Chapter 9 – A New Villain
Ladybug/Marinette's P.O.V.
How did I miss an akuma attack? This has never happened before, I've always been so aware. Was it because I was too focused on Adrien?—
"Waah!" Ladybug screamed in shock.
C'mon Marinette, focus! I've been doing this for who knows how long, and yet, I almost manage to kill myself by leaping off a building. Amazing, Paris you're in luck, your heroine might actually manage to kill herself. Ugh, what was wrong with her this morning? First, she runs into Adrien, when she had almost successfully gotten through a wonderful day. Second, she missed an akuma attack, and third, she leaps off a building! This day is just wonderful!
"Well someone looks like their having a purrfect day!"
I turn to the one and only Chat Noir standing with his back against a wall, swinging his tail around in his hand. He probably thinks he looks so cool!
"Not in the mood Kitty, have you seen the akuma?"
"M'lady, with all due respect, don't you think if I had seen the akuma I would already be after it?" Chat ask with a sly smirk on his face. He was definitely up to something.
"Good point, let me rephrase that. Have you heard anything about the akumas location?"
"Why yes I do!" Chat says, still smiling like a fool.
*sigh* "Care to share?" Ladybug says expectantly.
"Anything for you bugaboo!" Chat says teasingly.
"Please just share the information, I have to be somewhere in less than an hour, so could we please hurry this one?" Ladybug knew she wasn't being too nice, but she had to get back to dance class and…Adrien!
Chats face falls a little bit for a moment, but then turns back into a smile, "Sure, no problem! Ok, I was told the akuma was somewhere downtown."
"Great, let's go!"
Then she and Chat practically flew past buildings to get to their destination in a matter of seconds. They looked around for a couple of minutes, but they couldn't find the akuma, weird.
"Hey Chat! Have you found anything?"
"No, you?" Chat swings over to where she is.
"No" Ladybug says in defeat, "This is weird, normally an akuma would be causing destruction left and right, making a whole lot of noise. But, I haven't heard a single thing, well, except for a certain black cat falling off a roof." Ladybug looks at Chat.
"Oh" Chat says, rubbing the back of his neck nervously, "So you actually heard that?'
"Mm-hm" Ladybug nods, "Anyway, we'll have to look when were on patrol tonight, the akuma hasn't caused any trouble yet so we should be okay."
Marinette had to get going, class is going to start in less than 10 minutes!
"Same" Chat says, "See you tonight LB!" Then he swings off too goodness knows where.
"See you Chat!" Then Ladybug ran, swinging from building to building, she had to get to class, fast!
Unknown P.O.V.
"Oh, the poor kitty and bug don't know where their villain is, well, I guess I'll just have to help them. HAHAHA!"
"What are you doing? Why didn't you get their miraculous'? You have the element of surprise!"
"Don't worry Hawkmoth, you'll get their miraculous' this time, I promise."
Adrien's P.O.V.
*Back at School*
Don't be late, don't be late, please don't let me be late. I can't afford to be late, if I was, whelp, bye bye dance classes, hello detention! Then my dad would figure out, and I would be in big trouble. Plus, it would probably mean that I wouldn't be able to dance with Marinette, and then some other guy would get to dance with her. I thought bitterly about how they would dance together, and would most likely win the competition…Oh we'll see about that! I ran as fast as I could, and that resulted in me running into none other than Alya.
"Ow!" Alya shouted while falling down, then she looked up and noticed me. "Hey Adrien, what was that for?" She asked with irritated eyes.
"Sorry Alya, I had to go somewhere and just got back to school…please don't tell me I'm late."
Alya's P.O.V.
Oh, so he thinks he's late, huh? Well, let's just have a little fun with this.
"Yah, sorry to say this Adrien, but you are late." She smirked as she saw his face widened in fear, "Marinette was really disappointed, at least, until Nathaniel came up and said that he could be her partner!" I immediately saw his face skip between emotions. First, it was fear that he was late. Second, it was guilt that he had abandoned Marinette, and third, was anger. Pure anger, maybe I took this too far…nah.
Adrien's P.O.V.
I felt my jaw hardened, boy did I feel angry right at that moment. I wanted so bad to march in there, and tell Nathanial to back the heck up, and leave Marinette alone. Why did I feel that way? I have no idea, she's not my girlfriend or anything, but man. Those were not happy moments in my life. I felt my fist clench, and silently prayed that Alya was just screwing with me.
Alya's P.O.V.
Once I saw Adrien's fist clench, I gulped, and then realized. I did take it too far.
"Hey Adrien."
He looks at me with narrowed eyes. I can tell he's trying to control his temper, and be the gentleman he is.
"You know I'm just joking, right?"
He lets out a breath of relief and immediately relaxes, then shows a weak smile.
"Whew, you had me there Alya…" Then his face goes back to panic, "I'm not late though, am I?"
I simply smirk in reply, I wasn't exactly lying about everything. Marinette didn't have a new partner, she had to go to the bathroom, but Adrien was late.
"Dangit! See you later Alya!"
Then he ran off to class. Wait a second, though, why was he so relieved that Marinette wasn't dancing with another boy? Huh, has he finally noticed that he has feelings for her? Are my babies finally growing up?! Oh, I'm definitely expecting a date now, and I know just how to speed the process up! Hehe!
"Alya! Hurry up! We need to get back to dance class, so I can show those guys how you really drop a beat."
I look over to see my lovely boyfriend staring at me expectantly, knowing him. He's probably also checking me out, but then again I can't really blame, because just look at me. I'm beautiful!
"Coming! By the way, we both know that I could out dance you in a second."
"Of course."
I look at him, shocked that he agreed, and he has a mischievous smile on his, what is he planning?
"But then again, it depends on why kind of dancing you're talking about." He wiggles his eyebrows at me, then he whispers in my ear, "If we're talking about slow dancing, then yeah, you could total out dance me."
I simply stutter something dumb in response, and blush bright red, and then I collect myself. "Nino! What's that supposed to mean?!"
"I think you can figure it out by yourself." He smirks.
"C'mon you jerk!" Then I shove him playfully, and we start walking to dance class.
Marinette's P.O.V.
I wonder if Adrien is already there waiting for me. I thought as I fixed my hair in the mirror, to be honest, I was very nervous, but then again. Who wouldn't be? I'm pretty sure anybody would be nervous if they figured out they were dance with freakin' Adrien Agreste. What happens if I step on his foot? Will he think I'm a terrible dancer, and then want someone else? What happens if he tells his father? Then his father thinks I'm a terrible dance, and clumsy, and then I lose my chance of becoming a famous designer. Just one dirty look from Gabriel, and I'm done for…Oh no…..what have I gotten myself into?...Calm down Marinette, you mustn't think like that, everything will be okay. You and Adrien will get along, and dance just fine. Once I was done, I check the time, 1:10 p.m. Shoot! I needed to get back, class started 10 minutes ago! I ran back to the room where the class was being held, and saw Adrien, and all of my other classmates with their respective partners. They all looked so adorable together! Juleka was with Nathanial, Ivan was with Mylene, Kim was with Alix, Rose was with her prince, Sabrina was just watching and helping the teachers, since she didn't want to dance, and *gasp* Chloe was with Max, and she was…..smiling! She looked like she was actually enjoying herself, and for once. I felt extremely happy for her, I have never seen her as happy as she looked now. All of sudden, I somehow managed to notice that Adrien was signaling me over. I was about to walk over to him, until I noticed that I was still carrying my bag. I looked at him, and pointed to my bag, somehow no one was noticing our little exchange. They were probably too busy dancing. He saw my predicament, and then motioned to his bag on the bleachers, we were learning to dance in the gym, which was great, because then it wouldn't get to crowded. I ran over to the bleachers, and set my bag, which still had Tikki in it, down next to his. Then I walked over to him.
"Hey Adrien!"
"Hey Marinette! Ready to dance? I've been watching most of the moves, so I should be able to show you the basic ones real quick. The teachers are letting us get used to dancing with each other before we really start to dance."
He holds out his hand, and even though I'm more nervous than anything, I take it. Once I grab his hand, the song "Take Me" by Alex and Sierra starts playing. Adrien simply smiles and says, "Ready?"
I nod in response, and we start to dance. Even though we knew nothing about dancing, at least I didn't, he was a wonderful dancing. He grabbed my hand, and spun me around, and then we made eye contact. I've never danced with anyone before, but I knew I could dance with him. Slowly but surely, we started to move around, with him spinning me at the same time. Neither of us noticed at the time, but everyone had stopped dancing with each other to watch us. We danced like we were professionals. When I made contact with his eyes they seemed to be asking a question, what I saw was 'do you trust me?' I nodded, and he brought me into a spin, my back to his chest, and then bent me down. I lifted my leg in response, where did these dancing skills come from? I've danced in my room by myself all the time, but I never thought I could actually dance. I was really starting to enjoy myself, lose myself in the music.
Adrien's P.O.V.
Marinette was absolutely beautiful when she dance, how she did it? I had no idea, but I loved every single breathing second of it. I never knew she could dance, but at the moment, I really didn't care. When I was younger, my mother taught me how dance, for some reason. I was always fascinated how my mother moved when she danced. I danced with her all the time, but when she passed away, I've never danced with anyone else, except when Chloe forced herself on me. I could feel the eyes of everybody staring at us. I smirked, I knew we were good, and I wasn't even looking. I did my best to lead Marinette, and it was working. I spun her in circles, and she moved accordingly. We moved on best perfectly, and I could see Marinette start to smile. She was really enjoying this, and so was I. The song came to an end way to fast, I spun her around once more, and bent her down gently, and then it was over. When I pulled her up, she simply looked at me in shock like, 'what just happened?' I simply smiled in response. All of sudden we heard applause, loud applause, and then I saw Nino and Alya walk up to us.
"Wow Marinette, Adrien, why didn't you tell me you could dance like that?!" Alya shouted happily.
"Yah dude" Nino looks at me, "You've been holding out on me!"
"Actually" Marinette said, "Where did you learn to dance Adrien?"
I rub the back of my neck nervously and say, "My mom taught me a long time ago, I honestly didn't know I could still dance like that." I laugh nervously.
"She did a wonderful job!" Marinette replied smiling.
Gosh, she was so sweet and beautiful.
"Alright!" Alya says, "Who says we go celebrate with some pizza after our last class?" She suggests.
"I'm in." Nino says.
"You're always in Nino!" I tease, "But I'm also in, what about you Marinette?" I turn to her.
"S-Sure" Marinette stutters.
She was so adorable some times.
Nobody's P.O.V.
Little did they know that two certain kwamis were talking during their dance class…