Summary: Marinette gains a new ally in a student from Japan, although he’s not what he seems. Lila makes her move, proving to Marinette that her threat is real. But what she didn’t count on, was that Marinette would have a few friends that has her back. Although they are the most unexpected people. When Lila pushes too far by getting Marinette and her friends expelled, there is a certain hero that lends a hand. But wait? BECOME STUDENTS OF U.A.?
Chapter Ten: The Battle of Miraculous (Part Two)
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Chapter Warning: Blood, violence, character deaths (past) and spoilers.
A/n: Okay...I know I took a REALLY long hiatus. This is because I finished Season 5 (waiting for Season 6 which is where the real stuff begins) AND practically got to see World Heroes Mission. Which...as you can tell, I love way more than Heroes Rising (even though we all it’s because of Rody). But anyways. Part 2 is here. HOPEFULLY now that I also Finished Season 4 of Miraculous (God it was a trainwreck that ended perfectly, but as I’ve said, the story ain’t following canon but it did call out things I already sort of predicted), I can update regularly and make more content on this so I can get this FINISHED FOR ONCE. Can I actually finish a story COMPLETELY?!
...Anyways, on with the chapter~!
Aizawa narrowed his eyes as he held his arm out in front of Amelie, stoping her from going to the front door.
Someone was waiting for them on the other side.
“What should we do?” Amelie asked, as the dark haired man was looking at the windows.
“We run to the back. Felix?”
“The boy could handle himself. He’s a blackbelt and all,” Amelie winked, assuring a frowning Aizawa, “Oh don’t look at me like that~! Do you actually think I would’ve left my son alone in the car if I didn’t have him fully prepared for anything~?“
“…Sometimes you scare me, Hime.”
“And you worry too much~ As always, Minou~”
The two soon were rushing to the back of the house as soon as there was a sudden booming noise at the door, sounding like someone was trying to break the door down. They managed to make it to the back garden of the Agreste Manor, used the secret backdoor and exited to the back streets. Before they could take a breather, they noticed that there were blue monster like creatures coming their way.
Aizawa narrowed his eyes, but soon was wrapping his arm around the blonde’s waist and used his capture weapon to hoist themselves onto a rooftop. The two looked down, seeing the creatures were growling and snarling, looking around for them.
“Do we have to wait here?” Amelie asked with a frown, watching the creatures just stalking around the streets.
Aizawa frowned deeply.
“We just might have to…”
Amelie blinked as she felt a vibration in her purse, opening it and reading the contents of the screen. She sighed in relief, tapping on Aizawa’s shoulder and showed him the text. Felix was apparently safe, having escaped the car to hide somewhere for now and out of sight from anyone.
“At least he was smart enough to get out of dodge,” The erasure quirk user hummed, but then looked back to see that Mayura following behind the monsters, also looking around, “And it looks like the creatures are being led by that woman.”
“Then we should follow her,” Amelie replied coolly, as she was pulling something else out from her purse, smirking a little, “And kick some arse.”
Aizawa gave a look, shaking his head.
“Ame, no.”
“Ame, yes.”
“We don’t know what this woman is capable of. What if she’s a quirk user?” Aizawa asked but Amelie shook her head.
“She’s not a quirk user. She’s a Miraculous holder.”
Aizawa’s eyes widened, “Are…are you sure? Wait, how can you tell she is one?”
Amelie bit her lower lip as she was soon was placing on what seemed to be some sunglasses, tapping at the side of the frame as the lenses started to glow. After a few seconds, she removed them and placed them over Aizawa’s eyes.
“There.”
Amelie pointed forward, making Aizawa enhance on the sunglasses like binoculars, showing the woman having a strange brooch on her chest. Aizawa let out a tiny gasp in surprise, already knowing that trinket was no ordinary jewellery.
He should know, after all.
“The Peacock?”
The blonde woman nodded, “Definitely. Meaning, I might know who that woman is.”
This got the underground hero’s attention as he then looked troubled.
If it’s true that Amelie knows the identity of the woman holding the Peacock Miraculous, this would mean they would be a step closer finding out who Hawkmoth was.
He’ll have to tell Marinette about this once this was all over with.
“What’s the plan?” Aizawa asked as he handed the specs back to Amelie, who was already placing on what seem to be thermal like gloves.
“Now?” Amelie was grinning wildly as sparks were coming out from the palm of her gloves, winking, “We fight! And get that brooch back~!”
Rose and Juleka sat on the couch with wide eyes, Marinette breathing out after letting out everything she needed to get out. Now, they knew. And the Ladybug holder was waiting for their reaction.
Juleka was the first to speak, slowly grinning as she looked up to Marinette, “…Awesome.”
Adrien snickered.
Juleka tilted her head, pointing to him, “Chat Noir?”
“That’s right,” Adrien nodded.
“And then….Ladybug?”
Marinette nodded her head as well.
“This…this is so much to take in,” Rose breathed out, but then gasped, “So is Hito also…?”
Marinette nodded again.
Rose placed her hands over her mouth as her eyes widened, realising the danger that Shinso was in and choked back a worried whimper.
“But we will get him back! Him and Nino both.” Marinette said in determination, as everyone in the room also looked ready for battle.
“So what’s the plan?” Rose asked as she then glanced at Izuku, “Monsieur Usadori—“
“You can just call me Izuku, Rose-san,” The green haired male chirped happily, making Rose giggled.
“Right, um, Izuku just told me and Juleka to help him get the Turtle Miraculous…”
Marinette looked confused, “Why just the Turtle? Why not get the Horse too?”
Izuku tutted, “That’s a secret~”
She was starting to hate the secret keeping from people.
…Now she understood Adrien’s frustrations about that.
“God, I hate secrets,” Adrien was pouting with folded arms, “I thought we’d be done and over with all the secrets.”
Izuku gave a small smile, his eyes having a cheeky glint to them.
Alix clicked her fingers, gaining everyone’s attention, “So, what’s the plan now? Who’s gonna use the Turtle if not Nino?”
“Oh! That’s easy!”
Izuku was looking to Nathaniel and walked over, holding it up to him while giving a wide grin.
Nathaniel blinked slowly as he stared at the bracelet in surprise for a moment. Once his brain clicked, his eyes slowly widened, snapping his gaze to Izuku, then back to the bracelet.
“…M-Me?”
Izuku nodded, “You.”
Nathaniel shook his head, “B-But Master Fu is giving me the Goat—“
“Nope. You’re the Turtle Hero now~”
“But—“
“No take backs~! That’s final~!”
Izuku kept pushing the bracelet back to the frantic red head every time Nathaniel was trying to give it back to the rabbit hero, shaking his head while looking nervous. There was no way that he could replace Nino!
Master Fu smiled softly as he watched the two’s exchange, but decided to break up their childish back and forth bickering. Stepping over to them, he took the Miraculous. Nathaniel sighed in relief, thinking that maybe Fu was going to suggest himself to take the Miraculous back or even place it back in the box…until Fu was grabbing the red head’s hand and placing the bracelet onto his palm.
“M-Master, no…” Nathaniel argued weakly, feeling his fingers curled over the bracelet.
Fu shook his head, “I believe in Izuku’s words. Things happen for a reason. And I do believe my words from when we met ring true…”
Nathaniel recalled on Fu’s words, looking down at the bracelet in his hand.
Was he really worthy to take the mantle?
Pursing his lips, the boy soon placed the bracelet onto his wrist, watching the Miraculous shine with Wyazz appearing before him andfloating in front of him.
“Greetings, Nathaniel~! I hope we can get along, my friend!” The Turtle Kwami bowed his head to the young man, who was giving a shy smile and bowed his head in return.
“The honour is mine.”
Alix was bouncing in her steps, jumping onto Izuku’s back and making the green haired male easily catch her legs, hooked them under his arms so she wouldn’t fall back while she hugged around his neck.
“Me next! Me next! What’s my Miraculous?” She chirped in excitement, eyes sparkling.
Marinette gaped at him, but soon was waving her hands around frantically. It was almost comical.
“Hey! What made him decide who gets what Miraculous all of a sudden? Hitoshi said he wasn’t to be Guardian!” She even whirled around to the calm looking Fu, “Master Fu!”
“Things happen for a reason, Marinette.”
Marinette almost felt like bashing her head in at him repeating his words. Why was the old man smiling at a time like this?! Was he hearing himself?!
Izuku looked thoughtful as Alix kept poking and asking him which Miraculous would she get, but then the green haired male walked over to the Miracle Box, Alix still latched onto him. He looked to Fu, who was nodding his head and opened the Miracle Box for him. The green haired hero was soon reaching into the box and held up the Snake Bracelet for Alix to see. The girl’s eyes shined.
“Siiiiick. This mine?”
Izuku nodded.
Alix got off his back and took the bracelet easily, placing onto her wrist as Sass appeared in a blink of an eye.
“Greetings, my new holder! I am Sass, The Kwami of Intuition~” The snake Kwami nodded his head to Alix, who grinned as she lifted a finger for him as a high-five.
“Nice to meet you, little dude!” Alix greeted happily, then letting Sass rest on her shoulder.
Sabrina was the next to step up, tapping onto Izuku’s shoulder and making the male looked back at her.
“What…w-what about me?” She asked, poking her fingers together.
Izuku softened. He glanced over at Chloe for a moment. The male gave a small smile seeing how she was nodding her head at him with a serious look.
Humming, he pulled out the Bee Miraculous from his pocket, holding it out to Sabrina. Everyone’s eyes widened with a small gasp, looking to Chloe then back to Izuku and Sabrina. Sabrina was shaking a bit, almost snapping her neck when she whirled to Chloe with protests.
But Chloe held her hand up.
“I had a talk with Pollen and she agrees with me that this is for the best…”
She gestured for Sabrina to come closer, giving a small smile as Izuku was also coming forward to hand Sabrina the Miraculous.
“Sabrina, you…you’ve been at my side for a long time. And…I haven’t treated you fairly,”
“Oh Chloe—“
“It’s true though. I have been a shitty friend and I don’t think so many apologies are good enough,” The blonde continued on even with Sabrina looking teary eyed at her, Chloe then taking her hands and squeezed them, “Shinso was right. About how being Queen Bee might be a problem. I never deserved the role in the first place. It should go to someone that’s going to be even better than I. And Sabrina, it is your time to shine as the true Bee Heroine.“
Izuku looked approving at this.
“She’s right. Sabrina-san, you’ve worked harder than anyone else here!” He boldly stated with a huge grin, “You should have more confidence in yourself!”
Sabrina looked at the two for a moment before she looked down at the Bee Miraculous. Glowing in her hand, Pollen appeared before her and bowed her tiny head cutely before smiling.
“Greetings Queen Sabrina. I am at your service~”
“Pollen, she’s your Queen now. No need for the formalities like that.” Chloe chided before Pollen shook her head.
“Believe what you want, my Queen. I can have many Queens in this lifetime and the next, but none of them will be you.”
Chloe felt touched as she was turning her head away, trying not to show she was going to cry.
Sabrina, however, was outright sobbing as she cradled the hairpin to her chest, touched. How in the world did she end up being trusted with something so powerful and precious? And the fact that Chloe finally acknowledged her as an equal…it was the best feeling in the world.
Breathing out, she placed the hairpin onto her hair as it blended with her hair band.
Chloe nodded in approval and turned to Izuku.
“I suppose you’re giving me the Tiger Miraculous, right?” She said in a huff, having her hand out, “Well then, you may give it to me—“
“Actually, I have another Miraculous that’s perfect for you, Chloe-san.”
He was soon pulling out a familiar Miraculous and Marinette felt her stomach drop.
“Where—“
Chloe was smirking now, snatching it off Izuku’s hands and cackled a little, “Oh the delicious irony~”
Marinette was reaching to grab at Izuku’s arm, looking furious.
“Are you trying to make this into a bloodbath?!”
Izuku smiled mysteriously as he winked, “Don’t worry~ I think this will tide the battle into our favour~”
Lila sighed in boredom, laying onto Izuku’s bed as some time passed, arms folded and staring at the ceiling.
It honestly sucked that she was just stuck here with nothing to do. There was only so little she could do in the room. She was so bored, that she had to go snooping around the boy’s room and entertain herself. She had found a lot of his notebooks, getting a lot of information pretty quickly, knowing stuff about school and the people he knew.
And now? She was thirsty.
Getting up, she made her way to the door, unlocking and then opened it slightly to peek outside. The hallway was dark and empty, no sign of life. Good. She could maybe go down to see if there was a kitchen and grab for a drink, then come back up before anyone would notice.
Being careful, Lila was stepping out slowly and quietly, closing the door behind her. She walked down the hall to find the stairs, going down to the main living space.
And no one on sight.
Green eyes kept looking around in alert, just so she wouldn’t get caught by anyone. And it was going pretty well as she finally found the kitchen, thankful that she had good sight to see in the dark.
But her luck was about to run out.
“Who are you?”
Almost jumping out of her skin, Lila whirled around to see an angry red eyed blond boy snarling at her, hands raised as sparks of explosions were coming out of his palms?
Lila thought of running away, but knew that it would be foolish considering the guy looked like he was going to jump her for trying. So she was going to do what she does best.
Bullshit her way out of this mess.
Giving her best sweet smile, she was twirling her braid with an innocent look while she talked slowly in English the best she could.
“Oh~! S-sorry I was just thirsty and Izuku wasn’t back yet—“
The boy looked confused for a second, but soon his Japanese switched to English as he narrowed his eyes, “You know Deku?”
Ah, so he can talk normally.
Deku?
Izuku did write about a childhood friend named Katsuki Bakugo, also known as “Kacchan”. Deku was a name that this childhood friend chose.
Lila was nodding her head, batting her eyes, “Yes~! Izuku is my boyfriend and I had kinda sneaked into the dorms because we never seemed to have time together. I mean after all, this is my first time travelling here to Japan just to visit him. We’ve been emailing back and forth for almost a year now, you know~?”
The blond narrowed his eyes as the girl smiled while she talked, but he could sense that there was something wrong with her.
He didn’t believe her for a second.
“Nice try, Wienerdog. Who are you really? A villain?”
Maybe this was that Toga chick from the League?
“Bakubro? You’re a bit early, aren’t ya?”
Bakugo and Lila turned to see Kirishima standing by the door, tilting his head curiously.
“Who’s this?” The Hardening Hero asked, jerking his thumb to Lila, “A new student?”
“An intruder that claims she’s that nerd’s girlfriend.” Bakugo narrowed his eyes as he glanced back at Lila.
Kirishima’s eyes widened, knowing who Bakugo was referring to.
“What? For real?”
Although when he saw the girl’s attire, he felt his cheeks warming for a second, looking sort of embarrassed as he averted his eyes away.
Bakugo looked confused for a moment before the red head pointed it out.
“The girl’s wearing Mido-bro’s clothes. Maybe she’s telling the truth.”
“Tch,” Bakugo growled, rolling his eyes, “Fine. Let’s find out if she’s telling the truth. Call Deku down.”
Lila felt her stomach drop but kept her cool as she hummed, “Izuku isn’t here at the moment. I kinda told him that I was craving for ice cream and being the sweetheart that he is, he just ended up sneaking out to buy some. Isn’t he like, the best boyfriend ever~?”
Kirishima noticed how she spoke, noting the accent.
He knew English well. It was one of the subjects he aced a lot, thanks to the lessons from Present Mic. So he switched over to talk to her in the same wavelength. It almost helped Fatgum and Amajiki were both multi-lingual so Kirishima knew a thing or two.
“Are you from Europe?” Taking a shot in the dark, Kirishima spoke in French, making Lila’s eyes widened.
“You speak French?”
The red head cheered fo a moment before he chuckled, “How did Mido-bro end up with a pretty foreign girlfriend hm?“
Bakugo just stared at them in annoyance, honestly ticked that he couldn’t understand what they were saying.
“Are you really Midoriya’s girlfriend?“ Kirishima asked, still in French, making Lila smile sweetly once more.
“I am~ You sound like you don’t believe me~?”
“You have to admit, a guy like him don’t really focus on romance as much as any normal male teen. He wants to be a hero, just like the rest of us. So, sorry if it’s unmanly of us to be suspicious, a-and don’t mind Baku-bro. He’s angry cuz Mido-bro is keeping secrets from him and thought he was acting weird all week.” Kirishima explained as he nodded his head to Bakugo, then continued, “So I suppose you won’t mind that I call Mido-bro’s cellphone?”
“What are you guys saying, Shitty Hair?” Bakugo growled in Japanese as his best friend looked over at the blond.
Reverting back to Japanese, KIrishima was pulling out his cellphone as he explained.
“I’m calling Midoriya to confirm her words. If she’s telling the truth, then she’ll have no problems with it…”
Lila was praying that the phone call doesn’t go through.
“—So are we good with the plan?”
Ladybug was looking around at the dressed Miraculous Team, her eyes serious. She was already making a move to go about taking down Hawkmoth and the growing army that he had Sombre Swift create, not to mention how to deal with the portals that she somehow created thanks to the Horse Miraculous.
Chat Noir was nodding his head, “Ready as always, Ladybug—“
“A phonecall is here! A phonecall is here! A phonecall is here! A phonecall—”
Usadori jumped at the ringtone and looked down at his communicator of an umbrella and pressed onto it, leaning into the speaker, “Er, hello?”
“Mido-bro! It’s Kiri!”
The bunny hero blinked as he glanced up at his teammates for a moment before looking back down at his communicator of an umbrella handle.
“Er, h-hey Kiri-kun? What’s up?”
“I know you must be out considering your girlfriend said that you want to get ice cream for her, really manly by the way! Very chivalrous of you. But we just wanted to make sure that you know that we found her wandering in the dorm kitchen. Bakugo almost killed her thinking she was an intruder.”
Usadori felt himself sigh, kinda predicting that someone would’ve eventually found out about her. He just didn’t expect it to be his childhood friend and Kirishima of all people.
“Ah, y-yeah. Sorry about that. I told her that she should’ve stayed put in my room until I got back.”
“…So she really is your girlfriend then? Damn nerd…”
Usadori smiled as he heard the unsure voice from Bakugo.
“Yup~! Lila and I have been penpals for a long time. When she surprised me that day I was going meeting up with All Might, it shocked me to say the least. Especially when I found out she had no place to stay so I snuck her into U.A. and let her sleep in my room.”
Ladybug raised a brow as Usadori spoke in Japanese, wondering what he was saying. Although she somehow knew it wasn’t good.
“Oh wow! I guess your behaviour for the past weeks make sense now. Kinda the same way that you somehow knew some kids from another hero school aboard!”
Usadori felt bad for lying to his friends, but it had to be done.
“But seriously, dude? You have her wearing your clothes? That’s…kinda suggestive, isn’t it? Not that I’m saying that isn’t manly or anything but—”
Chat Noir choked on his spit as he was the closest to Usadori and heard that (Thank god, he knew Japanese as one of the languages he was learning besides Chinese), whipping his head to look at the blushing bunny hero before Usadori stuttered in embarrassment.
“I-it’s not what you think!”
Kirishima’s nervous laugh echoed through the receiver along with Bakugo’s growls.
“You better get back here soon, nerd.”
“He’s right, surprisingly. Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone else. Especially to Present Mic.”
Right. Usadori knew that Eraserhead was here in Paris, so Present Mic was filling in during his absence. He’ll have to look for him anyways later.
“Thanks you, guys. Could you please get my girlfriend on the phone?”
Chat Noir was glancing at Ladybug while mouthing “girlfriend?” to his partner, as Ladybug shrugged, not getting what was being said.
Usadori had a calm smile as he heard Lila’s voice, then said tightly with an aura of danger in his tone, speaking in clear French.
“You are in so much trouble when I get back. Please do not go out of the room anymore and /call/ me when you need something, okay?”
Somehow everyone in the room sort of shuddered at Usadori’s tone.
Not waiting for her reply, the Rabbit Hero hung up the cal and looked to Ladybug.
“So, the plan?”
“Oh!” Ladybug snapped out of it and nodded, “Right, so let’s go over it one more time before we go—”
Kirishima hung up the phone and looked over to Lila, looking apologetic, “Your story checks out. Sorry about that. Sometimes as future heroes, we tend to be caution of things. Especially when strangers just appear out of nowhere in a heroes’ dorm room.”
Lila was mentally relieved, but kept up her sweet act with a cute smile.
“Well it’s okay. I know my Izuku can be protective thus why he’s kinda kept me a secret. You two will keep me a secret too, won’t you~?”
“Of course. Don’t worry, we won’t tell,” The red haired hero in training glanced at a glaring Bakugo and nudged him, “Right, Baku-bro?”
The blond stared at Lila a few more seconds before grunting, hands shoved into his jogging pants pockets and stomped out of the kitchen. Kirishima smiled and let Lila get her water before escorting her back to Midoriya’s room, telling her goodnight before going to his own room and Bakugo went to his own, glaring at Lila as he went off.
Lila locked the door and sighed, leaning her back against the wall as she closed her eyes.
That was a close one.
The plan was simple.
Wyvern, Usadori and Duchess Dormouse were to go in the frontlines and take down the army, creating a path towards Sombre Swift.
That’s where the new Fox Heroine, Vix Filou, comes in.
She along with the new Bee Heroine, Calliopsini, shall go up against Sombre Swift and get the Horse Miraculous back along with closing the portals.
Both the new Snake and Turtle heroes, Leviathan and Pridwen, are the last resort.
Master Fu was going to be hidden safely elsewhere as the battle goes on.
As for Ladybug and Chat Noir…
“You shall take down Hawkmoth and Mayura using your Lucky Charm and Cataclysm….as always….” Usadori hummed as he folded his arms, tilting his head, “If I may, could I place somewhat of an input to your plan?”
Ladybug shook her head, “We don’t have time to change it. We shall go for this plan first. If something goes wrong, Leviathan could bring us back to the start of this moment.”
Usadori’s ears twitched for a moment, narrowing his eyes with a frown.
“I agree with Ladybug. This is a solid-proof plan. Not only will we save the day and not just get the Horse back, but finally get the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous too! We’ll finally stop the reign of Hawkmoth and Mayura once and for all!” Chat Noir exclaimed, looking excited for this fight, “After all this time…we’re actually going to do it this time! And find out who’s under those masks!”
Usadori looked uncomfortable for a moment, but eventually nodded his head slowly.
“Well…okay…”
“Good. Now let’s get going, Levi, be ready to use second chance once we arrive at the battle field, okay?”
“Right on, Ladybug!” The Snake user gave a thumbs up and a wink, grinning from ear to ear.
Ladybug breathed out softly as she closed her eyes, feeling both nervous but determined to win this fight.
She just wished that it wasn’t against her former best friend.
A cackle escaped Sombre Swift as she appeared back in Paris, looking behind her as an evil glint shined in her eyes. A bunch of people looking and walking like zombies followed behind her, growing by the numbers.
“This might get their attention~“
The fox like villainess smirked as she then was looking at the dazed Nino, grabbing for his leg and dangling him from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
“LADYBUG! CHAT NOIR! IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE PEOPLE HURT, THEN I SUGGEST YOU COME OUT AND STOP BEING COWARDS….OTHERWISE IT’S BYE BYE TO THIS IDIOT OF A CHEATER~”
She was shaking Nino for a moment as the boy was limp in her grip.
Hawkmoth just smirked as he watched, looking at the city now overrun with Swift’s army growing as more people were coming out from the portals.
“Soon, the city will be under our control. And Ladybug and Chat Noir have to come and stop Sombre Swift. And once she defeats them, I’m one step closer into getting my wish~!” He then closed his eyes, having a satisfied smile, “We’re almost there Emilie…”
He opened his eyes when he heard a whizzing sound, smirking.
The whizzing of a yo-yo.
They were here.
Ladybug was leading the charge as a lot of Miraculous heroes were following her lead.
Hawkmoth felt his smile widening in greed.
With more Miraculous in hand, he can guarantee to take them for his mission.
He just had to call Mayura back.
…
…
…
…
Although when he tried to feel her, he somehow felt nothing.
Where was Mayura?
Aizawa smirked as he placed his goggles over his eyes after taking down some Sentimonsters, sort of thankful that his quirk could be used against them. It was surprising, but then again, he was going to take them down even if his quirk didn’t work.
He turned his head as he spotted Amelie gracefully flipping over a monster, used her vinyl gloves and shocked the monster into submission, then was quickly taking down another one. Pride swelled in Aizawa as he watched her go, it was as if she never changed…like they were high school again.
“Heads up, Eraser!” Amelie yelled as she was using her electro gloves to shock the monster that was sneaking behind Aizawa, watching it fall to the ground, “You gotta be careful!”
The shaggy haired man looked over at the blonde, grinning a bit as he managed to use his capture weapon to grab the monster behind her, flipping it away from her and hitting it against a wall.
“Speak for yourself.” He teased gruffly, but then noticed movement at the corner of his eye.
The very same woman controlling these monsters was getting away!
“I’ll grab her! You deal with these monsters!” Amelie yelled as she was chasing after Mayura before Aizawa could say anything, and the man felt his heart drop.
“Amelie, no!”
He was going to go after her when a portal suddenly opened in front of him and he was face to face with a—
“Nomu?!”
Said Nomu was screeching at his face angrily and made it’s attack against Eraserhead.
Meanwhile, Amelie was trying to keep up with catching up to the Peacock Villainess, having to jump over obstacles and such when Mayura was speeding up and heading to jump rooftop to rooftop. She pressed onto her bracelet as a grappling cable shot out, Amelie hoisting herself up to the top of the buildings and following after her.
Thank god she worked the core of her body with fun parkour and mountain climbing skills with Felix. Otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to do all these things.
Amelie skidded to a halt when Mayura made an inhumanly impossible jump from one building to another, and the blonde woman frowned. Taking a deep breath, she was soon backing away for a moment, then made the quick run. Bracing herself, she soon made the jump, pressing onto her bracelet as she grappled onto a building and swung herself the rest of the way there.
She was so close to Mayura, she ended up leaping up in the air and tackled the woman down before she made another jump. Amelie struggled to pin Mayura down, but eventually got to swiping at the brooch on the woman’s chest. A bubbling mist surrounded the woman, revealing Nathalie Sancoeur.
“I knew it.” Amelie said in finality, her eyes narrowing, “Which means Hawkmoth is—“
“You won’t stop him.” Nathalie interrupted with a deadpan look, her own eyes staring up at Amelie knowingly, “Nothing will stop him for making his wish.”
“…By getting Ladybug and Chat Noir’s Miraculous.”
Nathalie nodded as Eraserhead appeared behind Amelie, listening in.
Amelie growled, “He won’t get his wish. Whatever it is, it will backfire.”
“Even if the wish was bringing your sister back?”
This caught Aizawa’s attention. But once he saw Amelie was raising a fist, the man swiftly pulled the British woman off Nathalie before she could do damage. However, this movement made Nathalie grab for the Peacock Miraculous back. Aizawa and Amelie both reached forward to grab it back from her, but their eyes widened when a small glowing portal appeared between them. A gloved hand reached out and snatched the Miraculous from the three adults, pulling back into the portal as it vanished.
Nathalie paled as both Aizawa and Amelie looked at each other in confusion.
Usadori stared at Peacock Miraculous in hand.
‘I actually have it. Good thing I looked into the future to see that Aizawa-sensei was with Mayura. But it was even more surprising he wasn’t alone.’
Glancing at the battlefield, he could already see that Ladybug and Chat Noir were already heading to Hawkmoth. Vix Filou and Calliopsini were already going head to head with Sombre Swift while Wyvern and Duchess Dormouse were backing them up.
That was…until Shinsou came into the battlefield.
Usadori frowned as he looked down at the brooch once more.
Colors of blue and white appeared in his field of vision, his instinct of the Miraculous taking over. His instinct pointed him to the brooch, then to Chat Noir…but there was something missing. But what?
Meanwhile, down below in the battlefield, Duchess Dormouse paused in fighting a zombified Kagami when Hitoshi Shinsou appeared in her field of vision. Frozen in place, the Mouse heroine stared at the blank face of the purple haired male readying his capture weapon.
He…
….He has never looked at her so…so coldly before.
Wyvern looked up as she spotted her partner in some sort of shock, her eyes widened as Shinsou was making his way to attack. The Dragoness growled, soon leaping over the pawns and went to kick Shinso away, snapping Duchess Dormouse out of her daze.
“Wyvern…”
The Dragon heroine looked over at the mouse like girl, nodding her head once and went to fight some more enemies. This caused Duchess Dormouse to get her head in the game, but not before glancing at a now unconscious Shinso.
‘I’ll be back for you. I promise.’
As that was happening, Calliopsini caught Nino in her arms when Sombre Swift made the drop, placing the dazed boy to the side for now. And the new Bee Heroine had to watch as the new Fox and the previous Fox were now fighting against one another.
“I’ve waited for this day to come, Cesaire. The day that I get to hit you where it hurts!” Vix Filou laughed breathlessly as she was swinging her flute like a bo-staff, watching how the former Fox Heroine turned villainess was growling at her, “How does it feel to be replaceable~?”
Sombre Swift’s eyes turned into daggers as she screamed out in frustration, going to attack Vix Filou.
“My name is SOMBRE SWIFT!” The villainess yelled as she was slashing her own dark flute at the blonde fox, “And /I/ am the best and ONLY fox! You’re just a placeholder until I get my hands on Ladybug AND /MY/ MIrACULOUS!“
“Oooh~! I’m soooo scared~“ Vix Filou mocked as she flipped back from an attack, and dodged the next one boredly, “Face it, you’ll never get to be a Miraculous wielder again. Not after this stupid stunt you pulled.”
A strangled growl came from the former Fox user, as she was going for the attack once more.
Calliopsini wanted to use her Venom, but knew that she was still new to this. If she used her ability, her timer on her Miraculous would start counting down. That, and she had to save it for Hawkmoth when Ladybug needs her.
Turning her head to Nino, her eyes darkened for a moment as instinct kicked in. Pursing her lips, she soon was using her spinning top and was wrapping it around Nino securely. Soon she jumped up in the air, dragging Nino with her.
Maybe she could bring him to Master Fu.
As that was happening, both Chat Noir and Ladybug were jumping over enemies, making a beeline to Hawkmoth standing on top of the Eiffel Tower.
“This is it, Bug,” Chat Noir said as he used his bo-staff to pole vault up while Ladybug used her yo-yo to swing herself up, “We’re fighting Hawkmoth and this time, we’re gonna win and take the Butterfly Miraculous back!”
Ladybug nodded as she took a deep breath.
“Yes. You and me, Chat.”
Chat Noir grinned, “I wouldn’t have it any other way!”
The two reached to the top, landing gracefully a few feet away from a confident smirking Hawkmoth.
“Your reign is over, Hawkmoth!” Ladybug pointed her finger at him, narrowing her eyes, “Better give up now, because today we will defeat you!”
A deep evil laugh came from the man, throwing his head back before he then gave a sinister grin.
“You think that, wouldn’t you, Ladybug? Well, too bad for you, you’re not the only one with an army,” He stretched his arms out, “Thanks to my latest akuma, I SHALL NOT ONLY TAKE YOURS AND CHAT NOIR MIRACULOUS, BUT YOUR FRIENDS TOO!”
“LUCKY CHARM!”
Ladybug yelled as she was throwing her yo-yo up in the air, the magical ladybugs appearing to give the lucky charm. Ladybug blinked as she caught the object in hand…and her eyes widened.
“…A feather?”
Hawkmoth cackled once more, “What are you going to do with that, hm? Ladybug?”
Ladybug looked around for a moment, biting her lower lip as she couldn’t see anything to use with the Lucky Charm.
It was then that Usadori came in through his burrow, his eyes narrowed.
Hawkmoth stared at the Rabbit Hero for a moment then his eyes had a shining glint.
Usadori was soon grabbing Chat Noir and vanished once more, leading to Ladybug’s stomach dropping.
“What…?”
But she snapped out just in time to block Hawkmoth’s attack with his cane.
“What do you think you’re doing?!”
Usadori let go of Chat Noir once they were back in Master Fu’s, almost shocking the said man, Leviathan and Pridwen. The Rabbit Hero ignored the cat’s growls and demands as he then grabbed for his hand, taking the ring and let Chat Noir turn back into Adrien Agreste.
“Wha—?”
“There’s not time. Fluff, Counter-Clockwise,” Usadori transformed back into Izuku as Fluff appeared floating beside him, “We’re gonna have to change up the plan.”
“But Ladybug—?”
“Will be fine on her own for now. But I need you to take this!”
And thus Izuku was holding up the Peacock Miraculous.
Master Fu looked appalled.
“How did you get that?” He asked as Izuku smiled.
“I caught it from Mayura when she was fighting with Eraserhead and another woman. But let’s leave that for now,” Turning back to Adrien, he took the other’s hand and placed the Peacock Miraculous into his hand, “Let Master Fu fix this up and you use it. All you have to say to Duusu is Duusu, Showoff Feathers!”
“Show—” Adrien was cut off as Usadori placed a hand over his mouth from accidentally transforming right there and then, nodding.
“Yes, say that so you don’t turn evil, I should think? At least that’s to my knowledge a lot of transformation callout spells have different terms?” Izuku shrugged as he placed the Cat Ring onto his finger, “So catch up with us when you’re ready.”
“B-But what about the Cat Miraculous?” Adrien asked, balking as Izuku was feeding Fluff before transforming into Usadori again, “Ladybug can’t defeat Hawkmoth without the Cat…right?”
“That is usually the case, yes.” Usadori stretched his arms out for a moment before looking thoughtful, “…But I might know a temporary person to wield Plagg for now as you be the new Peacock Hero~”
“M-Me?” Adrien gaped at him before looking down at the brooch in hand before looking back at Rabbit Hero, “Why me?”
“You’ll figure it out,” Usadori said mysteriously before he was looking to Master Fu, “I know there’s a spell that fixes a broken Miraculous,”
“Y-Yes…indeed there is,” Master Fu nodded as he was bringing his tablet out, as Usadori was opening a burrow and then was stepping in.
“Good, now I shall return with the new Cat Holder~”
And he soon vanished.
Lila saw a glowing light appear near her and sat up from the bed, seeing Usadori coming in, the portal closing behind him.
“Finally!” Lila breathed out as the boy de-transformed back into Izuku, “I thought you’d never come back.”
“Of course I was gonna come back. But I’m afraid that things are taking longer than expected,” Izuku explained as he was pulling out his phone and started texting, “So you’re gonna have to stay for a few more hours.”
“What?!” The Italian girl looked appalled, “What about my Mama? She’s gonna wonder where I am!”
“You’re a good liar, just lie,” Izuku said before he then felt her stare, and blinked, “…What?”
“You’re encouraging me to lie to my Mom? When you said I should stop lying?” Lila said deadpanned.
Izuku looked sheepish before then giving an uncharacteristic smirk.
“Would you rather tell her the truth~? That you’re miles away from home and in a boy’s room wearing HIS clothes~?”
Lila opened her mouth, before closing it with a huff, “And you call me slick?”
“I didn’t call you slick. I said you’re too clever.”
“Same thing.”
Izuku held up a finger before he heard a hard knock on his door before he walked over to it, opening it to reveal—
“So you gonna tell me the truth now, nerd?”
Izuku just smiled calmly as he let Bakugo in, while Lila was staring with utter shock.
“Hey Kacchan. I can’t really explain everything but I do need your help~“
“As always, Deku. Geez, what trouble did you get yourself into now?” Bakugo raised a brow before he was glancing at Lila, “So she’s not your girlfriend?”
Izuku felt his face flush before smiling sheepishly, “No. But she is a friend and needs to stay here for safety reason. But that’s not the reason you’re here!”
“So what is it?”
Izuku smiled happily before he was holding out a silver ring, making Bakugo stare at him for a moment.
“…You proposing?” Bakugo asked with a smirk before Izuku pouted at him.
“I’m not proposing, Kacchan!” Izuku whined before he coughed, then spoke in a serious tone, “Katsuki Bakugo, this is the Miraculous of the Cat, that will grant you the power of Destruction. I am asking you to join me to fight evil that’s happening in Paris.”
Lila stood up before she was tugging at Izuku’s ear, “You have Chat Noir’s Miraculous?! How did you manage that?!”
“That’s kinda a secret. But as I said, there’s not much time to explain,” Izuku winced at being pinched as he made Lila release him before looking to his childhood friend, “So can you help me?”
Bakugo snorted, turning away before he started walking to the door.
“I don’t have time for your stupid nonsense, Deku. Whatever shit you’re going through, deal with it yourself. This was worse than finding out about One—“
He then blinked when he heard Izuku say something, then a flash and suddenly a blue, black and white rabbit suited male stood in front of him with an umbrella to his face, glaring up at him.
“Katsuki Nobuhiko Bakugo. You WILL take the ring, come with me, and save the fucking day. Do I make myself MOTHERFUCKING CLEAR?!”
Bakugo won’t admit it, but somehow he was almost reminded of an angry Inko Midoriya. And it’s even more deadly than his own mother’s ire.
Even Lila was falling onto the bed looking frightened.
Bakugo averted his eyes down, then sighed before looking back up at the fuming bunny, “…Fine, what do I have to do?”
Usadori smiled happily before taking Bakugo’s hand, placing the ring onto his finger. The blond raised a brow before he had to close his eyes with a groan when a light flashed before him, then blinked slowly when a floating black cat like thing appeared before him.
“This is my new kitten?” Plagg questioned before looking to Usadori, “Kid, you didn’t think of anyone else?”
“Trust me on this. This one fits the bill,” The rabbit hero said with a chirp before making a portal, then looked to Lila, “You stay here, and keep out of trouble.”
Lila rolled her eyes, “As if I have anywhere to go.”
Smiling, Usadori soon looked to Bakugo, who was looking down at the ring as it turned into a black ring with an amber stone.
“Now just say “Plagg, Claws Out!” and I’ll explain on the way,”
Bakugo was grinning now, as he then raised a fist up.
“PLAGG! CLAWS OUT!”
“This should do it.”
Adrien was peeking over the Master’s shoulder along with Pridwen and Leviathan, watching how the man was holding the Peacock Miraculous and using a dropper that somehow had some sort of potion inside that would fix the broken Miraculous.
“Is this really gonna work?” The new Turtle Hero asked.
“It has too.” Fu hummed, as he let the drop of the potion fall unto the cracks, and the four of them watched for any signs it would be fixed.
They all gasped as golden light shimmered on the cracks, and soon the cracks were slowly closing up, hope shining on everyone’s face. Adrien breathed out softly when he saw the color looked more vibrant now than it did before, the blond watching the Miraculous glowed brightly before Duusu appeared before them, opening her eyes and looking so alive and happy.
“Wooooo~ I’m fixed~ I feel sooOOOooo much better~” Duusu cooed happily before she then looked over to Adried and gasped, flying over to him then was peppering kisses onto his face, “Are you my new holder~? You’re soooo cute hehehe~~“
“Er? Thank you?”
A cough came from Fu as Duusu and Adrien looked over at him, the old man smiled a little.
“I believe you have a fight to get back to, Adrien?”
Adrien nodded before he was taking the brooch and placed it over his chest, smiling as he looked at Duusu, determination filled his face.
“Duusu, Showoff Feathers!”
The Peacock Kwami giggled before she was pulled into the Miraculous, and Adrien soon transformed into his hero attire, everyone in the room looking in awe. The new hero looked down at himself, knowing he looked super different than Mayura. More bright and a little tight, but still a better look as he saw his reflection in the mirror close by.
“Woah…” The hero touched the Phantom Mask over half his face before looking back at Master Fu, “I-I suppose I should get going.”
“We’re coming with,” Leviathan chirped before looking a bit puzzled, “W-what should we call you though?”
The Peacock hero looked thoughtful for a moment before he smiled, “Call me…Prince Peafowl~”
A groan came from everyone, as Prince Peafowl pouted.
“I don’t see any of you coming up with a cooler name!”
“Well no time to think on it, Ladybug looks like she needs help,” Pridwen saw the news as the trio of heroes looked to the screen of Ladybug and Hawkmoth fighting…and Ladybug was losing.
“Right. I’ll go. Pridwen, stay with the Master. Leviathan, come with me!”
The Snake heroine nodded before she and Prince Peafowl jumped out to head off.
Ladybug panted as she fell to the ground, Hawkmoth standing over her with a dark chuckle.
“It’s foolish, Ladybug. Your partner abandoned you and you’re out of luck. In a few minutes, you’ll turn back into a pitiful girl and your Miraculous will be mine!”
Ladybug felt the beeping of her earrings and closed her eyes, shaking her head. She stood her ground, getting up and opening her eyes once more with stubbornness and determination.
“Not gonna happen, Hawkmoth. I’ll take you down myself if I have to! You’re never going to get these earrings!”
Before Hawkmoth could step forward to attack, a portal appeared in front of him as a boot kicked his face in, explosions happening everywhere.
“DIE YOU MOTH MASKED FREAK!”
“Dyna-Cat! You’re not supposed to kill him!” Usadori peeked his head out with wide eyes, already hopping out and closing the portal behind him.
“DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, YOU DAMN RABBIT NERD! AND YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO CALL ME KING EXPLOSION MURDER CAT!”
The new Cat Hero yelled at the other, then turned as he was already throwing his hands up and grinned evilly. He soon wailed his punches down on the villain, screaming ‘Die, Die, DIE!’ over and over again.
Ladybug stared in both horror and shook, while Usadori was rubbing at his head with a sigh.
He was starting to regret giving the Miraculous to this guy.
“King…Explosion Murder Cat?” Ladybug asked slowly, Usadori giving a look of nervousness and bashfulness.
“It’s a name he really loves.”
“…Where’s Chat Noir?”
“He’s donning a new persona and will be here in a few minutes~” The Rabbit Hero then peeked behind her and smiled, “Ah! Here he comes now with Leviathan~”
Ladybug looked over and gasped as she saw a Peacock Hero along with the Snake Hero, whirling around to Usadori.
“You didn’t…”
“I did~” Usadori yelled jovially before Ladybug then looked at her Lucky Charm, “I am sure your Lucky Charm told you about this…?”
It all makes sense now.
“But now what?” Ladybug looked to the now very burnt and beaten Hawkmoth, “Are…are we really winning this easily?”
“It’s not over yet,” Usadori breathed out before he looked down seeing Sombre Swift and the portals around them, “First we get the Butterfly Miraculous away from Hawkmoth and end all this madness.”
Leviathan was seen activating her Second Chance, landing nearby them along with Prince Peafowl.
“We’re here!” Prince Peafowl chirped, grinning at Ladybug, “Like my new look~?”
“Very stylish…er—?”
“Prince Peafowl~”
“Of course you’d use a name like that.”
“Hey, extras!”
Everyone looked to the new Cat who was shaking the unconscious Hawkmoth by the collar.
A huff came from the Peacock hero, “He’s my temp?!”
An angry look came from the new Cat Hero, “I’m no one’s replacement.”
“Whatever. But now that we have Hawkmoth, we can take the Miraculous and see who this guy is~” Prince Peafowl smiled brightly and looked towards Ladybug, “Right?”
The holder of the Ladybug felt her heart elate for just a moment.
This was it. It was all gonna be over.
Ladybug was hopeful now that they could have the Butterfly Miraculous back where it belongs and the terrible nightmares that this and the Peacock Miraculous have caused here would cease. Paris could be a peaceful city again.
“Not so fast~”
Before they could move and get the Miraculous off of Hawkmoth, laughter was heard and everyone jumped back in time before a blue fire blocked their way to Hawkmoth and the new Cat Hero had to jump away and land next to Usadori. Ladybug and the rest of them looked around. Suddenly, a figure landed before them, revealing to be some dark haired man with burnt scars and staples on his skin, his hands on fire.
“Nah, ah, ah kiddies~ Can’t be taking our hard work now~”
“D-dabi?” Both Usadori and the new Cat gasped, making everyone else confused.
“W-who is he?” Ladybug asked, as Usadori frowned, silent.
Not getting any answeres, Ladybug stepped forward, voice strong and demanding.
“Are you working for Hawkmoth and Mayura??? Are you here to take our Miraculous?!” Ladybug demanded, but then blinked as Dabi cackled in amusement.
“Working for them? You’ve got it twisted, little girl~” Dabi shook his head, then smirked darkly, “They’re working for us~“
Suddenly Leviathan was about to slap down on her bracelet but yelped when she felt something grabbing her forearms and lifting her up in the air, while Prince Peafowl yelped when he was grabbed as well. The New Cat Hero, Usadori and Ladybug turned to see two more of Dabi seen, grinning evilly while Leviathan was kicking and trying to break free along with the Peacock Hero.
“Sorry, little heroes~ We can’t have you take our little friend here~ He still…has his uses~”
Ladybug sensed movement as she flipped back to see a silver masked man in all body black rubber suit that also covered his bottom half of his face, and this dude tried to attack her. The snickering villain was wiggling his fingers in a waving motion as another one of him kicked her down, while more clones of Dabi and the masked man jumped out to attack the blond cat hero and Usadori.
While that was happening, the Real Dabi hummed and soon turned to Hawkmoth, who was slowly waking up.
“T-The…The Miraculous…I…I need…”
Dabi raised a brow. Sighing, he crouched down before the old man and reached to his chest. He grabbed the Miraculous, transforming Hawkmoth back to Gabriel Agreste, Dabi shaking his head.
“I said we still have use for you…but not as Hawkmoth~”
Gabriel looked confused but then gasped when a hand reached to grab him, screaming out in agony as Dabi cackled, Gabriel trying to pry the madman’s hand off of his now burning face.
“Sorry. It’s orders from the Bossman. You’ll understand soon~”
Prince Peacock managed to get himself free, using his fan to slice at the man holding him, then sliced at him once more when he pulled on his belt and transformed it into a sword, only blinking in confusion when the man…started melting like mud?
Shaking his head, he soon looked to the one named Dabi still crouched over Hawkmoth, but it looks like that the butterfly villain had de-transformed?
The Peacock Hero jumped over the fire gracefully and landed behind Dabi, trying to see what was going on when Dabi stood up, almost whirling around to smack at the Peacock hero, but missed when Prince Peafowl jumped out of the way. The fiery villain grinned, waving the Butterfly Miraculous at him almost mockingly. Prince Peafowl frowned before looking at the fallen Hawkmoth to see who the man was behind the mask, but looked horrified as he saw that his face was burnt almost to the point of being unrecognisable. But the clothes…it couldn’t be. Then he saw the glasses on the ground.
“This is where we say goodbye, hero~” Dabi winked, before he hummed, “You are holding the Peacock now, huh~? Looks like Mayura failed. Too bad, she was gonna be one of our good chess pieces…”
Prince growled before a crazed grin came over Dabi’s face.
“We got what we came for. So consider yourselves lucky, kiddo~ The Great Hawkmoth and Scary Mayura are off your hands for now~ Until then…” Dabi was pressing something against his ear as he murmured, “Kurogiri, Twice and I are ready.”
A black gaping hole swirled behind Dabi as he and the other masked man, now known as Twice, were backing up to escape into the swirling dark vortex along with the clones. Dabi picked the fallen Hawkmoth, hoisted him on his shoulder and turned to leave.
“Wait, come back—“
“NO!”
Usadori jumped over, raising an arm up to stop Prince Peafowl from running after them as the villains escaped to the portal.
“What are you thinking? You think you can go up against them? They’ll kill you on the spot! They aren’t like Hawkmoth and Mayura!”
Once Dabi and Twice were gone and the portals vanished, Prince Peafowl growled, glaring at Usadori.
“So what? We just let them get away?!”
“At least we’re safe now. And we got one of the Miraculous back,” Ladybug spoke up softly once she was helping Leviathan up, trying to smile even though there was a lot of questions and concerns in her eyes, “We’ve won a battle at least, and without any casualties once I call my Miraculous Ladybug.”
“And look!”
Leviathan pointed towards the portals vanishing, and it seems that Sombre Swift and changed back into Alya Cesaire.
“NO!” The girl screamed as her powers were gone, and soon everyone that was under her spell was waking back up and getting control back.
Shinso blinked as he looked around for a moment, then looking down at Duchess Dormouse, who was tearing up and soon hugging the life out of him while Wyvern was smiling in victory.
Vix Filou breathed out in relief, looking up at Ladybug and them.
Ladybug looked to the feather in hand, then was throwing up in the air.
“MIRACULOUS LADYBUG~!”
Everything soon was cleaned and fixed back to normal, the monsters disappearing and all the people that were under Sombre Swift’s control were back to normal.
Ladybug breathed out a sigh of relief, but then glanced over to an angry looking Alya being surrounded by Duchess Dormouse, Wyvern, Vix Filou and Shinso.
“You…This isn’t over!” Alya screamed out as Ladybug and the rest of them rushed over to them, catching Alya’s attention as she stood and pointed to Ladybug once she was close, “And you! How could you replace me!?”
Ladybug sighed before she looked to the Ladyblogger sadly, “I am truly sorry. But I am afraid you can no longer be a Miraculous Hero anymore,”
Alya blinked, then her eyes widened, “W-what?! Why?!”
“This isn’t any way your fault. Hawkmoth trapped you at your weakest, and I’m not sure why but…because of some circumstances that came to light today, I must renounce you as Rena Rouge permanently.”
Vix Filou almost smirked at this but Alya was shaking her head with angry tears.
“I didn’t do anything WRONG! If only you gave me my Miraculous instead of JUST Nino—”
“That’s also another thing. You already know Nino is a Miraculous holder and now Hawkmoth knows it too. You also exposed Hitoshi Shinso as well as yourself, so if I don’t do this now, Hawkmoth will try and track you and your loved ones down. Don’t worry, they aren’t getting their Miraculous back either,” At least not the ones they have used now out in the open, “But this is the end, Alya. I am sorry.”
Ladybug opened her hand out to ask for the Miraculous that Alya was still holding back.
“Please, for the sake of our teamwork and friendship, give me back the Horse Miraculous.”
Alya’s eyes darted left and right for a moment, stepping back for a bit while holding the glasses closer to her chest.
“…No.”
Ladybug looked broken in disbelief as Alya growled, anger rising even more.
“No it cannot end like this!” She screeched, pointing an accusing finger at her, “How many times have I waited for you to call on me to have MY miraculous and fight alongside you to save the day?! How many, HUH!? I’ve been nothing but loyal to you! Helped you in everything and anything for you stupid heroes and yet I get no thanks? No recognition or even a chance to be Rena Rouge and yet you let some nobodies have Miraculouses?! What have THEY done for you?! NOTHING! WHILE I WAS ALWAYS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING! EVEN BETTER THAN STUPID, USELESS CHAT NOIR!”
The heroes looked at Alya in shock as she was placing the glasses on, Kaalki appearing next to her, looking miffed.
“If I can’t be Rena Rouge! Fine! I’ll be a new hero! And be TWICE AS GOOD AS YOU! OR NINO OR EVEN FUCKING CHLOE BOURGEOIS—”
The new Fox rolled her eyes as she looked to Ladybug, “Geez, what a sore loser.”
The Ladyblogger growled as she whipped her head to Vix Filou and pointed her finger at her, “I’ll take you down first, you fake hero!”
Before she could do anything, she felt someone grab at her glasses and pulled them away from her face.
Shinso stood with his capture weapon, the glasses now in hand.
“This stops now.”
“You—“
Alya started but soon her eyes went blank, her jaw slacked and body almost slumping over as Shinso walked over to her, eyes dark and aura menacing.
“You’re going home, go to sleep, and once you wake up, you will forget EVERYTHING you have seen or heard this day. You’re going to forget you EVER were the Fox Heroine, Rena Rouge. You are going to forget that Nino Lahiffe was Carapace or I was Kirin AND never try to find out any Miraculous Heroes identities or chase after Ladybug or them ever again. That clear? Now go.”
Everyone watched as Alya soon was turning around and started walking away, almost looking like a zombie as she did so.
Shinso held his head for a moment and almost fell if not for Usadori catching him.
“I got you.”
Ladybug slowly looked at the purple haired male, almost too afraid to ask.
“What…did you do?” Prince Peafowl asked slowly as Shinso looked around him.
Fear.
Shinso closed his eyes, knowing that this was the outcome when using his quirk. He should’ve known…
“…What had to be done.”
“You do realise you used your quirk outside of school,” Usadori breathed out as he fidgeted a bit, looking troubled, “What would Eraserhead say?”
“He’ll overlook it. It was either this or bonk her on the head hard.”
Usadori looked disapprovingly for a moment before the new Cat Hero snorted.
“So Eyebags is here too. That’s just great.”
Peafowl bristled before pointing a finger at the explosive boy, “Alright, I can’t believe that the person that took the Cat Miraculous would be a really rude asshole!”
Usadori sighed before smiling weakly, “I should be taking him back…”
“Hito…”
Shinso didn’t look up as someone called his name soflty, knowing that people are now afraid of what he’s capable of. So color him surprised as he felt the arms around him and someone’s face burying their face to his back. Shinso’s eyes widened as he was turned around, looking at the teary eyed Duchess Dormouse, who was soon sobbing into his chest.
“I-I’m glad you’re okay, Hitoshi! I wa-was so SO scared w-when I saw you on TV…” She cried, making Shinso realise who this girl was behind the mouse mask.
Looking up slowly, he saw the Dragon Heroine smiling weakly and giving a shy familiar thumbs up, Shinso’s eyes widening more.
“You’re…not scared?”
“I JUST SAID I was scared, silly!” The Mouse Heroine sniffled, snot now running down her nose and Shinso was quickly pulling his scarf to wipe her nose and tears, not caring about the mess.
“No, no…I meant…you saw what I did to Cesaire…”
Another sniffle and the girl was wiping her eyes before she looked up at him, “Yeah, a-and?”
Shinso blinked, frowning, “I…used my quirk. I brainwashed her just like she did with her powers when she was Akumatized?”
“B-But you did it for good. Not evil.”
“…How would you know that?”
Duchess pouted and reached up to pull at his cheeks, making Shinso yelp and groan in pain.
“Ooowww—“
“Listen to me Hitoshi Shinso! I have known you for not that long, but I know that you are a good person! You used your…quirk? Yeah, you used your quirk so that Alya couldn’t get revenge on Ladybug and us! You did us all a favour so she won’t be re-akumatized by Hawkmoth should he come back! So don’t be villainizing yourself Hitoshi or I’M GONNA GET REAL MAD!”
Pale violet eyes stared down at the petite heroine in surprise, before he then yelped when his cheeks were slapped by her hands hard, and soon his face was smushed by said hands.
“Say it.”
“Shay bwat?” Shinso asked, cheeks still mushed by her hands, almost resembling a puffer fish.
“Say you’re not a bad guy.”
Shinso stared at her incredulously, but seeing her serious look, he sighed and closed his eyes.
“…I’m not a bad guy.”
Duchess looked at Shinso a few more seconds, eyes squinted before it widened brightly as she smiled. Satisfied with him, she lets go of Shinso’s face then patting it gently.
“Good boy~”
Shinso sighed, but had a tiny smile as he leaned into her gloved hands.
“Okay, enough with the touchy shit, can we go now?” The Cat Hero huffed before turning to Usadori, narrowing his eyes, “And you! NEVER drag me into this shit again…“
Ladybug frowned before stepping up now, hands on her hips and narrowing her eyes, “You know, I dunno WHAT Usadori was thinking recruiting a rude jerk like you as the Cat Hero while Chat Noir isn’t here!”
Shinso looked to the both of them and his eyes widened, almost looking paler than he usually was. Duchess glanced over at him, wondering what got him as white as a ghost.
“Haaa? You say something, Spots???”
“Haa?! H-What do you mean Haaa?? YOU USED UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE AGAINST SOMEONE!”
“SHUT THE HELL UP! I DID THE JOB I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO! STOP MOTH MOUTH FROM DESTROYING PARIS, ISn’T THAT /WHY/ I WAS CALLED?!”
“That doesn’t mean you get to blow his face off! AND HE’S HAWKMOTH, NOT MOTH MOUTH!”
“Whatever! A VILLAIN’S A VILLAIN! DO YOUR JOB BETTER!”
“You—YOU—“
“Lost your words, Spots?!”
“YOu’re SO—UGH—”
Shinso and the rest of them watched the new Cat and Ladybug argue back and forth like a tennis match, although Shino was sweating bullets and Usadori was laughing quietly, almost knowing.
“Ah, Ka—I-I mean, Dyna-Cat, we should get going~” The Rabbit Hero interrupted, getting in between them.
“I TOLD YOU TO CALL ME LORD KING EXPLOSION MURDER CAT—”
“THat’s another thing, WHAT A STUPID HERO NAME—“
Prince Peafowl sighed as he was reaching to Ladybug and covered her mouth, holding her back as Usadori made his burrow and started dragging the protesting Cat Hero away and into the portal, the two of them disappearing.
Beeping sounds from multiple directions were heard, and Prince yelped in worry.
“We’ve got ten seconds until we transform back!”
Quickly, Shinso was placing his glasses on and called ‘Kaalki, full gallop!’ out loud, transforming into Kirin before teleporting them all to Master Fu’s place. Their timers turned zero as they transformed back to their civilian selves.
Master Fu and Pridwen smiled at the heroes returning, relieved and proud of the now tired heroes. Nino was sitting on the couch with Sabrina now, looking disoriented and apologetic.
“Well done, everyone. You have truly worked together as a team and saved Paris from Hawkmoth and Sombre Swift,” Fu spoke up softly, nodding his head, “I am very proud of you all.”
“As true as that is, I’m still angry about Usadori changing plans on us,” Marinette groaned, placing a hand over her eyes.
“But we won and Paris is okay! I count that as a success!” Alix cheered before Pridwen transformed back to Nathaniel, looking grim.
“Except Hawkmoth escaped with that fire villain. So we still didn’t get the Butterfly Miraculous back…”
“But we did get this back,” Adrien held the Peacock brooch in hand, smiling a bit as Duusu rested on his shoulder, “Thanks to Usadori…”
After having a small moment to breathe, everyone soon was feeding their kwamis (thanks to Marinette bringing snacks before all ths), Adrien especially giving Duusu a treat and cuddling her close in his arms.
Nino sighed loudly as he looked up, “I’m sorry, you guys.”
Everyone looked towards Nino, who was fiddling with the snacks that Marinette provided them.
“Why are you saying sorry, dude?” Alix asked.
“If…If I didn’t get caught in Sombre Swift’s trap, t-then maybe I wouldn’t have compromised myself and get exposed a-and Alya—“
“Hey, that’s not your fault,” Sabrina was shaking her head, “Alya was out of control and did what she did. You had no control over that.”
“Still…”
Marinette touched Nino’s hand and smiled warmly, “I meant what I said though. You may not be able to be Wyazz’s holder anymore, but you can still be a hero.”
“R-really?” Nino looked teary eyed for a moment, then looked to Nathaniel.
“Oh! Um, i-if you don’t want me to use the Turtle—-“
Nathaniel was already trying to remove his bracelet but Nino stopped him, shaking his head.
“Nah, dude. If I had to say who’s get Wyazz, I’d gladly pick you. So I’m happy Master Fu made the call to choose you as the true Turtle Hero,” He smiled, giving a salute, “Take care of my dude there, ya here?”
Wyazz flew to Nino, hugging his face, “You were an amazing partner to have, my dude!”
“Same to you, little dude. Take care of Nath too, okay, buddy?” Nino said, almost crying as he hugged the kwami before letting him go, Wyazz flying back to sit on Nath’s head.
Adrien pursed his lips as he stared down at Duusu, catching Marinette’s attention.
“Adrien…?”
Adrien sighed, before looking at his partner with unsure eyes.
“If I am to have Duusu and be the Peacock Hero…do-does this mean I’m no longer Chat Noir?”
Marinette looked unsure. Can she no longer have Chat Noir as her partner?
Re-Destro bowed his head to the ground as Shigaraki looked at the screen, having watched everything that was happening in Paris. Including the defeat of Hawkmoth. Trumpet and Skeptic were standing by the door with nervous looks, glancing at each other then to their former leader, who was murmuring apologies.
“I-I did not realise that Gabriel was a quirkless. If I knew, I wouldn’t have—It was just that Emilie-san a-and him being Hawkmoth I—“
Shigaraki raised a hand, and Rikiya zipped his lips immediately, before bowing his head even further down.
“I apologise, Great Leader. You may punish me as you wish…I-I have failed you—“
“Failed~?” Shigaraki chuckled, his blood colored eyes looking down at the shrivelled up man that jumped out of his floating chair to basically grovel in front of him, “On the contrary, you showed me something interesting~”
“G-Great Leader?”
Trumpet looked confused, as he coughed, “Forgive me for asking but…are you saying that us losing to a bunch of children was a good thing?”
Shigaraki turned his head to stare at the man, who then averted his head down as to not meet eyes with the dust quirk villain.
A hum sounded from Shigaraki for a moment, tilting his head as he gave a wicked look.
“Losing to some kids…actually made me realise one thing…”
All three Lieutenants looked at each other for a moment before looking back at their Leader, who was grinning slowly.
“Hero Society had the right idea when it came to creating their so called champions. You gotta pick the good ones while they’re still young~”
Himiko Toga stepped out from her hiding spot from an alleyway as she saw the dazed Alya Cesaire walking on the streets. Spinner was behind the vampire like villainess, sighing with folded arms as he was pressing into a communicator and talking with someone. Grinning in glee, Toga soon made a grab for her, raising what seems to be a hammer in her hand.
“And…what of Gabriel?” Re-Destro asked, frowning a little, but relieved that Shigaraki wasn’t too angry with him.
Shigaraki smirked.
“He still has his uses~”
Dabi watched with a bored expression while Doctor Ujiko was smiling with glee, working on a new test subjects for his Nomus. Twice sort of cowered behind Dabi before giving a cheer and thumbs ups second later.
“And…Emilie-san?”
“...She’s been taken care of.”
Amelie’s eyes watered with a gasp, shaking her head as she felt like the walls were closing in on her, her vision tunnelling. Aizawa caught her before she fell, looking at the now empty coffin that Emilie once laid in.
“And what a beauty she is~”
Mr. Compress appeared once a portal opened nearby Shigaraki, humming a little as he held up a pretty blue marble in hand. Another portal opened as Toga was giggling happily while waving a now bloodied hammer, Spinner carrying a black body bag.
Re-Destro, Trumpet and Skeptic looked surprised at this, as Shigaraki stood, chuckling darkly.
“A battle is lost today. But the war is FAR from over~”
The police van driven by Roger Raincomprix, the vehicle riding down the Parisian road on the way to the police station carrying the now known accomplice of Hawkmoth, the former Mayura: Nathalie Sancoeur. She just stared at the tiny barred window with dead eyes, until she blinked, hearing commotion at the front the truck, and soon the vehicle came to a halt.
She then tilted her head when the doors of the police truck was ripped open, and Kurogiri stood there, yellow eyes unfeeling and patient.
Nathalie just smirked, almost as if knowing.
And soon the two vanished into the night.
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