Title: Shifting Oceans
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug, Bleach
Characters: Ichigo, Sado, Kagami, Felix
Chapter: 9
Word Count: 1664
Warnings: nothing
Beta: ToxicAngel13 on AO3
AN: Alright, so. SO! The reason why I didn't post for a couple of weeks? Mom was in the hospital. Again.
For those who haven' read the AN (they do tend to have information guys), Mom broke her tibia back in late August, and because she wasn't waking up. We figured that out. Her tibia is good. She is in a leg brace.
She came back for about a day, had an issue, AGAIN, (still figured it out), went back to Inpatient PT for a week. She is home. No issues. I'm happy. Mom is happy. The partners are happy. The cats are so happy that I'm once more being used as a damn mattress. Again.
So, that's why I haven't posted. Because shit went down. Again.
For now, enjoy.
Watching as Marinette headed off with Adrien, Ichigo smiled and waved after them. It had been three weeks since the start of classes and they had finally found the Ladybug user.
Though, perhaps she had found them.
From what Kagami knew and what Adrien had told them, the first day of their school year at their old school hadn't been kind to them. Most especially Marinette. She had told them that the year before a girl named Lila Rossi had come into their lives. It turned out to be the very one that the Ladyblog had started to suck up to, and turned Marinette's life upside down. It seemed as if things had finally come to a head the first day where some of the her supposed friends had torn up Marinette's sketchbook. That sketchbook had luckily not been her work one, which she had started to keep at home and only at home, but the young girl had broken down and told Adrien.
About everything that had happened to her.
From there, it had turned into her getting sponsorships from Jagged Stone, Gabriel Agreste and her great-uncle, the rather world famous chef, Wang Cheng.
Adrien had bragged about the outfits that she had used to get into the school, showing them the pictures of his suit and her dress. She had talked about how she had used a mix of things that she had had on hand, as she liked to do with most of her projects. She had talked about the fabric, the parts that she had saved from her mother's clothes, along with the smaller details and accessories that she had used. She had also talked about the new things that she had picked up just for those outfits.
She had blushed the entire time but her delight had shown through.
Ichigo had smiled at her and told her that she had a good eye for color theory, asking if she had done the homework that she had missed for their art classes in the last week. She had said that she had been free studying while transferring and was rather glad that it was only three weeks into the school year so she wasn't to horribly behind. He promised that she would catch up easily.
Sado and Adrien had started to talk about their business goals, Felix joining in while Kagami switched conversations as it pleased her.
After their school day, where Marinette had shown that she was smart but without any self-confidence, they had met up at Adrien's locker. He had thought it would be them, but with the two together and relaxed, Ichigo could feel the power that lingered around her that tipped him off. The small Kwami who had peeked out of her bag once and stared at him with wide eyes had just cinched it for him. He had played as if he hadn't seen her at all, allowing her to feel at peace with them.
Ichigo lened into Sado's body and made a thoughtful noise. "That's them huh?" he asked. Sado nodded his head.
"Adrien-kun feels as if he has been touched by night and destruction," Sado stated. Ichigo nodded his head. "We need to start laying out the power draws to get them to come to us. I don't think us going to them would be a good idea still," he said.
"I don't think we'll need to. I have a feeling that they'll end up coming to us. She kept staring at me as if trying to figure me out all day. We'll give it a week before we start laying the bait down. Think I should talk to my cousin about what it was like wielding the Dragon miraculous?" Ichigo asked. A choking sound came from behind them, making him snicker. He looked over his shoulder and raised an eyebrow at her. "What? Did you really think that I wouldn't feel that kind of power? It does leave a taint on your spiritual signature for a long time. It's strong magic."
"So I have learned," Kagami sighed as she watched Adrien's car leave before groaning. "Oh good Kami, it is so noticeable now," she moaned, shaking her head. "Ladybug has always chosen who she trusts the most. Those who are close to her..." she breathed out. "How did I not see that?" she asked, looking to her cousin. He shrugged.
"I'm guessing it's the magic. Now that you can put two and two together? It's noticeable. Let's head home though," Ichigo said as he nodded to the car that pulled up. "Or at least drop you off at your fencing practice. We can talk on the way." They slid into the car and started off, the AI set to privacy once Ichigo tapped in the code on the small panel, Sado sitting in the front. It meant that they could talk without worry about being recorded or listened in.
"What can you tell me about the Miraculous then?" Kagami asked.
"The short and dirty version is that they're jewelry that were built by a mage to allow the Kwami's to interact with the humans that had grown over the world. The Kwami's are pretty much left over energy from new ideas that came to be. Creation when Reio-sama created the world around us. Destruction when things were destroyed by fires or ice. Loyalty when someone showed a deliberate act of loyalty for the first time. And so on," Ichigo said.
"They have since then helped the world as they needed. The original Black Cat Kwami was, by the time of the dinosaurs, sealed away and Plagg was born to replace her," Sado stated. "Their names were in one of the book that we have copies of, a journal truly, that had been translated."
"They all took on names that meant something to them from what the journal said," Ichigo said, resting back in his seat. "The fact that the Butterfly and Peacock were lost means that there is something much bigger coming. From what we can put together from some older notes and the various journals, such as they are, from the Ladybug holder from Japan, there is a pattern. This isn't the first time. The other times that they weren't used in such dark ways but they had been lost before. They are always lost when it comes to the original Kwami of Destruction though."
"So every time that the two Miraculous were lost, the original Kwami was...what?" Kagami asked.
Ichigo sighed. "She was trying to break free from the chains. It usually took her about four or five thousand years but..."
"This time they are breaking free much sooner then normal?" Kagami asked.
"Perhaps. We don't know. I sent a message to the Palace to see if they can check on them," Ichigo said, smiling softly at her. "They'll send me a message once they find out if anything is going on but it might take a long time for me to see any kind of answer. That kind of checking is a hard one on the ones who have to go check. I would think that the seal is very well protected by those who can protect it but getting close enough to check on it..."
Kagami nodded, frowning, curling her arms around her torso. "I do not wish to hold a Miraculous again. At least...not yet," she said, frowning softly to himself. She shifted. "Right now, my life is filled to the brim with things to do and with life. I will take up the fight if we find need for me to fight but..."
"You do not want to have to fight right this moment," Sado said, Kagami nodded. "That is fine. I am sure that we are able to help Ladybug-san and Chat Noir-san," he promised.
Kagami smiled, nodding to him before she brushed her hair back out of the way as they pulled up to the fencing studio, finding Adrien already standing there with Marinette waiting with him. The two were talking and looking at Marinette's school tablet, most likely talking about their classes and homework. Kagami smiled at the two.
"You know, I don't think that I am mad at the fact that they are bound to get together in a romantic sense," Kagami said softly. "They seem to fit very well. She is...already so much happier. Less anxiety filled. It is nice to see."
Ichigo patted her hand with a small, understanding smile on his lips. "You'll find someone who will make you happy, Kagami-chan. I know that you will. Oba-san was able to find her own love, even with all of her hard work into building her career. Just...don't push for it. Follow your heart. That is what Dragons are meant to do after all," he teased. Kagami chuckled softly and pressed a kiss to his cheek.
"Thank you, Onii-chan," she said. "I shall see you both tomorrow. Tatsu, take my cousin and his boyfriend home," she instructed the car's AI before she climbed out with her things. Ichigo waved to the other two as Sado changed where he was sitting before the door closed behind him and the car took off with them to their apartment.
Ichigo sighed as he pressed against his boyfriend's side with a smile. "I have a feeling that we're going to be meeting some interesting people in the next few weeks," he hummed, his eyes half lidded. He caught sight of the class that Marinette and Adrien had left. Some where watching a larger group, standing off to the side from them.
Ichigo smiled as Sado wrapped his arm around his waist, pulling him close and chuckling into his hair. "Don't think so hard, Ichi. Things are fine for now. Focus on the now instead of the f uture." Ichigo huffed but relaxed and did what his boyfriend had told him to do. He focused on the present and on the sweet kiss he got.
