As I remember when the episode Safari came out, it was on 10/31/22 on Halloween. Therefore I needed a setting that takes place after the defeat of Safari. Especially when it comes to Mister Bug and Lady Noire. My co-writer wanted this one, so we wrote this.
Characters belongs to (c) Zag.
It was the second time they switched miraculous to defeat Safari but Mister Bug's lucky charm was too easy without revealing his identity to his lady as a hint. Although he finds it strange with her that the influence of the suit makes her act more like Cat Noir. He read that female cats are sometimes more dangerous than the males. That got him a little worried.
Although maybe she was being overprotective of him like a mother cat would do for her kittens.
"You sure you feel okay, milady?" Mister Bug asked.
"Why wouldn't I? It must be the feline instinct. Or maybe I just forgot what being a cat feels like." Lady Noire talks too fast out of anxiety pressure.
"Clearly it is," Mister Bug said.
Lady Noire laughed awkwardly, "I'm still me! Change can be scary at times!" She stammered.
"It's like roles switched again. You also said I had a gorgeous face" Mister Bug pointed out.
"Did I say that?! No! I never said that! I must have been traumatized from the paralysis! Yeah, definitely!" Lady Noire trying to cover it up, "Oh, my ring is flashing! Meet you soon!" Lady Noire pole vaults out of here to avoid the question.
"See you soon, Catwoman" Mister Bug swung away.
Once hidden, Lady Noire detransformed and talked with Plagg, "I think I'm out of my mind! Impressing him messed it up!" Marinette hyperventilated.
"Calm down, Marinette! Keep it in check!" Plagg said.
"Don't tell me to calm down! He barely even understands me!" Marinette getting overwhelmed.
It was cut short when another Akuma victim was on the loose, causing civilians to scream at whatever they were running from.
"Plagg! Claws out!" She transformed back to Lady Noire.
She didn't realize she wasted her time that she forgot to give the miraculous back but she assumed Mister Bug heard the scene too.
The city was being turned into scary buildings like haunted houses, graveyards, cemeteries, and even mad science labs. The people were becoming the classic Halloween monsters that looked so real, they would feast on living beings.
"Too early for trick or treat!" Mister Bug dodged a pumpkin being thrown at him by a Jack O'Lantern who instantly grew its head back.
"No candy to give out! This is completely insane!" Lady Noire said before jumping in fright from the spiders.
"No kidding, milady!" Mister Bug spins his yo-yo.
"Worse than going into haunted houses at carnivals! MEEOOOWWW!" Lady Noire jumped in fright again like a scaredy cat by ghosts laughing like maniacs.
"Now where is the akuma?" Mister Bug looks around frantically.
"God almighty! This is becoming a horror movie, bugaboy!" Lady Noire whacks the spiders away.
"Yeah! And I'd hate it if vampires come to drain our blood!" Mister Bug knocks some zombies away.
"They don't come out in daylight! Whoa! Hey! I never run from dogs!" Lady Noir whacks the werewolf aside.
"If only I had a bone to play fetch!" Mister Bug said.
"There you are, costumed freaks! Hand over your miraculous so I can get my contest running again!" The akumatized victim appeared as a mad scientist, "Call me Doctor Horror!" He cackled.
"Oh yeah?! Where's your PhD for that?!" Lady Noire glared.
"Right here!" Doctor Horror shot a laser at her.
"WATCH OUT!" Mister Bug shouted but too late.
"Agh!" Lady Noire got hit and sent against the lamppost, "GRRRRRRRR!" She let out a furious beastly roar before nearly transforming into something between a feline and a woman altogether. She looks at her hands and clawed paws burst the gloves. She grew even taller with a tail sprouting out, her face becoming feline.
"Milady!" Mister Bug exclaimed.
Her behavior was making her dangerous and feral like she couldn't control herself when in the beast form of a werecat.
"Oh, shit!" Mister Bug swung out of here to avoid her attacks.
"Find that pest now!" Doctor Horror commanded her.
"HRRRRGH!" Were-Noire ran after Mister Bug.
"Out of my way!" Mister Bug pushed through the zombies who were too slow.
"RAWR!" Were-Noire roared as she ran on all four.
"Goddamn it!" Mister Bug knew he couldn't fight her like that, never in a million years, "Please give me something useful!" He drew his yoyo for a lucky charm.
A laser pointer to help confuse cats with an irresistible emotional need, "A laser pointer? Perfect" He jumped up a building as Were-noire approached.
It wouldn't be much trouble for her indirect help to chase after the red dot but also fight her way through the crowd of monsters.
"Sorry about this Milady Noire but it's for your own good!" Mister Bug knew she wouldn't remember anything after this was all over, "Here kitty! Come here! You wanna play cat and bug, here I am!"
"MEOW!" Were-Noire chased the laser dot.
"Follow the dot" Mister Bug saw her falling for her emotional need.
He needed her help to get through these monsters getting in the way.
WereNoire may look feminine in werecat form but her feral behavior made her more dangerous if she attacked anything.
"RAAAAWR!" She claws down a Frankenstein's monster.
Going to the vampires, zombies, and even werewolves. Neither of them was a match for her. Until one who was oddly familiar to her and she looked pissed to see a resemblance of Lila as a werewolf.
It angered WereNoire so much to remember Lila's twisted lies to hurt people, even ruining her life to almost endangering Ladybug and Cat Noir.
When it comes to werecreatures, they would always fight each other like in the movies. Mister Bug is confused as to why his lady chooses to fight another were-creature until realizing it's Lila. It's like wolves and big cats fighting for leadership but this was no dominance, this was aggression and a grudge.
"GRRRRR!" She bared her teeth.
"Crap. Milady, focus! Focus on me!" Mister Bug tries to get her attention but Were-Noire doesn't listen and chases the werewolf.
"Damn it! She chooses an opponent to fight!" Mister Bug thought the lucky charm was for her but it was meant for something else, "What would Ladybug do?" He thought.
He needed to think fast but then the supervillain showed up and he shot with his monocle on victims to become monsters. Mister Bug spots a water gun at the store for the upcoming summer stuff and paints buckets.
"Got it" Mister Bug smirked and rushed down to get them and to save his partner, "Hold on, Milady! I'm coming!" He grabbed as much paint as he could get.
Even for ammo, it would be harmless but with the laser pointer for it, he shouldn't miss his target to aim at the villain, "Perfect. Now to get into action" He runs out with the modified water gun.
Were-Noire was still chasing the werewolf like a mad cat. Her memory of getting expelled by Lila was the only rage she had.
"RAAAWR!" She pounced at the werewolf.
The werewolf Lila howled and fought like crazy with her. With all her fury, Were-Noire strikes at her with her claws. Wrapping her tail around her neck to immobilize her.
"I hate girls fighting for a guy. That villain is the only thing to defeat and get everything back to normal" Mister Bug said before knowing he has less than 5 minutes before he transforms back and loses his lucky charm.
He targets Doctor Horror, "I got only a few shots at this" Then he fires blue paint at the monocole, preventing Doctor Horror from blasting more people.
"Agh! My eyes! I can't see!" Doctor Monocle exclaimed.
"Milady! Go!" He used the laser pointer to lure Were-Noire away from Werewolf Lila.
She eventually doesn't know what she's doing but she tackles Doctor Horror which the red dot was pointed at, causing the monocle to fall off.
"Agh! Get off! No! My monocle!" The villain exclaimed.
"Gotcha!" Mister Bug catches it and breaks it to get the Akuma.
"No more monsters for you, Akuma!" Mister Bug swung his yo-yo to catch it.
Once purifying it he released it, "Bye butterfly. Miraculous Mister Bug!" He tossed his lucky charm.
Swarms of magical ladybugs flew everywhere to fix the damage caused by Doctor Horror. Everyone was turned back, even Lady Noire to human form. Lila doesn't remember at all but she did make a lie to the person who got akumatized, which obviously backfired but no one else noticed it was her cause.
"Huh? How did I? Mister Bug?" Lady Noire rushed to him.
"Lady Noire! Thank goodness!" Mister Bug hugged her.
The de-akumatized person was simply a goth teenage boy with a dull attitude and his object was simply an eye contact kit.
"What happened?" He groaned.
"You were akumatized but this should protect you" Mister Bug gave him a charm protection.
"Wait, I thought I was the only one to do that?" Lady Noire said.
"I suppose your miraculous upgrade can do the same for other holders too" Mister Bug shrugged.
"So what happened that got you so worked up?" Lady Noire asked.
"Someone made a hurtful gossip. Pathetic gossipers always trying to criticize my horror comics that I haven't published yet. It almost sounded like someone tried to lie to my fans. Whoever it was, it sounded like this person really wanted to make me feel hurt to get me akumatized" The goth civilian explained.
"Lila!" Lady Noire frowned.
"Uhhh….thanks for the explanation. We'll remember to be on the lookout. Bye!" Mister Bug said before dragging Lady Noire out of there.
x
After returning each other's miraculous, Ladybug asked why Cat Noir was behaving like this and why he dragged her out from the scene.
"Yes, I know. Lila is a pathological liar. But we can't say it out loud in public or they will think we are the bad guys. Especially she's working for the Gabriel brand" Cat Noir said, who just cataclysm the billboard of the Alliance Rings of herself since he needed to get his anger out.
"You have no idea how much she destroyed your princess' life," Ladybug said.
"Yes, I get it. I still remember she tricked me during the Oni Chan incident which took me this long that you were right that she's dangerous. But we got no proof to expose her. Trust me, milady. She's extremely manipulative too and if we want to expose her, we have to wait for the right moment" Cat Noir said, knowing how well how much he tried to wait for his moment to speak up against his father but failed constantly.
"I just hope we won't be too late," Ladybug said.
"We won't. We are still kids, milady. At least there's no such thing as Superhero licenses for saving the day like all the time. We don't choose that, Paris chooses us to save the day" Cat Noir said.
"You're right, Kitty. Since when did you grow up from being a kitten?" Ladybug said.
"Well I learned from experience," Cat Noir said.
"Don't grow up too fast. That is if Monarch ever tries to be a real grownup adult himself, stealing candy from a baby isn't one of them" Ladybug said.
"Even though his time is running out," Cat Noir said.
"As much as I did not like his madness but cataclysming himself was very wrong of him to traumatize you. He's a monster" Ladybug said.
"An irredeemable one. But I'm just glad your feral instincts as a werecat did make you chew on the people" Cat Noir said.
"They do say a lioness is more dangerous than a male," Ladybug said.
"Since you don't remember, you were fighting a werewolf Lila. It was as if she is in control of everything but you want to fight for leadership. Like wolves and even big cats like lions" Cat Noir said.
"I guess I beat her good," Ladybug said.
"Yes, well, my miraculous ladybug cure fixed everything. Neither of you remember fighting each other. Man, these akumas are exhausting me so much. It's like if Monarch never sleeps at all for a few weeks ever since he's got all the miraculous" Cat Noir groans in frustration.
"I agree," Ladybug said.
"We need sleep too. This morning was like hell for me without my previous catnaps" Cat Noir said.
"Me too. See you later" Ladybug kissed his cheek before leaving.
Cat Noir nearly purred but quickly left since he'd never seen his lady act like she was into him. She made it clear to herself many times she was not in love with him. But he took it as a thank you from her.
x
The next day at school, Adrien tries hard to impress Marinette but whenever he does, it's as if Marinette is avoiding him. But he wasn't giving up so easily. Even at the Wax Museum, he gets interrupted by an Akuma villain, but he still keeps trying. He did learn the hard way to let go of Ladybug's obsession since there's no point in claiming her love when she confessed many times she's not in love with him. He learned that he can't control Ladybug's decisions the same way his father can't always make decisions for his son because it only causes too much pressure and anxiety.
"Well Marinette, trying you won't be easy," Adrien thought.
And of course, Lila was getting on his nerves every day and he still hasn't forgotten what she did to Marinette. Therefore, he can no longer be her friend if she constantly lies so much to the point it makes him very annoyed and irritated.
"Not her again" He saw her coming.
"Oh, Adrien, it was a nightmare yesterday. I was turned into an old hag and thought Ladybug would save me" Lila made a lie.
"How can you remember that? Nobody remembered what they were turned into" Adrien firmly replied.
"Maybe I was the only one to remember it" Lila lied.
"I don't want to hear any more of your lies. If you can't be honest, don't say anything to attract me. Your lies and made-up stories don't attract me ever" Adrien puts her hand off his shoulder, "Don't forget, I'm no model anymore"
Lila scowled that her lies didn't work on him, "Marinette is the liar" Lila accused.
"Don't ever use Marinette as a scapegoat for the problems you created yourself. I gave you multiple chances to become a better person but instead, you say everything I say against me. This is why you got no real friends" Adrien glared.
"Watch me, Adrien!" Lila threatened.
"If you ever hurt Marinette again, you hurt me too. Life is not a competition, Lila. I don't cheat or lie to have a better life, I make peace with it. So does Marinette too. So stay away from Marinette" Adrien said before heading upstairs to get to his classroom.
He doesn't understand why his father chooses her to model without his consent, "No talents, no nothing and she's hired. Outrageous" He thought while entering.
His inner feline anger always gets him worked up, especially as Cat Noir he's always very overprotective of his princess.
Marinette was in her seat, drawing what Mister Bug described about her as a werecat. She couldn't believe she actually become a feral beast. No memory of it but she hoped she didn't hurt anyone, especially her bugaboy.
"What's that?" Alya noticed the drawing.
"A werecat" Marinette replied.
Adrien knew he couldn't bother Marinette too much and he knew how stammering she gets whenever he was near her.
"Really? That's what Lady Noire was turned into" Alya said.
"And fighting a werewolf as in she was fighting for territory," Marinette said.
"Okay, class. Today we are here for exams. I hope you studied well. And alliances ring off, please. It may be cool to play with but exams first. You can get to play with them until the end of class" Miss Bustier said and they all did as they were told.
"I just hope no one in here becomes a werecat" Marinette whispered to Alya.
Adrien was very annoyed with the alliance rings have the avatars of Lila and himself. It felt as if his image was a lie by what it says that isn't actually him. Especially commanding the avatars to do things to entertain, it felt as if it was making fun of Adrien's body image.
"The indignity to use my face against my will," Adrien thought as he began doing his schoolwork.
After the lesson, Adrien heads to the boys' bathroom to be alone but Nino insists he is there for him.
"Dude, why aren't you wearing one?" Nino asked.
"Nino, please. I retired from my modeling and I just don't feel like wearing one" Adrien said, not wanting to hear any more about the Alliance rings.
"Okay if you insist" Nino shrugs.
"I'm just not comfortable with all my faces everywhere on the Alliance rings" Adrien made his point.
"I see. Luckily that Lila isn't on them" Nino said.
"She enjoys this more than anyone and I am not one of them," Adrien said.
"I take it you're still upset about what she did to Marinette" Nino guessed.
"Of course I am. She became a thorn in my side" Adrien leaves the bathroom.
"Things can't get any worse," Adrien thought.
Marinette was by herself, trying to avoid Lila. Honestly, she hopes Alya could do better than to believe every word from Lila's mouth.
"I won't stand another frameup from her," Marinette said.
"And we won't" Adrien startled her.
"Ah! Jeez! Please don't sneak up on me like that. Wait! Why are you here?" Marinette asked.
"Just making sure Lila doesn't give you a hard time again," Adrien said.
"Since when did you get protective of me? No offense but a certain alley cat does the same for me and now you" Marinette stammered.
"I'm on your side Marinette. That Lila made me uncomfortable when I was a model you know" Adrien said.
"She's done more than enough" Marinette said.
"Karma will strike back at her. I don't know when but she can't always believe she's on top of everyone and everything. Life is not a competition" Adrien said.
"It's not. But I just can't believe the teachers and principal take her side than me. And you, you told me to take the high road!" Marinette ranted.
"Okay! Okay! I was stupidly wrong and I messed it up. I just thought people could change but now I see she's becoming worse just like Chloe is. I just don't like judging people like you guys did to Chloe. But seeing the reality check, it made me learn the hard way" Adrien confessed how wrong he was because he only wanted what he wanted for them but it's not what they wanted.
"Apology accepted, Adrien. Even though seeing the good in people doesn't mean they will change. We have to accept what they are. Lila is unchanged and always follows her own fantasy instead of lessons or advice" Marinette said.
"I just hope she does learn," Adrien said.
"Adrien, change only happens when life changes them. Moving forward and putting the past behind, that's what changes mean" Marinette said before taking her leave.
Adrien sighed and headed the opposite way. Although she does give great advice but instead, he doesn't listen to how she feels by nearly almost expelled. Trauma is much worse than having a person's feelings hurt. There's a difference between getting hurt mentally and physically.
"I'm such an idiot" Adrien mumbled.
x
Later, Marinette thought Adrien was being too perfect all the time just to please his father but there are times he just wants to be himself. He's never been bullied or tormented like herself and that's something he doesn't understand. She knows he has seen how Chloe has treated her and her friends but he doesn't see the pain in people's eyes or body language. Sooner or later he'll end his friendship with Chloe permanently. She heard a tap on her trapdoor and she knew her kitty would stop by whenever he felt lonely.
"Hello Princess" He greeted her.
"Hey Cat Noir" Marinette let him in.
"Puuuuurrrrrr" He purred and nuzzled near her neck.
"Jeez, lonely this much?" Marinette could see he needed attention.
"I'm having this emotional need," Cat Noir said.
"Aww….my poor kitty. Was the scary Halloween town too much for you?" Marinette scratched his chin.
"Yeaaah" He closed his eyes nuzzling on her.
"Tell me what's bothering you so much?" Marinette asked.
"Well, I feel responsible for nearly putting Ladybug in danger during the Oni Chan incident. It's like I never seen Lila has the intention to not show remorse if Ladybug was killed by a villain" Cat Noir said.
"She's never honest," Marinette said.
"I just thought she craved attention but instead her lies can hurt people. My princess, it made me feel so overprotective of you, even your charming model prince too" Cat Noir meowed in sadness.
"You are my knight in shining leather" Marinette comforted him.
"But I can see you feel distant from your charming prince. Why? Did he do something to you?" Cat Noir said.
"Curiosity will kill you this time," Marinette said.
"Satisfaction always brings it back from my grave. Please tell me, princess" Cat Noir begged.
"Okay, fine. It's just Adrien barely grew up without school life because he was homeschooled. He's never been bullied by anyone all his life because he was a model and everyone adored him. There are times he thinks bad people like Chloe can change but he doesn't know everything about them. There are always shades of grey in this world he doesn't see. I don't blame him but I feel bad for him that he never had a life outside the mansion his whole life until he did last year when starting school" Marinette explained.
"Sometimes it takes time for people to see someone's true colors," Cat Noir said, "Lila made me realize I can't trust her, after what she did to prevent me from helping my partner"
"Which means she was manipulating you with her fake charm. Lots of bad people do that. There are times we can't force them to change. Without reason, without heart, it destroys everyone" Marinette said.
"Princess, Adrien may have been wrong about his high road advice but there will come a time when he will understand. You can't make him see that, only he himself will. Like he can't see his father making so many decisions for him. Give him a chance, please. He came this through life because of you" Cat Noir said.
"I'll try" Marinette replied.
"If Lila does something way too far, then it would be the right moment to expose her" Cat Noir said.
"I hope so, Cat Noir," Marinette said, petting his head.
"Puuuuuurrrrrrrrr" He purred in happiness.
"Good kitty," She said while petting him.
"I'm a very wild cat you know" Cat Noir flirted.
"I beg to differ," Marinette said.
"And why is that?" Cat Noir nuzzled her.
"Because you're a gentle cat too," Marinette said.
"Meow, my lovely puuurrrrincess is growing claws" Cat Noir purred.
"You're too cute" Marinette giggles.
"Now then, after all that trick or treating milady and I did, I just hope you don't turn into a werewolf. It's my job to be the nocturnal cat" Cat Noir said.
"I hope I won't, I would end up hurting anyone as a beast," Marinette said.
"And we won't. As much as I love to be out there for Halloween, I hope Monarch doesn't try anything to become a nightmare for Halloween. Zombizhou and Sandboy as I remember was definitely like a nightmare of Halloween" Cat Noir kissed her forehead.
"It sure was," Marinette said.
Cat Noir then said his goodbyes to his princess and leaped from the rooftops to the next ones. The duo continues to work together against Monarch while his time is running out in the world.
