Chapter 2: Aftermath
Chat Noir has defeated team Miracle.
The useless distracted mangy cat that got captured daily by akumas and couldn't fight to save his life won.
Ladybug's sidekick managed to come out on top without help.
Paris was angry.
No...Paris was divided.
Chat Noir disappeared into the darkness, leaving the beaten up ladybug to tend to the wounded among her team.(Which meant everyone.)
The news media had a field day with the fight.
Calling it the black cat incident.
The people of Paris all stayed glued to their screens and watched the fight, some repeating it over and over again. Some cried in despair and disbelief as they couldn't comprehend how the most beloved of Paris, Ladybug, was utterly defeated.
Outrage over Chat Noir's so called betrayal of the spotted heroine was felt all over the city. Some people took to the streets to protest in anger. They believed Chat had broken the hero promise to the city. Some called for his arrest and removal of his miraculous like Ladybug tried to do.
Everyone followed what Ladybug did blindly and wanted revenge on the ally cat.
As soon as Chat ran away after the fight, leaving the broken team Miracle behind for good, the streets of Paris stated filling up with protests against Chat Noir. People were burning his face off the walls, burning his merch and breaking toys made in his image.
Some would say that Chat Noir has been officially fired from being Paris's superhero...but life can surprise you.
The internet was a whole different story.
While the news organizations and the media painted Chat as some evil doer who is about to become the next Hawkmoth, furthering the outrage across Paris as they defended Ladybug's honor from the defeat at Chat's hands.
The internet had something else to say.
You see...while most of Paris was on Ladybug's side, saying Chat is reckless and doesn't deserve his power.
Chat Noir had most of the world on his side.
While Paris can't have the the amount of people supporting Chat to protest on the ladybug themed streets-
-Chat's fanbase quickly took to flood the entire internet. It was as if they inhabited the little shit aspect of his personality and decided to put this miraculous bullshitting ability to use, trolling and hacking through Ladybug friendly articles left and right.
Chat's side was defending the feline hero, pointing out the amount of times he was killed and captured just to save Ladybug's life or another civilian. His words in the fight were sighted a lot in arguments about how he just wanted recognition and trust from the rest of the team. How Ladybug should stick to her words and actually treat him as a partner and trust him, not do the shit like what happened on this night.
Calling him out and humiliating him over simple mistakes while she and her team missed up multiple times.
Making him unable to say a word during interviews because she was the one who got asked questions since she was the most beloved.
Replacing him while he was the most loyal to her and treating her team with more respect and affection.
There were people on Chat's side.
They just weren't on the street.
But they could be in the realm of the web.
They could 4chan this bitch.
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Ladybug quickly sat a de-transformed Alya on one of Fu's chairs.
The spotted heroine looked across the room with sympathy towards her beaten up friends and teammates.
King Monkey (Kim) had bruised all over his body.
Queen Bee (Chloe) had been holding her stomach for the past half hour from the pain.
Alya had a sever pump on her head.
Carapace (Nino) was okay after he woke up and didn't feel all that bruised where he was hit.
Pegasus (Max) was also one of the lucky ones since he was out of the fight early.
Theo (the new snake user) was just tired from the amount of times he used his second chance fighting the akuma and then trying to capture Chat.
Ladybug detransformed revealing Marinette Dupain-Cheng in place of the spotted heroine.
She herself looked like hell, with bruises on her arms shaped like Chat's staff and pain flowing in her gut and anywhere else she was hit.
But there was something else on her mind.
Marinette realized what she had done to her friend was absolutely despicable and evil.
He looked so broken so crushed.
She destroyed Chat's trust in her...for nothing but public appearance.
And now...the world thinks he's some kind of villain.
Just because he defied her.
"Do you get it now?!" an enraged voice shouted across the room in anger and fury.
Everyone winced and looked at the floating red kwami of creation.
Tikki had her blue eyes staring deeply into Marinette's with disappointment and anger never before seen from the normally adorable red ball.
"You finally pushed him off the edge! I warned you about the importance of balance in your rules. You are EQUALS. Thats how it was supposed to be!" Tikki all but shouted at her charge.
The red kwami saw her charge's head get bigger with each new trick she learned from Master Fu while Chat Noir remained in her shadow.
Tikki new how special Plagg's charge was this time. She watched as Plagg got the short end of the stick with every chosen across a millennia...but this Chat Noir was simply the greatest thing to ever happen to Plagg.
She could see it...this Chat was good. He was a true hero.
And today's declaration of protecting the city by himself even without any support was a clear indication to this boy's loyalty to the cause.
Tikki was impressed with him.
And disappointed at her own chosen.
Every time Ladybug would degrade or humiliate Chat for being weaker or less skilled with his miraculous even though he got no training at all while she got all the attention from the guardian. Tikki watched and warned.
But Marinette would always just huff and say that he needed to stop punning or flirting on the battlefield so that she could do her job and save the day.
Tikki didn't expect Plagg to start teaching his chosen by himself. Its been awhile since the stinkey sock interfered with anything except for cheese.
It was a clear declaration to Master Fu...the kwami of destruction would stand by this Chat Noir till the end...even if he had to fight her ladybug.
That was scary to Tikki since she new what her brother was capable of when he was focused.
Atlantis and the Black Plague were nothing but footnotes in Plagg's book of interference.
This could turn bad.
"You have just unleashed something brutal in this wold, this boy is the first Chat I have seen to be so loyal to a ladybug. Plagg has never ever trianed someone on his own before. Do you know what power both of them could unleash on this world if Chat wasn't so kindhearted to us for the betrayal of today?"
Tikki spoke in a tone so serious and cold, it made the kids shiver in fear.
"B-But his just the ally cat that always loses. The sidekick." Theo stammered as he tried to defend Ladybug.
Tikki quickly flew like a bullet and headbutted the man.
Everyone watched in sympathy as the man was hammered by the small scary red god.
"That's enough Tikki."
heads spun to look at the old man that entered the room. He had a grim look on his face as he inspected the damage the fight had on each of the wielders.
The red kwami just glared towards the guardian and flew back into the now crying Marinette's purse to eat some cookies.
No could say a thing as they waited for the old man to break the silence.
"I have failed all of you." the man spoke as he looked down in shame.
"No dude all of us make mistakes."
"Yeah old man don't beat yourself up like this."
"Its my fault master."
silence rained as the team looked at the crushed Marinette.
"W-What was I doing? I hurt my best friend, he trusted me with his life. He gave up his life more than once for me! I should have trusted him, helped him with his power." Marinette was sobbing in place as she hugged her bruised arms, remembering the terrible things she had done and said to him.
Her partner. Her sweet Chaton.
"Whoa girl! Just calm down!" Alya quickly ran up and hugged her best friend.
Marinette found solace in her friends hug and began to calm down a bit.
Looking her mentor with tearful glare, Marinette spoke with confusion lased with resentment. "Why did we have to shut him off like this? I was wrong for treating him like dirt AND for trying to take his miraculous away, but I can't understand why you couldn't jump in and tell me how wrong I was or help Chat and teach him so he wouldn't feel so alone."
Master Fu looked down in shame and guilt.
The silence was deafening.
Until someone broke it.
"You weren't wrong for trying to take his miraculous."
heads whipped to the door immediately, some of the more uninjured users stood up, ready incase the intruder was hostile.
Entering the room was a very well built handsome young man with blue hair slicked back and blue eyes that were sharp and slit. He wore traditional punk rock outfit (think like Luka).
"Hello fellow wielders, my name is Mike Tulip."
the boy looked around at each wielder with a charming smile. His eyes stopped at the crying Marinette. He stared at her with deep concern showing on his face.
The two stayed like that. Marinette couldn't shake the feeling of offness radiating off of this guy.
"What are you doing here?!" Master Fu growled angrily as his eyes narrowed towards the strange boy.
Mike looked at the guardian with a hardened gaze which put everyone in the room on edge.
"I came to do the job given to you." the tone was so cold and venomous everyone shivered even the hardened Master Fu looked a little shaken.
"W-What job is that?" Chloe asked as she crawled further away on her coach, fearing the boy.
Mike's eyes returned to normal as he smiled brightly to the room of miraculous wielders.
"I came here to kill the hero of bad luck and destruction, Chat Noir."
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Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
He thought about all the time he spent with her. All of his sacrifices and efforts to make her smile.
He remembered the first time she started dismissing him in fights.
The time she didn't ask for his help but called upon another wielder instead.
The way she would roll her eyes at him if he did something wrong on the battlefield or if he wasn't as skilled as her or the other since he couldn't train with Fu.
He remembered all those times.
But he didn't know why they happened.
Why?
Why?
"You did great kid."
the blonde boy looked up from his knees at the black cat floating infront of his face.
"Plagg...the guardian will come to get you soon. I broke the rules tonight-"
"Sure! You broke all the rules today kid! Thats why I knew I loved you since we have met. You're not afraid to stand up to yourself."
Plagg nuzzled into his kitten's neck. "You made me proud today kid!"
Adrien Agreste wasn't used to anyone being proud of him. He wasn't used to anyone encouraging him to do what he wanted.
His father decided everything in his life from the food to the activities in his free time to even the way he should act.
Chat Noir had more freedom than Adrien did so the boy felt a little more like himself as the black cat.
Adrien looked at his TV which was playing one of the many news channels that were covering the protests that started shortly after Ladybug's defeat.
The people of Paris didn't want him.
He broke the code.
All because he didn't listen to Ladybug's orders.
Funny even when he was 'free' he never really was.
Chat Noir was never equal to Ladybug even if he got his miraculous at the same time. Ladybug had the training and secrets of the powers form the master, she chose the heroes and the miraculous she wanted. She made the plans and she led the charge.
Chat was just her shield. There to keep her safe.
And when he wanted to be something more.
Adrien would get punished severely from his father.
Or...Chat Noir would get punished by Ladybug...the leader.
Adrien wanted to die.
"I left because I'm ashamed of you." a tall blonde woman looked down at him with disdain and disgust in her eyes.
Adrien knew that his mother was too sweet for this.
"I wish you weren't such a disappointment." a tall imposing figure said in a cold steeled voice.
Adrien flinched as he looked up at his father. The cold cobalt eyes filled with annoyance and resentment.
When was the last time his father smiled at him? Why did Gabriel hate him all of the sudden? Was it because Adrien made Emillie die? Was because Adrien wasn't perfect enough?
Adrien knew that his father was still mourning on his own and didn't mean to make his son think such thoughts.
"You're a useless wielder, I can't have you running around with the power of destruction, I decided when you should be free."
Adrien looked beside him to the cruel leaning figure of the love of his life. Her blue eyes that once shined bright lights into his empty soul were now nothing but narrowed disgusted and pointing towards him with coldness that filled his entire being.
He knew that his lady got cocky because of her many power ups in the last few months. He knew that she somehow still treasured him.
But he also knew that all of these things happened because of him.
Adrien was worthless to his mother, that's why she left him.
Adrien wasn't perfect to his father, that's why he caged him.
Adrien wasn't an obedient Chat Noir, that's why Ladybug replaced him.
Adrien wanted to die.
He wanted to die.
He wanted to die.
He wanted to die.
He wanted to die.
"You did good kid." Plagg repeated.
For some reason.
Adrien felt like he could live when he heard those words.
"You did real good."
Adrien looked at his Kwami and tried to stop the tears from his eyes as the visions of his mother and father and his previous partner disappeared and left him in the cold empty room in the Agreste mansion.
"Why wasn't I good enough for the Guardian? Plagg, I don't know what I did wrong?"
Plagg was furious when he heard the broken pathetic tone his kit was using.
The black god dived into his charge's face and hissed. "NEVER! You ever did anything wrong kit! Don't ever think this was about you!"
Adrien couldn't flinch back since he was huddled against the wall.
"Then why?" he asked...broken...defeated.
Plagg sighed and sat on the boy's knee.
"Alright! Go get me some cheese and I will tell you the story." the kwami said as he floated towards the TV.
Adrien stood up and walked towards his kwami with confusion printed on his blood redden face.
"What story?" the boy asked in confusion.
Plagg turned around and smirked evilly to his charge.
"The story that will explain to you, why all Chat Noir's must remain obedient towards their ladybug's no matter what-"
Plagg floated closer to his kitten and looked at him with a small grin on his cat face.
"-Or else they must die."
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Mike sighed as he pinned the furious now transformed Ladybug to the floor of Fu's shop.
The boy was strong.
He was overpowering the Ladybug without magic.
Hawkmoth really sucks at his job, huh.
Mike took a glance at the Guardian and showed his annoyance.
"You didn't tell them of the traditions? Can't you get anything right useless guardian?! First you destroy our temple and then you lose the butterfly and the peacock then you go and chose a Chat Noir that could overpower his own Ladybug and let him roam free like the destruction he causes is just normal. You're a pathetic guardian."
"Shut up!" Mike looked beside him and rolled his eyes as Theo tried to punch him in the face.
Mike quickly kicked him to the wall.
Everyone was scared of the boy.
"I won't let you."
Mike looked down at the struggling Ladybug as she tried to stand.
"His my best friend." she said as she looked into his eyes.
Mike was enraged as he glared at Master Fu. "You let her get attached!"
"I have no reason to explain myself or my actions with my chosen. Your traditions are not welcome here please leave this place and never show yourself again." Master Fu was calm and collected as he glared at the blue haired boy.
Mike chuckled darkly.
"You will do as I ask or else everyone in this room gets exposed to the media immediately."
Everyone got up in protest. Some where scared and some where afraid for their friends.
"Hawkmoth and the temple of darkness are all still in Paris, Master Fu. If they knew the identities of these wielders they will stop at nothing to get the power stones on them."
Mike looked each wielder in the eye as he smirked handsomely.
"Even kill your family and friends."
everyone was horrorfied as they thought about the danger they had put on themselves since they accepted to help Ladybug.
Marinette felt crushed as she looked at her friends desperate faces.
She chose them.
She made them come here.
And know she had to watch as they were forced to listen to this bastards words.
The bastard that wanted to kill Chat.
Her Chaton.
The one she hurt because of her stupidity.
"W-What do...want?"
Marinette looked at Alya in shock. The brunette refused to look at her friend as she focused on the man with a brave face.
Mike smiled charmingly and eased up.
"Simple, I want to kill the Chat Noir that fought you today and get the miraculous of destruction back to replace him with a newer much more obedient and less skillful Cat Hero." he explained as if it was simple and easy.
"Why do...you need to kill him? Can't we just take his miraculous? I mean...he wasn't even evil or bad...he promised to still be a hero."
Everyone nodded at Nino's words. They didn't have a problem with Chat really. They were more loyal to Ladybug and they did admit that they jumped the gun by ganging up on Chat like that. Some of them even admitted that they deserved the ass kicking.
Nino was one of the teams members that called out their actions against the black cat hero tonight.
Mike smiled wider as he sat down in the middle of the room.
"Sit down and let me explain to you."
he simply said as he waited for the rest to relax.
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"Since humanity managed to seal us and use our powers with the miraculous a lot of people wanted to have control over this magical power. You can imagine the amount wars that were fought to obtain the different kwami's especially mine and Tikki's."
"It stayed like that for a while with all miraculous being lost across the world and fought over by all the different kingdoms of old."
Plagg to a bite of his cheese, savoring the look of anticipation on Adrien's bloodied face as the boy sat on the edge of his seat.
"Then an order of old miraculous heroes decided that the power of the miraculous should be regulated and controlled instead of being handed out to anyone that steals or wins them. So this group managed to collect most of the miraculous and build a temple in what is now Tibet to hide and keep them save from the world."
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Mike growled in hate as he continued "but there some people within the old Guardian's group that hated the idea of stifling the miraculous magic from the rest of humanity. They thought themselves gods that could use the powers of the kwami to rule humanity."
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Adrien looked at Plagg with fascination as the black cat floated around.
"Naturally, the other half of the Guardian group refused the idea of using the miraculous magic in the open again and risk bringing the chaotic age of war and mayhem back."
"So what happened?" Adrien asked while he cleaned up his wounds.
Plagg looked at the boy with a grim stare.
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"Civil War." Mike answered the question.
"The old guardian groups broke into two factions."
Mike pointed at the old man in polka shirt as he explained.
"The guardians that wanted the secrets of the miraculous and their kwami powers to be hidden."
Mike lowered his arm and glared at the floor as he clinched his fists.
"And the other group that wanted the power of the miraculous to control Humanity and shape its future. They became known as the dark temple because of there atrocious crimes against humanity...the crimes they're still doing to my people in Tibet today."
Mike closed his eyes to contain his emotions.
The room was silent as everyone waited for him to speak.
Someone broke the silence.
"What does this have to do with-
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"-me? Why am I treated like this then?" Adrien asked as he changed his clothes. Plagg noticed that his kitten was wincing with each step he took. Clearly the fight had broke some bones.
Plagg shook his head and continued.
"The dark temple wanted absolute chaos to roam the world so that they can take the reigns with their miraculous powers. But the Guardians refused to help with that and they were the ones holding the miraculous in the temple soooooo...they fought each other, still are actually. But you need to focus on the first battle between both factions to understand the genuine hate the guardians hold for my power and my kittens."
Adrien patted Plagg's head as he saw the look of longing and sorrow on the kwami's face.
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"What happened?" Alya asked clearly overtaken by the story.
Master Fu choose to intercept here and continue the story.
"The dark temple wanted to cause as much choas as possible so they could force the guardian's miraculous out to stop them. There like-"
"-like Hawkmoth." Marinette finished as she stared at the Gaurdian.
Master Fu nodded.
"Don't tell me-" Nino was cut off as he realized something.
"They used the power of destruction." Master Fu finished the thought for the boy as he looked down grimly.
"Kingdoms were lost as the black cat was used by the dark temple with all of its power. Nations were wiped out from Asia all over the Americas just from one cataclysm. Thats how powerful and dangerous the black cat was."
horror was seeping through everyone as Mike continued.
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"Y-You mean that I-I could destroy the world!" Adrien looked at his kwami as if he was a monster.
Plagg nodded grimly before grinning "Bad luck and destruction kid thats what I do."
Adrien frowned at the guilt in Plagg's voice.
He rubbed between the cat's ears until a purr sounded.
"How did they stop-"
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"-The dark temple?" Theo asked.
"Ladybug was unleashed on the black cat of the dark temple. They were true equals. Both powers of creation and destruction were meant to be used side by side, but when they fought it always ended in a draw."
"The ladybug couldn't stop the cat of the dark temple. She could only fight him to a stale mate while evacuating entire kingdoms."
Wyazz came out of Nino's pocket and continued the story.
"The Ladybug decided to use all of the miraculous in the Guardian's temple. The war had destroyed many miracle boxes but the Guardian's had a significant amount of powerful miraculous left on their side while the dark temple only had the black cat as the most useful."
Wayzz took a moment to gather his bearings as he looked down and cried tears of pain. He remembered the war and how many of his brothers he had lost.
Nino rubbed the small turtle's shell for comfort.
Master Fu smiled at the sight of the boy treating his old friend with care.
Wayzz continued. "The Ladybug and her army of miraculous holders all ambushed the cocky black cat together. The black cat almost destroyed the world if it wasn't for the ladybug's miraculous cure. The war ended with the black cat bieng taken from the criminal that abused its power but the price was heavy. Several millions of lives were lost as well as thousands of miraculous that got either lost or broken in the war. Only a couple of hundred of us were left which is why the Guardian's are still in hiding."
Mike stood up and looked like he was about to kill someone as he growled.
"The Guardian's war wasn't over even though the dark temple did not have any more miraculous on their side, they still now the powers hidden within the black cat. They want the other miraculous that were within the temple so they continued fighting us."
"But all of that wasn't Chat's fault! He had no idea the power he was given was used like this!" Marinette yelled at Mike with fire in her eyes.
Mike looked at her with a glare.
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"Yes, it wasn't your fault." Plagg pointed at his kit.
"But the guardians don't care. They see my power as the absolute Epiphany of evil, I mean come on." Plagg said while pointing at himself.
Bad luck and destruction.
"The Guardian's didn't want a repeat with what happened with the last user so they started taking precautions towards my chosen from then on."
Plagg layed on top of Adrien's gold locks and purred.
"My Chat Noir's would have to answer to Tikki's all the time from then on. If the Chat Noir disobeyed or ignored the Ladybug? He would be replaced with a much more silent and trained kitty." Plagg growled in anger.
Adrien picked his friend and nuzzled him.
Plagg didn't mind that.
"If the cat somehow got close to Ladybug's power or skill level then he would be killed or replaced immediately. The rule was that the cat miraculous would never become equal to the ladybugs again. Chat Noir must remain weaker and second to the Ladybug. They seem to think that the cat miraculous only use was evil and That they can only stop another war by keeping the wielder weak and unskilled amongest the rest of the other heroes of his time."
Adrien's eyes widened at the realization.
Plagg gave a smirk as he pointed a paw towards Adrien.
"You." the kwami said. "your lady wasn't the one that wanted to take the miraculous. It was the guardian's magic that flew through the miraculous of the ladybug that made your lady have the urge to abuse you and take you out of the circle."
Adrien cried from happiness.
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"What happened with you was no accident Ladybug." Master Fu said as he looked at Marinette with guilt.
"I thought that you and Chat were inseparable and that this influence the Guardians put in your miraculous would fade by your love and care for your cat...but their power was too strong and you sensed that your cat was either disobedient or he was getting closer to your level of skill. That is why I didn't treat Chat as fair as I should have. I was afraid that your miraculous might overwhelm you and make you expose the boy. It seemed that my fear was correct."
Marinette wanted to both slap and hug the bastard.
She really didn't want to hurt her cat. But she was still ashamed of what she had done.
Guardians or not she still did and said those things to Chat's face feeling happy at his pain.
It disgusted her.
"So because he kept asking about Master Fu, I began feeling annoyed at him, then I started..."
Marinette looked to the side trying to hold back tears from all the horrible things she did to hurt her partner.
"…..I started replacing him."
silence taunted in the room.
The wielders started looking at the ground in shame.
"H-HOLY SHIT!"
"DUDE!"
"Poor Chat."
"the guy has seriously earned my respect! He was fighting all of this without proper training."
Mike growled at the other wielders guilt.
"You shouldn't be guilty! Its the right course of action to replace the cat especially if the ladybug demands it." he yelled at the other wielders.
Marinette growled and gave the boy a glare so fierce and so passionate he had to take a step back.
"Screw you asshole!"
"yeah dude you suck."
"Chat saved many lives with ladybug we can't kill him."
"Yeah!"
"Ridiculous utterly ridiculous!"
"SIIILENNNNCE" Mike shouted with fury making the room freeze.
The boy looked at the old Guardian with hatred and loathing.
"If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have been here."
Mike said as he glared at the master.
Master Fu only looked at the boy and smiled.
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"Fu was the one that broke the cycle with you kiddo!" Plagg said as he ate some cheese.
"You see, when Fu unleashed Feast on the temple, the guardian's were all lost. The dark temple faction was so taken aback by this. Everything they fought for was in the temple which resided in Feasts belly for years. They thought that all the miraculous were gone."
"except thats not true. Fu managed to snag me and Tikki's miracle kwami box before Feast had the chance to eat us. He did lose Nooro and Duusu though."
"Do you mean that Hawkmoth isn't with the dark temple?" Adrien asked.
The black kwami shook his head. "Definitely not. The dark temple's methods are brutal and much more inhumane than what Hawkmoth is doing."
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"If you hadn't lost the butterfly than we wouldn't resort to using the ladybug or the black cat." Mike yelled out angrily.
"Dude if Ladybug didn't exist, Feast would still be digesting all of your family and friends in the temple." Nino stood between the old man and the angry boy.
Mike softened his glare a bit and looked at the bug.
"I thank you for that. Our families were reunited its been a hundred years since I saw my moma she was eaten with the temple."
he said with sincerity.
Marinette glared at him and crossed her arms.
"You should thank me and chat!" she growled but Mike ignored her.
"Once the dark temple take notice of Chat Noir's rise in skill and power, which all of you made sure to show off by letting him kick your asses to kingdom come, they will begin to war all of us over the black cat miraculous. They already started attacks on the temple since Feast was defeated."
Master Fu looked quit frightened by this.
"B-But why haven't they come after Chat before now?" Max asked.
"Because they didn't have the right tools to fight. If they went after the black cat with this Ladybug then that would have been easy for them. This Chat Noir is weaker and more obedient than most so they only had to defeat the ladybug to take control of his Miraculous."
Mike ignored the scowl Marinette sent him.
"But they didn't expect Hawkmoth."
Everyone froze at this.
"Hawkmoth is a problem for all factions in this war. He has his own agenda and he wants both creation and destruction to rule the world. Not to mention the sheer skill and force he commands the miraculous power. He is a real problem. Then your gonna have to remember Mayura and you find yourself understanding why the cult refused to join this fight against anyone. They are afraid of Hawkmoth's wrath so they are hoping that you and this chat would defeat him before making any moves on Paris. Their war carried only on the temple once it got back to obtain what ever weapons they could from the guardians."
"Soooo...what changed now?" Chloe asked.
The room waited for the boy to answer.
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"YOU!" Plagg shouted as he laughed out loud.
Adrien looked at his kwami like his was insane. "M-Me. What did I do?!"
Plagg gave his kitten a proud smile.
"You changed the game kiddo." the kwami said simply.
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"Today not only proved that there were more miraculous away from the temple's protection but it also proved Hawkmoth's been upgrading his power and that is very dangerous for both guardian's and the cult." Mike said grimly.
The rest of the gang winced as they remembered the ass kicking from the akuma.
Hawkmoth was getting more dangerous.
"but today something happened that forced both of the factions to make a move on Paris's situation."
Everyone looked at Mike with anticipation for more information.
"Today is the day that all miraculous factions learned...Chat Noir the hero of destruction and bad luck...had gone rouge."
Everyone shivered at the way he spoke these words.
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Adrien pulled his hair as he paced back and forth, ignoring the pain from his body.
"What do you mean everyone will come to get me?! I'm famous enough!"
Plagg laughed at his charges frustration.
"Not my fault kid. You beat up Ladybug and her team by yourself! On live TV! The guardians will come to kill you since you showed weakness in their faith about Ladybug, and the dark temple will come to take me back from you since they know that waiting would only make you, Hawkmoth and Ladybug stronger. Not to mention that they won't let the Guardian's take a step over them in this war. The cult had too many loses to take any chances but not too many to not take any risks."
Adrien fell on the floor, hyperventilating.
Plagg quickly flew to his side.
"Breath Adrien...breath." the cat said as he rubbed the boy's cheek.
Adrien wasn't just cornered. He was locked in a box under water with holes poked through.
"I can't do this! I can't do this!" Adrien yelled out as he ran.
He was scared of fighting Ladybug again. Scared of all the new powers the guardians would unleash to kill him. Scared of this cult faction that seemed to inspire the Nazis by their crimes.
Scared that Hawkmoth would send another super-powered akuma while he was alone.
A soft slap on his cheek made Adrien look up at his floating god.
Plagg smirked at him. "You promised to be the hero kid. I promised to help you become one when we first met. You're not like any of the others. You have a kind heart not tainted by the guardian's magic like Ladybug's was. I will help you kiddo."
"I'm proud of you."
Adrien just cried.
From happiness. For once he made someone proud.
It wasn't his mother.
Father.
Or his lady.
It was his best friend.
"You and me against the world Plagg."
"You and me...Kit."
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Mike held Marinette by the collar as he transformed into a knight.
Everyone in the room was beaten up. Mike pulled no punches. Everyone was bleeding on the floor.
Master Fu was in the corner barely awake.
Mike had tried to get the secret identity of Chat Noir from Fu. But the sneaky old man used a spell to remove the memory of Chat's true name from his mind.
Frustrating him further was the fact that Ladybug and her team were all adamant on helping Chat not getting rid of him like he wanted.
Everytime he remembered the sight of the black cat as he walked over the defeated Ladybug made Mike grit his teeth in anger.
This cat humiliated the Ladybug.
It couldn't stand.
Mike decided that if this team of wielders won't help...then he will make them help.
Fu was smart in keeping their identities secret.
Because Mike managed to brainwash every one of the members of Miracle.
He made them believe that Chat is a monster that is working with Hawkmoth and had betrayed Ladybug.
Marinette was devastated but her friends cheered her up and told her that they will help her stop this ally cat.
Marinette looked happy that she still had friends to help her through the betrayal of her partner.
She was angry that she ever trusted someone like Chat Noir.
Mike was happy with the result.
The Guardian's had him, the knight miraculous hero.
And Ladybug the hero of creation.
Not to mention all of the other heroes in the room.
And all of Paris of course.
All of them...against one stray.
This will be child's play.
Tikki shook her head as she watched the boy's smug expression while her charge made plans on how to hurt Chat Noir.
She knew Plagg would start a rebellion eventually.
She also knew her charge's heart. No amount of brainwashing will ever make Marinette hurt her cat.
The mind control will break.
And Chat will save team Miracle.
Tikki hoped that poor Adrien would come out of this intact.
She trusted Plagg and she knew that he was smarter than he let on.
If he chose Adrien to lead the rebel faction against both the Gaurdians and the cult as well as this knew super Hawkmoth and Mayura?
Then Adrien must be one dangerous cornered cat.
The god of destruction chose this boy.
Tikki chose this girl.
She knew that they would win.
But now...it will be up to the black cat.