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Harrowing Heart | Sanzo | Chapter Ninteen
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Harrowing Heart | Sanzo | Chapter Ninteen
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Chapter 12 of my smutty/fluffy flick, Are You With Me, is now up. It is rated explicit and has all the right tags. I hope you enjoy!
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//And here we go...the next segment of this story...and yes, I said story. Instead of writing this one as a headcanon post like usual, I decided to write this one as a legit fanfic. Mostly because 1) this is going to be two parter (technically it's four, two are for the Bee Miraculous Holder's arc, and the other two for Heroes' Day) and then 2) I think it would flow easier story wise. After that, it's basically end of Season 1...
...Oh you didn't expect I was going to make this a real thing right next to Quirks and Miracles, huh?
Yup, you'll hear it first. This story is going to be part of a "cinematic universe" sorta thing. Considering Q&M are already dealing with time travel and possible other universes (like in the Miraculous canon), I thought I'd already tell ya'll know that after Season One of "Tales of Tirumushi & Feline Noire" ends, I'll be working on introducing two other projects down the line (that might be tied in for future stuff)
Anyways, let's get on with the show~
This post will include: OOCness (naturally, since it's an AU), New!Bee Holder, a mix of the episodes: The Collector and Style Queen, clowning on Master Fu (mostly on Izuku's part), Identity Reveal (on both sides), Swapped Roles (from people you didn't expect), family drama, feelings...and so much more.
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Tirumushi sighed as he sat himself on the top of the Eiffel Tower, waiting for his partner for their nightly patrol. After the incident with Sheruta, he thought it was time that they talked. Especially when he noticed how Feline Noire was looking, almost as if betrayed.
It was something that was a long time coming anyways. The Ladybug hero had talked with Master Fu about it, after all.
Izuku sighed as he stepped into the apartment that belonged to the Master, Tikki floating on his shoulder. Master Fu glanced up and smiled warmly at him, but noticed the young man’s facial expression even after handing back the Turtle Miraculous.
“Is there something wrong, Young Izuku?”
Izuku pursed his lips, as he then breathed out, “Master Fu, I think I should reveal to Feline Noire my identity.”
Shock was coloured on the Chinese man’s face, but then sternly frowned, placing his bracelet back on and Wayzz appeared, “Izuku, I do not think it is a good idea—”
“Master Fu, while I know that it is important to keep the Miraculous safe and hidden from Queen Butterfly, I also think that it would be better if both myself and Feline Noire could know each other’s identities to make it easier to find each other and coordinate when we are taking down Akumas…” Izuku explained, ignoring how Tikki looked worriedly at him, “That, and she should know who you are since she kept asking about you and why it’s fair I am in the know of you, and Miraculous holders like Nathaniel and Kagami…”
Master Fu stared at him for a moment before he let out a sigh, looking away while stroking his goatee, “…very well.”
Izuku blinked in surprise, and the old man continued.
“Perhaps you are right. You two have been working together for months now and have been doing well as partners. Just because I have worked alone for a century and made my own share of mistakes, does not mean that the same shall happen to you. I would be as bad as my old masters to given a heavy burden to you alone…”
“So…?”
“…You may bring her here after your patrol tonight.”
And now, Tirumushi waited patiently, looking around for the figure of the cat heroine with his heart pumping in both nervousness and excitement. Although the thoughts still plagued his mind. What if she didn’t like him once he revealed himself? What if he didn’t like who was behind the mask?
‘By the Kwamis, I hope it’s not Lila behind the mask. Although I highly doubt it…’
He then heard movement and turned his head to see Feline Noire making her way up towards him, pole-vaulting gracefully on the railings of the Eiffel Tower’s viewing area before she walked up to him, smiling.
“Hey, partner~ Ready for patrol~” She greeted cheerfully, and Tirumushi smiled warmly with a nod.
“Yes…oh, and um, after patrol, I wanted to take you somewhere…”
Feline Noire looked surprised, before holding a grin with a purr, “Oh~? A date perhaps~?”
“What?” Tirumushi looked confused for a second but turned away as he felt his face flushed, thankful of the mask placed on him to hide his reddening face, “No! I…I promised you about meeting the Guardian, right?”
The teasing smile the feline heroine had on fell for a moment, “Oh…”
Tirumushi saw her face, before stepping over to her and taking her hand, “You didn’t think I was going to keep my promise to you and tell you everything?”
“We-well, I mean…I wasn’t gonna be mad if you were gonna keep it secret from me. I mean, we barely know each other behind the mask?” Feline Noire shrugged, “Plagg told me about how he was told by his Sugarcube that it’s important that both Ladybug and Cat holders have to keep their identities a secret.”
“Tikki did tell me that at the beginning of my time as Tirumushi as well. But I disagree with her and Master Fu,” Tirumushi said bitterly for a moment before he calmed down, “We’re partners. It’s only right that if we’re going to be working together, there should be no secrets between us. How can we build trust on lies?”
Feline blinked, before she then felt herself flush under her mask and smiled goofily, “You trust me?”
“Of course,” Tirumushi said with his own smile, “Ever since the day with Stoneheart.”
“Even though I screw up sometimes?” Feline Noire winced, “I mean, I know I’m not exactly the easiest person to be around. Even in my civilian life, there are times that I can be too much for people,”
“You’re not too much. You are enough,” Tirumushi reassured his partner, before bringing out his yo-yo and spinning it, “Come. Let’s start patrol and when we’re done, we’ll go meet with the Guardian.”
Feline Noire, feeling her heart leap at his words, nodded her head before activating her bo-staff and soon started pole-vaulting ahead, making whooping sounds as she did so. Tirumushi shook his head fondly, already throwing his yo-yo and swung after her.
Once their patrol was done, the two were then standing in front of a door, both of them nervous for different reasons.
“W-what if this Guardian guy tries to mind wipe me and take my Miraculous away?” Feline Noire murmured as she turned to her partner, playing with her tail of a belt anxiously, “What if he blames you and tries to take your Miraculous and mind wipe you and try to replace you and—”
“I don’t think that would happen. And, if he tries, I know ways to make him not do so,” Tirumushi smiled tightly, already fisting a hand and raising it to his chest, “Master Fu knows that I don’t joke around.”
Feline Noire raised a brow at him, but sighed as the door soon opened, revealing Master Fu was sitting on the ground waiting for them.
“Hello Tirumushi. Hello Feline Noire. It is good to see you both together,” Master Fu greeted calmly, even though Tirumushi saw how the other was tapping at his knee nervously. And he doesn’t blame him, considering that he knows that the Ladybug holder was serious of wanting everything out in the open now.
“H-Hi. Er, so um…” Feline was still twisting her makeshift tails in hand, looking down on the ground, “You’re the…one that gave me my Miraculous, huh?”
“Indeed. It is good to see that you have been using the Miraculous of the Cat for good,” Master Fu stated with a hum, but glanced at Tirumushi with a knowing look, “Tirumushi has told me that you two have been doing well in fighting the Akumas but wishes to increase your partnership by revealing yourselves to each other…”
“He did?” Feline Noire snapped her head towards her partner, “You did?”
“I did,” Tirumushi said seriously, hands on his hips, “If we’re going to find out where the Akumas are coming from and finding out where Queen Butterfly is hiding, it’s best that we work together properly. ”
“So this was what you meant about the no secrets thing,” Feline Noire hummed, before she then rubbed at her arm awkwardly, “But…you sure you’d want to know the person behind Feline Noire? I mean, what if you don’t like who I am underneath?”
“It’s the same thoughts with me,” Tirumushi shrugged with a crooked smile, placing his hand out towards her, “But something tells me that I will still trust you with my whole being no matter who you are under the mask. I can feel it.”
Feline Noire looked down at the hand, and the more she stared, the more Tirumushi felt his hope die a little. Was he being too forward and impatient in asking her to reveal herself? Maybe he pushed too soon—
His train of thoughts were cut off when he felt her gloved hand onto his, giving a squeeze in her grip. She smiled a little up at him, and the Ladybug holder mentally was relieved.
“Tikki, Spots Off.”
“Plagg, Claws in.”
Master Fu watched tensely as he looked between them, seeing Izuku Midoriya and Chloe Bourgeois staring at each other with wide eyes. Tikki and Plagg looked at each other in surprise as well, before looking at their holders, holding their breaths as they seemed on the edge while waiting for their reactions.
Chloe was the first to react, as she wrapped her arms around her childhood friend and let out a breathy sigh of relief, “For fuck’s sake, I didn’t think that the Bug would be you, Izu-sweetie!”
“Ah…” Izuku shakily wrapped his arms around Chloe and held tightly, burying his face into her neck as he released a relieved sob and let out a happy sound, “I am surprised, but also not. Maybe a part of me was hoping it was you…”
“Wait, what?!” Chloe reeled back as she stared up at him and pouted, “You had a feeling Feline Noire was me?! Since when?”
“Mmm, I wasn’t sure at first during the whole debacle with Volpina, thinking that it was too much of a coincidence…but I had an inkling during the time with Reverser, because of the way you acted around me under their power.” Izuku reasoned but then almost went slack against her, but then laughed a little, “Although before that, I didn’t really have a clue. Maybe because I didn’t really…”
“Picture me as a hero, right?” Chloe barked a laugh before shrugging, “Same. Although I should’ve known you were Tirumushi, since you’re so obsessed with heroes. Now thinking about it, you two are so alike…”
The two laughed as they hugged each other happily, and Master Fu still looked concerned.
“Master, perhaps Izuku is right and it is good that they know each other both in and out of the mask now,” Tikki spoke up as she floated towards him, smiling, “Izuku is the best Ladybug I have worked with in centuries. He is intelligent and strong-hearted. I believe with him and Chloe, they might be able to save Nooroo. Who knows? Perhaps they could also find out what happened with Duusu!”
“Sugarcube is right! I mean I’ve only been with this kitten for months and while she can be loud and annoying, she’s been coming along as a great cat!” Plagg added as he floated next to her, and then snickered, “Plus, she provides the most expensive and yummiest cheese from all over the world~”
Izuku blinked, glancing at Chloe, “Huh…is that why you sometimes smell of cheese?”
Chloe groaned and hid her face on his shoulder, “Don’t.”
Master Fu coughed, gaining the teens attention, “As much as this is a happy circumstance…this means that there is a possibility that if ever Queen Butterfly captures one of you and forces you to reveal yourselves—“
“Then the other is exposed. But that’s only if we get caught under an akuma,” Izuku retorted, folding his arms, “But now that Lol-tan and I know each other both in and out of the mask, it also helps us to easily transform when needed or sub someone if the other is out of commission somehow.”
“Wait, sub?” Chloe then gasped, “The fox fool and the tacky turtle!”
“I know who they are behind the mask,” Izuku then saw the hurt look on her face and sighed, “You’ll find out about them tomorrow when I also bring them here to make them permanent holders.”
“That is not for you to decide,” Master Fu stated warily.
“You gave me the Ladybug for a reason. Or was it a mistake and you are planning to replace me for someone else that you can easily order around?” Izuku stepped up this time, pushing Chloe behind him protectively, “Because Master, no offense, but these Akumas are growing stronger every single day and we aren’t even close into finding where Queen Butterfly is hiding. The more help we have, the better we can do our mission.”
Master Fu frowned, before he let out a deep sigh, “…Do not make me regret it.”
The next day at school, Izuku and Chloe both were staying on the steps of Collège Françoise Dupont, just waiting.
“…You think it’s a good idea to do this?” Chloe asked warily, as she held hands with Izuku, squeezing his hand, “I mean, I thought you and me are enough to take down the Akumas and find that bitch, Queen Butterfly?”
“While I do love our teamwork, I don’t want to give up every week of my life to Akumas attacking us every chance they get. Each day means people get hurt, and it must be tiring to be careful with your emotion. Afraid to feel anything because of one villain trying to take advantage when our guard is down. Besides, I know that you miss being just Chloe Bourgeois and living the life,” Izuku said as he leaned his head against hers gently, sighing, “The faster we stop Queen Butterfly, the better for our loved ones and keep them safe. What if Queen Butterfly aims, say, my mom next?”
Chloe winced, then groaned, “You’re right. I don’t want Maman Inko to be akumatized…”
“Exactly. Which is why we need to meet up with Rubis Renard and Sheruta today.”
“…Are you going to give anyone else a Miraculous?” Chloe asked tentatively.
Izuku actually looked thoughtful at this, “Well to be honest, even though I talked big last night with Master Fu, he does have a point. It wouldn’t be wise if we had too many of us active. So, I think the four of us is good for now.”
They stopped talking when they spotted Nathaniel leaving the school, the red head waving goodbye to Marc and Alix before making his way home. Standing up together, the two were making their way towards the artist when Adrien jumped in front of them out of nowhere.
“Hey guys!” He greeted happily, surprising them but then noticed their hands and started grinning, “Oho~? When did this happen?”
“Er, well, it’s a…recent development,” Izuku laughed nervously, before rubbing the side of his neck with his free hand, trying not to lose sight of Nathaniel walking off, “Um, what’s up?”
“Just wanted to remind you guys of the fashion show this weekend and make sure that you guys are coming? I know you both are so scatterbrained these days that you might end up forgetting,” Adrien held up a flyer and grinned, “Not only is Marinette showcasing her designs, but this is the ever first time that both my parents are gonna be here for the show!”
This caught Chloe’s attention, “Wait, are your parents back from their business trip?”
“Seems like it. Natalie told me that they are arriving today and might be sticking around for two weeks this time!” Adrien bounced excitedly as he let out a care-free and excited sound, “So? You guys are good for this weekend? I was also thinking of throwing a party after the event—”
“Ahhh, we’ll be there. But, er, we…gotta go! We, ah…” Izuku started tugging Chloe away as he walked passed Adrien, smiling weakly, “H-Have a date! Yeah, so, we’ll talk later, okay?”
“Um…sure?” Adrien blinked as he watched Izuku and Chloe rush off, before waving his hand up to them, “I…guess I’ll see you guys then?”
He frowned as he watch them catch up to Nathaniel, the two talking to the red head for a moment. Nathaniel looked surprised while scrunching up his nose, before frowning. He then nodded, and the trio rushed off somewhere.
Weird.
‘If they were going on a date…why is Nathaniel going along with them?’ Adrien thought to himself before he laughed, “Maybe they are asking love advice from him. Hah, didn’t see them coming, though. Damn, I guess I owe Alya money…”
Adrien whistled to himself as he started to walk over to the car waiting for him, having a pep in his step as he smiled to himself.
‘I can’t believe my parents are gonna be home! This is going to be the greatest week ever~!’
Adrien’s eyes widened as he spotted his parents at the steps of the Agreste Manor. It seems they arrived home before he did. Excited, he stepped out of the car to greet them.
“Mom! Father!”
Emilie Agreste turned around to see her son running up to him, smiling brightly. Adrien felt his heart melt at the sight of her, rushing towards her happily.
“Adrien~! My darling!” She opened her arms to catch him in her joy, hugging him tightly as she laughed a little, “Goodness, it’s like you’ve grown up so fast? We were only gone for a few months…”
“Mom! I’m so glad you and Father are back! I got so much to tell you and—“
“Emilie,” Gabriel spoke up in a drawl as he was stepping into his office already, “We still need to call Audrey to update her about the fashion show this week.”
Emelie puffed a breath, rolling her eyes up before looking at her husband, “Well The Style Queen can wait for just a few minutes, can’t she? Our boy is happy to see us,”
“It will only be for a moment,” Gabriel softened before sighing, “I’m sure Adrien can wait a little longer and be patient like a good boy?”
Adrien winced, before he looked down at the floor and spoke obediently, “Yes, Father. Go to your meeting, I…we can talk more at dinner?”
Emelie’s eyes soften, before kissing the top of his head gently, “And we can have some pancakes for dessert together, hm? We won’t be long, and we can talk to your hearts content~”
Giving him a loving smile, she soon gave Gabriel a look before both of them walked into the office, the door shutting behind them. Adrien pouted, glancing at Natalie walking off to the kitchens and Gorilla…well, going wherever he usually goes.
He should go up to his room and practice his piano before dinner…but he was curious on what the meeting with Chloe’s mom is about. Especially when his parents are home now from their trip, surely this wasn’t about work or some charity, right?
Curiosity got the better of him as he tip-toed towards the door to his parents’ office, opening the door slightly and peeking inside. He saw his parents standing nearby the family portrait, a painting of all three of them looking pristine and perfect. Gabriel was pressing onto the painting, his fingers sinking into what seems to be mechanisms in the painting as the said painting opened like a safe door.
Adrien’s eyes widened, ‘Woah! Father has some secret treasure in there or something?’
“Gabriel, I wish you were a little nicer to Adrien,” Emelie chided gently, as she was pressing the computer screen as it started dialling a video call to Audrey Bourgeois, “He did miss us, since we’ve been gone for so long after all.”
“Emilie, he’s no longer a child. He should act his age and be a proper young man. If anything, I think you spoil him a bit too much along with that babysitter of his,” Gabriel hummed as he was pulling out something, an old looking book, and turning it’s pages, “Besides, you know what happens if we ignore Audrey even for just a second.”
“And I told you, that I don’t want anything to do with her anymore,” Emilie argued, pinching the bridge of her nose, “Her and Tomoe…”
“Emilie,” Her husband warned, but the two shut their mouths when the video call started, and Audrey Bourgeois appeared on screen, “Ah, my dear Audrey-”
“Save your false flattery, Gabriel. I just need the update of your trip.” Audrey’s voice sounded haughtily, letting out a hmph! sound, “I hope that this one was a success?”
“Yes. We managed to find a few interesting things…” Gabriel responded calmly, placing the book he was reading back then closing the painting door before turning towards the computer, “And how are things on your end? I trust that you are keeping your end of the bargain?”
“Bargain?” Adrien murmured to himself, but suddenly winced as he was leaning on the door too much and made the door squeak a little.
Both the Agreste couple looked up for a second, then looked at each other. Gabriel growled as he started towards the door, Adrien quickly diving towards a pillar nearby and hiding behind it. Opening the door, Gabriel looked out of the entrance way of the Manor, frowning when he didn’t see anything out of place.
“Just send me all the details. I trust that you two will be at the Fashion Show this weekend? It is your event after all, Gabriel,” Audrey’s voice sounded once more, drawled and bored, “Hopefully you have something worth wild this year. I know that fashion is your day job, but—”
“We shall be there.” Emilie closed the call and growled, narrowing her eyes, “She pisses me off.”
“Don’t give her the satisfaction, my love. Audrey isn’t someone to trifle with,” Gabriel sighed, as he was stepping out of the office, “Perhaps we should go to our room and rest for now. Adrien would be expecting us at dinner and we should fix everything before then…”
Emilie nodded, stepping out with her husband and joining him hand in hand, the couple making their way upstairs and into their room. Adrien came out from his hiding place and pursed his lips, having this gut feeling that something wasn’t right.
He soon rushed towards the office and quickly closed the door behind him, before going to their painting. He looked up at it, smiling a bit as he saw the happy faces of himself and his parents posing with such elegance and grace. Heh, we do look happy in here…
Shaking his head, Adrien soon followed what his father did and found some groves in the painting, pressing his fingers down against them as he soon unlocked it. Opening the safe door, he looked inside and was surprised what was there.
He sort of expected money, jewels and the works…but he ended up seeing not just the old tattered book that his father was reading, but he saw a bunch of papers and books about Tibet…
“Why would they have something like this?” He wondered out loud, before reaching for the book inside.
He opened the page, and he gasped at what was on said page. A woman dressed in red with black spots. Almost reminding him of Tirumushi. He turned the pages, seeing someone that looked like Volpina, and a male looking Cat Hero and then…some person in a suit that looked like Butterflies.
“Why do my parents have a book like this?” Adrien murmured to himself, wondering what this all meant.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming towards him and he soon shut the painting door close and quickly hid behind the curtains, clutching the book against his chest. He heard murmurs of Natalie’s voice along with Emelie’s, then they were walking back out the room, their voices fading away.
Adrien sighed in relief then looked down at the book, his eyes sparkling. ‘I gotta show Izuku! He’ll know what this is!’
Izuku smiled weakly towards Kagami, who had her arms folded and staring back at him sternly.
Kagami was picked up from her school by Izuku, Chloe and Nathaniel, being told that they needed to talk and were now in front of Master Fu’s place. Once inside the Guardian’s home, it was then Izuku explained everything to Nathaniel and Kagami, the two having mixed reactions.
“…So.” Kagami started, not noticing Chloe looking miffed at her and Nathaniel looking nervous, “Tirumushi, huh?”
“Yes.” Izuku responded calmly, tilting his head, “You don’t look surprised.”
“Nope. Considering that you are you, it makes sense that you would be Tirumushi,” Kagami hummed, before she looked at Chloe with a raised brow, “But you as Feline Noire was indeed a surprise.“
“Har, har. Funny,” Chloe huffed before she let out an exasperated sound, “Who would’ve thought that Nath and Ice Queen herself was both the Fox and Turtle.”
“I…feel ten times even more embarrassed that the two people I crushed on are the same people,” Nathaniel sighed, rubbing his temple with his cheeks flushed, “But I do feel honoured that you trust me with a Miraculous.”
“The same goes for me,” Kagami hummed as she smiled at Izuku, “The fact that you recommended me yourself to fight alongside you that day when saving my mother, I am touched.”
“Anyways, that’s why I called you both. If there is a time that we should be prepared for a possible day we face off Queen Butterfly, it should be now,” Izuku explained as he was holding up both the Fox Pendant and the Turtle Bracelet, “Which means that we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together. Train and work together as a team. And…just in case if myself or Feline Noire are compromised.”
“That won’t happen,” Kagami stated as she took the bracelet, smiling softly as she saw Wayzz appear before her, “Hello again, Wayzz-san,”
“Likewise, Tsurugi-san~!” The Kwami smiled softly, as he held his nub like hand out for Kagami to shake, “A pleasure working with you again.”
“A-are you sure that you want us to have our Miraculous permanently?” Nathaniel asked, placing the necklace around him as Trixx appeared over his shoulder, “What if an Akuma takes over us while we’re wearing it? We’d be the ones compromised and giving you and Chloe a hard time,”
“That won’t happen. As long as we stick together and practice your powers along with ours,” Izuku stated confidently, as he was holding up his notebook, “Besides, I’ve been taking notes for months now about the Miraculous with tidbits on each powers…”
Master Fu stroked his goatee, giving a tired sigh, “If only we have the Grimoire on hand, then we could do so much more than speculation. We could even give the Kwamis power ups…”
“There’s power-ups?!” All four teenagers stated in shock, and Master Fu hummed.
“Indeed. If we had the Grimoire, then the chance of defeating Queen Butterfly and stopping Akumas would be much easier.”
“So that will be our first mission,” Izuku tapped his fist against his palm, smiling, “We find the Grimoire,”
“Where do we even start?” Kagami asked warily, “It could be anywhere…”
“Or maybe not at all. Are we even sure if it’s still around? It must be pretty old, meaning it could be destroyed,” Nathaniel stated, looking worried now, “Unless we can find it online.”
“As if it would be that easy,” Chloe huffed, but then pulled out her phone, “…Although, if somehow there is some Collector that has it on them, maybe…”
“For now, how about we start training you all?” Master Fu stated, then gave Izuku a look, “If me renouncing Wayzz to Miss Kagami and letting you have your way with having a team, we must have you all prepared properly.”
“Yeah, you have a point, Master.” Izuku chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the side of his neck, “Alright, let’s train.”
“We are ready, Master,” Kagami said politely, bowing her head in respect and Nathaniel followed suit.
“…Gosh, we’re gonna have to sweat, huh?” Chloe whined, but sighed when Izuku patted her shoulder sympathetically.
Days passed, and soon it was the weekend of the Fashion Show, and well…a certain fashion designer was feeling nervous.
“Ahhhhh! What if my designs are not up to par?!” Marinette cried as she was pacing in the green room, holding the derby hat she had won back in Gabriel’s competition at school, “I didn’t even know not only is Audrey Bourgeois is gonna be present, but Gabriel Agreste himself?!”
“I think you’ll be fine, Macchan,” Izuku expressed as he sat on the couch with Nathaniel, the two watching her for a moment, “After all, your designs are well recognised already. Adrien even stated that it’s been approved by his father.”
“Not to mention, you have Chloe and Adrien of all people modelling them along with some famous teen models,” Nathaniel added, sketching in his notebook, “The show is going to be fine.”
“Yeah! You have nothing to worry about, Marinette,” Adrien appeared, taking the hat from her hands and placing it on top of his head, “You’ve taken time to care of each and every outfit, including keeping me from sneezing by replacing the pigeon feathers for fake ones~”
Adrien soon modelled around the room, taking a spin then a bow, making Marinette giggle.
“You’ve got that cat walk down,” She teased, as Adrien grinned and rubbed the side of his neck.
“Really? Thank you~”
There was a knock on the door, and all four teens looked over to see Natalie waiting for them.
“We must go.”
Izuku stood up along with Nathaniel, giving a thumbs up towards both Adrien and Marinette.
“We’ll be cheering you guys on!” The green haired male stated, “Good luck~!”
Once they left Adrien and Marinette to get ready for the show, Izuku and Nathaniel spotted Kagami in their seats along with Alya, Nino and even Marinette’s parents and Izuku’s Mom. The adults also wanted to be there to cheer Marinette on along with her models, feeling pride for the girl and wanted to support her.
Soon, they all took their seats, waiting for the show to start. Everyone even spotted Marinette prepping on stage with the models, which included Adrien and Chloe being centre stage.
“She looks nervous…” Sabine Cheng spoke up worriedly, watching her daughter.
Alya laughed, holding her phone up to film everything for her blog, “No doubt! It’s her first show with her first professional pieces. Not to mention famous kids will be modelling them~”
“I’m sure it’ll go great,” Tom Dupain said encouragingly, assuring his wife sweetly and making Sabine smile.
Izuku glanced over to Chloe walking the cat walk with Marinette’s attire adorning her whole being, feeling his freckled cheeks flush at the sight. She indeed was always beautiful, but seeing her under the lights like this…
Nino chuckled, nudging at Izuku playfully, “Look at you~ Happy to see your girlfriend strutting her stuff?”
Izuku groaned as he placed a hand over his face, “Don’t tease…”
It didn’t take too long for all their friends to find out that Izuku and Chloe were…growing closer these days. Although they weren’t officially dating just yet, people started to speculate otherwise.
This included his own Mom.
Into just smiled brightly, “I’m so glad that you and Chloe-chan are together and making each other happy. It only seemed like yesterday she was declaring that you two would marry and you two played house together~”
“That right~?” Both Alya and Nino teased with cheeky grins, Izuku feeling like he wanted to sink to the floor.
It was then everyone heard a commotion happening on stage and looked up to see Gabriel Agreste of all people, showing up and scolding Adrien with fast speech filled with anger and panic. Izuku looked worried as he saw how Adrien was paling and stuttering out something, raising his hands up in front of him as if to defend himself.
“What’s going on? Why is Monsieur Agreste so pissed off?” Alya asked as she kept on filming, even though Nino was urging her to stop.
Izuku glanced over to Chloe, who was looking furious at Gabriel Agreste and even started shouting herself, standing in front of Adrien.
“How dare you humiliate your own son in front of his friends and people that came to support him and Marinette! Just because this is your show doesn’t mean you get to be a tyrant!”
Emilie suddenly appeared and tried to stand in between Gabriel and Adrien, doing her best to calm everyone down even though she looked…frazzled and even casting a disappointed look towards Adrien. Poor Marinette couldn’t even move, too shock of what’s going on and things happening so fast.
Izuku was quick to get on stage to help Chloe, Nathaniel and Kagami following behind him.
“What’s going on?” Izuku whispered to the blonde, holding her back from throttling Gabriel as the man was grabbing Adrien and dragging him away roughly and Emilie following them worriedly.
“Apparently Gabriel came storming in accusing Adrien of stealing something from him,” Chloe explained, panting from the shouting match she had with the fashion mogul, narrowing her eyes, “Something about some old book that inspired Gabriel in his designs…“
Kagami looked on in sympathy for Adrien, seeing the Agreste not that far as they seemed to be arguing, “This is not good…”
“An Akuma might be attracted to their fighting, and might take over one of them, if not all of them at the same time. We should slip away…” Nathaniel whispered for only him, Izuku, Kagami and Chloe to hear.
As if tempting the Fates, a black and purple glowing butterfly appeared and soon fused itself into the notebook that Gabriel was carrying with him. Emilie and Adrien stepped back in fear as Gabriel was taken over, revealing someone else in his place.
He was a being with skin magentaish gray, hair stuck up in a point and was white with black vertical stripes, along with the back of his head and his neck being black. He was dressed in a black pointed shouldered dress suit with a white lapel and three thick black and red downward-bent stripes on top. Each lower sleeve had a white stripe, and his hands had white gloves. He also wore black dress pants with high heel boots connected to them, accented by white stripes gradating upwards with three downward bent lines in the middle. The heel were cone-shaped with white downward bent stripes. He wielded a black book with single red triangles at the tips and thick white lining.
“I AM THE COLLECTOR~ WITH MY FOOLISH SON LOSING THE ONE THING THAT INSPIRED MY CRAFT~ I SHALL CREATE NEW DESIGNS~ STARTING WITH YOU!”
The Collector grinned as he threw his book towards Adrien, Emilie pushing him out of the way as she disappeared once the book touched her.
“MOM!”
Izuku cursed, looking towards Nathaniel and Kagami and nodded. A signal that they should hide somewhere and transform. The two nodded, rushing out of there and Izuku was about to follow them when he didn’t feel Chloe at his side anymore.
Panicked, he looked around, and he felt his world slow at seeing Chloe jumping in between the Collector and Adrien. She pushed Adrien out of the way from the Collector’s hit, gasping as she disappeared in a flash of red light, and Izuku felt a scream rip out from his throat.
“CHLOE!”
Adrien snapped out of his shock, and started running away, The Collector chasing after him.
Growling, Izuku managed to calm himself before rushing to hide in a trailer nearby, locking the door behind him.
“Oh, this is not good…” Plagg appeared before them, as Izuku held the ring up, “It’s a good thing that my kitten gave you the ring to keep safe for the fashion show,”
“But this is bad. This means no Feline Noire!” Izuku gritted his teeth, clutching the ring in his hand, “We got to move fast. Before the Collector ends up collecting everyone in Paris in his book.”
“The Akuma must be in that book,” Tikki murmured but then whimpered, “But…without your Feline Noire at your side…”
Izuku looked down at the ring, pursing his lips. What if…
He was about to slip the ring over his finger, but then jumped when he heard a knock on the door.
“Tirumushi? Are you in there?” A voice sounded, and Izuku knew that it was Sheruta’s voice, “Have you transformed?”
“Not yet. But I’m about to now. Tikki! Spots On!”
Stepping out from the trailer now, Tirumushi stood tall and serious, facing both Rubis Renard and Sheruta standing at the ready.
“Let’s not waste time. Lucky Charm!“ The Ladybug hero said in alert, already having his hand out to catch the object and stared at it, narrowing his eyes.
“A mallet?” Rubis Renard murmured with a frown, “What are you going to do? Beat The Collector on the head?”
“It looks familiar…” Sheruta pointed out, and Tirumushi sighed.
“Master Fu. You guys chase after The Collector and keep him busy while protecting Adrien. I’ll go and see what the Charm wants me to do.”
With that, the trio spilt up, Tirumushi swinging himself to Master Fu’s apartment. Once he arrived, he slipped inside and stood in front of the calm looking Guardian.
“Master Fu, the Charm told me to come here. And Feline Noire is out of commission,” The young hero stated frantically, and Master Fu looked troubled.
“I knew something like this would happen…”
Tirumushi rolled his eyes, “I have the ring and Plagg with me. So if you’re worried that the Cat Miraculous was taken instead of worried for Chloe—”
“That was not what I meant,” Master Fu sighed, ignoring the way Tirumushi was glaring at him.
“Hmph. I won’t waste time then,” This time, the Ladybug hero calmed down and looked thoughtful, “I’m sure my Lucky Charm is telling me to call for another hero or something. Perhaps because the Collector is taking too many victims in his notebook too fast, it would be hard to capture him unless we keep him still…”
“So you need a Miraculous that could keep the Collector from moving around?” Plagg hummed, before he grinned, “That’s something the Bee Miraculous would be useful for…”
“The Bee?” Tirumushi hummed, nodding his head, “Sounds good…but will I have time to find someone to wield it?”
“Why not just unify me with Sugarcube and just destroy the Collector’s book in ten seconds flat?”
That was a thought.
Looking down at the ring in hand, Tirumushi bit his lower lip. It was risky to wield both Ladybug and Cat together…but…
“No, Tirumushi,” Master Fu was quick the snatch the ring from his hand, shaking his head grimly, “Combining both Miraculous would be of dire consequences. I shall keep the ring safe until Miss Bourgeois returns to us. If you want to use the Bee Miraculous and pick an ally to use it, then do so now before I change my mind.”
The Ladybug Hero nodded his head, already watching Master Fu get the Miracle Box and open it, and the Ladybug hero soon grabbed for the Bee Hair Comb. De-transforming back to Izuku, he fed Tikki to re-charge and transformed back, swinging his yo-yo out the window and made his way out of there.
“Whereis Tirumushi?!”
Rubis Renard jumped back from the Collector approaching him, trying to place up illusion after illusion up to distract the villain while Sheruta had her shield up and trying to protect Adrien, who stood behind her.
“Where is Feline Noire?” Adrien asked once more, looking at the Turtle Heroine, “Shouldn’t they be here?!”
“They shall return with more help. For now, please keep behind me,” Sheruta responded, her eyes widened when the Collector switched targets, already throwing his book at her direction and breaking her shield.
“SHERUTA!” The Fox Hero soon pulled up his flute and played on it, then waved his flute in the air, “Mirage!”
Sheruta and Adrien both disappeared from the Collector’s sight, making the villain yell out in fury as he threw his book at Rubis Renard, making him vanish into his book. Sheruta cursed, not even half-way escaping with Adrien in her arms when the illusion on them faded, which made the Collector capture them as well.
“Now that I’ve collected your friends, Tirumushi, stop cowering and come out with Feline Noire AND SURRENDER YOUR MIRACULOUS!”
Tirumushi was hidden behind a building while watching, closing his eyes with gritted teeth. He needed to find a worthy ally now before anything else happens. He looked around some, pursing his lips before his eyes landed on Alya hiding in the bushes, filming everything. Taking a breath, he soon jumped beside her sneakily, and tapped her shoulder.
Whirling around in surprise, Alya blinked before smiling brightly, “Tirumushi! You’re here!…But h-hold on, Feline Noire isn’t with you?”
“She was compromised, which is why I’m asking you, Alya Cesaire, for your help.”
As soon as Tirumushi said these words, Alya’s eyes sparkled in excitement, bouncing in place before nodding her head, “Yes! O-Of course! I’d be honoured to help!”
“Alya Cesaire. Here is the Miraculous of—”
“THERE YOU ARE!”
Alya’s eyes widened as she looked behind the Ladybug Hero, pushing him out of the way as she screamed out, disappearing into the Collector’s book as Tirumushi skidded to the side with a groan. His eyes widened when the book was coming back for him, and soon jumped away, barely dodging it.
“Hah! Looks like you’re all alone, insect,” The Collector chuckled, as he held his precious book in hand, smirking, “This should make this easy~”
“Lucky Charm!” Tirumushi called as he summoned his object, before he blinked and looked down at his hand, “A bicycle pedal?”
Frowning, he looked around for a moment, stumped for once.
The Collector laughed at this, “It seems your so called Lucky Charm failed you~ Maybe it’s telling you to backpedal and surrender. You cannot defeat me, you can’t even touch me~”
“So says YOU, you walking fashion disaster!” Plagg appeared protectively in front of Tirumushi, before he suddenly had a dark energy in his nub like hands, lifting it up in the air then shouting, “CATACLYSM!”
Tirumushi’s eyes widened before he saw the ground beneath him crumble, and jumped away to higher grounds, watching how the streets just collapse under the Collector. The Collector struggled as he soon was trying to run as well, collecting all the rubble and debris falling his way. The ground shook, as some buildings were starting to sink down.
“Plagg, that was very dangerous of you to do without a holder,” Tirumushi groaned, as Plagg huffed.
“You’re welcome, kid. Now figure out how to use your Lucky Charm and fix everything!”
Tirumushi looked around some more, but then thought of something, “…What if he has no more pages left in his book…”
Suddenly, his instincts activated as he looked back at the bicycle pedal shined under his vision, and looked around some more. He saw a large truck open that contained various boxes of CDs inside. Beside it, there seemed to be what looked like a confetti machine.
‘Bingo.’
Grinning, he soon rushed to the truck, landing inside and used his yo-yo to pull the confetti machine towards him. He soon stuck the pedal at the side, and soon stuffed some CDs inside.
“Plagg! Crank this pedal for me as fast as you can!” Tirumushi commanded, already seeing The Collector gathering his bearings and storming towards them, “NOW!”
Plagg squeaked, saluting before he started pushing at the pedals for his life, and Tirumushi kept on stuffing CDs inside. He watched as said disks were flying out of the canon, aiming at the Collector. Using his book, Collector managed to pull them in page by page, and Tirumushi smirked when he noticed that the Collector was on his last one.
“W-what?! NO!”
“Time to end this!” Tirumushi was quick to rush at him, using his yo-yo to grab for the book, pull it back to him and destroyed it, “No more evil doing for YOU, little Akuma~”
Capturing the corrupted butterfly, he managed to cleanse and release it to the air, then brought the bicycle pedal in hand before turning it in the air.
“MIRACULOUS, TIRUMUSHI~!”
Paris magically turned back to the way it was, even bringing back the missing people, which included a confused looking Rubis Renard, Sheruta and Adrien.
Gabriel Agreste was back to his normal self, looking around for a moment in a daze, “…Where am I?”
Sighing in relief, Tirumushi looked to his teammates and smiled, walking over to them.
Rubis Renard groaned, “Man. Our first mission together and it stunk.”
“Well, it’s a learning curve. One we can improve on for the next time,” The Ladybug holder said confidently, raising his fist up, “Pound it?”
Both the Fox and Turtle heroes smiled, bringing their own fists up to join with the green haired hero’s.
“Pound it!”
“Father!” Adrien yelled, rushing over to his dad and checking up on him, “A-are you okay?”
“Adrien?” Gabriel slowly said, getting his bearings together before he looked remorseful, “My son…I…”
“I’m so glad you’re okay, Pere!” Adrien cried, wrapping his arms around the man and sobbed into his chest, “I-I didn’t mean to take your book of inspirations! I was just so curious of what you and Mom were hiding, and wanted to learn more about you guys. B-Because you two are always gone and…I-I promise, the book is with me, safe and sound! I’ll return it to you s-so please don’t pull me out from school and leave me alone again…”
The heroes watched awkwardly and decided that they should leave the Agreste men alone for now and head back to the Fashion Show.
A gasp escaped Tirumushi.
“Chloe!”
He hissed under his breath in worry, already moving to swing away from here, his teammates following behind him.
Once Adrien and Gabriel seemed to have finished their father and son moment, Gabriel was already making a call to Gorilla to bring their car and pick them up so they could return to the fashion show. He was pretty sure that he worried his wife greatly, even though he didn’t remember what happened.
Adrien smiled as he watched his father, but then blinked as he felt something under his shoe. Tilting his head, he lifted his food up and saw a shining golden trinket glinting right before him. Curious, he picked it up, observing it for a moment before pocketing into his shirt.
‘Cool. Souvenir~’
“Lo-tan!” Izuku, now de-transformed along with Nathaniel and Kagami, rushed towards the blonde and brought her into his arms before he cupped her face, checking over her frantically, “A-are you okay? Are you in pain anywhere?”
“Ugh, Izu-Sweetie, relax! I’m fine,” Chloe assured him with a huff, although she pouted in disappointment, “But damn it! Turns out I was utterly useless this time around too. I can’t believe that I couldn’t help again.”
“Neither did we,” Kagami bowed her head with shame, as she then sighed, “We were also no help.”
“B-But we just started working as a team and still trying to figure things out,” Izuku reasoned as he watched his team looking down on themselves, “Besides, this is good! It means we can learn from our mistakes today and do better the next time. Speaking of mistakes…”
Izuku turned to Plagg and gave a look.
Plagg just smiled innocently.
“Anyways, I think you should give me my ring back so that we could be ready in case of another Akuma attack,” Chloe breathed out, already holding out her hand.
Izuku felt himself sweat-drop, “Ah, shoot! Master Fu has your ring. I should go back and get it and at the same time return the—“
…
Chloe, Nathaniel and Kagami looked at the horror stricken face of Izuku, paling and sweating looking like he sucked a lemon a little too hard.
“Izuku-kun?” Kagami questioned, looking how Izuku was reaching into his shirt pockets, patting over them with tears.
“Izu-sweetie, what’s wrong?” Chloe asked in concern as Nathaniel also asked if he was okay, and Izuku let out a scream, “Ehhh?? Why are you—?”
“T-The Bee Miraculous—it’s gone!”
“….EHHHHHHHHH???” The trio yelled as Izuku was jumping around in panic and started running out of there.
But not before Inko had grabbed his arm and started dragging him back inside.
“Where are you going, Izuku? The Fashion Show is about to start back up and we have to be in support for Marinette and them~” She stated sweetly, Izuku flailing about and looking scared.
“Don’t worry, Izuku! We’ll go look for it for you,” Kagami whispered to Izuku secretly, “Me and Nathaniel can sneak out of here while you and Chloe go back and cheer for Marinette. You can count on us!”
Izuku nodded in defeat, feeling the guilt and anxiety swirling in his guts as he watched both the fencer and artist rush out of there. How could have this happened? How could he have foolishly lost a Miraculous?!
Part Two Coming Soon..
SURPRISE, CHAPTER 11 IS OUT NOW!
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Trampoline (100 words) by robindrake93 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Luke Castellan/Percy Jackson Characters: Luke Castellan, Percy Jackson Additional Tags: Drabble, POV Third Person, Slice of Life Series: Part 129 of 365 PJO Drabble Challenge 2021 Summary: Luke and Percy jump on a trampoline.
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Chapters: 14/? Fandom: Supernatural (TV 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester Characters: Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore (Supernatural), Dean Winchester, Bobby Singer (Supernatural), John Winchester, Real Tyson Brady, Luis (Supernatural: Pilot), Original Supernatural (TV) Character(s) Additional Tags: Complicated Relationships, Love at First Sight, Established Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester, Jessica Moore Lives (Supernatural), Angst and Fluff and Smut, Eventual Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, emotional af, Season/Series 02 Series: Part 3 of What Never Was But Should Have Been Summary:
Despite knowing about the Family Business, Jessica Moore has committed to being with Sam Winchester. Medical School, Law school, the Supernatural, and other secrets make balancing their two realities feel nearly impossible. And it may prove to be the most difficult challenge they've faced yet.
"𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓯 𝓘 𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝔂𝔁 𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓭, 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓹𝓱𝓮𝓻𝔂."
A million, 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 thanks to @karameruderei for another 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 piece of art. 🙏🏼❤😭