Meanwhile with Midoriya and Class 1-A...

Class 1-A all stood up and blocked Midoriya so Gentle Criminal couldn't get to him. No one backed down as Monoma stood by their side. Hawks sat there, still a little banged up from the fight. He even lost a lot of feathers in the process, but he knew they'd grow back. Uraraka stood up, feeling the need to use her flute. She didn't know if she should use it for him or not, but it might help at some point.

"You're not getting any near him!" Yaoyorozu cried out as she got ready for him to go after Midoriya.

"There's no way we're losing to two circus freaks!" Bakugo growled at them.

Midoriya locked onto Gentle Criminal, knowing full well that things have changed between them. Something happened that made him do this. He clenched his fists, remembering what he told him. Something about it really bothered him, especially since he could understand what he's been through.

Before anyone could do anything to stop him, Gentle Criminal ran straight at them. La Brava stayed behind and cheered him on. He headed right for Bakugo, but jumped over him before he could launch an explosion. Bakugo watched him jump on air as he headed straight towards Midoriya. Everyone tried to stop him, but the spots where he jumped hit them back like a trampoline.

Uraraka stood her ground as he headed over to her. She got ready as she waited for the right time to use her zero gravity quirk. Then he stopped right in front of her, confusing her.

"Sorry, I don't want to hurt such a pretty lady such as yourself," Gentle Criminal said to her, "But please let me through. I must get that Miraculous."

Uraraka didn't move and carefully moved away from him. She was about to use her quirk on him, but he quickly made another translucent bubble of air. Before she knew it, she bounced across the field. She felt like the wind got knocked out of her, but quickly flipped back and skidded across the grass. She wiped her nose, feeling like it was broken.

"Ochaco!" Midoriya cried out as he tried to go after her.

He then felt Gentle Criminal grab him by the wrist and pin it behind his back. He felt One for All activate and kicked at Gentle Criminal to get away from him. He ended up kicking a bubble of air, causing his leg to bounce back at the ground. It felt like he hurt it pretty badly as he tried to get up.

Midoriya felt frustrated at him for even doing this, but he felt him kick at his knees. Midoriya felt himself collapse into the ground as he pushed him down. He couldn't help but laugh at how ironic this was.

"This is funny. I now have you pinned down just like you did with me not that long ago," Gentle Criminal said to him.

Midoriya gritted his teeth, feeling frustrated even more. He remembered that day very well, and all he wanted to do was make sure Eri had a good day. Now after defeating him, he was back and still doing the same thing he did before. Midoriya got angry and couldn't take it anymore.

"I thought you had changed..." Midoriya growled out, "You said that you would reconsider everything that you were doing. That's what you told me that day."

Gentle Criminal's eyes widened, and Midoriya tried to look at him as he held him down. His eyes looked angry as he stared him down.

"Why are you doing this?!" Midoriya cried out.

Gentle Criminal didn't respond to that right away. He just stood there as he looked into Midoriya's anger filled eyes. No one dared to move just in case he had a card up his sleeve or something like that. Even Uraraka didn't want to make things worse as he held Midoriya down.

"Why am I doing this...?" Gentle Criminal said back, clearly thinking it over.

"Don't listen to him, Gentle! You know why you wanted to do this! You wanted to make your quirk stronger!" La Brava cried out, "You said so yourself!"

"Yes..." Gentle Criminal mumbled as he looked down at Midoriya's Miraculous, "I'm sorry Midoriya, but this is why I'm here. To make my quirk stronger."

Gentle Criminal reached for his Miraculous, and Midoriya tried to break out of his grasp.

"N-No... You can't do this..." Midoriya growled out as he felt One for All flowing through him.

Uraraka ran over to him and tried to use her quirk on him. He noticed right away, but then she ended up running into the same spot where she got pushed away. She thought it was gone, but didn't even see it. She ended up bouncing back, but skidded across the field a lot more swiftly. Bakugo came in with a big explosion, but he ended up hitting his head onto another bubble of air right above him.

Some of the translucent bubbles of air were still here, and everyone hadn't noticed it. Gentle Criminal wasn't going anywhere, but Midoriya quickly tried to get out of his grip. He remembered exactly where the bubble of air was and purposefully pushed into it to get away. He bounced away from him and some of his classmates were able to catch him.

La Brava wasn't too happy and ran over to check on Gentle Criminal. Monoma stayed back and waited for the right moment to strike. Everyone seemed to have forgotten about him, but someone was still aware of him. Yaoyorozu and Kirishima got Midoriya and were ready to get the akumas away from Gentle Criminal.

"Midoriya, you've gotta let us handle him," Yaoyorozu explained to him, "He's after your Miraculous, and he knows who you are."

"Let us handle this," Kirishima said back as he activated his quirk.

Bakugo stood up to Gentle Criminal, knowing full well where the bubbles of air were.

"You better stay away from Deku and his Miraculous, Circus Freaks," Bakugo growled out, "Or you'll have to deal with me!"

Everyone circled around Midoriya as they all faced Gentle Criminal and La Brava. She looked really upset that he didn't have the Miraculous, but she knew what to do. She held his hand, and he looked up to see her smiling at him. His eyes widened in shock and smiled back.

"Gentle. I want you to keep going," La Brava said to him, "You're strong. With or without that Miraculous, I love you."

"And I love you too, La Brava," Gentle Criminal said back.

Bakugo looked so grossed just watching them look at each other with lovey dovey eyes. Everyone was a little thrown off by this and were questioning about their age gap and relationship. Then Bakugo noticed a pink glow emitting from Gentle Criminal's body. He stepped back and realized that he was looking like he was getting stronger.

"What the?! What the hell is this?!" Bakugo growled out.

"I'm sorry everyone, but I must get that Miraculous. It's the only way that I can make a name for myself," Gentle Criminal said as he stood tall.

Gentle Criminal faced Bakugo, and he looked a little bigger and angrier as his hair stood up on its end. Bakugo went in for an explosion punch, but he stopped him from doing so. Gentle Criminal grabbed it and slammed him to the ground, causing it to crumble around him. Everyone took a step back, realizing that La Brava must've done something to him.

"What just happened?!" Kaminari cried out, "Gentle Criminal wasn't this strong before."

"It's La Brava. She did this to him last time I faced him," Midoriya explained to them, "Her quirk is Love. She can grant a tremendous boost in power for the person she loves the most."

"That's her quirk?!" Class 1-A cried out in unison.

"Wow! Don't underestimate the power of love I guess," Ashido said to them.

Bakugo tried to get up, but he was stuck in the ground. Gentle Criminal looked up and locked onto Midoriya. All of Class 1-A gathered around Midoriya, ready to take care of him.

"We won't let you past us!" Yaoyorozu cried out as she created a baton.

"You won't be getting Midoriya's Miraculous! Not while we're here!" Todoroki cried out.

Gentle Criminal didn't even bother with them, but Midoriya could tell that he wasn't kidding around anymore. Todoroki quickly tried to freeze him into place, but his strength allowed him to break right through it. He almost got him with another barge of ice, but he dodged it by jumping over him with his quirk. Sero tried to use him tape to stop him, but it ended up getting stuck on the bubble of air. Mineta even got his sticky balls stuck to it.

"He's getting away! Don't let him get to Midoriya!" Ojiro cried out.

Gentle Criminal had gotten across the group and spotted Midoriya from behind. Before anyone could react, he used his quirk to push them all away from Midoriya. Jirou fell to the ground and spotted Monoma from a distance. He was waiting for the right moment to strike, but she quickly used her quirk to send a shock wave directly at him. She even got him from behind with her ampilfier backpack, thinking he had the upper hand.

"You're not getting to Midoriya! Not why I'm around!" Jirou cried out.

Midoriya activated One for All, but just barely with Ladybug not around. He sent a kick right at Gentle Criminal, but it wasn't as strong as he wanted it to be. He made contact with him, but he grabbed his leg and went for the Miraculous. Jirou noticed this and sent her heartbeat distortion move right at him. It hit him pretty hard, and he let go of Midoriya but not before creating a bubble of air right at her. The heartbeat distortion move bounced off of it and went right back at her. She luckily wasn't affected by it because of her noise cancelling headphones.

"Sorry, but you won't be getting me that easily," Jirou said to him with a cocky smile.

Midoriya landed on the ground and looked at Gentle Criminal as he dusted himself off. He couldn't find any place for the akuma to hide. Then he realized that he had a cane that he had around his belt. That was the best place for it hide. Midoriya noticed him still looking pretty strong from La Brava's quirk. He knew that he could defeat him, he's done it before.

"Gentle Criminal. I won't let you win this fight," Midoriya said to him, "I don't understand why you're doing this. You're already strong without my quirk. Nonetheless..."

Midoriya looked at him with determination and never looked back.

"I've defeated once before, I can do it again!"

Meanwhile with Ladybug and her teammates...

The Wild Wild Pussycats were finally defeated. Ladybug and her teammates had to recharge to get ready for any other akumatized villains. Iida and Melissa made sure there weren't any of them coming as they recharged. Ladybug soon felt One for All start to recharge, but she could tell that it wasn't getting that much stronger. Even Cat Noir could tell that his wasn't as strong as before.

Soon everyone recharged and transformed back into their hero costumes. They were ready to take care of some other akumatized villains.

The Wild Wild Pussycats ended up going to the school so that they could help out with the staff and teachers. Ladybug could tell that Pixie Bob and Mandalay wanted to help out, but they knew that looking after students in the school would be the best thing to do.

"We took care of four akumatized villains at a time," Cat Noir pointed out, "Even Tenya got one! Man, we're doing pretty good."

"Don't jinx it!" Queen Bee cried out, "We're still going up against more soon!"

"I hope everyone's doing okay back at the dormitory," Iida said to them, "I haven't gone back over there yet."

Iida couldn't see them with the ground being a weird, crumbling mess. He knew that they were facing off against Hawks earlier, but didn't know if there was anyone else besides Shiozaki. He was just glad that he helped them out before coming over here. He looked at Melissa and was glad to see her invention holding up, unlike some other pink haired girl he knew.

"How many akumas can that device hold?" Ladybug asked her.

"About twenty five. Then I need to empty it out, so you'll have to deevilize them soon," Melissa explained to her, "Although, it seems like things are a bit quiet now."

Ladybug looked around and wondered where a certain teacher was. He never showed up, and he's been gone for a while now at this point.

"What's wrong, Ladybug?" Queen Bee asked her.

"Does anyone know where Mr. Aizawa is?" Ladybug asked them, "He hasn't come back since he left."

"Yeah. I hope he's doing okay," Cat Noir said back.

Suddenly, Melissa felt a strong pull from the akuma capturing device. She had a strap around her, so it pulled her towards something strong. Iida noticed and grabbed her before she could go flying.

"I've got you..." Iida said through gritted teeth.

He too felt the pull from his armor and couldn't do anything to stop it from pulling both of them. He tried to keep his feet on the ground, but he felt himself fly across the field.

"Tenya!" Ladybug cried out.

Then Ladybug and her teammates witnessed an akumatized villain pull their friends into its grip. Melissa's eyes widened in horror and noticed how metallic and strong he was. Something about him felt familiar to her, but all she wanted to do was get away from him.

Iida tried to fight him off, but this metallic villain wasn't letting up on his quirk. Something about it made it hard for Iida to move.

The metallic villain looked at Iida and then Melissa. Something about her intrigued him and smiled looking at her. She tried to get away from him, but he tightened his grip on her.

"My my, what's this? I never thought that I'd be seeing you again," The metallic villain said with a sly smile.

"Let her go!" Iida cried out.

The metallic villain tightened his grip around Iida's throat, causing Melissa to cry out.

"Stop it! What do you want from us?!" Melissa cried out.

He stopped tightening his grip and looked back at Melissa. He pulled her in closer, finding her even more intriguing.

"I wanted the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous. Now that David Shield's daughter is going to school here however, I think I've changed my mind," He said back as he stared at her intensely.

Melissa's eyes widened in horror as she realized who he was. Her hands were shaking, and Iida noticed it right away. He could swear that she was turning pale from just looking at him.

"There's no way... You're Wolfram...!" Melissa said, still in shock, "You're the one that my dad hired to steal that Quirk Enhancement Tech!"

Iida's eyes widened in shock, remembering that day they went to I-island. He definitely wasn't expecting him of all people to show up. He could tell that Melissa wasn't too excited about seeing him again. She couldn't look away as he tightened his grip around them.

"Yes. I am, but your dad wasn't very smart. For a scientist you'd think he'd see right through me," Wolfram said to her.

Melissa gritted her teeth and made sure that he wouldn't get her akuma capturing device. She tightened her grip around it, and he spotted her holding something important.

"Oh? What's this?" Wolfram said to her as he looked at her device, "Some sort of capturing device for those weird butterflies."

Melissa felt a metal rod reaching out for it, and she tried to fight against it.

"No! I'm letting you have this!" Melissa cried out, "I won't let you get away with what you've done! To me and my dad!"

All of a sudden, a yo-yo wrapped around his wrist and stopped him from taking it from her. Ladybug and her teammates stood up to him, but a couple of them felt a pull towards him because they had metal on them.

"Let them go!" Ladybug cried out, "We're here to stop you!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Wolfram said to them with a sly smile, "It looks like you and that Cat are the ones that hold the power of the Ladybug and the Black Cat Miraculous. How interesting."

"It's Cat Noir actually," Cat Noir corrected, "It doesn't matter though. You better let go of our friends, Wolfram!"

"Or what? You'll defeat me with a flimsy yo-yo and a stick?" Wolfram said back as he tightened his grip around Melissa, "Besides, I'll got what I want. Your Miraculous seem great and all, but nothing beats revenge on the guy that ruined my plans."

He threw Iida to the ground, and Melissa reached to him as he fell to the ground. She tried to get out of his grip, but he wasn't letting up. Something about his strength felt stronger than his usual quirk. Melissa figured that he was upgraded from the akuma, but it definitely wasn't as strong as when she saw him the last time they faced each other.

"You're staying here. I'll deal with these pests," Wolfram said to her.

Wolfram took some metal that he had on him and sent Melissa across the field and slammed her into the school building. The metal melded into the building, causing her to get stuck to it. Even the akuma capturing device was stuck there with her.

"Melissa!" Iida cried out.

Wolfram walked up to them, and they could tell that he was going to be a tough opponent. He smiled, ready for a fight.

"Now, shall we get this started?"

Another amazing chapter!

I love this chapter! I love Gentle Criminal! He was always going to be one of the ones getting akumatized! I like where it's heading for him, I just wanted someone for Midoriya to talk to during all of this! I thought it would make things more interesting. La Brava's quirk is just funny to me, and I love the fact that she looks so much younger than she actually is! It's so ridiculous! Here's Wolfram! He's a character from the first MHA movie if you don't know! I love this movie, and I figured since Melissa is here, he'd be a great akumatized villain! Also, I'd like to point out a funny fact: Keith Silverstein voices both HawkMoth and Wolfram in english!

What's going to happen next??

More to come soon!