Chapter 6

Bloom

After spending the entire morning with Marinette, I began to love her even more. She was so welcoming and so friendly, it was impossible not to like her. She was modest too; when she said she was trying to learn how to forgive people, I remembered how easily she accepted her mistakes as Ladybug. Even though I knew a bit about her already, hearing her point of view was so much better.

I couldn't help but give a hug to her. I hoped that she would forgive me, for knowing her identity, and that she would forgive me when I would finally confess to her who I truly am. But I knew now was not the time: it would be soon, just not quite yet.

Finishing the rest of my ice-cream, I noticed two blond guys in the corner of my eye. I turned and smiled; it seemed as if Sky was here for a visit.

"Hey Marinette," I asked casually, "isn't that Adrien? I mean, judging from your elaborate description of him, he seems to fit the bill."

I noticed her stiffen, and sweat started to form on her forehead. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, it's him! Okay calm down, Marinette, you can do this, you can do this, why is he coming over here?" she rambled on. I put one hand on her shoulder, indicating for her to calm down. She looked at me and smiled, and took a deep breath.

"Hey Marinette!" greeted the blond boy beside Sky, who I already knew was Adrien. "Who's your friend here?"

"Umm hello, it's nice to meet you, I mean, of course, we know each other it's just nice seeing you again-" I cut her off, hoping she wouldn't mind.

"I'm Bloom," I said, as Marinette looked gratefully at me, "I came to Paris a few days ago, Marinette kindly offered to be my tour guide when I met her at her parent's bakery today."

"Yeah," Marinette chimed in, "and who's your friend, Adrien?" she asked, slightly more confident.

"This is Sky," Adrien introduced, "and it's nice to meet you, Bloom. You know, it's kind of a coincidence."

"What is?" Marinette asked, genuinely curious.

"Well Sky came to Paris a few days ago too. My father told me to be his tour guide while he picked out a few designs for him," Adrien replied, smiling.

"Hi," Sky grinned, holding out one hand to Marinette. She shook his hand briefly. "And it's nice to meet you too, Bloom is it?" he asked, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Oh really, I thought, well two can play at that game. I smiled sweetly at him. "Yes, it's lovely to make your acquaintance, sorry, what did you say your name was again? Sky?" I smirked, letting him know I was in on his tricks.

He just grinned once more, reminding me of the time when he and the Specialists had formally introduced themselves to us, despite the fact we knew them quite well, yet the Winx and I just played along too.

"That's right," he confirmed, "my name is Sky, just like your beautiful eyes."

"Oh really?" I mocked him, "Are you sure? Because these eyes can see right through you, mister."

"Well then you'll know that this sky is only sunny for you."

"We'll see. If your sky is already sunny, what does that make me?"

"My rising Sun," he finished, smirking. I put my hands on my hips, raising my eyebrows at his flirty remark.

"Yeah," I said, walking right up to him, "well this Sun doesn't need any sky for it to shine." He opened his mouth to come up with a retort until he realised that I was victorious.

Well, what else did he expect? After all, I played fire with fire.

"But you still light up my day." He shrugged, playing it off, casually but I knew he was proud of that comeback.

I rolled my eyes, but I was impressed.

Looks like he learned how to take the heat.

Marinette

I did not expect Adrien to come over and talk to me, today. I mean, what were the chances that both he and I, were helping out two people on the same day? And we met in the same park? It was too coincidental, right?

Oh well, I was still glad to see him. I probably looked like such a stuttering dork but thank the Lord that Bloom stepped in.

Then things got weird.

Okay, so Adrien introduced Sky. He seemed like a nice guy, and any friend of Adrien is obviously a friend of mine… well, except Chloe. Sky and Bloom got introduced to each other but somehow I had a feeling that they knew each other, but, that also wasn't possible. At least, that's what I thought.

Anyway, then the flirting began. I mean, after all of Chat Noir's puns and advances, I'm pretty immune to them now but I could still spot those remarks anywhere. And Sky wasn't exactly being discreet about it.

I expected Bloom to go shy and act all flustered but I was surprised to see her sharply return those comments. In a way, of sorts, it reminded me of myself, as Ladybug when I shot back when Chat got all cocky and started using those annoying puns. Alright, I admit, they're good at times, but I'm not telling him that.

Both Adrien and I looked back and forth at the match that was happening in front of us. Just when we thought Bloom won, Sky had the last word. It was endearing, and although I saw Bloom roll her eyes, she a slight smile. It was clear they both liked each other; I had to set them up.

"Marinette," Adrien whispered, as he came over to stand beside me, "Did you just see what I just saw?"

"If you saw two people just fire shots at each other without admitting they like one another then yes, I saw what you did." I was so surprised at their rapid exchange that I forgot all about my awkwardness around Adrien.

"We have to get them together," Adrien and I said simultaneously. I blushed, looking away. I could hear him laugh nervously.

"Mission get them together?" Adrien proposed and I smiled, nodding. Bloom turned over to look at me and winked- she probably thought I was finally able to talk to Adrien without slipping up. But then I saw her glance quickly above my head and her expression frowned, eyes ablaze.

"Get down!" she screamed, as she pushed me out of the way. I was too shocked to see what happened until I noticed the patch of grass I was standing on was burnt. I looked to see that Sky had pushed Adrien out of the way as well before noticing that people were running and screaming as lasers, at least that's what I thought it was, were being shot at the ground. Angrily, I looked at a figure flying in the sky, grinning as she terrorized the innocent people.

"Bloom, there's an akuma attack. You have to hide in safety. I'm sorry, but I have to go. I, um…" I thought about an excuse to make but Bloom just smiled at me in determination.

"I know," she said, "do what you have to do." With that, she ran off with Sky by her side. I was too surprised by what I heard. What did she mean by that?

More screams and shots fired in the distance. I shook myself out of my thoughts. There was no time to dwell on that: Ladybug had to save Paris. I just hoped Adrien found shelter too with Bloom and Sky.

Jumping over a bench, I dashed behind a tree. I opened my small bag. "Tikki, time to transform! Spots on!" My kwami was absorbed into my earrings and now, in my place stood Ladybug, saviour of Paris.

Swinging my yoyo, I jumped on top of a building. The akumatized girl was still firing away. Gritting my teeth in anger, I swung my yoyo again, wrapping around the villain. She struggled and glared at me.

"Ladybug," she sneered, "I was wondering when you'd show up."

"Hey, don't forget about this cool kitty." Swinging his baton, Chat Noir landed next to me. "Weren't you waiting for me too, Miss Laser Freak?"

"My name is not Laser Freak," she growled, "my name is The Terrorizer. If I can't save Paris from terrorists and be in the defence squad, then I'll terrorize everyone else! Starting with you!" She fired her laser at us and I was forced to retract my yoyo to dodge her attacks.

"We have to get out of here!" I yelled to Chat Noir, "We can't endanger these people!"

"Guess we can't lase around," he smirked as I groaned. Running across the rooftops, I saw an empty road.

"Over there!" I pointed and we leapt down. The Terrorizer followed us, not giving us a chance to catch our breath.

"Give me your Miraculous and maybe I'll spare your lives," she grinned malevolently. Her arms, which had laser guns attached to the sleeve morphed into two large metal tanks with gases out at the other end.

"How many times do we have to tell you people," Chat said, holding his baton in a defensive stance, "we're never, ever going to give up our Miraculouses!"

"Oh yeah?" she scorned, "well get a load of this!"

Before I could warn Chat to move, she fired. A huge ball of flames hurled towards him at incredible speed and I knew I couldn't reach him in time.

"No!" I screamed as Chat braced himself from the impact. I closed my eyes, to horrified to see what would happen. But I didn't hear Chat get wounded.

Slowly, I opened my eyes and saw the strangest thing ever. In front of Chat was a wall of fire, but it was slightly translucent. Terrorizer's attack just got absorbed by the wall and Chat was unharmed; he crouched, waiting for the attack to come but when he realised it didn't hit him, he looked shocked at what he saw in front of him too. The wall shimmered slightly before disappearing.

I had no time to think about what or who caused that shield to protect Chat. I yelled 'Lucky Charm' and out fell…

"A bar magnet? What am I supposed to do with this?" I exclaimed, holding the magnet in my two hands. I glanced around and as my eyes fell on the metal tanks on Terrorizer's arms and I knew what to do.

"Chat! I'll distract the akuma while you destroy her weapon! I think the akuma's in her sleeve!" I shouted, as he nodded and yelled 'Cataclysm!' As Terrorizer came forwards, grinning evilly, I raised the magnet to the metal tank.

"You're going down, Ladybug!" She tried to fire but I knew the weapon was being repelled by the magnet. I rotated the magnet, making it harder for her to shoot.

"Now, Chat!" I yelled as he leapt and stroked his hands across the tanks and they were destroyed. Using my yoyo, I grabbed her sleeves off of her hands and tore them, and a black butterfly flew out.

"Time to de-evilise!" I caught the akuma in my yoyo. "Gotcha!" Opening my yoyo, a white, cleansed butterfly came out. "Bye bye, little butterfly," I said and threw the bar magnet into the air, shouting "Miraculous Ladybug!" Magic swirled around us, fixing all that was damaged.

"Bien joué!" Our fists pounded together but as I remembered what could have happened to Chat, I couldn't help but hug him. At first, I could tell he was surprised but he hugged me back.

"I was so worried when I thought she could've hit you!" I whispered. "Are you sure you're okay?"

Pulling apart, he held my shoulders. "Not a scratch on this kitty cat," he confirmed, "but what I don't understand is this: what could have blocked such a powerful blow?"

As I was about to answer him, I head a frantic beeping sound. "We'll talk about it later Chat, but right now I have to go." I swung my yoyo up as I was lifted into the sky but not before I looked at Chat once more. He nodded at me before comforting the victim of the akuma.

I always knew how important Chat was for our victory but almost losing him made me scared. It made me realise how important our bond was. Ladybug was nothing without Chat Noir; the yin is incomplete without the yang.

I didn't realise that, from that day, I was starting to fall for Chat Noir, too.

But how could I love two people at the same time?

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