Hawk Moth: The Miraculouses... jewels of infinite power... Once we obtain all seven magical jewels, our greatest desire will be achieved. The only thing standing in our way, are those childish heroes, Team Miraculous. So young... yet... should not be underestimated...
Adrien: (Approaches Marinette.) Hey Mari... (Marinette turns her head around to face him. She smiles, he freezes in place.)
Nino: (Sighs and pushes his still-frozen friend away.)
This is it. This is the day.
He spent all night for the past 5 weeks to perfect it, ignoring curfew and drinking two cups of coffee for each day, despite his father's strict scolding. Nothing will stop him from achieving his greatest mission.
"If you keep standing there you'll be late for school, for an entire week." Gabriel told his son in an attempt to wake him up.
It didn't work.
Adrien kept staring at the piece of paper in his hands.
It wasn't just a piece of paper in his hands.
It was pink paper cut into a heart which, when opened, becomes two hearts which reveals a poem Adrien wrote for Marinette.
For Valentine's Day.
Yes. Valentine's Day. The day of lovers...
"Oh Adrien..."
"Adrien!"
Adrien cried in dismay when his precious dream bubble of Marinette exploded right in front of his face, and was replaced by Nathalie's confused face.
She manages to regain her composure, "The sooner you leave, the sooner you can give your gift to Marinette. Before the other boys do."
And just like that, even without transforming, Adrien Agreste quickly dashed out of his home like lightning and was seated inside the limousine one second later. His bodyguard scratched his head in confusion wondering how he didn't see his charge enter his ride.
If Gabriel had the power to predict the future, he would predict that his son would, "take time" to give Marinette his gift. Then Hawk Moth and/or Mariposa would akumatize a poor heartbroken civilian into an anti-Cupid villain before he could give it to her.
Who knows? Maybe his son will be brainwashed. He will be forced to attack his teammates and the only way to break that curse is to get Marinette to kiss him.
Gabriel chuckled at his exaggerated imagination. But he was serious about the akumatization on Valentine's Day. The day of love can also be a day of heartbreaks, and heartbreaks attracts evil butterfly-themed villains.
Hopefully, this won't ruin Adrien's chances with the girl of his dreams.
Gabriel suddenly feels nostalgic. Today was his first Valentine's Day... without her.
He shakes it off, knowing she was still there with them, in their hearts.
And besides, he's not completely alone. He still has someone dear to him to celebrate with on Valentine's Day.
She'll probably doze off in class and get in trouble with the teacher.
But it'll be worth it.
She quickly rushes to the fridge and brought out the stacks of chocolate she personally made for her friends, and for her heroes. She stayed up late just to make these perfect and hope they would love them.
She wish he would love them.
Amshel silently chuckled to himself as he watches his niece happily fantasizing about giving her chocolates to Chat Noir.
Marinette has been a huge fan of Team Miraculous ever since they rescued her the first time. She'd never miss a chance to take pictures and/or videos of them for her blog.
And although her blog was filled with posts of the entire team, and so was her phone, pictures of Chat Noir dominated her phone the most.
Only she (and maybe a certain few others) knows where those special photos are kept secretly.
It seems selfish and wrong for her to think, but she wishes there was an Akuma Attack today. It was the only way she could give her chocolates to Team Miraculous.
Maybe there would be.
Then Chat would be brainwashed in hurting his teammates and friends. He'd cause destruction everywhere and the only way to snap him out of it was if someone gave him a big...!
Marinette shook her head furiously, the bright red color on her face slowly disappearing. Even if there wasn't an Akuma Attack, she was still determined to give her heroes the hand-made gifts they deserve.
Operation: Sealed With Love... wasn't easy.
Adrien's first attempt to give his princess the gift from his heart was, interrupted when he suddenly froze at the sight of her smile.
Then the bell rang.
Attempt two was interrupted by the teacher starting classes.
During lunch time, he almost signed a fake valentine gift from him to Chloe if Alya and Trixx hadn't interfered.
Once again, he failed to give Marinette her gift, but only because she gave him a gift first.
That's right. He got chocolates from Marinette.
He quickly unwrapped the ribbon, opened the box, and chose one small ball of chocolate which he quickly popped into his mouth.
He chewed slowly in order to saviour the sweet delicious little treat crafted by the sweet, tender hands of his sweet princess.
He was even more delighted to find out she made chocolates for Team Miraculous as well.
More importantly, Chat Noir.
Whom she made Camembert-filled chocolates for.
Fun fact: Marinette can smell what the Kwamis eat.
And she thinks those are what her heroes love to eat.
He plans on finally giving her his gift by the end of school.
Unfortunately for him, she was in a hurry to help her uncle with the bakery.
No matter what happens, Adrien was determined to bestow his princess the gift from his heart.
Absolutely nothing will stop him. Nothing!
What was he THINKING?!
He bought the most popular, most expensive Valentine's gift for the object of his affections, and she humiliated him online!
Now here he is. A heartbroken boy, crying his broken heart out.
"What stupid chick would dump a guy for this?"
Kim looks up, only to find the butterfly villain Mariposa admiring the heart-shaped diamond brooch he dropped on the ground during his moment of despair.
If Mariposa was here... then that means...!
"Don't worry, Tough Guy." She tosses the brooch to Kim. A white butterfly lands on her finger, "You won't be the only one with a broken heart on Valentine's Day."
She kisses the white butterfly, turning it black, then sends it to Kim. The Akuma fuses with the brooch. Kim looks up with rage in his eyes.
Mariposa smirks, "Dark Cupid... Let's go spread the hate."
"None shall escape my arrows of hate!" Kim declared before a cloud of dark energy surrounded him.
By the time Hawk Moth arrived, Kim had been fully corrupted into their new evil lackey. The older butterfly seem unimpressed.
"Of course."
You got this Adrien. Just go to the bakery, make sure Marinette is there, go in there, disguised, don't get noticed, secretly place the note on the counter where she can find it, and get out as fast as you can.
Also, walk faster.
Adrien agreed with the voice in his head. Except for the last part.
Nino rolled his eyes as he watches his friend walk like a turtle towards the Dupain-Cheng bakery.
And he was the turtle hero of the group.
"Dude," He calls in order to snap his friend out of it, "either you get that to Marinette, or the wind will do it for you."
Adrien scoffs, raising the heart-shaped letter, "I can give this to her personally, thank you."
Just as he said that, a sudden strong blast of wind blew the letter away.
And the one who caught it was the bad girl with butterfly wings on her back!
Mariposa slightly chuckled as she read Adrien's poem, "Well aren't you a total sweetheart."
Adrien felt his entire head close to exploding. He can't believe one of his enemies is reading the letter meant for his future girlfriend. And it has to be the one who keeps flirting with him, then tries to kill him!
Mariposa flew close to Adrien then lifted his chin, "Hope you weren't expecting an immediate response, Cutie."
"Cutie"?
An arrow struck the poem in the middle, which led Adrien to scream like a girl in horror. More arrows attacked the poem, reducing it into tiny bits which scattered in the winds.
His dreams... destroyed... just like that...
Nino dragged his dismayed and dazed friend into a secluded area so that they could transform. He managed to snap Adrien back to his senses by mentioning that he could get the poem back after they save the day.
Dark Cupid flew around Paris, shooting the civilians with his arrows of hate. Those who were struck, not only had their lips turned black, but they also turned hateful, resentful and hostile to everyone and everything. They even destroyed anything that symbolizes love and friendship.
Chat knew why Kim was akumatized and decided to confront the cause of his akumatization.
"Chloe Bourgeois!"
Queen Bee covered her teammate's mouth and looked around to make sure there weren't any witnesses.
Chat growled and pushed her hand away, "I thought I told you to lay him down gently. Gently!"
"I did!" Queen Bee protested.
Earlier, Adrien noticed Kim has a crush on Chloe.
Chloe, did not like it one bit.
For the sake of Valentine's Day, (and for the sake of his future with Marinette,) Adrien begged Chloe to go easy on Kim and just go out with him.
And then, she did something, which eventually led to this.
As Queen Bee kept complaining how her teammates were blaming her for causing someone to get akumatized, Chat noticed an arrow heading for her and took the hit himself.
Of course... you all know where this would lead to.
The heroes had no choice but to fight their leader. But even if it was 5-to-1, Chat had the upper hand, beating his teammates up, knocking them to the ground one-by-one.
Rena Rouge had no choice but to create an illusion in order for the team to escape and formulate a plan to snap their leader back to his senses.
Realizing he was tricked, Chat Noir hissed and leaps onto the roofs as he hunts down his teammates.
He couldn't wait to Cataclysm them one-by-one. He was always annoyed by Rena Rouge's fan-girlish screams. He was irritated by Carapace forcing him to listen to his dumb music. He couldn't stand Azula Paonne being all shy and meek. He wishes he didn't have to listen to Queen Bee's aggravating boasting.
But the one he hated the most, was Ladybug.
Ladybug thinks she should be the leader... Ladybug always puts the paparazzi before saving the day... Ladybug is so full of herself...
Ladybug doesn't deserve to be a hero...
"It matches your costume."
Chat angrily looks up, only to find Mariposa's up-side-down smiling face in front of him.
Mariposa landed on the roof, followed by Hawk Moth.
"We help you, we get the Miraculouses." Hawk Moth proposed.
Chat thought for a moment, then grinned. He then shakes hands with both villains.
Hawk Moth noticed the smile on his protege's face and the way she was looking at Chat.
"Don't even think about it."
Queen Bee and Ladybug were arguing on whose fault was it that Chat turned against them. The others tried to break them apart, but failed.
While their two teammates kept on arguing, Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Azula Paonne discussed on how they could snap Chat out of Dark Cupid's spell.
Before she became a superhero, Rena Rouge was an avid fan of superheroes.
From comic books and movies.
Yet, she learned a lot from reading comics and watching movies.
One of them was that every spell has a counter.
They could hit Chat on the head, douse him with water, make Dark Cupid shoot him with another arrow to reverse the spell, kiss him...
...?!
When Ladybug and Queen Bee heard that kissing Chat would snap him back to normal, they stopped arguing and raced each other to get to Chat first. Their teammates sighed and/or rolled their eyes and chased after them.
When they found Chat, they fought him once more. Ladybug managed to tie him up to a pole. She moved in to kiss him, only to be stopped by Mariposa's swordstick.
"Sorry Bug." The younger butterfly villain grinned, "But he's taken."
She kicked the spotted heroine away, untying Chat in the process.
"That's my line!" Queen Bee tossed her trompo at Mariposa, only for the villain to grab the top and pull it towards her, tying the striped heroine in her own weapon in the process.
Kissing Chat was easier said than done. And it didn't help when Dark Cupid was shooting his arrows everywhere.
The civilians who were hit, helped.
By attacking the heroes.
"There can only be one, true hero in Paris." Chat Noir raises his hand and activated his superpower.
If Hawk Moth had to guess earlier, Chat Noir was going to completely annihilate his teammates.
But he was hoping that he wasn't going to destroy them completely. They need all 7 Miraculouses.
Chat managed to pin Ladybug to a tree. The spotted heroine wanted to fight back, but Chat's last move made her joints sore and her vision blurry.
Just as Chat was about to touch Ladybug with his energized hand, he was hit by a pink backpack, knocking him down. His Cataclysm destroyed a part of the ground instead.
"Are you okay Ladybug?" Marinette asked, both her hand were holding her pink backpack.
Chat growled and tackled Marinette to the ground.
"Marinette!" Rena Rouge rushes to save her friend.
Then an idea occurred to her. They'd probably thank her for it, or hate her for it, but it might be the only way she could save her friend, and snap her teammate out of it.
She whacks her flute against Chat head. The impact caused his head to bend down.
Allowing his lips... to touch Marinette's...
The last thing Chat remembered was him shielding Queen Bee from one of Dark Cupid's arrow. What happened next was a total blur.
When he woke up, he found himself on the ground, on top of Marinette...?!
Chat quickly got off in embarrassment. He begged that he didn't do anything inappropriate to her during his blackout.
But it seems he did, with the way her eyes were wide with shock, along with everyone else's.
Marinette got up and sheepishly pushed a bag, which contained her gifts for Team Miraculous, into Chat's hands.
"Happy Valentine's Day!"
And just like that, with the speed of a cheetah, Marinette Dupain-Cheng zoomed away from view, until Chat could no longer see a single hair of her.
"I did WHAT?!"
After purifying Dark Cupid back into Kim, Ladybug restored everything back to normal.
Including Adrien's poem to Marinette.
Alas, the spirit of Valentine's Day blew his poem directly into the Dupain-Cheng bakery, just as Amshel opened the door just to check if everything was alright.
And if that wasn't bad enough, Adrien just found out, much to his horror, that Chat Noir kissed, Marinette, DUPAIN-CHENG!
And HE was CHAT NOIR!
Their pictures were all over the net. "Local Teenage Girl Saves Hero With a Kiss." "Chat Noir's Girlfriend?" "Valentine's Day Star Couple."
He couldn't believe he just kissed Marinette, and wasn't conscious enough to savour the moment!
"On the bright side, she got your poem." Alya pointed out in order to cheer up the poor boy.
Adrien smiled as he imagines Marinette jumping into his arms, or even texting him a romantic thank you for the wonderful poem he dedicated to her.
Marinette wished she could delete her entire blog.
Every where she scrolled, there were articles, videos and pictures of her kissing the leader of Team Miraculous.
Yes she would sometimes kiss her Chat Noir pictures on her phone when no one was looking.
But kissing the actual Chat Noir in PUBLIC...?!
She just wants to stay home and never set foot outside forever.
She sat down and buries her head in her arms in dismay. After a few seconds, she could hear the sound of paper flapping in front of her and looks up, only to find a pink heart-shaped paper on the table.
Written on the paper was her name.
Curiosity made her grab the paper. She opened the letter, revealing the poem within.
Jewel blue eyes that twinkle at night,
Radiant sunny smile which shines divine,
Midnight hair, soft as a cloud so light,
Forever I'm yours, my dear valentine.
Marinette blushed, her heart beating wildly. She searches for the author of the note, but it wasn't signed.
She heard a meow. She looks through the window, and finds a black cat searching through a garbage bin.
The cat stares at her with its green eyes for a moment before running off to find its next meal.
Marinette once more stared at the poem in her hands. Did Chat Noir wrote the poem for her?
She smiled at the thought and embraced the poem in her arms.
Within a cloud of despair, Adrien laid his head on the table, miserably wallowing on the mistake of not signing the love letter to the girl of his dreams.
All those weeks of brainstorming, and he couldn't write his own name!
Gabriel gently pats his son on the back to comfort him, "There's always next time."
By the time he sees Marinette's smiling face again, he'll be back to his usual self.
Just like his old man used to.
Plagg carried a box of chocolates Marinette made for Chat Noir to the table, "While you're wallowing on your failure, I'll be swallowing these delectable treats made by your princess."
The Kwami opened the box and popped a small Camembert-filled chocolate in his mouth.
Not wanting Plagg to finish his entire gift, Adrien grabbed the box and popped a Camembert-filled chocolate in his mouth.
He usually can't stand even the stench of Camembert, thanks to Plagg. But these Camembert-filled chocolates were a delight. Why, he'd fight Plagg over the entire box.
Which he will.
"These tofu-filled chocolates aren't bad." Nino complimented as he and Wayzz happily ate his chocolates.
"Caviar and chocolate." Chloe ate her chocolates with Pollen, "Very clever Dupain-Cheng."
Gabriel caught a piece of chocolate that fell from the box during Adrien and Plagg's fight. He took a bite, and smiled at the savory yet sweet flavor perfectly combined.
Alya always did mention what a smart, creative cook Marinette was.
The only one who wasn't eating her chocolates was Lila.
While Tikki ate her chocolates, Lila was too busy glaring at the articles mentioning Chat and Marinette's kiss.
She was suppose to kiss Chat. Not that clumsy brat.
When Adrien asked if she was going to eat her chocolates, Lila became even more frustrated.
She was even more determined to make Adrien hers.