Legend:

Zoenette October Ladybug! Marinette - Marinette

Zoenette October Bee! Zoe - Zoe

Doomed Black Cat! Marinette - Maria

Doomed Black Cat! Zoe - Zia

Kamikotized Queen of Hearts Marinette - Marissa

*Zoenette-October*

Zoe came into the dojo for her training session with Kagami to find Chat Noir squaring off to Lady Noire and Kitty Noire.

"What's going on here?" She asked Kagami and Chloe.

Chloe grabbed her hand and pulled her down next to her on the chair. Since her redemption, whenever Sabrina wasn't around Chloe would be very cuddly with her. She did not mind the change.

Kagami rolled her eyes at the sister's display. "Maria and Zia were worried just resting would rust their skills. So Adrien offered to spar with them."

Both the Kittens, as Zoe had come to think of them, charged Chat at once. He quickly separated his staff and parried both blows before effortlessly moving into a counterattack.

"Wow, he's really good." She praised as he ducked, weaved, and blocked every strike the two girls made at him.

"I trained him well." Nathalie smiled as she came in and sat in a chair neat Kagmai. "I'm still so surprised to know he's Chat Noir. I guess I should have seen the signs."

Chloe laughed. "I should have too. Some childhood friend I was."

Zoe shook her head. "You can't be blamed, Chloe. The Quantum Masking is meant to confuse human minds to make it harder to connect the dots. Once I knew without a doubt Marinette was Ladybug, it all snapped together and I was able to see I kind of knew it was her the entire time. I'm sure it was similar with Adrien for you."

Chat took a surprise kick from Maria but recovered quickly to swat Kitty on the backside for making a cheeky swipe at his eyes.

"He will pay for that later." Kagami noted. "If I don't punish him, Marinette and Maria surely will."

Zoe smirked. "If I got hit there in battle, Marinette would just offer to kiss it to make it feel better. Besides, Zia and Maria look way more motivated after that."

It was true, both girls had doubled their attack on Chat in response to that smack. But the more experienced hero was still fending them both off without much effort.

"Where is Marinette?" Chloe asked as the fight continued. "Usually, you got to pay good money to see a guy fight two girls like this at the same time."

"We call that a three-way, Chloe." Marinette said as she came in. "And given Zoe and I haven't even been tempted to invite Zia and Maria to anything, I doubt anything of the sort will happen."

Kagami winked at Marinette. "Besides, I have dibs if a three-way opens anyhow."

Chat had apparently heard this and the mental image of his girlfriend and the other two girls together was too much for the male hero. He turned his head to look at her when he got smacked by both staffs at once. Chat went down as Maria put her foot on his chest.

"Surrender, Agreste?" She asked him.

Chat winked at her. "I had a dream like this once."

She quickly jumped off him as he got up, laughing.

"I'm gonna hurt him!" Maria told Kagami.

"I'll help you." Kagami said in a deadpan voice.

Marinette chuckled. "Alright, that's enough, guys. Training is good, but don't overdue it. There is such a thing as too much training."

They nodded and took bottles of water offered by Nathalie. Once they were sitting down and cooling down, letting their kwamis descend upon a cheese platter, Zoe and Kagami got up.

"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Marinette asked Zoe. "As someone who has paused the timer and then held the magic, I can say it hurts pretty bad."

Zoe smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "I'm not going to hold it in front of a crowd like you were forced to do, my love. I'm just going to try and hold it a little longer when my timer runs out. See how long I can still give Kagami a run for her money while my timer is at zero."

"I understand. Just be careful. If you start to faint or feel dizzy, let Pollen go at once."

Zoe nodded as Pollen flew over to Marinette. "I will keep our queen safe, my Guardian."

"Thanks Pollen." Marinette gave the Kwmai a kiss.

Zoe and Kagami called for their transformations. Vesperia used Venom on a punching bag, starting her timer.

"Let's go."

She kicked off and launched herself at Ryuuko. The dragon hero launched herself into the air and kicked at her face. She threw herself to the side, landing on her hands. She brought herself around to swing a kick at Ryuuko from her handstand.

Ryuuko laughed and moved a small distance away, causing the kick to miss. She then came in, her hand moving in a punch at Veserpia's center. She flipped herself over Ryuuko and hit the dragon hero in the back with an elbow.

She heard a soft groan but there was no serious damage from the blow to Kagami.

"Not bad." She noted as Vesperia heard the last chirp of her timer.

The transformation started to come undone but Vesperia gathered her will and tried to stop it. For one moment, she felt the ebb of power slow. Then it pushed past her will and she was left as Zoe again on the matt.

"Wow, I didn't even last three seconds." She panted as she caught Pollen and handed her the prepared snack.

"It's fine, my queen." Pollen said. "A first try worthy of you. You got it to freeze. Many others just simply failed on their first try."

Zoe blushed in pride at her Kwami's words. "We will try again later. I want to do some practice without it for a bit."

Pollen nodded gratefully. "Thank you. Doing that is draining for me."

Zoe transformed again and she and Kagami returned to sparing. She only hoped this training would help in the battle to come.

*Zoenette-October*

Vesperia was fighting the Kittens an hour later.

As she blocked Maria's staff, she saw Marinette, Chloe, Alix, and Adrien locked into deep conversation. They had a map of the Louvre spread out on the floor and were pouring over it together.

"You sure about the location, Marinette?" Chloe asked her.

"Yes. I bet an Akumatized Bunnyx will plant it's item in the same place her future self slept for thousands of years."

Vesperia had to pull herself back into the fight as Zia barely missed her with a claw attack. She remembered being told about Time Tagger. She wondered how that was going to happen now Lila was in prison in Italy.

"Get your mind back in the fight," Ryuuko called. "A lapse of judgment against the Time Reapers could be deadly."

She nodded and tightened her focus as the Kittens came on.

*Zoenette-October*

Marinette would have been lying if she had said her eyes were not roaming to the fight between her other self and two versions of her beloved Zoe. She shook her head and looked at the map again.

Alix was taking a highlighter and running it down from the entrance to the place where Bunnyx had been frozen.

"This should be the shortest route, assuming that the layouts at the same."

That was a problem they had considered but they would be mad to not make some sort of attack plan.

"I don't like just two of us going in," Marinette admitted. "But we can only guarantee two will be safe through the entire fight, the two of us with our adult powers. I supposed we could Kamikotize a bull holder and give them unlimited uses of their powers."

"So, three." Adrien frowned. "Or maybe four. If Maria has her Butterfly."

"She has all the Miraculous from her world," Marinette confirmed. "We made sure of that, just in case. Still, we have no idea how many Time Reapers there are and how many we will need to fight to reach the item. If we break the item, the cure should undo all their damage."

"There is also the fact that only Marinette can safely unify multiple Miraculous at the same time." Chloe pointed out.

Marc came running into the dojo. "Marinette, I was going through the powers I can grant myself. I think I have figured out the puzzle."

He handed Marinette a small glass rose.

"What should I do with this?" She asked.

"Try to smash it. Adrien, is the floor secure?"

Adrien looked at the rose with doubt. "Sure, it can take a lot of punishment. Had to be sure we would not break it when this happened" He waved at the three girls decking it out with superpowers.

Marinette placed the rose on the ground and grabbed her shoe from it's cubby. She walked over and tried to smash the rose with her shoe. Nothing happened, the glass decoration was completely unharmed.

"Incredible," Chloe said, her mouth falling open.

Marc grinned proudly. "I chose the power of enchantment. I enchanted the Rose with the defense of Shellter and the resistance of Immunity. No magic or physical force can destroy this rose. What's more, when I hold it, it grants me the same protections. However, items of this power take a lot out of Orikko. I might be able to make three of them before the final battle. Plus, Orikko said the reason I could make these was our bond and my growth as a Rooster holder. Not just anyone would be able to replicate this."

"So, no need to merge Miraculous for those three." Marinette smiled. "Thank you, Marc. Can you have those three things to me by Saturday morning?"

He bowed. "Of course, Marinette. Can I go and get some of Orikko's favorite treats from your bakery? It will help her."

"No problem there, my parents know the Kwamis have access to whatever they need. If you don't want to out yourself, I can text them and say I'm using you as a courier."

He shook his head. "Nah, I trust your parents, Marinette. I'll go and get started. See you all later."

As Marc was leaving, Felix came in. "Felix." Adrien greeted. "Good to see you out of bed."

Felix approached them. "I heard the plan. Sounds like a good one. But you will want to make sure all three of the users have their full powers."

Marinette raised an eyebrow. "It's not that simple, Felix. Tikki has explained to me further how that works. You have to develop a magical organ that can create and use magic power. This is usually done when you're fully done, but can form under extreme stress too. Like multiple life or death situtions."

"I think it's possible. A Sentibeing that can foster maturity in a body. The body doesn't age or change, other than creating that intangible organ that is the source of power."

Marinette turned to Alix. "Is there a downside to this process? Would it take us off the proper time line?"

Alix took out her watch. "No, it would not remove us from the proper course of history for this time line." She looked at Felix. "I'm surprised you had a change of mind."

He shrugged. "I thought hard about it. I couldn't bring myself to go behind your back again, Marinette. I want to help but I want to do it above board."

Marinette sighed. "Alright. We can give it a try. Maria and I can merge our miraculous with the bulls. Adrien and two volunteers can use the protection rings."

The fighting stopped and Zoe and Zia ran over to them.

"If our partners are going…" They said in synch.

"That's distributing." Chloe groaned. "Double Zoe."

Marinette flicked her shoulder. Kagami was looking disappointed as she dropped her transformation.

"I'm sorry Kagami…" She started but Kagami shook her head.

"No, it makes sense. Zia and Maria need to be there. You and Adrien already have your full powers so it makes sense too. And I know how much Zoe wants to be there for you. So, I'll hope that Marc can make a fourth item, but if he cannot, I'll stand by in case you need a quick extraction."

Marinette smiled and hugged the other girl. "Thank you, Kagami."

Felix sighed. "It will take me a day to make things ready. Zia, Maria, and Zoe, come back here tomorrow at the same time and I'll help you obtain your full powers."

They departed for their homes. Marinette held tight to Zoe's hand on the way back.

"You're not going to try to talk me out of going?" Zoe asked her as they arrived at the hotel. Maria and Zia went in before them.

"No, wouldn't dream of it. Do I want you safe, yes. Do I understand that it not fair to ask you to stay safe while I risk my very existence, double yes." Marinette pulled her into a hug. "So we'll work together to save the multiverse."

Zoe had tears coming from her eyes. "I love you so much…"
"

I love you too. Come Saturday, assuming Felix is successful, we will face the Time Reapers together."

"Count on it. That Alix's better get ready. We are going to save them so hard."

They went up to Zoe's room to spend some precious alone time together. Marinette felt a great weight was finally being removed from her chest as a plan was finally put together.

A/N: And another day closer to Satuday! This chapter is a bit long because I accidentally wrote Day 22 twice. I decided to add the events from the first Day 22 to this chapter as nothing there contradicts this day. So here we are. I got up to Day 26 written, so the rest of the month is fluff writing. So hopefully by the weekend, I'll just need to do daily uploads. See you tomorrow!