Previously on In the End
Viperion and Chat both smiled like idiots.
She gave them a small giggle. Then grabbed her yoyo and threw it to another rooftop nearby. "Paris needs us." she swung to the other building with a wink to them both.
Looks like there would be no more flirting tonight. Just patrol on this cloudless and moonless night.
Ladybug swung her yoyo to the next nearest building. Tonight was a really beautiful night. Herself as Marinette could hang out with Luka under the stars.
In the cover of darkness, the super-heroine blushed. She looked at her surroundings. The darkness wasn't her friend really because she didn't have night vision.
Cobra and Cat Noir caught up to her. Ah, the love of their life stood right before them with her back to them.
"M'lady." the cat-themed superhero greeted her. "Do you paw-ssibly need my help to paw-trol?"
She turned to him with a smile.
This was the Ladybug he knew, but what was unusual was that she wasn't groaning at his horrible puns. He guessed his charms finally won her over.
"That would be nice," she said softly. She waited for him to grab her hand with one of his clawed hands.
And as for Ladybug, it felt nice to be back with her partner in crime. Even with all of these new heroes, no other hero could ever replace her kitty. She gently flicked one of his fake cat ears.
He hissed at her. Then covered his mouth in embarrassment.
"Cute kitty.." she muttered and looked to one side.
Viperion watched them with growing jealousy. He knew Marinette wasn't his girl yet. He promised himself not to be too possessive of her. This wasn't Adrien at least. The stupid boy who hurt this girl. She didn't deserve to get hurt. "It seems like you don't need me." he gave a wave of a goodbye to both cat and ladybug. Then jumped off the roof to de-transform. "Scales lose," he whispered.
Sass flew out of the jewelry of his chosen. "I sssee you're looking out for thisss Misss Marinette." The snake kwami smiled. "Pleassse be careful. Anything can happen. Hawkmoth isss sstill a threat. Don't get akumatized. If you do, it isss possssible for you to reveal sssecrets even if you do not mean to."
"I understand." he thought for a moment. "What do you eat again?"
"Peanut butter sssandwhichesss."
Luka expected the kwami to say mice or something.
And one of Sass's dear kwami friends is a mouse and he would never eat them.
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Ladybug held onto Cat Noir as he would jump from rooftop to rooftop for their patrol. She gently buried her face into his hair that shined like the sun when he landed near a light source. Such a sweet fragrance. "S-sorry Cat Noir." she set a hand behind her head and rubbed it gently. This time it was her turn to be embarrassed. She was sniffing this random boy's hair. 'What on earth am I doing?!' she screamed in her mind.
"You don't have to apologize, Bugaboo." he gave her one of his signature winks. Then put her down once they arrived at the Eiffel Tower.
It was all lit up there. Together, they could watch all of Paris.
He sat down beside her. "Curiosity does kill the cat!" he said slowly.
"You know we can't know-"
"Each other's identities." he finished. "I know, I know. But I'm not asking about who you are under that mask of yours'. Where were you when Marinette got akumatized? I was kind of lost without you back there."
"I...I can't tell you.."
"You don't trust me?" he gave her a sad, pleading look. "Ladybug, I thought you could trust me."
"You'll be disappointed when you find out." she would look down. Her hand went to clutch his hand. "I'll tell you everything once we figure out how to defeat Hawkmoth. I promise." she looked back up with him and smiled. "Maybe I...maybe I love you.." her voice was shaky when she said that. She had no clue what she wanted. Ladybug would mentally slap herself. She didn't want to lead Cat Noir on or hurt him.
His cat ears perked up. "Ladybug loves me?" he gave her a large grin.
"Don't get your hopes up too much." she hugged him.
He was taken aback. He couldn't process that Ladybug could love him. He hugged back. "I love you too, M'Lady."
The hug felt like forever. It seemed these two were inseparable, but due to how late it was, they had to say their farewells until next time.
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Gabriel Agreste had been scheming for weeks now.
What was Ladybug's downfall? Or rather that girl named Marinette.
It impressed him how well she could keep a secret so big like that. Perhaps she knew who that guardian was. Then her could have all the kwamis for himself and make them all his own slaves against his wishes.
Nathalie stood inside with the fashion designer. She awaited his orders. In these past weeks, she had been spying on the young girl. Well, as Mayura. She observed what Marinette's weaknesses are.
It was pretty obvious that she cared for everyone deeply even if they hurt her. And that blue-haired guitar boy, it seemed she loved him.
Natalie discussed these observations with him. Sure that meant she would become more and more sicker, but she was doing this for her boss. The man who lost his wife to the peacock miraculous. She would sacrifice herself for him. No matter what.
"Lila is good at downplaying people."
He looked up at her. "Yes, Lila is a good candidate. Hm..." he went back into deep thought. He was trying to figure out how he was going to lure Lila in when she wasn't thinking so negatively. "Let's have her rage boil over again. Her deep hatred for Ladybug."