Chapter Six
"You're really going to regret this Volpina!" Ladybug shouted as she moved to attack, however before any of them could move there was a flash and another figure dressed in nothing but a white costume with a long white tail and ears, stood in front of them all. Confused Rena Rouge looked at both Ladybug and Chat Noir. When she did however Alya saw that they were also confused.
"Who are you?!" Volpina asked
"It doesn't matter." the unknown warrior said then she turned to the three heroes. "You three need to leave."
"We can't." Chat Noir said.
"Trust me Chat Noir, you need to leave now." the wolf said and there was something about the tone of voice she used when she said Chat Noir's name that lead Ladybug to think that the wolf knew them well.
"Why? Who are you?" Rena Rouge asked.
"No we can't. Now go." the wolf said and she caused a smoke screen and the three looked at one another.
"She's right." Ladybug sighed. "We need to talk to the master. Let's retreat." she added and the three left.
As Rena Rouge ran with the other two heroes, she thought back to what Volpina said. If what she said was true and Marinette really was Ladybug, then Alya could only assume that the sudden relationship between her two friends, Ladybug's anger and the way that Chat Noir tried to calm her down, that he was someone that knew her well. Someone like Adrien.
"So is it true?" Rena asked
"Not here Rena Rouge." Ladybug said as they ran across the roof tops. "We're going somewhere where everything can be explained."
"And where we could possibly get some answers." Chat Noir added as they landed in front of a certain house.
"Where are we?" Rena Rouge asked as Ladybug and Chat Noir looked around checking if the coast was clear, then the two nodded.
"Spots off." Ladybug said and Rena Rouge stared as Ladybug's costume faded off. It was just like Volpina said. Marinette really was Ladybug.
"You're really her." Rena Rouge sighed.
"Yes Alya. That's why I knew you would make a good superhero." Marinette told her, then she looked at Chat Noir, who for some reason wasn't surprised. "You're turn Kitty." she added and he nodded.
"Claws in." he said and untransformed in front of Alya as well, who was shocked to see who it was.
"Well now it makes sense as to why you were much more comfortable around him." Alya sighed as she untransformed as well.
"Yeah, well right now we need to find out about that wolf person." Marinette said and the three walked into the building. Then Marinette knocked on the door and waited for the Master to let her enter.
"Its open." came Master Fu's muffled voice and Marinette opened the door.
"Hello Master."
"Hello Marinette, Adrien."
"Master we wanted to introduce the new hero to you and we also had a few questions."
"Of course. Hello Rena Rouge." he said acknowledging her hero name as he did with Marinette and Adrien, shocking Alya.
"Master the question that we have, is when Volpina cornered us this time a new hero showed up and allowed us to escape." Adrien told him. "One we had never seen before and she isn't in the spell book."
"A new hero?"
"Yes and she wouldn't even give us her name." Alya said. "Almost as if she couldn't."
"Is there another Miraculous that no one knows about? We've looked through the copy of the spell book that we have and she isn't in there." Marinette said.
"Not that I know of, of course the only Miraculous I know of that were lost were the Butterfly and the Peacock."
"Then what was with the wolf person there?" Adrien asked.
"I'm not sure, perhaps we can keep an eye on them." Master Fu said and Marinette sighed, then she looked at Adrien.
"What did you want to talk about at the Eiffel Tower?"
"Oh I think I know who Hawk Moth is." Adrien told the other three.
"Who?"
"My father just like you thought before Marinette."
"But if that's the case then how could he have been Akumatized?" Marinette asked.
"The only thing I can think of is he did it to himself, to throw us off the trail." Adrien told his friends. "But you know that portrait of my mother that hangs in the Atrium, Marinette?"
"Yeah I remember."
"Well apparently there's buttons on the portrait and when he pushes them he goes down into the floor." Adrien explained. "I watched him do it before I called you."
"Well if he has a secret lair he must be Hawk Moth." Alya said.
"I don't know Alya." Marinette wondered. "If he really was Hawk Moth, then why would he try to kill Adrien through his villains?"
"Because maybe he doesn't know that Adrien is Chat Noir?" Alya snapped.
"No what she means is when I'm not transformed, also I wouldn't quite believe that he doesn't know who I am." Adrien told Alya.
"What do you mean Adrien?"
"Just from the way he was talking to Natalie. I think he has an idea at least."
"Alright, then Alya and I will keep an eye on this new "hero"." Marinette told the others. "Meanwhile Adrien you should keep an eye on your father."
"We also need to keep an eye on Lila." Adrien reminded Marinette and Master Fu couldn't agree more.
"Adrien is right. Because she has created a duplicate fox hero, there is no telling what kind of trouble will rise from this."
"Alright, Alya do you care to do that?" Marinette asked. "She knows who I am because of what happened on the tower three weeks ago."
"Sure, but what happened? You're really careful when it comes to that. So how did she get you to give it up?"
"Not now Alya." Adrien said as Marinette looked away. More than anyone he knew that Marinette felt more guilty about that fight and the fact that Volpina tricked her, than he felt about not seeing Marinette's affections for him. He knew that if he had noticed them for what they were before the fight with Volpina then perhaps she wouldn't have been able to trick Marinette. Still he was glad in a way that it happened. Now neither of them had anything stopping them from being together. Well besides Hawk Moth and Adrien knew his father well enough that he wouldn't stop until is was completely over for all of them.