"There's something you and the rest of the Miraculous team should know," Rin started.
"First thing's first, they must be rounded up," Mamoru added.
Ichika nodded and replied, "Alright so I know Marinette's pal, Alya is one, whose the other two?"
Marinette gave quizzical look as she inquired, "Other two? How many miraculous are there?"
"Seven miraculous, seven miraculous holders, total," Rin replied.
"If today's Akuma is any indication, they will continue to get worse and lives will be lost. We're out of time to theorize, we must act," Mamoru stated.
"Okay so Marinette could go grab Alya, and then I'll grab one of the others and Ichika'll grab the last one," Adrien answered.
"Actually I was thinking Ichika could get Alya, Marinette could get the bee holder, and you could go get the boy we intend to make the turtle holder," Rin replied.
Marinette blinked before looking to Master Fu, "But the turtle miraculous is yours."
"Oh dear sweet Ladybug, as much as I do wish I could help I fear I am far too old. I'm older than Rin, Ichika and Mamoru… in fact I remember Rin's birth," Master Fu revealed.
Adrien stared wide eyed as he asked, "Just how old are you, sir?"
"I am one hundred and eighty seven years old my dear boy. The heart and spirit are willing to keep fighting, but these old bones are not what they used to be. It's best that I pass on my miraculous to someone much younger who can assist you, the thing is he is the one who must come to us. If I take off my miraculous I will be dead by tomorrow morning," Master Fu replied.
"The turtle is always the great Guardian for that reason. The turtle Miraculous provides extended longevity," Mamoru explained.
"Okay so who am I assigned to pick up?" Marinette asked.
Chloe eyed the red octagonal shaped jewellery box, she'd noticed it days ago but had yet to open it. Probably some other bit of jewellery from her father trying to buy her happiness again. Chloe sighed a bit as she opened up the jewellery box, deciding she might as well humour the idea. She eyed the golden comb and took out her signature peach comb from her hair. She then placed the gold comb in its place. and was met by an intense yellow glow, she shielded her eyes from the light, then slowly moved her arms away from her face only to be met with a delicate near squeaky voice, "Hi there, my name is Billie, I'm the bee Kwami."
Chloe blinked at the small bee like creature in front of her and squeezed her eyes shut before banging her head against a nearby wall while muttering, "wake up."
She banged her head again, "wake up."
Once more, "wake up."
'Oh boy, this is going to be a fun chosen one,' Billie thought to herself as she wordlessly watched the blond girl nearly give herself a concussion.
Alya opened the jewellery box and saw a necklace with an orange, white and black fox tail symbol. She eyed it for a moment quietly commenting, "cool. I guess Marinette must've dropped it off on her way home when she had to babysit."
She took the necklace from the box and walked over to her mirror, unclasping the necklace she placed it around her neck then fastened the clasp. Suddenly a bright orange light filled the room. A small fox like creature now floated in front of her, "Hello, I'm Trixx."
Alya's jaw dropped and she raised a single finger pointing at the fox kwami, "y-yo-you're fl-flo-floating? Ha…ha-ha-ha-ha!"
She collapsed in hysterical laughter, holding onto her sides.
'That's an unusual reaction,' Trixx thought to herself.
Nino sat at his computer listening to music through his ear phones when he saw something reflected in the computer monitor, taking off the ear phones he spun around and blinked a little, "Chat Noir? What are you doing here?"
"We need your help, Nino. Don't ask questions just yet okay? Just hop onto my back," Chat Noir replied.
"This isn't a dream Chloe," Billie coaxed as she pulled on her chosen's pony tail attempting to prevent her from actually harming herself.
"This is insane, how can an insect talk?"
"I'm not an insect. I look like a bee, but I'm actually a kwami," Billie explained.
"A kwami? What's a Kwami?"
"I grant magical powers to my chosen the same as the kwamis for Ladybug and Cat Noir," Billie replied.
"So, how do I become like them?" Chloe asked.
"You have an attack you can use that produces a very thick and sticky honey, once you use it though you'll only have five minutes before you transform back while you're Queen Bee you'll be able to fly and have enhanced speed," Billie cautioned.
"To transform, just say 'Billie, Stinger out,'" Billie concluded.
Chloe made a confused case before repeating, "Stinger out?"
Billie flew into the comb in Chloe's hair and engulfed her in a bright yellow light.
"Well, I see you've met your Kwami. We gotta hurry though there's a meeting," Ladybug stated from the window sill.
Queen Bee turned around and gasped, "L-Ladybug? D-did you see me transform?"
Ladybug rolled her eyes a little, "I kinda knew who you were before hand, Chloe. What else would I be doing here?"
"Well that's hardly fair. If you know who I am, shouldn't I know who you are?"
"Okay I'll give you two hints: I'm half-chinese, and you've been teasing me for the past five years in a row evens tuck gum on my seat the day that Adrien started at College Dupont Francois," Ladybug replied.
Queen Bee gaped at her before asking, "Marinette?"
"Don't think this was my choice. You were chosen for a reason, what reason, I don't know. Whomever made this call probably saw a side of you I haven't," Ladybug replied before signaling towards the window. She asked Queen Bee, "Do I have to carry you or can you do it?"
"I can actually fly. So, lead the way," Queen Bee offered.
Ladybug nodded before latching her yoyo onto a nearby pole and swinging off, Queen Bee took flight and followed her.
Alya finally calmed down from her hysterical laughter and sat up looking to Trixx who had just finished explaining a few things to her, "Okay so what do I have to do?"
"Just call out, 'Trixx, Sniff about'," Trixx replied.
Alya nodded and gulped before replying, "Okay. Trixx, sniff about!"
"Well going by the orange glow I'm gonna guess you've met your Kwami and can see me in this form now," Ichika stated from the window sill.
Volpina turned around to see her new classmate sitting in her room.
"Ichika? How long have you been there?"
Ichika gave her an unamused look, "Long enough to know if there was such a thing as a hyena kwami you'd be a sure fit."
The young soul reaper stood up and walked over to the new Volpina, "Look, I'm here to gather you for a meeting with the Miraculous team. Are you up to it or should I just sling you over my shoulder and do this my way?"
"I'll go, thanks?"
"Then keep up, I'm already slowing myself down considerably to give you the chance to," Ichika replied before she leapt from the bedroom window.
Volpina blinked a bit before taking out her flute and following suit.
Rin stood in her soul form, her pure white Zanpakuto with it's cat claw tsuba once again at her side.
"It's good to see you back to full strength, Rin-chan," Master Fu commented.
Rin gave him a cat like smirk, "It feels good to be back."
Mamoru placed a sad hand on Rin's shoulder, "You know I can't stay long after the battle, right? You'll be without me again."
"Please don't bring that up," Rin replied, tears forming in her eyes as she held Mamoru's hand.
"I don't want to think about it," She confessed, "Losing you was like losing a piece of myself that I need. I didn't recognize my own reflection anymore. Nothing felt right, not even breathing."
"Rin-sama," Mamoru whispered, tilting her chin up to meet his eyes.
He hesitated before asking, "would it—would it be easier for you if I left something of me with you?"
Rin nodded, biting her lip harshly, "All you gave me was your Lieutenant's badge before you died. All I have left of you is here."
She patted the pink woven bracelet, "but it isn't yours. Nothing is, really… there's not a single thing that I can look at and be reminded 'that's ours. We shared this.'"
Mamoru nodded in understanding, that's why it hit her so harshly that he was gone. There was literally nothing of him left for her to hold onto.
"I'll see what I can come up with," Mamoru offered as he gave her a quick kiss near the corner of her mouth.
"But know this, Rin Hisana Wantanabe, I'm glad I got a chance to see you here, in this time. I'm glad I could finally tell you how I felt and have you understand," He added.
Rin smiled and nodded with a slight laugh. It wasn't the first time he'd spoken those words to her, but it always in a foreign language she didn't understand. Having lived in Paris for the past 18 months had made her quite fluent.
Rin looked to the door way as the rest of the group gathered around.
"Plagg, claws in," Chat Noir called out, detransforming in front of the others, earning a gasp when Adrien appeared in Chat's place.
"Tikki, spots off," Ladybug called out transforming back into Marinette.
"What?! Girl, you never told me!" Alya ranted.
"You were trying to figure out her identity for your Ladyblog, why would she?" Rin replied.
"Billie, stinger in?" Queen bee asked but stayed the same.
"It's a little different for the Queen Bee to detransform, it's actually, 'Billie, wings off,'" Rin offered.
"Billie, Wings off," Queen bee repeated and transformed back into Chloe.
"Whoa dude, who isn't in my class here?" Nino asked.
"Uhh, Trixx settle down?"
Alya appeared where Volpina stood a mere second ago.
"Okay now I'm freaked out, what is going on here? Everyone's a super hero? Weird dude, totally weird," Nino muttered.
Rin covered her mouth as she let out a soft giggle.
A white object at her side caught Adrien's attention, "Rin, you have your powers back!"
"Yeah, finally. Took a direct reiatsu infusion from this lug over here," Rin replied, reaching up and tapping Mamoru's shoulder.
"How very flattering to be one letter short of 'slug'," Mamoru replied while rolling his eyes. This earned a snicker from Adrien.
"Alright, so why the big meeting here?"
"First, Nino, we'd like you to be the surfer turtle," Rin proposed.
"Surfer turtle?"
"Yes. You see as willing as Master Fu is to continue helping the Miraculous team, he's unable to transform anymore, his body just isn't up to it—since everyone here is someone you know, we were hoping you'd be willing to accept this charge," Rin replied.
"Sure, I'll help out. Righteous!"
'This might be a mistake,' Rin thought to herself.
Master Fu removed his bracelet from his wrist and handed it to Nino. "Your Kwami's name is Wayzz, to transform just say 'Wayzz, surf's up, however before you do transform the first time allow him to explain your new powers to you, they can be quite crafty to manage," Master Fu advised.
"Cool, dude," Nino replied as he fastened his bracelet on his wrist , causing the turtle like kwami to appear.
"I'll bring you all up to speed with what we know, and know that there will likely be a few more battles for you to get your feet wet with before you dive into the main event," Rin stated.
Chloe held her hands up, showing her palms to Rin as she spoke up, "Wait, how do you know about all of this stuff? What's with the outfit?"
"Well you see, the Miraculous were not created in this world. They were created in my world, where I was born. A place called 'soul society', in your terms, you've probably heard it referred to as 'heaven'. Five thousand years ago, a man within soul society who in later times would become known as Captain-Commander Yamamoto created the miraculous as a means of giving humans a chance to defend themselves against evil creatures called hollows as well as evil forces within this world. For a time, it worked. Until one of the Miraculous wielders turned against their team mates. It's the butterfly, the butterfly has always been problematic we believe it's the empathy aspect of the butterfly miraculous," Rin explained.
"So two thousand years later, when there was a situation similar to the one now, Yamamoto gathered up the strongest within Soul Society and created the thirteen court guard squads. What actually began to happen was Akumatized victims were dying while akumatized and becoming hollows immediately after passing, this meant the balance of souls was thrown out of balance. There were more people dying than there were being born. If we hadn't intervened back then it would've been the apocalypse," Mamoru added.
"And then about a hundred and fifty years ago, a little more than that now there was a soul reaper, which is what we are, who went so far bad that it caused a full out war between our world, your world, and another realm. All three were in danger, with some help and resources we were able to imprison that soul reaper, but not before he impregnated a spirit woman. She gave birth to twins, one to be raised in soul society, the other brought here to Paris France, and raised as a human," Ichika added.
"Along with the child, the family that was raising the boy were given two miraculous jewels to assist them with protecting him, should hollows or this vile excuse of a soul reaper came to look for the boy. The butterfly and peacock miraculous which were passed down from generation to generation, always the eldest male in the family received the butterfly miraculous while his wife received the peacock," Mamoru continued.
"That family, is the Agreste family – by now you've probably figured it out," Rin stated.
Four pairs of eyes landed on Adrien who blanched considerably almost matching his white button down shirt as he stammered out, "Th-the bu-butter-butterf-fly is – oldest male Agreste?"
Rin nodded slowly, her face conveying her remorse, "I am sorry, Golden Boy - Hawkmoth is your father."