: Ladybug x Chat Noir - Ladynoir
Snow. Why did it have to be snow?
The newest akuma they were fighting, Ice Glacior, decided for some reason to cover the whole Paris in ice and snow. He was very similar to one of their previous ice-related akumas, Frozer, hence the name Ice Glacior But their motives were pretty different. While Frozer became an akuma because of the Ice Rink shutting down, Ice Glacior was an ice sculptor. He had been wronged by a friend of his and his studio where he made sculptors had been shut down by the mayor. One thing led to another and in an instant, he became a victim of Hawkmoth’s power.
He immediately used his powers to turn the whole Paris into a sculpture of ice. Unlike Frozer, though, not only did the ice spread through buildings and water, but through people as well. Soon, the entire city became an icy ghost town. People were frozen in their spots everywhere, changed into ice sculptures.
It was only by luck that Adrien and Marinette escaped the Ice Glacior’s powers. They were both in class at that time and were able to avoid the ice thanks to their blogger friend. It wasn’t a secret that the girl followed every social media possible to be one of the first ones to know if there is an akuma somewhere in the city, so it was no surprise when she stood up in the middle of their literature class to announce the new villain. Not a minute later, they all could feel the temperature in the room drastically decrease. By then, Marinette and Adrien were already halfway through their transformations.
Thankfully, the powers of their own miraculouses were able to withstand the power of the akuma and did not get covered in ice. That being said; even through the cold resistance their suits provided, they felt a slight chill. But that was nothing they couldn’t ignore. They needed to focus on the fight.
As Marinette, now disguised as Ladybug, left the girl’s bathroom, she couldn’t help but wince at the scene in front of her. Everybody was covered in ice, not moving, not breathing. Of course, it wasn’t like she didn’t expect that to happen, but it hurt nonetheless to see her friends basically, well, dead.
But that was the burden that came with being Ladybug. The fate of her friends and the fate of the other people in Paris was always up to her ability to bring everything back to normal. There was always that pressure in the back of her mind when she fought, the pressure that she has to fix everything.
It sucked, but hey. That responsibility had to fall on somebody. Somebody had to protect others and be there as the symbol of peace. And that somebody just ended up being her.
It wasn’t like she complained, no, not at all. She loved being Ladybug and was glad that fate gave her that miraculous, gave her Tikki. But the pressure was something she wished she didn’t have to endure.
Taking a deep breath, she shook her head and swung away from the scene and into the cold streets of Paris. It was not the time to think like that, she had to safe everybody.
She met her partner not long after leaving the school. They both discussed the villain, questions whether the akuma was Phillipe again were thrown in the air. They looked for the akumatized villain everywhere, it was quite difficult to do so since they had no idea of his whereabouts. They checked every ice-related building in Paris, but they were unsuccessful.
In the end, it was Ice Glacior who seeked them out. He, or rather, Hawkmoth didn’t want to wait any longer for their miraculouses and chose to fight. They did the usual, battling the villain while trying to figure out the akuma’s residence and the person’s motives.
Throughout their many fights, they figured out that it is easier to fight and defeat the akuma when the victim is in doubt of his decisions. That is why the majority of their battle consisted of blocking the attacks and reasoning with the Ice Glacior. They were somehow successful in making the villain doubt his decisions, but to their dissapointment, this villain did not choose to fight them with an occupied mind like the others and fled.
The two heroes tried to follow the villain, but it was like he had done some kind of a magic trick. As soon as they turned one corner, he was gone. Nowhere in sight. The two searched the Paris for him, splitting ways as to cover more ground. Neither of them wanted the fight to continue anymore, it had been quite a few hours since their transformation and fight and they were getting more and more exhausted as the day proceeded. They wanted to end it as soon as possible and get back home, rest and (in one of the hero’s cases) spend time with their beloved families.
When the sun began to sit, their hopes were getting thin, as was their energy for the day. Even with the Miraculouses magical properties enhancing their stamina and strength, their bodies energy levels remained the same. They decided to meet back up somewhere safe and figure out what to do next.
One thing was clear, they couldn’t fight if they were exhausted. They needed to rest. They both agreed on sleeping through the night to restore their energy and then resume their search for the villain. They needed to find a safe place where he wouldn’t find them first, though.
By the time they found a place, the sun was already gone and the Moon was in it’s place. They settled in a small family house. It was in a part of the town where neither of them had been before, even as heroes. It also happened to be a place that was halfway out of the range of Ice Glacior’s powers. The house was frozen halfway, and there was no way they would be able to get inside through doors or windows, as they were all frozen. But thankfully, the house had an attic with an accessible entrance from the outside. They were glad that the attic was practically left untouched, spare for the few spots of ice on the ground, which meant that they wouldn’t have to sleep on the ice and risk getting hypothermia.
Then again, that was another worry in their minds. The suits barely blocked out the cold before, when it was day and the sun was up. Now, the coldness of the night was mixed with the powers of the Glacior, making the cold even more unbearable. Even with the suits, they could definitely say they were cold now.
They were only glad that the attic blocked out some of the coldness and provided temporarily a shelter for them.
They searched the attic first for any blankets or pillows, possibly some clothes to cover themselves when they slept. The attic was mostly filled with old pictures and toys, some furniture here and there. At last, they found a few think blankets. They only hoped that would be enough to cover their cold bodies and warm them up even just a little in their sleep.
They used one of the blankets to cover the window they entered through and Ladybug used some of the furniture as a temporary trap. If the Glacior found them while they slept and tried to enter, he would make so much noise that he would alert the two of his presence and give them time to transform.
Now, both heroes had one thin blanket and no pillow. They were grateful for at least the blankets, though. It provided at least some comfort from the cold.
“Okay. Remember, no matter what happens, you don’t look in my corner, and I don’t look in yours.” Ladybug sterly reminded her partner as they prepared for their detransformation. Even though neither one of them used their superpowers, the kwamis must be getting exhausted, too, from aiding the heroes through other abilities.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going to take even a single peek. Even though it will be very hard to resist looking at your beauty, My Lady.” It seemed that the exhaustion was getting to him, it could easily be determined through the quality of his jokes. Ladybug rolled her eyes at him to which he put his hands up in surrender, noticing her seriousness. “Hey, I’m sorry. I promise I won’t look. Cat’s honor.”
Ladybug smiled gratefully and nodded. They both turned around and detransformed.
They immediately felt the temperature drastically change as soon as the suits disappeared from their bodies. They both gasped slightly when the cold air hit their skin. But the had expected that much. They both fed their kwamis and lied down, covering their bodies with their blankets as quick as possible to warm themselves up.
They didn’t transform right away, as to not tire the kwamis further. They couldn’t get more food for them since everything was turned to ice, so they chose to preserve the powers until the next day, when they would be able to search for the villain and take him down.
Marinette tossed and turned, the cold, hard floor along with the cold air didn’t seem to want her to rest. She expected it, yes. But that didn’t mean she was prepared for it.
Her whole body was shaking and she had to try to remain silent as to not wake up Chat with her heavy breathing and such. That’s right, he was able to fall asleep quite easily. Fast, too. She was kind of jealous of that, but ignored that fact and tried to fall asleep herself. That proved to be quite difficult. She could barely feel the fingers on her hands and feet, as they were getting numb from the cold. She breathed into her hands and stuffed them under her armpits to get them a little warmer.
She heard shuffling and prayed that she didn’t wake up her partner. Fate wasn’t playing in her favor this time, though.
“My Lady? Is everything okay..?”
“Huh?... Yeah… Why…. Why wouldn’t it be?” She internally cursed at her failed attempt to hide her shaking. She could only hope he would reason the stuttering with her being sleepy.
“You don’t sound like it… I can hear your excessive breathing, you know.”
Wait, HOW COME HE HEARS MY BREATHING WHAT THE-
“Okay, fine. I am… just a little cold…. Happy? ” She brought the blanket closer to herself, wrapping it even tighter around her small body in an attempt to create at least a little bit more heat. “But it’s not like… like I can do much about it.”
She heard shuffling, which startled her a little bit. It sounded like her partner had got up and begun walking somewhere. She wouldn’t say anything at that, if she didn’t catch the sound of his footsteps getting closer to her.
“Chat?.. Chat! What are you doing! I told you not to look!” Unwrapping her blanket from her body, she brought it up to cover her face as to not be recognized. While doing so, she sadly released all the heat that was built up inside the cocoon she created earlier. She mentally cried rivers but chose to ignore it since there was a bigger problem at hand at the moment. Before she could scold him again, he chose to reason with her.
“Relax, Bugaboo. My eyes are closed, I can’t see a thing…” As he finished his sentence, Marinette calmed down from her panic from before and relaxed. Although she trusted her partner with her life, she knew how he longed for the time where they would finally reveal their identities to each other. But she knew that that day was far away from becoming reality, not as long as Hawkmoth was out there.
She didn’t make a move to remove her blanket from her face, even though it meant that her feet were now completely uncovered and she could feel the coldness again. Even though he said his eyes were closed, she felt afraid of uncovering her face.
She heard his footsteps stop right next to her and she quickly came back to her senses and asked him again
“…What are you-?” She suddenly felt something, no, somebody hug her from behind. She tensed up again as Chat snuggled up to her from behind and dropped his own blanket over the both of them.
“Don’t worry, My lady. I’m only trying to prevent you getting hypothermia.” He said gently, and Marinette could sense how genuine he sounded while saying it. And she believed him. Partially, she was freaking out on the inside, her mind screaming at her to tell him to bug off and go back to his corner. That this was way too much of a risk to take. But on the other hand… The warmth that radiated off of his body and mixed with hers was… comforting. She didn’t know if it was because of the addition of the second blanket being tossed over her body, or if it was actually thanks to Chat’s own body heat that she no longer felt cold.
Either way, she was grateful for the gesture.
“..:Thank you, Chat.” She mumbled, subconsciously leaning back into him for more warmth. “You really are the best partner that Ladybug could ever have.” And just like him, her words were nothing less than genuine.
Maybe she’d risk accidentally revealing their identities, just for tonight.
