SDGGHSBLGKJAG IT'S BEEN A MONTH WHERE IS TIME GOING SCHOOL IS JUST ACK

This one is shoooooorter I'm sorry but heck I'm just here to post a chapter I've got Algebra homework then I gotta cry over America expiring tomorrow

save me

Bleu Paon didn't come back for a return visit after the one Ladybug had gone through a few nights before. Ladybug had not heard anything of Bleu Paon since that one sighting. Had she been tripping out somehow? Was Paon just a figment of her imagination, a part of her mind that was judging herself for the one damming thought she'd began to carry around? That HawkMoth was doing this because he wanted to fix a mistake he made? She didn't know. She hadn't told the rest of her team either, despite Tikki's protests. She had gone to Master Fu's, but he wasn't there. His shop seemed to be closed. Upon further inspection, she had noticed a note stuck to the door.

"There is an important gift waiting for you inside, Ladybug. Please, take it and keep it safe." -Fu

Ladybug, to her horror, found the Miraculous box waiting for her. Why else would he give it to her if he wasn't... dead? Gone? Fu had said he didn't have much time left, she didn't think his time would have ended after a day. She feared the worst. The box now sat hidden under her bed, for the time being, until she found a better place to store it. She didn't think she was ready to become the new Miraculous guardian, not that she'd have much to guard for awhile. HawkMoth's, after they defeated him, definitely. But now she would have to choose the fate of the Miraculous. Fu was wise, Ladybug assumed that after her and her friend's jobs were done, he'd have asked them to return the jewels to him for safekeeping. Yet that was entirely up to her now. Ladybug didn't like the thought of taking away the Miraculous, the kwamis, and the freedom from her friends.

Wind gusted past her small frame suddenly, snapping the heroine out of deep thought. She was sitting high atop the Eiffel Tower, looking down at the city she protected everyday. The moon was out in its full glory. It must've been past midnight already. Her team would probably be asleep as well, so she was alone. Or, so she thought.

"I thought I could see someone sitting up here. I just didn't know which one of us it was." Queen Bee commented, hooking her spinning top back onto her suit, right at her hip.

Ladybug turned. "Bee? Why are you awake, it's pretty late..."

"I could ask the same of you, you know. Ladybug shouldn't be wasting her sleep time when she needs all her strength to protect Paris in the morning." She replied with a smirk. "I realize now this is why you and Adrien are always so tired at school. Don't look at me like that, neither of you were good at hiding it."

Ladybug gave a small smile. "Yeah. Hopefully we can relax a little bit more though. Except for me, I suppose. I've got to be at every battle to purify the Akuma."

Queen Bee sat beside the ladybug with a frown. "Who's good idea was that? Only having one Miraculous with that ability. That's not a good fail safe at all. There should be at least two." She commented.

Ladybug nodded in agreement. "Yeah, that would take a load off of me, wouldn't it? I'm only a small bug, all of this responsibility's going to end up crushing me!" She wailed dramatically, before the pair of bugs burst out laughing. Ladybug sighed in wonder. "You know, I never thought we'd do this. Us, sitting here side by side, laughing like we were old friends. It's hard to believe all those years you were so mean to me would just stop so suddenly." Ladybug paused, observing Bee's face as she took in her words. "But... I'm glad we've gotten here. I'm glad you've gotten here. Gotten to move past all of that, opened up to us about you. Sorry if I was pushy, by the way. But anyways, I'm excited and happy for you. And if you ever feel the need to talk, talk about anything on your mind, you should call one of us. We'd all be happy to listen."

Bee smiled widely at Ladybug, eyes suspiciously shiny. "Thank you. Marinette, it was really your doing. You gave me a chance, even after all I've done to you... I probably will never be able to make up for that, will I?"

Ladybug chuckled softly. "Don't worry about that. You're on the right path now, that's all that matters."

The bug pair slipped into comfortable silence, watching over the city together, as friends for the first time.

But, good things are always cut short.

"Uh oh... another Akuma? Two in one day?!" Ladybug exclaimed, witnessing the sudden chaos happening below. What the hell was wrong with HawkMoth, it was so late! Thank goodness she and Queen Bee were awake.

Queen Bee sighed, standing up and grabbing her spinning top. "We should, you know, probably deal with that..."

Ladybug groaned. "Yep. Yep. Let's go. This is your first fight, and Chat's not here... be careful, okay?"

Ladybug and Bee swung down to the ground from the tower, running over to where the Akuma was. To their distaste, they found out the Akuma was a drunkard who'd been kicked out a bar for "partying too hard". They didn't personally want to know what that implied. The Akuma apparently shot, well, shots. Of vodka. The idiot was even drunk himself, his attacks were random and sloppy, along with his words. Seriously, HawkMoth was running out of good choices. The only problem was that when he shot his shots, they exploded into alcoholic fumes no matter where they hit. This was bad, because Ladybug and Bee really didn't want to inhale any.

"This is getting stupid!" Bee hollered to Ladybug, jumping out of the way of the Akuma's shots over and over.

"I don't really see a way around this guy! He's too random, I can't predict what he'll do!" Ladybug shouted back. "Lucky Charm!"

What she got was completely unrelated to the situation. "What the hell is this? A bird caller? Am I drunk now, how is this supposed to help us at all?" She asked in frustration.

"Well, figuring something out quick would be good! I'm kind of running out of stamina here!" Bee called back, the spin speed of her top slowing as her arm got tired.

Ladybug tried to use her lucky vision, but all it showed was the bird caller was she supposed to use it? Oh well, she didn't have any other plans. She took a deep breath and blew on the whistle. The sound pierced the air with a shrill tweet, but nothing happened. While she was caught off guard by her lucky charm seemingly failing, the Akuma shot about five shots her way. She didn't have any time to dodge, and she braced herself for the horrible smell.

Ladybug heard the sound of breaking glass, but she didn't feel anything hit her. She blinked, then gasped. There was someone standing in front of her.

"Bleu Paon? But I thought..." Ladybug mumbled.

Paon growled. "Really, HawkMoth? Alcohol on minors? Shame on you. I thought you were a respectable man." She hissed at the Akuma, knowing the arrogant man could hear her.

"Uh, Ladybug? Who's that?" Bee asked.

"I can explain later, we still have the Akuma to... deal... with... or not." Ladybug trailed off.

Bleu Paon had rushed the drunken Akuma and delivered a booted kick to his face, knocking him out. She snatched the Akumatized shot glass from his hand and tossed it to Ladybug. "I never said that what HawkMoth was doing was right. Especially this Akuma. It's a good thing my Kwami woke me up, at least I'm old enough to deal with substances like these. Duusu said you called him, how?"

Ladybug held up the bird caller. "My lucky charm. Guess I hadn't inhaled any of the fumes after all..." She sighed, then smashed the glass on the ground. She purified the Akuma and then called her Miraculous Cure. When she looked up, Paon was gone again. Here earrings then beeped.

"Sorry Bee, I have to split. We should both go home and sleep. I'll explain Bleu Paon tomorrow at school." Ladybug said with a yawn.

Queen Bee rolled her eyes. "If either of us even goes to school tomorrow. I certainly don't feel well enough for that right now. Goodnight Ladybug!" She said, preparing to swing away with her top.

"Wait!" Ladybug called, then outstretched her fist. "Since Chat's not here, I'll have to fist bump you, right? Don't tell Adrien."

Bee grinned, and fist bumped the heroine.

"Pound it!"

IDK WHERE THE CHAPTER EVEN CAME FROM. I JUST MADE THIS ALL UP AS I WROTE IT. NOTHING IN THIS CHAPTER WAS PLANNED. I NEED TO STOP LOSING SLEEP