A/N: Sorry for the late update. School has been really stressful lately. I thank all of those who have followed, reviewed, and favored this story. You have all given me inspiration which has helped me deal with some mental problems I face on a daily basis. But now without further adieu, here's Chapter 5:

Right after battle, Cat Noir escorted Nino back to school.

"Are you sure you're alright, dude?" the hero asked the civilian.

"Yeah, I'm sure. I'm just worried about my bro, Adrien," he sighed.

"What's wrong, if you can tell me?" the cat asked.

"He had a bad argument with his dad," he answered.

"Well, that's a shame," the blond dressed in black frowned sincerely.

"He's not acting right as well. He is directly disregarding his father, and before I was akumatized, our conversation wasn't going too well. I just don't know what to do to help him!"

The model was momentarily brought back to morality, and was saddened by his friend's distress. "Don't worry about it, dude. I'm sure things will get better for him," he smiled, in hopes to console his friend.

The first bell rang, and Nino's eyes widened in alarm. "I need to get to class!" the DJ exclaimed.

"See ya," the hero smiled back sincerely.

The hero launched himself to the back of the school.

"Volpina," he called.

"Yes, Hawkmoth Jr.?" she asked, an illusion of her appearing right in front of him.

"I need my Miraculous back," the boy stated, changing into his akuma form.

"Of course." The real Volpina jumped off the roof of a nearby building, and landed with the ring and the sleeping kwami, who was looking paler.

The teen took the ring, placed it on his finger. He then carefully picked up the slightly grayer cat, and place him in the palm of his +opposite hand.

As he looked back up, he saw a purple moth outline around the fox's face, and she spoke, "Yes, Hawkmoth."

She looked directly back at Adrien and told him, "Follow me. Hawkmoth wants me to bring you to him. She turned around, and began leading the boy away through the shadows of alleyways.

After traveling many kilometers through the city, the anti hero and heroine reached a building with a dome on the top. "Go up to the dome up there. Hawkmoth is waiting there for you," the fox informed him.

The model teleported himself up to the dome. When he opened his eyes, he saw a flock of white butterflies flying around the room, particularly around a figure in the center of the room.

"I'm glad you've come," the dark voice of the figure boomed, echoing throughout the room. The man took a few steps approaching the boy, Upon reaching him, the adult placed his hand on the child's shoulder and spoke kindly: "I'm proud of your progress so far, Adrien."

"Thank you," the teen smiled widely. The adolescent took a few more steps closer, and wrapped his arms around the back of his "new" guardian, carefully holding Plagg, and nuzzled his head into the man's chest.

The man, startled by sudden affection, slowly and carefully embraced his son back.

"Adrien, what would you like to do with me as your new father?" the villain asked nervously after his child ended the hug.

"I don't know," the model replied, brainstorming all of the things he wish he'd have done with his father. "Maybe have dinner together?" he mentioned anxiously.

"There is one complication, as you may have noticed, with both of us being Miraculous holders; we can't just walk into public as Cat Noir and Hawkmoth," the father stated.

"I know," the boy sighed disappointedly worried that his desire would be rejected.

"But," the adult began with a soft smile. "Volpina can disguise me as your biological father, and we can have father-son bonding at whichever restaurant you'd like."

Adrien's eyes lit up with happiness, and quickly hugged his father once more. "Thank you so much!" he grinned excitedly.

"So, where would you like to go?"

The sidekick pondered for a few moments before concluding, "A bakery. One on Gottlieb Street owned by a friend of mine from school."

"Sounds nice," Hawkmoth smiled. He sighed, and said, "I'll meet you in front of the bakery at four. I have some things to tend to in my civilian life."

With that, the man disappeared, and the young villain was left alone in the lair of butterflies with his kwami, grinning gleefully. The boy began to dance around the room with excitement and glee, but he soon stopped as Plagg stirred.

"Adrien," Plagg rasped softly.

"What is it Plagg?" he replied blandly.

"I'm not doing well. If you transform akumatized many more times, I don't think I'll last!" The kwami immediately relaxed and went unconscious again.

Adrien chuckled at the patheticness of the cat, but paused in realization his apathetic action. He then disappeared, and reappeared at school where he left his bag. The teen placed the kwami into the bag, and once more teleported himself, this time, to his bedroom.

Later at the end of the school day, Marinette began walking out with Alya and Nino who were discussing the latest akuma battle.

"Hey Nino, what happened? How did you get akumatized?" Alya grinned, holding her phone up in front of her.

"Honestly, I don't remember a thing. Sorry!" he apologized.

Alya let out a deep sigh of disappointment.

"What's wrong?" Marinette asked her best friend, nearly tripping down the steps.

"Look at these two pictures of Nino being talked to by Hawkmoth," Alya said. She pulled up a picture on her phone of Nino with a purple outline around his face, and then show another with a green outline around his face. "Look!" the reporter exclaimed. "Do you see the difference in color?"

"Yeah," Nino gasped.

"Maybe there are two Hawkmoths or something!" Alya theorized.

"I doubt it," Marinette opposed nervously. "It's probably just a trick of the light."

"Well, I guess we can deduct this when the next akuma happens," Nino shrugged, beginning to part from the two as they reached the sidewalk in front of the school.

"Alya, aren't you coming?" Nino inquired. The two were going to hangout at his house for the afternoon.

"Oh, yeah!" Alya laughed at her little mistake, following Nino's lead.

"See you two!" Marinette waved to the couple as she headed over to her bakery. As she crossed the street, she felt her purse flop around a little. Reaching the other side, she puzzledly opened the bag to be caught off guard by Tikki's urgent expression.

"Marinette, I think something's wrong with Cat Noir," the bug informed her holder.

"What? What do you mean?" Marinette worried.

"I can sense that Plagg, his kwami, is really ill," she explained.

"So shouldn't he go and see that master I brought you to?" the human questioned.

"Yes he should, but I don't think he's going to bring him to Master Fu," the bug worried.

"Don't worry too much, Tikki. I'll see him tonight, and I'll talk to him."

They reached the bakery, and the girl entered, smiling and greeting her parents before running upstairs to her bedroom.

Back at the mansion, Adrien fell back onto his bed and sighed happily. He got back up, and decided to sneak around the mansion to check and see how things were going with his illusion. He turned back into his civilian form, and slowly slid through his door. The first sight he saw when he left his room was Nathalie furiously talking to herself as she called someone.

"Ugh, Gabriel, where are you! Your son literally disappeared into dust three hours ago, and you don't even notice!" The secretary let out a frustrated scream. "I'm giving you one last chance before I call the police to see what in the world is going on!" She pressed redial, and about two tones went by before the phone was answered.

"Nathalie, I'm sorry. I had a very busy day at work, and I didn't have my phone with me," the fashion designer explained.

"Well, I've been calling you all day, to inform you that your son has disappeared."

"Disappeared!" the man exclaimed.

"Yes. He turned into dust about now three and a half hours ago, and you just didn't have your phone with you!" the woman screamed.

"Nathalie, put yourself together!" Gabriel commanded. "I don't think Adrien would have went far. He probably went back to school. He'll be home soon, and I'll give him a talking to later."

"Fine," she huffed angrily as her boss hung up.

Adrien shifted slightly thinking about how terrible of a parent his biological father was not to notice his son's disappearance. Nathalie turned her head, and noticed him standing and watching her.

"Adrien, where in the world did you go!" she yelled, marching up the stairs to him. "You quite literally turned to dust the last time I saw you, about four hours ago!"

"Sorry, Nathalie! I just can't stand being home-schooled, so I went back to school," he lied.

"No you didn't! I checked in with your school, and they said that you weren't there this afternoon, although you were there in the morning. So how can that be!" she growled.

Adrien froze, not knowing how to respond. Gladly though, his father arrived, and turned the secretary's attention away from him.

"Gabriel, you got here quite quickly," she stated, immediately hiding her rage and showing no sign of emotion.

"Yes, Nathalie, but if you excuse me, I must speak to my son," the designer responded.

The man walked up the stairs, and approached his child.

"Adrien, I heard you disobeyed my orders, and went to school," his father spoke coldly.

"Yes, father," he replied.

"So, why did you disobey my rules?" the man continued.

"I'm tired of having no say!" the teen yelled. "You are such a tyrant, controlling my activities, my friendships, and ruining my education! You're such a terrible father!"

The model broke down into tears and teleported himself over to the bakery where another version of his father waited patiently. "Dad!" the boy cheered, running over and embracing him.

"My son," 'Hawkmoth in disguise' cooed comfortingly, stroking his son's hair.

"I missed you," he murmured into his father's coat.

"I missed you too," he repeated back.

A/N: I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! I hope to update sooner than I did this time for the next, but who knows with tons of state exams coming up.