The story below is based on the characters from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. I own nothing of the show. This is purely fictitious and written for the enjoyment of my readers and myself. All rights go to the proper parties.
Here is the last chapter! I hope it lives up to your expectations. This was a very fun story to write. Thank you for following me on this journey. This was a great first experience with writing fanfiction. You are all wonderful! I was able to finish this much sooner than I originally thought, and I am so happy with the way it turned out. Thank you all once again!! Happy reading!
NOTE: This takes place before the events of Optigami and before the events of Rocketear. This story takes place around the time of Mega Leech.
Nino and Alya are confused. Yesterday Marinette and Adrien came to school tired and disheartened. Today they come to school acting like world peace has finally come. That's not even mentioning Marinette's lack of stuttering or Adrien's over abundance of puns. Oh, and don't forget that they're holding hands every chance they get, and Nino swears he saw them kiss before coming to class. Just what is going on with those two?
Alya sits beside Marinette in class, Ms. Bustier has given them a free period to work on any homework they may have fallen behind on due to recent akuma attacks. This gives Alya the perfect opportunity to confront Marinette, and Nino the opportunity to do the same with Adrien.
Alya eyes her boyfriend and they nod in affirmation, she turns her attention to Marinette. "Girl, you have some explaining to do. Spill it. What happened with you and Adrien?" She cuts to the chase.
Marinette giggles, "whatever do you mean, Alya?" Marinette mock asks.
"Marinette. You better give me those details." Alya demands.
Marinette smiles, "he's amazing, Alya. Everything I ever dreamed of and more."
"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" Alya asks.
"I think Adrien can." Marinette giggles as she reaches to tap on Adrien's shoulder. He turns away from Nino to look at Marinette.
"Yes, my love?" He asks cheekily.
Alya chokes and Nino calls, "dude!"
Marinette giggles, "Alya would like to know what happened between us." She says.
Adrien cocks his head and smirks, "Nino would too, apparently."
"Should we tell them?" Marinette asks.
"Hmmm, I'm not sure. Do you think they would understand?" Adrien responds.
"Um, hello?" Alya speaks, "we're still here, you know?"
"Maybe we should tell them." Marinette says, ignoring Alya.
"They're toying with us." Nino says.
"We are doing no such thing." Adrien protests.
Marinette giggles once again before addressing her two confused and slightly annoyed friends, "can you both come over for lunch today? Adrien will be coming over too."
"Will you explain everything at lunch?" Alya asks.
"We might." Adrien says cheekily.
"Dude, come on!" Nino complains.
Marinette smiles. "Yes, Alya. We will explain everything. Adrien is just being an ornery kitty." She jokes.
Adrien pouts at Marinette as Nino and Alya share a baffled look. The rest of their class goes by with just as much confusion for the two best friends of the seemingly new couple. Lunch finally arrives and they all head over to the bakery to eat pastries and finally learn just what happened between the two lovebirds.
Marinette leads the group upstairs to her living room. Her parents are busy in the bakery and their conversation shouldn't be interrupted. Just to be safe though, Marinette continues to lead everyone to her room. Each person carries a different bag of pastries that her parents provided to them as they follow her up the ladder and to her bedroom. They all take a seat on her floor and start to dig into their meal.
Alya is the first to speak, "Okay, spill. Since when have you and sunshine boy here been this close?" Alya directs the question to Marinette as she watches the two feed each other and sit nearly on top of one another.
"Don't you know, Rena Rouge, we have always been close." Adrien says casually.
Marinette smiles as Alya is left speechless. Nino chokes on his pastry, eyes wide. "Dude, what did you just call her?" Nino manages to say.
"Hmm? Oh, I just called her Rena Rouge. I'm sure you already knew that, Carapace. No need to be so surprised." Adrien says confidently.
Alya's eyes narrow as she looks from Adrien's smirking face to Marinette's, "you told him our identities?" She confronts Marinette.
"Wait, Marinette knew our identities first?" Nino asks, confused.
Marinette stays silent as Adrien speaks once again. Marinette agreed to let Adrien do all the talking so he could have his fun. "Of course she knew, Nino. Marinette knows everything." He emphasizes.
"Okay, girl, does Adrien know about, you know what?" Alya asks Marinette skeptically.
"Of course I know. Marinette was amazing as Multimouse, don't you think?" He quickly says. Enjoying this way too much.
Nino once again is surprised, "Dudette! You're Multimouse?" He exclaims.
"Oh she's more than just Multimouse. She's Multihorse, Multifox, Multicat at one point, and Multibug. She's been quite a few others as well." Adrien says nonchalantly.
Nino is lost for words. Alya however is eyeing Adrien skeptically. "So you know she's Multimouse? And that Nino and I are heroes too?" She asks.
Adrien smiles and nods, grabbing Marinette's hand in his. "She's wonderful, isn't she?" He says blissfully.
"Dude, what else do you know?" Nino asks.
"Oh, I know everything. Marinette told me everything." He emphasizes once again.
"It doesn't look like she told you everything." Alya says flatly.
"Oh, you mean how she's Ladybug? Yeah, she told me that too." Adrien smirks as Alya's jaw drops and her face turns red.
Nino drops the pastry he was about to take a bite out of and joins Alya in dropping his jaw to the floor.
"I think you broke them, Kitty." Marinette finally says.
"You told him you're Ladybug!" Alya exclaims.
"You knew she was Ladybug?!" Nino asks Alya, completely flabbergasted.
Alya nods and ignores Nino in favor of watching Marinette and Adrien. Something is familiar with them. Adrien is acting completely different. He's acting like. Oh my god. Alya thinks. Marinette called him Kitty. Adrien is…
"You're Cat Noir!" she exclaims, pointing at Adrien.
Nino once again chokes on air. Completely and utterly shocked.
"Bravo, Ladyblogger. You guessed it. Took you some time too." Adrien teases.
"The perfect model boy, Adrien Agreste, is also the cheeky leather clad flirt, Cat Noir." Alya confirms in disbelief.
"We revealed ourselves to each other last night. After a long conversation, some really amazing kisses, and a short talk about the other heroes, Adrien and I decided to talk with the two of you about all this. After all, Adrien deserves to have his best friend in on his secret just like I have mine." Marinette explains.
"Dude. I can't believe you're Cat Noir." Nino pauses, "you make some awful puns." Nino finally says.
"Hey! My puns are pawsome!" Adrien whines.
"Adrien's awful puns aside," Adrien attempts to protest before Marinette continues, "we have decided that team miraculous needs a bit of an expansion. However, since Shadowmoth knows your identities, we thought it would be best that you both get a new name and a new costume. You can keep the same kwamis, but you will no longer be known as Rena Rouge and Carapace. We will do similar with the other heroes, but you will be the only ones to know who we are." Marinette finishes.
"There's one more thing." Adrien says as he walks to the miracle box and grabs the two miraculous. "You two will be permanent holders. Shadowmoth is getting stronger. Each akuma is becoming more and more difficult to deal with. We need help and we both trust you with our secrets and our lives." Adrien finishes as he hands them each their miraculous.
"Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, these are the miraculous of the fox and the turtle. You will use them to protect Paris from the threat known as Shadowmoth. You must keep your kwami and your miraculous on you at all times. You must also carry food for your kwami to replenish them after each transformation. Your identities must remain a secret to anyone outside this room. Once Shadowmoth and all other potential threats are defeated, you will return the miraculous to me. Can I trust you?" Marinette finishes.
"You can always trust me, Marinette." Alya confidently responds.
"You can trust me, Dudette." Nino responds.
Marinette and Adrien smile at each other as Alya and Nino communicate with their kwamis. They still have a long way to go before they're ready to take on Shadowmoth, but they know they can do anything, so long as they do it together.
"You and me against the world?" Marinette asks Adrien.
"Always." He responds.
