Ben and Gwen stood before the school entrance. This morning had been kinda a rush because they had to check out of the apartment and move all of their stuff into the Rustbucket at like 5:30am so they wouldn't be late to school. They weren't late and it was currently 6:57am and school starts at 7:00am sharp.
Gwen started to walk into the school but stopped halfway up the steps to turn and see Ben still standing immobile in front of the school. "Ben you coming or going to keep waiting to get a tardy on day one?" asked Gwen
Ben snapped out of his petrification and responded "Just thinking.". He then went up to Gwen and they walked into their school.
"Thinking about what?" asked Gwen
"If the school here would be easier or more difficult than back in America." answered Ben
Gwen gave that a bit of though but ultimately didn't care much since she does so much extra credit work and was already getting straight A's anyways.
Gwen and Ben had by the time Gwen stopped thinking reached the classroom that they were told would be theirs when they took the school tour with Marinette. They then walked in to see that most seats were filled but noticed Marinette was missing and they didn't recognize anyone else there except Adrien whom was in Gwen's fencing class and Wildvine had saved from Riposte the other day.
Upon entering they were greeted by "Ahh hello again Ben and Gwen. Welcome to the class. your seats are in the right back row." Ben and Gwen looked to see an empty row in the back of the room and went over and sat down there. Ben was a little upset by having to sit next to Gwen but then realized sitting next to who was probably the smartest person in the class was a good thing for his grades which is why his parents had let him come to Paris in the first place. They had hoped a European curriculum would help boost his grades up.
The school bell then rang and Ms Bustier started class by introducing Ben and Gwen to the class but was interrupted by Marinette running in to the classroom.
"Sorry I'm late again I slept through my alarm." panted Marinette as she then took her seat in the front of the class.
"Again? Marinette maybe you should get a louder alarm if you keep sleeping through it." replied Ms Bustier who then began a boring lesson on poetry which Ben didn't pay much attention to since English (or I guess here French) was his worst subject and he had pretty much given up on it.
After Ms Bustier's class everyone introduced themselves even the Chloe Marinette warned them about but then she just started bragging about herself and then shortly after stormed off saying something that they shouldn't be in her presence or something Ben wasn't really paying attention after she had started bragging about herself ("Hmm maybe that's why she stormed off I wasn't listening?" thought Ben) with her friend who was more of an assistant Sabrina. Ben had P.E and Gwen Honors Math. Ben did great at P.E since he has had a lot of physical experience saving the world from aliens and what not. After that they had some more classes until around noon where they were released for lunch. Ben and Gwen knowing since Marinette told them on the tour that students are allowed to leave the school for lunch were going to do so but weren't certain where exactly to go? That is until they heard someone approach them from behind.
"Hey Ben, Gwen!" shouted a voice Ben and Gwen both turned around from the top of the school entrance stairs to see Marinette and another girl walk up to them. The other girl had dark skin and red hair that was darker on top but got brighter the further from her head her hair was. She was also wearing a patterned stripe top and blue jeans.
"Yeah Marinette?" asked Gwen.
"So me and Alya here" Marinette said pointing to her friend Alya. "We're going to head over to my parents bakery for some baked goods for lunch want to join us?"
"Sure." said Gwen everyone then turned to Ben who added "Yeah why not."
Before they could leave however they were interrupted by a snooty laugh that stereotypical rich people have. They all turned to see Chloe and her friend Sabrina however she was not laughing with Chloe. "The Dupain-Chang bakery. Puhlease that is the worst bakery in Paris. You two should come with moi to my father's hotel restaurant the food is the fanciest in all of Paris." said Chloe
"We've already been to your father's restaurant Chloe we were after all staying there for a week." replied Ben who then added "Plus I would like to try some more traditional Parisian food." Gwen nodded her head in agreement with Ben.
"Humph I should have known you two would hang out with losers like Dupain-Cheng!" growled Chloe as she stormed off again with Sabrina following her.
"I think I'll get along with you two just fine" said Alya.
"Why?" asked Ben
The girls just giggled at Ben who didn't understand the somewhat obvious reason being that it was because Chloe dislikes them now.
"No what seriously?" repeated Ben as he followed the girls who had started walking to the bakery across the street. While going over Alya was explaining what happened to her yesterday. "So when I got to the Louvre the police wouldn't let me in saying it was for my own safety."
"Well Alya that does sorta make sense." replied Marinette
"Yeah but I didn't get any footage for my blog." groaned Alya
"Blog?" asked Gwen
"Yeah the Ladyblog." answered Alya. Ben and Gwen both had looks of "Huh?" on their faces
"Oh my gosh you two have never seen my blog. I post everything on Ladybug and Cat Noir on there I even have exclusive interviews and footage the media has never gotten before." bragged Alya.
By the time they had gotten to the bakery Alya was still rambling on about her blog so while she did that to Gwen, Ben and Marinette went up to order.
"Hi Maman" greeted Marinette to her mother.
"Hello sweetie. Oh who's your new friend here?" asked Marinette's mother.
"I'm Ben." Ben answered offering out his hand for a handshake.
Marinette's mother shook his hand and then said "Well friends of Marinette can have anything they want off the menu for free."
"Really thanks." thanked Ben.
"Oh it's no trouble at all dear." Marinette's mother replied.
"Hmmm what to choose?" said Ben as he began looking at the displays.
Gwen and Alya then came up after and Gwen was told by Marinette's mother she could also have free food as well but Gwen insisted on paying for her food unlike Ben
Ben decided on a chocolate croissant and Gwen got a box of macaroons. The group then went upstairs and sat at Marinette's family's dinner table and ate their baked goods.
"Mmmm Marinette your parents make such good food." complimented Ben after swallowing his croissant.
"Thank you Ben." replied Marinette.
The group of now friends then left and went back to school due to lunch break being nearly over.
Ben and Gwen were now in science with Ms. Mendeleiev doing a penny to gold experiment when a loud "BOOOOOOM!" was heard outside.
sighed and said "Sounds like another akuma attack nearby. So I must dismiss the class again for your own safety."
Everyone left the class after that rushing to get home except Ben and Gwen who knew Grandpa Max would drive by and pick them up in the Rustbucket but they also did not know where he has it currently parked.
"Well I have to go be a superhero right now. If Grandpa swoops by tell him it was hero time." said Ben running off to go transform.
Gwen sighed and then said to herself "I wish my disguise spell was done." as she then walked over to and sat on a bench studying her spell book in hopes of completing her magic disguise.
Ben ran towards the source of all the booms and the closer he got the louder they got.
When Ben got close enough he saw the source of the explosions was an akuma (big surprise) in the park who was wandering to buildings that were adjacent to the small park and throwing explosions that went off like fireworks at them and destroying them in the process. There also wasn't any people around so it seemed everyone ran away to avoid the destructive pyrotechnics. However just to be safe Ben ducked into an empty alleyway and peeked his head out.
The akuma wore a red skin tight long sleeved shirt with orange flame patterns on it. He also had messy charcoal black hair (like not styled just kinda sticking out hair). He wore black gloves, red skintight pants as well but without a flame pattern and black dress shoes for some reason an lastly sunglasses that appeared t be so dark you couldn't see his eyes through them.
Right before he was about to decimate a building a yoyo wrapped around his wrist halting his destruction. The akuma looked over to see Ladybug perched on top of a lamp post across from him.
"Can't you see you're destroying people's homes!" said Ladybug to the akuma.
"I can. That'll show the cops to give me tickets for possessing harmless fireworks." replied the akuma.
Just then the akuma grinned and red flames traveled up Ladybug's yoyo causing her to drop it due to the temperature and to avoid touching the fire.
"Hah no one can stop Pyro!" roared the akuma now known as Pyro. A second after Pyro's big boast a boomerang like baton struck Pyro in the back before returning to the hand of Cat Noir who was standing on top of one of the few building Pyro had yet to burn down.
Before Cat Noir could make a pun about his boomerang strike Pyro had already retaliated by firing an explosion at where Cat Noir is standing. Cat Noir however dodged by leaping off the roof and into the park area and then punned "Meowch! You almost burned my whiskers off."
"Grrr your puns are so annoying." growled Pyro as he threw another explosion at Cat Noir who dodged.
Pyro and Cat Noir kept up there dodge and throw while Ladybug kept trying to pick up her yoyo but was still too hot to touch.
"Hurry M'lady I can't keep playing reversed roles version of Cat and Mouse forever!" panicked Cat Noir as he flipped over another firebomb thrown by Pyro
"Agh its no use I'll have to wait for it to cool off." said Ladybug as she then tried to tackler Pyro backed off due to his body emitting temperatures of over 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
"hah Ladybug can't touch me!" bragged Pyro
This was when Ben knew he needed to jump in and help. He activated the Omnitrix and began turning the dial until he selected Arctiguana.
"Arctiguana should cool him off." said Ben as he slammed down the dial and disappeared in a green flash.
However when he reappeared he was not Arctiguana and if anything he was the opposite. His body appeared to be made of molten lava, with two toes and big hands as well as a stone head on fire.
"Aww man Heatblast?" groaned Ben now Heatblast
"Seriously Omnitrix! Heatblast is like the exact opposite of Arctiguana!" complained Ben pointing at the dial on his chest.
Heatblast sighed before running out of the alleyway to join the fight.
The fight was not going well for Ladybug or Cat Noir neither of them could land a hit on Pyro. Cat Noir was just able to jab him with his staff but wouldn't be able to touch the end of it for a few moments so it could cool down. Also during the fight Ladybug had tried several times o grab her yoyo but it always felt too hot to touch. So far the only plan she could come up with was to stall Pyro while her yoyo cooled off and then use Lucky Charm to win. Or at least that was her plan until a fireball struck Pyro down onto his belly in the middle of the fight.
Ladybug and Cat Noir's eyes shifted over to the one responsible for the fireball to see what appeared to be a being made of fire currently holding a fire ball in his right hand while he leaned on a lamp post in a pose seaming to be trying to look cool.
"That hot enough for ya Pyro." said the being.
Pyro growled before standing and summoning an explosion around himself pushing Ladybug and Cat Noir away. Cat Noir landed in a tree and Ladybug a bush.
"Enough games! I am tired of this. Give me your miraculous, Ladybug and Cat Noir and I will spare your lives!" yelled Pyro.
Cat Noir got out of the tree and replied "Ooh that is so tempting but I'm afraid I will have to decline for me and M'lady since we are kinda attached to our miraculous."
Before Pyro could respond to Cat Noir's refusal he was hit in the back by a fireball again but stood his ground this time. Pyro turned to face the fire being but was repeatedly struck by his fireballs as he kept throwing them.
Pyro finally had enough and threw an explosion at the fire being in retaliation knocking him into the street but he got up quickly.
"I have nothing against you fire being! Leave now and I shall spare you from my wrath!" boomed Pyro
"Hey for your information the name's Heatblast and how you spare me? I pretty sure I'm hotter than you dude." bragged back Heatblast.
Pyro growled and threw an explosion at Heatblast who countered with a fireball. The two explosive blasts struck each other creating a larger boom leaving a crater in the entrance to the park.
While Heatblast and Pyro fought, Ladybug went over to her yoyo and was finally able to hold it. She picked it up as Cat Noir ran up next to her.
"I'm confused is there two akumas or is one another hero?" stated Cat Noir in confusion.
"I'm not sure who the fire creature is but-" Ladybug was interrupted but Cat Noir who said "Heatblast that's what he said his name was." Ladybug then continued "-Hawkmoth can only make one akuma at a time and we know who the akuma is. So after we beat the akuma we then question this Heatblast" Ladybug used air quotes as she said Heatblast's name.
"Whatever you say M'lady. So whats the plan?" asked Cat Noir
"Lets see" replied Ladybug who then tossed up her yoyo into the air while saying "Lucky Charm!" the yoyo spun until a fire extinguisher fell into her hands.
"Well it's pretty obvious what you're supposed to do with that." said Cat Noir referring to the fire extinguisher.
Ladybug then turned to the battle which had moved itself further into the park to see Heatblast launch into the air and throw a fireball at Pyro from there.
Pyro rolled away from the blast. After his roll a purple outline appeared over his face. "Pyro remember your mission! Bring me Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculous or I will take your power away!" warned Hawkmoth from his lair.
"Don't worry Hawkmoth as soon as I extinguish this flame I'll barbecue Ladybug and Cat Noir." replied Pyro as the purple outline then disappeared from his face.
Pyro then rolled away from a flamethrower blast from Heatblast's palms and fired an explosion at Heatblast striking him down.
Ladybug then used the fire extinguisher but nothing came out.
"Uh shouldn't fire extinguishing foam be shooting out right now?" said Cat Noir looking at the fire extinguisher curiously.
Ladybug then looked around to see what she should do with the extinguisher until a Ladybug pattern appeared on Pyro's head and then on Heatblast.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me." groaned Ladybug
"What?" asked Cat Noir
"We need to give this to the fire-err Heatblast" answered Ladybug
"Um I'm not so sure he will like something that extinguishes him when it's full." replied Cat Noir
"Don't worry Cat Noir now here's what we need to do." said Ladybug as she whispered into his (actual not fake cat) ear. Cat Noir nodded in understanding after she was done.
Heatblast was getting tired of this stalemate. They both had immunity to fire based attacks and Heatblast couldn't get close enough to engage him in close combat. However before he or Pyro could strike at the other again they heard Cat Noir shout "Hey hothead aren't you after me not Heatblast!".
"Your right thanks for the reminder." replied Pyro as he threw an explosion at Heatblast to disorientate him while he redirected his attention at Cat Noir. The explosion just knocked Heatblast onto his butt and not unconscious but as he got up he felt a yoyo wrap around his arm. He turned to see it was Ladybug.
"Hey I'm on your side." replied Heatblast.
Ladybug then released her wrap on his arm and retracted her yoyo and said "I know but I need you to do something." replied Ladybug.
"Do what?" asked Heatblast. Ladybug then explained her plan to him and gave Heatblast the fire extinguisher.
Cat Noir was doing a good job of distracting Pyro who was ironically a hothead and easily triggered by Cat Noir's insults and puns. Cat Noir was about to leap from a tree but Pyro struck first and blew up the branch he was on causing him to fall and sprain his ankle again which upset Cat Noir since he had just healed from it being sprained from saving Ladybug from Riposte recently.
"Come on I just recovered from a sprained ankle." muttered Cat Noir as he clutched his ankle.
"Now to finish you and deliver your miraculous to Hawkmoth." said Pyro as he was about to finish off Cat Noir until a clang sound was heard and Pyro fell over showing Heatblast standing behind him clutching the fire extinguisher he just hit Pyro in the back of the head with.
"Seriously why did I have to do this again?" asked Heatblast as Ladybug walked up to him and replied "Because me and Cat Noir couldn't get close enough without being burned."
"Makes sense I guess." replied Heatblast who shrugged his shoulders.
Ladybug was about to try searching the now unconscious Pyro but he was still radiating heat.
'Uhh fire gu-errr Heatblast right? Could you search him he's still too hot." asked Ladybug
"Not as hot as me M'lady" joked Cat Noir still clutching his ankle.
"Cat Noir now is not the time." replied Ladybug with a blush
"Yeah alright" Heatblast said as he crouched onto one knee and began searching him until he realized he didn't know what he was looking for and turned to face Ladybug and said "Wait what am I looking for?"
"His akumatized object." replied Ladybug
"Which is?" questioned Heatblast
"Could be anything on him. Usually it looks out of place like something that is the wrong color or shape." answered Cat Noir this time.
Heatblast nodded understanding and searched Pyro's jacket, no pockets, In his pants he found a weird purple ticket in his pocket and pulled it out.
"This it?" asked Heatblast.
"Yes that's it." replied Ladybug holding out her hand. Heatblast walked over and placed it in her hand.
Ladybug tore the ticket apart and out came an akuma. Ladybug unlocked her yoyo for it to start to glow pink and said "No more evil doing for you little butterfly." she then tossed it at the purple butterfly and caught it inside the yoyo and said "Gotcha" she then released the butterfly now normal and said "Bye bye little butterfly.". Ladybug took the fire extinguisher from Heatblast (who didn't really care bout her taking it from him) and threw it up into the air saying her usual "Miraculous Ladybug!" as a swarm of ladybugs came out of nowhere and started repairing everything destroyed by Pyro.
Pyro then reverted back into his normal self. "Pound It!" said Ladybug and Cat Noir as they did their usual victory fist bump.
Cat Noir turned to ask Heatblast if he wanted in on the fist bump only to see him blast off into the sky rocketing away from them.
"Aww man I wanted to get him in on the fist bump." said Cat Noir
Ladybug glared at Heatblast as he disappeared above some buildings. She wasn't so sure about him especially since he came out of nowhere like that wildevine guy
Heatblast landed inside a lake and swam up spitting water from his mouth as his head reignited and the usual beeping sound could be heard from his chest as he reverted back into Ben.
"Aw man I really should have thought more about where I would land." groaned Ben as he looked around to see the lake he landed in was secluded like he wanted but was in the middle of a forest."
Ben swam out of the lake and pulled out his phone from his pocket and looked at his contacts list. Ben chose Grandpa and the list and waited for him to answer.
Grandpa Max answered "Ben? Where are you?"
"Uh I'm in the middle of a forest do you think you could track my phone?" asked Ben
"Do you have the find phone app?" asked Grandpa Max.
Ben then realized he didn't have it "Dang it!" groaned Ben as he realized he would be in the forest for a while.
Chapter 4 done and chapter 5 on the way and set for next Saturday. As always please review I really would like feedback (no pun intended) on how I'm doing or how I could do better. Also some of you readers may have noticed I reused Pyro from the original story. I do want to reuse some aspects of the original story that weren't bad or weak so there will be more things and aspects to come later on in the story that were also in the original story. I do post update notes on my profile so if I ever delay the next chapter or release early I will say so on there. Thanks for reading see you all next chapter.