11/08/23
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Chloe was waiting impatiently for Lila as Copycat to get here, "Where is she?" She looks at her watch.
"You always seem impatient when you take too long to put makeup on" Copycat in Claw Noir form appeared at the window, swinging her spiked tail belt.
"What took you so long?! How hard is it to get rid of baker girl and that psycho cat?!" Chloe complained.
"The real one is getting in my way and that jaguar too," Copycat said.
"You always fail so many times! Find his damn weakness!" Chloe yelled but then got pinned by Copycat.
"Let me tell you something, Chloe. I'm not you and you're not me! I taught you everything to humiliate Marinette and you failed because you foolishly draw the cat's attention! You're the one who's utterly ridiculous here! So don't ever talk to me like that again or I rip your tongue out! Understood?!" Copycat growled and released her.
"Okay! Got it! Sheesh!" Chloe backed off.
"You're never in control yourself and you are always good at spilling out your plans of everything in front of everyone. Just like you lost your only friend Sabrina who left you because of your abusive nature. Never forget your place, Chloe" Copycat glared.
"Claw Noir ruined my plans to destroy Marinette completely!" Chloe complained.
"Because you don't try hard enough to make him vulnerable! You are scared of him as always! He protects her, he kills anyone who tries to touch her! It's no wonder everyone hates you, Chloe. You think fear is one thing to get everyone to respect you. At the cost of losing everything" Copycat cackled.
"Just get out there and find him!" Chloe said.
"With pleasure," Copycat said.
x
Claw Noir was at Marinette's place, eating breakfast since he was so hungry for one.
"Enjoying it?" Marinette asked.
"Yeah," Claw Noir said, eating rapidly to fill his knotted stomach.
"Sheesh" Marinette flinched.
"Forgive me. I never cook food. God I missed cooked food" Claw Noir kept eating.
"So you do eat mice?" Marinette asked.
"No, not literally" Claw Noir chuckled and drank milk.
"I thought so," Marinette said.
"Every bad guy and mostly bisexual psychos I kill, they are my mice I eat to kill," Claw Noir said before belching a little.
"Mmmhmmm" Marinette nodded.
She then turns on the TV to see the news. As always, it talks about them being troublemakers in crime and yet no one knows who they are underneath the mask.
"Pathetic," Marinette said.
"At least they all think we are dangerous and a badass," Claw Noir said as he finished his milk, "Bad news is that this bitch is impersonating me"
"Indeed," Marinette said.
"This is dangerous, princess. You saw how I exposed her. Her revenge is me. She's gonna try to kill my ass and yours" Claw Noir said.
"We're gonna get back at that monster," Marinette said.
"No, she hurt you too much, I'm not letting her cause more damage than she has already done to you. I'm not losing you again like I almost did when you drowned. I cannot bear to lose another again. It's too painful to feel again when my mother died" Claw Noir looks at his reflection in the mirror, feeling as though his cat miraculous was a sign of the bad luck he endured for so long.
"And yet you feel more love for me than hatred" Marinette pointed out.
"My hatred of my father has been there in me. Your love is what keeps me going, princess. Especially with your kind and queen's delicious pastries" Claw Noir said.
"Yeah, I may have been a broken girl but I managed to find love again. I've let my insecurities consume me for too long but no more" Marinette said.
"Marinette, I'm not saying you're a damsel in distress. I just want you safe. Lila is after me and she went after you because she knows my weakness" Claw Noir said.
"I know but I have a score to settle with her," Marinette said.
"No, it's gonna get ugly" Claw Noir made her get in bed and obey him, not taking any chance to see her get hurt again.
"Suit yourself if she stabs you," Marinette said.
"I've been stabbed once by a psychopath, princess. Look" Claw Noir pulls the zipper down to reveal a stab wound scar on his waist.
"Oh, my poor kitty" Marinette touched it.
"Yup, but I cataclysm him before he would have shoved it deeper into my vital organs," Claw Noir said.
"You're always a killer, kitty," Marinette said.
"I know" Claw Noir kissed her cheek.
"Why are you so overprotective of me? I can take care of myself" Marinette pouted.
"You know how dangerous Lila can be," Claw Noir said.
"I beg to differ. We will defeat her" Marinette said.
"I love how stubborn you are, cockroach. But I got in the mess and I'm gonna get myself out. Thanks for breakfast. Ta-ta" Claw Noir rushed out of the trapdoor.
"Silly kitty," Marinette said.
x
Eventually, Claw Noir Copycat robbed the jewelry store to ruin the real cat's reputation.
"That look is mine, Copycat. Stealing my look is so evil from you" Claw Noir said.
"Unlike you, I have no remorse!" Copycat looks up.
"Remorse is one thing to be human, liar! I don't hurt innocents!" Claw Noir glanced at the customers looking scared and confused that there were two of them.
"Aww…..your claws are turning into soft paws" Copycat laughed.
"And your paws will be dead when everyone sees who you are! Give it up, Lila! I don't care if you can whoop my ass but I'm the real one with destruction!" Claw Noir turns his staff into nunchucks.
"You think everyone is gonna see you as a hero? You're just a scaredy cat to see those you love get hurt or die! You're not a villain at all! Especially when you lost your mother!" Copycat taunted.
The mention of his mother made him vulnerable again but he shook it off, "Never mind her! I'm gonna finish you today!" He spun his nunchucks.
"Heh, that's your deepest weakness, pussycat!" Copycat engaged in a fight with him.
"And I know yours!" Claw Noir tried to hit her with his clawed nunchunks, "Getting exposed who you really are!"
"I live by deception! Today I will be the Superior Cat!" Copycat turned her staff into a katana sword.
"Never today!" Claw Noir dodged the slice.
"HYAH!" She sliced a part off his jacket, "When I'm done with you, I'll have your girl's head!" Copycat cackled.
"I can rip your tongue right out of your goddamn mouth, bitch!" Claw Noir shouted but got pinned against the glass wall display, "Agh!"
"Puuurrrhaps the real bad kitty will rip your tongue out without lying with words" Copycat sneered.
Claw Noir headbutts her face to get her off, "I'll be sure you don't have to say my cat puns anymore!"
"I will!" Copycat then slashed at his chest.
"Agh!" Claw Noir glared and kicked her out through the glass window, "This ends now Lie-la!" He got out.
"Don't be so sure" Luka punched him in the face, quickly grabbing the snake miraculous in his jacket to transform back into Viper.
"I'll take you both on!" Claw Noir recovered and turned his nunchucks into two dual sais.
"Ah, a snake also has a grudge against you too, huh?" Copycat taunted.
"Snake and cats eat mice but I will never forget what he did to me and her!" Claw Noir engaged.
He elbows her in the face and kicks at Viper with all he has. But then got stabbed by Copycat's weapon. Everything stopped and Shadybug swung by, screaming in anger that she was too late to save her kitty.
Claw Noir felt like he was slipping and he collapsed, staring at the sky before it blacked out.
x
He woke up in a cosmic reality like in space but he was standing at the park where his mother took him to the Merry-Go-Around as a kid.
"Maman! Watch me!" Young Adrien giggled at the butterfly landing on his nose.
"Aww…..sweetie!" Emilie laughed in joy.
It was his memory, the memory of his mother that made him special when he was young. The scene changed when he was 12 when his mother was in the hospital bed, declaring she passed away. His father was as sad to see his wife gone but Adrien screamed in so much grief that he refused to believe she was gone. The nurses escorted him out as best as they could.
"My little prince" Emilie's spirit standing right next to him.
"Maman!" Adrien hugs her.
"Oh, sweetheart, you got so big and handsome" Emilie sobs softly.
"I missed you so much" He pulled away to look at her with tears in his eyes.
"And I have missed you too, my sweet prince" Emilie smiled softly.
"I'm so sorry! I wanted to be there with you. Dad moved on too quickly like he forgot you!" Adrien sobs angrily but breaks down in sadness.
"No, he has learned to live and cherished the memory of me. He did not forget me, honey. He accepted my fate, but not you" Emilie stroked his cheek.
"I couldn't live without you, mother! I never had a good life when you were gone! I killed many bad people because I was scared to get hurt again! I failed you as the son you thought I was!" Adrien wails.
"Hey, look at me. You did not fail me. The path you chose, that's the life that makes who you are. I cannot change you but as long as there's love out there, it is possible. Like I have given you my love to you when you were my baby boy" Emilie said, accepting what he is now, he can be more than just Claw Noir.
Adrien sees Claw Noir floating in the cosmic space, as a sign if Adrien chooses to be the cat he became.
"You have to go back, my prince," Emilie said.
"Back? But I got killed. I should be reunited with you" Adrien said, wanting to be with her.
"Second chances can happen all the time, my son. Cats have nine lives like you always said. My son, when I was alive, I raised you well, and now this time, you get to decide on your own, even if you become evil. I'm not disappointed, sweetie. You still have a soft heart, even if you think you don't. Everyone has good and evil within, it's how to balance a conscience. I'm always there for you" Emilie kissed his forehead.
"And my dad, I don't know if he'll ever forgive me. I abandoned him" Adrien sobs softly.
"Your dad loves you, sweetheart. Just like I loved you. As long as you can forgive yourself, he will forgive you. It's okay to be scared. As long as you can fight your way through your fear, you can do anything" Emilie said, staring at the Claw Noir floating in space, "It's time to accept your destiny, my son. Paris needs the best anti-hero out there. And I love you" She kissed his forehead before fading away.
The platform he's standing on started to crumble and outside the afterlife, his body is recovering slowly. He glances at Claw Noir far away from him and he makes a run for it to accept his destiny and let his mother rest in peace.
"I need you, Plagg!" Adrien made a jump before the platform crumbled.
Claw Noir faded as Adrien leaped, reaching out for Claw Noir to take his hand. Outside the afterlife again, Claw Noir was beginning to glow green he was changing into something and he was breathing heavily. Once they reached hands, a green glow covered Claw Noir's body, changing his appearance, his lipstick disappeared, his hair turned blond, his eyes turned green and the jacket changed too.
He woke up in the real world and he looked at himself that his costume changed and his hair had grown more than shaved off.
"What the hell?!" Viper gasps.
"It's gonna take more to kill me!" He stood up.
"What the hell is going on?! He's different! He's changed! I killed you!" Copycat gasped.
"Claw Noir is no more! Call me Paw Noir!" Paw Noir ditches his villain self, "Everyone was right all along. I'm not always the villain I wanted to be! Because my mother's love made me strong!" Paw Noir helped Shadybug up, "And that love you two have, you don't know what it means to you! Luka, you didn't know how to love Marinette but you like to play with her feelings! Just like you kissed me and brought me trauma and fear! And Lila, you don't care who you hurt by lying, that's why you don't know anything about friendship, honesty, and love!" Paw Noir explained why these two were no match for him.
"He's right," Shadybug said.
"Lila is mine, you go kick his ass" Paw Noir held his staff.
"You got it, Kitty" Shadybug said and engaged Viper, "Hello, Luka. Missed me?" Shadybug summons her lucky charm electric guitar to music dwell against Viper's lyre.
"Time to dance fight!" Viper took out his lyre, which had fangs at the sides.
Shadybug strikes a tune on her guitar, creating a shockwave, "That's my rage tune, snake boy! How do you like that?!" Shadybug cackled.
"Watch this!" Viper played his own tune.
"You call that a ssssssnake tune?!" Shadybug tried to whack him with the guitar.
"Second chance!" Viper rolls back 10 seconds.
Paw Noir may not be a killer anymore but he still hates bad guys and manipulators like Copycat. They were chasing at the rooftops.
"It's time to show you the real power of the cat!" He ran on all four.
"You know cats hate water!" Copycat smashed through the glass roof to tackle Paw Noir down to the swimming pool.
"HRRRGH! Only tigers do!" He struggled to swim.
"And jaguars too" Oscura morphed into a shadow person to manifest through solid grounds.
"What the hell?!" Copycat saw her shadow move.
It then punched her out of the water before Oscura changed back, "Hola, gatito. I like your new look. Claws to paws?" Oscura helps him swim to the hollow area of the pool.
"I've renounced my dark side," Paw Noir said.
"Ah, so you admit your paws are soft. What took you so long?" Oscura said.
"Just realized that everyone was right about me. I pushed my conscience away for too long. Let's say I put Claw Noir to rest forever" Paw Noir said.
"But not your real evil doppelgänger is stealing your dark side, gatito" Oscura gets in her stance that Copycat is recovering.
"I'll stop her!" Paw Noir lunged at Copycat.
"I'll make you regret ruining my life, Adrien Agreste!" Copycat calling out his real name.
"You deserved it, Cerise!" Paw Noir yelled.
Copycat pushed him against the wall with her staff, "And you deserve to be dead!"
"The one who's gonna die is you!" Oscura shouted and threw her spear at her.
It pinned Copycat's jacket, "Agh! Get this off!"
Paw Noir felt the urge to kill her and when he struck his cataclysm claws on her, he stopped a few inches from her face.
"No, not today" He instead touched a sunbed and then knocked Copycat out, taking her Chameleon miraculous.
Copycat transformed back to her true self as Cerise.
"You are rotting in jail for now" Paw Noir lifts her up.
x
With Shadybug, she was having problems fighting Viper, "You know snakes aren't always predators, right?!" Shadybug whacked him before running up towards the Eiffel Tower.
"Yes, I know! But this one is!" Viper pursued her.
"And snakes eat snakes too!" Shadybug reaches the first level of the tower.
"And bugs like you!" Viper came up.
"I'm very poisonous like your snake venom, Luka!" Shadybug fights him.
"Wanna bet?!" Viper punches her.
"I bet you can't eat my nine lives!" Paw Noir kicked him in the face.
"URGH!" Viper crashed across the floor.
"Kitty!" Shadybug smiled.
"Hey, cockroach" Paw Noir held her.
"I love your new look, Kitty" She plays with his now golden bell.
"Meow" He nuzzled cutely in her neck before licking her cheek affectionately, "Let's finish him together, Princess" Paw Noir said.
"No killing this time. It's time he knew what breaking my heart feels like" Shadybug said.
"Who said I was a villain still?" Paw Noir lunged at Viper before he could do a second chance, "Fight like a man, snake!"
"You got it!" Viper shoves him off.
Paw Noir hissed as he engaged him, "I'll make you regret kissing me without permission, Luka! You were the cause of forcing me to live with this!" Paw Noir glared and blocked the attacks.
"And I can do it again!" Viper kept attacking him.
"I overcame it and got used to kissing guys!" Paw Noir headbutts him in the face.
"ARGH!" Viper walks back, allowing Shadybug to deliver the final blow.
Paw Noir knew she was angry for what he did but not in a very brutal way. She's done with being aggressive. But instead, she grabs his wrist and takes his miraculous away before knocking Luka out.
"No more evil doings. MIRACULOUS SHADYBUG!" She tossed her lucky charm weapon to repair the damage as well as changed her suit.
At this moment, Shadybug was no more, but Ladybug.
"Milady? You're different" Paw Noir said.
"Shadybug is dead, call me Ladybug," Ladybug said.
"Meow" Paw Noir crawls on all fours around her, "I like your new look. It makes you less poisonous"
"Thank you Kitty," Ladybug said.
The police soon arrived to take Luka away with Lila. To cover up, the new heroes told the police they defeated Claw and Shadybug.