12/05/21
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(Adrien's POV)
I was at the training fitness wrestling with Alya's older sister Nora or as we call her Anansi. My long hair in a low ponytail really does hide the old me and no one seems to recognize me. Ironic when Plagg says people are blind to see the difference.
"You're slowing down, flyweight!" Nora taunted me.
I smirked at an idea in the wrestling ring as I took my eyes off her, pretending to be distracted.
"Never take your eyes off me!" She tries to punch but I grabbed her fist and flipped her over, locking her head with my legs and pinning her arm, "AGH!" She didn't see that coming.
"Don't forget distraction" I said.
"For a skinny kid, you are strong. Not bad" Nora struggled to breathe.
"Thanks. Do I get a tap that I win?" I chuckled and kept my grip on her.
"Alright alright!" She taps the floor.
I removed my legs off her neck and stand up but then I did a judo-throw move at her before she tried to punch me again, "Nice try, Anansi. I'm like a wolf. Aaarrrrooooo!" I howled like a wolf and made my way out of the wrestling ring.
"I can't believe I got defeated by a kid!" Nora yelled.
"It's training, Anansi. There's no audience" I laughed and sat at the bench and took a drink of water from the bottle.
"Seems I need to train harder" She sighs in defeat.
"Size doesn't matter, Anansi" I smirked and left the training room to leave and head into the shower room since I'm very sweaty. Good thing nobody saw it's actually me. I stripped off my clothes and head in the shower and turned it on for the warm water to touch me.
Once done I dressed up in my goth outfit and nitcap.
"Jeez, kid. Since when are you brave enough to fight a tall opponent like her?" Plagg asked.
"Since all the time I fight thugs and my ex-partner," I said.
"I mean as the real you, not as the charming kitty cat" Plagg corrected me.
"Just my luck" I replied.
I head out of the shower room but I got tackled by one of the trainers that I have beaten this morning. I guess these adults are not happy that they got beaten by a kid.
"Agh! Sheesh! Is there a problem?" I groaned from getting pushed against the wall.
"Yeah, how can a skinny kid like you be able to beat adults?!" He asked but instead of answering, I knee-punch him in the gut to get him off me, and then I grabbed his wrists and I did a cartwheel flip to twist them, causing him to scream from the sprain I gave him.
"Size doesn't matter," I said coldly and made my way to leave the place.
"DAMN KID!" I heard him scream but I ignored him. I left the place to mind my own business.
I walked on the sidewalk to get something to eat since I'm losing a bit of weight for days due to my high metabolism. I came to a Subway restaurant and ordered a grinder sandwich.
After that, I hid in the alley and transformed into Cat Noir and wall jump up to the roof to eat in peace. But I know Ladybug will show up as usual. I did block her call months ago along with my tracker too so she doesn't know where I live. But for now, I wanna eat in peace.
But I heard the yo-yo swish and it's her again. I knew it.
"Hey there Kitty" She greeted.
"Can't talk now, I'm eating" I just ignored her.
"Goodness, what a charming hello that was" Ladybug felt offended.
"A year has passed and we're still enemies," I said.
"We are not near the end of the year, kitty. It's only a month left. I see you've been eating the same food. I thought you like fish and mice" Ladybug teasing my feline diet.
"Mind your own business," I said with my scowling eyes.
"Don't get pouty on me, Cat Noir! I'm just trying to be nice to you" Ladybug did not like my attitude.
"I'm a lone wolf, Ladybug. It seems I lost my sense of humor" I said coldly as I ate my food.
"You know what Cat Noir; you're boring me already" Ladybug turns around folding her arms.
I chuckled evilly, "Oh, I'm sorry. Is the kitty being bad to you right now?"
"Far long enough. I know you're hiding something from me. I see it in your eyes" Ladybug said, still not facing me.
"You're one to talk. You told me we can't know everything about each other in order to protect our secret identities. You made a rule, Ladybug." I said and continue to eat my grinder sandwich.
"It's not about identity, you're clearly running from something or someone," Ladybug said suspiciously. Oh no she is into why I became a criminal.
"If I told you there will be more consequences to everyone" I replied and shoved a sandwich in her mouth and she grunted from that but ate it and held the half sandwich in her hands.
"Never mind that" She changed the subject.
"Good. Because I'm in no mood to fight. When I'm hungry I get cranky" I said.
"You're always hungry whenever you steal food from the food market on Saturdays" Ladybug complained and finished eating my sandwich.
"Yup. Well, I need to buy food for my cats too" I said.
"You live with cats? Hilarious. It's no wonder that you are getting very wild like a cat" Ladybug snickered.
"What do you expect? I've been the charming kitty cat one too many times that I develop feline qualities. Especially that I like dangerous things when it comes to bad guys" I purred near her neck.
"Yep, being the alpha predator as always," Ladybug said.
"And I like to be on top of the food chain. If you don't mind, I like hunting. You do your thing, I'll do mine." I smirked and let myself jump off the roof and then do a barrel roll move.
x
Night came around and I came into an abandoned building where I smell bad guys. There's too many of them here. I have my gun with me just in case if I get stuck. I had a little shooting practice but I don't kill with guns. I may hate guns but I just use them for emergencies only.
This is not gonna get easy take them down all by myself.
"Shooting their legs shouldn't be a problem" I loaded a magazine to the pistol and it clicked. I came into the abandoned room that looks like an apartment. I could hear them plotting their next scheme right now. I hear them saying to take down Cat Noir. Oh great. I'll show them how much of a bad guy I am!
I jumped down to the floor and got up grinning, "Hello there!"
"CAT NOIR! Shoot him now!" The leader ordered his men.
I rolled over and dodged the bullets and ran up on some crates before drawing my gun and shooting at some of them in the legs.
"Bullseye!" I ran down and pounced at one guy and tossed him at another one.
"I want him dead! Kill him now! THAT'S AN ORDER!" One of them ordered his men.
I flipped over to dodge more of the bullets until I threw my staff, spinning it in the air to disarm them. I was about to reload my gun when a large guy grabbed me from behind.
"Do it! Make him suffer!" The leader ordered them to beat me up. One thug threw heavy punches at my gut and at my face.
Bad mistake you boys! My feline eyes shimmer and I got up and extend my claws to scratch the large guy and the others, making them bleed badly.
"MEEEEEEEOOOOOOWWWW!" I yowled at the top of my lungs.
I made myself slide on the floor and grabbed the gun to finish off these bad boys for nearly injuring me, "Anyone come closer and you're dead!" I warned them.
"I'm not scared of cats like you, pussy cat!" One of them ran at me and I shot him in the legs.
"You should!" I fired a warning shot.
Suddenly I saw one of them have a grenade. Are they crazy?! I made my way to the halls and saw a window. I ran as fast as I can and smashed through the window just in time as the explosion destroyed the building along with them dead. I rolled and tumbled on the ground and covered myself from the debris falling on me. Boy, they almost got me in the explosion. I might have gotten some bruises on my body. I coughed hard from the debris nearly hitting me and I got up before the police comes here to think I did this. Those suicidal bad guys really had a death wish. To take me to the grave. But that ain't gonna happen. I retreated to my hideout to recover.
x
I came to my hideout and said my de-transformation words. I winced at the bruises on my ribs and gut, "It's gonna take days to fully recover. But nothing's broken" I felt my sides.
I looked in the mirror and saw my nose looks dislocated. This is gonna hurt but I gotta push it back. I snapped it back as I heard a crunch and I groaned from the pain. There, good as new.
"Kid, as much as you are a criminal, you're gonna lean to an assassin. I don't want you to become that" Plagg said.
"You're right, Plagg. I really shouldn't use a gun much either" I said.
"But you said if you need it for emergencies only. Remember the last time you couldn't fight a man with thick skin?" Plagg reminded me of that.
"Yeah but now with clawing and shooting at, I've caused indirect murder. Yes, they set the grenade off to try to take me with them" I said.
"I guess those bad boys were crazy and stupid. But at least you're still alive" Plagg said.
x
The next day, Ladybug was fighting an akumatized villain known as Mimic. It's Kagami this time and for whatever reason, I think she's trying too hard to impress her mother with fencing again. Kagami and I broke up over a year ago, I hope she's not worried I went missing.
I ran on all fours to stop Mimic from copying Ladybug's combat moves.
"Come and try this bad guy out!" I held my fists up.
"Gladly!" Mimic used her akumatized fencing sword and touched me. Crap! She's copying my fighting moves. She then made claws form on her fingers.
"You wanna play claw to claw?! Fine by me!" I unsheathed my claws.
I pounced and rolled with her like a tiger and kicked her up in the air and Ladybug did her yoyo catch on the villain.
"I got her!" Ladybug pulled her.
"Agh! Let go of me you savage animals!" Mimic struggled but I quickly grabbed her akumatized fencing sword and cataclysm it, releasing the akuma.
"No more evil for you! Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug purified it, "Bye-bye little butterfly"
"See you around, bugaboo. My claws need sharpening" I said seductively as I made my way to leave.
"Thanks for today Kitty!" Ladybug waved.