Hey guys, sorry for the absolutely horrible delay. It's my senior year of high school, and I've had a lot of stuff to do. I'll also be moving out to go to college soon, so there's a lot of stress coming up. I'll try to do better though.

——Monday After School——

"So, Cinnabon, whatcha wanna do today?"

"I have to practice Chinese, then I have fencing, then piano, then I have a photo shoot at 6. There's not exactly a lot of time to do anything."

Kat sighed. Then her expression brightened.

"Hey, maybe I can practice with you. I don't know any Chinese, but maybe it'll be like with Emily because I don't know German either, but I was able to understand her. I've already been practicing fencing with you. And I'm okay at...actually I suck at piano. I never got past a beginner level, but I can just sit and listen. And maybe I can help with your photo shoot. I'll have to be done by 7 though. Nathaniel needs help with the math homework and I need him to draw some stuff for me to color during class. I'm running out of room." Kat held out her left arm, which was covered in sketches from a pen. Adrien rolled his eyes, smiling.

"You and Nathaniel need to stop drawing on each other's arms. You're going to be more ink than person pretty soon."

"Nah. I don't really care. Besides, we use it to help each other. He has to focus on his work for as long as it takes for me to doodle something, then we switch."

"So that's why you have so much pen all over you."

"Yeah."

Kat looked out the window to watch a bird fly pass. Adrien watched her. He could practically see the gears turning in her head.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Nothing," she replied, glancing at Adrien's bodyguard, who was driving. Adrien gave her an "oh" look and waited for when they got out. They were about to talk, but Nathalie hurried Adrien to do his Chinese lesson. Kat doodled on her ankle, occasionally answering questions in Chinese, which almost surprised her, but not quite.

What surprised all of them was that Mr. Agreste joined them. Katy blinked at the older man. He met her eyes briefly, then refocused on his tablet.

A few minutes passed. Kat continued to doodle on her ankle, occasionally glancing up at Mr. Agreste. Mr. Agreste noticed.

"Kat, why don't you join Adrien in learning Chinese?" Mr. Agreste asked.

"I think I've got it covered," Kat replied in perfect Chinese while finishing a doodle of a ladybug on a flower. Mr. Agreste raised an eyebrow.

Just then, a timer went off. The two teens excused themselves and were driven to fencing practice by Adrien's bodyguard.

———At the School———

After they had changed into practice clothes, Adrien's fencing teacher (D'Argencourt) had all the fencers gather into a group, presumably to embarrass Kat. She had been boasting earlier that she was a quick study.

"Let us see if zee oh so wonderful Kat can fence as well as she says. En guard!"

D'Argencourt leapt into ready position. Kat followed suit.

This is usually the point where the author would describe the fight/duel. I, however, am not going to because use I've no idea the terminology or what actually happens, outside of that one episode. Needless to say, the duel was fantastic, Kat won, but only barely. And if there are technicalities, then she won on one of those. (I know this is lazy writing, sorry.)

D'Argencourt stared at Kat in surprise, offense, and pride.

"A student has beaten me!" He despaired. Kat thought quickly for something to say. She didn't want to cause an akuma, after all.

"Uh, um, you mean nearly as good as you…"

"What?"

"I only beat you because...your...foot...slipped?" Kat forced as much confidence into her voice as she could.

"Erm, yes," D'Argencourt said uncertainly, "zere was...an overwaxed bit of ze floor."

Everyone knew it was a cover up, but D'Argencourt was secretly grateful to Kat for trying to maintain his reputation.

"You did well for one so inexperienced. Now, zen, let us get back to training. Miss Mirkwood, you may practice with anyone you wish."

Kat beamed at the praise and chose Adrien as her partner.

"That was nice of you," Adrien said as they got into position.

"Aw, that was nothing. I'm not entirely convinced the floor wasn't overwaxed."

"Still," laughed Adrien, "I'm glad you tried to be nice, even though he didn't want to be nice to you."

"Yeah, you men and your pride are fragile things, eh?"

"Maybe his, not mine," Adrien smiled.

"You sure about that bunny bun?" Kat countered.

"No, but I'm pretty sure you're more prideful than me."

"You're not wrong," Kat said, lunging at him.

"Oh, Kat?"

"Yeah?"

"What was it you wanted earlier?"

"I just wanted to talk to you about you-know-what."

"My father?"

"No, the other thing."

"Ooohhh. What about it?"

"I think you two could seriously be benefited by telling each other who you are."

"Kat!" Adrien's exclamation drew the attention of a few other fencers. He waited for their eyes to avert before continuing, "You know I can't do that."

"Oh, come on! You two are made for each other!"

"Well, I hope so, but I can't just do that. We can't just…" Adrien sighed. "Look, Kat, I wish I could know who she is, but it could ruin us."

"Ruin you how? Who knows, maybe you could cover for each other. And maybe you'd like each other in real life instead of...well, you know."

"I can't, Kat—"

Adrien was interrupted by a resounding boom. The ground shook. Kat shared a look with Adrien. They knew right off that it was an akuma.

What at first glance seemed to be a spider landed heavily in the center of the group. It straightened up to show the top half of a girl. Spidery black surrounded the blue skin of her face.

"I am Angerachnid!" She proclaimed. "Where is Basil? Where is he?"

I hope you all liked this part! I'll try to hurry with the next one, sorry I left you with a cliffhanger. Have a great day!