The following morning, Xion had left the ship as well as a note for Hope and the group. She walked out to see Axel appearing.
"Why do I always get stuck with the icky jobs?" Axel said.
"Axel." Xion said.
"Xion….what are you gonna do?" Axel said.
"I've decided...that I should go back to where I truly belong." Xion said.
"Honestly….I thought that was best straight from the very beginning. But this still ticks me off. Something about all of this just stinks." Axel said.
"I'm doing what's best for everyone." Xion said.
"But how do you know that? Everybody thinks they're right." Axel growled.
"This is right." Xion said.
"They're gonna destroy you!" Axel shouted before seeing the keyblade appear in Xion's hands.
"Don't hold back Axel. Promise." Xion said.
"Grrr. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!?" he shouted. "You both….think you can do whatever you want and I'm sick of it." Axel said as a chakram began to appear. "Go on! You just keep on running! But I'm always gonna be there to bring you back!" he shouted.
A little later, Hope awoke on the ship before seeing a note. "So long and thank you, Xion." he read. "No." Hope said as he ran outside to see the battle torn area around the ships. "Xion! Where are you? Xion!" he called out with no response.
Meanwhile Jibanyan was checking the blogs before seeing a post.
"Alya here! I'm here on the scent of Ladybugs newest save where something dropped. It's one of my schhol's textboks! Could Ladybug be a student at our school? This reporter is gonna find out." Alya said.
"No duh. Of course she's a student." Jibanyan said.
"Jibanyan, thats a bad thing! If Alya goes more into this, the whole school will wanna find out who ladybug is!" Hope said.
"Big deal. We...oh right. Superhero identity thing. Gotta protect Ladybug's identity." Jibanyan said. "But...we both know who Ladybug is right?"
"Yeah. Of course its Marinette, but we won't let her know we know." Hope said.
"I have an idea. How about Marrinete distracts alya by taking her to that new egytian exhibit in the Louvre? Then when she isn't looking, one of us steals the book right out of her bag." Jibanyan said.
"Got jus the guy for that." Hope said. "Come on out my friend! Calling Peckpocket! Yokai medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning...Eerie!"
Lookily Lookily
Flippididy
Lookily Lookily
Bubba Eerie!
"Peckpocket." Peckpocket said. "What's mine is mine, what's yours is mine. Mine all mine."
"Nice to meet you in person, Peckpocket. Now, I want you to tail Marrinete and Alya at the Louvre and steal back Marrinetes textbook when you get the chance. And no stopping to steal any of the famous artwork." Hope said.
"Hmm. We'll see." Peckpocket said heading out the door.
"We need someone to keep an eye on him though. Dont want him stealing anything extra." Sunset said. "I got it! There's someone who owes us for Monstro." Sunset said grabbing out a dream medal. "Come on out my friend! Calling….Tomnyan! Yo-kai Medal...do your thing!"
"Its….Charming Time. Dream….Roulette!"
Alarming!
Charming!
They are so very lucky, no?
Alarming!
Charming!
CH-ARM-ING!
"Congratulations!"
"Tomnyan!" the cat said. "Nice to see you!"
"Hey, you think you can keep an eye on Peckpocket for us?" Sunset asked.
"You got it!" Tomnyan said. "I owe you for the whale so why not."
They followed Marrinete and Alya to the Lurve, where outside on the glass pyramid, Alya noticed someone looking at it in awe and tapped matrrinete.
"Yo, girl. Check out the weirdo marveling over the louvre pyramid." Alya said as Kid was looking over it.
"Such….wonderful symmetry. No cuts in the glass, no mishaps. This truly earns the title of the best art museum in the world!" Kid said with glee.
"Besides the glass, it sorta reminds me of the Pyramid of Anubis a little." Liz said.
"Oooh, I remember that place! Kid shot up the whole thing and destroyed it." Patti said before they saw Kid curled up on the floor.
"I don't wanna talk about it." Kid said sadly.
"Yeah, maybe this egyptian exibits gonna jog some memories for him. Bad ones." Liz said.
"Wait, I got it." Patti said tying a blindfold around Kid's eyes.
"Yes. If I can't see the egyptian artifacts, I won't remember the thing that must never be mentioned." Kid said.
"Now we can head inside and see if we can help Peckpocket and Tomnyan get that book back, and keep an eye out for any of those Akuma things." Liz said.
They headed inside after that, seeing already that a lot happened. Marrinete was trying hard to find a clue of Ladybug Sectrets in the manuscripts of the ritual of Nefrititi.
"Whoa. So that's pretty cool." Patti said looking at it." Yet I don't know what it means."
It was at this moment that a man with egyptain themes and a pharaoh sarcophagus mask walked in. Liz noticed.
"Uh, dont look now guys, but we got a villain in our midst." Liz said.
'What does he look like? Is he perfect?" Kid asked.
"Uh…"
"Tut, give me time!" the man said changing the mask on hi face in a flash of light into that of a lions as he mad a sphere that made a guard stand still in time.
"So, he has powers of the egyptian gods." Kid said.
"I am Pharaoh. And I have been granted these powers by Hawkmoth to bring back my precious Nefertiti from beyond the grave!" he said.
"Okay. Where's the Ladybug when you need her?" Liz said before said hero arrived on the scene.
"She's right here!" Ladybug said.
"I cant help if I cant see. But I dont want to feel useless. Liz, Patti! Weapon forms!" Kid said.
"Uh, you sure thats a good idea?" Liz asked.
"Of course. Do it!" Kid said.
They changed into their weapon forms as Kid randomly fired all over the place, nearly hitting Ladybug and the Alya.
"What a bad shot." Pharaoh said approaching the bars. "Sekhret give me strength!" he shouted as his head became a cat and bent the bars, where Cat Noir was on the other side of.
"Thanks for opening the door for me." he said leaping into the room.
Pharaoh easily handled him as he grabbed Alya and walked out, closing the bars behind him.
"Did we get him?" Kid asked.
"Of course not. You kept missing." Liz said.
"Okay then, Cat Noir, take out the bars!" Ladybug said.
"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir shouted destroying the bars. "Now I gotta go and recharge." he said running off.
Outside, Kid ran out with the blindfold removed to see a dark cloud forming. "What is this?"
"Anubis! Give me mummies!" shouted Pharaoh as his head became a jackal and began transforming the nearby citizens into mummies who followed his every command.
"Hmm. It looks like he's following the ritual to revive his lost love. He's going to use Alya and the mummies as a sacrifice to bring back Nefertiti." Kid said to himself.
"Say, Pharaoh? Look." Alya said seeing a picture of a woman with a spotted dress.
"Ladybug, my sworn enemy. She might have stopped me from doing the ritual 5000 years ago, but she will not stop me now." Pharaoh said.
"5000 years ago? Then the Ladybug and Cat Noir history may go back to even prehistoric times." Kid said. "I can't focus on that now. I need to get the item the akuma's in." he said looking the Pharaoh over. "His pendant. That must be the source."
"Sounds like you could use a hand." Tomnyan said coming up with Peckpocket.
"I need a distraction while I steal it." Peckpocket said.
"And I can do that." Tomnyan said. "Egyptians always worshipped cats so this works well." he said strutting up to Pharaoh. "Meow?"
"A royal cat? Exellent! A good gift for the ritual. Now, Horus give me your wings!" he said as his head became a birds.
"Uh...say what?" Tomnyan said before Pharaoh picked him up and placed him on a rising light with Alya. "This was not what I was expected."
"Yes. All is well. My Nefertiti will soon be back." Pharaoh said before noticing his pendant gone. "What?" he said as he saw Peckpocket holding it.
"Mine all mine!" he said running off with it.
"Mummies! Capture the bird!" Pharaoh ordered as the mummies chased after Peckpocket.
As Peckpocket ran, he soon ran into Ladybug holding a Ladybug costume. "How about a trade?" she smirked.
As soon as Pharaoh caught up, he saw Peckpocket holding two earrings.
"The miraculous! Go and get the earrings!" Hawk Moth said inside of Pharaohs mind.
He dashed to Peckpocket and grabbed them, but they are blinking instead of being normal.
"No, theyre fakes, you tricked me!" Pharaoh said.
"Mine is mine, but mine is hers now!" Peckpocket said pointing to Ladybug who held the pendant.
"Bye bye Pharaoh!" Ladybug said smashing it as the akuma flew out. She caught it and purified it quickly.
"Perfect execution." Kid said finally arriving.
"Not really an execution, but still a good job." Liz said.
"Thanks. Just remember, I'm no high school student." Ladybug said leaping off.
"Heh. If she says so." Kid said. "Now come along. We'll be leaving this city soon."
Hope was going over a new note that had arrived in the ship mysteriously. "Head for Twilight Town. The time has come." he read.
"Sora's fixed now. He'll be waking up not too long now." Sci-Twi said.
"I bet Castle Oblivion's in Twilight Town. Cmon, lets-" Hope said before Aqua stopped him.
"Hope, we need to talk...in private." Aqua said.
A few minutes later…
"You mean...Castle Oblivion...isn't in Twilight Town?" Hope asked.
"No, its a completely different world. Its a castle created to make people lost in oblivion to keep certain secrets hidden." Aqua said.
"Wait, how can you know this?" Hope asked.
"Cause I was the one who made it." Aqua said.
"You? But...how?" Hope asked.
"Because the castle...use to be the Land of Departure." Aqua said.
"Your world? But how did it…" Hope said.
"I changed it using the master's keyblade. Its a secret way to hide our secrets, to make sure no one ever learns them. I knew the entire time. I kept quiet because of something very important." Aqua said.
"I see. So should we go see Sora first or head to Twilight Town?" Hope asked.
"Twilight Town. Riku told me. He and the other two were moved there to keep them from being tampered with. They're in the old mansion we saw." Aqua said.
"Yeah. That old mansion in the woods. So that's where we need to go." Hope said. "Now let's get going!" he said as the ships charged up and rocketed off.
Back on the paris rooftops at night. LAdybug and Cat Nor met.
"What a week. Who were those guys?" Cat Noir asked.
"You mean those guys? Just some heroes. They said they helped during that rift crisis that made the headlines." Ladybug said.
"Hey, if something like that ever happens again…" Cat Noir asked.
"We'd protect Paris even if there wasn't. But, I can't help but wondering if they'll be all right." Ladybug said.
"Yeah. Its gonna be pretty boring without those guys around." Cat Noir said.
"Then maybe...you'll wanna help some more?" said a voice as the two saw a tiny mouse in a black coat. "I want you guys to help!"
"Who the heck are you?" Cat Noir said.
"A friend. Someone who want's to protect those guys. Cause something bigs about to begin." the mouse said.
To be continued...
