Here's the second part! Debating on making a little epilogue piece involving Master Fu, not sure yet, especially since there doesn't seem to be much interest in this oof
In a moment of pure panic Plagg managed to tug the ring off of Kim's finger while he was listening to whatever Hawkmoth was telling him.
The black kwami phased through the wall, eyes wide. It was obvious he was distressed. Kim.being akumatized was not a good thing at all. He was the black cat for crying out loud! Crimson Bliss needed him, especially since she was practically useless on her own.
Thinking about it, he quickly remembered that there was one another hero in town, someone who had a permanent miraculous, someone who just happened to be running down the hallway trying to find Kim.
With a heavy sigh, Plagg flew after him, only glancing behind him once when he heard a loud crash, like glass shattering. Dark Cupid was on the move, and it was now or never if he was going to give Chien Renard a crash course in kwami fusion.
Plagg hissed when Adrien ducked behind a corner, quickly following him. "Excuse me, but could you stop running for a minute it's kind of important" Plagg drawled, a smirk growing on his face as Adrien stopped mid transformation phrase.
"What the-" Adrien trailed off, blinking as Plagg held out the ring to him. He glanced at Trixx, and the orange kwami giggle, putting a paw to her face.
"Oh my! It looks like you'll be playing double the hero today, kit." She ran her paws through her tail, nodding her head as Adrien took the ring. "Go on, he only bites when he's hungry."
Plagg shot Trixx a glare, but said nothing more to her. "I'm Plagg, the black cat kwami. Hēisè Panthère isn't available right now and Crimson Bliss isn't going to be able to fend off this Akuma without his power." The quick, flimsy explanation was thankfully enough for Adrien to slip on the ring, changing it into a silver one that matched the chain around his neck.
"Just say your usual transformation phrase, and then 'Trixx, Plagg, unify!' And you'll be good to go." It was the quickest explanation be could give, made even faster due to the screams that could be heard from the other end of the school.
Adrien gave a determined nod, taking a deep breath. "Trixx, let's pounce!" He called his transformation to him, Plagg watching as the boy became Chien Renard. "Trixx, Plagg, unify!"
As soon as his new transformation finished, Noir Renard was dashing through the corridor, following the echoing voices of Crimson Bliss and Dark Cupid.
He skidded to a halt outside once he spotted his partner. "It took you long enough to get here Chien Renard!" Crimson Bliss shouted, without even glancing at him.
"Sorry, I got a little held up, what's the status, have you found where the Akumatized object is?"
Crimson snorted, pointing up at Dark Cupid, who was shooting random civilians with his arrows. "It's that disgusting looking pin that's keeping his arrow holder thingy on his back." She looked over at Renard, eyes widening. He looked different. The black on his suit was more prominent and his eyes were a much darker shade of green, along with the whites of his eyes which were now green. "What the hell?"
Renard shook his head. "It's Noir Renard, Blissy, and I'll explain later." He looked back up at Dark Cupid, who's attention was now on a girl with dark hair.
"How dare you stand by and watch me humiliate myself, Marinette! This is all your fault!" Dark Cupid cried out, notching his arrow into the bow.
"You try and distract him, I'm going to help that girl!" He called, not paying any attention to Crimson as she rolled her eyes but went ahead with the plan anyway. Renard quickly scooped Marinette, holding her close to his chest.
"Are you alright?" He asked, setting her down in a secluded part of the school.
"I'm fine, but Kim. . .he's not. I need to help him." Determination laced her voice, but she was held back by one of Renard's hands.
"You can't, it's too dangerous. Crimson Bliss and I will help your friend. For now, you just stay here, out of danger."
With those words he sped off, and idea in his head.
Marinette groaned as Noir Renard left her alone. Seriously? She could help! She wasn't useless just because she didn't have super powers. In fact, she was pretty sure Crimson Bliss was useless, even with super powers so that had to say something.
The girl paced back and forth, when suddenly an idea struck her. She raced back into the classroom and threw open the discarded box of candy apples that had been tossed around in the fray.
Marinette grabbed a few of them, running back towards the battle that was going on in front of the school.
Once she reached the two superheroes again, she had to dodge out of the way of a stray arrow Dark Cupid had launched. "Renard!" She called, causing the hero to stop mid-flute playing.
He looked distressed at the sight of her, but said nothing as he swiftly approached. "I told you to stay put!"
"I know but I had an idea." Marinette held out the candy apples to him, and instantly he remembered his own idea. "All we need to do is get his hands sticky and then he can't shoot arrows anymore."
Noir Renard grinned, nodding his head."Great minds think alike, we had the same idea. I was just going to send Crimson to get some of those." He took the apples out of her hands, pointing back towards the school. "Thank you, Marinette. But I need you to go hide. This Akuma seems to be after you, and I don't want a civilian hurt."
He spun away, dashing over to Crimson Bliss, who was currently trying to figure out why her lucky charm had given her a rock of all things.
"It's not that hard, Crim, here's the plan. . . ."
Marinette hid herself in a corner, one where she was still able to see the battle unfolding before her. It wasn't the best vantage point, but it would have to do for now.
Noir Renard drew Dark Cupid's attention to him, giving Crimson Bliss a chance to get closer to the Akuma. He tossed one of the candy apples at him, which Dark Cupid caught. The Akuma snorted and tried shaking it off of his hand, but it was to no avail.
With a growl, he flew towards the fountain, dipping his hands in it. "NOW CRIM!" Renard called, and Crimson ran forward, but Renard's warning had been heard by Dark Cupid as well.
He spun around, and slammed his fist into the side of Crimson's head, causing her to fall into the fountain. "Nice try, lovebug, but you're little fox over there doesn't seem to know what subtly is." He grabbed his bow and notched an arrow, aiming at the superheroine who was currently trying to fix her hair.
However, when Dark Cupid tries to let the arrow fly, his hand was stuck once again. With a glance behind him, he figured out why. Noir Renard was standing behind him, a cheeky grin in the heros face as he held up a candy apple.
The Akuma lunged for Renard, but he was on the defensive. "Chataclysm!" He called, shoving his hand forward to the heart shaped pin.
It crumbled to the ground, releasing a purple and black butterfly.
Crimson Bliss hurried over once she saw it had been released and swiped it into her yoyo. "It's time to de-evilize!" She called, releasing the newly purified white butterfly. With a heavy breath, Crimson turned her attention to Noir Renard.
The two high fived each other, grins on their faces. "Another job well done I'd say. But you should probably use the miraculous cure. I'll help the victim get back to school." Crimson gave a nod at his words, throwing the rock up into the air.
Ladybugs swarmed the area, fixing all the damage caused by Dark Cupid. Noir Renard smiled, nodding his head. "Trixx, Plagg, divide!" He was soon back to being just regular old Chien Renard, Plagg floating next to him.
Renard handed the ring over. "Thanks for your help Plagg, I hope you can get the ring back to Hēisè safely."
"I'm sure I will, take care, kid." Plagg flew off, glancing back as Chien Renard helped Kim off the ground. He quickly made his way back to the classroom and into Kim's bag, settling down for a well deserved nap.
"Here, let me help you up." Renard offered his hand out to Kim, who gratefully took it.
"You go to school there, right?" He asked, pointing to the building looming ahead of them.
"Ya. . .but I'm not sure they'll want m-"
He was cut off by someone running into him.
Marinette slammed her fists against Kim's chest, pressing her forehead against him. "Lê Chiến Kim, You're an idiot!" She looked up at him, tears welling up in her bluebell eyes.
Kim rubbed the back of his neck, looking a bit more than taken aback. After what happened, he wouldn't have ever thought Marinette would be the one to come to him after all this. "I'm sorry Mari. . ." He mumbled, holding her tightly to his chest.
Renard gave them a soft smile, and nodded at Kim as his necklace beeped. "I'll leave you to it." He bounced off, disappearing someone to detransform.
Marinette let Kim hold her for a while before pulling away, fury and disappointment lacing her eyes. "I can't believe you! You knew exactly what was going to happen, I'm sure Max even told you multiple times that 'the probability of Chooé saying yes is a 0.01 percent chance' and yet you still did it" She stamped her foot, looking up at the boy in front of her.
"You're so stupid! You got yourself akumatized over Chloé of all people!"
"Oh don't 'Mari' me, you did this to yourself. I can't believe you'd try to date someone like Chloé, after what she did to me, after what she did to you!"
"I didn't get akumatized because of Chloé I got akumatized because of how I feel about YOU, Marinette!" Anger laced his voice, his fists balling up at his sides. "The fact that you didn't say anything to me before or after I talked to Chloé, if you're that upset by me being akumatized why didn't you run after me when I left the room?!" His breathing was heavy, but he looked like someone had just beaten him up.
"I just thought that maybe if you saw me moving on you'd realize you made a mistake. . .or that I was trying to be better for you. But I guess that didn't work."
Marinette blinked, shaking her head. "Kim. . .I know you're trying to be better, you haven't fought with anyone in the class in what, 2 months? But that doesn't mean I'm ready to get back together, or that you should try and make me jealous by dating Chloé of all people!"
The two fell silent, not looking at each other. Marinette finally spoke up again, after what seemed like an eternity of silence.
"Come on, let's go back to class."
