When Chat Noir and I arrived to the fight, Ladybug was already there and trying to stop the man's clay figurines that were marching through the city.
"Ladybug!" Adrien yelled in surprise as she got thrown back. I looked from the figurines to the Akuma himself. The man was actually a rather sad Akuma to look at; small and simple, he looked more goofy than intimidating. He was made of clay and kind of looked like a gingerbread man, his eyes taking up, like, a third of his face, and a dark purple smock was draped over his front. He was creating balls of clay and spinning them around until they formed a figuring, and then it came to life and started march it down the street.
"I'll help Ladybug, you go after the akumatized item?"
Chat Noir nodded and we each went off to do what we needed to do.
I jumped down to where Ladybug was, helping her to her feet. "We need to stop them, fast!" She said in a panic, already starting to attack them again.
"Why the urgency?"
At my question, the clay figure seemed to laugh and respond to it. "Haha! This'll show that amateur artist! Getting more people going to your exhibition than me!"
I felt my blood run cold at his words. The only person who lived around here and was having an exhibition here was my mom. What was he planning on doing?
"Okay, yeah," I cleared my throat, hoping she didn't catch how it had cracked. "We need to stop him right now."
We both began to attack the figurines, breaking them and destroying them to pieces. I used my ability to get the strength of a gorilla, and just went to town on smashing the figurines so they couldn't reform. I took care of the ones Ladybug didn't get as she made her way to where Chat was fighting, trying to grab the smock off his body while dodging clay balls that were being thrown at him.
I grunted slightly as I shattered one, panting softly as I slowly grew more tired from the action. I heard my miraculous beep and looked down, watching the symbol disappear. I bit my lip, ducking from an attack. I scrambled away on all fours, flipping myself around to attack again. I growled, and activated my ability again, changing it from gorilla to tiger, and lunged at the figurines. I tackled it to the ground, scrapping the metal claws I had against it and creating large gashes in the thin clay.
I focused entirely on the figurines in front of me, attacking as many as I could while trying not to tire myself out more.
"Wolven, duck!"
My eyes widened and I did as told, just barely missing the head of one of the figurines zooming past, right where my own head had been. I looked behind me to see Chat, his eyes worried and baton in his hands with the body of the figuring laying on the ground in from of him. "Sorry!" He apologized, walking over and helping me to my feet.
"No problem. Nice hit." I commented, motioning to the head. "You got some distance."
Chat smiled, blushing lightly. "Oh, thanks. I've been practicing a little."
I smiled back, starting to say something in response when I noticed a figurine coming up behind Adrien. I grabbed his wrist and pulled him behind me, slashing at the figurine with a growl. It crumbled to the ground, and I looked around to see if there were any that had gotten past us.
I noticed one had, and I whimpered, running after it. I attacked the figurine when I reached it, pinning it to the ground and slashing at it. "Ladybug! How much longer?!"
"Give me a few minutes!" Ladybug said, and I bit my lip. "Chat! Chat, help me keep these guys away!"
"Will do!" Chat Noir helped me destroy more of the figurines, and after a few more minutes, Ladybug captured the Akuma and everything went back to normal. I sighed in relief, but then I look over to Adrien, worry in my eyes. He returned the look and we looked to Ladybug, who also looked nervous even as she helped the man to his feet and we listened to his problems. My tail flicked angrily, upset that he had been after my mom simply because more people came to her exhibition than his. I said nothing, thougj, and let Ladybug handle it, watching as she talked to him a little longer before he left and we all started back to where we needed to be.
I led Chat to my bedroom window again, and when we got inside, changed back. I let Neeks go to the candy bowl and rushed outside, only to be engulfed by a warm body the moment I opened the door.
I flailed for a moment, shocked, before I realized it was my mom, and I hugged her back gently.
"Jasper! What were you doing?! Don't give me such a heart attack!"
"Sorry..." I traced onto her back, hugging her a little tighter.
"Madam Wells, please. It wasn't Jasper's fault." Adrien said quietly, and mom moved away from me, looking between the two of us before sighing heavily and pinching the bridge of her nose. Monsieur Labelle gently placed his hand on my mom's shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze as he gently rubbed it.
"Boys... You need to realize just how worried we were for you! You just disappeared when there was an Akuma attacking only a few blocks away!" Mom gestured vaguely out the window, frowning as she crossed her other arm over her chest. She just looked annoyed now, and I hung my head in embarrassment and shame.
"I was worried about both of you... Boys, you need to promise me you won't do this again!"
"Yes ma'am." Adrien said softly, looking down as well. Mom was quiet for a bit longer before she hugged us both tightly.
"I'm so glad you are alright..."
The exhibition continued for a little longer after that, and everyone trickled out of our home and back to their own, except for Madam Gosier, Angel and her father, and Adrien. Explanations? Well, Madam Gosier, and Angel's father were going to spend the night here with my mom to get to know each other better, and Adrien wanted to stay longer while I wanted him to spend the night, so Nathalie was allowing it. My approval of her had gone up exponentially now that she was allowing Adrien to hang out with his friends more.
Angel would be spending the night sharing my room with Adrien and I, and as excited as I was, she wouldn't stop staring at either of us after we all got ready for bed. Neeks was curled up on his pillow but I had moved it closer to the candy bowl and hid it behind there so she couldn't see him very well. Plagg, Adrien's Kwami, was sleeping with Neeks.
Adrien and I were sleeping together in my bed and Angel was sleeping alone in an inflatable mattress, but currently we were sitting next to each other as she stared at the two of us. It was reaching a whole new level of strange.
"Evangelique, sweetie, what is it?" I wrote, showing her. She pouted then, and I panicked, thinking that I had done something wrong.
"Jasper, are you Wolven?"
My eyes widened and I looked at Adrien from the corner of my eye before smiling and shaking my head.
"Why would you think he was Wolven?" Adrien asked, leaning a little closer. He was on edge as well, and I bit my lip as Angel started speaking.
"He looks like him. His hair and one of his eyes are the same color!" She said, before pointing at Adrien. "And you are Chat Noir, aren't you!"
Adrien moved back, eyes wide in panic much like mine were. "N-No! No, I'm not Chat Noir. Whatever made you think that?"
"You both left this afternoon when the baddies attacked, and you look the same, and you act the same towards each other like they do! You guys are superheroes!" She said sternly, and I smiled sadly.
"No, sweetie, you're just imagining it. We aren't the superheroes, alright? Adrien's Adrien and I'm Jasper." I wrote, showing Evangelique before she huffed and crossed her arms over her chest, her cheeks puffed up.
"Sorry, Evangelique..." Adrien said softly as I crawled over, hugging her tightly. She didn't return the hug, but yawned instead, and a moment later she slumped against me. I smiled and shook my head in exasperation, lifts her and putting down in the inflatable mattress. She curled up and I covered her up with blankets, making sure she was nice and warm.
I sighed quietly and looked to Adrien, who nervously shrugged. Outside the room, Mom's delighted squeals and the others' laughs could faintly be heard, and I smiled as I went back to Adrien's side, turning off the light. "I told you they'd get together." He said softly, and I was glad it was dark as I felt my face heat up a little. I shoved him lightly, earning a small laugh, and we settled down to sleep.
