When You Live Forever...
Meeting old friends mean more
Life is not about how you survive the storm, it's about how you dance in the rain.
- (Anonymous)
Adrian
Not many things could give my heart a jump start anymore. I've dulled my emotions over the years, stayed mostly to myself, made only a few friends. Heck, I've been here almost a year, and I've only made two friends, Nino and Alya.
But after finally hearing Nettas voice again, my heart wouldn't stop beating like a hurricane.
She was in front of me, eyes smiling as big as her actual mouth. She was in a red body suit, with black patches on the sides of her waist. Her long hair was a bit shorter, put into pigtails with red ribbon. On her side, her red yoyo, covered in black spots.
I took her hand. "Hi." I breathed as she helped me up.
She looked to say something, but from the corner of my eye, I saw the girl turn to us, parasol opening and blasting a stormy mix to us.
I pushed Netta out of the way, falling with her. The blast scraped my back, but did no damage. Netta flipped away, gaining her balance before looking to me. Once seeing I was fine, she ran at the girl.
"Who are you?!" She yelled as the girl blocked a hit with her parasol. The girl backed up, trying to find a good range to hit her. I realized the parasol wasn't good short range.
"I'm Stormy Weather, and my Master wants you dead!" The girl growled back, and I attacked, my claws tearing into her parasol. It sparked, before, slowly, the fabric started to mend itself. The parasol expanded, before I moved, flipping over her head to avoid the blast. I landed next to Netta.
"What did Gabe do?" I hissed to her. She blinked rapidly, and I had a feeling she was talking to TIkki. Plagg, though, didn't really talk much during our merges, mostly because he was to lazy to speak.
Netta blinked once more, before focusing on me. "It's Gabe's special power. He makes champions. Tikki said we have to destroy the parasol."
I grumbled. "I wish Plagg was as helpful as Tikki. He just sits around all day and eats cheese… How is Tikki?"
"Doing great." Marinetta paused to dodge another blast of wind. I made a grab at her parasol again, but she kept it close, turing it so the handle slammed into my face. "You and Plagg?"
"Just fine." I murmured, clutching my mouth. Netta looked at me, but I waved her away. A growl started in my throat, and I jumped the girl. Unfortunately, while in the air, she blew me back, farther up. As I fell, fumbling to catch anything, I felt something wrap around my leg, and I suddenly stopped falling. "Thanks Netta."
Netta let go of me, spinning her yoyo while running to Stormy Weather. The girl was surprisingly nimble, jumping over her swipe at her legs, and ducking under her punch. The girl took her parasol, holding it high, before winds blasted her into the air. Suddenly, she was flying.
"Come on!" Netta yelled, grabbing my wrist as she tugged me to a tall building close by. THe power was off inside, but I could still see fine. Suddenly, I was in the lead, leading Netta to the stairway.
"Going up." I shouted, and once she nodded, I wrapped an arm around her, pulling her close. Activating my baton, we shot up, past all the stairs to the roof.
Outside, an actual hurricane seemed to be forming. Hail blasted at my face, but Netta started swinging her yoyo again, destroying an hail coming close to us. With a thought, I leaned in and whispered to her. "If you use your creation power, then I can get close enough to destroy the parasol.
Netta nodded, before looking around the roof, thinking. I scanned around too, I could see Stormy Weather coming around. There was a large billboard on the side of the roof, connected to some thin cables. On the opposite side, there were some heaters and a fan.
Netta gasped in realization, before throwing her yoyo up. In a flash of light, a black and red towel appeared, dropping into Netta's hand. "A towel?" I said skeptically.
"Trust me." She answered, before pointing to the billboard. "When I say, destroy the post at the bottom, then get ready to catch the parasol."
I nodded, running over to the billboard as Netta grabbed a thin cable, while her other hand held the towel by all four corners.
Using my own power, I crouched by the billboard. Netta stood in the middle of the roof, hands on hips while waiting for Stormy Weather to get close enough.
"What are you doing?" Stormy Weather asked, scowling in confusion as Netta just stood still, looking around at nothing.
"Distracting you." She answered simply, before running towards the fans and heating system. "Now Kitty!"
With a single touch from my clawed hand, the billboard post started to disintegrate. Stormy Weather flew out of the way as it collapsed. Netta, on the other hand, holding the towel high, jumped onto the fan. The towel caught wind, and blew her up, high enough for her to wrap the cable around Stormy's foot. As the girl tried to move farther, the cable yanked her back, causing her to lose her parasol and drop to the ground in confusion.
Netta grabbed the girl, kicking the parasol over to me as she brought the girl to the ground safely. I grabbed the parasol, snapping the handle this time instead of clawing.
The parasol disintegrated into a purple moth, which I quickly caught. The girl looked like she was about to get up, but as the parasol broke, she just slumped to the ground. Netta ran over.
"What now?" I asked. Netta shrug, but I could hear Plagg inside of me, talking. We don't have much time. Cup the moth and crush it. Tikki will do the rest, but she can't do anything until you crush it.
I mentally shrugged, but did as told, taking the moth and squeezing it. Instead of guts coming out, dust just trickle from my hand.
Netta was quick, catching the dust in her open yoyo before closing it. Her yoyo buzzed, and when she opened it, a pure white butterfly vlew out. Netta paused for a moment, before shrugging and throwing the towel up into the air. In a burst of light, the hurricane and strange weather was all gone.
I turned to Netta, but before I could get a word out, she had planted herself at my chest arms around me in a hug. I blinked, but returned it. "I missed you." She whispered.
I stepped away, before bowing. "Missed you too, My Lady." I winked. She snorted.
"We are not bring that back." She stated, crossing her arms with a smirk. "Call me Ladybug or something."
I thought for a moment. "Prefer Bugaboo? LB? But if you want a name… Chat. I shall be Chat Noir."
"Black Cat," She nodded. "Nice choice." She said, and then a beep went off from my hand. I looked down at my ring, which had turned black, and I saw only two paws left. I guess that's as much time I have left. I glanced at Netta's earrings, and saw she only had two minutes left as well.
I opened my mouth to say something, when I heard a squeal behind me. I whipped around, and to my surprise, I saw Alya.
"Who would have thought!? Superheroes are more than just comic books and movies, and you have the truth right here for yourselves!" She said, holding up her phone to us. I turned to Netta.
"Funny." I whispered. "That's one of my school friends, she's in love with superheroes. We should go before she asks us questions."
"Good idea." Netta said, and I turned, shooting a wink at my friend before running and jumping off the rooftop. As I landed on a rooftop lower down, I tucked in my knees, rolling before jumping up. Netta swung past me, and landed besides me, and we started jumping along the rooftops. "Oh, and my name isn't Netta anymore."
I raised an eyebrow, before grabbing her arm and guiding her to an alleyway across the street from my apartment. We hit the ground, and my bodysuit disappeared, leaving me in my normal clothes. Plagg sat besides me, on my shoulder. Netta changed as well, and suddenly, she was in a white top, black jacket pink jeans and flats. Tikki, I noticed, flew into her purse immediately. Instantly, Netta shivered.
"We'll have to go shopping, it's almost winter Netta." I chuckled, wrapping an arm over her shoulders as we walked out of the alleyway. I then noticed her hair, which had been cut to middle back. "You were able to cut you hair?"
"Yep." She beamed. "Not any shorter than this. The scissors always break past this point. Many scissors have died for my cause."
"I place my other hand on my heart. "They shall be missed." I said as we passed into the apartment, warmth hitting us. The attendant raised an eyebrow.
"Mr. Adrian, is this the new roommate you informed me about?" He said formally, before turning to Netta. "You remind me of a statue I saw not two days ago. You look just like the goddess."
"Thank you, Mister. And I am the new roommate. My name is Marinette." Netta said politely with a smile. Marinette, huh? I liked that.
"Welp, let's go get you settled Mari." I said, and she nodded as I guided her to the elevator. As the door closed, she left my arm and leaned against a side.
"Adrian, huh?" Netta, or maybe Mari, smirked slightly. "It suits you. And with less then a second of thought, you already thought of Mari."
"Mari suits you as well." I said, smiling. I heard a quiet burp, and Tikki finally came out, cookie crumbs dusting her face.
"Hello Adrian! Plagg!" As she said Plagg's name, she flew to him, wrapping him a hug so hard that he flew off my shoulder, where he was perched. Plagg omfed, but hugged her back. "Good to see you too, Tikki."
Ne-Mari smiled, when I had a thought. The elevator opened, and I turned to the kwami. "Hey, uh, Tikki? We got a new pet."
Happy thanksgiving! I literally woke up, at, like 5, to write this and my other story to get this out. I already had half of this chapter written, and then I have to help make dinner, and OMG PLEASE I NEED TO SLOW DOWN! I need to breath, I don't think I've breathed since I went to sleep.
I think I'm dead.
Well, yeah. So with the akuma thing.
Chat has to destroy the akuma, and then Ladybug recreates it. I like that better, since they have to relay on eachother. And I will make a chapter for most of the akuma in season 1.
Plus THIS IS BEFORE SEASON 2 SO DON"T EXPECT IT TO GO WITH IT
And
i KNEW HE WAS HAWKMOTH I KNEW IT BEFORE I EVEN MET HIM.
Maybe a Marinette Chap next! Maybe!
