At Marinette's House...
After a long walk around Paris, Marinette finally came back home from the sleepover she'd had with all of her friends. Her parents were so happy to see her home, but she quickly marched up to her room and got started on something that has been bugging her all morning.
Going for a walk helped her figure out some things about Midoriya and his quirk.
One for All.
She jotted down some things that seemed to make sense, and then pinned them up next to each other on a cork board. Somehow she went from seeing an image of man with silvery white hair to seeing a few others behind him as well. People that seemed to have had the quirk way before Midoriya. Even before this AllMight guy he's mentioned before.
Marinette just jotted down some things about it and possibly a quirk she might've come across. She'd been doing this for the passed few hours, and her parents were wondering what she was up to.
Once the sun was setting, everyone had realized no one had seen Marinette since this morning. Midoriya was worried about her since his quirk might've freaked her out.
"Maybe we should go over there. You know, make sure she's okay," Ashido said to them, knowing it might be because of something else.
Ashido kept an eye on Adrien and Jirou, but mostly Adrien. He looked really worried about her, Marinette is his partner after all.
"I agree with Mina," Adrien said, "Whatever she saw this morning, it's obviously bugging her."
Uraraka couldn't help but laugh at the unintended pun.
"Maybe some of us should stay behind. I don't think her parents would want so many people coming over. Not after what happened last time," Todoroki said to his friends.
"Shouto's got a point," Zoe agreed, "Besides, I should head back home. Chloe's going to go at me about staying here overnight, but I don't want my stepfather worrying about me."
"I would go over there to see her, but my parents are probably worried about me as well," Alya said to them, "Adrien, can you please go check on her for me?"
Adrien felt that. It hurt a little, but he knew she didn't mean anything by it. She was just worried about her friend is all.
He looked at Jirou and wondered if she wanted to come. She held his hand, but something about the way Ashido was looking at her told her to stay here in the school. She smiled at him and let go of his hand.
"You go see her. I'll stay here," Jirou said to him, "She's still Ladybug after all."
Adrien was surprised she wouldn't come, but smiled back at her anyway.
"Alright, is anyone else coming with me?" Adrien asked all of them, "We should probably keep it down to at least three or four people going."
Ashido stood instantly, for some reason, staring daggers at him.
"I'll go," She said.
"I think I should go since she might still be freaking out over my Miraculous," Midoriya said as he stood up.
"I'm a little worried too, so I'll come with you," Kirishima said to them.
Sato was about to say something, but then sat back down clearly upset.
"Aww... I wanted to go check on her too..." Sato pouted.
"Oh please, you just want to try out some of her dad's baked goods," Ashido said to him, "Maybe I'll get some macarons on the way there for everyone."
"Please hello for me, oui!" Aoyama said as they headed out together.
Uraraka wanted to go with Midoriya, but she knew Marinette would be okay. She looked back at Jirou and noticed the look on her face when Adrien left. The look she gave him was so gentle, like she wanted him to stay. With her.
"Kyouka's falling for Adrien... This can't be good..."
Outside Marinette's house...
It didn't take long to get to Marinette's house since the school was right there next to it. Adrien took the lead as Ashido, Midoriya and Kirishima walked across the street to get to her house. Once they entered the Bakery Shop, they were all greeted with open arms.
"Adrien! How's it going?" Tom asked him, "We hope you're doing okay after what happened with your--"
"Tom!" Sabine interrupted, "Sorry about him. He's still new to what happened recently."
Adrien looked down at the floor, not sure how to feel at the moment when they brought up his father. But that wasn't why he was here.
"I'm sorry to barge in like this unannounced, but me and my friends are here to see Marinette," Adrien told them as he waved over to his friends.
Marinette's parents started to freak out when they realized his friends were the heroes in training.
"Oh my gosh, it's you!" Tom cried as he shook hands with Midoriya.
Midoriya felt like backing a bit once Tom had let go of his hand, a sweat drop forming on his forehead.
"Uh, yeah... We've met before..." Midoriya said reminding them, "We're friends with Zoe."
"Yes, but you also helped Ladybug and Cat Noir defeat HawkMoth!" Sabine cried, but less in his face about it, "We're so thankful for what you kids have done for us."
Midoriya, Ashido and Kirishima all felt proud of themselves and stood tall. Adrien's smile widened to see Marinette's parents so happy. He always felt so much whenever he came here to get some macarons or to visit Marinette.
"Before we leave, do you think I could get some macarons to bring back to our friends?" Ashido asked them, "They really love them! Especially Sato!"
Tom eyes lit up, and he grabbed more than a dozen macarons and put them in a fancy box.
"I'm so glad you all love these so much! Take all of these, on the house!" He said with excitement and gave them all to Ashido in a bag.
Ashido looked so stunned to see how many he gave her and tried to give them back.
"Bu-But, I can't take these without paying for them!" Ashido said to him.
"Nonsense, after all you guys did for Paris. It's the least I can do," Tom said with pride, "Please take them and say hi to Sato for me as well."
Ashido smiled at him and accepted the bag of macarons.
"Thank you, sir," Ashido said as she gave him a respectful bow.
"We actually came here to see Marinette," Adrien said to them, "We haven't heard from her in a while, is she okay?"
Sabine and Tom looked at each other, and then back at her friends. They all had worried looks on their faces, which made Adrien and the others feel like running up there to check on her.
"We haven't seen her since this morning when she came home from your sleepover," Sabine explained to them, "She said she was busy with a school project, so we didn't want to bug her."
Adrien looked at his friends and knew they had to check on her.
"Do you mind if we go up to her room?" Adrien asked them.
"Of course not, go right ahead," Sabine said as she let them pass through the Bakery Shop and up to their Living Room.
Once they made their way up, Adrien walked up to her bedroom door and knocked on her door with his friends behind him.
"Sorry mom, I'm still busy with a school project!" Marinette yelled through the door.
"Marinette, it's Adrien!" Adrien yelled behind the door, "Me, Mina, Izuku and Eijiro are here to see you."
There was silence for a moment, and then they could all here her running around. They could hear her talking to Tikki about cleaning up the posters on her wall and cleaning up anything else before they headed inside her bedroom. Adrien couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous Marinette was when it came to her having company over.
After a few minutes of waiting by her bedroom door, Marinette finally opened it up. She looked little out of sorts, with her dark blue hair falling out of her ponytails.
"He-Hey guys! Sorry about that! My room is a mess," Marinette said, still out of breath, "I've been, uh... busy with stuff..."
They walked into her bedroom, forgetting how big her room was without all of their friends around to crowd it up. Marinette ran over to a cork board and started looking over some stuff she had already put up on it. She had note cards, different colored pens and post its all over it.
Midoriya caught his eye on one of them saying, One for All has multiple quirks.
He looked at the others, and he noticed them staring at the cork board. They all watched Marinette with her tongue sticking out as she put another post it up saying, Quirk: Black Whip?
"This is what she's been doing all this time?" Kirishima asked them, "Just jotting stuff down on a cork board."
"Bu-But it's not just anything, it's my quirk," Midoriya explained to them quietly, "Something happened when she touched my Miraculous."
"What do you think of this, Adrien?" Ashido asked him.
Adrien looked back at Marinette, watching her write down on a note card that was already put up on the cork board. Now that he knew that she was Ladybug, it was hard to see her doing stuff like this. Then he remembered something, Marinette is the Guardian of the Miraculous.
"You know, Ladybug is the Guardian of the Miraculous," Adrien explained to them, "Maybe somehow, Marinette has a some strange connection to your Miraculous. I mean, it is very different from the rest of the Miraculous."
Midoriya eyes widened and looked back at Marinette once more. She was still going at it with the cork board.
Midoriya walked up to his friend, hoping she'd slow it down a bit with whatever she was planning on doing.
"Marinette, maybe you should take a break," Midoriya said to her, "I mean, you've been doing this all day. I don't want you going at this just to help me out with my Miraculous."
"Bu-But, Izuku! Your Miraculous, it glowed," Marinette explained, "I've never seen any Miraculous glow like that before! And, these people! I saw people that had this power before you!"
Midoriya felt his heart skip a beat for a second there once she'd mentioned the predecessors. He knew she saw the first holder, but he didn't even see the others in his dream that night.
"Wait a minute, Marinette. You saw all of them?" He asked her.
For a moment, she stopped what she was doing and turned to Midoriya. She had a serious look on her face that even got through to Adrien.
"Yes, I did."
Another amazing chapter!
Well this was fun to write. Marinette is onto something with Midoriya's Miraculous! Somehow she felt something when she got near Midoriya's Miraculous and figured out some stuff about it. And she didn't even touch it! She saw of the predecessors of One for All! Adrien and the others can finally find out what's going on with his quirk!
What's going to happen next??
More to come soon!
