Not having any other ideas, Jade Ninja threw his shield towards Darkblade as if it was a frisbee. The sharp edge cut partially through his armor, preventing him from grabbing Ladybug's earrings in the nick of time. His shield then returned back to him.
"Leave her alone, you crazed landlord!" he ordered.
Darkblade charged towards him, so he used his shield to deflect all of his attacks. After shielding himself for about a minute, he picked up one of the knight's weapons and tried using it against the power-hungry knight, to no avail. The battle axe was knocked out of his hands. Darkblade shoved him to the ground and then he waved his hand through an illusion. A young man in a fox suit appeared before him and wielded his flute as if it were a sword.
I don't remember getting new co-workers being in the job description. Jade Ninja thought to himself.
Oh man, it slipped my mind. You will not only work alongside Ladybug and Cat Noir, but two other superheroes as well.
He then noticed Darkblade running towards city hall.
"He's getting away!" the fox exclaimed.
"Oh no he ain't!" a feminine voice answered.
He saw a young woman in a bee outfit standing at the crosswalk before City Hall. She glared at Darkblade as he and his army of knights stood toe to toe with her.
"Young maiden, out of the way, unless you wish to become a knight yourself." he commanded.
The other heroes stood back, wondering what she would do.
"Not happening, Darkblade!" she exclaimed.
She used her spear and chipped through his armor, and then Ladybug caught the akuma, purified it and the day was saved. He learned the bee and fox heroes were called Abeille and Renard respectively.
How fitting, he thought to himself.
Later that day, back at the Lahiffe apartment, Nino was helping his dad rearrange the furniture so they could get Zoe's room painted. The bed, which was in the upper right corner, was now in the middle of room. Zoe stood by her bed, wearing a marigold in her flower crown.
"Okay, Zoe, we'll start painting tomorrow. I got the day off, so me and Nino will be spending most of the day painting your room." Mr. Lahiffe said. "Maybe my sweetheart will join me after work if she feels like it."
"Do you mind if I help? I mean, you guys are doing so much for me." She rubbed her arm awkwardly. "I don't want this to feel like a burden."
"Aw, you're so sweet." Nino said, smiling. "Any help would be appreciated."
She looked at the two men curiously. "Are you guys always this kind and welcoming?"
"We've been having foreign exchange students like you come to our house for years. I know you were in the hall of visitors a while ago, although I don't know if you saw anyone else besides Lila." Nino answered. "Did you see the portraits of the other visitors?"
"No, I didn't."
"Well, if you want, you can look at the other visitors and just ignore her image. Most of the visitors aren't crazy or evil. She was the one exception to that rule."
"Oh, thank you. I'll keep that in mind."
The following day, the three of them were painting Zoe's room. Today she wore a white carnation and she was softly humming to herself as she painted the wall opposite from the window. At the same time, Nino painted the right side while his father did the left.
"Hey Zoe, could you get another can of paint from the garage?" Nino asked.
Zoe set her paintbrush down. "Oh sure. Be right back."
She left the room happily. Nino looked at his father. He was nervous to speak about the issue on his mind. "Hey dad. Can I... confide in you?"
"Sure," he answered. "what's the matter?"
"Are you sure she'll be okay here? With her being oblivious to Hawkmoth and the dangers of his akumas?"
"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be fine." his father answered.
"If you say so..."
He turned away and continued painting. He wasn't entirely convinced. He spoke of this later with Wayzz.
"I think you should try not to worry about it too much." he said as Nino put away his numerous pairs of jeans. "There's an old saying that says 'A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.' Jean de la Fontaine said that."
"I thought it was Oogway who said, 'One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.' Or is that just a paraphrasing of a quote from a movie?"
"It's a paraphrasing, but my point still remains."
"Well, I... I had a vision. I saw a silhouette of a girl kneeling on the floor, holding a rose and crying. An akuma entered the rose and then the vision ended."
Wayzz ate some spinach leaves from a small bowl on Nino's desk. "That does not seem good. But how do you know if it's Zoe or not?"
Nino put his hand to his chin. "Well, Zoe loves flowers, especially roses from what I've gathered."
"Lots of girls love roses. Roses are the flowers of love after all. That's common knowledge."
"I guess you got a point there. By the way, I've been meaning to ask, is there anything I can do to make your stay here more enjoyable? I mean, you don't seem to be very comfortable sleeping on my wooden nightstand."
Wayzz thought to himself for a moment. "If it's not too much to ask, a fish tank would be nice. Although somehow I doubt you have one..."
"Hold on a sec." He went into his bathroom and looked in the drawers underneath the sink. "I know I used to have it at one point in time." He threw out some towels and some other supplies, and after searching, pulled out a large rectangular fish tank. He set it down on the sink. "Ta-da! I used to have a goldfish a long time ago, and it's got a water temperature adjuster, a filter. Everything a real turtle would need."
"And it still works?"
He filled up the tank with warm water and turned the filter on.
"Apparently it does."
Wayzz laid his back on the water. "Ah, it feels so nice. Thank you!"
"No problem, little man." Nino smiled briefly."Maybe I should get you a goldfish so that you don't feel lonely."
The next day, Nino and Zoe were out shopping. Zoe was looking for an orchid plant while Nino was at the pet store.
"Hello, I need two pet goldfish please. Where would I find that?"
A female clerk overheard his request. She smiled and answered, "Oh, I can get the goldfish for you. Follow me." He followed the clerk to a fish tank with two goldfish in it. She muttered, "I think these are both male..." She got out a small little net, scooped out the fish and put them into a plastic bag. He then made his purchase and met with Zoe back at the car. After they went home, he put the goldfish into the tank.
"So what will you name them?"
He noticed that one of them looked slightly beaten. He pointed to that one, and then the other. "This one's Will, and that one's Conny."
"I like that. Where there's a will, there's a Wayzz!"
Nino chuckled. The joke was rather clever. "No matter what happens, I'll always be up for the challenge."
Several weeks passed. The quintet was doing nightly patrol and Abeille and Renard were arguing. Jade Ninja looked sternly at the two arguing heroes. "Calm down you two. It looks like there's nothing there. Let's go."
The superheroes turned their backs and started walking away. They were about to go their separate ways when Abeille pointed something out.
"Unidentified person at ten o'clock!"
They turned her way and saw a magician pointing a wand and making buildings disappear.
Ladybug gasped. "The Magician of Misfortune?!"
"But we beat him!" Cat Noir claimed.
Jade looked at the magician. "Apparently, he's back."
"Well, look's like there's only one thing to do." Abeille said.
Renard turned to his teammates. "We have to fight him."
The heroes confronted him. The Magician of Misfortune looked at the superheroes. He frowned, then he proceeded to laugh at them. "You are fools trying to confront me again!"
"You're the fool, Misfortune! We defeated you and there were only two of us!" Cat Noir retorted.
Abeille gave him a skeptical look. "Look at it logically. There's five of us and one of you. What'ca gonna do?"
He smirked. "Glad you asked." He got out his wand and shot a bunch of rabbits towards them. "I got some new tricks up my sleeve! Pesto chango!" He fired a white beam at the rabbits and they soon turned into one giant rabbit monster. The rabbit giant growled and the quintet of heroes gasped. "Good luck trying to beat that! Arrivederci!"
He disappeared in a puff of smoke. Cat Noir gulped. "Well this is new."
"Anyone got any ideas?" Jade asked.