his buddy over on the dance floor. I'm not sure he's…"
"Oh, come on! You and I both know the music isn't right for this." I said to him. "So how about we get the beat right and get everybody to bust a move?"
"Yeah, you're right." He said as he took the record. "Why should I worry about this? The sun's still out, so we need to make the best of it!"
"Awesome! Thanks, man!" I said before running off into the crowd.
Axel's view
The argument between the mayor's daughter and the fox Yo-kai continued as we watched. As we did, I noticed Marinette was deep in thought until she became horrified by a sudden realization of the situation.
Looking over to the DJ booth, I watched as Fizzer got up with a smile on his face before he placed the music in the empty slot and cranked up the volume, causing everyone to break their pairs and keep dancing. Chloé, Frostine, and Adrien were taken by surprise by the new music playing.
"Hey, I thought I requested for a slow dance!" Chloé said with a glare towards Fizzer.
"Sorry, girl! You're gonna have to wait till the moon's out for a slow dance!" Fizzer told her, not losing his smile. "We're gonna party hard till the sun's down!"
"Dude! Why'd ya just hijacked my mix?" He asked as he moved away from the records and looked at Fizzer with a glare.
"Hey, it was a request!" Fizzer said to him. "Besides, I think I did everyone a favor by changing your mix."
"A request? From who?" Bubbler said.
"Yours truly." I quietly said to myself before I started to dance myself, bringing out one signature dance from growing up in Mina Town with this being a Fire Dragon's favorite song.
Lucky Nue's view
With the new music playing, I watched as Marinette smiled from seeing the slow dance being brought to an end and Adrien's first slow dance not being taken by Chloé. Needless to say, it was pretty satisfying to see Chloé growl in frustration after Frostine smugly gave her a shrug as she danced. Hearing Marinette giggle, I then looked over as I saw what was making her laugh. Right below us, I saw Axel doing quite the unique dance, his arms and legs wiggling around like noodles as he did an assortment of dance moves.
"What is Axel doing?" Marinette asked as she couldn't stop giggling.
"I think that's his wobble dance." I answered. "He told me that was a signature dance he created for himself which made him popular in Mina Town."
"Hey, everybody!" Basar shouted as he pointed to Axel. "We got The Wobbler in the house!"
"The Wobbler?" Marinette asked.
"His nickname for creating the dance." I told her as the crowd began to cheer for Axel.
"Well, I don't see El Dragon or the others." Marinette said after she looked around. "If the Element Gang aren't around, then it's good to relax for a while."
"What about Bubbler and Fizzer?" I asked her.
"Well, it doesn't look like they're going anywhere, so maybe we can try and enjoy the party while we can."
"Well…" I thought about it for a moment, the fun atmosphere of the party managing to persuade me, especially with seeing how Frostine was enjoying herself. "Okay, maybe we can enjoy the party while we can. But we act fast if the villain and his Nega-kai try anything, okay?"
"Okay. Then let's transform back and join the party." With that, we both got off the balcony and landed at the gate nearby.
"Spots off." We both said as we transformed back to normal.
"Marinette, what about the akuma?" Tikki asked as she flew next to her.
"Hey, don't worry." Marinette said. "I figured, the Bubbler, he's not going anywhere and the Element Gang hasn't shown up, so we have time to have a little fun. Then, we'll get right back out there, I promise. Come on, let's see the Wobbler."
With that, Tikki then slipped into her purse and the two of us entered the party and started looking around. It was fine if one Yo-kai to enter the party with a human, especially when other Yo-kai joined the fun. When she saw the crowd, she went over and looked to see me still dancing with a girl with pink hair and wearing a green and black cap, a black shirt with green snakes patterning the sleeves, and a blank tank top with a green hourglass on it on top of the black shirt who I knew was their classmate Alix.
"Hey, what's going on?" Marinette asked as we managed our way over to the crowd.
"Marinette, you're just in time!" Basar said to her. "Alix challenged Axel to a dance-off!"
"Really? Cool!" Marinette said as she began cheering Axel on. "Whoo! Go, Axel!"
"Show him what you got, Alix!" Rose cheered.
"Where have you been, girl?" Alya said as we both turned around and saw her behind us. "I was so scared something had happened to you."
"Me too!" Marinette said as they hugged.
"I'm sure the Element Gang will show up in a minute to save us all. They never failed us." Alya said before she looked toward Axel. "Hope the dance-off doesn't take too long. I got something for Axel."
"Really? What?" Marinette asked.
"Remember when he said he forgot to put a tag on his gift for Adrien?" Alya told her. "Well, I was looking around the place and I managed to find it. I figured, since we're here, this would be the perfect time for him to get the tag on."
"Oh, yeah. You're right!" Marinette said as she remembered. "If he doesn't put the tag on, Adrien won't know it's from him!"
With this, I looked to the mansion as I thought to myself. Axel did have a chance to make sure he gave Adrien the best gift ever and, as his friends, it is our job to make sure he did so. While I knew I should have stayed with Marinette in case Bubbler and Fizzer tried anything, the voice telling me to be a good friend won me over and I went into the mansion.
After sneaking around for a bit, I managed to find what looked like a secretary's office and saw a few gifts on Nathalie's desk.
"Okay, so which one was it?" I said as I searched the gifts, checking them to find the one without a tag.
No one's view
Back outside, while Bubbler was deejaying, Fizzer looked around with a smile and lost it when he noticed something. He nudged Bubbler and the two looked at Ivan who wasn't dancing before they walked up to him.
"Hey, you! Why aren't you having fun?" Bubbler said as he and Fizzer confronted Ivan.
"None of your business." Ivan said with a grim look on his face.
"Then we're going to make it our business." Fizzer said while the Bubbler chuckled, the villain taking out his bubble sword.
Axel's view
After a while of dancing, I soon stopped as Basar got my attention, the earth elemental giving me a look of concern.
"Uh, Axe?" He said to me after he put a hand on my shoulder.
"What, Basar?" I asked before he pointed upward and I became at the sight of Ivan floating away in one of Bubbler's bubbles.
"Ivan!" Jay said with a worried as the rest of our fellow elementals what our classmate float up into the sky.
"Okay, we waited too long." I said to Basar. "Get everyone together and let's move." With that, the two of us split off to gather our fellow elementals and our Yo-kai partners, going to find a place to transform after we got everyone.
Calmdou Nue's view
"Ah, here it is." I said as I finally managed to find Axel's gift before looking at a window to find Ivan floating away in a green bubble. "Oh, no. I knew I should have stayed with Marinette. We waited too long."
With this, I then ran back outside to find Marinette so we could both transform and take care of Bubbler and Fizzer.
Axel's view
After transforming with Jibanyan becoming Miracunyan again, we made it back to the balcony and watched as Adrien spoke out to our classmates.
Back outside, Adrien was on top of the DJ booth and had a mike. "Hey, Paris, how you doing?" He said excitedly with the mike in the air as he stood on top of the DJ booth, Bubbler and Fizzer right behind him.
When our classmates didn't respond as cheerful as he was, Bubbler and Fizzer growled as Bubbler reached for his bubble sword, the threat of being placed in bubbles making them cheer as enthusiastically. With Adrien jumping out, my team and I were ready to make our move.
"Nice of you to show up." I said as Ladybug and Lucky Nue showed up beside us.
"Well, I wasn't gonna miss this party." She said with a look of determination.
"Sorry we're late." Lucky Nue said with the same look.
"No worries. Now let's go stop those villains." I said before I turned to ShockBlade. "ShockBlade, if you please."
"With pleasure." She said before she turned to Signibble. "Sig, pull the plug!"
"You got it!" Signibble said before he used his Yo-kai powers to pull the energy for the DJ booth, the energy coming in the form of a small electric bolt that he held before eating it, turning the music off and getting everyone to turn to us.
"Ladybug?" Adrien asked as he looked at us.
"Party's over, Bubbler!" I said as I pulled out my staff.
"Why you gotta be like that?" Bubbler asked as he stared at us with an angry glare.
"Yeah, why you messing up our fun?" Fizzer asked with the same glare.
"You made all the adults disappear, that's why!" I said as I glared back while Frostine grabbed Adrien and they both ran into the mansion.
"Yeah, and now you're imprisoning anyone who isn't having fun." Miracunyan added.
"You are not going to bust on our party!" Bubbler said as he took out his bubble sword and cast two bubbles at us, which I deflected while our classmates then scattered in fear.
Frostail's view
After managing to get to his room, Adrien then let Plagg out of his shirt with a look of concern, his kwami dancing around like nothing was happening.
"Still think we shouldn't have dealt with Bubbler and his Nega-kai?" I said to my brother.
"Okay, you were right, Frost." Adrien said to me. "I should have transformed and stopped Niño when I had the chance." He then gained a serious expression. "Now let's go and help the Element Gang!"
"Right!" I said as I pulled out the Noir Ring, the two of us ready to transform.
"Plagg!" Adrien said before he pumped his fist out.
"Noir Ring!" I said before I put the ring on.
"Claws out!" We said in unison before we both then transformed into Cat Noir and Frost Noir.
Axel's view
After our classmates went into hiding, my fellow elementals and I along with Ladybug began our fight with the Bubbler while our Yo-kai partners dealt with Fizzer.
"You're such a cool dude, Jibanyan!" Fizzer spoke out as he fire bubbles at the Yo-kai. "You love parties as much as me!"
"Yeah, but not when there's someone forcing everyone to have fun." Miracunyan said to him with a serious look. "Sorry, but this is a party that needs to stop!"
"Not if I can help it!" Fizzer said as he then shot a big bubble at the Yo-kai, Bubbler doing the same thing to us.
Ladybug try to throw her yo-yo at the bubble heading for us, but it only just bounced back toward us. The bubbles would have hit us along with the yo-yo hitting Ladybug if Cat Noir didn't enter while hitting the yo-yo into the air with his staff and Frost Noir popping the bubbles by throwing an icicle each at them.
"Looks like I made it just in time." Cat said as he took stance with his staff.
"Don't we always?" Frost Noir confidently said as she floated down in front of her fellow Yo-kai. "You're the cat with purr-fect timing."
"We had it under control." Ladybug said as the yo-yo fell and hit Cat Noir's head before she reeled it back, looking at her fellow Miraculous Warrior with a smug. "But thanks."
Hawk Moth's view
Using both the Yo-kai Mirror and my connection with Bubbler, I then gave my orders to both him and the Nega-kai.
"Fizzer, Bubbler, get the Miraculous!" I said to them. "I want those powers, NOW!"
Axel's view
"You got it, Hawk Moth!" Fizzer said before he and Bubbler began sending a stream of small red bubbles at us.
Using our powers, my team and I managed to fight back most of the bubbles, leaving only a few floating around.
"Got ya!" Fizzer said as he and Bubbler gained smugs before they snapped their fingers, the bubbles turning from red to green before started circling around us with some sticking to us. It wasn't long until we were all trapped in one big bubble. Bubbler and Fizzer laughed as Ladybug struggled against the bubble, her Yo-kai partner doing the same with little success. "We caught ya! Now you know the drill."
"Give me your Miraculous before you run out of air." Bubbler said as they walked over to us.
"Dream on, Bubbler!" I said to the villain.
"Total party poopers, just like adults!"
"Kids need adults!"
"False! Kids need freedom, fun, let loose and live it up." Bubbler said as our classmates looked at us with fear.
"Yeah! Adults are controlling and bossy." Fizzer added.
"But adults keep children safe and protected." I told them. "What they do is only because they care about them."
"Yeah, he's right." Miracunyan added. "They care for their kids, they love them!"
"Most adults do anyhow." Cat Noir said to himself before he then looked at Bubbler. "You must bring the adults back!"
"Nope, never!" Bubbler said. "Know what? Since you care so much about these adults, why don't you go float with them for a while? Fizz?"
"Right there with you!" Fizzer said before the two ran up and kicked the bubble, sending the team and I into the sky. Even with all of us screaming, I could hear our classmates gasp in shock.
Hawk Moth's view
"Fizzer, Bubbler, what do you think you're doing?" I said, infuriated by the actions of my servants. "You're supposed to seize their Miraculous!"
"Chill out, Hawk Moth." Fizzer said to me. "We'll get them. Once we're done with our fun here, I'll send in a 'special' bubble to get them down. It will make sure their Yo-kai pals won't be a problem and make taking their Miraculous a piece of cake."
Axel's view
As the green bubble continue to float up in the sky, we all tried our best to pop it but to no avail.
"Oh, it's no use." I said as we stopped. "The akuma energy is making this bubble impossible to pop from the inside."
"Use your Cataclysm!" Ladybug said to Cat Noir as she got an idea.
"Couldn't you have said that five hundred feet ago?" Apolloid said.
"This is no time to argue, Apolloid. We can't stay stuck in this bubble together forever." I said, causing Cat Noir to smirk at Ladybug while using a flirting eyebrow raise.
"You know, I wouldn't mind spending some time in here with you, Lucky." Frost Noir said, flirting with Lucky Nue who sighed with Ladybug as the Miraculous Warrior gently facepalmed herself. This prompted me to give the two Noirs a bonk to the head. "Ow!"
"This is no time for flirting, you two." I told them before I spoke to Cat with an annoyed look on my face. "Just use your Cataclysm on the bubble, cat for brains."
"Cataclysm!" Cat said before he then touched the bubble, causing it to burst.
"Should we see if you land on your feet this time?" Ladybug asked as we fell.
"No, thanks!" Cat answered before Frost Noir grabbed him.
"Got ya, bro!" She said.
"Hold on, guys!" I said as I used my metal bending powers to grab everyone except those that could fly and flew them safely to the ground, Miracunyan along with Frost Noir, Betterfly, Flumpy, Torna, and ShockBlade flying down to us.
"Good thing cats aren't afraid of heights." Cat said after Frost put him down.
"We've got to get to his bubble sword, that's where the akuma is." I said before Cat Noir's ring alerted its countdown.
"Then I better make sure I can last long enough." Cat Noir said before he pulled out what looked like an item resembling Frost Noir's head. "Time to test this Exchanger out!"
"Wait, you didn't switch out your Yo-kai Watch with your Booster before you transformed?" I asked with surprise.
"Well, yeah, why?" He asked me, casually.
"Cat, we are dealing with both an evilized villain and a Nega-kai!" I told him. "Meaning you need the Booster?"
"What? I was in a rush!" Cat said, his excuse making me facepalm myself.
"Just use your Exchanger before you turn back to your civilian form." I told him in annoyance.
"Right! Energize!" Cat said before he tossed the Exchanger into the air. "Exchanger, let's switch things up!"
A moment later, the Exchanger spread open its mouth-like slot before it started coming down where Cat then thrust his left hand upward in a fist, inserting it into the device. The Exchanger eyes began to glow for a moment before the light faded away and it popped right off, where he caught it and placed it back on his hip.
"Yo-kai X Booster!" He said before he pulled out a Yo-kai Medal and flipped it into the air above him. "Now, time to transform! Energize!" He then caught it as it fell down. "Yo-kai Frost Noir! Yo-kai Booster, power up!"
"Energizing… Mysterious Booster!" With inserting the medal into the Yo-kai X Booster, he then combined with Frost Noir.
A-boo-shiggy, boo-shiggy!
Boogie woogie!
Cling-clang delirious!
Mysterious!
"Alright! Yo-kai Booster Cat Noir, ready for action!" Cat Noir said, kneeling down and striking a pose in his combined form with his Yo-kai partner. After that, he then stood up. "Now let's go stop those bubble goons!" With that, we all then venture toward the mansion to face Bubbler and Fizzer.
Arriving at the mansion, we saw Bubbler and Fizzer trying to get the party going again, looking for our classmates who were all hiding from them.
"Where is everybody?" Bubbler said as he looked for our classmates.
"Yeah! Get out here and party!" Fizzer added before we appeared on the scene.
"Sorry to burst your bubble." Ladybug said, causing the two villains to turn and glare at us.
"The Element Gang!" Alya yelled from the crowd of our classmates as they all came out of hiding, all of them soon starting to cheer "Element Gang!" repeatedly.
"No one wants to party with you and Fizzer anymore, Bubbler." I said to the villain.
"Yeah, just give up." Miracunyan added. "This party of yours is over."
"Grr! What's wrong with all you guys?!" Fizzer growl at the crowd.
"Yeah! Why you gotta be such haters?!" Bubbler grunted as he took out his bubble sword and captured all of our classmates in bubbles.
"NOOO!" The team and I said as the bubbles started to float away, our classmates screaming out in fear.
"Outer space is the next stop for your precious peeps!" Bubbler told us.
"Yeah, and they're never coming back!" Fizzer added before the two flew away on streams of bubbles before they began jumping from roof to roof with us in pursuit of them, all of us eventually reaching the Eiffel Tower.
From this, we started climbing it while the villain and his Nega-kai sent explosive bubbles at us. Luckily, we managed to dodge them long enough to have Bubbler and Fizzer cornered at the highest level of the tower.
"Okay, we need to stop these two fast!" I said as I saw the bubbles carrying our classmates continue to float away before turning to Ladybug. "Ladybug!"
"Right! Lucky Charm!" Ladybug said as she used her power, the ladybug patterned energy forming a big wrench that fell in her hands.
"Your…plumbing skill is gonna help us out?" Cat asked in confusion, causing Ladybug to shrug as she was unsure what it was for.
"Ha! Gonna take a lot more than a little mechanic work to stop us!" Fizzer said before he and Bubbler threw more explosive bubbles at Cat Noir, who dodged them with Frost Noir's ability to fly and ended up atop a beam.
"Could use a little work! Is that all you got?" Cat said, taunting the two villains.
Marinette's view
While my teammates kept Bubbler and Fizzer busy, I then tried to figure out how to use the wrench, looking around to see if my powers could show me. It did so by showing me a vent, a vent pipe, and the screw connecting them, telling me to use the wrench to unscrew the vent. I already knew what I could do from there.
"Got it!" I said as I figured out what the wrench was for, going over to the vent. "Lucky Nue, help me with this!" With that, Lucky Nue ran over to me while Cat Noir and the team were still dodging bubbles, the elementals and the Yo-kai dodging the ones from Fizzer and Cat dodging the ones from Bubbler. "Okay, once I unscrew this, get it over to Cat Noir."
"I see. Using the vent as a shield against the bubbles. Smart." Lucky Nue said to me. "Okay!" With that, I then unscrewed the pipe and it instantly came off.
Axel's view
After a while of dodging bubbles, Fizzer sent out a barrage of them at us, ones we couldn't be able to dodge in time. Before they hit us though…
"Not so fast, Fizzer!" Lucky Nue said as he came in with a vent, holding it up and using the air coming out of it to deflect Fizzer's bubbles, some being sent right back at the Nega-kai.
"Uh-oh." Fizzer said with shock before his bubbles hit him, the Nega-kai screaming as he was pushed back into a wall and fell flat on the floor.
"Thanks, Lucky Nue." I said to Ladybug's Yo-kai partner with a grateful smile.
"No problem. Now to take care of Bubbler." Lucky Nue said before he jumped up to where Cat Noir was flying. "Cat Noir, cover us!"
"Go on!" Cat said as he took the pipe Lucky Nue passed onto him, using it to deflect Bubbler's bubbles.
When I saw Bubbler raise his bubble sword for another strike, I saw what was going on. By using the vent to deflect the bubbles, the Bubbler would become so focused on attacking that he would leave himself open, letting use the right moment to take the infected sword from him.
"ShockBlade, his sword!" I said as I quickly turned to the lightning elemental.
"Right!" She said as she then flew off. "I'll take that!" After snatching the sword, she then used her claws to break the sword in half. "Get out of there, you nasty bug." This caused the akuma to fly out of the sword. I was about ready to capture it when…
"Oh, no! You don't!" With that, Fizzer flew in and grabbed the akuma, which turned into energy he absorbed. "This party ain't over yet! You may have kicked my man Bubbler out, but I'm still here!"
"Guys, let's pop this Nega-kai's bubble!" I said as I took my Yo-kai Device Exchanger off my hip and held it up. "Exchanger, time to switch things up!"
Like what happened with Cat Noir, the Exchanger placed itself on my fist for a moment before popping off after giving off a light that faded away, I catching it before placing it back on my hip.
"Yo-kai X Booster!" I said, taking stance to show my Booster.
With that, as I got out Miracunyan's medal, I then used my metalbending to give my fellow elementals the medals of their partners while Ladybug pulled out Lucky Nue's medal.
"Yo-kai Boosters, time to power up!" I said as the seven of us and our Yo-kai partners got ready to transform.
"Energize!" My fellow Boosters and I said as we prepared to place the respective medals into our Booster devices.
"Yo-kai Miracunyan!"
"Yo-kai Blazion!"
"Yo-kai Flumpy!"
"Yo-kai Betterfly!"
"Yo-kai Signibble!"
"Yo-kai Walkappa!"
"Yo-kai Lucky Nue!"
"Yo-kai Booster, power up!" With inserting the medals, each of us began to transform as the songs of our Yo-kai's respective Tribes played.
"Energizing… Charming Booster!" the automated voice of the Booster said as Posidacus and I began to transform, Miracunyan combining with me and Walkappa combining with the water elemental.
Alarming!
Boom-boom! Walla-walla!
Dance-dance!
Charming!
With me getting into stance while making my sideways peace sign with my right hand and winking with my left eye and Posidacus standing while holding his cannon arm and giving a smirk of confidence, our transformations were complete.
"Energizing… Brave Booster!" Apolloid was next as he combined with Blazion.
Sumo shave!
Flame on grave!
Flash team!
Brave!
Taking a martial arts fighting stance, his transformation was complete.
"Energizing… Eerie Booster!" Then Torna combined with Flumpy.
Oogily! Boogily!
Flippity-dee!
Oogily! Boogily!
Bubba! Eerie!
Taking stance in the air with her arms (or should I say wings) spread out, her transformation was complete.
"Energizing… Heartful Booster!" With that, Icedra combined with Betterfly and Ladybug combined with Lucky Nue.
Speedy Asa!
Shangri-La la!
Everywhere!
Heartful!
With Icedra floating above the ground with his arms spread out a friendly smile on his face and Ladybug taking a proud stance with a yo-yo in each hand, their transformations were complete.
"Energizing… Mysterious Booster!" ShockBlade took her turn and combined with Signibble.
A-boo-shiggy, boo-shiggy!
Boogie woogie!
Cling-clang delirious!
Mysterious!
Taking the summoning pose of her partner with her eyes closed, ShockBlade's transformation was complete.
With that, Cat Noir then put down the vent as he joined us, the eight of us now preparing to attack like the Nega-kai in front of us was.
"Okay, guys!" I said as we were all ready. "Yo-kai Boosters… attack!"
From there, we all then charged at Fizzer, the Nega-kai doing the same. Even though outnumbered, Fizzer had managed to hold his own with those bubbles he fired from his wrists, the power no doubt thanks to the unknown Evilization caused by Hawk Moth. It was a real stalemate until we all stopped for a moment.
Hawk Moth's view
"Stop fooling around, Fizzer!" I said to my Nega-kai through the connection created by the akuma he absorbed, growing tired of him wasting my time in obtaining what I desired. "Show these heroes your true power and get me their Miraculous!"
Axel's view
"On it, Hawk Moth." Fizzer said before he looked at us with a glare. "You heroes crashed my party! Now you got me really mad!" Turning his hands into fists, the bubble wands on the rings he was wearing stood up before the rings then started rotating, slowly picking up speed as the wands began to glow purple. "And this is what happens when you tick off a Nega-kai!" With the rings spinning rapidly, he then lifted his arms to where his fists were now facing us. "Negamate: Bubble Storm!" With that, Fizzer then sent a whole stream of red bubbles that spiraled around like a hurricane.
"Incoming!" I yelled out before the team and I then scattered to dodge the Nega-kai's Soultimate attack, the stream of bubbles going outside of the tower while some of floated in the tower and exploded.
"Was that his Soultimate?" Posidacus asked with surprise.
"Yeah, the evilized version of it." I said, already knowing well about that power the Yo-kai have. "Looks like he's using the same bubbles he was using to attack us. With a barrage like that, just one hit would be enough to destroy us. We better be careful."
"Oh, relax, cap." Apolloid said with a dismissing wave. "He already used up his Soultimate. We got nothing to…"
"Bubble Storm!" With that, we then scattered again to dodge another stream of bubbles from Fizzer.
"Hey, I thought you said he already used his Soultimate!" Cat Noir spoke up.
"He did!" I told him as I looked at the Nega-kai in shock. "This is impossible. No Yo-kai can recharge their Soultimate that quickly."
"That's because it wasn't a Soultimate." Fizzer told us with a smug. "That was a Negamate, the better and stronger version of a Soultimate that we Nega-kai have thanks to Hawk Moth. Unlike some boring Soultimate, I don't need to wait to recharge. I can use my Negamate as much as I want!"
"Uh-oh!" I said before he fired at us again, all of us trying our best to dodge him as the Nega-kai laughed maniacally.
Well, this is just great. Miracunyan said to me, his voice coming from within my thoughts. Not only did Wuffer get a power boost, but he's also got a Soultimate with unlimited ammo. There's no way we can beat him!
"Not necessarily." I said as I then noticed the streams of bubbles were becoming shorter before turning to see Fizzer looking a little tired. "Using that power seems to be wearing him out. He must be overexerting himself." I then noticed the pipe that was flying around and remembered how it deflected Bubbler's bubbles, this giving me an idea. "I got it!" I then used my communicator to contact my teammates. "Guys, I got a plan! Cat, you think you can get that ventilation pipe?"
"Yeah, why?" Cat asked me over the comm.
"Just trust me on this. Get it and take cover behind one of the support beams. I'll tell you when to come out." I told him. "ShockBlade, you and I will try and keep Fizzer distracted and give him cover. The rest of you, take cover and prepare yourselves for the big finish."
"You got it, cap!" Apolloid said before he, Icedra, Torna, Posidacus, and Ladybug took cover.
"Hey, Fizzy!" ShockBlade said, getting the Nega-kai to turn and see the taunting look she was giving him. The Nega-kai growled in annoyance before he fired a stream of bubbles which she then dodged.
"Hey, over here!" I spoke out, getting the Nega-kai's attention before dodging his attack.
Going back and forth, ShockBlade and I kept drawing Fizzer's fire, keeping him busy while Cat managed to sneak around and get the pipe, my fellow Miraculous Warrior floating to take cover like I told him. With everything ready, I then went over to the support beam Cat was at and ready to give the signal.
"Hey, Fizzer! Over here!" I said, getting the worn-out Nega-kai to look at me.
"Got ya now!" Fizzer said, using whatever strength he had left to use his Negamate. "Negamate: Bubble Storm!"
"Cat, now!" I said as I then moved out of the way as Cat came out of hiding with a grin.
"Surprise!" Cat Noir said as he held up the vent, the air current managing to deflect half the bubbles and sending the rest back at Fizzer.
"Uh-oh." Fizzer said with shock before the bubbles hit him, sending him flying into the ceiling before he then fell back down to the floor.
"Party's over for you, Fizzer." I said as we all then got down and surrounded the Nega-kai, readying ourselves to end the battle. "Everybody got their Soultimates charged?"
"We're all got full tanks, cap!" Apolloid said, speaking for the whole team.
"Then it's time for the Soultimates!" I said before I turned to the two supports. "Ladybug, Icedra, you're up!"
"On it!" Ladybug said as she became radiant in her sky blue aura layered with a pink aura and little ladybugs made of light surrounding it. "Soultimate: Lucky Boost!"
With that Soultimate, the aura left Ladybug and collected itself into the yo-yos before coming out as pink wisp with a layer of sky blue. After we absorbed them, the rest of the Boosters became surrounded in our respective auras as our powers became enhanced.
"Yeah, now it's my turn!" Icedra said, using his Soultimate. "Soultimate: Bestacular!"
With that, we all felt it as our power got even stronger, the auras becoming more intense. Now that we had our Soultimates at full power, we were ready to finish Fizzer.
"Okay, guys! You ready?" I said to my teammates.
"Ready when you are, cap!" Apolloid said, our fellow elementals nodding in agreement.
"Let's do this!" Cat Noir said, ready to attack.
"Huh? Uh-oh." Fizzer said with shock after he got back to his feet and saw us ready to attack.
"Okay, time for this!" I yelled as we prepared to use our Soultimates. "Yo-kai Boosters… Gooooo!"
"Soultimate: Awfully Awkward!" Torna used her Soultimate on Fizzer, dealing damage to the Nega-kai and ensuring he couldn't run away.
"Soultimate: Blazing Fist!" Apolloid then used his Soultimate, sending Fizzer flying into the air.
"Soultimate: Mega Waterfall!" Posidacus then shot a great blast of water into the air and it came back down as a huge waterfall that crashed Fizzer down to the floor, the Nega-kai slowly getting back up while completely soaked after the attack was finished.
"Soultimate: Signal Shock!" ShockBlade then used her Soultimate, electrocuting the Nega-kai.
"Soultimate: Miraculous Paws of Fury!" I then sent a barrage of punches at Fizzer, my fists surrounded in a golden aura while yelling "Nyah" multiple times.
With one last punch, Fizzer was sent flying into a support beam before he slid and landed flat on his behind. Just as Fizzer was about to get himself back up, Cat Noir flew up above him, ready to finish the Nega-kai off.
"Now to finish you off!" Cat said to the Nega-kai as he then used his Soultimate. "Soultimate: Glacial Cataclysm!"
With the use of the Soultimate on the Nega-kai, Fizzer was completely encased in ice with him screaming. After we all landed on the ground and took heroic poses with our backs facing Fizzer, Cat Noir snapped his fingers, the Soultimate finishing its job as the ice turned black before exploding and destroying Nega-kai. With that done, we all looked back as the akuma flew out of the cloud of some left by the explosion, the little evil being accompanied by a pale pink Yo-kai Soul with a heart on it as the two try to fly away.
"Now to finish this." I said before I turned to Ladybug. "Ready, Ladybug?"
"Ready, El Dragon!" She said with a look of determination.
"No more evil Inspiriting for you, little Nega-kai. /No more evil doing for you, little akuma." She and I said as we got ready to capture them, both of placing our weapons in capture mode. "Time to de-evilize!" I then took a jab and Ladybug sent her yo-yos as we caught the corrupt entities, I capture the akuma in my staff and Ladybug capturing the soul in her yo-yos before reeling them back. "Gotcha!"
After a moment, I then opened my staff to release purified akuma as it flew away as a white butterfly. "Goodbye, little guy."
"Bye-bye, little soul." Ladybug said as she released the soul, it now being a normal shade of pink as it flew away. "Miraculous Ladybug!" She then threw the wrench up into the sky and the Miraculous cleansing light returned everyone who was caught by the bubbles to safety, including the adults.
With that, I then looked over as the Yo-kai Soul floated over to Bubbler who fell to his knees. From there, the soul then began to reform as the akuma energy covered Bubbler and he turned back into Niño with Wuffer right beside him.
"Huh? What?" Wuffer said as he sat up, rubbing his head in confusion. "What happened?"
"Who? Dude." Nino said as he tried to figure out what happened.
"Pound it!" Me, Ladybug, and Cat Noir said as we bound our fists together.
Hawk Moth's view
"You can't run forever, Element Gang." I said, frustrated by my servants' failure to obtain the Miraculous. "And when I catch you, I will crush you! I will DESTROY YOU ALL!" With that promise, the window closed to allow me to prepare a new villain and Nega-kai for another day.
Axel's view
After finally recovering and we explained things to Niño, the team and I had a little talk with Wuffer, telling him what happened while he was Fizzer. Needless to say, he was feeling quite ashamed that he did all that. Just so you know what he looks like, Wuffer is a blue bipedal wolf with rainbow-colored patches dressed in a bright blue wizard hat and a rainbow cape with purple lining on the inside. His hat had holes to which his ears could fit in. As a member of the Charming Tribe, he had little claws on his paws. His paw pads were silver and his eyes were yellow.
"I'm really sorry." Wuffer said with a really sad look on his face. "I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I like parties as much as the next guy, but not when it makes everybody bummed."
"It's okay, Wuffer. It wasn't your fault." I said as I gave him a gentle smile. "You were under Hawk Moth's control. No one can blame you for that."
"Well, thanks for helping me out of that!" Wuffer said as he then gained a cheerful smile. "And, to show you how grateful I am," with that, he then took out and handed me his Yo-kai Medal which had an image of him jumping for joy with a paw in the air, "here's my Yo-kai Medal!" From there, he then began handing a copy of his medal to each member of my team. "And one for you! And one for you! And one for you! And one for you! And one for you! And one for you! And one for you too!" Finishing with Apolloid, he gave off a cheerful giggle while in the earth elemental's face.
"Okay, personal space, buddy!" Apolloid said as he gently pushed Wuffer away from him.
"Sorry, I'm just so happy to make new friends!" Wuffer said before he started happily dancing around, not even bothered by Apolloid's rude tone of voice.
"Okay, I know we haven't been doing this for long," Cat said as I then used my staff to pull up Wuffer's Yo-kai Wiki page, "but that has got to be the weirdest Yo-kai I've ever met."
"Well, that's just how Wuffer is." I explained to him as I read the page on Wuffer. "Wuffer is known as the "Super-Friendly Yo-kai", always having such a sunny exposition towards just about anything. He practically makes friends with anyone he meets. There are a few times when he gets sad, but he always manages to pick himself up in almost an instant. Out of all the Charming Tribe, he is the easiest Yo-kai to make friends with."
[Yo-kai Wuffer, Tribe: Charming]
"So is he always this annoying?" Cat asked with a raised brow.
"Yeah, he means well, but he does tend to annoy others like you do." I told him.
"What? Hey!" Cat said insulted by the comment.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Looking over, we then watched as Wuffer snuck a copy of his Yo-kai Medal into Niño's pocket as the guy was leaving. "There! Now I got all my new friends!"
"Like I said, he becomes friends with anybody." I said as the whole team looked at me.
"Goodbye, Element Gang! Thanks for saving me!" Wuffer said as he waved to us. "Oh, and tell Jib I'll see him at the next party! Later!" With that, Wuffer then jumped and flew away on a rainbow.
"Party? Miracunyan, what is he talking about?" I asked my Yo-kai partner in confusion.
Oh, nothing! Miracunyan quickly said. Hey, don't you think we should get going now?
Hearing a beeping, I looked down at my Booster and realized the countdown had started when I saw I had three minutes left for I turned back.
"Oh, right! We gotta get going!" I said to my fellow elementals before speaking to my fellow Miraculous Warriors. "Thanks for the help, Ladybug! You too, Cat! See ya next time!"
"Bye, El Dragon! Glad we could help!" Ladybug said as me and the gang took our leave before she and Cat then did as well.
[Agreste Mansion, Nathalie's Office]
After managing to get back to the mansion and transformed back to normal where no one could see me, I then decided to try my luck in getting the tag on my present for Adrien. Miracunyan even joined me and turned back into Jibanyan. Suspecting it to be in the assistant's office, I then made my way there. But, by the time I got to the door, I stumbled upon a conversation between her and Mr. Agreste.
"Nathalie? Did my son like his gift?" Mr. Agreste asked on the intercom.
"Actually, I was going to check right away, sir." She said.
"Good." he said as he disconnected where I then decided to take a look at what was going on.
Quietly cracking the door open enough to where I could see, I saw, at a pure white desk amongst the pure white room, a woman with pale skin, bluebell eyes, and black hair (which is pulled back into a bun on top) with a piece of It hanging over her face and about half of her hair one the left side of her head dyed red wearing pale blue eyeshadow and dressed with black and red striped frame glasses, a black dress jacket with a red turtleneck sweater underneath, black pants, and black, medium-sized heel shoes; and a female ghost-like Yo-kai resembling a housemaid with the skirt of her blue dress being a wispy tail an aquamarine gem on her chest, a white apron around her waist, pink hair tied up into a beehive style with a pink wisp on top, and a black line between her blue eyes. I had no doubt that the woman was Mr. Agreste's assistant who he had called Nathalie. Nathalie gained a look of panic before she looked and grabbed something off her desk, that something happening to be my present for Adrien.
"Nathalie, you can't present this as a gift from Mr. Agreste." The Yo-kai said to her with an unapproving look. "This present came from one of Adrien's friends, someone who actually took the time ensuring to give the young master a meaningful gift for his birthday."
"I know and I don't want to do this anymore than you do." Nathalie said to her with a look of shame. "But I don't have time to get Adrien a gift. The day is almost over and, if I don't give him a gift now, Gabriel will fire me."
"But you would be giving credit to Mr. Agreste when he had done nothing at all to this gift." The Yo-kai said. "Credit for generosity should only be given by those who had truly earned them."
"But what about Adrien? You saw how upset he was when Gabriel refused to let him have a party on his birthday. The two of them had already been on bad terms with one another. If he doesn't receive a gift from him, I'm afraid it will make things worse between Gabriel and his son."
Hearing all this, I was feeling rather crossed with Mr. Agreste. He seriously didn't get a present for Adrien and left it all to his assistant? What kind of parent doesn't even get a present for their child, especially on their birthday? I would be lying if I said there wasn't a little part of that told me I should've gone in there and gave Adrien my gift myself. But, looking down at the tag I had prepared for my gift, my better nature had got me to go against that. Hearing about the relationship between Mr. Agreste and his son was all that it took to get me to change my mind. Being someone who had last his father, I wouldn't want anyone to become so distant from any member of their family. With a heavy sigh, I knew what I had to do.
"Jibanyan, stay here." I said before I then went into the office, looking at the Yo-kai and Nathalie with the best smile I could give as they looked at me with surprise. "Um, hello."
"Oh, Mr. Axel. I didn't see you there." She asked as she gave me an emotionless expression. "Is there something I can help you with?"
"Oh, it's nothing." I told her before I pointed to the present in her hands. "I actually came here to sign my present?" Nathalie looked at the present for a moment before she then realized it.
"Oh, so this is from you." Nathalie said, trying her best to hide how nervous she was as she walked over to me. "I supposed it is only right that Adrien knows who this is from." She then presented the gift to me.
"Hey, don't worry. I heard everything." I told her as I pushed her hands back. "You can tell Adrien this gift is from Mr. Agreste."
"What?!" the Yo-kai maid said in shock as Nathalie looked at me in surprise.
"But this gift is from you." Nathalie said in disbelief. "Surely, Adrien deserves to know who to thank for getting him such."
"I know and, as much as I hate to allow someone else to take the credit after the thought I put into that gift, I don't Adrien to be upset with his father." I told her as I held the tag I prepared for the present. "While I don't know Mr. Agreste's reasons for placing the responsibility of getting a present for his son on you, I do know that he wants to make sure that Adrien knows that his father still cares for him. All parents care for their children and I wouldn't anyone to think that their own family doesn't care about them. So go ahead and telling him that present is from Mr. Agreste."
"Are you sure?" Nathalie said to me.
"Yeah, I'm fine with it." I told her as I then crumbled up the tag and threw it in the trash. "Besides, I can tell you work every hard for this job. I would actually hate myself if you ended up losing it on my behalf."
"Thank you, Axel." Nathalie said with a grateful smile.
"No problem, ma'am." I said before I then took my leave, losing the smile I had after closing the door behind me.
"You okay, nya?" Jibanyan asked me in concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's just go." I said before then began walking our way. We only got a few feet away from the door before…
"Wait!" Stopping to look behind us, Jibanyan and I watched in surprise as the Yo-kai from Nathalie's office come up to us. "Sorry for my rudeness, but you look so familiar. You wouldn't happen to know anyone by the name of Jamey Frank, would you?"
"Yeah, that's my father." I told her, causing to squeal joyfully.
"Oh, I just knew it! You look so much like him." she said before she recomposed herself. "Excuse me, allow me to introduce myself. I am Got It Maid, the personal maid of the Agreste Family."
"Oh, it's nice to meet you." I greeted her before motioning to Jibanyan. "This is my friend Jibanyan."
"Hey!" Jibanyan greeted.
"Okay, sorry, but how exactly do you know my father?" I asked her.
"How could I not know a dear friend of Mr. Agreste?" She said, surprising me.
"My father was friends with Gabriel Agreste?" I said in disbelief.
"Indeed. They were old school chums in their youth." Got It Maid told me with a smile. "In fact, your father was one of the very who helped Mr. Agreste begin his career in fashion."
"Wow, I had no idea." I said, still taking all of this in.
"Yes, and I see that you are a true friend to Master Adrien." She said before she held something to me, that being her Yo-kai Medal which had the image of her having a flat open hand under a fist like she had gotten an idea or figured something out. "As such, I do believe you should be awarded."
"Your Yo-kai Medal?" I said with surprise. "I can't take that."
"Oh, don't be modest, Axel." She said with that bright smile of hers. "If anything, I do believe you've earned this." Though still surprised by this, I then took her medal and soon smiled back as she kept on smiling at me.
"Don't know what to say, but thank you." I said to her as Jibanyan and I smiled at each other. "Well, we better get going. It was nice meeting you, Got It Maid."
"It was nice meeting you as well, Axel. Safe travels!" She said as she waved to us as we then left, my Yo-kai partner and I waving back to her.
Got It Maid's view
Watching the young Frank and his Yo-kai walk away out of the mansion, I couldn't really help but smile at the fact Adrien made sure an amazing friend. Seeing this, it reminded me so much of the friendship shared between Mr. Agreste and Jamey. Adrien making friends sure has brought great change to life at this mansion.
Frostail's view
After transforming back to normal and getting to the dining hall, I watched as Adrien opened his present from Marinette which turned out to be this amazing blue scarf that he instantly put on.
"That is a rather dashing scarf, brother." I said to him. "It appears that Dupain-Cheng girl haves some talent."
"Yeah, this is perfect!" Adrien said with a smile before Got It Maid and Nathalie entered the room, the maid Yo-kai carrying a few wrapped gifts which she placed on the table.
"Gifts from your friends at school, Master Adrien." Got It Maid said with a smile.
"A birthday present, from your father." Nathalie said as she gave him the present she was carrying, I raising a brow at how it was a wrapped box this time.
"Thank you. I mean, please say thank you to my father for me." Adrien said as he happily took his gift, causing Nathalie to nod before she and Got It Maid left.
"A wrapped present?" I asked, curious about this. "Well, this is a first."
"Yeah, can't wait to see what it is." Adrien said as he got to unwrapping the present.
[Collège Françoise Dupont]
Axel's view
The next day, after arriving at the front door of school, my friends and I watched as Chloé scolded Sabrina for the bad news she gave her.
"What do you mean not for a week?" She screamed out in anger.
"There were no adults yesterday to deliver it." Sabrina scarcely told her.
"So what? Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!" Chloé said as she stormed inside, followed by Sabrina.
"Ha, ha! Serves Chloé right." Alya said.
"You got that right." I said. "That's what you get for trying to dump a job on someone else."
"Yeah, at least Ad knows that his real friends got him some gifts." Basar put in with a proud smile.
"I sure hope he likes what we got him." Tricha added.
"Hey, guys!" Adrien said as we turned to see him and Frostine get out of the limousine, Adrien wearing the scarf Marinette made for him and the Griz hat I got him.
"Hey, that's my scarf! He's wearing my scarf!" Marinette said excitedly as Adrien came over.
"Yo, Adrien!" Basar said as he and our fellow elementals gathered around him. "Like the gifts we sent ya?"
"Yeah, I really like them. Thanks." Adrien said.
"Hey, anything for a fellow Griz fan!" Basar said to him.
"Marinette, thank you for the scarf." He said to my housemate. "I really appreciate it."
"Um…uh…you're welcome." She giggled nervously.
"Hey, dude." Adrien said as he went up to Niño, the two friends bumping fists.
"Yo, nice hat, Adrien." Alya spoke up. "Off the chain."
"Yeah, can you believe my dad got this for me?" Adrien said, Basar and the others looked with surprise by this piece of news. "He's so awesome."
"I still find it quite surprising." Frostine put in. "Considering he's been giving you the same pen for three years in a row."
"Wow, I guess anyone can change." Niño said as he was surprised by this. "Adults can be cool when you least expect it."
"Speaking of adults," Adrien said with a sad look, "Niño, I know my father said you were a bad influence, but…"
"We're good, Adrien. Don't sweat it." Niño said with an arm around his friend as they walked into school. "We're buds, always and forever." After they were out of sight, Frostine spoke to me.
"I assume that hat was actually from you and not our father?" She asked.
"Maybe, maybe not." I smugly said. "Who's to say?"
"That hat was yours!" Basar said as he caught on and saw through the tone I was using.
"You didn't put the tag on your present for him?" Jay added. "Axel, we were at the mansion and you had a clear shot at getting it signed!"
"Yes, I know." I said.
"If you truly had a chance to make right to your mistake, then why didn't you?" Frostine asked. "Or even tell my brother the moment he arrived."
"Hey, didn't you see how happy he was?" I said, telling them all my reason. "I didn't want Adrien to feel bad about his father, so I decided to let Mr. Agreste take the credit for the hat. You guys know how I feel about family matters."
"Aw!" Both Alya and Marinette cooed, touched by my kind act. They then hugged me and I returned it.
"I honestly don't really see your logic in this, but I suppose there is no point in arguing with you." Frostine said as she walked away inside. "Thank you for giving my brother this gift anyway."
"Axel, you're amazing. You know that, right?" Alya said as she and Marinette broke the hug.
"And someday Adrien will figure it out too. Promise." Marinette said before we all headed in as the bell rung.
Yo-kai Chapter Recap!
Axel: Okay, it's recap time!
Element Writer: That's right!
Okay, Axel, tell everyone about which Yo-kai you met in today's chapter!
Axel: Let's see…
Oh, yeah! It was…
Wuffer and Got It Maid!
Element Writer: Wuffer is a friendly Yo-kai from the Charming Tribe.
He makes those he Inspirits to become cheerful and hyper to an annoying degree.
Basar: Think he likes to Inspirit Meri?
It would explain a lot.
Frostail (As Frostine): (While Meri is hugging her; with an exasperate look on her face) Mock, would you please let go of me?
You have been hugging me for thelast half hour.
Meri: (Smiles brightly at her) What? I'm just giving my bestie a hug, bestie!
Frostail (As Frostine): (Uncomfortably) Ugh!
Axel: No.
He's actually right behind you.
Wuffer: (Pops his head out from behind Basar) Hey, new friend!
Basar: (Scared) Aaaaah!
Axel: Yeah, needless to say, how Meri acts is just her and has nothing to do with a Yo-kai Inspiriting.
Basar: (As Wuffer hugs him; Annoyed)-Really wish it was.
ʹCause this guy really needs to learn about personal space.
Axel: Next time, on Element Gang: Yo-kai Boosters!
Adrien: Why is everyone just standing around for?
Frostail: Oh, I don't know.
Maybe it haves something to do with that Shark Yo-kai?
Adrien: Whoa! Who the heck is this guy?
And why is he so into eating weeds?
Frostail: No doubt a Yo-kai causing trouble.
It appears you're going to have your first Yo-kai problem, brother.
Axel: Chapter 4: Total and Loiter Chaos! Adrien Faces Yo-kai Chummer!
See ya there!
Author's Note: Hey, guys! Sorry it took me so long. I've been a little tied up with some stuff. I hoped you like the latest chapter. Wuffer, who is voiced by Todd Haberkorn, was created by WolfFang990 from Wattpad! Give him a big hand everyone! Now that this is done, you'll get to see Adrien dealing with his first Yo-kai problem. Before I sign off for the chapter, there is something about what I said before about today's chapter. I'm allowing you—my readers—to submit your own Yo-kai OCs for the story, not just to show up as Nega-kai partners for the villains, but also Yo-kai for Yo-kai problems that the heroes deal with outside of hero work. As there isn't that much of a variety of Yo-kai from the canon that might be able to come help keep the plot flowing, I thought that maybe all of you could be able to help. Plus, I would like to see what you guys got to show, especially ones of unique cultures which could really expand the Yo-kai world a bit. If you have an idea for an OC Yo-kai that could work, PM me or post it in a comment around here at the link from Wattpad:
story/244431074-create-your-own-yo-kai
If you think that a canon Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch can fit into the chapter, PM me or leave a comment saying which Yo-kai you think is best to be the next Nega-kai. That's all I got for now. Don't forget to leave a comment to tell me how you think of it. See ya in the next chapter!