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Track playing: It's Ladybug from Miraculous: The tale of Ladybug and Cat Noir
Underneath the Eiffel Tower, Adrian was standing in the shadow as he looked at a part of the city with a serious expression on his face.
(Adrian Agreste: During the day, I'm Adrian Agreste. A celebrity who just wants a normal life.)
Near a high school, Adrian and Alya were helping Marinette up to her feet after she had fallen down while the former picked up her backpack for her. When she turned around, she gave him a sheepish yet thankful look until Chloé carelessly knocked her down to give Adrian a hug while frustrating Marinette in the process.
(Adrian Agreste: But when night falls and Horrors run amok, I take up Garo's title, and become…)
As the sun faded away and was replaced with a full moon, a generic Horror was about to pounce onto a man with light magenta hair tips who was trying to back away from with his hands when a Garo appeared in between them and runs the Horror through with an ornate Longsword, vaporizing it to nothing!
(Miraculous! Simply the best!)
After seeing the human safe, Garo then charged into a group of twelve other Horrors as Ladybug swung next to him with a yo-yo.
(Up to the test when things go wrong!)
By the Arc de Triomphe, three knights were standing on top of the landmark (From left to right), Zero, a bronze dragon-based knight with a straight scimitar, and lastly, a red elephant/wolf-based knight with a long ornate saber) while underneath them are Hawkmoth, who was standing next to a corrupted lookalike of Garo, and Jinga as he plants his cane onto the ground.
(Miraculous! The luckiest! The power of love, always so strong!
Now in front of a ladybug-patterned background, Ladybug was now standing side-by-side with Cat Noir. They give each other a nod before the hero tried to give the heroine a kiss, which she jumps over as they transform to their civilian forms, Marinette and Adrian, but this time he was wearing a white trench coat with a checker patterned inside, a hood over his head, and a yellow two-piece Kabuki Lion mask on his face. They then looked at each other like nothing happened, with the girl looking at him with 'cutsie eyes' as Adrian looks at her with a cocky smile as he plants his sheathed sword down.
(Miraculous!)
Now day time, all five of the heroes are now standing in front of the Eiffel Tower while posing side-by-side.
Moments after adjusting the barrier, Garo was now fighting two Horrors, one that was generic and the other resembling a frilled lizard with ninja-themed gear and six-inch claws. "Come on, can't you do better than this?" Garo asked cockily as he casually held his sword on his shoulder and had his left hand on the blade. This proves to anger them as the Horrors charged at him, getting Garo to swiftly defend himself, parrying and countering their attacks with ease before he suddenly grabbed the first Horror's arm and yanked it in front of him just as the second Horror was about to try and stab him with its claws, taking the hit for him! As the generic Horror screeched in pain, Garo slipped past it before severing the clawed hand and stabbed the Horror through, causing it to vaporize while leaving the remaining Horror with one arm! "You will pay for this, Golden Knight!" The Horror declared in seemingly anger with a raspy voice! "The only one who'll pay is you, Blood Wraith." Garo retorted as he then dropped into a Pin-guard and lunged forward to finish it off! Unfortunately, Blood Wraith was able to grab a random car and throw it at Garo, stopping him as his blade was now embedded into the vehicle while Blood Wraith made its escape! "Damn it, no!" Garo shouted as he attempted to run after the Horror without his sword, only to see that it was long gone, making him let out a feral growl! "Don't worry, Adrien, I'm sure we'll get him next time." "We'd have gotten him now if I had taken him seriously." Garo claimed to Plagg as he disengaged his armor and walked back to his sword to pull it out. "Maybe you could take this as a sign to slow down. You've pretty much sealed more Horrors than anyone in their first year anyway." Zaruba stated as Adrien removed his hood, letting the wind blow in his hair. "Maybe you're right. Either way let's head home."
(Boulangerie Patisserie)
Almost a week after the Stormy Weather incident and Blood Wraith's escape, Marinette's mother was standing in front of a mirror as she was fixing a flower to her hair as she saw Marinette walking down the stairs. "Well, with or without?" "Uh, with?" "Are you sure it's not better without?" She asked Marinette again as she continued to fiddle with the flower. "Eitherway, you look perfect, mom." She reassured her mother as she turned to her. "You know? It's not every day you celebrate your twentieth wedding anniversary."
Meanwhile downstairs, Rei and Marionette's father, a tall, bulky man with short brown hair and a mustache wearing an apron, were standing inside the family bakery. "Now don't forget Mrs. Chamack will be coming by to pick up the Eiffel Tower cake in 30 minutes. I'm depending on you two." "Don't worry, Tom, I'll be in the bakery for the whole day. You won't have anything to worry about." Rei told Tom as the latter then took off the apron and handed it to the former. "Thank you, Rei. You know, you've been nothing but help ever since you showed up. Kinda makes me wonder where you've been all these years." Tom stated jokingly for some part as Rei's expression went from casual to more of a depressive one, remembering all the times he had been alone.
Track playing: Disquieting Shadow from Sonic Heroes
(Flashback, Japan, 11 years ago)
From Rei fighting Kouga as Zero and Garo respectively while they fell from a skyscraper.
(Rei: Why?! Why did you kill Shuzuka?!)
(5 years ago)
To him fighting a tree-based Horror in the boonies, while an elderly couple begged him to stop.
(The couple: Let us join Masato! PLEASE KILL US!)
And lastly, to him slaying a Horror, which resembled an Oni merged with a crab, in an amusement park while an unconscious girl laid on a park bench not too far away.
(The girl: I will never forgive you!)
(Present day)
"Hey, are you okay?" Tom asked, snapping Rei back to reality. "Listen, I didn't mean to offend you. I'm sorry about that." "No. I was just remembering something from my past." Rei told him, regaining some of his composure back. "You and Sabine should get going, don't want you two missing your reservation." He told Tom, carefully pushing him out of the bakery while sneaking the apron off of him.
After a few minutes, Tom and Sabine left the store/house for their anniversary, leaving Rei and Marinette alone in the bakery. "Wow, married twenty years. That's pretty cool, huh guys?" She asked as Tikki flew from her jacket. "When it lasts, it's definitely a delight." A jewel resembling a woman's face with a wolf's head covering her eyes said in a woman's voice while resting on Rei's left glove. "Indeed, Silva. Time flies when you're having fun." "And stands still when you're doing homework." Marinette stated jokingly as she walked over to the Eiffel Tower cake, grabbing a textbook next to it from the table. "But the good news is that you don't have to wait for Ms.Chamack to show up." Rei reminded her before she went upstairs while he walked over to the front door, turning a sign over to show that they were open for business. "Rei, are you sure you want to do this?" "I'm positive. They allowed me to stay when they had every right to distrust me, so I'm returning the favor." Rei told Silva as he then walked behind the cash register, patiently waiting for customers.
(Le Grand Paris)
A while after being seated, Tom and Sabine noticed the Makai Priest and his daughter, a slender yet short teenage girl with hints of Arabic and pinkish red hair, wearing a black long-sleeved shirt underneath a dark vermilion tank top and black jean shorts, seated a few feet away as Tom waved at them, getting them to wave back. "Looks like Marinette's parents are also having a special day too." "Yes, especially on such a wonderful day for it." The Priest stated when he heard something shuffling underneath the table. When he looked around the table, he saw his daughter wearing black with lime green checkered-patterned sneakers. "Couldn't you have made more of an effort to dress nicely Alix?" "What do you mean? I took off my cap." Alix claimed as she gestured to a black cap with an old English S logo on the table. "True, but you did say that it was a special day." "I meant special to you. To me, it's just another birthday." "True. But this birthday actually is special." He told Alix as he pulled out two things from the inside of his jacket, a brush with hair on both ends and has crocodile skin around the handle, and a silver pocket watch. "This family heirloom was made by one of our ancestors many, many years ago. It's been passed down from one generation to the next, on their 15th birthday. And today, it's your turn to inherit it." He explained as he placed the two items on the table while Alix was more interested in the brush rather than the watch. "It's pretty sweet, dad. But I've already got a watch, synced up to my smartphone. But this brush, wow. I finally got my own Madō Brush." She says as picks up the Brush and gives it a slow twirl, causing both sides to glow. "Yes, but like our Brushes, this watch is more to things than meets the eye. And by that I mean our ancestor was…" he paused for dramatic effect as he tapped the top of the pocket watch, causing it to glow from within before a holographic image of a woman, holding another watch with Roman numerals on it, appeared. "Ahead of his time." He finished as he watched Alix's attention was now solely fixed on the watch. However, just as Alix was now interested in the watch, her father closed it back up. "Of course, I'd understand if you'd rather me buy you a new pair of rollerblades." "No, Dad! I'm stoked to have it. It's awesome, thank you!" Alix said as she hastily grabbed the watch and held It close to her chest while her father smiled. "You weren't the first to nearly reject the watch." The Priest stated just as an alarm went off on Alix's phone, interrupting the two. "Are your friends waiting?" "Yeah, but I don't wanna bail on you. It's cool." "No, no, go ahead. I just wanted to give you your presents and ask that you take good care of them." He reassured Alix as she got up and walked beside before stopping briefly. "I promise." She told him with a smile before leaving.
(Trocadéro)
A few minutes afterwards, Alix, now wearing roller skates, elbow and knee pads, and a helmet, arrived to see everyone in her class. "You all picked the wrong side to cheer on. Looks like Alix isn't even showing up! Probably too chicken to race an extreme athlete like me." A muscular and tall boy with olive skin and black hair that had been dyed gold at the tip claimed with a smile before Alix rolled up behind him with her arms crossed and a smug look on her face. "Spoke too soon, Kim." Alix said out loud as almost everyone cheered for her arrival. "Your ridiculous bets are over. I'm gonna leave you in the dust, meathead!" "You're no match for me. My neck is bigger than your thigh." Kim stated before realizing how wrong his comeback sounded. "Wait, let me rephrase that." He said just as everyone started laughing at his remark before a boy with a medium-brown complexion and short yet coily hair, wearing a pair of glasses, a pair of suspenders being held up by a light green polo t-shirt, and a blue watch on his wrist, walked in-between them. "Let's review the official rules. Two laps around the fountains; approximately 500 yards. The first one over the line's declared the victor! If Kim triumphs, Alix will relinquish her rollerblades to him. If Alix triumphs, Kim will be prohibited from making another dare for the rest of the school year." He explained as three of their classmates cheered at this! Afterwards, Alix and Kim were standing at the starting/finishing line when the former remembered something. "On your marks-." "Hold up, Max!" She shouted, causing Kim to fall forward as his butt was now sticking up a bit. Shortly after, Alix moved over to the crowd while Kim got back up. "Forfeiting already?" "Hold on to these for me, will you, Alya? I don't wanna drop it during the race." Alix asked as she handed Alya the watch and the brush. "Hold on girl, I can't! I gotta-" "Guard them with your life. One's a family heirloom and the other was handcrafted by my dad!" Alix explained before returning to the starting line. Unfortunately, Alya decided to give the watch and brush to Marinette. "Marinette, take this. I gotta record the race for my blog!" She states while handing the items to Marinette before holding her phone up. "On your marks, get set... go!" Max shouted as Alix and Kim commenced with the race while everyone cheered, except for Marinette, who was having trouble holding a banner and the items in separate hands. "But she asked you to look after it. I gotta hold up the banner!" Marinette said just before Nino jerked her, causing the watch and brush to fall out of her hands before Adrien caught them both! "I got it. Need some help?" He asked Marinette as she steadied herself. "Yep! Thanks. Gotta be careful! Even if you are amazing." "Come again?" "At... holding things! In your hands." She claimed, confusing him more until they heard everyone cheering as Alix and Kim completed the first lap. "Last lap!" Max announced to everyone. Right after, Adrien was about to put the objects into his pocket when Chloé grabbed the pocket watch. "Adrikins, whatcha got here? Some super old case or something?" "Careful, it's Alix's!" Adrien tried to explain, only for it to fall on deaf ears. "If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." "I'm not joking around. Give it back now!" Adrien demands as Chloé refuses and starts playing with it, pressing the top of it as it starts to flash brightly. Unfortunately, this causes her to drop the watch as it rolls onto the 'racetrack' just as Alix and Kim were about to reach the finish line, getting it smashed by Alix as she finishes first in the process!
"Yeah!" She shouted in celebration as Kim crossed last while out of breath. Unfortunately, as Alix turned around, she noticed her watch was broken and was in pure shock! "I call for a rematch. That false start back there threw me off!" Kim claimed before he noticed Alix skating to her now broken watch as she then picked up most of the pieces. "Did you do this?!" She asked furiously as she glared at Alya! "I had to videotape the race so I gave it to Marinette but then she had to hold the banner so she gave it to Adrien, then Chloé snatched it from him and dropped it and, uh, then you skated over it." She said before she chuckled sheepishly as Alix got back up, clearly still angry. "My old man gave me this for my birthday! This watch has been a family heirloom for centuries!" She told them before she began to skate away. "It was an accident!" "We didn't mean any harm, Alix." Marinette and Adrien stated, trying to help. "As if! I totally had nothing to do with this." Cholé then said out of blind ignorance, getting Alix to snap! "YOU'RE ALL TO BLAME!" She yelled out before skating away, leaving everyone behind before Marinette decided to run after her while Adrien picked up what pieces of the watch he could.
(Hawkmoth's hideout)
"Such disappointment, frustration and negativity... Oh, how it fills my heart with exhilaration." Hawkmoth said as looked out of a giant window before he held out a hand for a white butterfly to land on. He then gently placed his other hand over the butterfly, causing it to become corrupted and turned into an Akuma. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize her!" He ordered the Akuma as it flew out of a small hole in the window before flying towards the Trocadéro, unaware that it had flown into the magic barrier the Order had set up.
(Boulangerie Patisserie)
Back with Rei, he had finished helping Ms.Chamack move the Eiffel Tower cake out of the bakery. "Thank you for choosing us for your cake request. Please come again." He said to her politely as she left. "You know, Silva, I never expected to help run a bakery when I came here." "Me neither, especially since you determined your next destination from your wish years ago." Silva stated after Rei walked back inside and flipped the sign on the door to show that they were now closed before locking it. "It's nice. Almost like… I was meant for this moment." Rei claimed as he walked further in with a content smile. "Rei, a message from Watchdog Pierre." "And like that, the moment's gone." He muttered before he raised his left hand up to hear her. "The zone worked! An Akuma entered the area. Furthermore, he wants us all to meet up tonight again for a raid." Silva told him as he nodded and walked out the home door, planning to speak with the others beforehand.
"Maybe we could fix it?" That pocket watch was ancient! One of a kind! It can't be fixed!" Alix stated angrily to Marinette as she kept skating, trying to get away from her. "Well, there has to be a way to get it back to the way it was." "Like how, huh? Go back in time and change the future? When you figure out how to do that, lemme know!" She told Marinette while stopping briefly to turn to her! "Alix, wait!" Adrien shouted as he ran over to catch up to them. "What do you want?!" "One: you were in a hurry and forgot your brush." He told Alix as he pulled out the Mado Brush and held it out to her. "And second: I want to help fix your watch." "For the last time, no one can fix it! So what makes you think you can?!" Alix shouted as she snatched her Brush before turning around, preparing to leave. "I know someone who's been working on gadgets like this one his whole life." He told Alix, getting her to stop in her tracks. "What?" "I know a guy who can fix anything. No matter what era it was made in. He's a once-in-a-lifetime genius." Adrien explained to her. "Are you sure he can do it?" Alix asked, now skeptical but noticeably less angry. "You know how Max is the smartest out of everyone in our class? This guy's twice as smart as him, easily." He tells her before holding out some of the pieces of the watch. "But I need the rest of the parts for him to fix it. Please." He said, waiting for Alix to make her choice. Eventually, she handed over the rest of the pieces to him, but she didn't remove her hand just yet. "If I don't get this back by tomorrow, you'll have to answer to my dad." "I know him. And I wouldn't blame him for being upset." Adrien stated calmly as Alix removed her hand while slowly backing away. "This is your last chance." She tells him before skating away, leaving Adrien and Marinette alone as the former pocketed the parts. "Well… um, that went pretty well." "All that's left is to get this fixed. See you tomorrow." He said before he walked away, unaware of the Akuma that had just arrived and was now leaving due to the lack of anger it sensed.
"Just when I had it!" Hawkmoth claimed as he briefly gripped his cane tighter before relaxing it. "But then again, anger like this can always come back later. Stay close to her, my little Akuma, and wait for those negative emotions to spike again." He telepathically told the Akuma as he began to play the long game.
(Unknown location)
An hour later, Adrien walked into a large room made of stone, filled with various weapons, parts of machinery, and a young adult man in plated welding gear, hanging upside down while working on an engine. Shortly after, he knocked on the metal door to get the guy's attention. "Go away. I'm busier than you've ever been and I'm doing more important things than you've ever done." "It's Adrien Agreste, ya dip." Adrien stated, causing the guy to stop and look down, which is his current up, and see that it was him. "Oh! I am so sorry! I thought you were someone else." "Don't worry about it, Edred." Adrien told him before asking an important question. "Say, why are you-" "Hanging from the ceiling while creating an engine that can make the biggest leap in space exploration in history? Because I can. I'll be with you in a moment." Edred told Adrien as he began working on the tethers holding him up. "Wow. This place sure is old-looking." "That's because this place was built during the Hundred-year war. It was part of a dungeon before it got refurbished into an armory." Adrien explained to Plagg as the latter flew around the room while Edred was now right side up, looking around casually until he spotted something that looked like humanoid lizard but metallic. "What's this thing?" "That is 116-Tau." Edred stated as he walked up to the incomplete robot. "So what does Tau do? Or rather, what will he be doing?" Adrien asked as Edred went over to a detached metal tail covered in blades. "Have you ever heard of an incident from a few years back?" "Of course. Apparently there was a man who made an army of killer robots to hunt Knights. But he was defeated by my teacher and predecessor, Saijima Kouga, alongside with every Knight and Priest in Japan." Adrien said as Edred was attaching the tail onto the backside of Tau as it clicked into place. "Well that turned out to be the straw that broke the camel's back. Madam Grace had recently discovered a project dating back to the end of the Hundred-year war, when the greatest wielder of Gaia was around, that once completed and deployed, it would seek out direct threats to the Order's existence and wipe them out with zero hesitation. But since the technology wasn't advanced enough then to work the machine, it was dropped until now." Edred explained as he walked up to Adrien.
"But I can tell that's not what you're here to see nor talk about. So what do you need? A permanent upgrade rather than a 'power up'?" "Actually, I'm here for a repair job on a friend's heirloom." Adrien stated as he walked over to a nearby table and placed the pieces of the pocket watch onto it. "A pocket watch?" "A surprisingly advanced pocket watch. It belongs to the daughter of a Makai Priest in the city, and I made a promise to have it fixed by tomorrow." Adrien explained as Edred walked over to inspect the pieces before turning to him. "When was this made? This 'heirloom' looks like it was upgraded in the future." "Alix said that it was ancient. So maybe around the 17th century?" Adrien theorized. "Hmm… I'll get to work on it." Edred said plainly as he then crouched down and pressed a hidden cabinet, causing it to roll forward and show him various types of tools in neat order. "This will be simple. You'll have it by morning." "Really? You're willing to fix it?" Adrien asked for confirmation as Edred nodded and rose back up with two different types of screwdrivers. "This will be child's play. Though I'm still surprised at the level of tech this was made in." He stated as he got to work disassembling the pocket watch. "Thank you, Edred." Adrien said before he heard Zaruba hum. "What is it, Zaruba?" "A message from an hour ago. Watchdog Pierre found Hawkmoth's base, and wants us to meet up tonight to hunt him down." Zaruba informed him. "It must've been when Alix got furious with everybody. I hope she wasn't Akumatized." "Sounds like a blessing in disguise to me. Like when the Dragon Knights were rediscovered, everyone thought it would lead to a nastier war, but now they're thriving! Well the ones with small dragons anyway." Plagg stated as he was sitting on Tau's head until it's jaw suddenly spits open with a hydraulic hiss, scaring him back to Adrien. "Regardless. By tomorrow morning, you'll have the watch back fully repaired." Edred told Adrien before the latter left.
(1 hour later, The Place des Vosges)
In the park, Rei was currently sitting on a bench, waiting for the others. After waiting for a few moments, Adrien and Eiji showed up. "Okay, Rei. What did you want to talk about?" Eiji asked as Rei got up from the bench. "I want us to come up with a plan to defeat Hawkmoth and Sabrefrost before tonight." He stated. "If they're using Miraculouses, then we'll use our armors immediately. There's nothing to it." Eiji claimed as Plagg came out. "Don't be so sure. I saw Sabrefrost from my Miraculous, and he was effortlessly matching Adrien and Ladybug." "He's right, and the only ones I ever have trouble fighting are veteran Knights like Kouga." Adrien added on as Eiji immediately began rethinking. "Then leave him to us, while you and the others defeat Hawkmoth. But, just in case, we may need a little extra help." Rei stated as he started to get an idea. However, a few meters away, Barago was watching them the whole time, and heard most of what they said. "Sorry, but I need Hawkmoth a little longer." He muttered before turning into a black mist and vanished.
(Agreste Manor, midnight)
At the dead of night, six of the seven members of the Order arrived at the gate of Adrien's home as they saw him walk up to the gate. "Is anyone awake?" "No, Sarah, father and Nathalie are both asleep." Adrien told them as he opened the gate for them. "Pierre, are you absolutely sure this is the right place?" "Yes, the dome showed that the Akuma came through it here. I hate to say this, but he might've been right under your nose." Pierre claimed as they walked inside. "Okay, what are we looking for now?" Rei asked quietly as Eiji walked past him. "We need to find something that reveals a secret passage. A fulcrum." He told him as the three Priests went to the dining area while Pierre went upstairs.
Afterwards, Adrien, Rei, and Eiji entered the office. "Eiji, have you ever seen the inside of this room?" Adrien asked as Eiji looked around Nathalie's desk before he began messing with the computer. "Once, to give Nathalie something." "Didn't think you liked her already." Rei said teasingly Eiji as he was checking behind some manicans. "Don't lose focus. The entire world will be at stake if we don't stop Hawkmoth's exploitation of Horrors and the Miraculous." Eiji told him as Adrien walked up to a painting of a blonde woman with an abstract background. Getting an idea, he felt around the frame clockwise, quickly noticing a hinge on the painting before carefully opening it like a door, revealing a safe door. "Father has a safe behind mom's painting?" "Ooh! I love dirty secrets!" Plagg stated as Eiji now looked to them. "Everyone has a safe for private affairs, Adrien. Now get back to… wait a minute." He suddenly said before he walked from the desk and closer to Adrien. "What?" "What if that's what we're looking for?" Eiji told Rei as everyone was now looking at the safe(?). "You mean, father could… no. He's a bad parent, but he's not evil, nor dumb enough to work with monsters that can never be controlled or stopped by the Miraculous." Adrien claimed as he turned around and looked at Eiji and Rei, starting to look conflicted. "There's only one way to find out. Plagg, unlock it from the inside, will you?" Rei asked Plagg as he rubbed his hands in anticipation. "Oh this is gonna be juicy!" He said just as he was about to fly into the safe, Adrien suddenly grabbed him and backflipped away just as a black mist suddenly appeared and tried to envelop Plagg!
Track playing: Mephiles' Whispers from Sonic 06 (Mephiles' debut Ver.)
As the mist quickly took form, Rei immediately recognized the person as Barago. "Barago? But that's impossible, you're dead!" He stated as he was in shock, who got a chuckle out of Barago. "Oh, he was dead. The original is currently somewhere in Italy while the Horror residue took form in me. I've now inherited Kiba to carry out my own desire; To use Gemini's power and make me human." He states as he took a few steps forward while his body very briefly appeared more ghastly, causing Adrien, Rei, and Eiji to get their guard up, pulling out their swords. "But first I must return what you and Kouga gave me…" Barago paused as he then pulled off an amulet around his neck. "A one way ticket to oblivion!" He finished as he then blew on it, causing the center to light up before he swung it over his head, creating three rings of light. Just then, a corrupted version of Garo's armor appeared and attached itself to Barago!
In response, Rei, Adrien, and Eiji summoned their armors as the very latter created the same circle around himself and lifted it before stabbing it with his sword, causing a bronze armor, resembling a Chinese Dragon! "You fell once, Kiba, and that was when you were stronger than him and I, since then, we surpassed the past!" Zero stated as he lunged at Kiba with his short swords, causing him to parry and grab Zero's right arm before throwing him into Garo, leaving him open for Eiji to get behind him! He then slashed Kiba's back before ducking underneath a swing from his sword and drop-kicking Kiba into the middle of the room! As Kiba recovered, Garo and Zero were already up and went on the attack with the former striking his midsection while the latter flanked Kiba and threw a combined version of his swords at his head! However, Garo's attack only staggered him for a second as he quickly knocked the weapon away before attempting to run Garo through, only to stab a magic dome created by a thrown Tag before being kicked by a silver unicorn made of metal!
Launched right into the lobby, Kiba got back up and saw Blood Wraith, now with white Samurai armor and a katana for an arm, jump out of the dining room as the six members of the Makai emerged from the two rooms. "Even if you destroy me, it won't matter in the slightest. You won't be able to find Hawkmoth again, not since you three sought to it when you tried to form a strategy." Kiba informed them all as Zero gasped at this while the Priests looked at him. "You three jeopardized the raid?" "To be fair, Kubdel-San, Jinga and I are far more powerful than any Akuma that aristocrat can possibly create." Kiba tells Mr. Kubdel as Blood Wraith then sprints at Garo and forced him to protect himself with his sword, causing him to skid to the stairs! "GIRU, DONKT LIKE THEM GET AWAY!" Garo yelled out! Unfortunately before anyone could react, the doors were busted open by a pillar of ice as Sabrefrost walked through. "We're leaving, Kiba." He calmly told Kiba before the priests tried to fire three energy bolts at him, only for Kiba to turn into a black mist and fly to Sabrefrost! "Stop them!" Sakura shouted just before they were hit with a blinding blizzard! "Have fun with Muramasa!" Jinga shouted before the blizzard died down, revealing both Jinga and Kiba gone.
Track Playing: Black Sun from Kamen rider Black Sun (OP Ver.)
Seeing everything fall apart, Garo began to get mad as he pushed the, newly named, Muramasa back while his arms were surging with electricity! He then punches Muramasa back, unfortunately causing a loud bang, resembling more of a church bell being rung, that shatters everything made of glass while forcing Eiji and Rei's armors off! "I-Impossible!" Muramasa claimed before Garo drew his sword and charged at him, forcing Muramasa to try and cut him down, only for Garo to slide down and slice Muramasa in half as his blade completely missed him just as his armor disappeared!
As Muramasa disintegrated, Adrien ran outside, hoping to see a trace of Kiba and Sabrefrost, only to find nothing at all. "HAWKMOTH! YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER!" Adrien screamed angrily as Pierre came running down the stairs! "What happened?! I had to knock out the residents!" "Some dark remnant of Barago overheard our plan to deal with Sabrefrost and warned Hawkmoth! The raids ruined!" Eiji told him as everyone else ran outside to start searching the surrounding area. "Mon Dieu. Everything was hinging on knowing his location, what do we do now?!" "Now that they know our plan, they're going to be more careful and force us back into the reactive phase." Eiji claimed as Pierre ran down the stairs to meet up with him. "Still, the fact that he basically confirmed that Hawkmoth was here. Something's not right." Eiji stated before sprinting outside, leaving Pierre behind as he immediately thought of what he just said.
(Noon, Collège Françoise Dupont)
During lunch, Alix was waiting impatiently for Adrien with her repaired pocket watch in the courtyard. "Come on, Adrien, what's taking you so long? Half the school day has gone by." She stated before she then heard the sound of metal clunking, getting her to turn around and see a knight in rabbit-themed armor with the 'ears' acting as two narrow capes. "You must be Alix with an "I", right? I'm Edred." He said to Alix as she subtly reached for her Brush. "How do you know my name?" "Adrien told me when he came over to deliver this." Edred stated as he then pulled out a blue pocket watch with a clock face in the center of a white circle with five round star-points that have a black circle in each of them. "Fluff, Counter Clockwise." He said as his armor suddenly began disappearing, revealing his work clothes and the pocket watch changed into its original design from yesterday with a Kiwami resembling a white rabbit flying out of it. "No way. My watch! But it's a miraculous?! How?!" "Shu-Shu-shush! Easy now, people will hear. Eitherway, you're not the only one surprised by this."
(10 hours ago)
Hours after Adrien left, Edred finished placing the holding ring into the watch before putting the dial and three hands on. "Alright. Let's see what result we get." He muttered to himself before he tapped the button on top before closing it, revealing that it had visible cracks. However, when he did that, the watch flashed and Fluff flew out with broken eyes! "What's going on? Where am I?!" "Holy crap, it's a Kwami!" Edred shouted out of shock as he jumped back! "You… you know what I am? Who are you, and why can't I see anything?" Fluff asked as she started to calm down before looking around in vain. "Interesting. It seems that the watch Adrien brought to me to fix was actually a Miraculous. What more, is that if the Miraculous is damaged, the Kwami possessing it is damaged as well." Edred stated as he walked back up to the table. "Fortunately, I've fixed a couple before." He claims before he picks up the Miraculous and walks over to a table with a chemistry set on top. "And while we're at it, we can strengthen the Miraculous to protect it better. MON!" He yelled out as a mechanical peacock with a 6X6 chassis suddenly appeared beside them. "I need you to grab an ingot of titanium and gold, and a meteorite fragment the size of my thumb." He told Mon as it walked over to a drawer before a jaw popped from the bottom of its head and used it to open the drawer, revealing it to be full of various ingots in alphabetical order. Mon then grabbed an ingot of both gold and titanium with its mouth before turning away from the drawer, kicking it closed, and proceeded to walk back to Edred, who had setted up a stone mortar and pestle with a rectangular hole in the right side of the table. As Mon went back to get the meteorite fragment, Eded then placed the two metals in a large, wide metal bowl before proceeding to place the bowl into the hole, revealing it to actually be a built-in furnace.
An hour later, Edred came out of a separate room full of animal parts, albeit some were just either hair, scales, or horns of larger animals while bones/fossils and smaller animals were contained in jars with fluids. After returning to the table and placing a tuft of rabbit fur out of harm's way and next to the thumb-sized meteorite, he then used a metal tongue with four hands to grab the bowl, now with the molten gold and titanium, before placing the bowl down. He then reached over to the meteorite and placed it into the mortar before proceeding to grind it into a fine powder with the pestle. "Do you really know what you're doing?" "Ye of little faith. Before I joined the Makai Order, I was a young Restoration Technician, who specializes in artifacts and ancient technology." Edred stated to Fluff as he poured the powder into the bowl as he then picked up the fur. "Shortly after, I began to obsess over the surprising advancement of Greece, leading me to desire improving upon the tech currently. That's when the Order found me stripping one of their trashed machines." He finished as he dropped the fur into the bowl, causing a white puff of smoke to erupt from the bowl with a spark of electricity. "Perfect. Now to extract and use the solution to fix the Miraculous." Edred stated before he opened a drawer below, pulling out a metallic syringe, and using it to extract some of the molten metal. He then uses it to fill in the cracks in and on the watch, causing them to glow. "Miraculous, Repair and Improve." Edred said as the Miraculous glowed and the cracks faded away, completely fixing it while simultaneously giving Fluff her eyesight back! "Voila!" "You did it!" Fluff shouted with excitement as she flew around him while he picked up the Miraculous. "Was there any doubt? Now, what is your power, Fluff?" Edred asked as Fluff stopped in front of him. "I'm the Kwami of Evolution. I hold the power to travel through time while also existing in multiple points in time at once." "Interesting. What's your activation and deactivation phrase?" Edred asked further as Fluff looked at him suspiciously. "Why are you asking?" "Because I'm going to give you back to Adrien's friend directly." He told her bluntly as she then smiled again. "Okay then. To transform, just say "Fluff, Clockwise, then say Burrow to use my powers, and finally, to change back, all you have to say is my name and then "Counterclockwise"." "Okay. Fluff, Clockwise!" Edred shouted as Fluff was sucked into the Miraculous, turning it into its true form while Edred transformed with a suit of rabbit-themed armor!
(Present day)
"And then, I used its power to get here right away. And while I was searching for a time when you were alone, I discovered that Adrien had spent the whole night looking for someone." Edred explained as Alix looked amazing. "Wow. No wonder why dad said it was ahead of its time!" She claimed as Fluff then looked confused. "He did? But I was never in circulation, not until now that is." Fluff stated, causing both Edred and Alix to be confused. "Really, then when was the last time you were active?" "The last time… was 200 years ago."
To be continued!
Note: Sorry for taking so long, I started getting sidetracked when I was halfway through this chapter making a Horizon Zero Dawn-based DND game. BUT I'M BACK IN THE ZONE NOW! :D
kaigu-Hunter: Silver lining, I used the design of the Thunderjaw and merged it with E123-Omega from Sonic The Hedgehog!