Hey everyone, I'm back with chapter 6.
Hope you enjoy.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, Marinette was in her house playing video games, she had invited some friends over to try out a new game she got, but they hadn't arrived yet.
"You seem excited for this, Marinette" said Tikki
"I am, Tikki, I don't know the last time me and my friends were able to just hang out and play video games" said Marinette
A knock at the door caught Marinette's attention. She went to answer the door and Alya, Alix, Nino & Zach all entered and greeted Marinette.
"You guys made it" said Marinette
"Of course we did" said Alya
"Hey, by any chance, is Adrien with you?" asked Marinette
"No, sorry" said Nino
"Oh" said Marinette, a little disappointed
"But, Adrien did text me that he's going to be late, he'll be here soon" said Zach
"Really? Great" said Marinette
"So, let's get started" said Alix
Marinette started the game up and handed each of her friends a controller.
"So, what's the game?" asked Zach
"It's 'Heart of the Warrior', it's set in Ancient China, we each play as different warriors trying to stop an omnipotent being from taking over the world, we have to defeat footsoldiers, rescue hostages and collect ancient relics" said Marinette
"Sounds interesting" said Alya
The group of friends started playing when there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it" said Zach
Zach went to answer the door and opened the door to reveal Adrien, facing away from the door face-timing with Chloe.
"But Adrikins, we haven't had a chance to hang out since we were little kids, I know you wouldn't leave me hanging" said Chloe
"No, Chloe, he wouldn't, he'd cut you down after a few days" said Zach
"Oh, Petiot's here" said Chloe, her eye starting to twitch
"That twitch becomes you, is it new?" asked Zach
Chloe quickly hung up.
"Zach, as funny as some of your quips towards Chloe are, I really think you should try to get along with her" said Adrien
"Seriously? I don't even know how it's possible that YOU get along with her" said Zach
"I've been friends with her since we were little kids, I guess I'm used to her attitude" said Adrien
"Hey, I was friends with a girl when I was younger, but she changed from a sweetheart to a cold hearted manipulator and opportunist, I haven't seen her since" said Zach
The 2 celebrities entered the living room and took their seats, Marinette handed them each a controller.
While Adrien started setting up his character, he looked over at Marinette and noticed her earrings.
"Hey, Marinette, I never noticed you had earrings before" said Adrien
"Huh, oh, yeah, I got them a while ago, just cheap ones I got for less than a euro" said Marinette, with a little nervous chuckle
"Huh, they seem kinda familiar" thought Adrien
After about 20 minutes of playing the game, Zach's cellphone started to ring.
"Excuse me a second" said Zach
Zach stepped out to take the call, it was Max Kante.
"Hey Max" said Zach
"Hey Zach, where are you? We have a school project to work on and your dad said you were out with friends" said Max
"Yeah, I'm at Marinette's place, she just got a new video game and she invited some of us to try it out" said Zach
"Huh...Marinette invited you guys over to play a new video game?" asked Max
"Yeah, it's really awesome so far, anyway, I'll let you know when I get back home so we can work on our project, that cool?" asked Zach
"Um...sure, have...have fun" said Max, before hanging up
==Streets of Paris==
Max headed home, but he couldn't stop thinking about how Marinette didn't tell him about her new video game.
"I don't get it, Marinette and I are the two biggest gamers in school and she didn't even think to ask me to try out her new game?" thought Max, feeling left out
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
"The feeling of rejection by those you consider your friends, a great target for my akumas" said Hawkmoth
A white butterfly flew into Hawkmoth's hand, he covered it with his other hand as it was engulfed in a dark energy, turning it black and purple.
"Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him" said Hawkmoth
==Kante House==
Max returned home, went to his room and got started on his homework, he didn't notice the akuma flutter in through his window and fly into his glasses. A purple outline started shining infront of his eyes.
"Greetings once again, Gamer, I am Hawkmoth, your so called friends abandoned you and forgot about you, well, if they don't want you playing their games with them, I will give you the power to make them play your own game, of course, there is one thing you must do for me in return" said Hawkmoth
"Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculous, of course, Hawkmoth" said Max
A dark aura enveloped Max, he once again was transformed into Gamer. His skin turned purple, his glasses turned green and reshaped to resemble a butterfly. His clothes changed to a black full-body suit with a green circle on his chest and three thin green lines around his waist, each forearm and each lower leg.
==Marinette's House==
The group of 6 continued playing their game when Adrien set down his controller and stood up.
"I'll be right back, I need to use the restroom" said Adrien
"Okay" said Marinette
Adrien headed to the restroom.
"Marinette, could you come help us with something?" called Sabine, from downstairs in the bakery
"Coming Mom!" said Marinette, before setting down her controller and heading downstairs.
While Adrien & Marinette were away from the TV, the others continued to play when the screen went static, before Gamer appeared on the screen.
"Max?" asked Alya
"Greetings friends, it appears that our guests of honor are absent right now, no matter, for now, you will make the perfect bait" said Gamer
In a bright flash of light, Alya, Nino, Alix and Zach all vanished from the room. Marinette re-entered the room to find her friends missing.
"Hey, where'd they go?" asked Marinette
"I'll tell you where" said Gamer
Marinette saw Gamer on the screen.
"Your friends are currently within the gaming world, and you will soon join them" said Gamer
With another bright flash of light, Marinette disappeared.
==Gaming World==
Marinette looked around, finding herself in what seemed to be Ancient China, she was locked in some sort of cage, there were armored warriors that were facing away from her, as if they were guarding her.
"Where am I?" asked Marinette
A hologram of Gamer suddenly appeared infront of her.
"You're in the gaming world, Marinette, and for you to be set free, you just have to hope that Ladybug, Cat Noir and any other heroes are able to save you" said Gamer, before disappearing
"He wants Ladybug, he'll get Ladybug" thought Marinette
Marinette went to open her coin purse, but immediately stopped herself.
"Wait, Gamer can see and hear everything I do...I can't transform into Ladybug" thought Marinette
==Real World==
Adrien was just finishing washing his hands when his phone started making a weird beeping sound, Adrien pulled his phone out of his pocket and Gamer appeared on the screen.
"Greetings, Paris, this is Gamer, with an important message to Ladybug, Cat Noir and all their allies, I currently have 5 hostages in the gaming world and it is up to you to save them, all you need to do is come to the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie, I will give you more info from there" said Gamer
Adrien peeked out into the living room, he saw the room empty. Adrien released Plagg from inside his shirt.
"This doesn't look good" said Plagg
"No doubt, time to transform..." said Adrien
"PLAGG! CLAWS OUT!"
Adrien's ring changed from silver to black before Plagg flew into the ring as a green pawprint appeared on the ring. Adrien shot his hand above his head.
Adrien waved his hand infront of his face as his mask materialized, before running his hands over his hair, forming his cat ears.
Adrien spread his arms as his catsuit manifested from the center of his chest to his hands and feet. Adrien's belt and Bo Staff also materialized around his waist.
After performing 2 scratch taunts, Adrien posed as his transformation into Cat Noir was complete.
Cat Noir took out his staff and tried to contact Ladybug, but he got no answer.
"No answer from Ladybug? Strange, but there's no way she didn't see that message, so she has to be on her way" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir entered the living room, when Gamer appeared on screen.
"Cat Noir, alone? Where's Ladybug?" asked Gamer
"She'll be here soon, Gamer" said Cat Noir
"Sadly, we don't have time to wait, looks like for now, you will be playing solo" said Gamer
In a bright flash of light, Cat Noir was sucked into the gaming world.
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
As Nathalie entered Hawkmoth's lair, she could see that her boss was frustrated with something.
"Sir, what's wrong?" asked Nathalie
"Something's wrong with the powers I gave Gamer, when he's in his gaming world, I can't communicate with him, I can't sense him" said Hawkmoth
"But sir, what if he defeats Ladybug and Cat Noir?" asked Nathalie
"I don't know, if he defeats them in the gaming world, I wouldn't know, all I can hope for is that Gamer remembers to bring me their miraculous if he succeeds" said Hawkmoth
==Gaming World==
Cat Noir found himself in the middle of a village in Ancient China. Gamer appeared infront of him.
"I hope you're ready, Cat Noir, because this is unlike any game you've played before" said Gamer
"What is going on, Gamer?" asked Cat Noir
"It's simple, 5 people have been trapped in the gaming world, it's your job to save them, but first, you need to finish the tutorial" said Gamer
Gamer disappeared and 5 armored warriors with swords lept from the rooftops.
"So there's 5 of you and only 1 of me, I was hoping for a challenge" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir reached behind his back for his staff, but it wasn't there.
"Huh, where's my staff?" asked Cat Noir
Cat Noir barely had enough time to react as one of the warriors charged at him. Cat Noir was able to side step him in time. Cat Noir started throwing punches and kicks to wear down the enemy, before the enemy disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"That's what you get for messing with Cat..." said Cat Noir
Before Cat Noir could finish his sentence, another enemy charged at him and slashed him across the chest with their sword.
"...Noir"
Cat Noir shattered before the pieces started to fix themselves.
"Huh? What just happened?" asked Cat Noir
A beeping pulled Cat Noir from his thoughts, he noticed his ring and saw one of the dots on the paw print had vanished.
"What? But I haven't even used my Cataclysm yet" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir was pulled from his thoughts when another enemy charged at him, Cat Noir dodged the attack and snatched away the enemy's sword, before using it to defeat him. Cat Noir started sword fighting with the other 3 enemies, before being able to defeat them all.
"That wasn't too hard" said Cat Noir
TUTORIAL COMPLETED
A door appeared in front of Cat Noir, with the words 'Level 1' etched into the door. Cat Noir stepped through the door, ready for what was to come. When Cat Noir stepped through the door, he found himself in another street. When he looked closer, he saw Marinette trapped in a cage.
"Are you okay?" asked Cat Noir, walking closer to the cage
"I'm fine, what about you?" asked Marinette
"It's gonna take a lot to..." said Cat Noir, before being cut off
"LOOK OUT!" screamed Marinette
Cat Noir looked to his side and moved out of the way of an arrow being shot at him. Several enemies jumped out of the windows of the buldings, most weilding Dao swords, with a couple weilding Nu crossbows.
"Now guys, let's take a paws and talk about this" said Cat Noir
When one enemy tried taking a swing at Cat Noir with their sword, the black clad hero dodged the attack and kicked them away.
"Never mind" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir started fighting each of the enemies, quickly defeating all of them.
"That wasn't so hard" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir walked up to Marinette's cage when he was knocked back. When he got back to his feet, he saw a heavily armored enemy weilding a Yue axe.
"Great, a level boss, just purr-fect" said Cat Noir, sarcastically
Cat Noir started to fight with the large boss, but he was definitely struggling. Marinette realised Cat Noir needed some help. She looked up and saw something that might help.
"CAT NOIR! UP THERE!" said Marinette, pointing to the rooftops
Cat Noir looked up to the rooftops when he saw a chest floating and spinning. Cat Noir jumped up to the rooftops and ran towards the chest, when he touched the chest, it disappeared, leaving only the cat miraculous floating in it's place.
"Huh? My ring, but I'm already wearing it" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir reached out towards the ring. When he touched the ring, it disappeared.
CATACLYSM UNLOCKED
"Huh?" asked Cat Noir
Cat Noir jumped back down to the ground and was once again, face to face, with the boss.
"I guess it's worth a shot..."
"CATACLYSM!"
Cat Noir raised his hand above his head as his hand was infused with negative energy.
Cat Noir placed his hand on the boss and they disintegrated into dust.
"I can't believe you used your Cataclysm on a person" said Marinette
"He was just a series of pixels, I would never use my power on a living being" said Cat Noir, picking up the key left behind by the boss.
Suddenly, Cat Noir heard beeping and saw another mark on the pawprint on his ring had disappeared.
"What's happening now?" asked Cat Noir
"Well Cat Noir..." said someone
Cat Noir looked on top of Marinette's cage, seeing Gamer standing on top of the cage.
"...in the real world, when you use your Cataclysm, you only have 5 minutes before you transform back, but in this world, the rules are different, you can use your Cataclysm as many times as you like, but every time you do, you will just lose another life" said Gamer
"You can't do that" said Marinette
"I can, my world, my rules" said Gamer, before disappearing
Cat Noir released Marinette from her cage.
"Thanks, but where's Ladybug?" asked Marinette
"I don't know, she should have been here by now" said Cat Noir
With no further words, Marinette started to glow, before she disappeared.
LEVEL 1 COMPLETED
==Real World==
Marinette reappeared in the living room, she quickly rushed to her bedroom. When she was in her bedroom, she released Tikki from her coin purse.
"Marinette, are you okay?" asked Tikki
"I'm fine Tikki, thanks to Cat Noir, but now we need to help him save our friends..." said Marinette
"TIKKI! SPOTS ON!"
Marinette brushed her hair out of the way as Tikki flew into Marinette's earring. Both of Marinette's earrings turned red and 5 black spots donned the surface of the earrings.
Marinette covered her eyes before moving her hands away to afix her mask.
Marinette stretched out one arm as a bright pink light pasted Marinette's suit onto her.
Marinette's Yo-Yo materialized around Marinette's waist.
With a little dance and a high kick, Marinette posed as her transformation into Ladybug was complete.
Ladybug left the room through the hatch in her roof before swinging round to reenter the living room through an open window.
"Hey, Gamer, you want me, here I am..." said Ladybug
==Gaming World==
After Marinette disappeared, another door appeared in her place, Cat Noir stepped through to move on to the next level. Cat Noir found himself in some sort of restaurant.
"Good, I could use a snack" said Cat Noir
As soon as he had finished his sentence, an arrow was shot at him and got stuck in the doorframe he was standing in. Several enemies stepped forward.
"This is quickly starting to get old" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir got ready to fight. One of the enemies charged at him and tried attacking Cat Noir, Cat Noir was able to fight them off and defeat them.
"So, who's next?" asked Cat Noir
One enemy tried to fire an arrow at Cat Noir, but the arrow was caught in mid air by Ladybug.
"Need some help, kitty?" asked Ladybug
"Bugaboo, where have you been?" said Cat Noir
"Sorry, I was unable to get here sooner, thank god you already completed the tutorial and the first level, made things much easier for me to catch up" said Ladybug
While Ladybug was talking to Cat Noir, another enemy tried to attack the heroic duo, but Cat Noir was able to kick them away.
"Speaking of 'catch up', maybe we should save Gamer's hostages before we catch up with eachother" said Cat Noir
"Good point" said Ladybug
The duo worked together to fight off the enemies, but they struggled due to them not possessing their weapons.
"Any plans, milady?" asked Cat Noir
"Not right now, maybe there's another power up" said Ladybug
"I'm on it" said Cat Noir
Cat Noir retreated to search the restaurant to find a power up to help them in the fight. When he entered the restroom, he saw a chest in the middle of the room, when he touched it, the chest disappeared and was replaced with a power up.
"Just what I needed" said Cat Noir
Meanwhile, Ladybug continued to fight off the enemies until Cat Noir returned, now weilding his bo staff. Cat Noir was able to help Ladybug defeat the remaining enemies.
"Good thing you found your staff" said Ladybug
"Yeah, now, let's find the hostage in this level and get closer to reaching Gamer" said Cat Noir
Ladybug and Cat Noir entered the restaurant kitchen and saw Alix locked in a cage.
"Ladybug, Cat Noir, thank god you're here" said Alix
"Don't worry, we'll get you out of there" said Ladybug
As Ladybug and Cat Noir approached the cage, a heavily armored enemy, weilding a Qiang spear, burst through the ceiling.
"Another level boss" said Cat Noir
Ladybug and Cat Noir fought the boss, when Cat Noir was swatted into a wall, Ladybug tried to perform a jumping kick to the boss' face, but was knocked down before the boss raised the spear above their head.
"MILADY! NO!" screamed a panicked Cat Noir
Too late, the boss brought the spear down and Ladybug shattered to pieces, before the pieces repaired themselves, one of the spots on her earrings disappearing, showing her losing one of her lives. The boss went to attack Ladybug again, but Cat Noir smacked the boss in the back of the head with his staff, knocking the boss onto one knee, Ladybug performed a backflip kick to knock the boss onto their back, where they shattered, leaving behind the key to Alix's cage.
"Brilliant work, as always, bugaboo" said Cat Noir
Rolling her eyes, Ladybug took the key to release Alix.
"Thanks for the help, guys" said Alix
"No need to thank us, it's what we do!" said Ladybug
Alix started to glow, before she disappeared and the door to the next level was left in her place.
LEVEL 2 COMPLETED
Ladybug and Cat Noir continued to play the game, they were next able to rescue Nino from a zen garden, Cat Noir may have lost another life, but thankfully, Ladybug was able to obtain her Yo-Yo.
In Level 4, they had to rescue Alya from a dojo. Ladybug lost one of her own lives, but that was all. When the heroes released Alya from her cage, they both got ready when the door to the final level was before them. They stepped through the door and entered a temple, with Gamer sitting at the throne, Zach was locked in a cage hanging above Gamer's throne.
"Ah, you made it to the final level, I'll admit, I'm impressed" said Gamer
"Give it up, Gamer, we all know how this is going to go, so just release Zach and hand over the akuma" said Ladybug
"Not going to happen, don't you see? You're in my world, you play by my rules, and if you want out, you have to go through me!" said Gamer
With a wave of his hands, Gamer materialized a Jian sword and got ready to fight.
"Fine, bring it on" said Cat Noir
Gamer charged towards them and took a swing with his sword, which was blocked by Cat Noir's staff, Ladybug took advantage of the opportunity and kicked Gamer away.
"I'll take care of Gamer, you try and free the hostage" said Ladybug
"Can do, bugaboo" said Cat Noir, before jumping up to Zach's cage.
Ladybug tied up Gamer with her Yo-Yo, but Gamer was able to escape and get in a big strike on Ladybug, costing Ladybug her third life. When Ladybug respawned, Gamer quickly threw her through a wall, before turning his attention to Cat Noir.
Ladybug got back to her feet and saw a chest infront of her. Once she touched the chest, it disappeared, leaving behind the Ladybug miraculous.
"Perfect" said Ladybug, grabbing the miraculous
LUCKY CHARM UNLOCKED
Ladybug re-entered the room and saw Gamer and Cat Noir going back and forth with their weapons.
"Hey, Gamer, I think it's time we end this..." said Ladybug
"LUCKY CHARM!"
Ladybug flung her Yo-Yo high into the air. Energy shot out from the yo-yo before creating a Magnet.
"A magnet?" asked Ladybug
Ladybug heard the beeping as using her Lucky Charm cost her another life. Gamer took a swing at Ladybug, but when she tried to block it, Gamer started getting fuzzy and clutching his head in pain.
"Huh?" asked Ladybug
Ladybug quickly realised, it was the magnet, while in the game world, Gamer must be affected by magnetic forces.
"Any ideas, milady?" asked Cat Noir
Ladybug looked around, noticing the magnet, Cat Noir, Gamer and the cage that Zach was locked in.
"I have an idea, Cat Noir, destroy the cage" said Ladybug
"On it..." said Cat Noir
"CATACLYSM!"
Cat Noir raised his hand above his head as his hand was infused with negative energy.
"NO!" screamed Gamer
Ladybug held the magnet up to Gamer, weakening him and preventing him from stopping Cat Noir. Cat Noir jumped up and grabbed the cage, destroying it and releasing Zach
FINAL LEVEL COMPLETED!
With Gamer defeated and Zach released, everyone returned to the real world. Once back, Ladybug and Cat Noir noticed the marks on their miraculous return to normal, and now, Ladybug had her other powers back too. Ladybug grabbed Gamer's glasses and snapped them in half, releasing the akuma inside.
"No more evil doing for you, little akuma" said Ladybug as she opened her yo-yo
"Time to de-evilize!"
Ladybug captured the purple akuma in her yo-yo.
"Gotcha!"
Ladybug released the akuma, now pruified into a white butterfly.
"Bye-bye, little butterfly" said Ladybug, before throwing the Lucky Charm into the air.
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
An explosion of pink energy dispersed into a swarm of ladybugs that flew around Gamer, reverting him back to normal.
"Huh? What happened?" asked Max
"Pound it" said the heroic duo, fist bumping over a job well done
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
"I can sense Gamer has once again been defeated, but rest assured, Ladybug and Cat Noir, one of these days, I will get my hands on your miraculous, and when I do, it will be game over" said Hawkmoth
==Marinette's House==
Ladybug helped Max back to his feet and Alix, Alya, Nino & Zach all approached Max.
"Max, are you okay?" asked Alya
"I'm alright, what happened?" asked Max
"You were akumatized into Gamer again, sent all of us into a gaming world" said Nino
"I did? I'm very sorry guys" said Max
"Max, what happened that made you so upset to get akumatized?" asked Ladybug
"My friend, Marinette, I felt rejected when I found out about her inviting her friends to try out her new video game, but she didn't even invite me, even though the two of us are the biggest gamers in the school, we even won the Ultimate Mecha Strike III Duo Championship Tournament together, but she just forgot about me" said Max
Ladybug went wide-eyed, wondering how she could possibly have forgotten about Max.
"I'm sure she didn't forget about you, Max" said Cat Noir
"Where is Marinette, anyway?" asked Zach
"Uh...don't worry, she's perfectly safe, anyway, me and Cat Noir better get going, Bug Out!" said Ladybug, before leaving through the window. Ladybug used her Yo-Yo to swing up to the roof.
"Tikki! Spots Off!" said Ladybug, detransforming into Marinette
Marinette entered her bedroom through her trap door, before heading down to the living room, Cat Noir was still there.
"Hey, I just saw Ladybug swing away, is everyone okay?" asked Marinette
"We're all fine, where were you?" asked Alya
"After Cat Noir saved me, I panicked and rushed to the roof and locked the hatch, sorry if I worried you" said Marinette
"It's alright, at least you're safe" said Nino
"Wait...Where's Adrien?" asked Marinette
"Oh, don't worry, he wasn't trapped in the game, I got here before he could be trapped and told him to head home" said Cat Noir
"Thanks for all your help Cat Noir" said Marinette
"No problem, just doing my job, stay safe" said Cat Noir, before leaving
"I guess I better be going to" said Max
Max went to leave when Marinette grabbed him by the shoulder.
"You don't have to, why don't you join our game?" asked Marinette
"No, it's alright" said Max
"Come on, we insist" said Marinette
"Yeah, it's a really cool game" said Alix
"Um...are you sure?" asked Max
"Of course, come on" said Marinette
Max smiled and took a seat to join everyone in their game.
==Later==
It was late at night. Adrien had just finished brushing his teeth and had gotten ready for bed.
"Goodnight Plagg" said Adrien
"Goodnight kid" said Plagg
As Plagg went to sleep, Adrien pulled a notebook from under his bed, it was a scrapbook about Ladybug. He turned to a blank page and grabbed a pen and started writing.
Marinette = Ladybug?
Originally, I was going to have this chapter include Mister Bug, the chapter would have had Cat Noir facing Gamer alone with Marinette as the final hostage to save, then while inside, he found a power-up with the Ladybug miraculous which would have turned him into Mister Bug, but I felt that would have been to confusing, but I hope you enjoyed the chapter, let me know what you all thought.
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