They had tried facing against the giant hare, only to notice the Magician of Misfortune had disappeared. Jade Ninja looked around. "Where did the Magician go?"
"The same place he went to last time," Ladybug began.
"The Eiffel Tower." she and Cat Noir said in unison.
"Then go stop him. We've got this." Renard said.
"Are you sure?" Cat Noir asked.
They all nodded yes and Abeille responded, "Yes, go! Hurry!"
The Lucky Duo ran off, leaving the trio to face the giant rabbit alone.
"Are you sure that was a good idea?" Jade asked them.
Neither of them answered him. The giant hare slammed his fists onto the ground. Abeille climbed up his fist, and she held on as he raised his fist. Jade Ninja threw his shield towards him. The disk was enough to cut him and make him bleed, but it wasn't enough to defeat him. The hare turned towards Jade and pounded him into the ground with his fist.
"Jade!" Renard run towards him. Jade sat up, and he felt horribly dizzy. "Are you okay?"
He answered with an incoherent moan. Renard noticed the giant coming towards his way. Jade's head spun, and he heard a flute being played. Or was it his imagination? Renard seemed to have created an illusion. The next thing he knew, he was dragged to an alleyway by his teammate.
"I've bought us some time. I created a distraction for him."
Renard ran onto the battlefield. Jade Ninja saw the fight from afar as he tried to come to his senses. Abeille was back on the ground and slashing at the giant rabbit with her spear. The giant hare used his fingers to flick her away, leaving her momentarily confused. She shook it off and charged towards the rabbit. Renard looked at her angrily.
"Get your head in the game, Abeille!"
She wanted to snap at him, but she ignored that comment and stabbed the rabbit's foot.
"Nothing's working!" she cried out. "No matter how many times we hit him, he won't give up!"
Renard threw an energy beam into his right eye, making him shut his eye in pain. The hare smacked Renard aside into a glass window, knocking him out. The giant hare walked towards the alley where Jade Ninja was hiding.
"Don't just stand there Jade! We gotta do something!" Abeille cried out.
Jade Ninja remembered that he could use his shield to hover through the air. "I got an idea. Hand me your spear!"
"Are you sure..?"
"Yes! Just trust me!"
Somewhat reluctantly, she threw her spear towards him. He got out his shield and started coasting upwards. He was better at maintaining his balance, but he had to be careful not to crash into the giant rabbit. The rabbit saw Abeille and started chasing her.
Oh man, what did I get myself into? Jade thought.
He hesitated. He couldn't get close enough without the giant hare smacking him out the sky. He had a terrible aim. There was no way he could do this. He looked down at Renard, who laid on the ground unconscious.
I can't do it, I can't do it!
Don't say that!
Abeille tripped and the rabbit caught her. She was hung in the air by one of her legs. "Let go of me, you fluffy white pet!"
He ignored his doubts and glared at the rabbit.
"Leave her alone, you overgrown hare!"
He threw the spear towards his other eye, blinding him. He dropped Abeille and she fell, only for Jade Ninja to catch her. The rabbit fell over and crashed to the ground. Jade Ninja hovered to the ground and set Abeille down gingerly.
"Are.. are you alright?"
"I'm fine, thanks to you. Although Renard seems to have it worse."
Jade put his shield away. "I'm surprised he didn't detransform."
"I wonder how the others are doing." She gasped. "The others! They need our help!"
Abeille started to run, only for Jade to stop her by grasping her shoulder. "What about Renard?"
She sighed. "I'll get the left side, you get the right."
The duo carried him to the Eiffel Tower. They arrived as Ladybug purified the akuma.
Cat Noir saw the trio and looked as if he had seen a ghost. "Yikes, what happened to you guys?"
"The rabbit gave us a hard time." Jade Ninja answered. "He threw Renard right into a glass window, knocking him out cold." He and Abeille set his teammate down. "I'm amazed at how he didn't detransform even when knocked unconscious."
"You'd be surprised the ability of the Miraculous to retain transformation as long as you don't use up your super powers." Cat Noir said. Just then, Ladybug's earrings beeped again. "Well, we better be retiring for the night."
"But I thought you wanted our identities to stay secret from each other." Abeille said.
"I did say that." Ladybug began. "Have any of you heard the title of Great Guardian?"
Abeille was clueless. If Renard knew anything, he couldn't have answered the question. Jade thought to himself for a moment.
Yeah. My predecessor was the previous Great Guardian. Wayzz answered in his head.
Jade Ninja spoke, "Yeah, I have. My kwami has mentioned to me that my predecessor was the previous one. Why do you ask?"
"Well, since I'm the Great Guardian, and because Cat Noir helped me to choose the new Miraculous wielders, we know who you are under your masks. But we can not ask you to reveal your identity to your teammates. As for Cat Noir finding out who I am, he already knows. He was smart enough to figure it out on his own, despite the glamour magic that hides our true faces. Concurrently, I know who he is because he told me. He did this because he felt guilty of knowing my secret identity while I didn't know his."
Her earrings beeped again. "Uh, My Lady?"
"Oh right. Let's move."
The Lucky Duo left, leaving Jade and Abeille in confusion.
"So what do we do?" Abeille asked. "We don't know who he is under the mask."
At that moment, Renard woke up. He looked around and sat up. "Uh... What happened?"
"You were knocked out. We defeated the giant rabbit." Jade answered.
"We? That was practically all you." Abeille said.
"You sure?"
"You took my spear and I was caught by the rabbit. You're the real hero."
Jade Ninja turned to Renard. "You think you can make it home by yourself?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine."
Jade smiled. "In that case, we better get going our separate ways. Goodnight."
"Goodnight guys." Abeille said.
Renard walked away. "Goodnight!"
Jade Ninja went back to his home and collapsed on his bed.