"After you, my lady." Chat gave me a mischievous grin as I walked through the open door to Master Fu's apartment. We had sessions once every week on Fridays, just after school let out. "Good afternoon Master Fu." I bowed my head to the elderly man in respect as I sat down on one of his cushions. Chat did the same as he sat next to me. We both looked at Master Fu curiously, as he was still standing, just staring out of the window. He sighed, his shoulders dropping. "There will be a time when you are both split up, and I fear for this day. Ladybug, you are the embodiment of creation, and you, Chat Noir, the embodiment of destruction. Without one, the other overwhelms. As such, we need to practice giving Chat the power to cleanse an akuma, and Ladybug the power to destroy an enemy." Chat scooted closer to me, putting his arm around my shoulders. "But I'll always be here for my bugaboo." I sighed, looking at Chat. "Kitty, he means that if our families ever pull us apart, or our real life takes us away from the ability to be here and help, the other will be able to defeat akuma for a time." Chat frowned, a small 'oh' escaping his lips. Master Fu nodded his head. "What Ladybug says is true. You both have been lucky this far, but what is to say that Ladybug is gone, or turned, while Chat Noir is left alone. He has no way of cleansing the akuma, while Ladybug has proven she can manage, though she does still need you Chat Noir." I nodded, smiling at Chat. "We're a team. Partners stay together." His green eyes sparkled with determination and happiness. He looked at Master Fu. "When do we start?" The rest of our two hour session, we worked on helping Chat figure out how to work with his staff. Just like with my yoyo, he can double click his paw button, twirling it around like a baton, and a net would sprout from one of the ends. He would then reach forward to catch whatever is was, we used a vase. He would catch it, and the staff would retract back to him. It took Chat many tries and fails to get it, but in the end, we decided that it was a great improvement. "Alright. This concludes our session. Chat Noir, next time you come across an akuma with Ladybug, see if you can cleanse it. We need to try and see if it will work like her yoyo. See you here next Friday." We both said our goodbyes to Master Fu and walked out of his apartment. We snuck up to the roof to leave. "I'll see you after patrol, my lady." I smirked at him. "No, I'll see you. I'm going to get to the Eiffel Tower first this time." He smirked back at me. "We'll see about that my lady." He sung off, and I grappled on my way. We covered all of Paris in the next three hours, it was almost ten o'clock at night, our go time. The signal was the bell tower's first chime of ten. I waited, my heart pounding, blood racing, muscles tensing. I looked at my yoyo, 9:59. One more minute, a few more seconds. I waited, adrenaline high. When I heard the first ring, I was off. I grappled farther distances than normal, tensing and relaxing the muscles in my legs, arms, and abdomen as I ran, jumped, and flew. The Eiffel Tower was in my sights, but so was Chat. We were within a hundred yards of the tower when I did the unexpected. I leapt off the last roof and tied my yoyo to the lowest possible part of the tower. Closer to the ground, but wider. As I went, I was completely vertical, my pigtails sweeping the ground. At the last second I pulled up and landed in the tower just before Chat, just barely enough to be seen. I smirked in victory and grappled up to where Chat was pouting. "I win!" I joyfully sang as I landed next to Chat. "You cheated." He crossed his arms like a little kid. "Oh, but kitty, we never said we had to be here. I just touched the tower first." He opened his mouth to say something, but his mind couldn't think of a comeback fast enough. "Still." I laughed. "You won last time, this time, I won. I'm sure you'll manage to win next time Chat." Chat looked at me with slight glossy eyes. "But my lady-" I shook my head. "No buts Kitty. You lost fair and square. Next time I won't be able to use that trick anyway." He chuckled, letting his arms fall to the ground. "Ok. Have a good nights sleep Bugaboo. See you tomorrow." I smiled. "Good night kitty." I blew him a kiss with a wink. Chat stared at me, his mouth slightly open, eyes wide, pure shock written all over his face. I quickly took off, my cheeks reddening as I internally screamed at myself. What was that? His expression..... oh, I screwed up big time. What if people find out? What will happen when people find out? What will they think? What about Adrien?! My mind was a blur as I grappled back to my roof. My emotions in a jumble, I fell on my bed, tiki floating next to me. "It's not that bad Marinette. No one could have seen you and they don't even know it's actually you. Cheer up, get some sleep." I sighed, calming down. "Thanks Tikki. I guess you're right, but what if someone does find out? What if, for some reason, Alya got a picture? Or any of my fans? They would all think I'm crazy and then I'll be locked up," I was too caught up in my ranting to notice Tikki trying to argue, "I'll be shipped off to jail where I'll rot in a cell forever. Adrien will think I'm a criminal and Chloe will get him all to herself. She'll threaten him with her father and he'll have to live with that wicked witch for the rest of his life, even bare her children! All because I showed a slight interest in Chat Noir by mistake! I-" I faltered. I looked down at my bed, completely enraptured by my words. "Was it by mistake? Why did I do that with Chat? Do I like him? What about Adrien?" By then, Tikki had grown annoyed and she poked my cheek, "Marinette." I looked up, "Yeah?" She stared at me pointedly. "No one is going to figure out what happened, you are not going to get arrested, and you are not going to jail! Chloe won't get Adrien and they won't have children. Now go to sleep before you overreact.... again." This time I calmed down for real. "Ok. Thanks Tikki. You're the best kiwami anyone could ask for. Good night." I quickly donned my pajamas and did my night routine, careful not to wake my parents up. I slid under the covers, but one question still bothered me. What about Adrien?