MY FAIR-Y LADY

[Based on & Inspired by the Lady Fairy AU from BeeBeeBomBam in Tumblr]

CHAPTER 04: A Race Against Time (Part 01)

Opening Remarks: This is the second part of Chapter 04 of My Fair-y Lady. Here's more of where the episode rewrite's action happens, the typical Superheroes VS Asura fighting you've come to expect from the series. I hope you all enjoy!

Stick around at the Endnotes if you want to read the notes and ramblings. I hope you all enjoy my story, and if you want, leave a comment since I would like to reply to them when I can, and I hope I can continue writing more on this!


'I-I have to save her before she does anything more!'

Was all Adrien could think before he immediately stated his command to transform into his superhero persona. He was lucky that everyone around the area was more focused peering at the girl who just whacked the creature so hard it stagged away in absolute pain.

"Plagg, Claws Out!"

Using his heightened senses and physical attributes, Chat Noir made quick work using his body to tackle the Asura mid-rush towards the blind girl before he used his trusty staff to give himself an extra swing kick to further send the creature flying. Standing in front of Marinette, he glanced behind to see she was safe. The blind girl, somehow knowing she was saved, showed a relieved smile on her face; her infectious smile was starting to make Chat Noir blush before he saw the Asura getting back on its feet and now notice Paris' hero in black. Snarling at the Cat themed Chat Noir, the Asura peered to its surroundings and found what it desired to regain its strength: fresh prey.

All in the form of various classmates.

All of whom coincidentally hid in small groups but in the same hidden area of the building. Not one to play games no longer, the Asura pounced and vanished only to reappear at the frightened hiding teenagers as it began feeding off their life essences and making each into grey-blue inanimate bodies. Picking them off one or two at a time, the fire on top of the now broken lamp on its head started becoming bigger and brighter as the humanoid cheetah feasted upon the essences of every classmate of the currently missing Adrien Agreste present in the area.

All except one other classmate.

As the Asura finished the last of those teenagers, the Asura looked around for the hero and the foolhardy cane-wielding girl only to find them no longer in the outskirts of the building nor the adjacent fountain areas. With the Peacock sigil glowing in front of its predator-like chest eyes, the Asura known by its master as Flauros and the master in question known throughout Paris as Le Paon were once again the fools of this ordeal as they allowed Chat Noir to escape their grasp. That and the girl who had severely hurt the Asura in more ways than just breaking a part of its manifested body. All of this caused the Asura to snarl out in intense anger, with Le Paon continuing to mend the Asura and his pride over their own follies for overlooking Chat Noir and the blind girl, and the latter's audacity.

"Find them, Flauros! I will not allow us to run out of this chance of victory merely because of a setback like this! Time is of the essence and the essence of time is something you must continue to have if we wish to win! Do not disappoint me, my Asura!"


The hero in black with the blind girl on his back made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Thankfully, the area at the top seemed to have been closed off and vacated due to the Asura attack; thus, it saved the spectacle of a certain hero saving only one specific civilian from the Asura's feeding frenzy at the Palais de Chaillot. Gently letting her down, he was expecting a compliment from the blind girl.

What Chat Noir got were mixed signals.

"C-Chat Noir! T-thank you so much for saving me from that attack . . . b-but you should have stayed to fight! I-I just know the others were getting fed upon, I just know it!"

Marinette couldn't settle on what emotion she wants to fully convey to her savior because all the things she was experiencing were overlapping. She was thankful as the citizen for being saved by the hero; she's even more thankful that she as the civilian Marinette was saved by the hero she finds herself fancying. But at the same time, she was cross with Chat Noir for his decision to carry her to safety when she thought she could continue helping even as just her civilian self. Factoring in the fact she also wished she and Chat Noir didn't leave the others at the mercy of the Asura but also saw this as a prime hiding place when he leaves to finally be her superhero self, one can tell Marinette Dupain-Cheng was overthinking a lot of things.

It didn't help with how she felt the person she was with seemed to be awfully quiet right now.

". . . Chat Noir? Is-is everything alr—"

"Why did you do that?"

The way he said it so hushed without his usually enthusiastic, and dare she say it for herself, flirty personality when he talks to her caused Marinette grave concern.

"I-I am sorry, what?" With that, Marinette could clearly sense him looking at her gravely, but not out of anger, more so out of grave concern. His voice even presented it better as he spoke.

"W-why would you put yourself in harm's way like that, Ma—Princess?! I-I mean not even questioning how you managed to just know where you were running to intercept the monster, you managed to smack it with your walking stick so well you cracked its lamp thingy . . . and you looked like you were ready for another round before I came in! What!?"

Silence was all that could escape his Princess' mouth as she was processing what the hero just said. Realizing how tense the situation was becoming, Chat Noir took a deep breath and went closer to the blind girl he, both as Adrien and Chat, was crushing on and took her hand; he was too wrapped up with the tenseness to ever notice the pink blush apparent on the girl for his action.

"J-just please don't do that ever again. . . you're a civilian a-and I am one of Paris' heroes."

"I-I was just trying to help . . . I-I guess I got caught up in the moment of helping my friends that . . . I went for it blindly." Not even Marinette getting a joke out was enough to dissuade the mood she made for her and Chat Noir to be in, but she felt he still acknowledged her words, nonetheless.

"I-I know . . . that's what I really like about you, Princess. You're always so helpful and considerate of other people and when they need help . . . but just please, don't put yourself in intentional danger like that . . . I don't think my own Cat heart can handle that." Silence fell for both occupants of the top floor of the Eiffel Tower as the last words from the superhero finally got through to Marinette. In her impulsiveness of wanting to help, she made herself, not as her superhero form, a citizen with a dangerous drive to help if it meant endangering herself that even she herself would have thought was needlessly reckless on someone else.

"I-I am sorry, Chat Noir . . . I guess I did let myself get way too much back there."

Squeezing his hand with her own for reassurance, the blind girl gave Paris' superhero an apologetic smile which did help assuage the tension. It was soon replaced with a new yet familiar feeling whenever Adrien or Chat Noir are graced by Marinette's serene smile. The tingly and bubbly sensations helped, and he felt that as much as he wants this moment to last, he was still needed elsewhere.

"I really wish I could continue to talk, Princess, but Paris needs me. Will you please stay here safe and away from the action, so you don't involve yourself in any?" Letting go of her hand, Chat Noir was about to go before he felt a yank from his belt-like tail. Marinette had more to say before he got the last word as she had his whole attention towards her again.

"Chat Noir . . . please try to avoid looking directly at its eyes."

"Wait wha—"

"I-I know this sounds crazy— and it just might be actually crazy— but I-I felt like the Asura tried to do something to me when I felt its gaze after I struck it. I-I don't know how, but I knew the short time from when it probably staggered away to when it rushed towards me seemed too long. C-call it a hunch and I am sure you have a better basis seeing it in action . . . but I feel like it does something with its eyes when someone looks at it at the wrong time. I-I don't know if that might help, and I know you're the amazing hero that you are, but . . . please stay safe as well, Chat Noir." Hearing the potentially useful tidbit was something Chat Noir safely placed into his mind, but it was the compliment at the end that sealed the deal.

"I'll take note of that. Thank you, Princess. Please stay here. Paris needs their heroes, and I'm one of them." With that the Cat Miraculous wielder leaped off the ledge to find and fight the Asura once again, leaving his Princess alone in her tower.

And that's the perfect opportunity for said Princess to have.

"Nooroo, it's safe to come out now! Chat's gone and we're alone." Running to where she felt in her gut was a more well-hidden corner not far from where Chat Noir dropped her, Marinette Dupain-Cheng was ready to take on her duty as the Butterfly Miraculous wielder known to many as Lady Fairy.

But it seems a certain Kwami wasn't as ready.

"Nooroo? What's the ma—"

"I agree with what Chat said, Marinette! What you did back there was so thoughtless and treacherous I would have almost jumped out and forced a transformation with you if you hadn't surprised even me with that strike! What were you thinking back there!?" Never had she ever heard her Kwami be so angry, and the fact it's towards her made Marinette realize she's been pissing off people one right after the other. She knew she had to make amends with the way she acted.

". . . I am sorry, Nooroo . . . I-I was so caught up with trying to help that I just placed myself in grave danger . . . b-but I don't fully regret wanting to help because I feel like I have the means to do so, even without the Miraculous. B-but I am sorry, to you and Chat Noir for making you guys worried." Stopping herself from tearing up, she heard a slight sigh from Nooroo as she felt him nuzzle at her cheek in comfort.

"Oh, Marinette . . . Chat Noir and I are just worried that you were putting yourself, as yourself, in situations like that. I know you want to help, but please don't do it so directly in the line of fire that you could get hurt . . . or worse." Nooroo gently patted away some tears lining her eyes threatening to fall from his Chosen's face as she nodded to his words.

"I-I will try to be . . . I-I can't promise I will fully stop b-but I will try to not intentionally get myself in the little crossfire. I should be more careful since I bear one of the Miraculous Le Paon is actively trying to claim."

". . . It's not just that, my dear Marinette. You as my Chosen being safe and away from direct dangers that could harm you is just as much of my priority as the safety of my Miraculous. I love you Marinette, and I would be at a loss if something happened to you." Wiping away his own tears over their shared moment, both Chosen and Kwami allowed themselves to emotionally settle before they felt all was good again. And they did need to still fight the currently ongoing fight with the Asura.

". . . I guess we needed that little heart to heart. Time is of the essence, and I want to help Chat Noir but not as direct as I was. You up to it now, Nooroo?" Hearing a giggle and a reaffirming short nuzzle to her cheek, she knew her Kwami of the Butterfly was good to go. Putting on her brooch while readying her bottle charm, she called out her command.

"Nooroo, Wings Flutter!"

One transformation later, Lady Fairy opened the bottle charm as she allowed the Faes to manifest out, a soft command from her to one of them.

"Fly through the skies but please stay safe. We must find you a suitable partner."

Fortune favors Lady Fairy and her Fae as it seemed to have found a suitable partner sooner than later. They found a strong-willed un-immobilized citizen skating through the bottom of the very tower they were in. The only one Lady Fairy could even find still not affected or victimized even.

One could even say fate allowed this to happen, as Lady Fairy could hear the person gasp seeing the Fae become absorbed by the object inside the girl's pocket; thus, allowing Lady Fairy to finally communicate with the rollerblading girl she knew in her civilian self via the Miraculous sigil.

"Hello there . . . May I ask for your name before we begin?"

"I . . . I-I am Alix Kubdel! . . . Ho-oly shi-sheep, yo-you're Lady Fairy, aren't you!?" Giggling happily at how surprised she was it was Alix, and with how she stopped herself from cursing in front of the very enigmatic but ever so miraculous Paris' Great Lady herself, Lady Fairy had a good feeling with calling upon her friend and classmate for this request.

"It seems so. Well, it's a pleasure to meet you but I have a special request, Mlle. Alix. An Asura is on the loose and Chat Noir needs our help in defeating it." The way Lady Fairy was serenely talking through her mind via the sigil was making Alix realize more and more what she meant by 'our help'.

'N-no way . . . is she asking me to—' but her thoughts were interrupted by the very thing to confirm her mental inquiry from the superheroine herself.

"May I ask of you, Alix Kubdel, to be my Champion for this fight? Can you please help Chat Noir and me to take down the monstrous Asura?"

All the anger, sadness, guilt, or even anxiety seemed to have melted away within Alix's heart as she felt the full weight of the magical woman's voice calling out to her for her assistance. All that was left within Alix Kubdel was a sense of peace.

And the determination to help.

"I do, Lady Fairy. I am ready to fight for Paris!"

Bright magic immediately enveloped the girl so fast that she didn't have time to gasp or blink in awe. All the birthday girl was experiencing was magic that was bringing out a sense of strength and wonder within her. From where Alix Kubdel used to stand was now a new Champion called upon by the ever-mysterious Butterfly wielder.

Alix in her Champion form wore a full-bodied suit that is almost like that of a fit racing suit. The portion of the suit from her chest to her lower thighs and knees going downwards was in black, whereas the area below her chest until her mid-thigh was in lime green. The suit also had various white line designs on it, mainly in-between where the green and black would meet while also giving some white line designs on the black parts of the suit, such as around the legs and to the covered arms and hands. On her chest, there is an emblem that looks to be a glowing green hourglass shape within a silvery-white circular outline. Her rollerblades are black with green lines running through them, each of them having two glowing white wheels, that on closer inspection are actually not attached to the shoe but are just hovering in place. Each of the rollerblades is also designed with a vertical speed bar on its outer sides. She is also wearing a stylized half-helmet with a tinted light green visor, her vibrant pink hair poking out at the back. The helmet also has the same white line designs and chest emblem while the back of her hands also has the same emblem but are instead inside glowing white half spheres. Before she could even be astonished by her overall look, the Champion readied herself in a rollerblading position.

She could get excited later, she needs to focus.

"Lady Fairy, Chrono-Girl is here at your service! Feel free to give me the rundown while I try to gain some speed if you don't mind." Already using her Champion rollerblades, Alix as Chrono-Girl was enjoying how much faster she was; she was even more amazed by how with a risky jump she managed to continue rollerblading on the side of the very Eiffel tower she was under; her wheels turning sideways and sort of causing an anti-gravity levitation to continue her rollerblading against the very laws of physics.

"Very well, Chrono-Girl. But do be mindful that we still need to help Chat Noir once you have enough speed. Your first goal is to use your powers to assist Chat Noir in defeating the Asura enough that you destroy its body, if not the very Soul of the Asura, to defeat it and Le Paon. If need be, I can also supply you with an extra power but using that will put both of us on a timer before we both de-transform. You must also ensure that the Fae giving you powers stays safe, it is currently on the half sphere on your right hand; losing the Fae automatically de-transforms you and that could be a cause of concern as Le Paon could try and take the Fae to find me. Please Chrono-Girl, I wish to remain elusive as to continue helping Chat Noir in our fight to save Paris."

Stopping in her tracks as she fully internalized what Lady Fairy was telling her, Chrono-Girl realized that as fun as it is to be a Champion, her duty is to not only fight alongside Chat Noir to save Paris from the Asura but to also protect Lady Fairy from not being found. Determined more than ever but with the added need to be careful and responsible, Chrono-Girl spread out her right arm outward to the side as a sort of white spell circle manifested around her feet while the hourglass-like symbols on her helmet and chest started glowing. The spell circle was interesting as it showed to be an analog watch face, similar to one of Alix's birthday presents.

"Understood, my Lady. I will be careful. Now that I think I have enough juice, I think it's about time I help Chat Noir!" As with her command, the watch face of the spell circle started speeding up as Chrono-Girl could feel herself moving faster than ever before. Racing off to where she felt was where the action was, Chrono-Girl and Lady Fairy were ready as the Champion stated her command.

"Fast Forward!"

With time literally at her fingertips, it was time for the real fight to begin!


Finding himself back at the Trocadéro's fountain area, Chat Noir has been having not really a fight but rather a battle of attrition. The Asura has become relentless in its attacks. The creature would try to catch the hero off guard as it would pounce then disappear, only to reappear near Chat Noir to try and fully grab him, which would lead to Chat Noir to just barely dodge or sustain a scratch or hit here or there. With the way the battle has been going on and the hero looking down from the Asura as though he was beginning to experience fatigue, the Asura did not need any command from his Peacock master to do one more sneak attack to fully takedown and pin the Cat Miraculous wielder.

The only problem was that, unlike the cheetah Asura, this Black Cat has been learning.

"Gotcha!"

With a confident swing, the Cat hero in black managed to catch the Asura as it was reappearing by managing to slug the creature away from him. Le Paon's sigil appeared in front of the staggered Asura's eyes as both monster and master realized that swing wasn't a lucky hit, and what's more was that Chat Noir wasn't direct looking at the creature to do so. It didn't help their egos with how Chat Noir was just casually holding his staff with his shoulders, his trademark cheeky grin plastered on his face while his eyes were looking at the creature but not at its eyes.

"I gotta say, I am starting to get the Asura's whole shtick, bird brain. Yeah, I know you can hear me, Le Paon. It took me a while, but I am starting to realize that without the whole disappearing act, the Asura is just rushing at a straight line. It runs, disappears, then reappears as it lands its pounce . . . but I am willing to bet an unfortunate amount of cheese I currently possess that the whole vanishing bit is just torso face over there probably running so fast, it's impossible to see." The way the Asura was just silent but snarling at him, and the way he can almost tell Le Paon through the sigil was also just as angry, Chat Noir knew he was right in the money.

He decided to go double or nothing with his other new tidbit.

"Also, thanks to a generous tip I just got, I realized that the Asura needs to catch me looking directly at its eyes— weirdly on its boob area— when it also stares back if it wants to do that weird soul sucky thing it does and turn me into a rather dashing statue devoid of life. Alas, with the way I am not directly looking at its eyes, plus now knowing his whole disappearing act is so predictable enough for me to know where to batter up . . . well, it looks like you're out of tricks, Le Paon. How about you just give up now— hand over the Miraculous while you're at it— and we can all just walk away without someone getting hurt, hmm?"

". . . Rargh!"

The creature screamed in rage as it began to relentlessly assault Chat Noir in an all-in offensive. To the Asura's credit, the thrashing of claws and teeth did catch Chat Noir off guard for that split second before he parried, dodged, and deflected all the strikes to the best of his ability, getting nicked or clipped at certain points. Chat Noir was dancing his way through the onslaught but with how relentless the creature was, at the behest of its master based on the glowing sigil, he knew either of them would make a slip up for the other to take advantage. For Chat Noir, he was hoping the Asura would be the first to slip rather than him accidentally catching his eyes looking at the creature's eyes during the barrage.

'Shoot . . . it's not letting up! I gotta keep strong!'

Sadly, the barrage ended in favor of the Asura as Chat Noir wasn't fully able to brace the swift kick with his staff, tossing him away a few feet while he struggled to keep his footing strong. Even though both combatants were aggressively panting over that close-combative exchange, Chat Noir knew that the cheetah-like Asura would outclass the superhero in terms of endurance. All he could do now is to somehow keep up with the Asura until help arrives, even if a small part of him is starting to worry over the lack of even a hint of communication from his ever-elusive Miraculous partner.

'. . . Crap, I gotta keep up!'

Before the stalemate of monster and hero was about to break for another exchange, something green zipped by him as he felt the rush of air. The very same speeding green object that landed a kick to the Asura's upper torso as it was caught unawares of the new challenger.

Even more impressive was how the new combatant in green and black managed to turn the one kick she landed within the briefest of moments into a multitude as it became a flurry of kicks. The rapidity was so fast that Chat Noir swore he saw the motion blur make it look as though her leg actually contained hundreds of feet attached, all mercilessly kicking the Asura. It didn't help the monster either as each of those kicks that landed onto its body were not the foot itself, but rather from the wheels attached to said feet of the new hero who made it to the scene.

". . . and here's the real kicker!"

Taking a short few steps back, the Champion's wheels started spinning as she briefly held her position before launching towards the battle-weary and severely staggered Asura. She delivered a severe roundhouse to the Asura, which Chat Noir swore he thought he saw her somehow make that one roundhouse 2 or 3 more within the split second that it landed. The kick flung the Asura with enough force that it momentarily sailed away into the Palais de Chaillot from the two superpowered beings for the time being.

As the Champion was catching her breath over her massively impressive first impressions that took a lot out of her energy, Chat Noir picked up his jaw off the floor and rushed over to his apparent ally sent to him by his Lady Fairy. But not so much out of concern.

Rather, out of the total need to geek out.

"Oh. My. Kwami! Th-that was a Xiang Li's Thousand Legs Technique from Iron Fist Fighters! I know that move anywhere! Aww man, that was awesome!" Surprised by Chat Noir's enthusiasm more than his knowledge over video games, that was enough for the current Champion to break whatever feelings of needing to be professional in front of the seasoned Parisian hero as she just laughed at the giddy Cat hero.

"Y-yeah! I just knew that would be a great way to do a badass entrance. I hope Chrono-Girl could make up for her rather late entrance with that!" Extending her arm out, Chat Noir happily shook it seeing as this new ally of his not only saved his butt but also impressed the inner nerd within him.

'Inner would imply you're being covert with how much of a dork you blatantly are, Adrien!' Shaking his head over the Plagg sounding thoughts, Chat Noir decided to greet the Champion back in kind, seeing as they still had a job to do. Fangirling about super cool video game fighting moves can wait for later.

"S-sorry about that! I got a bit excited seeing that badass move be actually done in real life. Please to meet you, Chrono-Girl! I am assuming with your name and how you pulled those kicks off, you have power over time? O-oh right! Hello to you too, my Lady Fairy." Chat Noir even gave a dramatic gentlemanly bow in front of the glowing sigil in front of Chrono-Girl's eyes to greet his Butterfly partner; said Butterfly partner blushed immensely on her end and just waved back as though he was there to see, careful not to say anything embarrassing that her Champion could relay back.

"Yeahp! Which reminds me, take my hand, Chat Noir! Also keep the sigil up, my Lady. I am going to try something!" Immediately following the Champion's orders, Chrono-Girl spread her other arm outward as she began manifesting the timepiece spell circle beneath her. Both Cat and Butterfly heroes were utterly amazed at the spectacle, especially as they were feeling a sort of magic attached to them coming from the Champion herself.

"Temporal Resistance!"

With that, a small but bright white hourglass-shaped sigil appeared above Chat Noir's head; without having her own sight, Lady Fairy could also imagine the same icon floating above her head as the magic latched onto them.

"There, that should give you guys means to bypass whatever time tricks me or the Asura has in store. Let's you keep up with the fun and all."

"W-wait, what did you mean time tricks of the Asura? I-I know from fighting the creature that aside from making sure you don't look directly at its eyes when it's looking at you unless you want to turn into a sculpture when it does its whole pouncing vanishing ambush, it just probably goes really, really fast. Luckily, it's just a mad straight dash so you can easily predict and counter." Taking in Chat Noir's useful knowledge from his time fighting the Asura made Chrono-Girl smirk even more at the usefulness of her spell.

"Let's just say you and Lady Fairy will actually see the behind-the-scenes of that pounce attack. Also, the whole freezing victims thing it does? I figured it out along the way. The Asura fed on their Time." Readying herself for another spell, Chrono-Girl and Chat Noir could hear from inside the building a growl from the Asura, which meant there was going to be another round but this time it was 2 vs 1.

"The Asura fed on the victims' Time? . . . You mean all the victims are just paused indefinitely?" Lady Fairy voiced out her realization over her Champion's deduction which made her nod. Chat Noir also silently realized the implication.

"Correct, Lady Fairy. I saw some victims literally in the air mid-sprint or even birds frozen in mid-flight when I was on my way here. And seeing as I am a time-based Champion, I could easily tell that the victims' Time was stolen. We have to stop that monster before people are permanently stuck on pause forever." She looked at the bar on her rollerblades then to her ally to give her plan.

"Chat Noir, I am going to be running out of juice soon, so I'll need to pick up speed to recharge." Pointing with her finger, she allowed him to notice the bar on her rollerblades depleting as her charge was nearing the bottom before she continued.

"When the Asura comes to attack us with its dash, I'll need you to catch it off guard. If what you're saying is true about its eyes, I trust you can take care of it until I am ready to help you fully take it down!"

"W-wait what?!"

Said Asura leered far from where it was at the heroes, as Le Paon's glowing sigil appeared in front of the monster's eyes. No longer taking chances, it readied itself before it disappeared to ambush them.

Yet, the creature really did run out of tricks.

As soon as it began its vanishing sprint, Chat Noir could clearly see that the world around them has been temporarily altered. Even if there were only immobilized victims around them, Chat could tell time was at an almost griding stop, while himself, Chrono-Girl, Lady Fairy probably, and the Asura were not affected. In fact, Chat Noir could tell it was not affected due to the monster just running at them, no disappearing tricks or the like.

'The Asura really was moving so fast that time around it was moving slower! . . . Take away that and the creature is just clearly running.'

Not giving the creature even a millionth of a second to fully process how the heroes seemed to move in stopped time, Chat Noir readied his staff as he swung it at the Asura. A satisfying smacking noise batted the running Asura away from them as time seemed to move back to normal. The Asura managed to stumble into a roll as it was in all fours, wincing and growling at the amount of damage it received, but also just as stunned as the superhero managed to strike it during the stopped time.

"Woah! S-so that's what the buff did! Sweet!" Smirking at her partner, and even at her Lady's amazement over also experiencing stopped time unaffected, Chrono-Girl realized it was time to fully end this.

"Chat Noir, take care of it while I build up speed to charge up. I trust you with an extra boost to really be a pain on the Asura and Le Paon's ass with this!" With an outward wave of her right hand, she manifested the watch-like spell circle beneath her as it started speeding up. She gave her command as she depleted the last of her built-up charge as noted by the bar on her rollerblades.

"Fast Forward!"

A rush of power embodied Chat Noir as he noticed a new icon on the top of his head, in the symbol typically used to mean fast-forwarding. Chat Noir knew what that new skill meant, and he had a wide mischievous grin at the implications.

"Hehe . . . It's always been my persona goal to be a thorn on Le Paon's side, but to do so at annoying speeds at Maximum Overdrive?! A dream come true!"

With the increased speed and agility, Chat Noir gleefully rushed at the staggering target as he managed to trip the Asura before landing another high-speed staff smack behind its legs, causing it to flip in the air and fall on its torso face. Zipping back to where he was standing just moments ago, the hero in black was having the time of his life.

"Oh, man! This speed boost is awesome!" Dashing back to the Asura, Chat Noir continues his hyper-speed strikes at the disoriented Asura, zipping by it like a human-sized bullet. Too war-weary, the Asura controlled by Le Paon could only stagger in place as Chat Noir knew it was time. Hearing a confirmation from his partner who was circling back around building up her energy was all he needed to make the plan real.

"Chat, I am ready! Take it down!"

"Right!"

Running towards the Asura, Chat Noir readied his special move. It was now or never.

"Cataclysm!"

With a quick clawed strike using his right hand, the hero let loose the destructive energy gathered in that clawed hand onto the Asura's eyes. The full destructive force of his special move seared away the creature's chest eyes, rendering it in complete blindness and complete agony. Sweep kicking the monster, he used the last of the speed-up boost to circle behind the Asura mid-falling to use finally bat it away.

Into the rushing Champion as she called out to her Lady.

"Lady Fairy! It's time! I ask for your assistance!"

"Right, my Champion! I bestow upon you my special power . . ."

"Fairy's Blessing!"

The sudden influx of Miraculous magic-filled up the Champion, but she was not stopping in her rollerblading rush. With all the energy within her reaching max levels, she caught the stunned Asura as Chrono-Girl called forth her command.

"Let's do this! . . ."

"TIME WARP!"

Her speeding form started glowing a bright green as both Time Champion and Time Asura disappeared in a loud boom that came after the brilliant flash of green and white. Feeling the alteration of the world around him, Chat Noir realized time had stopped once again as soon as his ally and Asura vanished.

"W-where are they?! O-or . . . is it when . . . when are they?"

Left with no answers to solve his question, all he could hope was that his Champion partner was safe and would make a timely return. All while looking at the obvious greenish portal she left behind.


Where and or when the two time-based superbeings are is a good question.

Landing abruptly and skidding away from each other, the Champion looked around the seemingly surreal place she brought herself and the Asura to.

"W-where are we, Chrono-Girl?"

Said Champion was somewhat thankful that she could still communicate with her Lady Fairy, even if it was temporally impossible to do. Even Lady Fairy, who felt time has stopped in their present world, was amazed at how seemingly impossible their simple act of still communicating truly was. Chalk it up to the mysterious magic of the Miraculous and her Champion's Temporal Resistance, maybe.

"We . . . are in the place where all of Time has ever existed, currently exists, will exist . . . and even things that may or may never be allowed to exist. This, Lady Fairy, is like the plane of all observable events . . . in time and space."

"Oh . . . wow . . ." That was all the girls could say as they still marvel over finding themselves in a place that has only ever been theorized or fictionalized.

The vast open white world around them seems to be not of even their reality as it seems to stretch on infinitely. The only things in this reality were multitudes of various window-like panels; each panel vividly depicted various events in time as they float and fly in the seemingly limitless plane of higher existence. Even the supposed ground they are walking on doesn't exist, as there are no walls or floors at all, just the various panels depicting events and the green and white portal Chrono-Girl made when the Champion basically tore open into this plane itself.

And the stubborn Asura weakly getting back up.

"Ugh . . . will you give up already, bird brain?!" All Chrono-Girl got in reply was a growl from the creature as Le Paon's sigil manifested where its eyes used to be, as though he is still commanding the creature to fight for its master. Readying herself, with Lady Fairy's own sigil to communicate with her Champion, Chrono-Girl spread her right hand forward as she manifested her time-based spell circle. But seeing as the various floating panels were just around them, it gave the Champion a rather crazy idea.

"Lady Fairy, I don't know if this will fully work but I've got a plan."

". . . I trust you, my Champion."

The Asura began running towards the Champion as she manages to easily dodge or deflect the blind creature's rather weak claw swings. Even with how it seemed to now rely on its rage to swing despite the loss of its sight, the amount of damage it has taken made it obvious the creature was running on fumes at that point.

Which made Chrono-Girl's plan ever better.

"Stop!"

Dodging its left clawed arm, Chrono-Girl did an upwards palm strike as she caused a large white circular icon to appear around the wrist of the creature. At the circle's center was a glaringly bright red square where the hand poked out. Chrono-Girl smirked at how the Asura could not budge its entire left arm at all, struggling with its entire body to nudge it out of mid-air where it was frozen in place.

As though it was permanently stopped in time by the symbol that looked like a stop button used in playing music or videos.

"What's the matter, Le Paon!? Cat got stuck?" Chrono-Girl taunted the man she knew was still somehow ordering its monstrosity with its sigil. That got her a growl from the creature as it began using its other arm and even limbs to try and break free and attack the cocky Champion.

"Stop!"

With each flailing limb, the Champion of time shackled the remaining limbs in the same stop button icons, rendering the Asura unable to escape. She even placed a stop icon on its gnawing mouth to prevent any attempts to bite her should she get close.

"Alright, that should keep you there for a moment." Chrono-Girl was about to deliver a kick when Lady Fairy stopped her.

"W-wait, my Champion . . . I-I see something in its mouth. Can you be a dear and inspect it closer? I am sure you've immobilized the Asura enough." With her Lady's words, Chrono-Girl peered into the belly mouth of the beast.

"O-oh! I see something! I-it looks like a crystal ball in its mouth?"

"Y-yes! That must be its Soul. The Soul of the Asura is what is keeping it manifested. If we destroy it or even the body enough, all that would be left is the tainted feather. May I request you carefully remove it from the Asura?"

Nodding at the Butterfly wielder's request, Chrono-Girl reached in and took the notable orb from its gullet. Just in time as well, as the Asura managed to break from its oral restraint to try and chomp off the Champion's arm. That alone was enough for Chrono-Girl, and even Lady Fairy, to yelped back in fright over the action, Soul of the Asura in the still intact hand.

"Son of a b— . . . ooh, that actually caught me off guard, Lady Fairy! Guess I wasn't as careful or responsible as I thought?" Chrono-Girl sighed as she realized she literally almost lost a limb due to her actions. Taking extra precautions, she used up a chunk of her built-up energy, as noted by the bars on her rollerblades, to fully surround the Asura in a new stasis trap.

"Stop!"

Multiple large stop button icons floated around the fully inanimate Asura to ensure it can't try anything. Looking around at the floating panels of the plane of higher existence they were at, one event panel caught Chrono-Girl's eyes as she saw that as the best one for her plan.

"It's time, my Lady. It's time we destroy this Asura once and for all." Feeling a nod from her Lady Fairy, Chrono-Girl started rollerblading around the creature to build speed. With the added fact that no physics really seems to exist in this place, the Champion even started rollerblading along what she thinks are sides. It did not matter to her as much as she was able to continue her speed in all ways of direction around the Asura. As she felt her power reaching maximum once again, Chrono-Girl decided to turn it up more.

"Fast Forward . . . to the extreme!"

Feeling a lot of her charge depleting from that command, Chrono-Girl was barely even a visual blur or blip as she was rollerblading at a high velocity around the still immobilized Asura, waiting for a specific panel to be in position.

"There!"

Seeing the direction lining up perfectly, Chrono-Girl in all the built-up speed and momentum she had accumulated gave all of it in turn to the Asura in complete inertia.

"Time's. Up!"

In that millionth of a second, the Champion turned off the Stop spell surrounding the Asura as her kick connected hard with the creature's body. The force of the built-up speed from her kick to the use-to-be motionless Asura was enough for it to blast off, far away from its attacker.

And into a window panel that seemed to be nothing but darkness, fully going inside whatever event was taking place in such a point where nothing seems to exist. Stopping her boost spell, she rollerbladed to where she kicked the creature at. The Soul of the Asura still gently floating in her left hand as she can hear Lady Fairy ask.

"W-what is this panel, my Champion? I-it's just a black void?" Lady Fairy looked through her Champions eyes as she felt her smirk seeing a blip within that void being the Asura floating in it.

"Actually, Lady Fairy, this panel depicts an event that I am sure any high schooler is familiar with if they went to History class . . ." Feeling her Lady give her confused look in reply, Chrono-Girl skated back a good amount and smiled before answering.

"This panel that I shot the Asura in . . . is the beginning of our universe. The Big Bang!"

Immediately as she said those words, the panel's nothingness was suddenly turned into a gigantic explosion of cataclysmic proportions. The blast was so strong and bright, the whole panel immediately turned into a bright myriad of white and other bright colors as it denoted the universe's birth.

And the absolute demise of the Asura caught in the explosive crossfire.

The dark blue orb Chrono-Girl was still holding on her left hand immediately crumbled into dust as whitish-blue fiery essences flew out of it and into the very portal the Champion herself made to get here. Lady Fairy couldn't help but cheer over the fact they just defeated a rather relentless Asura.

"We did it! Thank the stars we did it, Chrono-Girl! And based on that essence flowing back to the portal, I think it's safe to say everyone victimized is returning to normal, ri— uhh . . . Chrono-Girl? Ar-are you okay?"

". . . Mom?"

The Champion in question only mumbled out a word as she caught sight of a specific panel, finding herself compelled to rollerblade towards it. Unlike many panels that seem to be more universal or encompassing of certain historical or futuristic events, the panel before Chrono-Girl was more of a personal one as it was for the girl behind the Champion persona.

And Lady Fairy had felt it too when she saw through her eyes.

". . . this was 7 years ago . . . when mom was leaving the airport. The last time I got to see her . . ." Lightly touching the panel, it brightened up as it showed a preview of what the event was taking place, like a video on a site before one fully plays it. Willing herself to speak, the Champion asked the Butterfly wielder for one request.

". . . Lady Fairy, can I please just . . . I just really want to see her again."

". . . Chrono-Girl . . . A-Alix, I—"

"I-I promise I won't do anything stupid . . . or like change the past or whatever! I-I've learned enough on my birthday of all days just how important it is to being careful, especially with something as grand as freaking time itself . . . but I-I just really want to see her again. E-even if it's just for a moment . . . a-and I'll be super careful, I swear!" Already racking up her brain trying to think of more ways to somehow convince Paris' Great Lady herself for such a selfish request, even using the whole 'it's my birthday' card on her hand, she was responded by a light chuckle and light sigh from Lady Fairy.

". . . okay."

Surprise shot through the Champion as she realized the inevitable 'no' she was expecting to get without her groveling or begging Lady Fairy was instead an 'okay'. A surprise indeed for the time-based Champion and aforementioned birthday girl to receive.

"Wa-wait, a-are you serious?!"

"Yes, my Champion. I trust you enough that you will be careful with this decision."

"Y-yes, my Lady! I-I will make sure we'll just be onlookers, watch!" Lightly touching the panel of the event, Chrono-Girl manifested her spell circle as she began swiping her finger over it. A smile was fully present on her face as she realized she was being given this once-in-a-lifetime chance.

"I-I am sure it's just because of my powers being all time based, but I could see how I can make it so that when we enter the panel, we'll still be invisible observers to the event. I am being extra super careful now with this because I really don't want to have to begin to think how accidentally messing with time would bring about . . . There!"

With a final wave of her fingers over the panel, it started lighting up in the same bright line of white and green like the Champion's own. Entering the panel, the bright light momentarily enveloped Chrono-Girl as she went into the past.


'. . . Mom.'

Eyes readjusting from the light previously, Chrono-Girl with Lady Fairy's sigil saw themselves in the past. And the remarkable way Lady Fairy's Champion circumvented the whole 'just being in the past could already alter time' issue.

"I see. You made a small area around us that no one could ever sense us. Excellent carefulness, Chrono-Girl." True to Lady Fairy's word, the Champion adjusted how they would enter the past with how a small circle around her and the panel portal was in an almost glass-like transparent dome or bubble. No one around sees the spectacle, and people walking in the area seem to avoid the general perimeter as though they all have an indistinct feeling something was there to avoid.

But none of that mattered for Chrono-Girl, or rather Alix Kubdel, as she continued watching the event play out.

"Jalil, make sure you hold your little sister's hand. Wouldn't want her to get lost in the excitement and all that."

"Her excitement of seeing your plane can only ever be rivaled by your actual excitement of riding it off to your grand adventure, my dear. It's quite obvious where she gets that from."

A man and a woman, obviously married, were talking together; the woman, in dark pants, black boots, bomber jacket with a white shirt, and pink headband, was strolling her travel stroller case, while her husband, in his usual historian like attire, was carrying a large suitcase. Running past them were their two children.

"Come on, big bro! I want to see what airplane Mommy's going to use!"

"Okay, okay!"

A little girl was running hand in hand with a slightly older-looking boy. Noticeably, the little girl herself had naturally burgundy red-brown hair color whilst the girl she grew up being in the present had her hair dyed into the pink she is known for. Rarely did Alix ever remember wearing a dress, but she now remembers that this was probably the last time as her child self was wearing a lime green with sandals. Stopping at where their 2 children were, gawking from the glass they were leaning on to see the airplanes, the couple known as M. and Mme. Kubdel looked at each other again. Taking off and wrapping his scarf over his beloved wife, the slight intimacy and closeness made her give a light kiss on his lips, making her soft-spoken husband blush just as softly.

"Also, for your information, this is going to be my last grand adventure . . . After this, I can't wait to just do smaller travels and be around more as a mom to my adorable children . . . and a loving wife to a soft-spoken silver tongue handsome devil of a historian." Her flirtations got a fuller blush and a warm smile out of him as he embraced her, which she took back in kind.

"I will miss you so much, my dear. I love you."

"I love you too, Alim . . . please, take care of these two in my place. I hope you can carry this temporary burden of being a single parent with your patience in the meantime."

"I will. Stay safe and please call often. Heaven's forbid, Alix would start crying again if she doesn't hear from her mother at least once a week."

"H-hey! I won't cry!"

The romantic moment the husband and wife had was broken when their daughter looked at her father with her own version of a glare over his teasing, which broke into their own fit of chuckles. Even Alix as Chrono-Girl herself couldn't help but laugh at how adorable she was being all angry at 8 years old. She was also pretty sure she even heard Lady Fairy try to stifle a giggle as well at the admittedly cute display. Leaning down to her daughter as both parents stopped in their quiet laughter, Mme. Kubdel smiled at little Alix.

"Of course not. You are my brave, brave little Alix! You who have smiled at the face of adversity when you first crashed in your rollerblades! My, you are the bravest girl I know, even more than me." Cupping her daughter's face, she took off the headband she was wearing and placed it on her daughter. Even if it was a bit bigger for the little girl's head, the little girl giggled and was in awe over receiving it.

"I think you would rock pink on your head better than I do, my little Alix."

"Gee, Mom, are you asking Alix to dye her hair pink now?"

"Jalil, please don't give your little sister any ideas." Even with their father's warning, little Alix's eyes sparkled over the suggestion, and Alix as Chrono-Girl couldn't help but shyly chuckle and blush as felt her own currently dyed hair. She even heard Lady Fairy herself chuckle at also realizing it.

"Thank you, Mommy! I hope this headband . . . or even one of your cool watches can fit me soon! That way I can join you on your awesome adventures!" Ever exuberant, little Alix proclaimed with so much confidence in her adorableness that it got even people hearing it to the sides lightly chuckle over the girl's wholeheartedness, which made her mother hug her even more.

"Aww! I really wish so, Alix, but I need you to be a good little girl, okay? I need you here to help out Daddy and your big brother Jalil. I want you to continue what you love to do, like your rollerblading, but always be careful, that's why you always wear your safety gear . . . You are my brave little girl, and I cannot wait for when I come home so that we can have our own adventures together."

"In rollerblades!?" The little girl cheered out in glee.

"Absolutely! How else are we going to speed through the American canyons or the Swiss hills?! We will have the time of our lives!" Mme. Kubdel hugged her daughter with all the love she could imbue in her embrace while little Alix hugged back and giggled. She even opened one of her arms to have her son join in. Soon enough, the Kubdel family were in a group embrace, not knowing for them that it would be their last full family hug. The thought didn't go un-thought of as the observing time Champion let her tears flow out of her eyes freely, thankful that no one was around to notice it.

Except, of course, the very person who gave her said Champion powers.

". . . Chro— Alix, are you okay?" Slightly wiping away her tears, Chrono-Girl realized that she was taking too much time as it were, if not for the fact she and Lady Fairy both heard a beep on her Lady's end.

A clear sign that they needed to return, back to their own time.

"I-I am okay, my Lady . . . sorry. I thought I was going to be strong enough not to cry . . . but I guess I was wrong . . . still, thank you so much for this. I-I really needed this chance to see her again."

"You're welcome, my Champion . . . I am truly happy that you are happy."

Marinette, while being Lady Fairy, knew she may be toeing the line of being known as the benevolent Butterfly boon granter of Paris via Champions, and that of someone who personally knew this Champion and was happy for her friend. The Champion herself wiped away more of her tears as she felt much more relieved. It was as though the scene before her and the tears she fully wept helped wash away all the lingering sadness and dejectedness she had within her, from the moment she broke the wristwatch, to Le Paon's cruel use of her as a Vessel, to even when she was told that the family will need to consider letting her mother, the very woman hugging her family in front of her, be laid to rest after so long. Facing away from the touching scene in front of her, Chrono-Girl was about to fully go through the panel portal when she blurted out something she felt like saying for so long.

Right at the same time, she heard her younger self say the same line. All of which made Chrono-Girl look back to the scene in front of her and time for her seemed to stop.

". . . I love you, mom."

"Mommy, I love you!"

Her mother looked at her.

Not at her 8-year-old self in this past event.

But at her.

'N-no . . . way . . .'

Or rather, the general area where Chrono-Girl was invisibly watching where no one from the past should be able to sense or interact with. Chrono-Girl's heart started palpitating in her thinking, wondering if she somehow stayed too long and her temporal adjustments were making her apparent in the event. But seeing as no one else was noticing her, and still instinctively avoiding the perimeter, Alix couldn't help but wonder now why.

". . . Mommy?"

Her mother looked back to her family, as they saw her staring into space, Mme. Kubdel went back to the present situation in front of her. And it gave Chrono-Girl the relief that it was just all in her imagination.

But what she definitely did not think was her imagination were the last words she heard from her mother when the Champion entered back into the portal, to also finally make her way back to the present time. A final tear shed in the past as she left for her present.

". . . I love you so much, Alix . . . never forget that."


Time around Chat Noir was still at a pause when a minute or so after his Champion partner practically tore a hole into the space-time continuum to who knows where something amazing happened. After the first minute in stopped time and before he went close enough to consider getting into the portal, a mass of white and blue essence shot out of it and flew up into the sky, exploding into a firework of sorts as it created smaller wisps. These very wisps of essence started entering the victims he could see. Their eyes started showing signs of life once again as their color also returned to normalcy.

It was a clear indication that the Asura was most definitely defeated.

And within a second after that spectacle, Chat Noir could see the rollerblading Champion he had come to know and rely on, holding on her left hand a floating black feather. As she skated slowly out of the portal she made, it instantly disappeared and the Champion herself was buckling in her fatigue over the ordeal, more so of emotional fatigue than physical but the Cat Miraculous hero didn't need to know the difference.

"I got you, Chrono-Girl . . . how— how did it go with the Asura?"

". . . Well, I basically threw myself and the Asura into a freaking dimension where all of time's events exist or do not exist. Then I super kicked the feline bastard into a point in time that started with a big bang . . . and now all that is left is this black feather that started it all. Would you do the honors, Chat Noir?" Raising the very black feather in question, Chat Noir didn't need any second-guessing on what he needed to do. Accumulating all of the passive amounts of Miraculous magic of misfortune and destruction into his right ring finger's claw, he made an indivisible black sphere or even dot and pointed it to the accursed feather as he stated his move.

"Black Scratch!"

The one claw swipe instantly disintegrated the black feather that caused the Asura running amok. Both watched its remaining particles fall away as all the heroes, Lady Fairy via the sigil included, could all finally release their tense breaths in relief. Raising his hand into a fist gesture, Chrono-Girl knew what it meant and raised her own.

"Pound it!" All three cheered as they finally completed the task of defeating the Asura and saving Paris once again from an Asura attack. With a slight wave of her other arm, Chrono-Girl caused all of time to move back to normal, even dispelling the boosts and buffs Chat Noir still had on. With their essences of Time returned to them and time no longer on a pause, all victims of Paris found themselves able to move freely once more. Cheering over it, everything was back to normal in time.

Well, almost all was normal.

". . . O-oh Kwami! I forgot!" Readying his pole, he was about to jump off when he realized that would still be too impolite and ungentlemanly of him to do so.

"S-sorry to cut our post-fight banter short, Chrono-Girl and Lady Fairy, but I left behind someone, a-and I want to make sure they get back safely!"

"No problem, Chat Noir. I understand now more than ever what it means to be responsible, something a full-time superhero like you would know very well. Thank you." Chrono-Girl gave him an understanding nod as she knew that he also needed to rest since he used his Miraculous special power before her. Smiling at his temporary ally while giving a quick salute, Chat Noir leaped into the air to return to the very person he saved.

"Time Pause!"

Or rather, stay perfectly in place, temporal resistances removed, just like everyone else as Chrono-Girl used the remainder of her power bar's meter for that last spell. A spell that she and Lady Fairy were unaffected by, all the more that Lady Fairy became curious as to her Champion's sudden decision.

"Chrono-Girl?"

"S-sorry if this was an impulsive act, Lady Fairy! I-I just want to make sure that before I fully give this magic up, I am in a position where I am not so out in public de-transforming for all of Paris to know I was your chosen Champion. I-I am being careful and responsible with this decision of mine . . . if that is okay with you though?" Despite feeling slightly frazzled at her impulsive act, Chrono-Girl received an affirmative hum from the sigil's other end of the link.

"Very resourceful, my Champion. I did not consider that situation you would be in . . . shall we find a good place for you to hide first?"

"I-I think where you found me at the bottom of the Eiffel tower is good, my Lady. There are tons of well-hidden spots I can de-transform. I just decided to remove Chat Noir's resistance as well since he seems to be going that direction too." Rollerblading back to Eiffel tower, true to the Champion's words, they found a secluded area not far from where Alix Kubdel was called upon by the elusive Butterfly wielder. And not a moment too soon, as the beeper of Lady Fairy's Miraculous meant de-transformation was becoming imminent.

"Thank you once again for your help, my glorious time Champion. You have worked hard and true with Chat Noir and utterly defeated the Asura . . . I wouldn't even be opposed to the idea of calling upon you once again, Chrono-Girl when the time comes. You have been of truly great help."

"I-I . . . H-holy shi— sheep, Lady Fairy! I-it would be an absolute pleasure to be worthy enough to be called upon at another time. J-just know I will be ready to help if ever you call me again!" Still amazed that Paris' Great Lady, Lady Fairy, herself was thanking her and even saying she could be recruited again, the Champion was slightly disappointed that she de-transformed back into her civilian self once more. The paused time zone even disappeared with her de-transformation, but Alix was still happy that she was learned a lot in being helpful throughout the fight.

A great birthday gift for herself to hold onto.

"Thank you again, Alix, and Happy Birthday to you!"

Lady Fairy's words resonated from the butterfly manifestation before it zipped away into the sky, back to its mistress. It left a certain Alix Kubdel to stroll back to where she was, with no one being the wiser. Realizing the amount of worry or trouble she could be caused by not being at home, an idea immediately struck Alix. Alix realized she could do something on this birthday of hers to also make amends with her brother and father over what happened prior to the attack. Texting them in reassurance of her being safe and to meet with them later for the family dinner, Alix readjusted her helmet and sports safety gear before going off. The birthday girl patted gently her pocket, knowing the wristwatch of her mother was still inside, as she did a fast but careful skating beeline to the fountain area of the Trocadéro where her classmates were.

The people she will need for her plan to work.


Her Fae did not travel far from its mistress; as the Fae and its fellow unused ones returned into the bottle charm, Lady Fairy whispered a command to call off her superhero self.

"Nooroo, Wings Fall!"

Turning back to her civilian self, Marinette wasted no time in feeding her Kwami. Opening the purse she always keeps with her, Marinette managed to find the small plastic bag of chocolates she keeps on hand. Gently opening the bag and plucking out one of the wrapped chocolate pieces, she presented it where she had an idea her exhausted Kwami was floating. Said exhausted Kwami already caught sight of the delectable bag of treats and was happy to be presented with the chocolates Nooroo absolutely adores eating.

"Oh yay! The chocolates you make are always the best, Marinette!" Nooroo exclaimed before taking a rather large bite out of the spherical chocolate. The idea of her Kwami being so enamored by her sweet treats was enough to make the blind Chosen of the Butterfly giggle and blush over the compliments.

"Are you sure you're not just pulling my leg, my little Faerie? You know Papa and Maman make way better chocolates than I do!" That only caused Nooroo to giggle a bit more as he continued to enjoy his chocolatey meal.

"I think the fact that it was your Intention to make these amazing chocolates solely for me is what makes them the best, Marinette! Truly!"

"Aww, Nooroo . . . does that mean I can't take one of these for myself, like right now?" Teasing her Kwami, Marinette already knew she would get teased back.

"Hehe, not unless you want to get surprise-bitten by a territorial Kwami who wants these all for themselves." Both Chosen wielder and Kwami of the Butterfly Miraculous laughed before they stopped as they heard someone call out to the former.

"Princess?"

Immediately eating the chocolate piece and hiding inside her purse, Nooroo stayed hidden as Marinette came out of her hiding spot, looking like she blindly wandered to a slightly hidden area. Thankfully, it was enough for the person calling out to her as she called out to him while walking towards each other.

". . . Chat Noir?"

"There you are . . . I got a bit worried for a second there." Relief washed over the hero's being as he saw the blind girl looking very much safe.

"I can take care of myself, Monsieur Chat, thank you very much." Crossing her arms but still smiling at the Cat hero in black, she said it not as so much of an affront to her but rather to prove a point.

"I-I mean, of course, Princess! Why else would I need you here away from that scuffle with the Asura? I needed you away to make sure us heroes don't look bad." Finding himself comfortable in this banter with Marinette, Chat Noir couldn't help but continue.

"I wanted to make sure I was your hero, the dashing hero who saves his damsel in . . . well, not really in distress, especially with the way you squared up with the Asura. Which reminds me, please don't put yourself out there in danger like that again, Princess. Okay?" Clutching her hands as to show how much he meant it, the gesture was enough for both of their faces to light up like red Christmas lights. It was the tension-breaking chuckle and smile from Marinette that helped ease back to a sense of comfortable banter.

"I-I will, Chat Noir. As long as Paris' Heroes keeps the city safe, I am sure this damsel can keep herself away from danger . . ." Taking the risk despite how nervous and embarrassed she felt, Marinette took her left hand and tapped the bell she knew was on his suit's collar. Marinette herself didn't know what had compelled her to do so, but she stuck by it. She could painstakingly worry about it in the privacy of her bedroom later. Which she did.

". . . since she knows this dashing hero will be there to rescue her." Another smile from her beautiful face was all it took for Chat Noir to feel like he was as frozen as the former victims of the Asura. Only his mouth could function, and barely did it even make words come out as comprehensible.

". . . I-I-I . . . uhh . . . o-o-oh okay."

'Great . . . Chat Noir is not working as intended . . . please reboot, my mouth! Please!"

Thankfully for his inner turmoil, another beep from his Miraculous ring was enough for Chat Noir and Marinette to be brought back to the reality of the situation. Clearing his throat as he tries to still calm his face from becoming redder than ever, he looked back to the girl who keeps making his heart acrobatically flip and flutter.

"I-I . . . h-how about I take you back to the Palais de Chaillot? You seemed to have been with those group of teens, right? I could drop you off somewhere inside so you can say you hid." Getting a nod at his plan, Marinette gave her arms for Chat to carry on his back, careful as to keep the girl secure enough during his leaps and vaults. Thankfully, people seemed to still be rejoicing their normal states once again to ever notice the hero, or the girl latching onto said hero.

Or even how the hero and the girl seemed to still have some slight pinkness on their cheeks from the way they were physically close to one another.


Deep breaths.

He was taking deep breaths.

Another failure from his creature, the Asura Flauros, and now he was taking deep, deep breaths from the Black Scratch done to his Miraculous' feather. He was so close, he thought that it was his time.

Alas, it was not meant to be this time around.

"Curses . . . no matter. I will continue in my quest for the Cat and Butterfly Miraculous. Past, present, or even future, I will not stop until I take what I want! This I swear!"

Standing back up, he took one more deep breath as the blue evil known elusively as Le Paon commanded his lair's round window to close back up.

Another day, another defeated Asura. Le Paon will try once again soon.

After all, it may all just be a matter of time.


"Where are they?!"

"Calm down, Alya. You're making Rose and Mylène worried constantly calling out for them." Nino's hand rested on the Heroes' Scene blogger's shoulder as she admittedly calmed down. She was just worried since they all remember, prior to them being frozen in time by the monstrous Asura, that they saw their blind classmate Marinette do something so courageous yet so stupidly dangerous by attacking the monstrous creature. All to protect Sabrina and Rose from harm. Now said friend and classmate were missing after they all returned to normal.

Not to mention their other classmate who has yet to appear, which was made very clear due to a certain classmate of their causing a scene in their attempts of calling out for them.

"Adrikins! Where are you? . . . this is utterly ridiculous! Where could Adrikins or even Dupain-Cheng be?! We all got turned back to normal anyways!" Chloé yelled out as she continued to search with the rest of her classmates around the area. Some people were initially shocked to see their haughty blonde heiress of a classmate show such concern. It makes sense for Adrien, sure, but she has even been caught yelling out for Marinette, even without the supposed disdain in her voice. Chloé actually was worried.

"Don't worry, Chloé. They must have hidden in the deeper parts of the Palais de Chaillot. I want to thank them as well for trying to save me and Rose." Her best friend / secretary Sabrina soothed the growing impatience of the blonde heiress as they continued to wait for them. Luckily, it didn't take long at all. Emerging out slowly from one of the sides of the building, they saw their blind classmate. And not a moment sooner, from the other side but close enough, they saw Adrien also come out and see them looking for the two.

"Adrikins!"

"Mari! Adrien!"

Running towards their friends, the class was relieved to see them alright. And luckily for the duo, they had their own reasonable excuses ready as to why they seemed to take their sweet time in coming out.

"O-oh, sorry about this, you guys! I-I had to call up my bodyguard to tell him I was alright. I-I . . . got lost in the building when I was running away from the Asura. After hearing that everything started being okay, I-I had to re-find my phone so I can call him and Nathalie to let them know I was safe. You know how it is."

"A-after my admittedly stupid stunt with trying to protect Sabrina and Rose, I was dragged away by Chat Noir. He told me that he was going to leave me inside a different hidden area of the building so I wouldn't get victimized . . . It took a while for me to find the exit due to my blindness. Sorry!"

Taking their excuses, every one of the class group sighed in relief. They all just wish now a certain someone was with them to know if she was okay.

". . . I hope Alix was safe throughout the attack. She was really brave in getting that Asura Alert out on the site."

Alya's words resonated around the group, but coincidentally for them, they didn't have to think too long when they heard a certain someone holler at them from a distance.

"Hey! You guys! You're all okay!"

Stopped at just the right moment with her rollerblades, she took a breather as she smiled at them.

"I'm glad . . . I'm glad that things are back to normal."

"W-wha . . . Alix! Are you alright? You look like you went through a crying marathon!" Rose exclaimed as Alix realized her eyes were still lightly puffy, and it didn't help she left some dry tear trails on her face. Rubbing her face more, she looked to her friend group.

"Y-yeah, sorry about that. A lot of things went down even before the whole Asura shtick for me . . . B-but I promise I am okay now . . . it-it's actually why I came here to you guys — err, girls. I-I need the girls' help with a request." That last sentence alone perked everyone's interests, most of all the females of their class.

"I-I . . . need your help since I want to formally apologize to my dad and my brother over the whole wristwatch and mom incident . . . can you girls help me? Let's say this can be your birthday present for me?" Somehow knowing exactly what she was asking, all while Alix looking very embarrassed and meek over asking, all the girls started giggling amongst themselves as Alya grabbed one arm of Alix while Sabrina grabbed the other. Feeling trapped, Alix was starting to think she bit more than she could chew.

"Uhh . . . why do I feel like I going to seriously regret this?"

"You probably will . . . but there's no turning back now, birthday girl! Ladies, let's go!" Chloé of all people proclaimed as she led all the females of their class group with Alix in tow, looking very much like a prisoner being dragged off to the guillotine. Her eyes, looking back to the guys the girl group was leaving, gave that impression, all while the girls continued giggling and chatting amongst themselves about what their plan is.

A moment or so passed before all the guys had a faint idea of what just happened.

". . . did you guys understand what just happened, or am I the only one confused?"

"No, we are certainly with you on the confused part, Kim. Somehow, the girls in our class group just knew and immediately went into action with Alix's request." Max pondered it out loud which had them just nod in agreement. Another moment passed before someone said something.

"It's definitely a girl-only thing."

"Right you are, Nathaniel. I've known Chloé for years. Something about the way she and Sabrina just immediately joined in on that request, I knew it was a girl-only thing."

"Totally, dude." More nodding in agreement happened before one of them finally vocalized another realization.

". . . wait . . . did the girls just leave us here with all the picnic stuff for us to eventually cleanup for them, while they have that girl only thing?"

"Yeahp, Ivan. They totally did . . . we should probably just clean up in general. I don't think those girls are coming back anytime soon."

With Nino's last remark, the guys all silently agreed to do just that. The girls will probably tell them what transpired anyways.

It was a girl thing; they wouldn't understand.


"I wonder where Alix could be? She said she'd still come to the dinner."

"Calm down, Dad. Alix did say she will still be attending. She said she wants to still talk to us about the thing that happened before the Asura attack."

Jalil managed to alleviate their father's concerns as both Kubdel men still waited in their seats for their missing family member. Coming back to normal after being turned into inanimate figures, Jalil and Alim Kubdel were originally very worried when they couldn't find Alix at home or within their neighborhood. Before fearing the worst, they did get a message from Alix saying she was sorry about a lot of things, but she will still be attending their reserved formal family dinner to personally talk it all out.

Also, that she asked at the end of the message for Jalil to find a pink hairband she remembered mom giving her and bringing it.

"Still a weird random request, but I brought it which means she will be attending . . . she probably wanted to bring it so we can all take time talking about the family's decision regarding mom." The item in question was in an old small gift bag Jalil used to bring with them to the fancy restaurant.

"I know, son. I feel that I am just as at fault . . . I hope that we as a family can all talk about it together properly." Soft-spoken as always, M. Kubdel waited with his son for his daughter.

Instead, something else entertained their focus at that moment.

"Why hello, Monsieur Kubdel! Fancy meeting you here."

Looking up, the Kubdel men met with the bakers and owners of Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie. Tom Dupain was in a baby blue long-sleeve dress shirt, rolled up to the elbows, gray formal pants, and black dress shoes. Sabine Cheng, on the other hand, was in a beautiful but modest pink cheongsam dress (a high-necked Chinese style dress) with beautiful white floral designs. It was more traditional in design as it had short sleeves and its dress ended above the ankles where Sabine wore simple white pumps for shoes. She also had a light pink flower hair accessory on, which overall completed the woman's amazing look.

"Oh my, it's the best bakers of all of Paris. To what do we owe the pleasure of meeting you both in such amazing looks?" M. Kubdel's soft but earnest compliment made the couple chuckle in slight embarrassment before Sabine answered his inquiry.

"It's our 20th Wedding Anniversary today. We reserved a dinner reservation here thanks to a friend's suggestion. I take it you are here because it is also your daughter's birthday?"

Nodding at the delightful couple, Jalil remembered now who these people were and their connection to his sister.

"O-oh, I remember Alix telling me she has a friend and classmate in school who lives above a bakery."

"Yes, that is our Marinette. In fact, I remember her calling us saying she was with Alix and a bunch of other friends to help her with something. Isn't that right, dear?"

Hearing about Alix, both father and brother perked up as Sabine added to what Tom said.

"Yes, I remember her telling us she was apparently with friends in the hotel suite of the mayor's daughter. It's probably where they spent the rest of the afternoon, possibly helping your Alix." Sabine couldn't give any more since she knew her daughter was with a bunch of girl friends, and that when girl friends are helping another girl friend out, it was usually a spectacle for the guys around them.

"It's a girl thing." She chuckled to herself over that, leaving the Kubdel men and even her own husband confused at her remark. Especially to the Kubdels as they knew that while Alix was a girl, she never really got into girly or effeminate things.

"Well, we should get going to our seat. I am sure my daughter will not keep Alix for long. Have a lovely dinner. Come now, Tom." Lightly waving goodbye, Sabine started walking away while Tom also waved goodbye to the Kubdels, still wondering what his wife meant.

A moment passed before M. Kubdel gave a reassuring smile to his son over that revelation.

"Well, that's good to hear. I am happy as well that Alix is hanging out more with other girls her age." The father mused out in happiness over knowing his daughter was having fun. If only she were there right now, could she describe it in detail.

". . . Dad? Jalil? . . . I am here. Sorry for the wait."

Looking over where the familiar voice was, they were greeted by a stupendous sight.

Instead of her usual sporty attire, she was dressed in a simple but stunning black dress. It was a knee-length A-line dress with short lace sleeves, the sleeves having some floral design on them. She accentuated the dress with a thin silver belt, a small grey purse, manicured white nails, and a silver bangle on her left wrist, while for footwear she was wearing one-inch kitten heels in black and white. Her face was lightly done in makeup, such as some light pink lip gloss and mascara, and her vibrant pink dyed hair was curled into light waves that further accentuated her facial features even more.

Overall, Alix Kubdel looked truly beautiful.

"Oh my word . . . look at you, my beautiful daughter even more beautiful than ever!" His words made Alix blush over the compliment, before remembering something she asked one of them to bring.

"Jalil, did you bring the headband?" Getting a nod and an outstretched hand holding on the gift bag for her to take, Alix took out the piece and gently placed it on her head, fully completing the look.

"Now I am completely set for our family dinner." Sitting down with her family, they all quickly ordered their food while the Kubdel men still wanted to inquire about Alix's sudden decision.

"So, what made you finally decide to wear a dress today, sis? It's been like a decade since you've worn one."

"Hey! For your information, the last time I wore one was when was like 8 . . . and I wanted to dress up nicely since . . . we do have to talk about what happened before the attack." The mood shifted back to a slightly somber feeling as Alix cleared her throat to be the first to talk.

"Dad . . . I am really sorry for breaking mom's watch. I-I didn't mean for it to get broken. Jalil had every right to get mad at me for being careless and irresponsible . . . I just . . . I just really wanted to keep wearing it close to me since it made me feel closer to mom. B-but I realized that I was holding too hard onto that feeling, never wanting to let go . . . so when you and Jalil told me about the decision for us to consider her gone-gone and to like plan what to do . . . I felt like everything I was holding onto was slipping from my fingers . . . that I was losing mom again." Taking a deep breath as to not ruin the eye makeup the girls meticulously worked hard for her, she continued.

"I realized during that Asura attack, seeing you both stuck as statues, that what I was more afraid of than losing my hold on the past was losing everything I held near and dear to me in the present. I-I know now that while mom might be gone . . . I realize she's not really gone forever. She lives on in our memories of her. We will never forget her as the amazing woman that she is. So . . . what I am saying is . . . is that I also accept the idea of putting her to rest. I think it's good for all of us, to let ourselves finally be at peace as well."

"Alix . . ."

"Sis . . ."

"A-and also, Dad? I promise to get the wristwatch fixed. Sabrina told me her family knows a great watch repair shop where I can get it fixed. I have some money leftover saved up, but I want to help fix the watch if that's okay with you. I am going to be more careful and more responsible with stuff like this."

A warm smile graced M. Kubdel's face as he saw how much his daughter had truly grown in front of him. Reaching out to hold her hand, he squeezed it which helped ease Alix's tensions.

"You have truly grown into a remarkable woman, Alix. I am so proud of you. I am also sorry."

"F-for what, Dad?"

"I am sorry if I thought springing up the news to lay your mother to rest on your special day was the right call. It wasn't, I know now. I am sorry as well that you had to carry that feeling or burden alone since your brother and I miss her just as much. I wish I could have done more but I guess . . . I was also still hurt over everything with her disappearance. I guess that's why I thought laying her to rest would be my way of also letting go of the pain . . . but you're right about never forgetting her. I never want to forget the woman who lighted up my world, nor will I ever forget the wife who gave me such amazing children."

Both children stared in awe as their father's eyes started tearing up as he took his glasses off to wipe his tears away, trying to stifle a sob or two trying to escape from his mouth. Both of his children reached out to one arm each and squeezed in comfort to their father.

The Kubdel family was there for each other. Even if one member was currently not with them, they felt whole together.

"Dad . . . thank you as well for being one amazing parent."

"Yeah, like what Alix said. You have been an amazing father to us both. Mom would have been so proud of you . . . Hell, I think she would be proud of all of us being this close and me and Alix not going at each other's throats right this second." Jalil's joke helped break the tension as the 3 Kubdels chuckled amongst themselves after that heart-to-heart they all needed. After an appetizer was served to them, M. Kubdel looked to his daughter as she was fiddling with her phone from the purse she brought, which made him need to further question how she pulled the ensemble off.

"Alix, my dear, where and how did you get this outfit of yours? I don't recall you ever having those in your closet before." That got her to blush immensely at having realized she needed to come out with the answer.

"A-actually, I asked my girl friends from my class if they could help me out with this plan I had to dress up nicely for this dinner." Remembering the lovely bakers talking about this prior, Jalil and Alim allowed her to continue talking.

"So, I originally was just going to ask for their help in like borrowing their outfits, but the girls said that won't do . . . they were really serious about this, by the way. So, we went to the mall to buy the stuff. They helped me find this dress and Alya with the shoes, all within my budget. We went back to Chloé's place, where Juleka did my makeup, Mylène fixed my hair, and even Marinette helped do my nails. Chloé even insisted that I be driven here, which she did not take no for an option. I-I am just texting some of them who are currently staying at Marinette's that you guys liked the look . . . and because they begged me to send them a picture with the headband on." Alix even took a picture to prove her point.

"Well tell them they did a great job . . . it does take a lot of skill in turning this tomboy into a real girl, but only until midnight . . . because then she turns back into a rollerblading pumpkin!" Jalil snickered, which got her to just stick her tongue out at him. All this just made M. Kubdel laugh at their typical sibling dynamic and antics.

The rest of their formal family dinner was now enjoying their meal whilst talking about what they plan to do with putting Mme. Kubdel to rest, and more so with remembering her fondly. As Jalil was grilling their ever-growingly embarrassed father over how he met their mother as the main course was being served, Alix found herself smiling so much fuller in the present she is now.

She was embracing the present in front of her, while never truly forgetting about the past. She feels lighter in her heart after seeing that this was the right way. One could say it was a refreshing birthday gift for herself to have.

Alix Kubdel is now going to keep moving forward.


The lone figure kept walking forward.

Even as there was no more floor below their feet, the lone figure was floating but walking forward.

They needed to make sure they were at the exact spot they needed to be.

Nodding to themselves silently at seeing they were meters upon meters above the very point they desired, it was only a matter of time. The figure looked up to the sky, the moon was at a waning gibbous phase in a slightly cloud-filled night.

". . ."

A barely audible mumble was possibly stated as something arcane and mystical flowed out from where the figure was standing: several meters above the Point Zero of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. As instantaneous was the overwhelming wave of something truly enchanting spreading out through Paris, the figure that seemed to have caused such an event was no longer present in the area. The all-encompassing wave was not felt by anyone who was possibly still awake at that point in time.

Or at least, anyone without a sort of resistance to the same magic it may or may not be utilizing.

Sadly, known users of such magic were not currently actively wielding such resistances, so only the once lone figure would truly know the act.

The act that can only be described and experienced as a miracle.

The wave finished its zenith as its reach has fully spread throughout the entirety of Paris before the minute was over. A second later and all devices of time would state the exact start of a new day; each timepiece that was now instantly fixed said the same time in perfect sync.

12:01 AM.


Endnotes (References & Ramblings)

Regarding Alix's Champion (Design). I went with describing her Champion as not something totally different from her Canon Akuma design. As much as I thought her Akuma design was cool, it felt like it was too villainous or evil looking for me (the full body suit with full helmet and tinted visors was giving me like Power Rangers Villain or even like their enemy grunts or minions that the Rangers battle in bulk). So, after looking at different inspirations (main one from the AU Originator's designs of the teen / classmate heroes), I went with describing more white designs in her look while switching the full helmet for a half helmet. I am overall content with the description of Chrono-Girl's design.

- Also, the Champion name Chrono-Girl is Timebreaker's original French name Chronogirl. I liked the French name as it was, so I stuck with it but had it hyphened.

Regarding Alix's Champion (Powers). I already had a good base idea of what I wanted Alix's Champion to be, both in design and in powers. In terms of powers, I wanted the Champion Chrono-Girl to actually have more time-based powers similar to say Time Magic from Final Fantasy (FF). As mentioned in the Lady WiFi chapter, I saw Akuma Lady WiFi having some moves that I felt would suit a time-based superbeing more. I also wanted Alix's Champion to still keep the whole power bar on her rollerblades thing. After reading the AU originator's post about what they thought could be Alix's Hero's form and ability instead, I decided to fuse all these ideas into what I presented in the story: Chrono-Girl can use certain time spells (ex: Fast Forward, Stop, etc.) but it's at the cost of depleting her power meter on her rollerblades, which she can refill if she rollerblades and picks up speed; thus, I gave her Champion form some more ability variety while also giving a power limitation.

- Her special move, Time Warp, was an obvious choice for me to make her have. The time plane she tore into was inspired by Bunnyx's pocket dimension (and other similar concepts from other media), but I wanted to make it feel grander than the Canon's version. It's also a cheeky reference to a song I really like.

- I also wanted to specifically give her the power to rollerblade against the sides of walls or even ceilings via anti-gravity wheels based on Mario Kart 8, while the watch spell circle she manifests was heavily based on FF's Tifa in the fan-made Dead Fantasy series.

• Honestly, I want to say I had a lot of fun writing the scenes even if it was such a chore to do. I find myself really enjoying writing out what I think would be the natural flow of scenes since it makes me wonder how I can make it all flow out without being too much or revealing things too early.

- I just hope everyone enjoyed this new installment, and hopefully enjoyed the various amounts of references I love to sprinkle about since I love references or easter eggs . . . and because who knows? Maybe these references are or are going to be important soon as the story progresses.