Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug. Most of the dialogue between characters is directly from the show, and is not mine.

Warning: This chapter has a few minor curse words in it, but they're not too shocking, I just wanted to warn you guys.

Evillistrator

Chloe could really get annoying sometimes. Ladybug could get really annoying sometimes. Right now was one of those times.

Chat Noir sat grumpily on a very hard chair slowly doing Chloe's physics homework. Ladybug had left about a half an hour ago because she could no longer cooperate with Chloe, leaving him alone. Chloe now stood in the opposite corner to him yapping like a small lap dog on her phone.

Chat's baton vibrated and rang from its place on his back. He jumped up with excitement, because there was only one person who would possibly call him. He left the boring homework on the floor and sprinted towards Chloe's porch. "You can't just decide to fly out of here then decide to make catcalls, Ladybug."

From the other side of the phone line, Ladybug's sweet voice responded. "I'm sorry, that wasn't cool. But you can leave Chloe. I need you to protect this girl instead." Chat pulled his face away from his baton and looked down at the screen as a picture appeared. "Her name is Marinette. Pretty cute, isn't she." Chat couldn't help but blush a little bit at the remark. "The Evillistrator is in love with her and promised not to hurt Chloe as long as Marinette comes to his birthday party. While he's distracted I want you to take him down." Ladybug continued. Chat put his baton back against his face.

"What about you?"

"I'm going on, ahh, an important secret mission. I'll catch up with you later. Can you handle this alone?" While Ladybug had been talking Chloe had angrily come up to Chat and pointed with very sharp nails at her homework. Chat shoved Chloe's face away from him as he assured Ladybug, "Ha, please. It'll be a sinch."

Chat clicked the 'end call' button and turned to Chloe. "Looks like you don't need protecting anymore. So….Later!" Chat jumped off the balcony using his baton for support, leaving Chloe's shrieking behind him.

000

Chat Noir got closer to Marinette Dupain-Cheng's house and bakery, that he had only been to a few times, and he saw Marinette talking calmly to Sabrina, her partner for the latest project. He landed quietly on the adjacent roof to where they were and listened to their conversation.

"You bad, bad boy. Listening to a girl's conversation. Your friend's conversation, no less," Plagg whispered to Adrien through the transformation.

"Oh, shut up. She is just a friend, thank you. I just came here a little early so I could tell Marinette about my plan. I just didn't plan on someone else being here. So, I am just going to stay hidden for a little bit." Chat relaxed against the shingled roof.

"Yes, you are going to stay hidden and eavesdrop on their conversation." Adrien could just feel Plagg smirking. With his mind he shoved Plagg a little, then blocked off his brain to Plagg's annoying comments. He then trained his cat ears on the conversation.

"You know who else uses that excuse?" Sabrina asked. She had suddenly become all huffy in the past few milliseconds, and now stood with her arms fiercely crossed. Without giving Marinette a chance to respond, Sabrina continued. "Chloe!" Sabrina stomped away mumbling about doing Marinette's geography homework. Marinette reached out with her hand to try and catch Sabrina, but stopped herself. Her hands returned to the straps of her bag.

Chat jumped down from his perch and leaned against the door frame of the open door, scaring Marinette only a little bit. "Woah! I thought I was gonna have to save you from that girls' claws." Chat stopped and held up his own claws, waiting for a response from Marinette, but she looked like she was about to roll her eyes. Chat tried again. "Get it? Claws?" He smiled cheesily hoping he could get something out of her, but to no avail. Huh? I don't get it. She always laughs at my puns in class? Giving up, Chat Noir gave her a true smile and bowed. "Ah, all this talk and I have yet to introduce myself. I'm Chat Noir." At instinct, Chat grabbed Marinette's hand and kissed it with a tiny, audible sound. Only when her hand slid out of his did he realize what he had done. It wasn't really bad, but he normally only kissed Ladybug's hand, so it was sort of inappropriate for a "new" acquaintance. What's wrong with me?

Chat looked up and saw the lightest brush of pink on Marinette's cheeks as she quickly said, "Uh, yeah! I know. You kind of save the day all the time and stuff. I'm Marinette so what are you doing here." Chat waited for a second or two to let her words catch up with him because of the pace at which she was speaking. He then brought up his flare and dramatically told Marinette the news.

"Well that birthday boy date of yours is bad news, Princess." Chat turned around and started to flex his muscles. For some reason, after Ladybug had mentioned Marinette being cute, he couldn't stop thinking about it. And while he was Chat Noir, his instinct was to….flex. God, what am I doing, Adrien asked himself. Why am I flirting with Marinette? I only ever flirt with Ladybug. "But don't worry, you'll be safe with me," Chat finished as he turned to face Marinette again.

Chat looked at Marinette curiously as her arms flailed around as if she had just been….mocking him. Chat pushed that thought aside and tried to focus on what she was saying. "That puts my mind at ease."

Marinette put on a smile that Chat knew by instinct was fake. Chat Noir leaned closer to Marinette, relying heavily on the door frame, hoping to catch her off guard.

"But I am going to need a little help. Care to assist a superhero?" Chat asked in what he hoped was a smoldering voice.

Marinette turned so that her back was now facing him, and fidgeted with her bag. "What about Ladybug? Aren't you a duo?"

Chat stared at the back of her head, and something occurred to him. "She's busy with something tonight," he explained. "So you'll get to be my Ladybug." Marinette's reaction was exactly what Chat was hoping to see.

Her body tensed, and Chat could smell the smallest bit of fear radiate off of her. But just as he started to analyze her more, the fear dissipated, and she spun around to face him with a cool and collected composure

"Me and Chat Noir?" Marinette thumped into the door frame where Chat's hand had just been. "Fighting crime? Together? What do I do?" Chat could definitely smell the bull crap she was giving him, but he could also tell how jokingly she did so. This is not the Marinette I know. Chat smiled. "Just get that drawing pencil away from him Princess. I'll take care of the rest." He saluted her and ran off.

Chat Noir landed on the roof of the television station a few blocks away and released his transformation. Adrien got out a piece of Camembert and offered it to Plagg, but Plagg didn't take it. Plagg just laughed.

"I can't believe you were just flirting with Marinette. Your "friend". Wait until everybody hears about this. You even called her Princess!" Plagg finally grabbed the Camembert and sat on Adrien's shoulder.

"Just eat the stinky cheese. You of all people should know that my heart only belongs to Ladybug." Adrien sat down on the ledge of the building and pulled out a snack for himself.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You can never shut up about her. But what if they are the same person?" Plagg wiggled his eyebrows and Adrien just pushed Plagg out of his face playfully.

"That's impossible."

000

Adrien stayed in his spot on top of the broadcasting station till night fall, then he transformed to go find Marinette. It wasn't long before he found her. He bounced from building to building, being careful to stay at her pace or a little faster.

Marinette got onto the boat that the Evillistrator, or rather, Nathaneal had built. But before she got on, Chat noticed that the Evillistrator had dropped his pen and was holding his hand as if it was in pain. The boat quietly moved on as Chat wondered if it was possible that Hawkmoth could hurt his victims if they didn't do what he wanted. Chat shook himself and put the little piece of information in a file folder to be used for later as he caught up with the moving vessel.

Minutes felt like hours as Chat watched impatiently while Marinette was slowly getting closer to the Evillistrator. One problem that Chat kept on having was that he kept on spacing out as he watched and heard Marinette laugh or smile. He kept on having to shake himself out of crazy daydreams

Finally a bridge came into view, which meant he could finally get onto the boat. With a few twirls, Chat landed quietly onto the deck of the boat. He climbed carefully closer and closer to Marinette and the Evillistrator. Marinette noticed his advances and put a simple hand out to stop him. It's weird how commanding she can be. I wonder why she's not like this when she is around the other me? Chat thought to himself.

At long last Marinette pulled away the pencil and Chat got ready for his attack, but the Evillistrator saw him. Marinette called out to Chat, telling him to act. He extended his staff so that the Evillistrator was somewhat trapped in his seat.

Chat quickly glanced up to check if Marinette was ok and his jaw almost dropped. She stood in a fighting stance with the pen clenched safely in her hand. So beautiful. Adrien was lost again while Marinette and the Evillistrator went back and forth. He was so out of it he almost didn't notice the Evillistrator knocking his baton out of his grip. As the akumatized Nathaneal sprinted towards Marinette, Chat let out a little growl of determination and sprang towards Nathaneal. But Nathaneal just took his pen and drew a simple box that locked chat Noir and Marinette inside.

"Shit!" Chat whispered to himself. "We're trapped inside," he said more to Marinette. He beat his baton on one of the edges of the box hoping it would give way. The rush of water filled both of their ears.

A flash of red caught Chat's eye. He quickly looked over at Marinette's now open purse and felt his heart almost drop. It was a kawami. Specifically a red kawami with black spots. Not wanting to alarm Marinette, Chat concentrated on trying to get them out.

Marinette tapped him on his shoulder and pointed to his baton, then to the roof of the box. "Hey, how about you extend your pole like this." Chat smiled and looked at Marinette thoughtfully.

"Great thinking!" Armed with a new hypothesis, Chat decided to pull Marinette close to him. She looked nervously at him and pushed his face away from hers.

"Yeah…I'm a genius." Marinette kept her body close to his, but in a more modest position. Chat extended his pole and pulled both of them onto the nearest bridge.

Chat Noir gently laid his princess back on the ground and kissed her hand briefly. "Gotta go. A superhero's work is never done." Chat held up three fingers and counted down. "Damsels in distress, ladies in waiting… I've got a lot more saving to do. You can thank me later." He winked and jumped away towards Chloe's house. Only for a short minute did he have to stop because of his whirling thoughts.

"Marinette's Ladybug" Chat whispered. "No, that's impossible. I must be seeing things." With that, he continued his way to Chloe's room.

Hey Readers! Here is my longest chapter yet! So happy! My next chapter will be about the Copycat, where things get a little more interesting. :-)Hope you guys are enjoying the story. Please comment, follow, or favorite if you wish. And until I write again, TTFN!