Wow.
That's really all I can say. This story was an overnight success. Like, really. I have gotten so many follows on it that my inbox has just blown up. Thank you!
Credit to : TwilightPaintbrush - my lil sis - for helping me write this chapter.
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1 Week Earlier
Liquifier lunged at Ladybug and Chat Noir, her scaly hand mere centimeters away from the two heroes. They both jumped back, colliding with each other. Realizing they needed to make a plan, they both took a 180 and bounded off into the clear cyan Paris sky.
Liquifier scowled, the sun highlighting beads of water that glistened on her scaly body. The electric purple outline of a butterfly shadowed her masked face as a penetrating masculine voice filled her ears.
"Get me the miraculous. Don't fail like everyone else has."
The two heroes skidded to a stop on the rust-colored terracotta roof of a nearby building, hidden from the akuma's view by a chimney.
"The akuma is in her anklet, so if you distract her long enough for me to grab the anklet then . . . "
Ladybug spoke confidently, clearly the more dominant of the two. Her carmine suit glowed in the afternoon Paris sunlight as she explained to her partner a plan that was not out of the ordinary.
But the charming cat hero was not deterred by the fact that this lady in flaming red expected him to play hitman. Instead, he smiled as brightly as ever, responding with a cheeky
"Whatever you say, m'lady."
Ladybug smirked, used to her partner flirtatious nature. Then her expression hardened as they both prepared to enact their plan.
"On three"
"One"
"Two"
"...Three"
Chat Noir jumped out from his hiding spot, flinging himself onto the coffee-colored rooftop balcony where Liquifier waited. Ladybug snuck across the perimeter of the roof terrace as Chat Noir and Liquefier battled it out, coming to a halt right behind the akuma.
Liquifer hand made contact with Chat Noir's cheek and her iridescent scales glittered in the sun. Despite herself, Ladybug winced in sympathy for her partner as she watched him melt into a single drop of liquid. Liquifer scooped up a tiny drop of emerald water in her jar, and it fit in with the swirl of colors.
Taking advantage of the distraction, Ladybug, quick as a flash, reached forward and slipped off Liquifier's anklet, breaking it in half before the akuma even knew what was happening. The girl feel to her knees as a dark mauve butterfly fluttered out. Ladybug swung her ruby-colored yoyo as she started performing her well-rehearsed and well-known routine.
"No more evil doing for you, little akuma! Gotcha! Time to de-evilize!"
Her coral yoyo slid open, revealing a pearly glow as an ivory-colored butterfly flew out.
"Bye bye, little butterfly."
Since she hadn't used her lucky charm that day, she raised one scarlet clad arm in the air, shouting her signature catchphrase that would return everything to normal, the way it was before Liquifier had disrupted daily life.
"Miraculous Ladybug!"
Rose-colored bubbles swirled through the air in Paris, regenerating many of the 'liquefied' people, including her partner, who smiled at her like he hadn't just been turned into a drop of water.
Smiling back at him victoriously, she stuck out her cerise gloved first. He met it with his own raven-black one.
"Pound it!"
And she was gone into the ultramarine sky, interspersed cumulus clouds floating lazily high above her head. Chat Noir gazed at her retreating back, watching the woman who he called his lady with increasing affection and pride.
He would risk his life for her a million times over.
And she would save him again and again.
