well, this one should be fun. this started out as an idea while I was cleaning and I kinda just ran with it. Next chapter will be the last one in this story... no I don't have a sequel planned and I don't think I will write one either... enjoy!

FanFiction isn't being a butt anymore XD I can now PM ya'll again! um... let's see what else... oh right!

Rainbowrider1290, I've had problems sleeping at night since the day I was conceived. thanks for worrying about me though. I still get some sleep during the day, but I rarely ever sleep at night... I'm working on it.

so this chapter's title is a play on Beauty and The Beast...


Ch, 7. Bug and the Beast

The giant cat purred as he got closer to Marinette and the child. Marinette ran out of floor to back up on and her back was to the wall.

Her eyes then fell on his collar and bell. She became confused. Even more so when the beast rubbed his head on her legs and continued to purr.

"Marinette?" Manon seemed just as confused.

The beast grabbed Manon by her overalls with his mouth and gently put her on the floor. He then turned around and picked up the Cat Noir doll with his mouth. He dropped the doll in the child's lap.

"C-Cat Noir?" Marinette became even more confused. "Why did it pick up that doll?" She held out her hand to the beast. He purred and rubbed his head on her hand. "Better question… why is there a giant cat in my room?" She smiled nervously as he continued to purr and rub his head on her hand. "G-Good Kitty."

Manon picked up the doll in her lap. "Maybe he's telling you something." She handed the doll to Marinette. "Maybe he wants to play!"

Marinette looked the giant cat over. He had a collar. She had never seen a wild cat with a collar before. She moved her hand from his head and felt the collar. The bell… she had seen that bell before. She looked back at the doll in her other hand. It hit her like a ton of bricks. She gasped and dropped the doll. "Oh My God! Cat Noir! What happened to you?"

He slumped his fuzzy shoulders and shook his entire body. A little black thing flew across the room.

"Hey kid! Next time you do that, warn me!" Plagg floated back and chided.

Marinette's eyes widened.

Manon gasped with a smile. "What is that?" She pulled Plagg's tail. "She needs a tutu."

Plagg jerked his tail away from the child. "This is why I don't like kids under the age of twelve. And he does not need a tutu!" He then turned to Marinette. "Hi. I'm Plagg." He pointed to the purring giant cat that used to be a model. "And I warned him this would happen. I told him to calm down, but he couldn't really control his anger. His dad and Chloe are… awful!"

Marinette nodded. "So… he's been akumatized?"

"Worse." Plagg shook his head. "It's actually a curse."

Marinette's jaw dropped. "I don't know how to deal with curses. I deal with Akumas."

Plagg nodded. "I know."

Marinette pouted. "How do we break it?"

Plagg shrugged. "Beats me kitten."

Marinette's eye twitched. "What do you mean by that?"

Tikki flew out from her hiding place. "He means the curse has been active for over a hundred years and nobody has been able to break it."

Plagg scratched the back of his head. "Most of the time… everybody involved ends up dead."

Tikki raised a nonexistent eyebrow. "Most of the time?"

Plagg rolled his eyes. "Every time."

Marinette gasped, picked up Manon, and made her way to the ladder leading to her bed and sky light.

The cat's whole body slumped and flopped down on the floor.

Marinette looked back to make sure he wasn't cashing after her. She frowned when she noticed how depressed he looked. Tikki and Plagg had joined her on her bed.

"Marinette?" Manon looked up at her. "Are you Ladybug?"

Marinette sighed. "I'll give you ten cookies if you promise not to tell anyone."

Manon nodded with a smile. "I promise."

Marinette looked back at Plagg. "He doesn't look like he's going to kill anyone."

Plagg shrugged. "Maybe because you and fairy princess here aren't the source of his anger."

Manon lit up with a smile. "I have an idea!"

Marinette raised an eyebrow. "I'm all ears."

"He called me a fairy princess. In fairy tales curses are broken with a kiss." Manon smiled wide. Proud of herself.

"True love's first kiss actually." Marinette gave her a nervous smile. "And he and I have already kissed before…" She gulped. "I already broke one curse he was under."

"Oh." Manon shrugged. "Then I got nothing."

"I have an idea." Marinette sat Manon down on her bed. "Stay here." She slid down the ladder.

The cat's head perked up as she knelt down and started rubbing behind his ear. He purred and put his head in her lap.

"You like me for me don't you?" She cooed. He continued to purr.

"Well, guess what. I like both sides of you as well. Cat Noir, Adrien… as long as you're you that's all that matters." She smiled and began to tear up. "I figured it out yesterday and I figured you had me figured me out and that was why you asked me out on a date. I thought you only liked me because I'm Ladybug…" a tear fell from her face and onto his whiskers.

He looked up at her and licked her face gently to remove her tears.

"Ok… that was gross." She stated blackly as he purred. "I really need to figure out how to get you back to human. I can't have a panther or a puma or whatever you are as a boyfriend. Besides… I miss your puns." She teared up again.

A black ladybug with red spots flew out of his collar.

"Wait… what is that?" She became confused. "Tikki, spots on!"

She then caught the ladybug in her yo-yo. "Got ya." The yo-yo opened a few moments longer than normal, but a red ladybug with black spots came flying out.

She then de-transformed and she noticed he was changing back.

Soon, he laid on her floor looking up at her with a confused look on his human again face. He was completely back to normal.

She blushed when she noticed all he was wearing were pants.

"What happened?" he stood up and scratched the back of his head. He looked around. "Why am I in your room?"

She panicked and grabbed his face to kiss him before his eyes fell on her collage of him on her wall.

He blushed and smiled when she let him go. "Not that I'm complaining."

She giggled. "I'll explain everything."