Isekai'd as the new French Miraculous Superhero Team.

Chapter 50: Rematch vs. Replay.

(Quantic Universe Earth 19274729568301958374, Paris, France, February 29th, 2016, third person POV...)

In her bedroom, Marinette is looking at pictures of Adrien and herself on her cell phone.

Marinette remarks mentally, "Ah, there's nothing I love better than looking back on old pictures from days, weeks, months, and even years gone by in the past."

Marinette smiles as she stumbles upon a picture of her and Adrien ganging up on their respective mothers in a tickle fight.

Marinette mentally remarks, "Ah, those were the days."

After stumbling upon an old one where she and Adrien met an actress portraying Loonette The Clown from The Big Comfy Couch, Tikki asks, "This one looks nice. Don't you think so, Marinette?"

Marinette answers, "Does it really matter? Either way, they're all nice, Tikki. True, even Adrien and I aren't perfect, but we do what we can to make our dreams come true, even outside of apprehending Gabriel, Nathalie, and Lila. Actually, I think that Adrien wanted to know where I got the inspiration for this picture."

Tikki asks, "You mean the one where you and Adrien met that clown from that 1990s kid show?"

Marinette answers, "Yes. You see, for most of my childhood on my old Earth, I never got the opportunity to meet Loonette the Clown whatsoever, even aside from the fact that in my timeline, the original actress had long since died peacefully."

Tikki replies, "Oh."

Marinette replies back, "Yeah. Anyway, for Adrien, despite being 75% a Sentimonster, his humanity and the way he shows his feelings for other people and the way he believes in second chances for those who include people that don't deserve more chances, that's what I fell in love with. However naïve he also happens to be. I sometimes wonder if I can tell him such a thing in private with enough practice."

Tikki says, "Well, we can practice together right now if you want to."

Marinette smiles as she replies, "Thanks, Tikki. You're the best."

Tikki then says before asking, "Let's get to work. Ready?"

Marinette nods.

Tikki says, "Since this is for a private discussion, let's start small just in case someone tries to eavesdrop on you both. Repeat after me. Hi, Adrien. How are you? I wanted to tell you that despite being the way you are because of your parents, your humanity and the way you show your feelings for other people and the way you believe in second chances for those who include people that don't deserve more chances, that's what I fell in love with."

Marinette repeats after Tikki, "Hi, Adrien. How are you? I wanted to tell you that despite being the way you are because of your parents, your humanity and the way you show your feelings for other people and the way you believe in second chances for those who include people that don't deserve more chances, that's what I fell in love with."

Tikki remarks, "Great job, Marinette! See? Practice makes perfect!"

Marinette replies before inquiring, "Yep. But am I really ready, or is there a catch?"

Tikki replies back, "Not so fast. Let's try again, but this time..."

She holds up Marinette's phone in front of her whole body, making her "appear" like Adrien.

Tikki finishes, "...I'll be Adrien!"

Marinette retorts, "That's what your counterpart did, and because of the way my counterpart was written, it didn't work for her."

Tikki replies, "Oh. Good point."

Tikki smirks as she enters another of her human forms, this time, disguised as the real Adrien.

Marinette remarks, "Okay, this'll do."

Tikki says in Adrien's voice, "(Imitating Adrien Agreste) Hi, Marinette."

Marinette replies as she asks, "Hi, Adrien. How are you?"

"Adrien" answers before asking in response, "I'm just dandy for now, Mari. And yourself?"

Marinette answers as she recites her lines perfectly, "I'm great myself. Anyway, I wanted to tell you that despite being the way you are because of your parents, your humanity and the way you show your feelings for other people and the way you believe in second chances for those who include people that don't deserve more chances, that's what I fell in love with."

Tikki shapeshifts back into her normal kwami form and remarks, "Yes! You did it again, Marinette! Exceptional!"

Marinette then says, "Thanks, Tikki. Now, unless I missed my guess, Mom and Alya should be coming by to pick us up to go to Adrien's lacrosse game at school, where hopefully we will be able to deal with Replay."

Tikki nods before hiding in Marinette's purse.

Sabine then calls out, "Marinette! Sweetie!"

Marinette replies, "Yes?"

Sabine opens the trap door and asks, "Were you practicing something with Tikki?"

Marinette replies, "Yep, guilty as charged."

Alya remarks, "Seems to me that you were coming up with a new way of telling Adrien how much you love him."

Marinette remarks, "Again, guilty as charged."

Everyone shares a hearty laugh at that.

Sabine then asks, "Are you ready for Adrien's lacrosse game?"

Marinette answers, "You bet I am."

Alya says, "Really? Because from downstairs, it sounded like you were rehearsing something."

Marinette grabs her purse and remarks teasingly, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Alya chuckles before saying, "Hehehehehe. Come on, let's go."

Marinette and Alya leave to the school.

Later, at Francoise Dupont, Adrien is giving his all against Adam Amelineau, another one of the best lacrosse players in the school.

As everyone can see, Adam is struggling against Adrien's own proficiency in playing lacrosse.

Chloe stands on the sidelines, silently cheering Adrien on.

Adrien scores some points by hitting the lacrosse ball with his stick into the goal net.

Several students cheer respectively, "Awesome!" "Woohoo!" "Way to go!" "Great job, Adrien!" "Nice shot, Adrien!" "Whoo-hoo-hoo!" "Outstanding!" "Righteous!" "Excellent work!" and so forth.

Alya then says, "You know, Marinette... when they win, you should definitely offer to treat Adrien to some victory ice cream."

Marinette replies, "Already ahead of you; I got ice cream at home."

Alya remarks, "Way to go, Girl Scout."

Marinette blushes at the remark/compliment.

Chloe comes up and asks, "Girls, please tell me you saw that goal?"

Marinette and Alya reply in unison, "We saw it." "We saw it."

Two of Adam's teammates remark mockingly, "Nice going, Adam!" "You're supposed to stop him from scoring, loser!"

Chloe remarks, "That's gonna go on those boys' records."

Adam angrily approaches Adrien, and smacks his stick against where Adrien's left leg is, but without really striking any flesh or bone.

Adrien exclaims angrily, "Hey, what the hell's wrong with you?!"

The referee blows his whistle and shouts, "Foul! Five minute penalty!"

Adam growls as he shouts, "You'll regret this, all of you!"

Adam storms off.

Chloe states coldly, "That is gonna go onto Adam's record. It's almost as if the students and staff of this school are just asking for punishment from their parents and the school board respectively."

Alya remarks, "I know, right?"

Outside the school, at the steps of the entrance, Adam snarls, "I try my best, and no one on my team respects me for it! It's not fair!"

In Hawk Moth's lair, the window opens and Hawk Moth remarks, "So much rage. I can practically taste it from here!"

Hawk Moth makes an Akuma and sends it off while saying, "Fly away, my devious Akuma, and feed onto that boy's rage!"

The Akuma flies to the entrance steps of Francoise Dupont.

The Akuma merges with Adam's wristwatch.

Hawk Moth telepathically says, "Replay, I am Hawk Moth. I'm offering you the opportunity to be the star player of your school's lacrosse game, for a little something in exchange, of course. Teach your teammates how valuable you really are to them!"

Adam/Replay replies darkly, "Yes, Hawk Moth."

Adam turns into Replay.

Meanwhile, in the alleyway near the Dupain-Cheng bakery, Purple Streak asks, "You ready for this, Tatum?"

Tatum Tauziat answers, "Yes, I am."

Purple Streak reveals a Tenshi, and it merges with Tatum's smartwatch.

Purple Streak remarks, "Rematch, I'm granting you the power to disrupt Replay's powers. But you mustn't allow yourself to get captured by his time manipulation energies; if you do, it's game over."

Tatum/Rematch replies, "You got it, Purple Streak."

Tatum turns into Rematch, an armored opposite color version of Replay.

Rematch is escorted to the school by Purple Streak carrying him over there via her ability to fly.

At Francoise Dupont, one of Adrien's generic teammates says to Replay, "Hey, you! You had better apologize to Adrien before I notify your parents, the teachers, and Principal Damocles!"

Replay stands up menacingly, towering over the generic boy.

Replay readies his watch, and the other boy shrieks in terror as he sprints away.

But then, Replay aims his watch at the fleeing boy and presses the watch's rewind button, making the boy say and do everything he did and said backwards before reappearing next to Alix Kubdel.

Alix exclaims, "Hey, what the?!"

The boy is released from Replay's control and asks in disorientation and amnesia, "Huh? What the heck? What was I doing just now?"

Marinette spots Replay and discreetly runs away.

Someone on the sidelines shouts, "Go, Adrien!"

Adrien smacks the lacrosse ball with his stick and Replay shows up and says, "I don't think so."

He aims his watch at the ball and presses the rewind button before the ball can smack him in the face.

The ball then flies backwards, but Adrien catches it in his gloved right hand, shocking everyone present.

Adrien snarls, "I should've known you were acting like a sore loser just because I am equally skilled as you are at lacrosse and just because your teammates don't show you any respect, Adam Amelineau."

Replay snarls, "I am not Adam Amelineau! I am Replay!"

Everyone present either shrieks or runs away or both, except for Adrien's teammates.

Marinette hides in the girls bathroom and says, "Tikki, Spots On!" and she transforms into Ladybug.

Meanwhile, Adrien swings his lacrosse stick like a staff before adopting a ninja sword-wielding pose, ready to fight for his life.

Replay takes out his own lacrosse stick and swings it like a staff too, adopting a Kung-Fu pose.

Suddenly, Adrien's teammates, including Alix, Ivan, and Kim, stand alongside Adrien.

Alix remarks, "You fight with Adrien, you fight with all of us!"

Ivan adds, "That's right!"

Adam gawks before he scowls, briefly noticing his teammates running away.

Replay says as he readies his watch, "Let's skip ahead to the part where I win!"

Rematch appears and smacks him in the face with a hook chin kick, knocking him back and onto his bottom.

Rematch says, "Not so fast, sporty boy!"

Replay gets up and charges, and for the next three minutes, Replay and Rematch try to smack each other with their improvised weapons while blocking every counter-attack.

Ladybug then appears and taps Replay on his left shoulder before punching him hard in the face with a spinning right fist punch.

Replay sputters as he staggers, but he goes to freeze Ladybug.

But the moment that he presses the pause button, nothing happens as Ladybug raises an eyebrow and remarks while brandishing her staff, "Is that all you got?"

Replay snarls, "Impossible! No one is ever immune to my powers!"

Rematch goes to strike Replay from behind, but he immediately dodges Replay's pause button effects.

Just then, Ladybug snags Replay's left wrist and says, "All of you get out of here! Rematch and I can handle things here!"

Ladybug adds to Adrien telepathically, "Bring out the alter-ego from the boys bathroom."

Adrien telepathically replies, "Consider it done, my lady."

Adrien and his teammates flee.

Replay tries to use Ladybug's weight against her by tossing her over his shoulders and head, but Ladybug retracts her yoyo and snaps open her wings, immediately taking flight.

Replay exclaims, "You can fly?! Nobody said anything about you being able to fly!"

Ladybug cackles, "Haa heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh!"

In the boys bathroom, Plagg says, "It's time, right?"

Adrien replies, "Yep! Plagg, Claws Out!"

Adrien transforms into Cat Noir.

Back at the battle, Ladybug is restrained by her own yoyo to the point where she was gagged.

Ladybug roars muffledly, "MMMRRRRRRRRRRWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRR!"

Replay remarks mockingly, "What's that? I can't hear you!"

Ladybug snarls muffledly, "(Muffled) When I get out of this, I'm gonna make you pee yourself!"

Replay remarks, "I think that's enough out of you, Ladybug."

Suddenly, Cat Noir hits Replay on his helmet-covered head with his stick, and Replay shouts, "Ow!"

Cat Noir remarks as Purple Streak frees Ladybug, "Wait, wait! Rewind that so I can watch it again!"

Rematch replies, "With pleasure!"

Rematch presses his own rewind button on his remote control and Replay gets hit in the head by a rewinding Cat Noir before the action plays again in normal time.

Cat Noir hits Replay on his head with his stick again, and Replay shouts, "Ow!"

Cat Noir remarks, "Hahahahahaha! That's rich!"

Ladybug then says, "Cat Noir, I might need additional help this time! Keep him busy!"

Cat Noir seems to be catching on to what Ladybug was saying: she was gonna summon her Lucky Charm for the first time in months.

Cat Noir replies, "Happy to do so, m'lady!"

Cat Noir does funny faces while doing a headstand to annoy Replay, and Replay snarls, "I think it's time we pause that mouth of yours permanently!"

Ladybug tosses her yoyo above her head and calls out, "Lucky Charm!"

She stays in one place with both of her feet planted on the ground, just like Mister Bug, and her yoyo summons a handheld compact mirror.

Ladybug smiles sinisterly as she remarks, "I know just what to do with this."

Ladybug looks over and sees Replay pause Cat Noir before pausing Purple Streak and Rematch, only for the effects to not take effect as they're immune to his powers.

Ladybug says in combat hand signals to let her handle Replay, and the others disperse into the shadows, confusing Replay long enough for Ladybug's plan to take action.

Ladybug lassos Replay's watch and remarks mentally before saying tauntingly out loud, "(Mentally) Perfect! (Out loud) Hey, Replay! If you can't stop Cat Noir, Purple Streak, or Rematch, there's no way you'll be able to catch me before I blast off!"

Replay snarls, "Don't underestimate me."

Replay aims his wristwatch at Ladybug after she removes her yoyo, and he presses the pause button at her, but she uses the handheld compact mirror to reflect the energy blast back at Replay.

Replay starts to exclaim, "Wha – ?"

But he doesn't finish as he instantly gets frozen by his own pausing freeze beam.

Ladybug walks up to Replay, snatches his wristwatch, and breaks it, releasing the Akuma inside.

Ladybug opens her yoyo and says, "No more evildoing for you, little Akuma!"

She spins her yoyo this way and that and says, "Time to deakumatize!"

Ladybug throws her yoyo at the Akuma, and it snaps shut over the Akuma in its center.

Ladybug reels her yoyo back into her hand and says, "Gotcha again!"

Ladybug opens her yoyo again and the purified white butterfly flutters away as Ladybug says, "Bye-bye, little butterfly."

She tosses the compact mirror in the sky and says, "Miraculous Ladybug!"

The Miraculous Ladybug cure fixes every amount of damage done by Replay, and Replay is turned back into Adam Amelineau.

Adam asks disoriented, "Huh? What the?"

Ladybug, Cat Noir, Rematch, and Purple Streak fist-bump in victory.

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth snarls, "One day, I will have your Miraculouses and the Miraculouses of your entire team, Ladybug and Cat Noir! Your powers will be mine, one way or another, whether you like it or not!"

The window to Hawk Moth's lair closes.

In the same alleyway, Purple Streak revokes Rematch's Akuma and says to the detenshized Tatum Tauziat, "Thank you for your services, Tatum. I'll call upon you when Heroes' Day comes."

Tatum nods in understanding and goes on his way home.

Later, in the final round of the game, several students are cheering, "Yes!" "Go!" "Woohoo!" "Keep going!" among other kinds of cheering.

Adrien makes the winning score and the referee blows his whistle before shouting, "That's game!"

Nino shouts, "Way to go, man!"

Chloe shouts as well, "Great, exceptional performance, Adrien!"

Adam comes up to Adrien and says before asking, "I'm sorry about everything. I really am. Good game?"

Adrien answers, "Yep. Good game." And he and Adam shake hands.

In Marinette's bedroom, Marinette and Adrien are having celebratory ice cream, with Adrien choosing vanilla and Marinette choosing the Trio'politan Chocolate ice cream which consists of regular chocolate chip ice cream, dark chocolate ice cream, and regular chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips, but the thing is that Marinette actually made the ice cream by hand herself, not just because she wanted herself and Adrien to save money, but for the Trio'politan ice cream, she made it by hand simply because she said to Adrien that the Turkey Hill Trio'politan ice cream in the United States actually has artificial ingredients in it, making it unhealthy and dangerous to eat.

After they have their celebratory ice creams, Adrien says, "Thanks for the ice cream treat, Marinette."

Marinette nods.

They share a hug and a kiss on the lips before Adrien goes outside to the school entrance, where upon his arrival to the entrance, Placide's car slowly drives up from the distance on the left of the entrance right where Adrien was standing.

The next morning, Adrien is still asleep in his bed when he dreams about the big game after Adam was returned to normal, last night's patrol, and the kiss he and Ladybug shared in the moonlight above the Eiffel Tower.

Suddenly, his alarm clock blares, waking him from his slumber with a gasp of fright.

Adrien looks at the time, and he wakes up more when he sees that it's 8:30 a.m.

Adrien remarks, "Ahh, good. I'm gonna be on time for the photoshoot on the yacht."

In Marinette's apartment, she remarks, "And we're gonna be on time for the fight against Silurus, the meeting with the United Heroez, and the fight against the Trash Krakken."

To be continued...

(Author's notes: See you all in chapter 51: Silurus vs. Goshawk.)