We'll never get free
Lamb to the slaughter
What you gon' do
When there's blood in the water?
The price of your greed
Is your son and your daughter
What you gon' do
When there's blood in the water?
Look me in my eyes
Tell me everything's not fine
Or the people ain't happy
And the river has run dry
You thought you could go free
But the system is done for
If you listen real closely
There's a knock at your front door

- blood in the water by grandson.

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Chapter 11 : blood in the water
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Symbolism : blood in the water means infitration in your own pure thing , traitor in your own family. One rotten apple in whole new fresh basket.

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"L---l-l-lady-y-y b-b-bu-ug ???! A-i-i am not l-ladybug !!!! You are mistaken ", marinette stuttered and she took a step behind.

"I no i am not", he smirked in a mysterious way.

"H-Hhahah-hha ! You're soooo funny haahaha...." , marinette let a awkward laugh, still staying strong on her point , she can't let anyone risk it.

"No....i am serious ladubug !" , "i know it" , he then patted her head. Marinette stood there in utter confusion.

"How do you know it", marinette said sadly , failing on her duty to hide her identity.

"I did came yesterday to meet you , lets say i wasn't welcome" , saying this he pretended to check some books, turning pages . Hearing this marinette became even more confused.

"You----YOUUUU !!! YOU ARE THE MIRACULOUS STEALER !??!? you were the samurai ??! ? " , she shouted in the empty library , she sound almost echoed. Lin quickly covered her mouth so no one hears her.

"Shhsssssh talk softly ! You were supposed to be smart ladybug !", he said.

"WAIT !!?! where is the miraculous ? " , marinette stiod there scratching her head. She was totally screwed .

"Irrr...I don't.....know ?", Lin gave a clear expression. "Umm....i actually dropped it"

"Dropped it where ???"

"I don't know !! You were attacking me ! I had no choice to run !", he gave a absturd explanation.

"Okay . But why were you dressed up as a samurai ?", marinette was done with the boy , he somehow knew her identity , he barged into he yesterday and stole the miraculous , why was she even talking to him ? Lin chuckled , and guestured her to sit in a opposite chair so the conversation can be more private .

"Okay. I will tell you everything ! I did come yesterday ! I am a samurai who is sent from china to teach you ! I am actually the son of master Fu's brother. As soon as i realised he came back from china , i came hunting for you , he told me to reach you . He knew it all along , He knew that one day hawkmoth was going to realise how much power he has. My old pal made a right choice . I stole it to grab your attention , in that way you would pay more attention to me , i never knew you would attack".

"Wait , what ?? Master Fu sent you ? He told you before-hand that i was ladybug ? How should i believe you ?", Marinette said , still not believing what the guy messing with his hair said . He rolled up his sleeves and showed a tattoo . The tattoo was a bit familiar.....it gave a sudden feeling of deja vu to marinette. She exactly knew what it was.

"Th-this symbol is printed on the miracle box !!!", she exclaimed.

"Well yes ! It the our saced temple symbol  , now you believe me ?", marinette nodded , her suspicion was gone. He may lie , but all the points he said were too honest and can be accepted.

"So what are you here for ?", she investigated.

"Hmm...i knew you would ask that ! I am here to teach you ! I am one of the trained students of the temple , i will teach to be strong !To fight ! To know the secrets and powers of the miracle box", Lin explained.

"What about chat noir ?", she felt her partner was missing.

"I don't know who he is ! For now , you are the guardian ! You have the box ", He said seriously.

"How will you teach me !? It's not like my mom knows you " , marinette asked.

"Don't worry about that ! I know what to do ! For know , take my number and contact me if needed , i will come soon", he smirked.

He stood up and decided to exit the library, but marinette called him .

"Wait----!"

"Yes ?" , he turned and said.

"How is master Fu doing ?"

"He is fine , he has forgotten bout you ! But i guarantee that he is okay", he gave a sheepish smile and exited. Marinette still sat on the chair , thinking of the events that happened now . If Lin dropped the miraculous , that means some random person took it , she just had to find who that person was.
*****

(Meanwhile adrien)

"What are doing kid ? You are making me bored !", Plagg said munching his usual camembert , concerning over adrien's current position, he was bending down and looking into the door's keyhole.

"Shhsshhhh Plagg ! I need to see what marinette is doing with this guy , he can hurt her", adrien whispered.

"Oh you want me to hear" , Plagg offered.

"Ahh ! Yes i will give you twice as much camembert to satisfy your need", adrien shrieked. Plagg passed through the door listening all the conversations of marrinette and lin , he recognised lin immediately ,

"AHHH ! NO ! we are in gooey pile of camembert ! If he is here.......that means she will be here----" , Plagg panicked and hurried back to adrien.

"C'mon kid we gottta go !"

"Why ? What were they talking ?"

"Umm....bout books !" Plagg ran ,

"Hey wait----"

Adrien ran behind his kwami.

"Ummm adrien ? What are you doing ?" , coral question , who was standing in front of him .

"Uhhh,...." , adrien jumped , "umm....i was.....uh .....exercising ! " , " hahaaaa...need to stretch it up ! What are you doing?", he pulled his lie oof like a pro.

"Oh ! Weird ! I was actually looking for you , Alya wants you to be present down to discuss your role ! Also she told me to assign role to that lin guy" .

Adrien sighed in relief , then he started following coral downstairs.

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Around waiting for 15 mins , everyone was ready in a group discussion including marinette and lin. Alya announced the roles , this time marinette and adrien were zeus and hera. Whatever they did alya still added them together. She commenced the practice one more time. Chloe and kim taking the leads were ready.

"OH ! My helen ! You art the most beautiful !", kim started his dialogue.

"My prince ! I think i am in love with you !" , Chloe said her dialogue in the most boring way.

"CHLOEE ! that's not the dialogue ! And say it with some emotion" , Alya shouted !

"Well ! Ughhh ! I can't let any emotion out seeing this booger !" , chole complained.

"Umm...EXCUSE ME chloe  ! I don't even want to play lead with you ! Who would even accept you!", kim teared the script and stamped on it , he took big steps and exited,

"Woahh ! Great ! Now we lost the lead again ! ", Nino announced.

"It's all because of you Chloe !", alix scolded , she then went running towards kim.

"Now who will be the lead ?"Alya questioned.

"LIN !" , Marinette shouted . Lin stood there confused. Alya examined him , "perfect ! You are the lead !" , she said. Marinette pushed him forward.

"But i don't know anything ?!?" , lin questioned.

"Don't worry ! I am here to help you ! "Alya winked.

She took lin in a corner and started brainstorming with him . Adrien sure wasn't happy with the decision , he was not happy that marinette was feeling more comfortable with a new boy instead of him ! Where was that best friend charm ? Where was that friendship ? She hated him ? After 2 to 3 rough practices they were able to get the hang of the dialogues , chloe was disgusted , so she was in denial for kissing him in the practice , she had not even seen lin clearly. Poor guy tried his best.

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(In classroom )

Everyone was tired of practicing comtinuosly , marinette sat beside alya , coral sat beside her new partner. As soon as the teacher came , marinette raised her hand.

"Oh....marinette ? Is something wrong ?", Miss. Bustier expressed her concern , as a sweet teacher she was.

"Ma'am ! It will be wonderful if you can switch my and coral's seats again ! I think coral is still new to the school , so alya can assist her and i will be happy to assist lin !", marinette said with a smile. Adrien , alya , nino all turned their faces towards marinette and gave a shocked expression.

"Oh...its great to concern for your friends marinette ! You can switch places "

Marinette quickly took her bag and shifted her place next to the new boy , coral came back to where she was , while going she surely whispered something

"How many goddamn times are they going to change my place" , she then sat and sighed.

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(After school , at marinette's house )

"Tikki , are you sure we should trust him ?", marinette asked for the thousanth time .

"Yes marinette ! I know him ! I did see him when he was younger !", Tikki smiled. Marinette then started her nails out of anxiety .

"Uhhhh ! Where is he ? He told he will be here at 4 !?!", marinette was waiting for him . Suddenly a black stricking figure jumped in her terrace anticipating her await.

"Ohhh ! So the cute little bug did wait for me !", lin exclaimed.

"Stop calling me that !", marinette scoffled.

"Ooohooooo ! You can't do anything ! I am your sensei !" , He teased.

"Yeah ! But i am still ladybug !"

"Ohh tikki ! Its been long ", lin said as he saw a red figure floating behind marinette.

"Haha ! Yes ! Its been long", she smiled.

"Now lets not waste time ! We have to get to the teaching now ! ", "tell me little bug , where did you hide the box ?", he interrogatted.

"I disguised it in a sewing machine ", marinette said.

"Oh !!! Really good disguise ! I didn't expected it from a dumb bug like you !", he teased again . Seems like he just met and he already was getting comfortable around her.

"I won't teach you anything about the miracle powers unless you become strong" , lin remarked.

"What do you mean ? I am strong ! I fight villians ! " , marinette doubted. Lin quickly blowed a punch at her , she manged to dodge it but her she was dragged behind.

"I meant THIS strong", he cleared . "You have to turn yourself into a guardian ! And i am here to train you ! Over generations there are guardians and guardian trainers ! I was trained from childhood for this day ....to train you ! To make you a real guardian !"

"Huh ? That means you trained your whole life to train a guardian like me ?" , marinette was curious bout him ! Lin nodded.

"Lets start with simple exercises" , lin decided to start with light exercises to increase marinette's flexibility. Marinette tried to do the exercises  , she was nothing without her suit ! She needed inner strength ! He was right ! She needed to be trained. Tikki accompanied them ! She laughed at marinette's poses when she wasn't able to do them . Lin was a serious teacher , he didn't give marinette a single break ! They trained for two hours until marinette was flat om the ground.

"Cruel teacher" she said.

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(At the agreste mansion , hawkmoth's lair)

"Nathalie ! Are you ready with what i told you to do ?", gabriel inquired , as he was already cooking up a new plan.

"Yes....sir i am trying to ! There is no way i can't convince lila rossi to do this without telling her who we are !", nathalie doubted.

"Then tell her adrien's name ! I am sure she will fall for it HAHAHAHA*evil laugh* !"

"Yes sir !i will do my best", nathalie confirmed. She closed the door and took a big sigh .

(Just the room above)

"Coral ? What are you thinking ? ", Zipp , her kwami said , noticing his possessor's face .

"I am thinking that should i give this miraculous to ladybug again ?"

"Well yes ! I think you should !", Zipp advised.

"NO ! SHE WON'T LISTEN !" Coral scrunched the paper he was holding.

"Atleast try !", Zipp pressed.

"Should i tell adrien ?".

Adrien , her brother was sitting in the room beside her's thinking of the usual and depressing things which were happening in his life. Flopping his head again ! Whatever he did he knew he screwed up big this time , ladybug was out of control , marinette was not talking to him ! Something was up ! He needed answers ! He needed to be told ! He is always left in the dark ! Who was this new hero ? His mind couldn't take it all at once ! He was breaking down . He stood up to get a glass of water . Then suddenly a sound came.

"Ohhhh sad kitty -kat !" , a feminine voice called from his window , He was shocked hearing it , it grabbed his attenetion at once ! He looked there quickly , just to notice a girl wearing tight suit with her face covered with a broken purple mask and her hands were covered with gloves , she had a suit like a samurai. She was casualy sitting in his window . Adrien at once shouted ! ! !

"WHO-WHO ARE YOU ??? !" , he panicked , resulting in dropping the water at his clothes. The masked woman came near him .

"Ohhh ! Don't ask me who am i , ask me why am i ", she skipped towards him , pushing his nose flirtily .

"Uhh...CORAL !!! NATHALIEEE , FATH---", Adrien shouted. But the girl quickly help his mouth.

"Like i said , be quiet and let me speak !", she said in mysterious tone.

"Hhmphhh" , adrien made a sound , signalling her to remove her hand.

"What do you want ?", he questioned.

"Ohhhh yes , now we talk" , she went to his videogame table , touching all his belongings ! She took the photo which was kept on top -ladybug's photo.

"I want this bug !", she said.

"Why ? I don't even know ladybug" , adrien decided to play innocent.

"Shut up kitty-kat ! I know who you are ! You are her pesky little servant ! Who does what she says !"

"THIS IS NOT RIGHT !!", adrien shouted ! "She never makes me as a servant ! We are a team ! She tells me everything"

"Oh oh oh ! We both know that is not true ! Ask her ......ask her ! I know she is hiding something ! Ask her if she met someone today ! I am sure she will lie ", the womam added fire.

"Met who--?"

"Hmm...curious cat i see ! You should get answers from her ! Someone is coming to train her ! No wonder she doesn't tell you anything !", the girl chuckled.

"BUT---?!", Before adrien could say ......the girl swinged and disappeared somewhere.

Adrien was lost again with what happened now ! All alone standing in his window.

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Ahhhhhh i kept chapter short as usual ! Woooo-hooo something is going on !?! I dunno ???? You have to wait ! I feel like the real mystery of the fanfic is starting now !!! The teaaaaa !! Boooom bada boom ! Hahaha ! Dont forget to comment and vote if you liked it !

Preview od next chapter : While marinette is getting trained by her new trainer ! Chat noir is getting manipulated by a mysterious woman ! With different storylines !what if hawkmoth has something else to cook ?? ?

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