Adrien/Chat Noir

Adrien paced back and forth, running his hands through his hair. He still couldn't believe that his father had seen the hole in the wall, which was the mark of Chat Noir, but he just kept praying that his father wouldn't make the connection. However, he seemed too angry to do so, which relieved Adrien a lot.

Plagg was hovering at the window, watching the boy, with an unusually emotional expression on his tiny face. "That was close, Plagg," said Adrien. "Too close."

"What are you going to do?" Plagg replied.

"I don't know. If I go out again, my father is going to get really angry, but if I don't, Ladybug will be all alone."

"I'm… I'm sure she'll understand."

"But I promised her, Plagg! I promised her that I'd be there next time." Adrien sighed and clenched his fists. "She's more important."

Plagg couldn't help but grin. "Aww, true love."

Adrien rolled his eyes then took a seat on his desk chair. He guessed that he'd be stuck in his room for a while, at least until there was more danger and he could transform into Chat Noir. He would have to use cataclysm again, because Mr. Agreste had already patched up the broken chunk of wall. And that would lead to him knowing that Adrien had left the house once again. But the blonde-haired boy just had to do it.

"Got any cheese?" Plagg suddenly said. "I'm hungry."

"I wonder if Natalie will come if I call her," Adrien said. He walked over to the little button next to the door, pressed it, then yelled into the speaker, "Natalie! Can you come here?"

In the next moment, he could hear the click-clacking of heels coming toward his bedroom. Then Natalie came through, shifting her glasses as if she was nervous. "Y-Yes, Adrien?"

"Can I have some food? A lot of cheese?"

"I…" Natalie didn't seem to know what to do. Adrien guessed that she wasn't supposed to do anything on his orders, but he and his kwami had to eat! Then she nodded. "Of course."

As she disappeared back down the hallway, unfortunately not forgetting to lock the door behind her, Adrien turned to Plagg. "That worked."

Minutes later, they were munching away; Adrien found that he was pretty hungry - stress eating, perhaps, but the food tasted delicious. All the while, he watched the window, waiting for an explosion or some sign of another akumanized villain.

When Plagg had finally finished eating (long after Adrien) and his master was pacing the room, he asked, "So, are you really going to risk turning into Chat Noir and getting into trouble?"

Adrien stopped pacing and turned to his kwami. "Of course, Plagg. You know how important Ladybug is to me!"

"But you've always wanted to impress your father."

Adrien was silent for a moment, admitting to himself that Plagg had a point. "Not if my father is like this. I love Ladybug."

Just then, before Plagg could giggle a reply, the ground shook. There was screaming in the distance and the sounds of cars swerving on the polished roads. Adrien's heart lurched; he knew that feeling. What he was waiting for had finally happened.

"Plagg, claws out!" he yelled, and after just filling up on food, his kwami wasn't hesitant. Seconds later, Chat Noir was standing in the room, ready to join the love of his life and defeat whatever enemy threatened Paris.

After shouting "Cataclysm!" he ripped open the wall and was about to jump through when the door opened, making his heart stop.

Whoever saw him there now knew his secret.

"Chat Noir!" It was Mr. Agreste, exactly the person that the superhero was hoping not to hear.

I'll try to play it cool, Chat Noir told himself, and turned around, looking serious. "Sir, I have to leave, Paris is -"

"In danger, yes," Mr. Agreste replied, his voice almost a sneer. "Especially now that I've caught you."

"P-Pardon me?" Chat Noir replied, not believing what he had heard.

"Don't you know who I am, you foolish boy?" Mr. Agreste continued. "Well, either way, now I know who you are."

And before Chat Noir could react, even though he was still confused, something hit him on his head and everything went black.

I agree that this was a short chapter, but I needed to make it a cliffhanger. EVIL, RIGHT? Btw, I started watching Fairy Tail, and it is AMAZING. Expect some more fanfiction from me. ;) - Key