11/15/21
8 Reviews, 3 Favs, 3 Follows
(Cat Noir's POV)
One week went by and I improved myself to not feel fear at all against bad guys. Especially dealing with some akumatized villains coming after me instead of Ladybug.
Right now, it's midnight and I'm at the media store to steal music CDs and DVDs to keep me sane. Something that I need to feel entertained and motivated. I'm not into Jagged Stone anymore because his songs are inspired by Ladybug. So instead, I should get something that's American like Linkin Park and Evanescence to keep me goth. I looked around and held my backpack to 'shop' rob something that's very interesting.
Suddenly, I hear someone and I know it's not Ladybug. I glanced at the door entrance and I see glowing golden eyes. Purple Tigress? I haven't seen her for months and I guess Ladybug took the day off.
I let out a wolf whistle, "Well, well, well. What a nice surprise to see you again, Purple Tigress? Your stripes haven't changed a bit" I said with a little seduction and she blushed at the tone of my voice.
"So you've come here to steal music?" She asked.
"What can I say? Music is like puuurrrfection in my soul. And I thought we are practically cat family" I chuckled and walked up to her, pacing around her while she showed a bit of shyness.
"What are you doing?" She gasped.
"Nobody can resist the cat's charm," I replied.
"I'm a big cat, Cat Noir. Tigers roar and you meow" She tried to look fierce and was about to use her bolas but she couldn't find them on her waist.
"Looking for this?" I held it out of nowhere, "Technically, I'm like a tiger because tigers like water and I can swim. Now be a good girl and let me do some robbery. I'm a cat burglar after all. Unless you want to fight. Cat vs cat" I sneered at her and tossed the bolas back to her.
"HEY!" She got tied up by her own bolas.
"Sorry Purple Tigress, I'm looking for American-style songs." I picked some albums like Linkin Park and Evanescence.
"Grrr! You're so gonna get clawed!" She managed to get free and charged at me.
I laughed and slide under her and caught her ankles, making her fall down. I admit she's cute but she's not my type. For a tiger, she sure knows how to let out a mighty roar.
"Agh!" She grunts from the fall but she gets herself back up.
"Meow, such a cutie you are" I flirted and she blushed again, holding her wrists behind her back.
"Let go of me you creep!" She struggled.
"My, you're feisty. Just like a tiger." I did back handsprings and jumped up to the ledge for her to chase me everywhere in the store, "Come and get me!" I taunted her.
She growled in annoyance and jumped to the ledge and chased after me. I so wanna see if she's mighty like a tiger. We came to the movie aisle and jumped over the shelf and grabbed James Cameron Avatar DVD to steal.
"There you are!" Purple Tigress pounced me.
I wasn't expecting that but then again, I let her get me, "Meow. Puuuuuurrrrfect catch you did" I flirted and she pinned my arms above my head.
"Now who's the tough cat?" Purple Tigress asked.
I licked my lips and smirked, "I am, little cub" I rolled over and pinned her arms above her head, "You are pretty but I prefuuuuurrrr to stay single, Purple Tigress" I chuckled and leaned down to lick her cheek and she flinched.
"Agh! Gross!" She felt disgusted when I did that.
"Give up, little cub?" I chuckled that she's stuck.
"Not yet!" She shoves me off.
"Agh!" I was thrown against the wall but I quickly recovered, "Such a shame, Purple Tigress" I smirked and lower my bell zipper to put her in a trance by looking at my partial pecs and abs. Ladies can never resist this. After all, I have been working out to stay in great shape.
"What the heck?" She blushed at the sight. Good, she can't take her eyes off of me.
"Is the tiger blushing?" I chuckled.
She couldn't move, good. I walked up to her and put her left hand on my chest for her to feel, "I know a girl's weakness, Purple Tigress. I'm not a pervert." I purred and she looks extremely frozen due to her heart racing, I guess.
She fainted on the floor due to maybe the embarrassment but at least I didn't harm her. I chuckled and carried her so that I can bring her outside so Ladybug can pick her up.
I quickly went back to where I found the music CDs I was looking for. I picked up my backpack and stuffed the Linkin Park and Evanescence collection albums. Then I carried Purple Tigress and head out the door, jumping to the roof, and decided to drop her off at the Grand Hotel so that she can be more comfortable to rest.
I found the hotel and put her on the roof where the pool is and I set her down on the pool chair, hoping that Ladybug finds her since she knows her identity and I don't.
"Sleep well Purple Tigress." I pole vaulted away.
x
The next morning, I meditated again so I can feel relaxed and feel no love in my heart. Plagg resting on my head wouldn't stop complaining that I would become evil but I'm not entirely evil. All this pain and suffering corrupted me a little but I did not go down the dark path. My father went to that dark path ever since mom disappeared or presume dead.
I still have a bit of my soft side in me because I never wanted Paris to get crumbled by my father. Whatever the reason my father wanted Ladybug's miraculous and mine, it's obvious that he wants to wish something but Master Fu told me it's forbidden. Wishes have a terrible price to pay in exchange.
I opened my left eye and moved Plagg off my head, "Plagg, I know you're concerned. Trust me, I'm not going down to that dark path the same way my father did" I assured him.
"I know I'm just worried you'd be going too far," Plagg said.
"I won't. That's why I'm meditating every day to not let the darkness take over my mind" I said and closed my eyes to continue meditating to clear my mind.
"Okay then." Plagg lays on the couch.
"Plagg, just don't complain about it. Besides, I really enjoy being free from that prison of a mansion I hate. I had to run away so my father wouldn't capture you. I saved your life" I said and breathed deeply through meditation.
"Alright," Plagg replied while I kept meditating.
"Don't feel love, don't feel love" I said to myself quietly, clearing all the love I have for milady. Love is blind, love doesn't last, love is a fantasy.
Smelling the cinnamon-scented candles around me to help my body feel relaxed by the aroma. Breathing in and out slowly to get rid of the love I have in my heart and replace it with nothing to feel.
But then, I felt my mind wandering into a place like a dreamland. A cemetery filled with shadowy cats with glowing green eyes, meowing with evilness.
"Where am I?" I gasped in horror at whatever this is in my mind.
"Your dark heart, Adrien," A dark voice said behind me and as I turned around, I saw what looked like the old me covered in blood, torn clothes, and a scar on my right eye.
"No! You can't be me!" I shouted.
"Do it!" He spoke out.
"Do what?!" I stumbled on the ground.
"Embrace it, the hatred, the rage, and your fury." My nightmare copy said.
"No, I won't! You're not real! I would never give in to the dark side!" I scooted away from him. It's like my original me wants me to go back to that old life, kill my father and be free. That's not what I want.
"You can't escape your dark side. Your lady messed with your head and your father has lied to you all your life!" Nightmare Adrien approached me.
I scooted away and stood as quickly as I can but I ended up against the tombstone, "No! No! No! I won't turn into you!"
He chuckled with a demonic laugh, "Look at me! This is what you were! The cruel life scratching you and you desperately break free from that so-called father! The love of your life is so insensitive to how you feel! Where does that lead you to?" He asked me but I stayed quiet, "That's right! Tortured! This is what you were before!"
"STOP IT!" I pleaded.
"FEEL IT, ADRIEN! FEEL THE EVIL COURSING THROUGH YOUR VEINS!" Nightmare Me insisted I give in to the dark side.
"SHUT UP!" I woke up from my meditation and gasped in horror at how real it felt in my mind, "Oh god!"
"Adrien, are you okay? You were mumbling in your meditation? What happened?" Plagg flew into my face.
"I faced my Nightmare self! It was so scary!" I panted after what I've seen.
"It's not real, Adrien. Whatever you saw in your mind, it was just your conscience playing tricks" Plagg assured me that it wasn't real.
"It feels like a warning if I went into the wrong path," I said and held Plagg close to my chest.
"Don't let it get into your head, kitten," Plagg said and I just made my way to grab a can of tuna to eat since that meditation nightmare scared me half to death.
"Yes, but I can't imagine that having someone's blood in my hands after beating them to death," I said, opening the can.
"Kid, how many times did you get bad guys' blood on your claws without killing them?" Plagg reminded me of the times I face bad guys, I sometimes taste their blood from my claws.
"A lot. But I haven't killed them." I said and ate chunks of tuna like a cat on my couch while my black kitty just snuggled on me. I never thought tuna would taste so good. It must be my cat instincts because cats eat fish. I really gotta get more tuna and salmon later on. Why didn't I try fish instead of those cold small meals father serve me? I mean fish are good for the intellect.
"And I see you're enjoying more seafood than croissants this time. Are you becoming a wild street cat?" Plagg asked and swallowed his cheese.
"Well, an alpha street cat." I joked.
"More like you'll howl like a wolf as an alpha" Plagg crossed his arms.
"If there was a wolf miraculous, I'd unify it with my ring, becoming Wolf Noir." I imagined it.
"Sure, whatever. But now you got some bad guy fighting to do. Especially stealing something from bad guys" Plagg said and he's right, it's time for Cat Noir to hunt mice.
"Yup. Plagg, claws out" I transformed and head out of my lair to go bad guy hunting.
x
I crawled on the roof and looked for bad guys that do bad things in alleys or hideouts. I'm so thirsty for bad guy blood like a panther.
"Ok here goes nothing." I got ready to jump. I landed on the glass window roof and I crashed right through it, landing with a pose and startling the bad guys that are mercenaries.
"Alright! Let's get dangerous!" I unsheathed my claws.
"You'll be buried to death in litter box, kitty cat" One of the mercenaries took out a shotgun.
I used my tail belt as a whip and pulled the gun away from him and broke it like it was a toy. I then ran on all fours and punched down the one mercenary that I took the gun from.
"You think you're fast, pussy cat?! Are you fast enough to dodge this?!" The others took out M16 rifle guns.
I ran swiftly avoiding the bullets as they fired. Okay, I should have had a bulletproof upgrade but no, running fast will do. I hid behind a metal table to shield myself.
"YOU'RE TRAPPED, SCAREDY-CAT!" They laughed and kept firing.
"I wouldn't be sure of it!" I turned and kicked the metal table hard the mercenaries.
As they are trapped by the metal table, I ran up to them and jumped in midair, stomping the mercenary's legs, and heard the bones crunch. He screamed in pain and I went to the second one and kicked the gun out of his hands and grabbed both his wrists and did a cartwheel flip to twist them.
All that's left now is the leader, "You're mine. While the mice had their fun, my claws are starving for a scratch" I extend my claws.
"I'll mess that face up good!" He draws a hunting knife.
"Keep dreaming! CATACLYSM!" I turned his knife into ashes.
"Damn you!" He ran at me and pulled a second knife, I dodged each slice until a cut was landed on my arm.
"Argh! But it takes more to tear through!" I glared and did a backflip to kick him and as I landed, I pounced him and clawed his cheek, letting it bleed and I used my finger to get a bit of blood so I can taste it, "You boys are the worst!" I let out a cat hiss.
"Damn you!" He cursed.
"Too late. Already damned" I laughed evilly.
"You're a psycho!" He yelled but I punched him in the face to knock him out, standing up and said my de-transformation words to recharge my kwami since I used cataclysm.
"Eat up, Plagg." I gave him the cheese and he ate it before any of the mercenaries woke up.
"Claws out" I transformed again and went to the safe and used my safecracker skills to unlock the combination and it opened, revealing a load of money.
"Me-wow. You guys really worked so hard. Too bad you'll have to start all over again" I chuckled and grabbed a bag to steal their money. Once filled, I left their place.
x
After dropping the stolen money at my hideout, I decided to visit my princess. I found her balcony and landed there, unlocking the trapdoor, and jumped down, spooking her but I put my finger on her lips to prevent her from screaming.
"Shh….. It's just me, princess. Your favorite cat burglar" I chuckled and lie down on her loft bed next to her.
"Hey, kitty." She stammered shyly.
"Sorry I spook you. It's a habit of my own" I said.
"I know. You're one bad boy." Marinette said.
I playfully purred like a human this time and held her chin to make her look at me, "Indeed I am, my purrincess. You've been a good girl as always"
"Yeah, even as your mouse." Marinette smiled.
"Meow" I grinned and gently went on top of her since I have the habit of it, "A criminal like me always hunts mice. No one can catch this bad kitty" I saw her blush at the position we are in.
"Ummm…. yeah." She nodded slowly.
I chuckled at her reaction, "Cat got your tongue?"
"It's how we are positioned." Marinette blushed.
"I know. I always pin bad guys like this." I lie down on top of her, being careful to not squish her with my weight. I have a sense of respecting personal space but as a criminal, I have to act like a bad guy.
I removed her scrunchies from her pigtails to play with her hair, "Tell me, little lady. Do you fear me as the topmost wanted criminal? Be honest to your favorite cat"
"N-No, seeing as you visit me as a criminal, you don't hurt me," Marinette replied.
I purred near her neck, "I would never hurt a pretty princess, Marinette. If Lila or Chloe ever try to harm my princess, they are gonna have to talk to my claws" I stroked her hair with my fingers.
"Please tell me that's a metaphor," Marinette thought I would hurt those brats for real.
"Well not kill them exactly, I meant like give them a message from me," I said.
"Jeez, I feel better now," Marinette said sarcastically and stroked my untamed hair.
I purred from the feeling of her hands on my hair, "You look pretty with your hair down." I said.
"And your hair is very untamed, kitty. You sure you don't want me to take you as my house cat?" She teased me.
"I like to be wild and free, princess. Cats can't resist scratching curtains" I leaned down and licked her cheek, slowly.
Marinette gasps at me licking her cheek, "Okay kitty. Are you that eager to me?" Marinette asked me again.
"Hmmm….maybe, but not like this. I don't kiss women on the lips. I'm a very bad kitty. Now be a good girl, little lady. This cat is hungry for mice." I kissed her on the cheek, "And you know, the first time I hung out with you was very….romantic" I sighed in love dramatically, referring to the time we hung out as friends before Andre got akumatized as Glaciator again.
"Yeah, it was. Hanging out with a superhero is something you don't see every day." Marinette said.
"Indeed. Well, I gotta go, purrincess. Things to steal, bad guys to hunt, and whatever street cats do on the streets" I got off of her and did a blow kiss before climbing up to the trapdoor.
"Good luck kitty." She said to me just as I climb out.