11/06/24
19 Reviews, 11 Favs, 13 Follows
Panthera informed Blu Tembo and Ladybug that they reached Colombia but only to visit the town for Adrien to get treatments from her friend. Ladybug was relieved that they made it to Colombia and so was Blu Tembo too. Right now, Adrien still needs to regain his mental human behavior before he's ready to head back to Paris, he just needs more time to himself and not let akumas scare him or worse, let out his inner beast to fight something dangerous.
"I did teach him about survivalists and all but he belongs in Paris. At the same time, he feels angry and scared to face his father again" Luna explains to Rosa, her miraculous guardian.
"I understand, Luna" Rosa said.
"The problem is that whenever he transforms into Cat Noir, his primitive behavior is very feral. It's like a miraculous holder has to have a perfectly stable mental mind. Like Shadowmoth for example is insane to use the miraculous for evil and personal gain. Adrien is nothing like that" Luna said.
"He still needs to tame him. Cat Noir doesn't exist without him" Rosa said.
"I've tamed the man but not the beast in him," Luna said.
"These four months in the jungle affected him greatly. And I've done my part in helping his normal self" Luna said.
"But taming his alter ego will be a challenge," Rosa said.
"I think I know how to calm his mind. Do you have the head massager thing?" Luna asked.
"Yes, he's going for his massage right now," Rosa said.
"Let's hope his massage appointment can clear his mind off in paradise," Luna said.
"We'll see," Rosa said.
With Adrien, he was like in heaven already since his body was under a lot of stress. The massage therapist gently massaged his back. The poor boy really went through a lot and the therapist used an excellent chiropractor technique to pop joints. Adrien closed his eyes as he enjoyed it. Even the soothing music and aroma candles helped him well.
"I'm in heaven," He thought.
His father never gives him any special treatment at all in that isolated mansion. Only Nathalie can whenever his father is always busy with everything. And this felt much different at Rosa's mansion.
He flips over so the therapist can do his arms and hands. While the therapist did so, Adrien had his eyes half closed. Staring at the starry ceiling while thinking about how he's gonna try to tame his Cat Noir form. He knew it wasn't gonna be easy. And his favorite princess; how is she doing without her favorite knight in leather armor?
x
Back in Paris, Marinette was on her balcony, thinking about Cat Noir when he came to visit her as her normal self. Even on those nights, he would always come here whenever there were no akumas or anything to do as a superhero, he would always feel lonely and would always choose her to talk to. As always, he likes the attention from her like an alley cat begging for love and affection.
"Wherever you are Cat Noir, I just want to tell you how very sorry I am" Marinette slumps on her chair.
"Good evening, my princess. Your favorite Kitty in leather shining armor misses you" The flashback of Cat Noir flirted.
"Good evening my cat prince" Flashback Marinette walks up to him.
"Wild strays always come back for love and cat food. Meow" Flashback Cat Noir kissed her back palm.
"They sure do" Flashback Marinette scratched his chin.
The bluenette giggled at that memory of her kitty being silly and annoying with his cat puns.
She hugged a cat plushie she got the other day, "I miss you so much, Kitty" Tears ran down her cheeks, showing how much she missed her knight and partner.
Suddenly, a giant baby akumatized again and Blu Tembo was trying to calm him down without fighting him. Gigantitan was always sometimes easy to beat since Shadowmoth doesn't get creative in akumatizing someone older than a toddler because toddlers are way too young with fewer experiences and knowledge.
"Whoa, whoa! Look at me, big guy! Come here! I'm like your singing Angel!" Blu Tembo blows his horn for soothing music to calm Gigantitan down from nearly destroying the buildings with his baby tantrum.
Gigantitan wailed some more, "GUMMI!"
"Hmmmm… Aha!" Blu Tembo tried a tune for a lullaby he used for his sister as a baby.
He starts to play the tune of Pop Goes the Weasel to Gigantitan. Ladybug arrived at the scene, even though her lucky charm was simply a blow horn replica of Blu Tembo which obviously meant he was the solution for it.
"I think I have to play with him" She guessed and played along with him.
Gigantitan listened to the tune and started to yawn. The heroes can see he's getting very sleepy and once that happens, they'll break the bracelet containing the Akuma. Ladybug did so to break the giant bracelet to let the Akuma out of it.
"Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug caught it and purified it, "Bye bye little butterfly" She released it.
Gigantitan detransformed and Blu Tembo caught August and cradled him to calm him down, "A late-night craving, huh? That explains his tantrum" Blu Tembo said.
"Yeah. And it appears you have a good hand with babies" Ladybug said.
"Thanks. When it comes to being a big brother, I know a thing about how to handle baby siblings" Blu Tembo explained.
"I see. Anyway, I got to do this. MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" She tossed her horn to repair the damage.
August stared at the magic ladybugs, "Gummi!"
"Now, let's get you to your mommy," Blu Tembo said.
Ladybug held out her fist for him, "Pound it"
"Heh, pound it" He fistbumped with her.
x
Back in Colombia, Panthera can see how calm the French model teen is doing. The only problem left is for him to transform into Cat Noir so he can have both lives back to normal.
"You have to let him out, gatito. Cat Noir doesn't exist without you. He's part of you and you are part of him. Ladybug needs her kitty back" Panthera said.
"It's not that, this miraculous holds the power of destruction. One time I accidentally cataclysm an android in New York and it scared me so much" Adrien shuddered at how scary it was for him in New York.
"Everyone has destructions in life, gatito. Even you. Black cats are a symbol of bad luck, although they do symbolize good luck in some countries, such as ancient Egypt. Black cats can also symbolize protection, compassion, and growth" Panthera said.
"I just hope the feral-ness isn't too much" Adrien looks at his ring.
"Think of Ladybug, think of the times you remember as the old Cat Noir who always aids his lady in Akuma battles," Panthera said.
"I'll try," Adrien said and then closed his eyes, focusing, "Plagg….claws out" And he transformed in front of Panthera.
"Easy, gatito. Easy. Focus on me" Panthera instructed him.
Cat Noir hissed like a cat, acting like his namesake again.
"No hissing. Nice kitty, be a good kitty" Panthera tries to tame him, knowing that cats hiss when they are scared, angry, distressed, or annoyed when something bothers them.
"Grrrrrr" Cat Noir crawls on all fours.
"Come on, Adrien. Fight your animal behavior" Panthera said, holding a treat of cookies for him.
Cat Noir lunged for one cookie and ate it like a savage animal. Panthera facepalmed at how childish he was becoming. If he's going to be hissing instead of talking, perhaps she has to hiss back at him to get his attention.
And so she did one jaguar-hiss to put him into submission, "Stay down!"
Cat Noir nearly backs off before knowing how strong she is, "Yes, ma'am" He nearly spoke nervously.
"Good boy" Panthera smiled that he's got his attention, "Say your name," She said.
"Cat Noir" Cat Noir said.
"Are you a hero or a villain?" Panthera crawled on all fours to make him submit.
"I'm...a...hero" Cat Noir muttered.
"Good kitty. Are you an animal or are you the char-meowing prince in Paris?" Panthera asked him.
"The Charming Prince" Cat Noir remembers who he is all along.
"So you do remember?" Panthera saw how this was going.
"Most of them," Cat Noir said, nearly crawling on all fours.
"Ok good," Panthera said
Both stand up on two legs and Panthera tested Cat Noir's behavior on what makes him happy and what makes him angry, to see the difference between human and feral.
"Okay, Noir. What do you think about Ladybug?" She started.
He nearly growled a bit at that name, "She's always a leader all the time but she always finds a solution with her lucky charms"
"Yes, she does" Panthera nodded, "And what do you think about Shadowmoth?"
Cat Noir then growls at his name, "A monster to play with innocent victims as puppets"
"Correct. And this Chloe?" Panthera asked.
"A selfish brat that betrayed me and Ladybug when she sided with Hawk Moth over everything" Cat Nour growled at the mention of his childhood friend.
"Ok. And Marinette?" Panthera asked.
He accidentally lets out a happy purr at the mention of his princess who gives him more attention than his father, "She's my lovely princess" Cat Noir said.
"You seem to take an interest in the baker's daughter" Panthera can see by his reaction.
"She has suffered enough from Chloe and Lila. She's nothing like them" Cat Noir said.
"And your father" She asked him another question.
Cat Noir growled at the mention of him since he was the reason he got lost in the jungle, "A neglectful man who barely ever pays attention to his son"
"Yes. An evil one who hires merciless mercenaries" Panthera said.
"No, he just doesn't know the meaning of being average than everything for himself to be perfect. He's still my father who just changed into a cold man because I lost my mother" Cat Noir corrected her.
"Father or not, he is the reason he caused this to you, gatito. He sent you to Colombia for no reason and it led you to this. That's not what fathers do to their kids. I lost my father when I was 9, Adrien. Me and my older brother were raised by our single mother for years and she had a big responsibility as a mother to raise her important kids to come of age. Your father isolated you and yet shows some care for you but never respects the new life you are living in" Panthera explained what it means to have real responsible parents.
"It's a living when it comes to a wealthy family," Cat Noir said.
"Not all rich families are like that, gatito. And you're thinking rationally as a cat right now, talking to me instead of hissing at me" Panthera said.
"My mind tries to heal itself," Cat Noir said.
"Or perhaps you needed a person to talk to, to regain your human behavior. But other than that, you survived your way through the jungle without getting killed at a young age" Panthera said.
"Relying on instincts," Cat Noir said.
"Since you're talking, are you capable of controlling your cataclysm power without going crazy Wild like a panther?" Panthera asked while holding out a very worn-out pillow that was useless.
"I'll...try. Cataclysm!" Cat Noir destroyed the pillow as it exploded into feathers.
Nearly making him sneeze that he's allergic to feathers again, "Ahhh ahhhh!" He held a finger up his nose to prevent the sneeze.
"Even as the cat you still don't hunt birds but you hunt mice and fish," Panthera said, waving the feathers off herself.
"And drinking milk" Cat Noir added and detransformed back due to using his power, "No one can know that Cat Noir became feral like Adrien"
"True. Or there would be consequences if we returned early. Do you feel savage like a wild cat or not?" Panthera asked.
"Maybe a little bit. Cats are very territorial" Adrien said.
"Of course they are. Are you still the Cat's meow yet?" Panthera asked.
"I don't know," Adrien said.
"Cat Noir did grant you freedom, didn't he?" Panthera asked.
"He did," Adrien said.
"And you still need him as well as your lady needs him too," Panthera said.
Adrien sighs, still remembering Ladybug's harsh treatment.