11/19/21
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(Cat Noir's POV)
I see that my purrincess is feeling better since she fell asleep. She's so cute like that. That's enough, kitty! Do not feel love for her! A kiss on the cheek won't kill me from feeling the love. I kissed her on the cheek and placed the Cat Noir and Ladybug dolls beside her.
"Goodbye Marinette," I whispered before leaving her room.
Now, what should I do next? Suddenly, my baton rang, and looked at the screen that the news video just picked up a theft at the Louvre. Copycat? Not him again. Let me guess, he's jealous of me or something else. Looks like it's time to stop my other doppelgänger again.
I pole vaulted, jumped, tan on all fours as quickly as I can to get to the Louvre in this big city. The police are probably there and if they mistake me again one more time, I'm so not gonna be nice again. But I don't wanna upset Marinette. Her kindness is much sweeter like macaroons.
I came to the Louvre and extend my claws to scare the officers, telling them to move out of my way or get clawed by this wild street cat. They all looked confused at me. Whatever. I don't need to care what they need to feel.
"Leave it to me." I ran inside.
This place is huge, I'm gonna need to find Copycat by the security room. I went to the security room where a security guard is watching the footage of….Scarabella fighting Copycat? You got to be kidding?! That fight is mine!
"Cat Noir? But you're here and he…" The guard was confused that there's two of me.
I rolled my eyes and just tap in the keyboards to find what room floor Scarabella is at. She's in the painting section with him. I see a piece of grinder sandwich and I used my claw like a knife to slice the sandwich in half to take a piece.
"Thanks for the sandwich" I chuckled at the guard and walked out while eating.
It's time to be the anti-hero now. I went to the elevator and pushed the button to go to the lower level. As the door slides closed, I leaned my back against the wall while eating the sandwich. Scarabella better not let that fake cat get away. Or confuse me for him. The elevator door dings and the doors open and I walked out while finishing my sandwich and let out a belch.
"Okay, where's the big bad cat?" I looked around.
I spoke too soon when Scarabella was thrown against the wall, hard like a meteor. I ran up to her but showed no concern, "Hey, Scarabella. It seems you've been having trouble fighting my doppelgänger. Did you get distracted with making poses again" I chuckled and saw the look of confusion from her.
"Cat Noir?" She looked at me and then at Copycat, "But I thought…"
"You thought that was me? Wrong. That's an akumatized person. The real Ladybug and I fought him before. Now stay here, this fake cat is mine" I said and extend my claws to fight him but I heard an evil laugh from him.
"Be careful what you wish for, kitty cat! I know all your moves!" He extends his claws too.
"But do you know this one got more dangerous ones?!" I struck my claws at him. I stared by clawing him twice and he responded by clawing and kicking me in the face.
"I see you've become the panther than a house cat!" He taunted me but I spit blood to the side. This is gonna get ugly but I'm sure Scarabella will fix and heal everything once this is over.
"I'm an apex predator, Copycat!" I ran on all fours and pounced him, clawing his face but he kicked me off, jumping on me with a roll, and clawed my chest.
"Hah! Got you now!" He taunted me.
"Not yet!" I headbutted him hard and he was stunned.
I gotta find the akumatized object in his pocket while he's stunned. It's gotta be in his pocket again. I checked both of his pockets and found it. It was a photo of me and Ladybug kissing. Typical. I see he's recovering and I knew him in the gut and then did a spin kick to knock him out cold.
"Sacre bleu! Are you insane?!" Scarabella saw what I did but I just walked up to her and gave her the akumatized photo.
"You're welcome" I scoffed and take my leave but she grabbed my wrist to stop me.
"Hold on Cat Noir." She said.
"Not now Scarabella," I replied in a low voice.
She used her yo-yo to tie me since she thinks I'm gonna claw her, "I never seen you this wild. This is not how a hero fights like that. You could've hurt that victim"
"Did you forget? I'm a villain right now and I do things my way alone. I'm not a hero and I don't work for Ladybug. The REAL Ladybug" I glared at her.
"More like an anti-hero because A. you got morals and B. you helped me," Scarabella said.
"Technically, that was the old superhero me that helped you during the Robostus incident. Now please let me go. I got mice to hunt and you got clean up to do before the fake cat wakes up" I growled lowly.
She released me and ripped the akumatized photo to release the akuma, "Fine. Now time to de-evilize!" She caught the akuma and purified it.
"Now if you don't mind" I held her chin to make her look at me, "Tell the real Ladybug that I took down Copycat by myself." I said but I also have to make a lie about being a villain, "And that being a villain is better to get things done"
"You're not a villain, Cat Noir. You're an anti-villain. If you were really a villain, you would've killed me but you didn't" Scarabella corrected me and moved my hand off her chin.
"Okay, you were right. An anti-villain." I gave in her correction.
"I'm always right, Cat Noir" Scarabella snickered.
"Not always. Now If you'll excuse me, this cat is starving for mice, birds, and fish. Don't get in my way again" I said and left her.
"Well, thanks for the help." She called out.
x
I was at the apartment rooftops, thinking of what Scarabella said, she's right I'm no Super-villain. Sure I laugh like an evil villain but that's only to scare innocents, not harm them. But also for intimidation to bad guys too and it always works. My cat ears twitched when I grabbed someone's hand behind me and flipped him over, sitting on his stomach to see who it is and it was Viperion. Oh, that's just great. Did ladybug send this snake to wrap me with his coils or just to shed his skin on me?
"Viperion, what a nice surprise. You came here to wrap me in your coils?" I smirked and tossed his lyra weapon aside.
"Not exactly Cat Noir," Viperion said.
"Here to negotiate me? Typical for milady to send a ssssssnake to play his Lyra to calm this kitty" I said with a snake pun.
"Hah, very funny." He said.
"Thanks. After all, snakes and cats have something in common" I smirked while pinning his arms above his head.
"And what's that?" Viperion asked.
"They both eat mice" I answered.
"Yes but there are mongooses who eat snakes," Viperion said.
"And snakes eat snakes like a cannibal. Anyways, enough about animals. What do you want?" I jumped off him and grabbed his lyra weapon to hold onto so he doesn't try to fight me with it.
"Just to talk to you. Ladybug is taking the day off so I'm just filling in." Viperion replied.
"Really? Ladybug sure has her buggy wings full" I said and played the strings of the lyra to hear the beautiful music.
"Well she did say doing all the villain fights herself is exhausting," Viperion said.
"She said the same thing to me earlier but I'm always there if she's ever in trouble. But seriously, she needs an ally like you or our teammates to help her but she doesn't" I said and continued playing the lyra, "I fight regular, non-akumatized bad guys by myself. That's my hobby, Viperion. A cat like me always hunts his prey"
"But just for how long? It's not gonna always be you as the cat hero. We all grow up and pass them to the next wearer. At least you don't have to bother with Volpina." Viperion said.
"Until Shadow Moth is defeated, Viperion. We are still teenagers you know. And that sly fox will never change at all. She follows me everywhere I go. She's nothing like Rena Rouge." I said and tossed the lyra to him and he caught it.
"We've learned to not trust those types of liars," Viperion replied.
"Good because I hate liars like Volpina. You know she's Lila Rossi. The Italian girl from school that makes up a lot of lies and never tells the honest truth. Does the phrase 'A boy who cried wolf' sound familiar to you?" I asked.
"Yes, the boy kept lying until no one believes him anymore until the wolf came," Viperion said.
"And Lila is exactly like that. Only as the girl who cried the fox, I would say" I chuckled and flicked my claws like a girl, "Anyways, I got mice to hunt, snake boy. This cat is starving for dinner tonight. I just got my claws done today" I smirked.
"Be careful not to get caught by the cat catcher." Viperion waves and departs.
I chuckled and shook my head that he has no idea that no one can catch me.
x
Night came around and I fed Plagg an hour ago due to how long I've been Cat Noir. I decided to visit the old home that I hate because I'm very angry at Gabriel for akumatizing the sculptor as Copycat again. The lights are on and I quietly came to the window of the living room. I don't see anyone and I scratched the window to make a circle so I can reach the lock from the inside to unlock the window. Once I opened it, I sneaked inside.
He's probably hiding in a secret passage as Shadow Moth or something. Ah, the bedroom where Nathalie is at. Let's see if she knows where my father is. She's way too loyal to him. Perhaps it's time to use intimidation.
I opened the door and there she is, in bed with the lights on, "Evening, Nathalie." I startled her with evilness in my voice.
"Adrien?!" She gasped.
"Yes, here I am. Where is my father?" I scratched the wall.
She cringed from the scratching noise, "He's…busy?" She stammered due to being intimidated by me.
"I know he's Shadow Moth. He's not sleeping is he?" I said.
"That's top-secret, Adrien. I won't let you kill your father" Nathalie glared at me.
I chuckled evilly which made her look scared, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way" I jumped to her bed, pinning her down, and just as I was about to claw her, I saw my father rushing in.
He saw me pinning Nathalie, "Adrien?!" He gasped when he saw I was about to scratch Nathalie.
"Hello father" I got off of Nathalie and walked up to him, pushing him to the couch for him to take a seat, "Miss me? I guess not. Such a shame that I'm now an evil villain" I acted just to intimidate him and although, I made a lie about being an evil villain because I'm nothing like him, "Like my claws?" I slowly stroke his face with my claws without clawing his skin, "I just got them done"
"Are you trying to frighten me, boy?" He was unfazed.
"Maybe I am. Just like you frightened me with your cold attitude. How does it feel to be scared?" I chuckled at his look of fear. I pulled out my cat tail belt and whipped Nathalie's hands from pushing the remote button for the emergency lockdown.
"Agh!" She flinched from the sting and my belt snatched the remote and I caught it.
"Well, father? Raising me poorly was such a big mistake. Do you know what happens when a parent neglects their child? The child gives up hope and becomes insane. Just like you did to me." I said and crushed the remote with my leather-gloved hand.
"You know I never stop at anything to get your mother back," Father said.
"ENOUGH ABOUT MOM! I told you, Mom is dead! GONE! She's not coming back! Is that so hard to accept that?!" I hissed loudly like a cat which startled him, "You're a madman, father. I bet you made your kwamis as slaves" I held out the butterfly and the peacock kwami in my hands out of nowhere like a pickpocket thief, squeezing them.
"Don't you dare! Your mother is alive in a coma!" Father yelled.
"Don't lie to me! You've been lying to me all along! Stop living in the past and look around you!" I was about to kick his face but I held myself back, "I think you spent too much about mom and never moving forward. You isolated me for too long, father. This is what happens when you don't show father love for me because you care about mom and miraculous power!" I threw the kwamis at him in the face. I don't know where his miraculous jewelry is but I'm gonna have to wait until I'm ready to claim them.
"Master, he's right. Your son is mentally broken" The butterfly kwami said.
"Master? You treat your kwamis as slaves?!" I yelled at my father.
"Unfortunately." The other one spoke out solemnly while Father just said.
"They are mine for the taking! If you wanna see where your mother is, hand over your miraculous!" He demanded me.
"NEVER!" I left in a huff, "I'm not naive I used to be, Gabriel! We'll meet again! Better watch out or I'm coming for you!" I jumped to the window and kicked it hard to smash it, leaving the mansion.
But what he said leaves me in question if mom really is alive. Probably not but I'll figure out one day from that maniac.