03/30/23
4 Reviews, 6 Favs, 8 Follows
The next day, it was a rainy day in Paris and Marinette decided to come back to school since it's been 5 days since she needed time to get over the death of her love. As she came into the classroom, Chloe starts to bully her again by criticizing that Adrien was a fool to save Marinette's life for nothing.
"Leave her alone! Stop making her life miserable!" Alya defended her best friend.
"You're making it worse for her, Chloe! All of us miss Adrien except you!" Nino yelled.
"Girl, head outside" Alya whispered to Marinette to go outside while they deal with Chloe.
"Okay" Marinette left the classroom crying softly.
"This has gone too far, Chloe! I'm glad that Sabrina left you!" Alya said.
"Zoe Lee is much nicer and respects who we are in life!" Rose said.
"You just don't see things my way! You're all ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!" Chloe accused them all.
Suddenly, bats swarmed on Chloe for just a few seconds before taking a flight out the open window. There stood Bat Noir leaning against the desk with his arms crossed, "The only one who's foolish, bratty, heartless, and utterly ridiculous is you, Chloe. How dare you bring up Adrien in front of Marinette. She tried so hard to let go and you just made it worse!"
"What's with the new look?!" Chloe asked.
"None of your business. Let's say I put the bat and the cat together! You Chloe have no sympathy or compassion for someone else!" Bat Noir said.
"Please! Everyone adores me! I am the Mayor's daughter! My daddy can banish you!" Chloe exclaimed.
"Oh, puurrrrlease! You only use him to get what you want! Without him, you're nothing! Better yet, you're still foolish as ever to not be aware of yourself who's utterly ridiculous!" Bat Noir approached her slowly, "No one adores you! You have no friends! No love! No heart! And no soul! Even God will never invite you to heaven when you kick the bucket!"
"Stay away from me!" Chloe backed off nervously.
"Oh, I thought you liked intimidating victims but you don't like it when I intimidate you" Bat Noir's red eyes glowed.
"Just get away! I beg you!" Chloe begged.
"You beg?! You tried to kill Ladybug as Crusher!" Bat Noir growled.
"And now you constantly torment my innocent princess! She worked so hard to heal and you open her wounds emotionally! If I ever see you torment my princess or anyone ever again, I will make your nightmares come true!" Bat Noir made the lights flicker to intimidate her.
The classmates, however, were a little scared of the new feline bat but they believe he was trying to teach the brat the hard way. The easy way never worked on her.
"Do I make myself clear?! Do you understand?! DO YOU?!" He lifted her.
"Whoa, whoa! Dude, calm down" Nino said.
Bat Noir let go of Chloe and turns around, seeing Nino made him flashback to when he and Nino became best friends. He also started to remember Alya before he snaps out of the trance.
"Sorry" Bat Noir apologized but he was not done yet with Chloe.
"You better heed my warning. One day you'll have no one but yourself" Bat Noir hissed and went outside to see if Marinette is okay.
He found her sitting on some bench in sadness. Chloe really has got into her head again. No way is he gonna have his princess suffer again. If only he can tell her that he's him but it would only bring more pain and misery.
"Princess?" He calls for her.
"Kitty!" Marinette clung herself onto him.
"My princess. You okay? If it makes you feel better, I scared Chloe like a bat" Bat Noir purred in her hair to calm her down.
"Thanks, Kitty," Marinette said.
While waiting for her to calm down, Bat Noir tried to remember the times he loved her. How did he love her?
"Tell me, Princess. How was it like when you were with Adrien?" Bat Noir asked.
"We hung out at cinemas, had ice cream, and spent time with friends," Marinette said.
"Tell me more, princess. Was he like a prince with kindness?" Bat Noir asked, wanting to remember more.
"Yes, he was like a charming prince that his father kept prisoner for some time," Marinette said.
"That selfish father really has no idea what he has until it's gone" Bat Noir caressed her cheeks.
"Yes, he lost his only child and saw us all as bad influences," Marinette said.
"What? How could he say that?" Bat Noir felt a little memory of his father's strict attitude.
"He knows nothing about friendship" Marinette nuzzled on his chest.
"Or the meaning of being responsible as a parent" Bat Noir purred.
"Yeah" Marinette looks up at him.
"Feeling better?" Bat Noir asked.
"Much better, Kitty. You're the most selfless and caring hero I know" Marinette said and kissed his cheek in gratitude.
He purred from the kiss, "I will always meow for you, even if I'm a scary bat" Bat Noir said.
Marinette smiled at him sweetly, "Thank you"
"There's my happy princess" Bat Noir can see that she's happy.
"Thanks to you, kitty bat" She scratched his chin.
"Puuuuurrrrrrrrr" He purred in happiness at remembering the times she would scratch his chin. He really likes it. The others came out and saw the two together.
"If Chloe ever brings up Adrien again, let me know. If he was a ghost, he would be haunting her for eternity until he's at peace" Bat Noir said.
"Okay Bat Noir" Marinette hugs him.
He hugs her back and kissed her forehead, "Now I must go. Bats don't like being in the daylight you know"
"Good luck kitty bat," Marinette said.
"Heh, you're too cute," Bat Noir said before heading outside on the cloudy sky day.
"That was kind of him," Rose said.
"He really cares about her well-being" Juleka mumbled quietly.
"Yeah" Rose agreed.
x
Adrien hid in the alley to keep an eye out for the sun peaking through the clouds, "She's so kind and innocent, Plagg. It's like I do know her from before"
"You thought you loved Ladybug but then you moved on to falling in love with your princess," Plagg said.
"I see. Well, it seems I'm better off as Ladybug's partner" Adrien said.
"But you're not Cat Noir anymore. He died with Adrien in it" Plagg said.
"I'm still him but as a bat hybrid and with memories lost," Adrien said.
"Kid, the old Adrien was alive with a heartbeat. If you have forgotten, your reflection died with it" Plagg gestures to the puddle.
"I know that. But I'm pretty much undead" Adrien replied in an annoyed tone.
"Can you remember being in the afterlife?" Plagg asked.
"No, it was just dark and nothing. But so hungry for the blood That It helps me sustain life" Adrien spots a rat. He grabs it and drank its blood, disgusting Plagg.
"Kid, focus! Focus on yourself!" Plagg said.
"I need it to sustain my strength!" Adrien glared at him.
"And killing was never really your thing, Mr. Undead Kitten!" Plagg complained.
"Things change, Plagg. Don't tell me you're gonna leave me" Adrien wipes his mouth.
"I'm not. I just miss my sweet kitten who I loved as a son to me. But you lost your memory" Plagg said.
"Yes, because I was dead," Adrien said.
"And the deity brought you back as a vampire. He said you were not ready to die. He gave you a new life but he can't bring your body back as a living person you used to be. Kid, whatever happened, it's obvious that you were brought back to find the truth" Plagg said.
"The truth about someone killed me. I know. These dreams I'm having, It's a mystery of my memories of how I died" Adrien puts his hood over his head since the sun is coming through the clouds.
"Alright" Plagg followed.
It was strange that Adrien can detect heartbeats a mile away.
"I hear one over there, and over there too" Adrien looks around.
"Are you talking to ghosts?" Plagg asked.
"No, I hear heartbeats," Adrien said.
x
At the mansion, Gabriel stared at his wife in her coma, talking about how he failed to protect Adrien and now he was murdered by the akuma victim.
"I was too late, Emilie. I failed to keep our son alive, and now my time has almost come" He strains due to the cataclysm.
His mental madness made him see the ghost of Adrien staring at him with very soulless black eyes.
"No! Adrien!" He gasps but it kept its angered expression.
"You killed me!" the Ghost of Adrien repeated his words while Gabriel hallucinates.
"It was not my fault! It was Lila! Forgive me!" Gabriel screamed.
"Why should you be forgiven?!" Ghost of Adrien yelled, "My new life was perfect with my friends and the girl I loved and you took it away! And for what?!" His banshee scream rang in Gabriel's ears, "Just to get mom back while I am just your fucking animal?!"
"I just want us to be a family again!" Gabriel protested.
"NO! You did it for yourself!" The ghost of Adrien angrily snarled.
"You think what you're doing is right but in reality, you're hurting innocent lives! How many people will die by your akuma puppets until one day you're all alone?!" The ghost of Adrien pushed him near the casket, "Death can punish anyone who does wrongful sins when they die! You'll never be reunited with me and mom!" He then touched Emilie and her ghost came out, looking like a scary dead ghost.
"Our son is right. You never did it for me and Adrien. I warned you to not let your obsession get to you but you never listened! You're a monster, Gabriel!" Emilie's ghost said.
"Please forgive me, my love!" Gabriel begged.
"It's too late! FAR TOO LATE!" The ghost of Adrien screamed again, "You tried to send me to London so I can be miserable and insane! Just like you! You call this doing what's best for me?! To have an akuma kill me?!"
"It wasn't the intention!" Gabriel said.
"But it is now! You knew Lila wanted Marinette dead!" The ghost of Adrien growled.
"And Adrien would have been miserable without her! Just like you were miserable without me!" Ghost Emilie glared.
Ghost Adrien grabbed Gabriel by the throat, "One day when you die, the punishment will damn you for eternity in hell!"
Gabriel woke up from his insanity and saw his wife still in her coma, "I gotta get the miraculous now!"
x
With Ladybug, she was patrolling on her own after school. She has been getting symptoms this morning and If only she have told Adrien the news but it was too late.
"Oh Adrien, I can't let you go now" Her mind was too focused on him.
She held her flat belly, trying to calm her cravings. Her appetite was too much for her but she managed to control it. She had to see his grave and learn what really happened. So she swings to the graveyard to investigate.
She looks around and saw no police or detectives around, "Coast is clear" She got inside the tomb to check on the grave.
"Please be okay, Adrien" Ladybug prayed to find his corpse so that her love can rest in peace.
But once she got to his casket it was empty, "No! Adrien!" She gasps in shock.
They weren't kidding when they said his corpse is missing, "No, no, no, no! Adrien!" She fell to her knees screaming hysterically.
She suddenly threw up due to another symptom she's going through. She had to stay strong for this miracle growing inside her. She stands up and touched the empty casket.
"I was too late to tell you, my love. That night we made love and now….." Ladybug sobs a little, "I'm pregnant with your child!"
She soon stood up and noticed some stains of blood on the walls, "Oh my god. It's not his blood" She gasped.
She also noticed some bloodied handprints on the walls and they were too big to be Adrien's hands.
"Whoever was in here must have gotten into a fight while stealing the corpse" She guessed and found white lining where the corpses of the robbers were found.
"Definitely been a fight here," Ladybug said, cautious she looks around to ensure there's no one to attack her.
An actual black cat meowed out of nowhere, "Meow" It walks towards her.
"Hey, there little one. All alone are you?" Ladybug noticed the cat and got on one knee.
"Meow" It rubbed his side on her ankle and around.
"Awww" She petted him, "Just been investigating Adrien's grave, little cat"
The feline jumped into the empty casket, pawing at the soft fabric.
"Yeah, it was such a tragic event," Ladybug said.
"Meow" It meowed.
"Lila almost tried to kill me but Adrien took the hit to save me. Spots off" She detransformed to let her kwami rest and it nearly startled the cat.
"I wanted to tell him the great news" She held her stomach, "I was so scared that if he knew, his father would punish him badly to realize that I'm…I'm…..I'm pregnant with Adrien's child"
The black cat nearly got spooked by those words. She was pregnant with his child. How long was she pregnant?
"Yes, it was for over some week" Marinette sighs, "Our child will forever ask me questions about his or her father. I should've told Adrien when I had the chance but it was too late" She held her belly and the cat got out of the casket, nuzzling her.
"Merci, little one" She petted him but then had to go see the doctor to make sure that her pregnancy is doing okay, "See ya around, kitty," Marinette said and transformed to Ladybug again, swinging out of the mausoleum.
Unknown to her, the cat morphed back to Bat Noir, who was in shock and baffled over the news, he was the father of his unborn child.
