This one shot got more attention then I was expecting... not that that's a bad thing.
Just surprising.
So have a follow up.
"Ulrich, what did you do?" Was all the greeting he got from Jeremy when he picked up his phone.
"You know, Einstein, when most people call, they usually greet the other person with a 'hello' or at least a 'hi' to start it off with," he greeted sarcastically. Yumi, who sat beside him, looked away from the TV at at him curiously. "I thought we finally got that message to you back in 9th grade,"
"Very funny. Now, what did you do?"
"...You're gonna have to be a little more specific," Ulrich deadpanned.
"Odd."
Ulrich felt a grin coming on. "What about him?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about," Jeremy said, though it was hard to make out past what seemed to be very loud laughter in the background. He was about 90% sure it belonged to Aelita. He then could hear Jeremy trying to shush her, while also trying not to laugh with her.
"He got jealous of Chat Noir. How is that my fault?" Ulrich said over their laughter.
"Well maybe you- oh my god are those what I think they are?" Jeremy cut himself off, sounding both very amused and slightly alarmed by what he was looking at. Aelita burst out into another fit of giggles in the background again.
"He has laser arrows oh my god!"
"Wait, are you watching him? Where are you?" Ulrich asked.
"Turn on the news,"
He relayed the instructions to Yumi, who flipped to the news, where a lifestream feed from a girl filming the superhero duo for whatever the 'Ladyblog' was playing.
From the shaky footage, two things could be made out: obviously the two heroes of Paris, Ladybug and Chat Noir, both standing in heroic stances with their weapons out as they stared down their latest foe. The second thing they could see was said foe.
It was Odd, dressed in an outfit reminiscent of both of his Lyoko outfits combined, with an additional butterfly shaped mask on his face, and pointing his hands at the two heroes in a manor very familiar to Ulrich.
Both he and Yumi had to stare for a few moments before their brains could fully process the image. Then, they burst out into unashamed laughter at the sight of their akumatized best friend.
"Oh my god! He's even got the image of Kiwi still!" Yumi pointed, which only caused eve more laughter from all sides.
"I'd forgotten how stupid he looked. God, how many years has it been?" Ulrich asked, wiping a tear from his eye.
"Over 10 at least. I'm too distracted to count," Jeremy answered, stifling another laugh with limited success.
"Wait, I think you can hear him. Listen!" The room was suddenly quiet.
Odd gave Chat Noir a cross expression before he pointed at him and shouted, "Your puns are second rate, your weapon is lame, and to top it all off, you ripped me off! I an the original cat themed superhero of France, and don't you forget it!"
Chat Noir shared a look of confusion with his partner before he casually leaned on his baton and grinned madly. "I see someone's feeline a little jealous. But don't worry, I get it: we can't all be as clawsome as I am!"
"Your nine lives just ran out!" Odd then lunged forward with a snarl and fired off some laser arrows. Ladybug, meanwhile, could be seen with two fingers pressed against her temple and muttering to herself while she swung her yo-yo around as a shield.
"Does being akumatized come with terrible puns prepackaged? Or was Odd just always that bad?" Yumi asked, an eyebrow raised. A beat of silence passed, in which Ulrich just gave hera 'really?' kind of look. "No, you're right. It's Odd; he was always that bad."
Ulrich grinned almost as broadly as Chat Noir had. "Please tell me one of you is recording this,"
"Already on it!" Aelita chirped.
"We are never letting him live this down,"
"Agreed," Everyone chorused.
...
"...You know he's gonna kill us when he gets back, right?" Jeremy pointed out.
Ulrich thought for only a moment before answering.
"Worth it."
Staying up till midnight on a school night to do this?
Worth it.
