Previously on In the End...
And all he does is simply ignore her. He headed up the stairs, careful not to drop her. He knew where he was going. And he knew it was unnecessary to keep glancing at her, hoping she would wake up. He managed to open his bedroom door and went to set her on his bed. He pulled up a chair beside the bed, sitting on it. "Stay with me.." he pleaded. He didn't want to lose the girl who impacted him so much. "I love you..."
"Marinette!.." Adrien cried out for her. Regret spilled into his mind. He had her propped against a few of his pillows and a thin white blanket covered her stomach down. He kept holding one of her hands with his.
It was small and petite. Like herself.
"Why didn't I listen to you when you were just looking out for me?.." he was doubting himself a lot. Tears rolled down his face as he watched the symptoms get worse.
The black had grown over her hands and feet.
He wished he could end her pain. It pained him to see her whimper. He felt how her life force was slowly slipping away from her. "I'm so sorry!..." he set his head down. "I love you.." he kept saying that over and over again. He thought if he said that, she'd come back to him.
A hand touched his shoulder. There behind him stood Master Fu. "Hello, Cat Noir." he bowed before him. "Adrien, please transform. It is needed to cure Ladybug."
"What?.."
He let all of the other kwamis out of the miracle box who weren't being used. "I know one ancient spell that can destroy anything if it is done right. Hurry, Adrien! She doesn't have much time left!"
He stood up and faced the other kwamis who looked at him with disappointment. "Plagg, claws out!" a green flash of light surrounded him, making him Cat Noir again. "What about Ladybug's kwami?"
"She is just fine. Now, hurry!"
He gathered all of the Miraculous users who were downstairs near the main entrance.
They had seen the old man who granted them their miraculous to save Ladybug from herself.
Rena Rogue was a mess. Her face was covered in wet tears. Carapace had his arms around her with his chin in her head. He rubbed her back, reassuring her that everything was going to be fine.
King Monkey held the butterfly and peacock miraculous in one hand.
"Master, you promised not to use it ever again." When Gabriel didn't answer, Nooroo pressed on. "Even if you are still my master, I can't serve you. The miraculous are not intended to harm or kill others."
Gabriel kept his eyes on the pendant. He took off his Miraculous, discarding it on the floor. "You're free.." he whispered. He had Nathalie do the same too.
She fell onto her knees, coughing violently. Even she wasn't going to make it. But, she loved being there for Adrien. She loved watching him grow up into a strong, confident young man.
The fashion designer was in such distress that he didn't notice that his miraculous and the peacock miraculous had been taken. Nathalie..she was always there for him. Even sacrificed her own life for his happiness.
"I was told Ladybug won't make it if we let her die like this. Come on." he gestured to the other heroes to follow him up to his room, which they did so.
The room had gone silent. Each of them knew who Ladybug was, except for Viperion and Cat Noir. They knew who she was and they both clenched their fists at the thought that Marinette could possibly die.
He opened the door to reveal the guardian of the miraculous. The very last guardian.
"I need you all to circle the bed."
King Monkey nudged his shoulder gently, giving him the peacock and butterfly miraculous.
Master Fu examined both. He gasped, seeing that the peacock miraculous was damaged, but there was no time to heal it. "De-transform."
The heroes nodded.
Chloe was already among them. Pollen stayed close to her.
"Longg, open skies!"
"Plagg, claws in!"
"Sass, scales off!"
"Khalkii, reigns pulled!"
"Xuppu, show's over!"
"Trixx, pounce off!"
"Wayzz, shell off!"
As everyone was de-transforming, Master Fu placed the mouse miraculous around Marinette's neck. Mulloy appeared. He gave the remaining miraculous to the other holders, letting them out as well.
All the kwamis had been let out, only for there to be soft murmurs and gasps.
It had happened again. When they thought it was all over and no one else was going to be affected over future generations.
Though the peacock miraculous was used, Dussuu didn't realize she was broken.
"Sing." he looked at all the kwamis. Then back at the people he or Marinette had chosen to wield a miraculous. "Hold hands."
They did so. Though Chloe refused to until she saw Adrien's facial expression turn to sadness. She scoffed and took Kim's hand.
The kwamis began to sing, holding each other's little hands.
"I want you to focus all of your power and energy on Ladybug. This will take a lot of power." Fu stood up amongst them. "Kaze. Mizu. Chikyū. Hi. Meian. Kono byōki o owara sete kudasai. Itami o gen ni modoshimasu. Kono kodai no jumon o kaijo shite kudasai!" he placed his hands out, calling upon each miraculous holder and kwami. He had his eyes closed.
Seeing the guardian do this, Adrien closed his eyes. He promised to Marinette that this wouldn't happen again as long as he was still alive. He held Alya and Luka's hand.
The others did the same.
Light burst out of his chest and covered the guardian's body. A healing Ladybug shield surrounded Marinette's body like a cocoon.
"Keep concentrating!"
The kwamis began to circle around the cocoon until they became a blur and gave up some healing essence to the holder of the ladybug miraculous. "Aaaah!" they sang all together in harmony.
The light stopped and the guardian fell to his knees in exhaustion. A brilliant amount of sparkles fell around everyone.
They opened their eyes.
Marinette was still in that cocoon state.
"It didn't work.." Adrien lowered his head.
"Kid-"
"This is all my fault!"
"Adrien! She's in a healing process!" Plagg yelled at him. "Get yourself together!"
"She's healing? But she's not moving."
"Marinette will come through. She always does." Kagami placed her hands over herself.
Nino held Alya.
Kim and Max felt guilt fill their hearts. They could have done something and yet, they didn't.
Chloe began to tear up for once. She sat on her knees and cried into her arms on Adrien's bed. "Why did you choose me after what I did to you?" the past had caught up to her. All of those times she had bullied Marinette so that she felt superior was just because she was insecure about herself.
The guitar boy patted the blonde's back. "Maybe she saw something in you."
"Like what?" she looked up at him.
"I can't answer that. Marinette can. You can ask her."
Chloe nodded and dried her tears. She sat there, watching the healing process.
It slowly was erasing the black that had grown up her arms and legs.
Adrien took a deep breath. "You guys hungry?"
Everyone nodded.
"I'll have the chefs make something for us all then. Just sit at the table and talk?"
They did so, leaving Adrien and Master Fu to be the only ones to stay with Marinette.
He went to the guardian's side and helped him up. "Here, let me grab a chair for you."
"Thank you, Chat Noir." he smiled at the model. "Ladybug will come back. Her fighting spirit is strong."
Did he believe that she had a strong fighting spirit? Yes. He didn't want to think of the worst. He just needed to hope.
Kaze. Mizu. Chikyū. Hi. Meian. Kono byōki o owara sete kudasai. Itami o gen ni modoshimasu. Kono kodai no jumon o kaijo shite kudasai!
The translation is wind. water. earth. fire. light and dark. end this pain. end this ancient spell!
I find Japanese such an ancient language even though the Miracle box is based on the Chinese Zodiac. Whoops.