Isekai'd as the new French Miraculous Superhero Team.
Chapter 48: Rooftop Dinner.
(Quantic Universe Earth 19274729568301958374, Paris, France, February 23rd, 2016, third person POV...)
In the city of Paris at night, on the night of Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016, Ladybug is flying throughout the city skylines on her nightly patrol, her wings buzzing as she remains airborne in a forward direction.
She flies downward before stopping abruptly to hover at a billboard of Adrien.
Ladybug looks lost in thought as she looks upon the billboard of Adrien before she slaps herself back to the present.
As she gazes upon the face of the boy she loves in the billboard, Ladybug sighs wistfully, knowing that if things were different, she'd be doing the exact same things her cartoon counterparts and her fanfiction counterparts always did whenever they either saw Adrien in person or saw anything else with Adrien on it or did anything that has to do with who Adrien wants to date or wants to spend time with on a daily basis. Including stalking him, stealing his phone to delete an embarrassing voicemail, taking lots of pictures of him out of French fashion magazines to put on her walls, keeping a detailed sheet of his daily schedule in her bedroom like a projector screen, having a screensaver with him on her computer, using her powers, her natural skills, her genius-level intellect, and her superhero identity to scare other girls away from Adrien, teaming up with an enemy to humiliate someone of high reputational value if that someone is dating Adrien – such as Kagami Tsurugi in the Animaestro episode – allowing herself to get roped into Alya's schemes to confess her feelings to Adrien, backtracking a Gabriel Fashion commercial to the parts where the voices in the videos say Adrien's name, making birthday, Christmas, and other occasion presents for the next thirty-five years, planning Adrien's future to the point of deciding how many children or pets they should have and deciding where they should live for anything other than permanent residences or vacations, stalking Adrien to even Shanghai, China under the auspices of discovering her Chinese heritage and thereby wasting the money her parents had been saving for a family trip to Shanghai, China on a meticulously planned perfect day to do so, entering video game competitions to be with Adrien while knowingly rubbing it in her temporary opponents' faces and unknowingly getting them Akumatized just because the opponents in question hated losing like a sore loser, generally being a control freak, leaving presents for him and leaving minutes after touching and smelling all of his possessions which includes his bed, pillows, and blanket covers, leaving a confession video for him on the anniversary of his mother's death, choosing to push him aside in favor of the other Miraculous users on the team, choosing to be more enforcing of the identity rule after Cat Blanc and Master Fu's retirement, trying to manipulate Kagami after her breakup with Adrien, stealing Chloe's phone during incidents similar to Reflekta, stalking Adrien in the train station no thanks to Alya, choosing overall to not tell Adrien multiple times with and without everything going wrong just because of past experiences with Chloe and Kim, doing everything possible to make Adrien date her which includes butchering Kagami and causing a new kind of Cat Blanc timeline called a Pink Venom timeline or something similar, and even doing anything possible to expose Lila Rossi's lies for both keeping her away from Adrien and for making sure Lila is punished for her own crimes.
Ladybug also knew that if things were different for her counterparts, especially by losing her Miraculous in between Volpina and The Collector, they'd end up suffering different kinds of punishments for attacking Lila, attacking Adrien's girlfriends in those universes, continuing her stalker behaviors, attempting to convince their shared parents to send them to Shanghai under the auspices of going to Shanghai to discover their Chinese roots, and so forth before eventually signing up with Hawk Moth as Miracle Princess, a different version of Miracle Queen, and then getting arrested at long last.
Yeah, Ladybug in this timeline pitied her counterpart who got arrested and had to be sent to a lunatic asylum because of her mental health problems taking a nosedive. But then again, Current Ladybug muses, "Well, even if she doesn't fully realize it yet, that might have to be the only way for her to realize that her actions have consequences."
Ladybug then thinks about some of the other things that her present day counterparts had done in the canonical timelines: rejecting Zoe Lee's romantical feelings gently because of her love for Adrien, only for the relationship to finally set sail, choosing not to have a contingency plan in place for if Cat Noir ever got incapacitated or compromised, letting her guard down after laying it on Monarch about how horrible he had been, and upholding his final request to keep silent about his crimes and numerous identities among other things that made fans hate her, often to extremes.
Ladybug growls softly, wishing without really accessing her wishing power that she could go back in time and pummel her counterpart, Master Fu's counterpart, Adrien's counterpart, Chloe's counterpart, Lila's counterpart, Hawk Moth's counterpart, Mayura's counterpart, Tomoe Tsurugi's counterpart, Cash's counterpart, Techno-Pirate's counterpart, Jalil's counterpart, Bunnyx's counterpart, Bustier's counterpart, Damocles' counterpart, Mendeleiev's counterpart, and the counterparts of everyone she ever hated into guacamole without suffering any consequences, without being detected by even Bunnyx, and without anyone else knowing about it.
Ladybug then says as she asks aloud, "Oh, boy. What would God do with those counterparts of all of us if He was preparing for Judgement Day at the same time that He was doing the rest of His duties?"
Filch comes up and inquires in concern, "Ladybug? Are you okay?"
Ladybug smiles a bit as she answers, "Yes, I'm all right, Filch; I've just been thinking."
Filch questions again, "About what?"
Ladybug proceeds to explain everything to Filch, much to her horror and surprise.
Ladybug then says before asking in curiosity, "So, in conclusion, I've been wondering about what I can do to ensure that I don't meet those counterparts' fates by either being murdered, being isolated from my friends and family, being thrown in prison, being expelled from school, being expelled from the team, having my Miraculous taken away, having my powers permanently taken away, and so forth. Any ideas?"
Filch takes note of Ladybug's pleading eyes and quivering lips as she removes her helmet.
Filch sighs deeply before answering, "You might wanna write this down, LB. (Ladybug takes out a notebook and pencil.) The best things I can think of for now are as follows: first, take precautions against any murder attempts regardless of whether or not we apprehend Hawk Moth and his allies on Heroes' Day. Second, ensure that your friends and family are given pieces of evidence, irrefutable and tamper-proof, that you're a good person regardless of whatever you have done in the past even if they can't know your identity just yet and regardless of whether or not you recruit them to the team as Rena Rouge, Carapace, Bunnyx, Tigresse Pourpre, Ryuko, Viperion, Coq Courage, Caprikid, Traquemoiselle, Minatourox, Pegasus, Roi Singe, Vesperia, Polymouse, Argos, Hesperia if you want inspiration from the Shadybug and Claw Noir universe, and/or whoever would end up using the Butterfly Miraculous as a hero in the future regardless of whether or not Iris Verdi or anyone else of similar evil natures would be apprehended or murdered. Or even anyone you and Adrien choose to use the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses for any specific reason."
Ladybug nods before saying, "Please continue, Corvicon number 1."
Filch continues, "Third, make sure that you don't do anything that antiheroes do all the time unless there is no other choice, and under the most dire of circumstances."
Ladybug nods as she also writes this down before asking, "And what's next?"
Filch continues explaining, "Fourth, make sure that you have Caline Bustier, Denis Damocles, and their lackeys fired and arrested before the events of Sentimonster Ladybug come full circle regardless of whether or not Hawk Moth and Nathalie are thrown in prison, and regardless of whether or not Iris manages to walk away scot-free in either scenario."
Ladybug nods, and as she writes that down, Filch continues further, "Fifth, make sure that your actions are the expectations from the Guardians that are with Master Fu today, make sure that you have contingency plans to neutralize yourself and everyone else if we ever turn rogue for any reason, and make sure that you don't do anything that Master Fu would describe as a rebellious Miraculous user. That way, nobody will be given a reason to throw you in the slammer."
Ladybug writes that down too, and as she finishes, Filch finishes explaining, "And lastly, make sure that you do all of the things I just said to make sure that everyone else in the team's ranks aren't given enough of a reason to take your other powers away."
Ladybug writes that down before putting her notebook and pencil away.
Filch then says, "Your unique origins and your foreknowledge aside, even I know you mean well, Marinette. But your actions don't add up to squat if you don't do the good things your counterparts did and the things they never did with and without Thomas Astruc at the helm."
Ladybug takes a deep breath before saying, "You're right, Filch. I'll do my hardest for the greater good, for our team... for my fans and my loved ones."
Filch nods, and then she yawns before saying, "Well, if I don't get to bed and get my beauty sleep, I'll probably wind up looking like mainstream versions of Timothy Drake on days of caffeine."
Ladybug then says in response, "In that case, good night, Filch."
Filch nods before flying to her home.
Ladybug sighs before saying as she looks at the billboard again while imitating the Transformers Movieverse Optimus Prime, "(As Optimus Prime) The race of the homo sapiens. Yes, I have indeed seen their capacities for violence, cruelty, tyranny, murder, crime, political manipulation, corruption, thievery, ruthlessness, treachery, abuse, envy, lust, laziness, dirtiness, pride, and greed. However, Sentinel, do not forget that they are only two hundred thousand years into their existence. They're still a young species with a much greater deal to learn. And it is true that sometimes, they tend to repeat their mistakes and they do not see, or in some cases, refuse to see the mistakes they have made. But even in their darkest histories, I have seen goodness in them. I have seen their capacity for compassion, wisdom, courage, patience, temperance, magnificence, authenticity, acceptance, beauty, cleanliness, contentment, confidence, forgiveness, kindness, generosity, loyalty, trustworthiness, determination, honor, love, and truth. In fact, the wisest teachers on this planet have always said in some form or another that a true human being is all of these aforementioned virtues and values. Sadly, like some of our own kind, some humans and other humanoids of Earth have forgotten how to keep all of these in their souls. Some of them have become monsters, like Megatron. A too large number of these monsters have ruled in some parts of Earth's chronicles, countries, and cities. Also sadly, today, a few still do. But with that said, many future humans thankfully learned from the mistakes of the past. There were even some of them who had foresight and strived to enrich this world. Remember, freedom is the right of all sentient beings. More importantly, it is also a privilege. Many humans have honored it and they still do honor it today. While some have greatly abused it. And a few others denied it to others. For various iniquitous reasons such as prejudice. But whether freedom is a right or a privilege, no one has the right to take it away from others. Criminals, corrupt leaders, corrupt law officers, and lords and so forth who abuse the rights of freedom, they will get what's coming to them. This is one of the reasons why beings like us exist; we may be alien robots to the people of this planet, but we still have a responsibility to them. We have to save them from our war. Even though we are strangers, sometimes a stranger can be a great teacher, and even a savior. And perhaps soon, it will be up to us to remind them of where they stand. So that they have more knowledge of how to make progress as a civilization. So they can finally be one with each other. Like how we once were, before the Decepticons arose, when we were peaceful and just. And I promise you, Sentinel, we will be again peaceful and just."
Laserbeak then asks as he flies towards Ladybug and stops next to her, "Did you just quote your favorite hero?"
Ladybug answers, "(Normal voice) Oh, yes. That was an inspirational speech Optimus did about humanity from a popular Transformers Dark of the Moon fanfiction that serves as an alternate take on the end of the movie where Optimus gave Sentinel Prime an inspirational speech about the human race based on what he learned over the past five years of the movies' timeline about humans."
Laserbeak replies, "Oh. Okay then."
Ladybug then inquires, "Did you finish your patrol?"
Laserbeak answers, "Yes, I have."
Ladybug replies before saying, "Good to hear. Now, head home and get some sleep. I'll finish up here for a while before going home to sleep myself."
Laserbeak nods before flying off to his residence.
Ladybug then looks back at the Adrien poster before doing her patrol of the city in frozen time for three hours in frozen time.
Ladybug then says as she looks upon an old criminal hideout from before Hawk Moth's reign of terror started, "Hmm. Still nothing."
Ladybug then goes back to the Adrien billboard.
As she looks upon the replica of Adrien's face on the board, Ladybug asks herself aloud, "Oh, Adrien, what would I do without you in this timeline and in many divergent timelines to be spawned from this primary one?"
Ladybug then floats in the air cross-legged as she starts meditating like a Japanese Ninjutsu master.
Ladybug stays like that for half an hour in frozen time, aware that half an hour in frozen time is fine because even though her flexibility is augmented by her superhero form, she can't necessarily meditate for hours on end in frozen time, not without something horrible happening.
As she finishes meditating and the time flow returns to normal, Ladybug's super hearing then picks up on Cat Noir flying stealthily towards her.
As she hears Cat Noir stealthily hiding himself, Ladybug says, "You can come out, Cat Noir; I know you're there."
From his hiding spot behind a large chimney, Cat Noir freezes up as he quells his panicked breathing quietly despite knowing that Ladybug has super hearing like Superman.
Ladybug silently giggles, knowing exactly what Cat Noir was planning to say.
Cat Noir replies while doing an actually decent impression of the Transformers Armada Optimus Prime's voice actor in real life, "(As Gavin Cooper) I'm a different Black Cat Miraculous user, Ladybug."
Ladybug scoff-laughs as she busts the lie, "Pfft hahahahahahahahaha! Yeah, right! I know it's you, Cat Noir. You may be able to imitate real life people's voices in terms of famous celebrities, but I know how to sniff out lies and impostors."
Cat Noir flies over to her and sulks while asking, "(Normal voice) I guess I'm that obvious, eh?"
Ladybug replies, "Aww, is the little kitty sad?"
Ladybug starts petting Cat Noir, and his feline instincts take over as he starts purring.
After a minute of petting Cat Noir and relishing in hearing him purring like an actual cat, Ladybug then reads Cat Noir's mind and she's subtly amused at what he's thinking, just like his kiddie-based Chibi counterpart in the actual Rooftop Dinner episode of Miraculous Chibi where there is no Hawk Moth, no Canon Chloe, no Master Fu, no Lila Rossi, no anyone in her and Cat Noir's lives, and no civilian identities being shown whatsoever: Ladybug impatiently waiting for dinner to be served, Cat Noir turns up with a decent-sized platter of spaghetti and meatballs for the both of them while wearing a chef's apron and hat, the two of them eating the same string of spaghetti at the same time, and they eventually kiss, just like in the old animated Disney movie The Lady and the Tramp.
Ladybug stops petting Cat Noir and says, "If you wanted the both of us to have spaghetti night, Cat, all you had to do was ask."
Cat Noir smirks as he asks again, "Did you just read my mind, LB?"
Ladybug replies coyly, "Maybe..."
Ladybug then floats to a rooftop that looks like her balcony, but with more space, and Cat Noir follows her.
Ladybug summons a two-person dining table, a kitchen stove like the one in her apartment's kitchen, and she starts cooking spaghetti with meatballs, and after she makes the pot, she starts making garlic bread by hand.
This cooking ordeal takes less than seven minutes.
Once the spaghetti, meatballs, and garlic bread are done, Ladybug unveils her latest masterpiece and says while doing a decent impression of Robbie Rotten from LazyTown, "(Imitating Robbie Rotten) Ta-da!"
Cat Noir looks happy as he sees Ladybug carefully serving the spaghetti and meatballs along with the garlic bread she handmade herself.
Cat Noir then says, "Ladybug, I didn't know you could cook that well."
Ladybug smiles as she explains, "Well, in my old life, it took me until I was four years old to learn how to cook, and as per research on the internet, my old parents had me learning how to cook eggs. Believe me, people all over the United States and the internet always said that when you're teaching your children how to cook, you should always start with teaching them how to cook eggs. Regardless of whether your children's preferences are fried eggs or scrambled eggs, and for me personally, scrambled eggs are healthier than fried eggs."
Cat Noir replies in understanding, "Oh, well, that makes sense."
Ladybug then says, "And believe me, on my old Earth, it took me less than two years for me to learn how to cook my own meals within certain limits because of how young I was. Ahh, those were the days."
Cat Noir and Ladybug then say in unison the Food Prayer, "Bless us, O God. Bless our food and our drink. Since you redeemed us so dearly and delivered us from evil, as you gave us a share in this food so may you give us a share in eternal life. Amen." "Bless us, O God. Bless our food and our drink. Since you redeemed us so dearly and delivered us from evil, as you gave us a share in this food so may you give us a share in eternal life. Amen."
Ladybug and Cat Noir will their armors to become Miraculous supersuits suitable for eating food without making a mess or getting stains anywhere.
Ladybug and Cat Noir eat their meal while taking their time to avoid getting indigestion, to avoid giving themselves hiccups, to avoid making a mess, and to make sure that they don't pig out on their meal like a competitive eater would.
Cat Noir mentally remarks, "Yeah, viewers from Mikaela's old Earth, Ladybug has been very adamant about us human beings who are in religious families or who are finding Jesus early in life making sure to take our time in eating any delectable meal because she despises competitive eaters. But all the same, I had no idea Marinette cooked food this good! Mmm!"
Ladybug and Cat Noir managed to finish their meal without making a mess or anything like that, and after willing their armors to become themselves again, and after cleaning up, putting everything away – in Ladybug's case as she summoned the items from her subspace storage pockets – and brushing their teeth to prepare for school in the morning, Ladybug and Cat Noir sealed the night off with a passionate kiss on the lips.
Ladybug and Cat Noir then go their separate ways.
In Adrien's bedroom, Cat Noir enters, detransforms into Adrien Agreste, and closes his window to avert suspicions and to avoid any insects or spiders potentially getting inside.
Plagg remarks in a whisper, "(Softly) Well, on the bright side, kid, you got something to cross off of your bucket list."
Adrien nods as he changes into his pajamas, and waits another thirty minutes in frozen time for his meal to digest completely before going to bed.
In Marinette's bedroom, Ladybug enters her bedroom, detransforms into Marinette Dupain-Cheng, and changes into her pajamas.
Tikki asks in a whisper, "(Softly) Do you think that there are any more Miraculous Ladybug episodes coming up in the next five to eight days?"
Marinette checks her foreknowledge schedule before answering in a whisper, "(Softly) Nope, as far as I can see. Just standard evidence collecting of the crimes of every Miraculous Ladybug villain to be given to the police at the appropriate times depending on where in the timeline we are and regardless of whether or not we apprehend Hawk Moth, Catalyst, and Volpina on the 2016 Heroes' Day. I hope that we will be able to finish the evidence gathering without a hitch."
Tikki replies, "Don't worry, Mikaela; as long as we use the powers provided to us, we will succeed."
Marinette nods as she waits thirty minutes in frozen time as well before going to sleep.
The End.
(Author's notes: Yes, I changed the ending of Rooftop Dinner to be in accordance to the chronological order of this story and to be in accordance to everything about the chronological Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir cartoon I'm changing for my story, not just for myself, but also for all of you.
Anyway, the next chapter is another total original that has no Akumatized villains, no appearances of Gabriel Agreste as himself or as Hawk Moth, no appearances of Nathalie, no appearances of Lila, no appearances of Master Fu, and even though the show doesn't feature any actual criminals like the new Miraculous Ladybug Movie does, we don't necessarily have to worry about Ladybug or any other member of the French Miraculous Superhero Team having to sacrifice valuable time by helping police officers catch any kind of criminals in this story. Not for the time being, anyway.
See you all in chapter 49: Evidence Collecting Completed.)
