Chapter 4: Origami Animals

Finding a place to change into Ladybug and Rena Rouge, the girls wasted no time in making their way towards the place where the Akuma attacked. Before transforming, the fox heroine checked the Miraculous Blog email, to see if anyone had sent her an image of the Akuma or a message, saying how the Akuma looked like and what it was doing, like it happened so many times. Unfortunately, the only things that had already been sent to her was a blurred photograph of the Akuma, along with the sentence "It's made out of paper." Intrigued by that sentence, Rena Rouge wondered what kind of Akuma would be made out of paper, and better yet, what kind of threat would present to them and to everyone who happened to be near it.

Running on top of the buildings, the heroines made their way to place where the attack was taking place, according to the app. The place was the Bibliothèque Mazarine, which was located on the Collège des Quatre-Nations, just opposite of the Louvre Museum. The library had been named after Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin, whose talents brought him to the attention of the elder Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister of Louis XIII, who made him a member of the council of State of the King. When he came from Rome, where he had been studying, he brought with him an impressive private library of five-thousand books, which would become the core of the Mazarine book collection. After he became the new Prime Minister, with the support of Queen Anne of Austria, Cardinal Mazarin continued to amass more books for his private collection. Shortly before his death, his private library held more than 25,000 volumes, and wanting to preserve it for posteriority, he bequeathed it in his will to the Collège des Quatre-Nations, a new college of the University of Paris that he founded for the sons of noble families from four provinces recently added to France. The new library building was constructed on the exact site of the medieval Tour de Nesle, that stood where the college was built. Over the following three centuries, the library continued to grow, with newer additions.

Nowadays, its whole collection is composed of more than 600,000 volumes, and since 1936, that the library served as a depository of publications relating to the history of the regions of France. In sum, it was one of the most important libraries in Paris, as well as France, and it was being attacked by one of Hawk Moth's Akumas.

"We better pick up the pace! I think we won't be the first ones to get there!" -Ladybug told Rena Rouge, as she pointed to the numerous police cars that passed by them, on the street below; no doubt on their way to the library.

"Let's just hope we're not the only ones showing up to take down this Akuma." -Rena Rouge said. She knew that most of the team had things to do that afternoon, which made it impossible for them to be on superhero duty. –"I know for a fact that Rose and Juleka won't be able to come. Rose has ballet practice, and Juleka was helping her parents with something. And we can't count on Sabrina either, because she went to visit her grandmother in Provins, to celebrate her birthday." -she said, having found out about it, when the redhead posted it on Instagram.

"Adrien won't be able to come either, because of his fencing practice." -Ladybug said, remembering his weekly schedule, which she had memorized by heart. –"Kim's also out of the picture. He told Alix and me that this afternoon he was going to the airport with his parents, to pick up his uncle, who's coming back from a trip to Morocco. And I don't think Chloe will be showing up as well. Today in class, she kept saying something about a charity party she had to attend with her dad this afternoon. And as much as I know that she loves being Queen Bee, after the beating she took from Bebop two days ago, I think she'll gladly skip this one, and won't even try to exit the party." -she chuckled. –"What about Nino? Do you know if he's coming or not?"

"Well, he didn't tell me he had anything to do this afternoon, so, he might already be on his way there." -Rena Rouge answered her. –"And to tell you the truth, if Chloe doesn't show up today, I won't judge her… Bebop dropped a huge section of a building on top of her and Ivan the other night. From the whole team, they were two of the members who suffered the most that night." -she admitted.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for Ivan, who was on the right place at the right time, she would have been turned into a pancake." -Ladybug said. –"That said, I too won't be able to judge her if she doesn't show up." -she said. –"I mean, there are so many of us. One of the good things about us being so many is that if the whole team can't show up, then, just a few of us will also be able to handle the problem; the only problem is that we'll take a little longer."

"So true." -Rena Rouge agreed with her. –"Still, I hope it's not just two or three of us, because if it is, it's going to take way longer to deal with this Akuma than usual, and I've got to be back home before my mom arrives with the twins." -she declared. –"What did you tell your folks, to explain why you aren't heading back right away?"

"I told them that you forgot a book in school, and that we were going to get it. That way I bought us an extra 40 minutes." -Ladybug said –"We better make good use of them… and I guess we're not really the only ones answering the call. Look over there, it's Alix!" -she pointed into the sky.

Flying about thirty meters above any rooftop, Dragonfly was enjoying herself, as she flew towards the action. To those who knew Alix like her friends did, they knew that part of the reason why she practiced all kinds of extreme sports and placed herself in so many extreme situations, was because of the rush of adrenaline she got every time she did them, but also because once everything was over, she was left with this sensation of accomplishment, mixed with melatonin inside her, that allowed her to relax and enjoy what she had done. Those two feelings were some of the best in the world for her. And that was why she was so high up in the sky; because when she decided it was time to dive towards the ground, she would get to experience those sensations, one more time. It was like an addiction, but a healthy one at that.

Spotting Ladybug and Rena Rouge, Dragonfly dove at an incredible speed, making her way towards her friends. Positioning herself by their side, she continued to fly at a speed which allowed her to keep up with them.

"Hey, girls!" -Dragonfly said, while waving at them. –"Ready for another awesome fight against one of Hawk Moth's Akumas?" -she asked them.

"As always, of course. What about you?" -Ladybug said, without slowing down.

"What do you think?! I live for these things!" -Dragonfly exclaimed, as she performed a beautiful whirlwind move. –"Race you there!" -she said, as she propelled herself forward.

"You're on!" -Rena Rouge exclaimed, as she slowed down a bit, placing herself behind Ladybug, and then placing her arms around the scarlet heroine's waist, before taking off into the air. –"Hang on, Marinette! We've got a certain insect-girl to beat in this race!" -she said, as she began to speed up in the air, trying to catch Dragonfly.

"N-not too fast! You know I hate it when you don't give me a heads-up!" -Ladybug begged her. She was not against racing Dragonfly, but thought that her best-friend should have warned her that she was going to do that.

The race against Dragonfly allowed them to reach the library a lot faster. As always, Dragonfly won the race, but no one heard her bragging herself about it. Unlike what happened when she went toe to toe with Antelope, and won, Dragonfly did not like brag about winning against the rest of her friends, because she knew that none of them were as fast as she was. Plus, she would only brag about it to Antelope, because she enjoyed to tease him and ridicule him in front of everyone else, just to see him fuming with anger. But even if he was there, and she happened to have won a race against him, Dragonfly knew that that was not the time to do so. When arriving at where the action was going on, they came across a scene that was absolutely bizarre… nothing was happening, or at least, nothing Akuma related was happening. Having landed on the rooftop of the Louvre's Sully Pavilion, facing the Pont des Arts and the Bibliothèque Mazarine, they could see that the police had already sealed the bridge and the streets that gave access to the building, and in front of the library's entrance, several police vehicles had been parked to create a makeshift barricade. There was a lot of commotion form the police, but other than that, nothing else seemed to be going on.

"What's going on? Where's the Akuma?" -Ladybug asked her companions, not seeing any trace of it.

"I don't see him… maybe it's still inside the library?" -Rena Rouge said.

"Or maybe it was just a false alarm." -Dragonfly said.

"No, it's not a false alarm. Someone sent a photo of the Akuma to the Miraculous Blog email. It was too blurred to see what how this Akuma looks like, but it was definitely one." -Rena Rouge said.

"Then, that means that it's inside the library." -Ladybug declared with a serious voice. –"We have to get inside and see what's going on." -she said.

The scarlet heroine had just finished talking, when two more heroes arrived, joining her and the girls on the rooftop; Carapace and Forest Doe, ready to their part in that new challenge they were about to take.

"Sorry if were a little bit late." -Carapace declared, while winking an eye at Rena Rouge, who winked back at him.

"Do you know if anyone else is coming?" -Ladybug asked them.

"I don't know." -Forest Doe answered. –"I only know that Ivan's not coming because he's in the dentist." -she stated. When she texted him, saying that there was an Akuma attacking the city, he texted her back, saying that he was in the dentist, and could not leave, because his mother was with him.

"Me neither." -Carapace said.

"Well, we've faced other Akumas with fewer of us around and we managed to win. I think the five of us will just have to do it." -Ladybug said, as she looked at the library's building and tried to assess, what they should do next. A few seconds went by, before she spoke again. –"Whatever Akuma is waiting for us inside the library, we need to be careful. We don't know what kind of abilities it might have." -she said. –"Now, should we enter through the front or try another approach?!

"I don't see why we shouldn't just burst through the main entrance. I mean, that Akuma and at least one of Hawk Moth's minions, are expecting us." -Dragonfly said.

"True, but on the other hand, we don't' know if they have any hostages." -Forest Doe stated. –"We can't risk that."

"Then, going through the front door might be out of the question." -Rena Rouge said. –"Perhaps we could make our entrance through the dome. I mean, we break one of those stain-glass windows and we enter. I'm sure they won't be expecting us to entre through there." -she added.

"Sound like a plan." -Ladybug said. –"Okay, then everyone, let's go. The faster we do this, the faster we can wrap everything up and go home." -she smiled, positive that just the five of them would be enough to deal with the Akuma that waited for them inside.

They were about to jump off the rooftop, when they heard a cell ringing. Their first reaction was that there was someone else on that rooftop with them. But then, they remembered that their cell phones were magically fused with their weapons. Checking them, the one that was ringing was Dragonfly's. Splitting open her frisbee, she checked to see who was calling her.; it was her older brother, Jalil.

"Hello? Yes, Jalil, what's the matter?" -Dragonfly asked her brother. –"What kind of question is that?" -she asked him. –"No, Jalil, I'm not anywhere near that library. Why would I be near it, anyways? You know I'm allergic to libraries, when I'm not in school… yeah, well, I'm on the other side of town, right now. I'm going to meet a couple of friends… What? There's an Akuma attacking that library, according to the app in your cell? Well, it's a good thing I'm not near it… No, I'm not being sarcastic! Just because my voice sounds like I'm sounding sarcastic, that doesn't mean I'm being sarcastic, okay?! Yes, I won't forget to get the roasted chicken for dinner tonight. I remember mom asking me that, alright?! Alright… bye now!"

"Your brother was worried about you, wasn't he?" -Carapace asked her.

"That's one way to put it… Since last week, when he sprained his ankle, that he does nothing but staying home, watching television and checking news in his cell phone… and, of course, nagging me to death with all kinds of requests." -Dragonfly sighed. –"I know he can't walk right now, but he could give me a break from those things he asks me. I'm his little sister, not his maid. And furthermore, I don't need him to always be checking in on me. I can take care of myself!" -she said, while closing her frisbee, returning it to its usual shape, annoyed by the fact that his brother still treated her a bit like a little girl.

"He's just worried about you. It's what big brothers and sisters do, Alix. Nora's always worrying about me too." -Alya told her.

"Well, I would appreciate it, if he didn't." -Dragonfly said.

"Changing the subject, is everyone ready to go?" -Ladybug asked them.

"You bet, girl." -Rena Rouge said.

"I'm with you." -Carapace said.

"Let's do this." -Forest Doe said.

"We're right behind you, fearless leader." -Dragonfly said.

Dropping down the building, the five heroes made their way towards Pont des Arts. Passing over the blockade created by the police, the heroes were hailed by the officers, who once more appreciated their help in solving an Akuma crisis. Running over the Pont des Arts, they could not help but to notice the padlocks that that been attached to the bridge's railing and grates. Those were the infamous love locks, where tourists had written or engraved their first names in them, and then attach them to the bridge, before throwing away the key into the Seine, as a symbolic gesture of their commitment. Over the years, the city had appealed to the tourists to not do so, in order to preserve the bridge, and would cut them down. Still that did not prevent the tourists, or even the locals from doing it. It was beautiful gesture, that symbolized true love. Looking at them, both Rena Rouge and Carapace knew, that among all those padlocks, there would be one with their initials in it, if the city workers had not cut it yet. They placed it on the bridge last November, during one of their date nights. Ladybug herself was hoping that once she told Adrien about her true feelings for him, that they could latch a padlock with their initials to the bridge… but it did not have to be that bridge. It could be any other bridge, or even a secret place, which only they would know about, and where the city workers would never be able to find.

"Soon enough, Marinette… soon enough, you and Adrien will be able to do that." -Ladybug thought to herself, as she imagined herself and Adrien writing their initials on a padlock, attaching it to the bridge's railing, and then throwing away the key into the river, before sharing a romantic kiss.

With each step they took, they came closer to the library and their adversary. Unlike what happened with Ladybug, and even Carapace and Rena Rouge, Dragonfly's thoughts were focused on what awaited them behind the library's doors. After their battle against Bebop, who proved to be an incredibly strong Akuma, she was hoping that this new Akuma would be easier to defeat than him.

"Whatever this Akuma can do, let it be one of those Akumas who doesn't know how to use its powers… and let it be that stupid lizard-man who choose today's victim, please! I got a bone to pick with him, after I almost broke my neck the other night, thanks to him." -Dragonfly thought to herself, as she remembered about it.

Arriving at the end of the bridge, another group of police officers that was stationed there to keep anyone from jumping the blockade they had set, greeted them. And they were not the only ones. Whenever there was an Akuma attack, people seemed to be attracted to the place where it was going on. Over the course of the months since Hawk Moth and the Miraculous Team first showed up that citizens of Paris would gather around the place where an Akuma attacked, just to get a glimpse of it, and of course the Miraculous Team. And they were the only ones. Some tourists visiting the city, both French and from other countries, would come to Paris, hoping that they would see an Akuma attacking the city, and the Miraculous Team saving it. You would think that instead of staying and seeing what was going on, that people would run as fast as their legs allowed them to, looking for a safe place, until the danger was over. But instead, they would do the opposite. And that presented a problem for both the police, who had to make sure they would not try and cross the barricades that had been placed around the area, and the Miraculous Team, who would have to be careful not to drive a battle to where innocent bystanders were.

"There are a lot of people out here to see the show." -Carapace declared as he used one of his tonfas to point at the crowd that had gathered behind the barricade on the left.

"Well, on the right, things do look the same." -Forest Doe said.

"I don't really get them… if I was them, I would be running away from here, before I got hurt by either the Akuma or was turned into an Akuma scout or something; not hanging around and tempting fate." -Rena Rouge said, as she looked at the crowd, and saw people snapping photos with their cell phones.

"Well, maybe you still have some neurons inside your brain that work, and they don't." -Dragonfly pointed out with a voice filled with sarcasm.

"They can't help themselves. They want to see what's going on, and if even possible, be part of the action." -Ladybug declared. She herself did not understand why people would risk their safety to be there, but deep down, she knew that that was just part of the human condition. –"Well, I'm sorry to say this, but we're going to spoil their fun, by taking care of that Akuma indoors. We can't allow it to exit the library, no matter what its powers might be." -she said.

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard, coming from the library's entrance. Turning their heads to see what was going on, they once again saw something they never expected to see in their lives. Bursting through the large wooden doors came numerous white creatures, most of them the size of cars. They were all-white and had the strangest shapes one could possibly imagine, with most resembling animals.

"What are those?!" -Forest Doe asked, as she pulled out her bow and arrow, pointing them at the creatures.

"I'm not sure…. but they look like giant origami figurines." -Rena Rouge said

And they were origami figures, all of them shaped like numerous animals. Dogs, cats, cranes, bears, horses, among others. But unlike the tiny little origami figures that people are used to see, these were giant. This led the heroes to immediately assume that whoever that Akuma was, it had the ability of creating giant origami figures.

"I guess this explains the "It's made out of paper" sentence." -Rena Rouge said.

Upon hearing the word "origami" and seeing one that looked like a butterfly, Ladybug could not help but to remember an episode of her childhood; one that had to do with the ancient Japanese art of paper folding and butterflies.

(Flashback)

It was a beautiful day of Spring, and Tom and Sabine had taken young Marinette for a picnic in Bois de Bologne. From the moment they arrived, that Marinette wanted to go and catch butterflies. She had been told by Alya, when they were in school that if one would catch a butterfly, the butterfly would grant her wish, just like the genie in the magic lamp. So, in her young mind, she thought that if she caught a whole swarm of butterflies, she would be able to ask numerous wishes. And she already had in her young mind numerous things that she wanted to wish for.

"Let's see… I'm going to wish for that Barbie doll that I saw last week, and her car. I'm also going to wish for infinite cookies from mommy and daddy's bakery, and I'm going to wish that grandma Gina comes to visit me every weekend…" -Marinette thought to herself. With only 6 years old, the little blue-haired girl believed firmly that by finding and catching enough butterflies, that these would grant her wishes. –"… oh, and I'm also going to wish for Alya to be my best-friend forever and for her to come and live with me, in my bedroom." -she smiled, as she thought about it.

While her parents set the tablecloth, and placed on top of it everything they had brought with them for the picnic, Marinette went looking for butterflies, determined to catch every single one she saw with a butterfly net she had asked her mom to buy her. Looking around in the bushes, she kept calling the butterflies, telling them to show up. Unfortunately, after nearly 20 minutes of exploration, Marinette did not find a single butterfly flying around. Sad and crestfallen, she made her was back to where her parents were, while thinking that she was not going to get to wish for anything she wanted that day. Sabine, who was waiting for Tom to come back from the car with the bowl of chocolate pudding they had forgotten in it, saw Marinette and knew that there was something wrong with her. When she arrived, she was excited and filled with energy. And now, she looked like someone had told her she could not eat cookies, while dragging the butterfly net that she had brought with her. Waiting for her to reach the table cloth, Sabine allowed her daughter to sat on it, before engaging in a friendly conversation with her.

"So, Marinette, do you want to drink your juice now?" -Sabine asked her, as she grabbed the Mickey Mouse water bottle where the juice was, and showed it to Marinette.

"No, mommy, thanks." -Marinette sighed.

"What's the matter, sweetie? Did you fall and hurt yourself?" -Sabine asked her.

"I couldn't find any butterflies, mommy." -Marinette said, as she tried not to cry.

Hearing her daughter say that, Sabine let out a sigh of relief, after thinking that. It was not that she was not interested on what else was going on with Marinette, but she was relieved that she had not hurt herself, while looking for butterflies. Smiling, she decided to find out what else was on her mind right then.

"You didn't? And did you look everywhere?" -Sabine asked her.

"Yes…" -Marinette sighed, while waving her head.

"And, why did you want to catch butterflies?" -Sabine asked her. When Marinette told her that she wanted to catch butterflies, and begged her to buy her a butterfly net, Sabine did not ask her if there was a special reason why she wanted to catch the pretty insects.

"Because Alya said that if I caught a butterfly, I could ask her any wish, just like the genie in the lamp from Aladdin." -Marinette answered her.

"Oh, so that's it!" -Sabine said with an enthusiastic voice, while smiling at her daughter. –"And you wanted a bunch of butterflies, so you could ask a bunch of wishes, is that it, my little sugar plum?" -she chuckled, making Marinette chuckle as well.

"Yes." -Marinette declared. –"I wanted to do that… but there are no butterflies around here…" -she sighed.

"Well, what if I told you I can help you catch as many butterflies as you want to, and you don't even have to use your butterfly net to do it?" -Sabine asked Marinette, who looked at her with her eyes filled with joy, after hearing her say that. –"Do you want to know how you can do that?"

"Yes!" -Marinette smiled, while clapping her hands. She knew her mom was filled with tricks, some of them that even looked like she was doing real magic, so she was anxious to see that she had in store for her.

"Okay… then, let me see if I can find what I need in my purse." -Sabine said, as she looked around and grabbed her purse. Opening it, she took out a notepad she always had inside her purse and ripped a sheet from it.

Seeing her mom doing that, little Marinette wondered what she was going to do with that paper sheet. The only thing she knew was that whatever it was, it would be something amazing. Ever since she could remember that her mom loved to perform all kinds of tricks for her. During her birthday parties, instead of having a hired magician to do some tricks, Sabine would do that herself, having learned numerous card tricks and other kinds of tricks that one would see in a magic show. And on that day, she was going to teach Marinette a trick, which she would never forget about.

"Alright, Marinette, what do we have here?"

"A piece of paper." -Marinette answered her, smiling

"That's right, a piece of paper. But not just any piece of paper… it's a magical piece of paper." -Sabine said, with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Magical?"

"Yes, magical. With it, we're going to make a beautiful butterfly, Marinette." -Sabine smiled at her daughter.

Hearing her mother saying that, Marinette wondered how would that be possible, as she kept her young eyes on the paper her mother was holding in her hands. Silently, Sabine began by folding it in half, and then, very carefully, she patiently continued to fold it in the proper order, until she finally completed it. Smiling, she showed to Marinette the beautiful origami butterfly that she just done for her.

"And here it is! A beautiful butterfly!" -Sabine smiled, as she showed Marinette the beautiful paper insect she had just made for her.

"It's magic!" -Marinette applauded Sabine, who could see the happiness in her pretty blue eyes.

"Yes, it's magic. A very special kind of magic. It's called origami. I learned it from your grandma, when I was your age." -Sabine said, as she handed the little paper butterfly to Marinette. –"Now you can ask it for any wish you want to." -she smiled.

"I know what I'm going to wish for, mommy!" -Marinette exclaimed, while making sure not to damage the butterfly origami her mother had made for her. –"I wish that you make a lot more butterflies!" -she giggled.

"Oh, that's a good wish!" -Sabine smiled at her daughter. –"But, what if instead I taught you how to do these little butterflies? That way, you can make as many as you want to? What do you say, sweetie?" -she asked Marinette in a playful tone.

"Yes!"

"Okay. Then, let's try and make a couple more of butterflies, so we can show daddy, when he comes back, what do you say?" -Sabine said, as she pulled a couple of more paper sheets from the notepad.

(End of Flashback)

It was a memory from simpler times. On that day, the scarlet heroine learned with her mother on how to create an origami of a butterfly, never imagining in her young mind that one day she would be seeing a truly magical origami butterfly, flapping its wings, while flying in the ait, along with several other giant origami figures, which burst from inside the library.

"Girl? Girl, are you still with us?!" -Rena Rouge called Ladybug, having been calling for the past five seconds.

"S-Sorry, my mind was somewhere." -Ladybug apologized to Rena Rouge. –"Focus, Marinette! This is not the time to go down memory lane!" -she thought to herself. –"This is something you don't see every day."

And she was not the only one who was thinking that. Pretty much everyone who was watching that scene unfolding had the same thought in their minds. Still, that did not prevent the people who were behind the barricades to keep snapping photos and uploading them online. The police themselves were both confused and worried, as they were taken aback by what they were seeing. Most of them had already been face to face with at the very least a scout from one of the many Akumas that had attacked Paris, if not even one of the Akumas themselves. So, when looking at the origami animals, they did not know what was going to happen next. After bursting through the library door, they just kept walking around, without paying attention to anything that surrounded them. And this was making everyone ask themselves if they were going to stay that way, of if suddenly, they were going to start attacking and destroy everything that was on their path. Once again, Hawk Moth had managed to outdone himself, by doing something unexpected, and in a way, beautiful; which did not mean it was not also deadly.

"I still don't see Akuma." -Forest Doe declared, as her eyes scouted the surrounding, looking for anything that could point out the Akuma's location.

"Something tells me that we'll really have to go inside and find it." -Dragonfly said. –"Which suits me just fine. Like Marinette said before, it's better if we take care of it inside, without risking the security of both the police officers and the civilians." -she thought to herself.

"Then, let's go inside. There's no point just standing around here, waiting." -Ladybug said.

"And what about the origami animals?" -Forest Doe asked, without taking her eyes off of them.

"Leave them be. They aren't doing anything dangerous… but just in case, I'll place some energy shields over the barricades, just to be sure that they won't harm anyone or destroy anything, while we deal with the Akuma." -Carapace said.

Unfortunately, the origami animals did not remain calm, as the turtle hero had expected them to. As soon as he had finished raising the energy shields over the barricades, all of the origami animals launched began to act like ferocious beasts, launching themselves against the heroes. And just like the real animals, these roared, barked and howled just like the real ones.

"You and your big mouth!" -Rena Rouge exclaimed, as she pulled her flute-staff and readied herself for another battle. –"What did I tell you before, lover boy?" -she asked, calling him by the love nickname she had give him.

"To never say things that might attract trouble, while we're in battle… I know, sorry, babe." -Carapace sighed. –"I really should have kept my mouth shut this time."

"Spread out and make your way towards the inside of the library! We've got to get inside!" -Ladybug exclaimed, as she threw her yo-yo at one of the origami animals, a bull, which had its eyes set on her. Failing to hit it, she jumped over it, landing safely, only to see a couple of origami horses charging against her. –"It seems like they want to attack anyone else other than us. We can make use of that… if we keep them focused on us, maybe we can force them to attack the Akuma, once we discover it." -she thought to herself. –"In any case, I really wished it was not just the five of us. Something tells me that whoever this Akuma might be, it won't be easy to stop, given this incredible ability of creating giant origami animals."

Hello, everyone! Sorry if this one took a little longer than it was supposed to, but I keep feeling under the weather and my head is just killing me... still, I try to write this as fast as I can. And before you ask, no, the Akuma, whose work we see a little bit from in this chapter, isn't the Akuma created by LaViolaViolaRosa. That one will only appear later. This one is my own creation and it will stick around for a little bit. I was going to introduce him at the end of the chapter, but I decided to keep that for the following chapter, because I'm going to try and do something different with it. You'll see what I mean.

The idea of the flashback, I admit, wasn't in the original plans, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to have it in this chapter, especially because f there was one person who would have been told how to create origamis on the team, that one would be Marinette, given her cultural heritage. I like how it came out, and it allowed me to also give you guys another glimpse into the early lives of one of our heroes. I might do that more often, because it's always nice to see more about their childhood, even if it's just in flashbacks.

As always, feel free to comment, fav and leave suggestions to improve this story, or future sequels.