A/N: Hello Miraculers. Sorry for not posting for two months. I had family issues which led to quite the drought of inspiration(ironically for this story). I'm going to to get right onto writing the next chapter, so enjoy!
Chapter 6:
The two entered the bakery, and were welcomed by the Dupain-Chengs.
"Good afternoon, Adrien and ," Sabine and Tom greeted.
"Good afternoon to you too. You can call me Gabriel like any other parent in your daughter's class," Gabriel smiled back.
"Ah, yes. Our daughter is such a big fan of your work!" Sabine smiled.
"I noticed. Marinette won my hat contest, didn't she?," the designer recalled.
"Yes she did, and she was so excited to have Adrien model it. She such a big fan," Tom grinned.
"I do appreciate those who are very dedicated with their work and have the talent the she exhibits," Gabriel smiled. "Adrien, do you know what you want?"
"Ah, yes!" the teen grinned, snapping out of a daze.
"What would you like, my dear?" Sabine asked.
"I'd like French Onion soup in a bread bowl," he ordered.
"And I'd like the same," the businessman followed.
"Alrighty! Two French Onion soups in a bread bowl coming right up!" Tom cheered.
The father and son smiled, as they took a seat by the window to wait for their food.
Up in Marinette's room, Marinette was sitting at her desk, looking at the pictures of the two different moth outlines.
"Tikki, what's going on? How did the bubbler come back? And what's with the two different colored outlines?" the teen asked, trying to make a list of how a past akuma returned.
"Like I said, Marinette, Nino could have been in an extremely similar situation as last time, which upset him, making him once more vulnerable to Hawkmoth, but the different colored outlines, I have no idea how to explain it," the kwami shrugged. "But, maybe it has something to do with my suspicion that Plagg is quite ill, and his holder isn't doing anything about it."
"Well that doesn't sound like Cat. I know he is pretty full of himself, but not to that extent," Marinette worried.
Tikki suddenly froze in the air, and then sped to the window where she saw Adrien appear in front of his father. "No way," the kwami muttered to herself.
"What is it Tikki?" Marinette asked, rushing over to the window. "Oh my goodness, it's Adrien! Is he- He's coming into the bakery with his dad! I can't believe it!" Marinette nearly boiled over in excitement.
"Calm down Marinette," Tikki advised, holding in a cringe about what her holder didn't see.
"Should I go down and introduce myself in person to ? No way! I'd probably embarrass myself. But should I at least say hi to Adrien?" Of course not! I'd probably melt just looking at him," Marinette rambled, perking up in hope, but wilting back into a sad slouch. The hero in disguise sighed, and decided she'd wait for a few minutes before going down.
The kwami on the other hand decided to sneak away as Marinette began working on her homework. Tikki told Marinette, "I'm going to go take a nap under your bed. I'm pooped after that battle."
"Okay, Tikki. I won't disturb you unless it's time for patrol, or if another akuma attacks," Marinette replied.
The ladybug spirit flew under the bed, and waited for about a minute before flying through the metal of the vent. She shot up the vent til' she reached the opening and the shot out in the direction of the Agreste mansion.
After a minute or two she reached the mansion, and flew through the window of Adrien's bedroom, landing on Adrien's bed in front of Adrien's open bag where Plagg lay motionless next to one of Adrien's textbooks. The little, red creature carefully glided over to the no-longer-black cat, and nudged him once. He didn't respond. She nudged him twice. He didn't respond again. She then dragged him out of the bag into the light, which finally brought his conscience back with a moan.
"Plagg!" Tikki cried, holding his fingerless hand, to hopefully help him up.
"Adrien, you-, Tikki?!" the black kwami jumped in surprise, but then moaned in pain of moving so quickly.
"Plagg. I'm glad you're still in the living, but not so glad as to Adrien not taking care of you and bringing you to Master Fu," the red kwami worried.
"Well, that's not going to happen, since Fu can spot an akuma from a mile away, no matter how discrete," Plagg rasped softly.
"So my suspicions are true. Adrien has been akumatized, but that doesn't explain why he just appeared in front his father, and Gabriel wasn't surprised," Tikki stated quizzically dragging Plagg up into the air.
"Yeah well, Hawkmoth was in disguise as his father, and Hawkmoth his being "a father" to Adrien in return for being an akuma," Plagg explain sarcastically.
"And, how long has this been going on?" the bug asked.
"About 24 hours," he coughed.
"Well, I'm not letting you remain in this much pain for longer, so I'll inform Marinette, and we can free Adrien from the akuma!" she cheered, about to head straight out of the window.
"No! You can't!" Plagg exclaimed suddenly, making the two run into window.
"Why? He's akumatized! I don't want him to lure Marinette and take her Miraculous, Plagg!" Tikki raised her voice.
"Because Hawkmoth is Adrien's dad, and this is helping their relationship!" the cat protested sentimentally, pulling his paw out of Tikki's hand, and feebly flew.
The lucky spirit froze in air, startled by his passion. "Plagg, but can easily turn on Adrien, and manipulate him to take Marinette's earrings!"
"I know! I know! But, this could end Hawkmoth's activity forever, and Adrien could bring his mother back!" the spirit of destruction yelled, ending in a fit of coughing and falling to the ground.
"Fine, Plagg, but keep me updated. Now, let's get you over to Master Fu's," Tikki compromised.
Tikki put her arm under Plagg's shoulder, and she flew them through the window, toward Master Fu's.
Meanwhile back at the bakery, Adrien and Gabriel were conversing happily.
"So, how was your school day, today?" the villain asked.
"It was fine, although, the other kids may be suspicious, with change in color of my hair and my eyes," the child inform his father.
"Well that's an issue, I'll fix it later, so don't be surprised when your hair and eyes return to normal, and just tell your friends it was washable dye and contacts," the man sighed with a small, soft smile.
"Of course," Adrien nodded, and softly transitioned the conversation: "So, will I be "akumatizing" anyone tomorrow?"
"No. I mustn't have Ladybug get suspicious of such frequent returning akuma as well as all of your discolored butterflies " Gabriel murmured only loud enough so his son could hear him.
"So, what will I be doing tomorrow?" the model questioned.
"I'm going to make another akuma who will only respond to my command, and it can be one of your typical battles," the designer suggested.
"Hmm... Well that sounds boring," the boy raised his eyebrow at the adult. "What if I 'lose my miraculous' tomorrow, and Ladybug would be more merciful to us," the anti-hero smirked.
"Hmm…." Hawkmoth stroked his own chin with a grin. "That sounds quite interesting, though. But, we'll have to wait for later to execute that plan, since we can't make it too abrupt and have Ladybug chase after you, and I'd hate to see you in pain for seeing her in such emotion pain."
Adrien's eyes widened in awe of such a kind thought, and all he said was, "Thank you for such consideration!"
"No problem, my son. This how a father should treat his child," Gabriel replied solemnly. "But, for now, you have a patrol later, which you should try to get things better from last time and try to avert Ladybug's thought process from discovering our plan."
"Yes, sir," the teen saluted playfully before placing his napkin on the table.
The father got up from his chair and walked over to the counter carrying the dishes, and handed them to Sabine and Tom. "I enjoy the soup very much," Gabriel complimented.
"Oh, thank you, Gabriel. Come back anytime!" Sabine cheered as the two walked out of the bakery.
"Oh yeah, thank you for the meal," Adrien smiled, looking up at tall man hovering over him.
"It's no problem, Adrien. Thank you for mentioning this place. I enjoyed the food," his father smiled back sincerely, putting his hand on his son's shoulder.
"When will you talk to me again?" the boy questioned eagerly.
"I'll talk to you tonight after your patrol. You can tell me how it went," the man replied, leading Adrien away to a more discrete spot. "For now, I must go home and take care of things in my real civilian life."
Adrien completely forgot Hawkmoth was in disguise as his biological father and as it hit him, he saw a cloud of butterflies surround the adult, and as the butterflies flew off him, his purple and black suit returned. In a dark flash, Hawkmoth disappeared, and Adrien, with his yellow-blonde hair was left alone before he decided to transform into Cat Noir without Plagg, since he was already outside and he didn't wanted to poison the kawmi anymore.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I'm hoping to post the next chapter soon since I gained inspiration back after being stuck. Tell me how you liked it, since I was quite stuck on it for two months.