Marin bit the bottom of his lip as hard as he could, trying to endure Chloé's presentation, where she played both Queen Bee, interlacing edited audio footage himself as she was trying to stroke her own ego. He was relieved as Ivan spoke up first.

"That's not Ladybug, that's you, Chloé!" He pointed out as the entire class began to laugh as Chloé glared at him.

"Of course that's the real Ladybug!" Chloé retorted.

"But Chloé, could you tell me why you chose to do an assignment about yourself? Uh— I mean: about Queen Bee?" Miss Bustier asked gently.

Chloé crossed his arms. "Our assignment was to choose an important person in French history and I actually saved France. Even Ladybug says so…" She said, playing the video as Marin blocked out the image, sinking into his chair as he was completely embarrassed having hos alter ego being placed on the spot like this.

"Chloé, it's so obvious that you doctored the footage. You didn't even bother lipsyncing the audio properly."

Chloé looked at the class in a panic, "Uh… he… uh…" She stammered but grew angry again as the class laughed at her, stomping back to her seat. "Ugh, you're all a bunch of losers! Except you, Adrikins." She pointed out for a moment, her anger disappearing for a moment before she started yelling again. " None of you deserve to see the rest of my documentary!"

"Oh, what a shame." Marin muttered aloud as everyone started laughing harder. Realizing what he had done Marin covered his mouth in embarrassment as Chloé growled at him, but then turned towards Sabrina as she saw that her friend was laughing as well.

"I saw you laughing with the other idiots; you're fired!" Chloé snapped as Sabrina started crying almost immediately as Rose ran to check on her.

"How could you not laugh, Sabrina? The whole superhero sitch has totally gone to her head." Alya defended as she pulled up a video clip from the news.

"You paralyzed the metro driver, you used your power to create this situation just to make yourself look good. Chloé, you endangered lives all for a selfish reason." Ladybug had said angrily as Chloé grew more anxious.

"She wasn't the hero; it was Chat Noir and Ladybug!" Alya pointed out as the class nodded in agreement.

"She had superpowers for like five minutes and went totally outta control!" Alix commented.

"Queen Bee isn't even a real superhero." Marin remarked but then snapped to attention as Chloé slammed her hands on the table.

"What?!" Chloé demanded as she walked up to him, standing over him as Marin looked up at her timidly almost in Alya's lap as Chloé pointed down towards him. "You will pay for your insulting remarks, Dupain-Cheng!" She stated, kicking over his backpack as she walked out of the classroom.

"Chloé, class isn't over-" The teacher tried to say, but instead had the door slammed in her face. As Marin sighed heavily looking up at Alya who grumbled to herself. as Marin lifted himself up, he noticed a distressed expression on Adrien's face as he glanced at the door.

"Don't look so down." Alix remarked as he and Marin walked together towards the art room on the second floor, "That girl has tormented you for years, a few people telling her off is nothing." She said but Marin shrugged his shoulder.

I don't know, she was pretty upset when she left. It's never fun to be made fun of something you take pride in."

"Right, but- and hear me out here-" Alix said clapping her hands together as he stood in front of Marin. "She always makes you feel bad even when you haven't done a thing! She's a bad egg."

"Yeah, but shouldn't we try to at least be on good terms with her? Adrien still likes her, and of course Sabrina too."

"Marinus, my brother from another mother" Alix said as she looked up at him with a dumbfounded expression on her face." Are you trying to actually defend Chloé?"

"Um, well...not really?" Marin said nervously, "I just mean there are people we care about who would be upset if Chloé was. Should we try to at least be nice to her for their sake? Besides, it's not like she's that bad." He tried to explain gently but Nino only slapped his forehead in defeat.

"SHE IS THE LITERALLY THE WORST PERSON- ugh you're worse than Nath!" Alix cried out just as flyers began to fall from the sky, everyone in the courtyard looked up to see Chloé throwing out flyers out of a helicopter, yelling out on a megaphone.

"Hey there, losers! I'm headed to New York with my mom. I'm leaving you all behind in your pathetic little school and your pathetic little city. Adieu!"

Marin picked up on of the flyer's, showing Chloé in front of the Statue of Liberty, as he saw a few of his friends gathered in the court year, no one apparently was caring about classes anymore as Alix dragged Marin down to the first floor.

"Chloé's leaving?" Nino asked aloud.

"Forever?" Nathaniel asked standing beside Nino.

"Looks like it." Marin heard Alya remark before everyone started cheering and ripping up the photos into confetti, throwing it around as music started playing. A makeshift party began as everyone cheered at Chloé's departure. It appeared that she had made a lot of people miserable throughout the school. Alix punched Marin's arm supportively before running down to the first floor.

"Without Chloé around, Paris will be filled with a lot less negative emotion!" Tikki remarked, popping her head out of his jacket pocket as Marin sat to the side away from the larger crowds, sitting on the stairs near the entrance.

"And less akumatizations..." Marin pointed out, as he looked down at the photo again. Something about Chloé's departure felt hollow, like a complete overreaction.

"Hey, what's going on here? What are we celebrating?" Adrien asked as he walked up to Marin from behind, as he was watching Nino and Alya setting up turntables.

"Chloé's gone, she's moving to New York." He infromed, still stunned from the information as Adrien looked at him unenthused.

"Chloé left…? For good?" He asked as he picked up one of the flyers, looking down sadly at it.

"Yeah..isn't it great?" Marin asked carefully, knowing how Adrien felt about their classmate. He recognized the look on his friend's face wasn't one of happiness, more like someone just kicked a puppy.

"Uh…no. I think it's terrible! How could anyone celebrate a thing like that?" Adrien sighed as he glanced at his friend.

Marin looked troubled for a moment, even though he didn't particularly care for Chloé even being completely fine if she never returned to the city...

However, he didn't say anything as Adrien walked off with a disappointed expression on his face. Marin sighed to himself in defeat, sitting down on the stairs before the entrance of the school, on his own as everyone cheered around him.

"Hey, what's with the long face dude?" Nino asked as he walked to Adrien who was sitting by himself on the staircase.

"How can everyone be okay with Chloé leaving like this?" Adrien asked sincerely as Nino looked at him with a dumbfounded expression for a few moments.

He frowned at his friend, taking a deep breath as he faced his best friend. "Dude, I know you haven't been here long, but you have no idea who Chloé has ruined people's lives just by being here. I don't see how her leaving is anything but good news." He said bluntly as Adrien looked at him stunned for a moment.

"Nobody's useless, not even Chloé. When I was little and wasn't allowed out, she was the only friend I had." He tried to reason, showing her good points byt Nino just sighed.

"Adrien, dude, I love you, but just because she was, is, always nice to you doesn't mean she hasn't hurt everyone else. You've seen how horrible she can be."

"So she's not perfect-"

"Dude!"Nino suddenly snapped. "She's our friend's life hell ever since we were kids; Heck, she used to stick gum in Marin's and Rose's hair; Used Kim like a servant when she knew that he liked her; Once threw Nathaniel's sketchbook in the cafeteria trash can just because he didn't want to draw her; And that's not even a sixteenth of it." Nino explained taking a deep breath, trying not to get furious as he recalled everything Chloé did.

Adrien was overwhelmed by the amount of information that Nino dropped on him, he cared about his friends, but Chloé was the only person to care about him when he really needed it, that had to count for something. "She left angry and unhappy. I can't celebrate that."

Nino groaned to himself, "If you want her to come back, I'm not going to fight it. But you need to take others into account as well dude." He said placing a hand on Adrien's shoulder as he directed his attention to Alix talking to Marin who was previously sitting alone. It looked like they were arguing over something as Alix was making a lot of animated gestures, but gave in as Marin smiled at her.

Adrien's gaze softened for a moment, but it soon disappeared as everyone's attention was grabbed with another helicopter flying above.

"By the powers vested in me…" Someone said from above as a giant orb formed before them, "I declare this school a demolition site!" He announced as it fell to the ground, hitting a few students in the courtyard.

Nino pushed Adrien out of the was at the last second as he was caught in the blast range.

"Nino?" Adrien questioned, as he reached out to his friend, but watched as his friend started breaking his records, as a few more people started breaking school property.

Adrien quickly ran into a nearby room, locking the door behind him as Plagg flew out of his school.

"Hey, this party just got interesting!" He said as Adrien held up his ring.

"Plagg, claws out!"

Chat Noir jumped into action, landing on the propellor of the helicopter as he looked down at the new villain walking around the campus.

"Excuse me, do you have a demolition permit for this site?" He asked cheekily.

" I don't need a permit. I am Malediktator, the all-powerful supermayor of Paris, and this is my city." Malediktator informed as he looked around the plaza, seemingly looking for something in particular.

"Well, I'm sorry to say, but this country is a republic." He remarked, but the villain ignored him as a sinister smile drew on his face.

"By the powers vested in me…" He said, creating an orb in his hand, as Chat Noir noticed he was facing towards Marin who was trying to stop Alix from destroying school property with a sledgehammer in her hands. "I hereby banish you from Paris!" He said, throwing the orb towards his friend, who was suddenly blasted with light as Chat Noir looked on in shock as his friend was seemingly vaporized.

"Big mistake." Chat Noir growled defensively he took out his staff and charging towards the new villain.

Marin crashed into a bale of hay as the last thing he recalled was panicking, trying to stop his friends from rioting, and being blasted with light... apparently being thrown into the countryside, just outside of the city limits. He spit of a few pieces of hay from his mouth as he realized that he was in the middle of a field, surrounded by cows. Brushing off some pieces of hay, he opened his jacket as Tikki flew out.

"Looks like Chloé managed one last victim before she left Paris." Tikki said hovering before him as Marin spotted the city in the distance. As he walked closer to the city, he suddenly bumped into an invisible barrier the prevented him from entering.

"Huh?" He pondered for a moment as Tikki flew past him easily. "I think this just affects you." She said as Marin grew more worried.

"Hm, Marin may be banished from the city, but Ladybug probably isn't." He thought aloud as Tikki smiled.

"Tikki, spots on!"

Ladybug landed on the roof of the school, winding from traveling all across the city, just in time to see Malediktator pining Chat Noir to the ground by placing a foot on his chest, unable to escape.

"By the power invested in me, I declare that you are a cat!" He said as Ladybug threw his yo-yo down towards him, but was too late as Chat Noir was blasted by light, and transformed into a small black cat, looking around curiously as Malediktator laughed in amusement.

"Oh no." Ladybug murmured but reacted as Malediktator picked Kitten Noir by the scruff of his neck, the bell on his collar jingling. But the kitten didn't like that as he scratched the villain, scampering away as Ladybug chased after him, scooping him up just before he was about to run into open traffic.

"Chat Noir?" Ladybug asked, holding his partner in his hands, wondering if his partner could recognize him. But couldn't get a clear answer as Kitten Noir mewed in his hands. Ladybug groaned heavily holding his head as he placed Kitten Noir on his shoulder, then throwing his yo-yo in the air as he ran across the rooftops.

Master Fu was calculating on his abacus as he was surprised by the door opening.

"Master Fu!" Marin yelled out as Master Fu lost to found, sighing as he faced his apprentice who was panicking. "Malediktator- Chat Noir- Kitten," He tried to explain as Tikki flew out, struggling to speak, but Master Fu held up his hand.

"Calmly Marinus." He said reassuringly, but Marin still looked worried as he took something out of his messenger bag. A small black kitten with large green eyes and black collar with a bell. Master Fu and Wayzz with tilted their heads in confusion as Marin sat down before him.

A villain has transformed Chat Noir into...well." Marin said, placing Kitten Noir on the ground as he wandered around curiously around the room, followed by both Kwami.

Master Fu stared at the other person he chose to bare the Miraculous of Destruction, now pawing his Abacus curiously. "I understand." He said as he took out the Miraculous box. "Marinus Dupain-Cheng, pick an ally you can trust to fight alongside you on this mission. Choose wisely; such powers are meant to serve the greater good. Once the mission is over, you'll retrieve the Miraculous from them." He said as Kitten Noir walked back, meowing as he crawled into Marin's lap, seeming asking for attention. Only quelled as Marin petted his head.

Marin then narrowed his eyes at the box, realizing that a hard choice had to be made as he reached for the Bee Miraculous.

"Are you sure you want to give it back to… her?" Master Fu inquired, but Marin nodded his head.

"Don't worry, Master; I know how to make good use of it this time." He promised, placing Pollen's Miraculous in its box. Then picked up his partner, cradling him in his arms as he. "As well as him." He said reassuringly as Kitten Noir mewed cutely.

Ladybug landed on the roof of the hotel, placing Kitten Noir on the ground for a moment as he then heard the door opening. she saw Chloé running in a panic, tripping over a chair as he then caught her in his arms.

"Are you okay?" He asked as Chloé looked up at him in relief, hugging him.

"Ladybug, finally! You're going to help me, right?" She pleaded as Ladybug knelt down before her at eye level. Behind him, he could feel Kitten Noir playing with his scarf, but used all of his will power not to turn about and take a video, there were more important things happening.

" Yes, but first… I need you to tell me what happened. Why is your father— I mean, Malediktator, rampaging through the city like this?" He asked as Chloé grew defensive, crossing her arms.

"It's because of this super lame loser named Marin Dupain-Cheng. He's this horrible boy in my class and he hates me! He's ganged everyone up against me and...and-" She said, but began to falter as she saw Ladybug did not believe a single thing she was saying.

"Maybe this Marin isn't entirely to blame?" He inquired.

"Okay, it wasn't totally Marin's fault...he can be inconsiderate sometimes, but actually, this time, Daddy got angry all by himself."

"All by himself?

"Yeah, because… there was something he couldn't do…" She whimpered, faltering in her words before Ladybug placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Miss Bourgeois, Chloé, it's me, Ladybug. You can trust me with the truth." He said with a reassuring smile on his face as Chloé's defenses began to crumble.

"I— I—" She wavered for a moment, but grew more confident as she saw Ladybug nodding sincerely at her. "It— it was me. I hurt my daddy's feelings. Because I want to leave Paris, forever."

"Because of what happened in school?" He asked.

Chloé hugged herself as she avoided his gaze. "It's not just Marin— actually, I don't even really care about him— it's because I have no reason to be here: nobody likes me; I have no friends. I'm… worthless." She whimpered as Ladybug was surprised by her sincerity.

"What about your friend Adrien? He cares about you a lot." Ladybug pointed out, but Chloé shook her head.

"Adrien's just being kind, he's always kind. Even when we were kids, we only became friends because we were placed together. There's no way he would care about me if our parents didn't work together." She admitted as Ladybug's expression softened.

"Chloé, what do you want?" He asked bluntly as she turned towards him in surprise. "I don't believe people can change unless they really want to. However you decide to live your life is up to you, but I can help to make the first few steps."

"It's easy for you to say that. You're Ladybug, a superhero. You serve a purpose." She said as Ladybug smiled at her, taking a deep breath.

"I'm not always a hero though. If I were to remove this Miraculous, I'd be a faceless nobody in a crowd. But I will always do what I can, and try to make a positive effect on people's lives." He said earnestly as he stood up, holding out his hand towards Chloé. "We all have a purpose, and right now, I think ours is to defeat Malediktator together." He offered as Chloé took his hand, nodded in agreement as Ladybug took out a familiar box from his yo-yo.

"Chloé Bourgeois, there is the Miraculous of the Bee, which grants the power to immobilize your opponent. You will use it for the greater good and once the mission is over, you will return the Miraculous to me. Can I trust you?" He asked as Chloé nodded, taking the Miraculous in hand.

"I won't disappoint you this time, Ladybug." She promised as she opened the Miraculous Box, revealing a familiar yellow light that circled around her for a moment before materializing into a bee-like Kwami with a smile on her face as she bowed her head formally.

"At your service, my Queen." She said as Chloé placed the comb in her hair.

"Pollen, buzz on!"

As night fell, Ladybug and Queen Bee landed nearby the city hall looking at Malediktator sitting on a throne surrounded by guards, forming a huge bubble over his head, one that could engulf the entire city. Kitten Noir was lazily napping on Ladybug's shoulder as he crouched down.

"That bubble is going to be a tough one to dodge!" Queen Bee remarked as Ladybug narrowed his eyes, throwing up his yo-yo.

"Lucky charm!" He said as a giant laser gun landed in his hands much to his surprise.

"Well, that's an effective Lucky Charm!" Queen Bee remarked in relief but cried out as Ladybug then tossed it away, in favor of saving just the laser sight.

"Hey, what was that for?!" She asked as Ladybug then turned towards her.

"Innovation and creativity will always win out over being flashy." He said as Chloé looked at him in disbelief.

"Oh head, then what's with that outfit?" She asked in disbelief as Ladybug's face grew slightly red.

"Um- anyway!" He said quickly turning away as he placed Kitten Noir on the ground, His ears were perked up as he purred under Ladybug's touch. "All we need is this little kitty, and something to take the sting out." He remarked as Queen Bee nodded.

"Venom!" Queen Bee cried out as Ladybug gained Kitten Noir's attention with the laser sight. Guiding him past the guards, and near Malediktator, who looked down for a moment before Kitten Noir jumped on his face, making him lose focus as the bubble above him disappeared. Queen Bee jumped up behind him as Ladybug caught Kitten Noir who was thrown off of Malediktator.

"Sorry, Daddy!" Queen Bee apologized, stinging Malediktator on his chest as Queen Bee then threw his sash towards Ladybug who caught it with ease. As he ripped it in two, he looked up at the Akuma flying for a moment.

"No more mischief from you 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.

In his arms, Kitten Noir was purring quite happily nuzzling into the crevice of his neck as that action was now transferred over to Chat Noir. Who was somehow still purring for a few moments before he realized what was going on. He looked up at his partner for a moment as both of their faces ran red. Chat Noir immediately struggled to escape Ladybug's embrace, falling down for a moment before he snapped back onto his feet.

"Um," He stammered for a moment before glancing at Queen Bee, at Chloé jumping down towards them with a smile on her face. "What happened?" He asked in confusion as Queen Bee brushed a lock of hair out of her face.

"You just missed out on Queen Bee and Ladybug saving Paris," She said as her voice softened, "For real this time." She said as Ladybug nodded encouragingly "Pollen, buzz off." She said as she handed the Miraculous back to Ladybug. Then gasping in surprise as Ladybug held up his fist, the both of them bumping fists as Chat Noir looked on confusion.

"You did well today Miss Bourgeois." Ladybug compliment as Chloé hugged him for a moment, returning the gesture as she then ran towards her parents, hugging them as Ladybug heard his Miraculous beep. Just as he was about to leave, he turned towards Chat Noir with a sheepish grin on his face.

"You were pretty cute when you were more honest." He said, holding up a few photos of Kitten Noir on his yo-yo. One, in particular, was a selfie with Kitten Noir nuzzling Ladybug cutely.

"WHA-" Chat Noir gasped, his face reddening with embarrassment, "Delete those!" He demanded as Ladybug then shut hi yo-yo.

"No way, they're photo's of my important partner. I would be remiss if I were to erase the photos of the key reason Queen Bee and I were able to defeat Malediktator." He said with a cheekily smile, using his yo-yo to jump on to the rooftops as Chat Noir groaned in embarrassment.

Back at Marter Fu's massage shop Marin placed the Bee Miraculous back within the Miracle box, watching as Master Fu sealed it away within the gramophone.

"You took a big risk entrusting this Miraculous to Chloé Bourgeois. Do you really think she's got what it takes to be a superhero?" Master Fu asked as Marin crossed his arms for a moment.

"I'm not sure master, everyone is different, but I'm willing to give her that chance." He said sincerely just about to leave. "After all, you took a chance on me." He said as Master Fu nodded fondly, watching him leave with Tikki with a fond expression on his face.

Chloé crossed her arms defiantly as Marin walked ahead of her with his arms folded behind his back. "All right, I came to your stupid party… now what?" She said as her voice wavered for a moment, seeing the entire school assembled before her. Looking on in shock as there were various photos of her and Queen Bee. "You're— you're having a party… for me?" She asked as Sabrina then ran up to hug her friend.

"Chloé! I thought I'd lost you!" Sabrina cried out as Marin slowly back away.

" Okay, no need to make a big thing of it. Ugh! Besides, you're wrinkling my clothes." She remarked with a half-smile, looking down fondly at her friend.

Marin's expression softened as Chloé seemed to soak up the positive energy around her, from the people who praised her for her good deeds. Then he glanced to his side as he noticed Alix had walked up next to him.

"I can't believe you made me help you do this." She remarked as Marin smiled at her gratefully.

"I'm happy you did though." He said. "A little kindness can go a long way, maybe Chloé just needs a little push in the right direction." He suggested as Alix rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about me pulling another, being nice to Chloé party, on you. We're even now." He remarked, but then yelped as Alix jabbed his side playfully.

"I didn't do it because I owed you big time, I did it because we're friends," Alix remarked with a smile as Marin nodded at her. His expression softened as he watched her join the main party as he rested his back again the wall, sighing in some form of satisfaction, just before he flinched.

"Ack!" Marin suddenly yelled at his heart face, seeing Adrien standing nearby, holding his arm nervously. Marin caught his breath for a moment. "What is it with you and sneaking around?" He asked, half expecting Adrien to chuckle at his joke, but was caught off guard as his friend looked at him seriously.

"I overheard what you and Alix were talking about, it was really cool of you to put this party together for Chloé." He said as Marin averted his gaze,

Oh, well it wasn't just me." He said at first, but then his voice grew more hesitant. "I...didn't exactly have the most noble intent when I started planning this with Alix." He admitted as Adrien looked at him in surprise.

"What?" He questioned as Marin nodded, rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"I know you felt bad when Chloé was leaving, so I thought that if maybe, she felt some appreciation, then maybe she wouldn't leave...and you wouldn't feel sad..." He said. "But then that whole thing happened yesterday, so it just turned into this-" Marin said, backtracking, but was surprised when Adrien suddenly hugged him, wrapping her arms around him as Marin froze in place as he heard Adrien's voice close to his ear.

"I'm sorry."

Adrien said, as he pulled back from the hug with a bittersweet expression on his face. "I don't think I ever really realized how much you went through before I came around."

"Adrien, you don't have to-" Marin said, about to insist that his friend didn't have to worry about him, but stopped at Adrien shook his head.

"No, I wasn't being a good friend. Even though I was always defending Chloé, I never tried to understand why she was disliked so much. But even now, you're the one trying to be better, making the attempt to help her be better when I never seriously tried." He said earnestly as he glanced at his childhood friend laughing alongside her classmates for the first time in probably her life. But he then turned back to Marin with a smile on his face.

"I'm grateful that we're friends," Adrien said, about to walk back into the party.

"Wait," Marin said, grasping Adrien's hand for a moment. His brain seemed to stop for a moment as his friend turned back to him curiously.

"What is it?" Adrien asked, Noticing Marin's face turn red.

"Would you mind staying with me for a moment?" He rasped, feeling his ears burn as Adrien nodded, standing by him as for a little while. Both of them holding hands for a little while before they had to let go.

Notes:

-Will Chloé be redeemed in this story? It will heavily depend on how I will write the finale of season 3. But I will try not to be unkind to her.

-I like, Alix, I need more of Alix and Marin's frienship...for s3 reasons. ;)

-Chat Noir and Ladybug are still in their argument, but this is more of a light-hearted moment of it.

-Ladybug will never delete the photos of Kitten Noir, he'd frame them if he could because they're just that adorable.

-Kitten Noir was essentially just a cat when he was transformed, but he did find some familiarity with Ladybug, which was why he was so affectionate.