Marin stood stunned for a moment as there in his parents' bakery was a real music producer. The day had been normal, well, relatively normal as he wasn't allowed to work in the bakery until all the cuts on his hand were healed up. So he was working behind the register.

"So, are you interested?" The producer, Bob, asked with slight annoyance.

"Uh...wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight. You want...me to design the album cover for Jagged Stone?! THE, Jagged Stone?"

He nodded eagerly, "That's right! Requested by Jagged Stone himself." Bob said handing over an XY CD. "I brought a few visuals so you can get a sense of what we're going for."

Marin made a sour expression, looking over the cd. "This is just XY." He said in confusion.

"Exactly, This is the direction of his new image. More modern, current!" Bob explained.

Marin tilted his head slightly, "...really? These two don't even perform the same genre-"

"Don't think!" Bob suddenly cut in. "This is what is selling these days, and this is what is going to get Jagged Stone's sales up. You do want to help, don't you?" He asked, giving off a slimy aura that made Marin want to get as far away from this man as possible. But he simply sighed.

"Yessir." He nodded as Bob was about to leave the shop, taking a croissant on his way.

"And one last thing, Marin. We're in a hurry! So we need your proposal by the end of the day. You up to it?"

"End of the day?!" Marin exclaimed, about to lecture this man on if he knew how much time it would take to properly prepare for something like this. But he sucked it up, and sighed once more. He glanced at his parents who nodded to him encouragingly. "Yessir."

"See you later, then!"

Suddenly, Marin felt his father's arms wrap around him in a tight hug, lifting him up to his height with a proud smile on his face. "My precious son, famous album cover designer. You're going to kill it! Marin style. Boo-yah!" He exclaimed, hugging his son once more and then placing him back down as his mother walked up to him with a worried expression.

"Are you sure you can do this? It's so sudden." She asked in concern.

But Marin smiled, "I know, but I get to help out Jagged Stone. What could be better than that mama?" He said kissing her cheek as he then walked towards the stairs and up to his room. But not before grabbing the cookie jar of reject cookies that sat in the bakery.

Marin grumbled to himself, throwing his headphones across the room. "Ugh, what kind of sick person actually markets this kinda stuff?!" He growled in annoyance, standing up from his desk. "Oh, why does Jagged Stone want to change his style? XY's music is so cold and lifeless, repetitive, mundane, the total opposite of Jagged. And what I've just done here is...ugh..."He grimaced looking at his work on his tablet.

"So why are you doing it, then?" Tikki asked, holding a deformed cookie in her hands.

"Because that's what I was asked to do." Marin sighed, slouching back down in his chair.

"Maybe you should follow your gut feeling. Do something that's really you!" Tikki suggested.

Marin sighed, "Tikki, when you're requested to do something, you have to follow in the client's orders." Marin held up the cd. "But Mr. Roth says that this is what wants, then my hands are tied..."

"Yeah, but...Jagged Stone wanted you because of your style!" Tikki argued.

"Augh, the pressure! I can't deal!" Marin suddenly exclaimed, slamming his head on his desk.

"Here, Here." Tikki said petting Marin's head, as he suddenly laughed, lifting his head.

He smiled at his Kwami for a few moments, pulling her into a gentle hug as she nuzzled his cheek affectionately. He took a deep breath before picking up his headphones, "Tikki, if I turn into a Zombie from listening to this music...try not to eat all of my parent's wares." He asked playing the music once more as he continued his work.

Jagged Stone looked between the art and Marin a few times in confusion. He sighed as Fang curled around Marin's feet, wagging his tail as the boy was tense. "What happened to the raw, impulsive artistry that made this?"

"Yeah, about that, I was told to–" Marin was about to explain but was stopped as Bob clasped his hand on his shoulder.

"Marin's part of our demographic, Jag! He represents our target audience. Clearly his input is exactly the direction that we should take with your new album." Bob said.

Jagged smirked, "And I guess it's a coincidence that his "input" looks exactly what you wanted the original design to be? Looks an awful lot like the cover of that YZ guy? Marin, don't listen to Bob. Could you do another one? You know, Jagged style?"

Marin hesitantly nodded, "Of course." But backtracked as Bob tightened his grip on his shoulder. "But I don't know if I can..." Marin said just before Fang started growling at him, making the older man back away.

"You're my boy, Marin. Remember: raw, impulsive artistry." Jagged Stone prompted grasping his hands, as he spoke sincerely. But it immediately faded as he glanced towards his producer. "I think we're all done here, Bob."

"No! We are not!" Bob snapped but backed away again as Fang growled louder. There was no glee in his eyes as he stared at the older man.

"Come with me, Marin." Penny said guiding Marin towards the door, "Don't worry! Just do your best, okay?"

"We aren't-"Bob called out, but this time he was almost bitten by Fang. "Aah!"

Adrien stepped onto the lobby as he suddenly bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry!" He heard then looked up to see Marin who looked equally as surprised to see him.

Adrien couldn't help but smile at his classmate. "Hey. Marin! What's up?" he asked helping Marin to his feet then noticing the CD on the ground. "Hey, is this Jagged Stone's new album?" He asked curiously.

"What? No! I mean, yes, but-" Marin rambled as Adrien handed his CD back. "It's complicated," he mumbled under his breath, rubbing the back of his head as Adrien tilted his head curiously.

"Anything you wanna talk about?" Adrien offered with a warm smile.

Unluckily for Marin, Adrien's smiles were always contagious as his expression softened. "It's kinda like this-" He was about to say but was then knocked aside as Chloé immediately hugged her childhood friend.

"Hi, Adrikins! There you are. Amazing Chloé has got a surprise for you! She knows you're a fan of Jagged Stone's."

Adrien pushed her away gently. "Uh, yeah I am." He said confirmed.

"Sooo, guess who gets a private meeting with your favorite star. He's staying right here in Daddy's hotel! Is Chloé the best, or is Chloé the best?" Chloé remarked with a confident smile.

Adrien gasped slightly as he saw Marin leave the hotel with his head lowered, wanting to go after him. But unfortunately for him, Chloé pulled him away towards the elevators.

"You and I both like the same kind of music. Isn't that awesome?" Chloé asked pushing the up button, having a giddy aura surrounding her.

"I… thought you liked XY." Adrien recalled as Chloé then placed a hand on her hip.

"Of course I do! Don't you?"

Adrien shook his head, placing his hands in his pockets. "Not really, no."

"Uh… well, neither do I. See?" Chloé remarked, grabbing his arm. "We have the same great taste!"

Suddenly a giant roar caught their attention as a newly Akumatized villain appeared with a giant dragon at his side.

"From now on, you can call me Guitar Villain, and he'll never do a duet with XY! In fact, soon, there won't even be a XY! Rockin' Riff, baby!" Guitar Villain announced, firing purple energy from his guitar at Bob and the interviewer sitting nearby, causing them to start dancing endlessly. "Soon, there'll be nothing but Guitar Villain fans, the one and only rocker on Earth!"

Chloé hid behind her childhood friend, watching the scene unfold. "Hurry, Adrien, get me out of here!" She said as Adrien then pushed her into the elevator, pressing a button as he ran into a nearby closet

"Well, you always did want to meet Jagged Stone." Plagg remarked as he flew out of Adrien's shirt.

"Meet him, not beat him up." Adrien clarified. "Plagg, claws out!"

The nearby civilians were banging their heads, as Guitar Villain placed more people under his spell.

"Rockin' Riff, baby!" He called out, sending out more attacks.

"Hey, Jagged!" Chat Noir called outstanding nearby. "C'mon! Why don't you try to rock my world?"

Guitar Villain curled his lip into a snarl. The name's Guitar Villain, pussycat. Riffing' Shock!"

Chat Noir evaded most of his attacks but was caught off guard by the dragon breathing fire. Meaning he had double trouble, but he was one partner short of a pair. Instead, he took out of bow staff, starting to attack Guitar Villan, but was taken off guard as the dragon blew more fire at him, followed up by one of Guitar Villain's attacks that repeatedly slammed him into a wall.

Guitar Villain laughed like a maniac as he kept up the repeating attack. But was stopped as he was suddenly sent flying, and Chat Noir fell into his partner's arms.

He looked up to see that Ladybug had cautioned his fall, but kept his eyes on the Dragon. "Cat Noir, you okay?" Ladybug asked as he evaded another one of the dragon's fire attacks.

Cat Noir smiled, "Good to see you, my lady. My apologies I couldn't assist you last time you were in need of my assistance." He half-joked, but blushed as Ladybug smiled at him for a moment.

"It was lonely fighting alone." Ladybug said easily, but Chat Noir's ears soon flattened as he saw a sly smirk on his partner's face. "Ready for a little Cat-ching up?" He tried to joke. As Chat Noir couldn't help but cringe.

"Leave the jokes to me bugaboo." He said just before ladybug tossed him towards a light pole holding Ladybug's yo-yo, giving him the momentum to leap on the dragon's mouth. As the animal struggled, Chat Noir quickly used his partner's weapon to tie up the dragon's mouth. "I think he's down-" Chat Noir was about to call out but was shaken off as Guitar Villain slammed his guitar into him. Chat Noir hit a nearby traffic lightly, holding his face now in pain.

"You're wasting my time. I've got a concert to get to!" Guitar Villain called out removing Ladybug's yo-yo from his dragon's mouth.

"Come on, we gotta follow them!" Ladybug said, picking up his yo-yo, then grabbed his partner who was still holding his face. Chat Noir yelped in surprise as Ladybug wrapped his arm around his waist, pulling the two onto the roofs. "His power comes from playing his guitar. We've got to keep him from performing or else all of Paris will be under his control."

Cat Noir smirked in amusement as he ran alongside his partner. "Well, I won't let you do this solo." He said with a smile. "See? That's how you do a joke!"

Atop the Eiffel Tower. Guitar Villain is flying on Fang towards the top of the tower. Chat Noir and Ladybug used their weapons to scale the tower, but Ladybug got there first, acting quickly as he pulled Théo out of the away from an attack.

Guitar Villain glared at them as his dragon circled around the tower. "You again?!" He called out, then retreating as he jumped off the tower onto his dragon, quickly flying away.

Ladybug turned towards Théo, "Where's he going?" He asked.

"The Tv Station." The artist replied as the two heroes then jumped off the tower. "Uh, Ladybug!" He called out, then sighed as he saw that they were already long gone. But something caught his attention as he saw his photo of Ladybug falling before him. He caught it, smiling brightly as it was now signed with his favorite heroes autograph.

"So where are we gonna take this guy?" Chat Noir began to ask as they stood before the TV station, crossing his arms as the sun began to set. But then XY walked out of the building looking annoyed as his hands were shoved in his pockets.

"We have to get you to safety." Ladybug said, but XY brushed him off.

"So what this Guitar Villain going to do? Blow me away with his evil guitar solo?"

"Yes!" Chat Noir said, "Once we catch Guitar Villain, we'll get you to the Eiffel Tower just in time for your live performance. Chat's word." He promised as his ears started to twitch.

XY shrugged his shoulders. "Pff. Who even cares? My roadie can just project my image on stage. Live concerts are so ten minutes ago-AHH!" XY screamed out as he was grabbed by the giant dragon and Guitar Villain.

Both heroes watched as the dragon flew off, trailed by screams of fear.

"...Please tell me he's not going back to the Eiffel Tower." Chat Noir asked as he got confirmation from Ladybug, who pointed towards the tower in the distance, and Guitar Villain heading towards that same spot. Chat Noir put his face in his hands as Ladybug then took his hand guiding him back towards the tower.

Nightfall came as the two heroes ran up the Eiffel Tower while below them was a large crowd of people cheering for XY. Ladybug had to jump his way onto the wedges of the tower as Chat Noir could easily dig his claws into the steel, bounding up the side. But both had to stop as soundwaves started to ripple off the tower, shaking the entire thing.

"Ladybug!" Chat Noir called out in worry. While he was fine, his partner had lost his footing. Only barely handing on as the tower shook.

"XY's going to fall!" Ladybug yelled out through the sound. "Go on I'll be fi-" He said as the dragon flew by, opening his mouth for a bit as Ladybug was forced off the tower, using his yo-yo to hand onto his mouth, now hanging by a thread. As he climbed up, atop the dragon Ladybug petted his head. "Easy, easy. You're a good boy aren't you Fang?" Ladybug heard Fang whimper as he seemed to recognize him. "There's my buddy." He praised, pulling up the reins so that Fang would fly upward.

Cat Noir felt a swell of pride as he saw his partner tame Guitar Villain's dragon. Taking out his staff as he faced the villain head-on who was threatening XY standing at the edge of a plank.

"No! Please, don't!" XY begged as he looked down at the ground far below.

Guitar Villain flashed him a toothy grin just as he was about to strum.

"Not so fast!" Chat Noir called out, catching Guitar Villains' attention as his dragon flew by, charging towards him.

"My dragon!" He exclaimed as he dodged out of the way, now face to face with Chat Noir. The two clashed weapons atop the very unstable plank.

"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug called out, throwing his yo-yo into the air. In his hands, he received extra strength gorilla glue. Quickly, he smirked as he got an idea, first saving XY by tossing him to safety using his yo-yo, then removing the cap of the glue as he jumped off of fang. Easily, sprayed the glue onto Guitar Villain's face, trapping him as he could no longer hold his guitar.

Chat Noir then threw the guitar to Ladybug as he as well threw Guitar Villain to safety, just in time as Ladybug broke the guitar.

"Concert's over, little Akuma. Time to purify!" Ladybug said as he swung his yo-yo towards the possessed Akuma, capturing it in one motion. Then opening it once more, watching the newly purified Akuma fly away. "Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug called out, throwing up the lucky charm as everything turned back to normal.

He handed atop the tower as Jagged Stone and Fang turned back to normal.

Ladybug and Cat Noir pounded fists victoriously as XY yelled out. "What is he doing here?!" He demanded

"Maybe he came to tell you not underestimate the power of his music!" Chat Noir suggested.

"But this guy's crazy!" XY retorted, but no one paid him any mind.

"How about an autograph, Jagged?" Chat Noir then asked, handing him a CD, unable to hold back his glee as he held his favorite rock star's autograph.

Ladybug nodded respectfully as he couldn't help but evade Fang's glowing eyes, recognizing his treat buddy under the mask.

"Later." He simply said as he then jumped off the tower, escaping into the night as Chat Noir waved.

In the dead of night, just after dealing with almost an entire day of running across the city. Just as dawn broke, Marin jumped up in glee just as dawn broke.

"Done!" He exclaimed holding up his tablet.

Tikki opened her eyes, not even lifting her head from the pile of scrapped fabric that Marin kept lying on his desk just for her. "Hmmm...Jagged Stone will love it..." She mumbled, falling back to sleep.

Marin smiled, nuzzling his Kwamis face as he immediately saved his work.

The next day at the hotel, Marin handed Jagged Stone his second design as Fang curled up around his legs within the rock star's hotel suite.

"Oh, yeah. This is perfect!" Jagged exclaimed tactically. I can almost smell the leather and sweat just radiating off this design!

"Uh, you actually are smelling it. I concocted a special scent sticker for your album." Marin explained as he knelt down to pet Fang's head.

" I want it. I got to have it. It's authentic. It's original. It's... so Jagged." Jagged praised hugging the Cd.

"No, you can't! It's not what the public-" Bob began to say, but was then cut off almost immediately.

"Fine, then I'm outta here! I'm sure another record company will be perfectly happy with the #2 chart topper." Jagged remarked with a sly smile. Bob then growled at him, stomping out of the room angrily.

"Now then," Penny remarked as she pulled Marin away. "I think that 10% of the sals would be sufficient enough, wouldn't you say?"

"Huh?" Marin tilted his head in confusion, then it dawned on him. "Oh, I don't - I wasn't doing this for any kind of money. I just wanted to be of use..."

Penny nodded, "And I understand that but what you have to understand that you should be compensated for your work."

"But -" Marin tried to backtrack, but Penny wouldn't be deterred.

" Is a cheapskate, so trust me. It's in everyone's best interest that you accept."

"Yes ma'am." Marin nodded obediently.

"Excellent, I'll talk about it further with your parents." She said walking him out of the room as Jagged showed his new album cover to Fang who was wagging his tail happily at his owner's glee.

"In today's headlines, Jagged Stone's new album hit the charts at #1, hitting XY off his throne. Welcome back, king of Rock 'n' Roll!" Nadja said on the news as Marin kept his face covered sitting next to Alya who stopped the video on her phone.

"This is so embarrassing..." He murmured, hiding away his face as Alya smiled, full of pride for her friend.

"What's wrong you should be excited!" She shook him playfully. ", "My Best Friend Created Jagged Stone's New Album Cover." is totally trending on my blog! You're kinda a mini-celebrity now." She said cheerfully.

Marin only groaned in response, resting his head on her lap as he curled up into a ball.

"Um... hey there, Marin." He overhead as Alya shook him.

Oh no.

He sat up immediately, seeing Adrien smiling sheepishly at him, holding Jagged Stone's new album. "So, uh, I'm actually I'm a huge fan of Jagged Stone and I saw you designed his new album cover on Alya's blog."

"I...I did!" He chuckled, "Crazy, huh?"

"I wanted to ask if I could get it...autographed?" Adrien asked with a shy smile, handing over the CD and pen.

"Um, okay, sure... uh, I'll ask him..."He looked down at the CD, "This already has 's signature on it." Marin said looked at Adrien with a confused expression.

"Actually I meant you."

"Me? Are you sure?" Marin asked as his face suddenly reddened.

"If you wouldn't mind, I think this is my favorite album cover yet, even this sticker is amazing." Adrien remarked, smiling as he saw Marin signing it. "Awesome! Thanks, Marin!"

As soon as Adrien had his back turned Marin sat down, resting his head on Alya's lap.

"Did I just imagine it, or did you just sign an autograph for Adrien?" Alya asked playfully as she played around with his bangs. Smiling as Marin had a broad smile planted on his face, from end of to end.

Notes:

- I think my favorite part of this chapter was giving Theo is autograph