Chapter 5:
Here he was, standing in front of the Grim Reaper and the Hunters. Not as Karma, not as Adrien, but as Chat Noir. The hero he really was.
"So, you're really a hero, huh?" It was more of a statement then a question that came from Grim.
"Yes I am. Ladybug needs me and I need her." Chat answered. He jumped a bit when Flame's hair started to burn a steady blaze out of no where. By now Chat knew what that meant; it meant that he was pissed. Flame could have a dead plane expression on his face, but when he starts on fire…yeah.
"Ok. Guys, a moment alone please?" Nico waved her hand at the Hunter. As they left, Adrien will never forget the sad look and Shadow's face before Spook gently took her by the arm and lead her to what must have been the hideout. Nico opened her m outh her mouth to say something, but was stopped by Adrien speaking.
"Before you go, tell why you're here in the first place." Chat said.
"What?"
"Why you and the Hunters are here. How you all came together." Chat explained as he sat at the edge of the roof they were on.
"Oh. Well," Grim started as she sat next to him. "We all met each other on the streets. Spook's a 'Hall-o' demon, as in like 'Halloween'. His power is to scare, hence why his appearance is so…..scary. He was born with his scars and the eye with the eye patch over it is discolored. His parents were killed by demon hunters. He made in to earth some how and met me. He's one of my closest friends ever."
"Oh. And the others?" Chat asked. Even just hearing the back story of one of them pulled him in.
"Flame is some sort of fire alien. His planet was attacked by alien hunters who wanted the planet's people for experiments. He and his mom made it to earth, his dad didn't. Since his mom couldn't find a full paying job to feed the both of them, we let him crash in the hideout. He visits his mom all the time, she comes around the hideout all the time to." Nico explained.
"Poor dudes." Chat said. He always thought his father was a jerk, but Spook and Flame didn't even have fathers. From the way the stories are turning out so far, he wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the Hunters didn't have parents. Nico suddenly began to stand up.
"Well it's getting late! Better take off before Ladybitch gets her." She said with a growl. As she began to walk away, she was suddenly pulled back roughly by her tail coat and landed in Chat's lap.
"No. You're not leaving until I get answers." Chat commanded.
"Well what if Lady-" Nico was cut off by Chat putting his hand over her mouth.
"Don't worry about her. Now, answers." Chat demanded as he wrapped his arms around the Reaper's waist so she couldn't leave until he was ready.
"Fine. Whatever. Anyway, Scarlet, a.k.a Glitch is half alien half human. Her dad is human, her mom is the alien. When she was born, she was born as a 'glitch'. Since she wasn't fully alien her body would literally glitch, like a computer screen or something like that. So because of that her mom didn't want her, so her dad got pissed and keep Glitch on earth while her mom went back to her planet. Her dad named her Scarlet instead of glitch. At some point, the same hunters that attacked Flame's planet attacked hers. Her mother was taken." Nico explained Scarlet's past.
"Shadow?" Adrien whispered out. Their lives were just, awful. Just awful. To have your home world taken over, Adrien always thought that stuff like that only happened in movies.
"Shadow is a 'Spark' or a 'Sparkle' type of demon, a demon that is capable of using magic. She's half human half demon. Her mother and father live here on earth like a normal family, but they let her be a Hunter because that's what they did before that came to earth. Her mother used her magic to heal, steal, and see little bits of the future. Her dad runs one third of the underground black market, and she helps him out because she wants to run the family business. So she learns how to steal, sweet talk people into thinking that they're getting a fair share, all the things that you would need to know when you run part of the underground."
"Oh. Not as bad as I was expecting." Chat said.
"Ok then! I told you how and why we're here, now I'll be on my way!" Grim announced as she tried to stand up.
"Not yet. You still have one more member to tell me about." Chat said as he looked straight into her right neon blue eye.
"Maybe another day, ~tesoro~." Nico said as she made her body dissolve into shadows then reappeared behind Chat Noir. He also stood up to face the Grim Reaper.
"But-. Never mind. Will I see you guys again?" He asked.
"Duh! Dude we go to your school!" Grim said as her eyes lit up. Before Adrien could say or ask her anything else, she was already running with her inhuman speed across the roofs.
Things went some what back to normal. Ladybug and he would go out at night to check the city. Every once and awhile the Hunters would show up and rob some store or just cause chaos. In school they acted like normal kids. Tsubaki or 'Shadow' talked to Nathaniel about art, manga, anime, and stuff like that. John or 'Spook' would help people in class who didn't understand homework and he would play sports, same thing with Sam or 'Flame'. Scarlet or 'Glitch' became best friends with Alya, but it was clear to Scarlet that Marinette didn't really like her. Adrien laughed to himself every time that Scarlet took her seat next to Marinette. Here Marinette was, busting her butt as Ladybug to catch the Hunters, and one of them was less then a foot away from her.
It was like any other school day everyday between the Hunters and Adrien. At night it seemed like a sick game of 'cat and mouse'. About 2 of the Hunters would distract him and Ladybug while the others stole whatever they were after that night. Nico would always be the one to distract Chat Noir. That's when they started to play their personal game of 'cat and mouse'. It basically worked like this, if Adrien could catch Nico she would give up her life of crime, tell Adrien about her past, and use her powers for good. If he couldn't catch her, well, she'd just keep doing what she does best.
Nathaniel started to hangout with Tsubaki more and more. Adrien was even starting to worry if she had convinced him to become a Hunter. But honestly from the looks of it, Nath and Tsubaki just got along. Criminals can have friends.
So here he was now. On a roof top, face to face with the Grim Reaper.
"Will you please join us!? People won't hate you. They'll see you as a hero." Adrien tried to tell her. His heart sank when she began to turn away.
"I-I'll think about it." That was the last thing she said to him for awhile.
2 years later
Nico walked into her room and throw her school bag down. Long day at school, and afterwards. Nathaniel and Tsubaki had been working on writing and drawing their very own manga and the release of it was today. They were a couple now, finally. As Nico walked over to her desk, she saw some sort of box. Black with red designs on it. She picked it up and saw a note under it, so she read it.
"You gave up the way of evil when it was the right time. You have a kind heart and strong spirit; it is because of this that your teammates followed your way and also quit their lives of wrong doing. You are no longer darkness with a heart of stone. From now on you are beauty and kindness.
Please use this for its rightful purpose, for the good of the world. You are now known as '~Color`e~."
'What?' Nico thought after she was done reading the letter. She opened the box to find a small hair pin. It sort of looked like a fan that Shadow used 2 years ago. The colors where very pretty. They almost reminded Nico of….
"Oh! It's supposed to be a peacock!"
"Here he was, 2 years later. On the same roof where they split for said 2 years. He wasn't looking at the Grim Reaper with her deadly weapons and haunted aura, no, he was looking at his and Ladybug's new partner. ~Color`e~.
"It's nice to have a new teammate! I'm Ladybug and this is Chat Noir." Ladybug said as she shook hands with the girl.
"I look forward to working with you." The girl replied.
"My lady, could I speak to ~Color`e~ in private?" Chat asked
"Yeah, of course. Just meet me at the fountain in the park when you're done." Ladybug said with a wave as she swung away with her yoyo. Chat then turned back to ~Color`e~.
"Nice to see you again, Nico."
"Same to you, Adrien."
"You still need to tell me about one member of the Hunters." He said as he look right into her eyes.
"I won't give it to you straight, but I'll tell you this. My full name is Nico Di Angelo." She told him.
"Well, lets go save the world." Chat said as he pulled out his staff to help his jumping. ~Color`e~ used the wings on her suit to follow. As they made their way to the fountain, a pair of eyes watched them.
"Maybe they won't mind a few more teammates." The dark haired girl said to herself as she held the black and red box to her chest.
THE END.
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