A Miraculous Halloween

Chapter 8: Let's Get This Party Started

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Ladybug was determined to get this akuma de-evilized as soon as possible. Her date Adrien might think she ditched him if she was late.

The akumatized Bloodbaker though, had no sign of wanting to stop the fight. Indeed, like almost every other akuma, he was determined to retrieve the dynamic duo's miraculouses so he could permanently grasp this power, and take revenge on Tom Dupain.

Bloodbaker had to satisfy Hawkmoth.

Being one of Hawkmoth's ultra violent akumas, Bloodbaker swung his knife in his hand to try and give Ladybug and Chat Noir a severe wound.

But luckily, the heroes knew themselves that they weren't going down so easily.

Using an extra ounce of strength she got from her motivation (which is Adrien as her date), Ladybug threw her magical yoyo towards the akumatized villain and it grasped the knife in his hand.

Quickly, she returned the knife to herself and broke it into half. Surprisingly, no akuma rose up from the broken knife.

'Come onnnn...' Marinette thought exasperatedly. 'It's not here? But I already used all my strength for this... Plus, my lovely Adrien is probably waiting...'

With a tired grunt, she threw the knife aside as a smirking Bloodbaker approached the two heroes.

"Give it up, Bloodbaker," Chat shouted, "Ladybug destroyed your weapon! You can't fight us now!"

"Who said it was my only weapon?" Bloodbaker grinned wickedly as he pulled out an incredibly sharp butcher knife which seemed dipped in red sauce.

Unfortunately, it was no strawberry syrup, it was blood.

"Behold," Bloodbaker boasted with an evil cackle. "This is the Bloodbaker Butcher Bloodknife! Whoever dares defy me will be chopped into bloody pieces by yours truly, and will never be seen on the face of the Earth EVER again!"

"I think the akuma is in there," Chat Noir growled at the villain. "I'm so sorry My Lady, but we may have to extend this fight and delay whatever you have to do."

Ladybug sighed heavily, but kept her yoyo twirling behind her. "It's alright Chat. Let's just finish off this ugly baker."

Ladybug, in a desperate rush, quickly activated her Lucky Charm, which turned out to be a big, thick and wide diamond bracelet. "What use is this to me?" Ladybug whined, confused.

She then looked around, and used her senses to see how this could come to any use for her.

Chat Noir's hand lit up with Ladybug spots, implying that he use Cataclysm. But where?

The ledge under Bloodbaker also lit up. That's what Chat should use Cataclysm on.

Another ledge on the right of Bloodbaker lit up. Ladybug was guessing that when Chat would Catacysm the floor below Bloodbaker, Bloodbaker would fall and hang on to the right ledge for dear life with his right hand, where he was holding the knife. That would make the knife vulnerable.

But of course, Ladybug couldn't just snatch the big butcher knife away from Bloodbaker. The butcher knife was, of course, very sharp, and so even if she was careful there was a big chance that Bloodbaker could still cut her finger, or at most her hand, off.

That's where the bracelet comes in.

Naturally, diamonds are the hardest known substance on Earth, so not even a butcher knife could cut it. Only a diamond can slice itself.

So Ladybug should slip the diamond bracelet on the knife. Luckily, the bracelet was just about the same width as the butcher knife, so it would be easy for her to slip it on the knife, but difficult to remove.

And that was the plan.

"Chat Noir!" Ladybug called out after him, nodding towards the ledge beneath Bloodbaker.

"Got it!" Chat understood and activated his Cataclysm. Nimbly, stealthily and accurately, he tapped the ground under Bloodbaker and jumped onto a higher ledge as the floor crumbled.

Bloodbaker, panicking, grasped the nearest ledge he could find with his right hand. Good thing the ledge was the right ledge.

And so, the plan was executed perfectly, and now was Ladybug's chance.

She quickly but precisely dropped the bracelet into the knife, and stood before the Bloddbaker holding on for dear life.

Finally, she carefully took hold of the knife (the one covered with bracelet, obviously), and although Bloodbaker hastily tried to chop up her hand, he couldn't because the diamond bracelet was blocking his way.

Ladybug retrieved the knife and split it, with the akuma rising up from it.

Ladybug looked at a nearby clock. "Oh no, it's 2:00! I have somewhere important to be!"

"Er- same here Bugaboo," Chat grinned uneasily. "You won't mind if I leave you here, don't ya? I'm sorry for my ungentleman-likeness. Excuse me, goodbye My Lady!"

Chat Noir skipped off while Ladybug was in a huge rush to get back.

"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" She shouted while throwing the diamond bracelet into the air. After everything returned to normal including the akumatized, she dashed off towards her home.

Little did she know, the still-evil akuma perched on the top of the Eiffel Tower and duplicated itself. The newly made akumas then roamed around Paris, seeking new victims.

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Adrien had returned back to his room and detransformed back into the Chat Noir costume he wore. Good thing Ladybug had finished off the fight at 2:00 pm, for he needed to go to the Halloween dance.

Sure, he loved spending time with His Lady, but Marinette deserved his attention too.

He looked forward to this dance all week. He should have some fun.

Exiting his chambers and striding down the stairs with Chat Noir-level confidence, he went out and stepped into the usual limo waiting for him.

He fidgeted excitedly the whole ride, awaiting the moment he would enter the room and see all his friends.

Marinette especially. He could predict that she would look beautiful in her costume.

'Why am I thinking this!' Adrien thought scoldingly to himself. 'You love Ladybug not Marinette!'

But he really was curious how would Marinette look like in his Lady's image.

The limousine arrived at Le Grand Paris, the hotel that Chloe's father the mayor owns.

He then vigorously strided to the big ballroom with a newfound confidence and excitement.

The staff opened the doors, and he looked around.

Marinette was nowhere to be seen.

The first people who approached him were Chloe and Sabrina.

Sabrina looked strange, her hair tied into two disproportionate pigtails and she wore a tacky purple and green cheerleading outfit with sneakers and two pom poms in her hands. It certainly stood out.

Chloe's costume, though, was a totally different story. She wore a frilly, long-sleeved bright neon yellow gown lined with golden thread and glitter. The lower part of her dress was so poofy and wide and enormously gigantic that it looked hilarious.

"Hello Adrikins! Look at my beautiful over-the-top gown! It's exquisite isn't it?! The dresser said it looked horrible, but obviously she is just blind. This is beautiful because I designed it! Moi! Don't you think so, Adrikins?" Chloe batted her long black eyelashes lined with gold eyeliner.

"Ehm..." Over-the-top was right. It certainly did stand out. The neon yellow of the dress made it hard to even just look at the gown, and the gold lining didn't help either. It was so frilly and so ruffled that he kindvof felt bad for Chloe. The dress looked way too heavy.

"Come on Chloe, give the man some space!" A familiar friendly voice sternly said.

The first comforting faces he saw in that party was Alya and Nino, and their costumes were awesome.

Alya was dressed as a dark purple devil, wearing a purple devil headband ombré into black, a dark purple sleeveless dress accentuating her curves and only reaching down to her thighs. She completed this look with black heels, a purple streak through her hair, and dark makeup on her face.

Nino wore a long black coat from head to toe, only leaving his face exposed. He held a scythe in his hand.

After Marinette's roast battle with Chloe, the Bourgeois also seemed kind of afraid to defy her best friend, Alya, too. So Chloe just 'hmph'ed and walked away.

"Thanks guys," Adrien greeted solemnly. "Do you have any idea where Marinette is? She couldn't have bailed on me, could she?" Adrien asked anxiously.

"Nah. No way she would abandon you, Agreste!" Alya laughed.

Nino pointed ahead. "There she is now!"

Adrien turned around and saw Ladybug emerge from the door.

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