It was a peaceful night in Paris, with no akuma for this night everyone was sleeping in their home. Everyone except for teenage model and superhero, Adrien Agreste.

Who happens to be having problems on his sleep.

His mind plague with nightmares of losing those who he loves, like his mother. Screams and suffering, fears of him failing as a hero, of not being strong enough, of being weak.

He wanted. No, he needs to be strongest, the strongest in the whole world, or at least the strongest in Paris to be able to protect those he cares about.

In his room, his was awake by the glowing of his chosen's hand. His miraculous was doing something that hadn't happen in a pretty long time.

Adrien eyes snap wide open from his nightmares when he started to feel like his body was boiling, like every muscle in his body was on fire, like his bones were breaking apart and fixing themselves. He rips apart his pajama shirt burning in pain, the shirt started suffocating for a moment.

"P…pla…agg! wha…ats ha..happeni…ing t..to m..e?" He manages to says through the pain.

"Kid! Relax! Is going to be over soon! You will be fine, I promise!" His kwami tried to calm him.

"Wh…at?"

Through the pain he felt his body growing, like his muscles were working themselves out in seconds, his bones and skin were trying to follow up the rapid changes. Everything went dark after that, the boy passing out due to the pain.

"You really will be fine, Adrien. Really fine" the little cat said over the unconscious body of his chosen.

The following mourning, Adrien was peacefully sleeping until he was wake up by Natalie knocking his door. Thinking the painful experience being part of his nightmare of the previous night somehow, he rises up from his bed.

"Adrien, you will be late for school if you don't get up, I will give you your schedule after breakfast" Natalie said in her usual monotone tone.

"Ok, thanks, Natalie. I will get ready now" he said mid yawn walking to his bathroom.

While brushing his teeth after a shower he finally notices himself in the mirror.

He was paralyzed by what he saw, he a saw…himself. But his body was …jacked, he looked like a trained fighter. His usual thin model body was replaced for a bulky athletic one. He was a little athletic before thanks to fencing and superhero duty, but not to this extend.

Looking himself like that, ignited a fire inside him. A fire of confidence, a fire of power, a fire of desire, desire to be the strongest in Paris, to protect everyone he cares about. For the first time in his life, he feels in control.

He exited his bathroom with a big smile in his face. His kwami hovers around to see him.

"I take you are happy with the new body" The little cat said.

"You know about this?" He asked surprise.

"Yeah, its something that happens when you use the potential of your miraculous" He responded

"Last night… you were having a nightmare, a messy one. From the snippets of what you were saying in your dream, you were afraid of not being strong enough to protect others, to fail as a hero.

So, the miraculous react to your pleas. You, unconsciously, destroyed the weakness in you." He explained.

"… Why everything magic haves to be weird or cryptic or both?" Adrien said.

"Beats me, kid. Beats me" the kwami shrug

"Well, I will take this as something good. I hasn't felt this good in…I don't know how long" He said walking to his wardrobe.

"I guess his weaknesses weren't only physical, good" Plagg thought with a smile.

"Ok! Let see" Adrien said while looking through his clothes selection.

Probably much of it wouldn't fit him any more do to being tailored to his previous toned body. If he tried his usual casual fit for the day, it would probably rip with the size of his chest, arms and legs. He finally decides on a hoodie with a little Gabriel logo on it and a pair of loose pants.

He didn't bother to put any gel of his hair, preferring to leave it in a more Chat Noir style. He proceeds to take his back to exit his room, Plagg fly to the pocket of the hoodie, find it comfier than the shirt pocket where he usually is when they aren't home.

Walking relaxed to the dinning table to eat his breakfast with a smile in his face, he saw Natalie standing in the room with her eye glued to her tablet. Probably something to do with the schedule, now that Adrien think about it, it had been sometime since he have the feeling of not being a model anymore, it took to much of his time, time that he could spend with friends or doing something else.

While eating his breakfast he felt more… bold with that thought back on his mind.

"Hey, Natalie?" he asks

"Yes, Adrien?" she said without take her eyes off the tablet.

"Can you find a space for me to talk to my father?" Its really stupid for a son to ask an assistant to see if he can talk to his own father.

"For what purposes?" the woman asked.

"I don't want to be a model anymore, its taking to much of my time. Time I would prefer to spend with friends or finding something else to do" He simply responded.

"Adrien I thought we talked about this whe-" she cut herself off when she finally take off her eyes from the tablet to the teenage boy in the table.

Her eyes went wide when she saw him and his changed body eating breakfast without a care in the world.

"Adrien? What happened to you? Your body is…. big" she asked alarmed.

"don't know, I just wake up like this and feeling good" he just simply responded to her question.

"Good how?" she questions again.

"Like fill with confidence" he responded with a smile.

"O…. k? I will… see what I can do with your father, seeing this… change. I think the shoots of the day will be cancelled" The assistant said before exiting the room.

"Thanks Natalie!" he yelled from the dining table.

Finishing breakfast, he got up, took his back from the floor and goes to the car with Gorilla waiting for him, the muted man was also surprise with Adrien new looks he almost didn't recognize him.

With that he went the usual route to school.

Going to her boss atelier as fast as she could without having a dizzy spell, Adrien's sudden changes isn't normal, there most be an akuma running amok in the city since last night for something like that to happen, finally reaching the atelier she was surprise to find him working in something normal for a fashion mogul like him.

"Sir, did you release an akuma last night?" she asked

"Last night? No, was too busy finishing the last of this line, why do you ask?" the man responded

"Its... Adrien. Something happened to him last night"

"What do you mean?"

"He was… change. His body, he looked like if he has the body of an athlete, much bigger and taller than a normal 16-year-old, even one who does sports"

"You are probably exaggerating; he probably had a grow spurt last night. We have more important business to take care today" The man simply said.

"But Gab-"

"Enough Natalie, there is work to be done"

"… Alright, Sir. He asked me to find a spot for him to talk to you about something" she reluctantly said.

"Its something important?"

"He didn't for what matter but said it was important" She lied. If he didn't want to believe her, he will have to see him with his own eyes.

"Fine, find something that don't take too much of my time"

"Alright, Sir" she said turning around back to her office.

She couldn't stop think about Adrien, of the way even his emerald green changed a little. They went from they usually innocent look to a…predatory look. Like the ones from a hunter looking out for prey, Nathalie couldn't believe the little flustered feeling that came to her face.

The road to school was peaceful, Adrien was just hearing to music while looking out the window. The Gorilla was humming to a song that was in the radio and Plagg was taking his usual nap in Adrien's hoodie pocket.

Arriving at school, he waved goodbye to the Gorilla in his usual cheerful tone, the Gorilla like usually just nodded before going away.

He saw his friend Nino against a wall with his headphones on waiting for him, he approaches him.

"Hi Nino!" he yelled so his friend could hear him.

"Hey dud- "Nino was saying before cutting himself seeing his friend, the shock made him hit the back of his head in wall.

"You, ok?" Adrien asks

"Ouch…Yeah yeah I'm ok. Wait! Adrien is that you!?" Nino asked shocked to see his friend looking way too different.

"Huh…yea?"

Nino inspected his best friend, he looked like more like a young adult rather than a 16-year-old. He was always the taller one but some inches, but now he could rival his jerk of a father in height. And he wasn't only just tall, his usual toned body looked that it changed too. His friend could probably rival Alya's older sister in strength if he wasn't stronger than her.

"Dude! What happened to you? You look jacked!" Nino asked bumping Adrien's arm with his fist.

"I don't know, I just woke up like this. Probably a grow spurt or something. I just know I'm feeling great" He half lied

"And you are looking great too, dude"

"Hahaha thanks, dude"

The two of them talk about random stuff, from Adrien lasted watched series to Ninos recent mix. The classroom was mostly fill with their classmates, except for Marinette, Alya and Chloe weren't around, probably late or something, which is fairly normal for Marinette and something that some times happen to Alya when she works late night in a note for the LadyBlog, with Chloe, Adrien doesn't really know.

"WOW Adrien is that you?!" Kim shouted from his seat next to Max, with the shout everyone moved their eyes to the blonde.

"Oh… Hi guys" Adrien said with a wiry smile

Most of his classmates stand up to see him up close, Adrien noticing now that he was now the tallest in his classroom.

"Dude what did you do to look like that?"

"Those are real?"

"lets arm wrestle to see if you are really strong or not!"

Questions from everybody and a dare from Kim, Adrien was surrounded was his classmates.

"Wow wow wow leave the guy breath will ya" Nino said at his side, his best friend know he doesn't like being the center of attention outside of model work.

"Thanks, Nino. So…this is… a grow spurt, happened last night I guess, kinda out of nowhere" he explained.

"Well damn, I hope I get one of those then" Alix said.

"Keep dreaming, you are stuck like that, Alix" said Kim to what she proceeds to hit him in the back of the head.

"Wow, you are probably stronger than Ivan now, no offense Ivan," said Nathaniel.

"None taken"

"Still want to arm wrestle! I will keep asking until you say yes" Kim said to Adrien.

"Ok, fine Kim. So that you don't keep asking" Adrien relent.

Taking advantage of the time before their teacher appear, the two teens took position in a desk. Adrien pulls up the sleeve of his hoodie, reveling his well chiseled arm to his classmates who were staring in awe.

"Ready?" Adrien asks taking position

"Yeah!" Kim says with determination taking Adrien's hand.

"Max if you will"

Like almost always Max was the reluctant referee.

"3, 2, 1, go!" Max said.

Kim was using all of his strength to move Adriens hand who didn't even look like was doing anything, around them everyone were cheering. The blonde's arm hasn't move, not even an inch while the jock was literally using everything he got.

"Come on, Kim. Is that all you got?" Adrien teases.

"You will see model boy!" Kim said behind his teeth.

Putting all his effort he tried, but nothing. Adrien knew now that the both of them will be here all day if this continues, so he just ended it with a single move that silenced everyone.

"Wow…." Someone said.

"That was…. awesome!" Kim shouts. Even though he lost, it was just a game. "Man, you really won the title of the strongest in school"

"Hahaha thanks, are you ok tho?" Adrien notices him moving his wrist in circles.

"Yeah man, that fast move hurt just a little bit but I'm ok"

"Good to hear"

This made Adrien realize he will have to learn how to control his own strength well, it will not be hard when he usually runs around with a literal ball of destruction when he is in superhero duty.

After that everyone went back to their business before their teacher appear in the classroom. Mme. Bustier was shock when she saw Adrien, but she just rubbed under the thought that he was a young boy growing, so a grow spurt was normal. she just started her class like normal.

Alya was the first of the late coming to appear with Marinette right behind her, both of them entering at the same time, before they take their seats. Marinette and Alya notices the big guy next to Nino in Adriens usual seat.

"Hey babe, who is the new guy? And where is Adrien? He usually comes early to class" Alya asked

"Hi babe, well… this is Adrien" Nino responded.

"Hi girls" Adrien greets in his usual tone.

"WHAT?!" both girls shouted

"Alya, Marinette, any business you have, can wait until lunch time" their teacher said.

"Yes , sorry"

The girls took their seats in front of them, Alya giving Nino a look that said What the hell happened to him? to what he gives her back a look that said will explain later. Meanwhile Marinette was using all of her will power to not turn her head to confirm that the person behind her was in fact Adrien.

The class went by like normal until the bell ring to announce lunch time, in the moment she have the opportunity, Alya stand up turning to Adrien.

"Ok Agreste, what happened to you? Your look like you are 20 instead of 16. Did you take steroids or something? This cant be an akuma since there wasn't an alert, so. Explain."

"Babe, calm down" Nino said to his girlfriend.

"Its ok, Nino. Well, Alya, I don't really know myself, I think it was a grow spurt that happened last night" He simply explained.

"BS!" she shouted.

"Alya!" Nino shouted.

"Sorry sorry, it just, damn sunshine. You are the teenage heartthrob as a model, now you probably will be having more girls going after you, now that you are like hot as hell"

"Alya…"

"Don't worry, babe. I will never stop loving your noodle arms" she said while hugging him.

"ha-ha pretty funny, babe" he said with a smile

"Come guys, lets grab some lunch, Im hungry" Adrien said taking his bag.

"Don't you usually eat at home?" Nino asked.

"Yeah, but today I feel like eating here"

"Your dads assistant wouldn't say anything about it?"

"Probably, will text her if father have a problem with it, we can talk"

"Ok bud, just don't get pull out of school"

"No worry, I have an idea"

While Adrien and Nino went their way, Alya finally notices that her friend was quieter that when they usually talk with Adrien in group.

"Are you ok, Marinette?" She asked her best friend.

"…." The pig tailed girl gave no response.

"Let me guess, the "new" Adrien broke you?" She asked with a sly smile.

At the blue eye girl went red to what her best friend started to laugh.

After texting Nathalie that he will be eating lunch in school, he put in motion his little plan.

"Guys look here" he said holding up his phone at the table taking a selfie with his friends.

Then he posted in his social media with the captions Lunch time with friends is my favorite time in school also tagging his friends as the great DJ, Nino, The Ladyblogger herself, Alya and Future world known fashion designer, Marinette

Other students outside of his class were staring at him, but he was distracted having a good time with his friends. The post was doing great, enough for a reassurance if his father tries to pull him from school. Maybe a few more pictures with them at school will help.

So, for what was left of the lunch time he took more pictures with his friends and classmates. Then he posted them with captions of how much he loves being in school and his friends in it. All posts doing numbers, of course there were people asking if that was really Adrien, he responded to all of those comments with the "grow spurt" excuse.

After lunch was over, the rest of the school day went without incidents. Apparently, Chloe was in a dentist appointment according to Sabrina, that's why she wasn't in school today. Adrien was glad for that; it would have been a real huff if his childhood friend saw his change today. He could work something the next day.

Now that school was over, the Gorilla drive him to his fencing practice, which probably he will have to skip because he probably will not fit into his usual fencing gear. Maybe his teacher or another fencer have a spare suit, or he could just use a mask and vest they usually let the new candidates for the class until he finds new gear that fits him.

His instructor almost faints when he saw Adrien, his teammates surrounded him like his classmates did earlier in the day.

Kagami stoic as always, just went to change into her fencing gear. Adrien borrowed a shirt from one of his teammates so he could use the training vest easily. Of course, most of his teammates leave him to Kagami, being the only one who is up to challenge him usually.

Even with difference in height, both of them were still in the same level when in came to fencing skills. They end up in a draw, Adrien did use a part of his new strength but Kagami adapted perfectly to it. She truly is somethings else.

"Good match as always, Kagami" Adrien said.

"You were holding back" The Japanese girl said.

"What?"

"You think it could be at the same level as you"

"What? Why would you say that?" he asked nervously.

"It was obvious you weren't using all of your strength"

He was silent. At that she came closer to him and grab him by the collar bringing him close to her face.

"Next time, don't hold back" she said in a stern tone. At that Adrien just gulped.

"Yes, Maam" he said.

She just let him go and went her way to the changing lockers giving him the back, hiding the blush on her face. She needs to talk to Marinette.

Adrien being a little intimidated after that just goes to the changing lockers to return the shirt and vest.

When Adrien returned to the mansion, he didn't expect his father to be waiting for him.

"Who are you? How did you pass the front gate?" His "father" asked. Of course, the man wouldn't recognize his own son face even with a different body.

"Father is me, Adrien"

"What are you saying? Do you think I wouldn't recognize my own son?! Nathalie, call the-" He was cut off by the assistant.

"He is Adrien, Sir"

"What?" He asked perplex.

"I told you about his…. Change" she said.

The man moves his eyes from his assistant to his son, looking at him carefully. Inspecting his face to be sure that the person in front of him was in fact, his son. Taking a closer look into his eyes, they were still the exact same as his mother's eyes.

"Adrien…. What happened to you?" he asked perplex.

"I thought Nathalie told you, I woke up like this. I think it was a grow spurt"

"Grow spurt?"

"Yes"

"…. Right, Nathalie also informed me that you wanted to speak to me about something important"

"Oh yes, I wanted to tell you that I don't want to be a model anymore"

"What?!"

"It's taking too much of my time, time I would prefer to spend in other activities"

"Activities like what?"

"Martial arts, karate, Im still figuring it out"

"This is nonsense, Adrien! You are the face of the brand; you will not quit! Now I have more important business to take care off" he shouts giving the back to his son.

"That will not do. I'm quitting"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm quitting being a model, not matter what you say. I stop taking orders from you"

"I am your father, and you will do as I- "he was cut off by Adrien who was face to face with him at the same height.

"No, no no no, you stopped being my father long ago. You are more a boss – well ex boss- than a father to me" Adrien said in a tone and a stare that made the air around them tense. Almost making Gabriel transform out of reflex at the feeling of being under the eyes of a predator.

"I will continue with the chinese, piano and fencing. But the model work goes" he said turning and walking off to his room before stopping midway.

"Oh, if you try to pull me from school as a punishment, I will say two things. Check my social media posts, who knows what will happen to the brand if my fans find out I was pull out from school a day after spending a great day in it with my friends. And the other thing I will leave it as a surprise if you try anything.

So, see you later, Old man" he said before continue the walk back to his room leaving his father speechless.

Finally in his room, he locks the door and plops in his bed. Plagg flying right out of his hoodie.

"Woah kid, that was… that was… AMAZING!" Shouts the kwami flying in circles.

Adrien chuckles.

"You finally put it up to the man, and without burning everything in your way. That was perfect"

"Thanks, Plagg. All that was…. Something that I wanted to say... in a way. I will not let someone who don't deserve my respect control me.

That man… didn't deserve it anymore"

"Yeah, kid. That's good, really good" Plagg said landing on his head.

After a little moment to relax, Adrien was about to start his homework when the akuma alert went off.

"Of course, it wouldn't be a normal day in Paris without an akuma attack" Adrien said. "You ready, Plagg?"

"Say the words, kid!"

"Plagg, Claws out!"

With that he jumps out from his window in direction to where the akuma is. After some jumps from rooftop to rooftop, he catches the familiar red of his partners suit in a rooftop in his way. He landed next to her; her eyes fixed in the akuma in the street below them.

"What is the situation Mlady?" he asked.

"Low tier akuma, it will be easy to- WHO ARE YOU!?" She cut herself mid-sentence jumping away from him the moment she saw him.

"Huh? Ladybug is me, Chat Noir" he said.

"Yeah sure, and I am Ryoku. Now, who are you? A sentimonster or did you steal Chats miraculous?" She demanded.

"This is the third time someone don't recognize me today, like, come on!" he thought.

"Ok, I am really Chat Noir. How about I tell you something only Chat Noir would know? Something you too would know very well." He said after a sigh.

"…fine"

"A couple of nights ago, we were racing to the Eiffel tower after patrol, you had the advantage… Until you crash with a pigeon mid flight that made you crash down an ally…. And an open trash dumpster softened the fall to the ground.

I almost piss myself laughing until you used your yo-yo to drag me into the dumpster"

Ladybug reaction was just to see him with wide. That really was something only she and Chat knew.

"Good thing it was really late so no one saw us" he joked.

"Ok ok ok, I believe you, you are Chat, but what happened to you?" she asked.

"Did every hot guy I know of turned even hotter from night to day!" She thought

"Well…. According to Plagg, when I was in the middle of a nightmare, I somehow use my miraculous to destroy the weaknesses in myself, so…. Yeah, that's what happened" he simply explained.

"Do you… usually have nightmares?" she asked worried.

"No, I have them but no that usually or strong. At least after I woke up this morning, I felt good, in a way I haven't felt in... I don't know how long" he said.

"Oh kitty… If you need you know you will always- " she was cut off by a roar from the akuma.

"Oh right, we have a business to take care off" he said. "I think I can take care off easily" he says before bolting to the street.

"Wait Chat!" Ladybug shouts

Chat Noir lands in the street behind the akuma.

"Hey buddy, why don't we make this quick and go back to our lives? Well, I don't think Hawkmoth haves a life, but still" He teases.

"Well, finally one of the heroes decide to appear, give me your miraculous or I will-" the akuma was cut off by a punch to the face that sends it flying right to a light pole, which bends with the impact of the akuma on it.

"Whoops, I think I over do it" he said with a little panic, running to see if the akuma still alive.

"Hello…. M. Akuma are you alive?" Chat Noir pock it with his baton, the akuma even knock out still groan.

"Oof good thing, now let see" Chat said looking for the akuma object.

"Chat!" Ladybug shouts landing close to him.

"Told you, I could take of care of them easily, bugaboo" he joked while pocking the akuma with his baton, the akuma still groaning.

"Yes, but still, you shouldn't just bolt to an akuma without knowing what they can do"

"That's... true, sorry I just wanted to make it quick, no reason to waste to much of our time with a low tier akuma. Next time I will wait for more info"

"Its fine, lets just finish this off, I was in the middle of homework"

After calling her lucky charm, Chat breaks the akuma object. Ladybug purifies the butterfly and uses her miraculous cure.

"Pound it!" both of the say pumping their fists.

"See you later night for patrol?" he asks

"Maybe, I'm not sure if I will be free for it, sorry"

"Don't worry about it, I will see what else I can do after"

"Let's leave for tomorrow then, Bug out" she said bolting out of the scene

Chat stays for a little longer to help the victim, funny enough the victim only remembers the feeling of the punch to the face, Chat apologizes for it but the victim said it was fine. He says his farewell and take off.

In his secret lair, Hawkmoth lays in the ground unconscious. It looks like the power of transmission works as a two-way connection when an akuma receives an strong enough signal.

Back on his room, Adrien drops his transformation, Plagg flies to his stash of cheese to feed himself. The teenage boy drops on his desk chair stretching his arms.

"What a good day" he thought "and tomorrow will be better"

Somewhere in Paris. A group of wealthy men are reunited with an old Japanese man.

"Gentlemen, is good to see you. I hope you like this project I will share with you.

In my homeland we have an event that reunites the best warriors of it to decide who of them is the strongest among them. I know that part is not of your interest, but I assure this event always leaves a good amount of revenue so don't worry about it.

I want to bring this event to your city after already deciding who was the strongest of my homeland, I said to myself why not so I choose your beautiful city for it.

The only thing about the event is that it most remain underground, these men don't do it for the fame or the money, they just do it to determine who really is the strongest.

So, we have a deal?"