Protectors: Tales of Paris

By Adventuremaker21

Chapter 13: The Tale of the Reveal


Author notes: Well, this is it. The moment you've all been waiting for. The moment that's been teased in the early chapters is finally brought to light.

I hope you all enjoy it.

This takes place just after Season 2's Day of Heroes two-part finale.


"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" Ladybug shouted at Chat Noir. The day of heroes has come to a close, and Papillon and his new ally Mayura have retreated to whatever hole they crawled out of. And while this happened, Chat Noir let Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Queen Bee keep their miraculouses without telling Ladybug about it first.

"I decided to reward them for today's mission," Chat Noir honestly told him.

"YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT, YOU DUMB CAT!" Ladybug roared at her partner and his dumbass decision. "We can't just recruit new heroes whenever we want to."

"Papillon just did that with that new peacock lady. And if he's getting back up, then it's time we do as well," Chat Noir told Ladybug his thought process. "As much as I like the whole 'wait and fight' schtick, if we keep doing it like we've been doing it for the past year, Papillon is gonna die from old age and we'll both be senior citizens."

Ladybug is trying to come up with ways to argue back, but as much as she hates to admit it, Chat Noir has a point. They were getting nowhere fast.

"I also met the Guardian one day as well," Chat Noir dropped a truth to Ladybug. "He told me a lot of things about what the miraculouses are, how to make the potions, and even told me some stuff even YOU don't know about, like what the Snake Miraculous can do."

Ladybug's eyes widened, but she shouldn't be this shocked at the news. If Fu, the Guardian of the miraculouses, knew who she was, then he'd know who Chat Noir was under the mask.

"Look, Chat…" Ladybug began speaking but was interrupted by something Chat Noir did that Ladybug never thought in a million years would do.

He changed back to his civilian form. He changed back to Adrien Agreste. And she watched the entire time.

"No more secrets, no more deceptions," Adrien said as he held her hands. "It's time that we start planning the next phase of our heroics. We can still have what we have, but with the others standing next to us, we'll make Paris safe from the likes of Papillon."

Ladybug listened to what he had to say, but she had no words to say about the new information overloading her brain. Her crush, Adrien Agreste, was this complete dork of a cat hero, Chat Noir. Her face was just as red as her outfit, and her nerves were tingling.

"I think you broke her, kid," Plagg said as he ate some of the cheese stashed in Adrien's jacket pocket.

"You know what…" Ladybug managed to squeeze out of her mouth. "Fuck it." She said as she transformed back into Marinette Dupain-Cheng, her civilian form. Adrien saw this and gasped loudly as Tikki and Plagg saw their reactions to each other.

"I'm surprised they revealed themselves now," Tikki said, whispering to Plagg.

"Would you prefer it happening now, or suffer through 10 years of awkward excuses that could damage their relationship?" Plagg whispered back at Tikki, who nodded in agreement.

"I… never thought it would be you," Both of them managed to say to one another, but gently held each other's hands and smiled. "But I'm glad it is you." During the middle of all this, Marinette accidentally squeezes Adiren's hands pretty hard at a thought.

"OH CRAP! WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS!" Marinette said as she started freaking out.

"Uh, Marinette?" Adrien asked, ignoring the pain in his hands.

"We revealed to each other, and we weren't supposed to," Marinette rambled on. "Now when Fu gets back from his vacation, he's gonna take our Miraculouses away. All 5 of them!"

"Or maybe we convince him that this is just our way of handling things," Adrien said, holding her hands once more and making Marinette loosen up. "Plus, once we get both Butterfly and Peacock back to him, only then we'll give them all back."

"Alya and Nino could be on board, but what about Chloe," Marinette wondered. "I know she's been doing better, but would she be on board?"

"We can try. And, if neither of us can talk some sense into her, we can always let Steven and Mabel from our online chats help out," Adrien suggested to Marinette, who has to give him some credit. Without Mabel or Steven, she'd probably never change for the better. "And who's to say letting her have Pollen full-time won't help make her into a better person."

"Ok ok, you've convinced me already," Marinette giggled to Adrien. "But I will keep an eye on her."

"Fair enough," Adrien respectfully accepted. "But what's gonna happen to us…. Us now, I mean?"

"Well… this is gonna sound weird, but do you wanna go on a date sometime?" Marinette blurted out, but once she found out what she blurted out, her face once again went red.

"I'd love to," Adrien said as he got an idea. "Ooh, why don't we do a movie night at my place? Tonight at 7:30?" Marinette responded by kissing his cheek.

"I'd love to," Marinette said as Adrien changed back into Chat Noir.

"See ya then, m'lady," Chat Noir said as he used his staff to exit the rooftop. "I HOPE YOU LIKE ANIME!" Marinette can't help but wave back at him as he lept off to the distance as Tikki floats up to Marinette's head level.

"I'm surprised you're taking this well," Tikki wondered about Marinette's sudden infodump.

"Oh no, my mind's processing what just happened. I think I'm gonna head back home, take a nap, and then head over," Marinette said as she continued to wave.

"And there it is," Tikki said, knowing this is gonna change everything from now on.