Emi's POV:

"For the last time, no Keyn." Taking the bowl of popcorn, I plopped onto the counch and unpaused the movie. The bowl was placed on my lap so Pixie had access. Pixie snuggled between the couch and the pillow. Her tiny head poked out from under the pillow enough to watch the movie.

"Please sis, for me. Your favorite brother." Keyn pleaded from the kitchen. "I'll make you favorite dinner for a month."

"First, your my only brother." I tossed some popcorn into my mouth as I glanced at Keyn. "Second, my best friend's family owns a resturant. I can have good food whenever I want."

Two serect agents snuck into an enemy base in the movie. The scene switched to the villan activting the next stage of his plan. Pixie gasped, "Emi, will they make it in time?" Her mouth hung open as the agents got trapped. Popcorn fell out of her grasp when the villan confronted the agents.

"It's only a movie Pixie." I whisphered. "The heroes always win in movies."

The scene cut off mid fight scene. "Help me and I'll volunteer to be Sayri's taste-tester for a month." Keny stood beside the tv remote control in hand. "Fine, I'll also take Calex's shifts for two weeks."

"Do you know what your agreeing to?" My dear brother must really want this. No one willingly volunteers to be Sayri's taste-tester.

"I do." Keyn answered seriously.

I passed a quick glance to Pixie. She gave a slight nod. "If Aira blames or gets mad at me at all. I'll show all of your embassing photos to everyone. Espically Sayri."

I thought the last part would deter him. Instead he smiled and hugged me. "Thanks sis! Sayri's gonna be so surspied." Keyn turned the tv on and happily dashed away afterwards.

"He is such as dork." I looked up at the ceiling. "We barely spend time together. This is the first time we've both had free time in weeks. Does he chat with me? No, he asks for a favor."

Pixie moved to sit on the back of the couch beside my head. "Keyn's not ignoring you on purpose Emi. You know how much he loves Sayri."

"Why are you always right?" I've learnt to listen to Pixie's advice. Not because she's anicent, but because she speaks a simple truth. "Think she'll give Keyn a chance?"

Pixie shrugged, "Don't know. She's rejected him the last eight-hundred and fifty times he's asked her out."

"Ems, what kind of flowers does Sayri like?" Keyn called from upstairs.

"The baking kind." I replied. Pixie looked at me. "What? She preferes baking flour to real flowers."

"We're live at the museum." The news report cut off the movie. "Innovator has been raging thorugh Paris, leaving a 'creative' streak behind her." The scene switched to show colorful drawings around the city. "Ladybug and Chat Noir have just arrived."

The duo moved to confront Innovator. Ladybug shot her yoyo at Innovotor. The villian caught it and pulled the heroine towards her. Chat Noir tossed his baton at Innovotor, who ducked down to avoid it. She than spun with the yoyo, tossing Ladybug into the air. She sailed downward towards the ground, avoiding injury because Chat Noit caught her.

"Now, now. Whatever will you do?" Innovator placed the yoyo on her hip, than grabbed the baton. "Good luck without your weapons." She drew a trap door on the ground and stepped through it.

Ladybug went after her, but the trap door disappeared once Innotor stepped through. Chat Noir and the two talked for a moment before racing off. The carama switched back to the report who only commented on the current situation.

"Looks like their in a bind." We're not finishing that movie anytime soon. Might as work on updating one of my games. I think Gem Quest is overdo for a new release.

"Umm, Emi?" Pixie flew over to stop inches from my face. "Don't you think you should help?" Her voice was curious and questioning. I understand her asking. It isn't unusnal for Blue Jay to show up at an akuma attack. Unfortunaly, it's been happening a little to much lately.

"Remember the meeting we had? The four of us decided not to interfer with each other's attacks." We met a few more times after the Grey incident. The last one was about a month ago. Since than, we only see each other at patrols.

"That was a close call." Chat Noir twriled his baton. "Who would've thought an akuma would attack right after we defeated that faux."

"Good thing we were there to help." I grinned, as exshuation coursed through my body. Two usages of Sonic Wave within less than an hour is to taxing on the body. Pixie must be filling the effects as well. We each used our speical powers twice, making our kwamis do double work. I'll have to give Pixie a slice of double chocolate fudge cake. "I don't know about ya'll, but I've never used my speiacl ability twice that quickly."

"That shouldn't have happned." Panda Mime looked at each of us. "I think we're interfering in each other's attacks to much."

"Oh?" This peeked Chat Noir's interest. "Please, do share."

Panda Mime turned to me. I gave a nod. "I'd like to hear this to. We're heroes, heroes also help each other."

Panda Mime shook his head, "That's the problem. It's okay to help each other, but not this much." He gestured to his pocket watch and my bracelet. "The two of us were speifically give these to stop the fauxs, something Ladybug can't do. No offense."

Ladybug waved her off the comment. "I was thinking the same thing." She stood up from where she'd been sitting. "You guys can't stop the fauxs if you've exshuated yourselves and your kwamis fighting akumas with us. Same thing for us battling fauxs when we need to stop the akumas."

"So what your saying is, me and pandie should stick to dealing with the fauxs." I amused myself by opening and closing my fan. "The two of you will keep to the akumas?"

"Something like that." Panda Mime huffed. "We're not saying we shouldn't help each other. Obovously if an akuma attack is getting to dangerous we should join. Same thing if we're having differculty with a faux."

"We just think it's best to minizue our interfertion with each other." Ladybug added with a soft smile. "Keep to our oringal missons as much as possblie, but still helping when nessacry."

"What do you think Chat?" I glanced to the fourth memeber of our meeting.

"Whatever Mi'lady wants." He answered with his trademark smirk. "It's actually not a bad idea. I've been running low on cheese with all the battles. Do you know the strange looks I get because of the amount of cheese my pig of a kwami eats."

Ladybug rolled her eyes, "Anyway, the other pair might notice something the ones fighting miss."

We were all in agreement to lessen our invovlement in each other's battles. It's been three weeks since the meeting. So far, there have been no major akuma attacks that require Panda Mime nor myself.

"I still think you should go down there Emi." Pixie insisted. "They've lost their weapons. Ladybug can't use Lucky Charm or puify the akuma without her yoyo."

"True, but Chat Noir can still use Catsymlam without his baton." I moved pass Pixie to continue upstairs. "Things will work out."

"Emi." Pixie zoomed in front of me. "At least turn the news on and montior the situation."

"Deal." Sometimes the best thing to do is to compromiess with the kwami. She knows what she's talking about, even if I believe she's worrying to much.

Sadisuifed with our deal, Pixie busyed herself with one of my comics. The news played in the background, as I got to work.

"Dude it's not end of the world." Calex patted Alexei's back. "It's not unusal."

Illya offered Alexei an iced coffee. "Why are you freaking out this time? You got to sit next to her all day."

Alexei took a sip of the cold drink. Strangely, it warmed him. The cool liquid replaced the buring frustation from the school day. "She basically ingored me. I couldn't say anything to her." Just his luck. His crush sat next to him in every class besides chemstry. While it was because it was the only seat open, Alexei didn't complain. It was an oppurtiy. "I had my chance and lost it."

"Bro, you were in class." Calex snircked. Alexei's slunging all because he couldn't talk to Emi during class. "Ms. Caron is cool, but even she doesn't apporite talking in her class."

Alexei felt some what reliefed. "How do I get her to hate me less?" He did want Emi to return his feelings. First he had to confess to his crush. No, truthfully he had to get Emi to speak more than two words to him. Three if Illya or Calex were around.

"You should be thinking 'How can I spend more time with Emi?'" Illya suggested. "Hang out with her, preferably just the two of you, and she'll naturally start to like you too."

Alexei stared at Illya. "Again I ask, how do I get her to hate me less? That needs to happen first before she'll hang out with me, without either one of you around."

"Answer him Calex." Illya causally said.

"Why me?" Calex opened a candy bar. Candy was the one thing Sayri had yet to add to a recipe. He hoped she never did. "Your the lady's man."

Illya rolled his eyes. "Am not." He didn't understand why everyone said that. People were always commenting on how charamitic and popular he was. Is it because he's friends with Mara? She is the youngest daugther of the founder of Europe's largest video gaming company, E Games (Europe Games). Than why aren't they saying the same thing about Sylive? "Your her best friend, you've got the inside 'scoop'."

Calex rolled his eyes, "Yes and I'm telling you a thing." He knew Emi's true feelings for Alexei were somewhere between leave me alone and couldn't careless. The poor boy didn't need to know this. Yes, it would make Alexei realize the chances of Emi feeling anything more than annoyance with him were slim to none. Calex has been working on softing Emi up to the idea of on netural terms with Alexei. So far, he's gotten Emi to hold a whole five mintue conversation with Alexei. Progress, it's the small things that count. "If you really wanna know something, just ask her."

Alexei snorted. They both knew Emi would give him the stink eye at best. "Mara has a better chance of getting info from Emi than I do.

"What're you three yaping about?" Aero walked over with Devin. He was dressed in workout clothes with a basketvall in hand "Emi ingore Alexei again?"

Alexei hide his face in his hands at that reminder.

"So it is about Emi." Devin grinned. "Want some help? I can get Emi's attention for you."

Illya looked s_ "How? Calex is her best friend, he's got the best chance."

"Ah, but I've been friends with her longer." Devin winked. Most people assumed Calex and Emi have been friends since primary school. "Right?" He looked at Calex.

"It's true." Calex sighed. "Emi, Devin, Sylive, Floral, and I have known each other since primary school. Emi and I didn't become friends until four years ago." Calex preferred not to reveal this information. People tended to question why such great friends haven't known each other long.

"Calex's still closer to her than you." Aero causally added.

"Point taken." Devin agreed. "But this is about Alexei. Now my plan." He gather everyone around to explalin his plan.

Theirdiscussion was cut off by Innovator popping out of a trap door in front of them. "My dear classmates, know where I can find the brat? I need to have a 'chat' with her." She causally twriled Chat Noir's baton.

"What did my cousin do this time?" Calex sighed. Mara was quickly catching up to Chole in the akumatized and fauxed department. They've both been the cause of several akuma and faux attacks.

"Aren't you to quick to judge?" Devin also assumed Mara was the cause. He preferred not to judge people, esipcally without edvience. Mara was different, her past experinece spoke for it's self.

Aero snorted, "You were thinking the same thing."

"Is this really the time for this?" Illya glanced at the three. "There's an akuma in front of us. One that appearly our classmate."

"Question is who is she?" Alexei reached for his bag. Hopefully Popp hadn't wondered off, Panda Mime might be needed. "Innovotor, your neither Emi nor Sylive." He reasoned, trying to by sometime until Ladybug and Chat Noir arrived.

Innovator stopped twriling the baton, her attention now on Alexei. "What makes you so sure? There's a good chance they could've been akumaitized."

"Both girls have thick skins." Aero answered for Alexei. "They'd have to in order for Sylive to be Mara's best friend and Emi's use to it, since Mara is Calex's cousin."

"Your aren't Floral either." Devin concluded. "Her talnets lay in performing, not art."

"Again, why are we having this conversation with an akuma in front of us?" Illya looked at his friends, both confused and impressed. Normally people flee at the sight of akumas and fauxs. Maybe it was because she admitted to being someone they know. Reguardless, they shouldn't be chatting with her so easily.

"Nice obsvertion skills boys, but you've got the wrong brat." Innovator tossed the

"Now, now boys." Innovotor placed the baton on her hip. "Where's Zoey? I need to 'speak' with her."

"What does Zoey have to do with this?" Devin asked considered for their classmate.

Aero shook head, "Do you really have to ask? She's Chole's cousin, basically a carbon a copy. A walking akuma and faux factory."

"Enough with the banter." Innovator shouted. "I'll 'decotor' the entire city until I find her!" She took the stylist out of her hair. Three quick brush strokes had the boys 'reinnovated '. The five were dresssed in pink and orange poka-dotted overalls with striped shirts and shoes.

"Geez, what a clawful sight." Chat Noir cringed at their clothing. "Look's like their stealing your style, Mi'lady." He strolled over from the other side of the park, Ladybug beside him.

"Not now Chat." Ladybug scolded, "we're suppose to be sneaking up on her and getting our weapons back." She crossed her arms, clearly not happy with her partner. "Now how are we suppose to stop her?"

"Ask nicely for her to stop?" Chat Noir shrugged.

Aero rolled his eyes at their exchange. "We're saved." He said saracsiticlly. He honsetly wondered how Ladybug could put up with Chat Noir's puns. Personally, he thought they weren't called for while in the heat of battle. Than again, "These outfits aren't very 'innovative'." Yeah, punny he was not. Still, he got the desired reaction fromInnovator he wanted.

Innovator stompped her feet and grabbed her stylist. "You won't be saying that for long!" As she moved to draw, Aero grabbed the basketball from Devin and chuckedInnovator in the head with it. The villianess stumbled back from the impact.

Aero quickly opened his fencing bag and withdrew his sabre. "Yo, Chat!" He tossed the fencing weapon to Chat. Chat easily caught the weapon and moved to engage Innovator.Innovator placed the stylist safely in hair her before drawing Chat's baton. She countered his first attack than moved to strike. The two went back and forth, parrying and attacking.

"Do you really think that," Devin gestured to the sabre, "is enough to stopInnovator?"

Aero smiled, as he watched Chat battleInnovator using the familiar movements only a fencer would know. "No, but it's better than nothing."

Illya watched the scene before them. "How'd you know he'd be able to use it?"

"I saw him use the baton like a sabre during the battle with Darkblade." Aero answered. (Yes,that actually did happen in the show. The episode is Darkblade from season one.)

"Hey, boys." Ladybug called. "Anyone up for some sports?"

Foral rushed to the park. Sweat poured down her face and back as she rounded the corner. She tripped over a rock, landing on her face. Pain sliced into the palms of her hand and face. Drops of blood pooled onto the ground. Foral didn't care, she had to findInnovator. She'd let her down once, she wasn't going to let it happen again.

"Keep it up!" Ladybug's voice signaled Foral was close to her destation.

Foral came to anabrupt stop at the scene before her. Chat Noir foughtInnovator skillfully.Innovator could do nothing but parry and dodge. Not an easy task when basketballs and soccer balls are being flung at you. Devin, Illya, Aero, Calex, and Alexei were kicking, tossing, and throwing varies types of balls atInnovator.

Innovator appeared to be holding her own. She ducked to avoid Chat's attack, than sprung up with her own. A soccer ball came whirling at her.Innovator swatted it away and the next two. Chat went for another attack, at the same time Ladybug and Aero launched two basketballs atInnovator.

Foral's heart clenched in panic. She could do nothing but watch as her closest friend was attacked. She didn't care thatInnovator had an akuma. To Foral, she was still her friend. The first person to truly accept her and her family's quirks. A friend who stood beside her in primary school when people made fun of her unusal name. For Foral, the girl in front of her was the same one she'd known most of her life. Akuma or no akuma.

"Nice Chat!" Ladybug pumped her fist in the air, their plan had worked. Chat caughtInnovator off guard when she dodged some balls. A swift kick to the gut hadInnovator on the ground, the baton flew out of her hand.

"Just grab my yoyo and we can end this." Ladybug didn't like involving civilans in their battles, but sometimes it was nessary. In this case luck had been on her side once again. Finding the bags of balls had really paid off.

Foral watched as Chat moved to reach for the yoyo onInnovator hip. "No!" She cried.Innovator had done nothing wrong. It's not her fault she was angry or was akumaizted. Many emotions tore thought Foral. None of them were anrgy or sadness. If it had been, she knew that she to could've been akumaizted. Instead desapire and hoplessness radilpy spread. All she wanted to do was keep their promise of always being friends and protecting each other. Maybe it had been only a childhood dream.

"What kind of heroes attack someone's friend." A voice said that only Foral could here. "I'll give you the power to keep your promise. All I ask is that you protect Paris from it's 'heroes' and Hawkmoth, who would dare destory friendships."

Foral opened her eyes, which were now dark blue. "Yes, Red Cardinal/Tsubasa. I will protect Paris and the many friendships within." Dark blue energy engulfed her.