Okay, I seriously love all this attention this story is getting, someone even on DeviantART wants to make fan art of this story! I love you guys so much! ^^ You're all amazing at supporting me through getting through each chapter and cheering me on, you have no idea how appreciated I feel from you guys. I've never had so much love for a story like this before! You guys are so awesome! :D

So, thanking you guys aside...this story looks like it's slowly starting to head towards an ending but I'm not entirely sure yet. I initially wanted this story to end a while ago but then my finger slipped on the keyboard...XD Okay so, I left things off with a subtle idea of what's going to happen next, I've got a pretty good idea of how this big battle is going to go down...it's also got to do with some new information I found in the Volpina episode...but I'll let you guys figure that out. ;)

Enjoy Chapter 25 of Revelations! ^^

Miraculous Ladybug (C) Thomas Astruc/ Zagtoon

Chapter 25 – Into Action

Although they didn't have much information on Gabriel's trip, they knew that his place would be deserted while he was gone; it was the ultimate trap for Hawkmoth. Adrien's whole idea of going back to his house to get his things was just a single chapter of the story, he always saw his father admiring that portrait of his mother on the wall, and although he did admit that his father probably missed Adrien's mother as much as he did, but he felt like he was around it too often for it to just be admiring the portrait.

Both Marinette and Adrien decided to take the risk of finding out more information about Gabriel's trip away from home to watch when he would leave his mansion. However neither of them was sure what day that would be. The only information they had was that for an entire week Gabriel would be in North America for fashion week.

So for the time being, they got as much information they could out of the news. As the night progressed, both Adrien and Marinette sat in front of Marinette's computer and watched the news for some time. Eventually, they got a better lead.

"Gabriel Agreste is scheduled to arrive in North America at around this coming Thursday." The news reporter announced, her papers in hand as she looked straight at the camera.

Marinette and Adrien looked at each other with determination; they both had the same ideas and nodded in silent agreement. They decided to wait out those days until then, it was going to be hard, especially for Marinette, she felt the pressure build on her. She couldn't let Adrien be too far away from her, not because they were inseparable but because of the possibility of his father coming after him when Adrien was defenceless. Sure, he had his fencing skills and karate skills but if Gabriel sent Adrien's own bodyguard after him, his skills wouldn't be a good match.

The next day was Tuesday, another difficult and restraining day was ahead for them, but Adrien was growing more relaxed with dating Marinette secretly. Of course he didn't like that he kept a secret from others, but this was a huge secret that could change everything, and of course his own father had kept a secret from him so it was a fair game.

Both teens were woken suddenly by a gentle knock on the trap door of Marinette's room; Marinette rubbed her eyes while Tikki stretched her tiny little arms as they slowly got out of bed. As she walked down the stairs to the trap door, she admired how Adrien slept; it was almost cat-like and it made her giggle at the adorable sight.

The trap door opened and Tom was there with breakfast in hand. "Morning you two, I figure since you two were most likely up studying all night I figured a nice already made breakfast for the two of you would be a refreshing start to the day."

Just then, Adrien turned and slowly opened his eyes, he moaned as he stretched out his arms and smelt the delicious scent of freshly made breakfast, not on a silver platter, but on a nice simple tray. There were two good sixed croissants with a glass of orange juice on the side, Tom handed the tray to his daughter before he left the two alone, taking a glance at the tired awoken Adrien with a smile before he closed the trap door.

Marinette placed the tray on her desk, she took off a piece of her own croissant and gave it to Tikki, and she knew she could simply wait until she was downstairs to give her a cookie but she was feeling positive and generous today. She didn't want to feel the burden of being the only superhero out there to stop Hawkmoth.

The balance had been broken, there was no way Ladybug could fight Hawkmoth on her own. Their top priority before defeating Hawkmoth and saving all of Paris was to get Adrien's miraculous back. They knew Hawkmoth wouldn't use the bad luck miraculous until he had the good luck miraculous also. It was foretold that one who wielded both the good and bad luck miraculouses would gain ultimate power. Even with this knowledge Adrien still grew anxious of what his father would do with his miraculous, he was sincerely worried that Marinette's would be taken, but knew that deep down they could fight them together.

He just wasn't entirely sure how.

So, after breakfast, they both got ready for school and headed off. They decided to walk out the door together otherwise Marinette's parents would get suspicious; Adrien clasped his hand with Marinette's causing her to jump slightly at the sudden touch as they walked to the crossing. Marinette blushed as she enjoyed having Adrien by her side, but she could see the school in the distance.

"Adrien...we can't, remember?" Marinette reminded, her eyes in the direction of the school.

Adrien's smile shortened by remained present as he gently unclasped his hand with hers, assuring her that he still wanted to keep it a secret. But sometimes he just couldn't help himself. He loved the fact that he had found who that girl was behind the mask, and now he didn't want to spend any time away from her.

As they walked along the crossing, Alya spotted the two and called out to Marinette, shouting a tease to the couple as they finished walking across the road. Marinette had an intense red blush across her cheeks as Adrien chuckled at Marinette's state of anxiety, sometimes it was just too adorable and he had to laugh at it.

"Marinette! Who's walking next to you?" She called out in a tease, smirking and folding her arms over her chest, as she saw her best friend's skin tone change to red in embarrassment.

"Alya!" Marinette cried, feeling her shy side from before she started dating Adrien come out. "Stop it!"

Adrien waved at Alya and smiled politely before he whipped out the rest of his breakfast, he knew it would be the perfect cover up in case someone like Alya were to get suspicious.

"Hey Alya, I just popped by the bakery for something to eat and ran into Marinette." He explained, taking a bite-ful of his croissant.

The girl with glasses raised an eyebrow as her hands rested firmly on her hips, she could definitely see that the boy had a love for baked goods; she could see that in the delightful response he had to his bite. "So I see, you love croissants, huh? Why don't you just ask someone at your place to make them?" She suggested, assuming with a place like Adrien's he could get his own.

Adrien covered his mouth slightly as he glanced at Marinette in slight worry before turning his focus to Alya. "Well, I like them fresh out the oven that's all." He ended with a small chuckle.

Then from the corner of his eye, Adrien saw his best friend Nino waving to him. He left the girls on their own as he approached his friend with a fist bump. Meanwhile Alya constantly nudged Marinette, teasing her about the scene she just saw.

"So...did you talk to him?" She asked, smirking at her nervous friend.

The navy haired teen fiddled with her fingers as her knees bent inwards in sudden nervousness. "Um...yes, maybe...I think...he...I don't know." She stuttered as she looked over to him as he and Nino walked on inside.

Alya chuckled in response, seeing that the scene was purely out of coincidence, she could see that Marinette had luck on her side for today. It was cute seeing them walking together, they were almost so close like it seemed like they were a couple in a relationship, but only knew it was Adrien just being his friendly self as usual. Someday she could picture the two of them in a relationship.

So they both walked inside and gathered their things for their first lesson. And as the day carried on, both Marinette and Adrien shot glances at each other every now and then, wanting to be around each other so badly but knew that questions would be asked and then things would have to be confessed.

They wanted to hold on to their secret for as long as they could, but if it felt like it was time, both Marinette and Adrien would confess, but for the time being it was a terrible time. Hawkmoth was out there looking for his son and Marinette. Adrien was quite surprised that his father hadn't sent anyone down to the school to get him yet, it was his second day back at school since it all happened and it was almost like nothing had changed.

During lunch break, Adrien went to the bathroom to wash his hands, but then he heard the sounds of banging against the door. It made him panic and quickly run into one of the toilets and hide, and then the door broke down onto the ground with force; he peeked through the gaps of the door to see his old bodyguard in front of what was once the door.

He was truly in trouble now, and Ladybug wasn't at his side, luckily before they left for school that morning they exchanged phone numbers so he quickly texted Marinette to help him. Meanwhile outside, Marinette was enjoying an apple when she felt her phone buzz, Alya was at her side checking out her own Ladyblog when she heard Marinette drop her apple and quickly run away.

"Hey, where are you going?" She called out, wondering why Marinette ran off all so suddenly.

Marinette stopped for a moment to respond to her confused friend. "Oh um... I left something at home I'll be back soon!" She replied, before continuing to run away.

As soon as Marinette found a good place to transform, Tikki flew out of her little purse and Marinette said the words. Tikki flew into her earrings and within a pink flash she was Ladybug. She swung on the top of the roof of the school before she made her way into the locker room without being seen and then she heard the sounds of Adrien's screams. Her heart raced as she saw Adrien's own bodyguard trying to catch him like a game of cat and mouse, but Adrien wasn't the cat.

"Hold on Adrien!" She cried, before she spun out her yoyo and wrapped it around the bodyguard, getting a firm grip of his body and then she flung it against the wall, knowing that he wasn't akumatised and not wanting to severely hurt someone who wasn't akumatised, in spite for them working for Hawkmoth/Gabriel.

She lifted Adrien up with a firm hand and then the two made a run for it. They were out in the open and everyone could see the two running together. Ladybug then wrapped an arm around Adrien before she swung out her yoyo and flew up towards the roof of the school just before Adrien's bodyguard was in plain sight.

"This is so awesome!" Alya cried in excitement, as she started to record the events on her phone.

Ladybug knew that she couldn't defeat someone who wasn't even possessed by an akuma; she could tell he wasn't possessed because he always looked that way. So afterwards she flew off, Adrien clang onto her as she created a diversion for the bodyguard.

After swinging from building to building for a good five to ten minutes with Adrien by her side, she headed back home, seeing that it was too dangerous for Adrien now. She landed on her balcony and transformed back after settling Adrien down.

"I'm afraid you'll have to stay here until we can stop Hawkmoth." She informed reluctantly, not wanting Adrien to be in a secluded place all the time.

Adrien let out a sigh before the pair headed into Marinette's room and Marinette locked the trap door in case her parents heard them. She didn't want Adrien to live in her room until Hawkmoth was defeated but it seemed like her only choice, there was nowhere else safe he could stay. If he were even allowed to stay at Nino's without any questions asked why, Gabriel knew Nino and could more than likely find out where he lived too.

"It's okay, I understand." Adrien admitted with a saddened expression, before sitting on the edge of the bed he was sleeping on. "I guess I'll just have to stay here then, but don't worry." He said, looking up at a guilt ridden Marinette with an assuring smile. "Your place isn't as bad as mine right now, and besides, I love the smell from downstairs." He added with a cheeky grin, hinting at the obvious occupation Marinette's parents worked as.

Marinette giggled with a hand lightly touching her lips, she let out a sigh as she looked out the window, now thinking about whether she should go back to school or not. Adrien could see the conflicted thoughts going on inside her mind; he got up and lightly pressed a hand on Marinette's shoulder with a small smile.

"I'll be fine Marinette, don't worry." He assured, turning her around with both his hands on her shoulders. "You go to school; I don't want you missing school because of me." He explained, a caring smile printed across his face.

Although he was homeschooled for most of his life, he didn't mind missing a few days for school, only if it was because of a serious situation like this. Marinette sighed as she looked down at the ground, she couldn't think of leaving Adrien alone and then when she returned home he wouldn't be there.

"I'm just worried he might find you..." She admitted, giving a worried and saddened look to her boyfriend.

Adrien caressed her chin before giving her a light peck on her lips. "I'll be fine. You go back to school."

Marinette felt her heart flutter as her cheeks flushed bright pink from the light peck on the lips, it was going to take a long time for her to completely get used to Adrien acting like this around her now, but she knew she would in time. For now every intimate moment they shared made Marinette feel bubbly and excited inside as her heart raced and a crimson blush defining her cheeks.

So she returned back to school right after lunch break ended, and as the school day went on without him, Adrien remained inside Marinette's room, trying to keep as quiet as possible while he checked out Marinette's room. He loved her aspiration to become a fashion designer; he could see that some of her designs were actually very interesting. Then, he came across one of her old sketch pads and flicked through, she truly had an amazing talent.

The rest of the school day was a long and worrying one for Marinette, she seriously wanted to go home and check on Adrien every single minute of the lesson, and she was even going to ask to go to the bathroom so she could quickly check on him, but from Adrien's assuring words she held back, trying to relax herself.

Later on, she returned home and was very relieved to see Adrien still in her room flicking through her designs, she blushed as she saw Adrien smiling and looking closely at each of her old fashion designs.

"Wow, you're truly an amazing fashion artist, I know you'll be doing a great job out of it too one day." He acknowledged, settling the book down as he looked up at Marinette.

Marinette thanked Adrien as she settled down, placing her bag next to her desk while Tikki flew out of Marinette's purse.

For the rest of the day, the two talked about Marinette's love of fashion, and how Adrien appreciated the work he did for his father before he found out who he really was, but was really inspired to become a fencing teacher or even a karate teacher, he felt like teaching others defence skills could really help out the community in defending themselves with him as their teacher.

The next day during breakfast, Adrien turned on Marinette's computer, smirking at the desktop screen with several pictures of himself before opening up the news on the internet. The first thing he saw was a jet with his father entering it along with his mother and his old bodyguard. He gasped at the sudden scene, and wanted to rush downstairs to tell Marinette, but instead he waited for her to come up and while he waited, he started to think more about his plan he was talking about with Marinette earlier on.

Not long later, Marinette returned upstairs, preparing to grab her clothes and get dressed in the bathroom before Adrien stopped her for her attention.

"Marinette, look." He called out, pointing to her computer screen.

Marinette turned to see Gabriel walk into an expensive private jet with a reporter stating that he was leaving today. She gasped as she dropped the clothes she was holding onto the floor. This was it; they could go over to the Agreste Mansion now that he wasn't there.

But Marinette had her suspicions that Gabriel may have left traps in his mansion in case she and Adrien were to go in there, her expression turned to concern as she grabbed her clothes off the floor. "I don't know Adrien...I like your idea it's just that...we don't know if your father set traps around your own home." She exclaimed, worried the plan wouldn't work.

"I know Marinette, but just trust me about this; I know the house as much as my father does...even if he was able to keep a whole section of it hidden from me." He assured, the last part of sentence he said in a lower and regretful tone. "But we at least need to try, I've always had suspicions about my father and now since he's been Hawkmoth all this time, there's no doubt he'd be hiding more stuff with him."

The navy haired teen sighed as she hugged her clothes tightly in worry. "But what if he took any of those other things he's hiding with him?" She asked, not wanting this plan to fail, but at the same time she wasn't sure if there was even going to be anything to find.

"We'll find out after school, okay?" He assured, kissing her cheek before he walked over to his clothes.

So later on Marinette left for school and made sure that Adrien had easy access to food while she was gone, in the meantime she tried to keep her focus on school and on Alya's conversations with her. It was difficult because her worries were still at an all time high because of the sudden change of events from the day before, but the confidence and assurance she could see in Adrien's eyes made her feel more relaxed and confident.

After school, she ran back home and saw Adrien preparing what he had for their plan. It wasn't long later that Marinette transformed into Ladybug and swung from building to building with Adrien holding onto her, he looked up at her constantly as the sun shone brightly against her face, making it almost seem like it was glowing as he gazed dreamily at her.

And then not a moment later, they made it to the front of the Agreste Mansion.

"You ready to do this?' Adrien asked, not wanting to get ahead of himself.

Ladybug took a deep breath as she stared at the closed doors of the mansion. "I'm ready, just be prepared for any traps." She warned, before breaking down the doors of the mansion with her yoyo.

Well, I'll end the chapter there, if I keep on writing this chapter will be hell long and I won't get enough sleep because of my finger slipping... XD So next Chapter is where some action could start to happen, who knows for sure? Well...I do for one thing ;D Next update should be around Wednesday/Thursday, see you all then for Chapter 26! ;)