I Need a Hero
Summary: AU: Marinette is near the end of her rope with Lila and her lies, with no one on her side, except Chloe, even Adrien has been converted. What happens when an old friend from the past is transferred into the class? Lila and, entire class bashing. A new black cat is chosen. Marinette/Bastion. Kagami, Chloe, and Luka friendship. Yu-Gi-Oh GX/Miraculous Ladybug X-over. Early Season 4, set after Gang of Secrets. Alya was never told about Marinette being Ladybug. Lila bashing, class bashing, Bastion/Marinette
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh/Yugioh GX/Miraculous Ladybug and anything else that creeps its way into this story.
This is very AU, concerning heroes, characters, personalities, and love interests, you have been warned. If you don't like it, don't read it.
Chapter 4: Trust
"Who are you? Where's Cat Noir? How did you get the Cat Miraculous?" she asked one question after another.
"I'm the real holder of Plagg and the Cat Miraculous, Plagg told me himself and he gave me the Miraculous himself as well. I know that you're the Guardian and you were really sick of Cat Noir's attitude," he said. "But my name is Felis Nero, I hope that you'll allow me to work beside you as a partner," he said and waited for her reaction.
"I don't believe this! I wasn't even informed of this by Plagg," she said.
"He was desperate to get away and to me, so it was a rather rushed escape. Perhaps you'd like to talk to Plagg himself?" he asked.
"That would be the best idea," she nodded.
"Plagg, claws in!" he said, her eyes widened. He was de-transforming in front of her! She didn't even move; she was so shocked.
"BASTION!" she yelled, upon seeing who he was.
"A little louder Marinette, they didn't hear you in Alaska," said Bastion, slightly sarcastically.
"But, what…how…?"
"Yeah, how did you know?" asked Plagg.
"I know Marinette, every bit of her, I've seen the confident, brave side of her and so it was easy to figure it out, same hair, eyes, height and mannerisms," he said. "Do you remember that one day that a boy, Steven Dannon, he pushed the new girl. You were steamed, you practically had steam coming out your ears. You marched up to him, all clumsiness and shyness forgotten, and you had your hands on your hips. You scolded him for what he did and then you comforted both of them, telling Steven that bullying was not the way to make new friends and you reassured the girl that she had friends and you got her to the nurse as well. I remember that day Marinette, you've always been Ladybug and Ladybug has always been you, unlike most people, you have a way to channel your inner superhero. That's how I knew you were Ladybug," Bastion finished explaining.
Marinette was stunned but she did de-transform. "Hi, I'm Tikki, it's nice to meet you, Bastion. I felt the transfer of power earlier," said Tikki.
"It's nice to meet you Tikki. I'm glad that you've been taking care of Marinette for me," he said to the Kwami.
"Wait, Tikki, you knew?"
"I'm Plagg's opposite Marinette, there has to be balance and now that the Cat Miraculous is in the right hands, the balance is restored," she said. "I didn't expect him to reveal his identity though."
"My family knows," said Bastion.
"WHAT!" and Bastion had to clap his hand over Marinette's mouth.
"I don't want to lie to them, and they've long been associated with magic, and they can all keep a secret, it's also less stressful and I don't want to lose their trust either. I think you should tell your parents, it'll take some major stress off your life," he advised.
Marinette was stunned, especially when Bastion revealed that he'd worked out who Rena and Carapace are. "It was easy but are you sure you should have them as Miraculous users?" and Marinette hung her head.
"I don't know who to give the Miraculous too," she admitted.
"I can help. Let's go back to your parents and tell them the truth and then we'll work on a plan for the Miraculous holders, ok?"
"Sure Bastion, thank you," said Marinette, she was feeling lighter, as though Bastion had lifted her burdens from her shoulders. "But do you mind if we hold off on telling my parents for a few days? I need to process this, and you need to make your debut as my partner," she said.
"Yeah, sure thing, but I do have a plan for Lila, if you want to hear it," he offered.
"I'm down for that," she said.
"Ok, you're not going to like it, but it'll work overtime. I think that you should hand over class presidency to Lila."
"WHAT! She'll ruin the whole class, events will never get done, things will never happen, are you crazy?" Marinette asked.
"A little bit," he said in response to her last question. She stared. "The class takes you for granted, so, have them make the mistake of voting for Lila, she won't be able to keep up with everything and in the meantime, her lies will slowly be exposed when she can't deliver. Let the class, except for Chloe chan, Alix san and Nath san suffer for their stupidity. We can the info from Beauréal san as she hates Lila and so do Anciel san, Caquet san, Duparc san, and Kagami chan. The second part of the plan is that you stop doing things for the class, so, no more free commissions and stuff," he held up his hand to stop the rant Marinette was going to go on. "Hear me out Marinette, the class uses your kindness and generosity, you give and give and never ask for anything, all you get is betrayal and nothing. You aren't even paid for your efforts. By withholding bakery treats and commissions and not being class president anymore you'll have a lot more time on your hands and be less stressed. You can still make things for the school if asked and for certain people in the class but make it clear, if the class turns on you, you're not going to bow to them. You have to do this Marinette, I'll be with you every step of the way," he said, pulling her into a hug.
"Ok, Bastion, you're right, about all of it, I'll think about it, and I'll let you know tomorrow," she said.
"I understand Marinette, I'd be worried if you just blindly did what I said," he grinned.
"Never, I do have my own mind after all," she said, playfully tapping him on the nose.
He blushed a bit and then tapped her right back, "Good, I like your mind, after all and I don't make friends with idiots. Cute and clumsy girls, yes, idiots, no," he said. Marinette blushed and her heart thumped loud and fast, she was going to have a heart attack.
"Well, that's good. I have to go, Tikki, spots on," she said and transformed to go home.
"Later Ladybug, Plagg, claws out," and he also transformed and raced home with a big grin on his face. He arrived home and settled down to sleep, leaving Plagg with a big grin, as he saw that someone had thoughtfully provided a small bed for him and a piece of camembert.
"This is way better than being with Adrien," he said to himself, yes, he'd still have to hide from the servants, but he had a lot more freedom in the Kaiba mansion now.
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"I can't believe it Tikki, my new partner is Bastion," said Marinette, twirling around in happiness, "No more flirting, no more bad puns, no more having to do things by myself. A partner that I can rely on, I'm so happy!" she squealed.
"Even better, a real friend and you don't have to worry about lying to him about where you're going to go when you need to be Ladybug,' she said.
"That's right!" The rest of the Kwamis were interested in what their master was so happy about and she told them. They cheered, causing Marinette to shush them but she was still grinning as she went to bed.
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The next day Marinette woke up very early and smiled, today was a new day. She'd thought about Bastion's plan and figured that it would work. She quickly and efficiently got everything she needed concerning class presidency all in neat files. There was a knock on the front door and Sabine opened it to reveal Bastion. "Good morning, Cheng san, is Marinette ready?" he asked.
Sabine smiled at him and called Marinette.
"Coming mom," she said, rushing down the stairs with the files.
"Here Marinette, let me help you with that," said Bastion, taking some of the files.
"Thanks Bastion," she said.
"What's going on Marinette?" asked her father, walking in on the scene.
"I'm resigning from being class president, I'm being bullied and I'm getting nothing for my efforts, so Bastion and I have a plan," said Marinette.
"Marinette, you never said a word," said Sabine and Tom looked unhappy.
"I promise, I'll tell you both everything, just, give me a few days to get everything in order, ok?" said Marinette.
"Alright, a few days, then the truth," said Tom.
"Thanks dad, thanks mom. Let's go Bastion," she said.
"I'll take care her, I promise," said Bastion with a smile to Marinette's parents and they left in his limo.
They got to school early and went to find Aurore, who was known for being an early bird. "Hi Aurore," said Marinette.
"Marinette, Kaiba sama, it's great to see you but what are you doing here so early?" she asked, confused.
"I'm resigning from class president and I'm going to let Lila take over," said Marinette.
"WHAT!" she shrieked, "That dumb bitch liar? Why, what's the matter?" Bastion and Marinette explained their plan and Aurore got a wicked smile on her face. "Ok, now it makes sense, don't worry, I'll take care of Liar-bitch," she said.
"Awesome, thanks Beauréal san. By the way, can I call you by your name?" Bastion asked.
"Of course, you can Kaiba sama."
"Thank you and you can call me Bastion sama instead if you want," he said with a smile. "Pass it on to Anciel san, Caquet san, and Duparc san would you?"
"Sure, do you want to call them by their names too? She laughed.
"If they wouldn't mind," said Bastion.
"I'm sure they won't," said Aurore with a grin.
"Great, come on Marinette," he said, taking her hand and she blushed, Aurore smirked at seeing that.
They made it to the classroom where only Nathanial sat, his eyes widened at seeing Marinette early for once.
"Good morning, Nath," she said.
"Morning Marinette, morning Kaiba sama," he said.
"I've decided that you can call me Bastion sama instead, same with Kubdel san. May I have permission to use your first name?
"Yeah, of course," he said.
"Thank you, Nath san," said Bastion.
"Nathaniel, I'm going to do something crazy, just go along with it, ok, trust me," Marinette said.
"Ok Marinette, I trust you," he nodded. Chloe and Alix eventually showed up and they passed the same message to them as well, Chloe looked skeptical, but she agreed.
"Good morning," said Lila when she arrived with Alya.
"Oh, what are you doing here? The sun is up," asked Bastion with a grin on his face. Lila went red and Alya opened her mouth, but she shut it upon seeing Marinette there, early for once.
"Miss Bustier, I have an announcement," said Marinette, standing up when their teacher walked in.
"Oh, is it important?" she asked.
"Yes. I feel like I'm not appreciated at all for all the work I do as class president and so I hereby resign from my position. All the bullying I receive simply for everything and not a thank you for doing everything for everyone, it's enough, so I'm giving up the position to Lila, she is far more popular than me and she's loved by all the class. I've already spoken to Aurore who will be coming in to give her the files she needs. Good luck Lila," said Marinette turning and going to sit down.
Everyone was shocked but Alya gave Lila a big hug and congratulated her. There was a knock on the door and Miss Bustier opened it, Aurore waked in with some files. "Good morning, Miss Bustier, is Rossi here yet?" she asked.
Lila frowned at hearing her last name, "I'm here," she said with a false smile.
"Here are the files you need, Marinette told me about handing presidency over to you and while I think that it's a big mistake I understand where she's coming from," said Aurore and dumped the files down on her desk with loud thump. "Tomorrow, after school, class rep's room, don't be late," she snapped.
"What's with the attitude towards Lila?" asked Alya.
"She's a lying bully and the whole school knows it, but this class, the Akuma class, as you're known as, is the worst, bullying poor Marinette and using her without thanking her. Without her, this class would be shunned because of your bullying," said Aurore.
The class was in shock as Aurore left and they turned to look at Marinette, who just shrugged.
"Uh, Lila, do you accept class presidency?" asked Miss Bustier.
"I couldn't after that," she sobbed, crocodile tears falling down her face. Inwardly she was furious
"Then let's have a vote, all who vote for Lila, raise your hands," said Alya, she raised her hand and so did everyone except for Bastion, Marinette, Alix, Nathaniel and Chloe.
"Everyone who votes for Marinette?" Bastion asked, raising his hand, as did Chloe, Alix, and Nathaniel.
"Majority rules, Lila wins," said Alya with a grin and she hugged Lila. Adrien was conflicted, upset and stressed and didn't vote for either girl.
"We're all doomed," said Bastion, "I'm not trusting you with anything you say, I'm going to get any information we need straight from the source," he was fiddling with a slingshot and a cork as he spoke. Lila opened her mouth only to get a cork shot into it. "Put a cork in it, no one important actually cares about what you're going to say," said Bastion with a grin.
"Bastion where did that slingshot come from?" asked Miss Bustier with a frown.
"My bag," he said.
"What was it doing in your bag?"
"I put it there," he said with an annoying smirk.
"Why?"
"Because I made it this in arts and crafts with Marinette and Chloe when we were kids and I brought it to show them that I still had it. I found a good use for it though, shutting the fat liar up," he said with the biggest grin on his face. "Say one word and I'll shut you up too," he said, aiming at Alya who had opened her mouth, she shut it and turned to help Lila who was trying and failing miserably to pull the cork out of her mouth with muffled grunts and moans. "Woah, back up there ladies, you can't do that stuff in front of everyone, get a room, this a school, not a house for people with a desperate prostitutes for cheap package," he said and everyone's jaw dropped, Lila turning scarlet. Bastion smirked, darted forward and caught the Akuma heading towards Lila in a jar. "Hi, Roland san, I have the Akuma, could come and get it and deliver it to my father?" he asked, after using the speed dial on his phone, "Thank you."
"What?" asked Marinette with wide eyes.
"My dad is going to try and use this Akuma and study it to help Paris with its Akuma problem," said Bastion. "I needed some red-hot emotions so Liar-la got to be my dummy, not that she's too smart anyway so I'm good now, we can actually start learning something," he said, and he looked like a model student, sitting there. Everyone was still staring when Roland walked in. "Hi Roland san, here's the package," said Bastion, handing over the captured Akuma to him.
"Thank you, sir, I'll be sure to get it to Kaiba Corp safely," said Roland taking the Akuma.
"Good, thank you Roland san. Hey Marinette, Chloe chan, Alix san, Nathaniel san, do you all want to join me for lunch at my mansion today? I'm going to invite Kagami chan, Aurore san, Marc san, Jean san, and Mireille san too. I'll put you all on 'able to be allowed access to the Kaiba mansion,' list. Of course, Marinette, Chloe chan and Kagami chan are already on the list, but I digress, do you want to come to lunch?" he asked.
"Yes!" shouted Nath and Alix with grins.
"Awesome, Roland would you please pick us up at lunch?"
"Of course Bastion sama, have a good day sir," he said.
"Thank you," Bastion replied, and Roland left after bowing to Miss Bustier and apologizing for interrupting. Miss Bustier sighed, she couldn't do anything against Bastion or what he did, his father was more powerful than Mr Agreste and Chloe's father combined. She would just have to keep an eye on this bullying situation. She started the lesson.
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Just before lunch Alya accosted Marinette, asking her why she was bullying Lila. "I'm not, have you seen me say anything to her at all apart from telling her about the presidency?" Marinette asked. "In case you haven't noticed, Bastion has been by my side this whole time, protecting me from Lila," she emphasized.
Alya frowned, yes it was true and annoying.
"Oh, by the way, I'm no longer doing free babysitting, you and Nino take advantage of me, and I'm never paid for my time either. You'll have to find a new babysitter," said Marinette and turned to see Bastion and the rest of her friends waiting for her at the limo. She ran to join them, leaving an angry Alya behind as they drove off.
"So, is there anyone else we need to pick up? Marinette, you mentioned someone called Luka," said Bastion.
"Yeah, he's Juleka's twin brother and he doesn't like Lila, he's in another school but his lunch is at the same time as ours," said Marinette.
"Does he know what Lila does to you?" Bastion asked.
"No, he's…it's complicated, we dated and broke up and it's a bit awkward now, but I miss him as a friend," she said. Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Well, why don't we go and get him, and you can both talk things out and add one more friend to your list?" asked Bastion with a smile.
"I couldn't!"
"Ugh, honestly, if you don't it's only going to get worse and more awkward," said Chloe.
"She's right," nodded Kagami and some of the others nodded as well.
She sighed, "Ok, you're all right. He lives at the Liberty, he goes there for lunch," Bastion asked Roland if they could make a quick detour and soon Luka was sitting in the limo with everyone. Bastion had liked him instantly, Luka was cool, calm and an all-round genuinely nice guy who trusted Marinette and did his best to protect her. Marinette and Luka talked about what happened and patched things up, becoming good friends once more.
They all arrived at Bastion's mansion and apart from Marinette, Chloe and Kagami, everyone was stunned at how big it was.
"Come on guys, you can all stare later," said Bastion, he had a grin as he, with the help of Marinette, Chloe and Kagami pushed them all inside. "Welcome to me casa," he said.
"Woah," said Alix.
"Marinette, Chloe, Kagami, here, these are for you," said Bastion, handing them what looked like ID cards.
"What are these for?" asked Kagami.
"So that you can have access to my mansion and visit me any time you want unless it's past ten at night," said Bastion with a grin. Kagami looked at hers, it stated her name, age, birthday, blood type, had her photo and a fingerprint underneath all the information. There was also a KC at the top of the ID card. Marinette and Chloe's were the same. "Just place your thumb on where the fingerprint is and it with doing that, it officially recognizes you and no one will be able to use it apart from you if it gets lost or stolen," said Bastion. "Over here," he led everyone outside to the gates and showed them a special camera. "Just hold your ID's up to the camera and press your thumb to this pad here and you'll be identified and let in, you can also use your ID's to get into Kaiba Corp, you'll be taken to my office," said Bastion.
"You have your own office?" asked Alix.
"Well, yes, my dad wants me to be comfortable in places like that for when he sends me to do things for him, like meetings and negotiations and stuff," said Bastion with a shrug. They nodded and were about to go back inside with Bastion promising everyone else IDs by the next morning when Juleka appeared. She didn't look happy at all.
"Juleka?" asked Luka, going over to his twin, "What's wrong?"
"Lila and Alya have been akumatized, they're after Kaiba sama and Marinette," she said, looking down.
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I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, next up is a fight and some truths are revealed.