It was just another normal day in Paris as people ran around outside screaming for their lives. Ladybug and Chat Noir bolted down the sidewalk avoiding panicking pedestrians.

"There she is!" Ladybug yelled and gestured to up ahead. An akumatized boy who was dressed up in futuristic looking get up held a shiny gun and shot huge lasers. The red lasers disintegrated through anything- glass, metal, people. One touch, and you'd vaporize into thin air.

The akuma saw his opponents running after him and evilly smiled. He raised his weapon and fired. Chat instantly dove over his partner to push her out of harm's way. With a loud smash, they toppled through a thin display glass into a shop.

Ladybug opened her eyes and shook her head. She sat up and found herself into a mess of potted soil and flower petals. After trying to dust loose fertilizer off of her suit, her eyes wandered around the boutique. They left shards of glass everywhere and many broken flower pots were scattered on the floor.

"Chat?" She called. "Are you alright?"

No answer. She pressed her lips into a fine line. Where is he? I hope he's okay... Hysterical laughter snapped her out of her thoughts. It left her puzzled- it was a kind she's never heard before. It sounded maniacal and crazy. Ladybug stood up and followed the sound to behind a stack of shelves that were knocked over.

There, she saw a sight that had her bewildered. Chat Noir was laughing with joy as he laid sprawled out on the floor in a leafy mess. He rolled around in the strange plant while purring uncontrollably.

Ladybug put her hands on her hips. What the heck is going on? What's wrong with him? "Chat Noir, stop this instant!"

He didn't listen and kept relishing the leafy pile. That's when Ladybug bent down to reach for a piece of the strange plant. She eyed it closely until she realized-

Catnip? Oh no...

If it really was catnip, she had to get him somewhere safe fast. There was no way Chat could do combat in that delirious state. She grabbed him around the waist and hoisted him up to his feet, but he couldn't even walk straight. He giggled as she put his arm around her shoulder.

"Hang in there, Chat, this will all be over soon," she assured. He flashed her a cute smile. "M'lady, are you a camera? Because every time I look at you, I smile," he sang.

Ladybug rolled her eyes before dragging him out the door of the flower shop. They were immediately bombarded by Alya and her phone.

"Ladybug! What happened? Are you injured? What's wrong with Chat Noir? Is he hurt? How would you sa-"

Ladybug shot her a glare and covered the camera lens. She didn't want news of Chat's condition spreading, especially on the Ladyblog. He's had enough negative publicity lately. Before Alya could get more footage, Ladybug took off with Chat on her yoyo.

She landed on her balcony, praying that her parents were already out for errands. As soon as she loosened her grip on Chat, he tore from her grasp, climbed on top of her iron railing, and dramatically threw up his arms to the sky.

"I am the Paris guardian, guardian of the Paris! Hawkmoth quivers before me!!" He hollered at the top of his lungs. "Back off-" Ladybug snatched him by the collar of his suit and yanked him back. She swung her trap door open and chucked him down into her bedroom. 

Chat ungracefully collapsed face first onto her carpet with her jumping down to his side shortly after. Without hesitation, Ladybug rushed to her computer and frantically typed on her keyboard. She had to fix this asap. 

"Wow, I didn't know I looked that good," Chat flaunted while smoothing his hair. Ladybug glanced at him then screeched. He was gazing at all the posters of her crush, Adrien Agreste, all over her walls.

She nervously tapped her chin in thought. She didn't have time to worry about that.

While Chat Noir was busy flexing his muscles in her full length mirror, Ladybug quickly checked her monitor. According to google, the effect of catnip can last around ten minutes on most cats. She huffed and rubbed her temples. That was too long. And he technically wasn't even an actual cat, so that complicated matters even more.

"Ooh, is that a Marichat fanfiction?"

What-

Ladybug spun around in her wheeled desk chair and gasped. "HEY, THAT IS PRIVATE! PAWS OFF! BAD KITTY!!" She screamed and ripped her open diary from the nosy cat's paws. She slapped the journal shut and locked it into its box for safety.

"Me-owch, you don't gotta be so touchy," he brushed off.

She started muttering to herself as she continued to search for solutions on the internet. A pair of hands suddenly covered her eyes. "Chat! Stop it! I'm trying to work here, and there's still an akuma!" She scolded as she swatted his hands away. "But m'lady, I have a secret to tell you!"

He bent over from behind to whisper into her ear. "I love mew," he giggled. Ladybug sighed in exasperation. "The feeling is mutual," she sarcastically replied, refusing to take her eyes off the computer screen. "What's a cat's favorite color?" Ladybug ignored him.

"Purrple."

She groaned then banged her head on her desk. Chat Noir broke out into loud fits of laughter. She didn't know how much more of this she could handle.

"Admit it, that joke was pawsome, bugaboo!"

It really wasn't...

Ladybug froze at the sudden contact she felt on her face. She flushed when she realized Chat was softly kissing her cheek. She shoved him to the floor. He scrambled to his knees and poked her nose. "Can I follow you home, princess? My mom always told me I should follow my dreams. I'd spend all of my nine lives with you," he happily sighed.

It felt weird for him to call her princess when she was transformed, but she knew it was just the catnip talking. "What did the cat say to the parrot when he-" Ladybug abruptly began to scratch him behind the ears.

Chat Noir instantly stopped talking and started to purr contently.

Good, I finally got him to shut up.

But the moment she pulled away, she regretted it. "Ow!" She exclaimed, pulling her finger to her mouth. "Did you just bite me?!" Chat ignored her complaints and licked the back of his paw, er- hand. His claws were still a bright hot pink from the night before. Ladybug remembered offering him nail polish remover, but he insisted on keeping his catastic fab new look.

"Ugh, you stupid cat!" She growled. She then grabbed a ball of purple yarn from some loose materials on her table and threw it across the room. Chat prowled after it in excitement, but another feline had beat him to it.

He cocked his head curiously at the calico kitten before him. Cookie Dough, the pet Marinette had adopted a week ago, mewed at her partner. It continued to let out tiny meows. Chat's eyes widened with fascination.

"Really?" He awed. "Same, bro, same."

Ladybug groaned and jammed her finger on the power button. There was nothing she could do. According to her research, she simply had to wait until her partner's "state" wore off. There was only one option left. She pulled out her communicator and started filming him.

Chat Noir abruptly sat straight up, looking as confused as ever. This caught Ladybug's attention. "Oh, good, Chat, you're back. We need to leave now."

"Pfft! Just found out my birthday is the same day I was born-life is crazy!" he laughed as he slapped his leg. Her shoulders slumped in disappointment.

Whatever, I'm just going to shut the trap door so he doesn't escape or something...

She ignored the playful giggles and meows as she climbed up her ladder to shut the entrance. Once she latched it shut, she looked down to find an alarming scene. The ball of yarn was completely unraveled throughout her room and purple string was tangled around everything in sight.

Also, the black cat was missing.

Ladybug grit her teeth and clenched her fists. "I turn my back for one second," she grumbled. She dashed back down the ladder and made her way into the kitchen.

"Chat Francis Noir! If you so much as lay a filthy paw on a croissant, I'll break your finger!!" She seethed as she ran out front into the shop. There was no one but Juleka and Rose, who were currently taking cover from the laser catastrophe outside.

They raised their eyebrows in surprise, completely speechless at the random super heroine's outburst. Ladybug blinked at her classmates, then sheepishly smiled. "Oh, um, hey guys...No need to panic, everything will be fine-we're just coming up with a game plan so it's all good, that was just code we made up," she rambled. "So stay put."

She awkwardly backed away into the other room, then made a beeline for the living room. "Chat! Chat! Where in the world are you??" She called through her house. Her body tensed when she heard a clatter in the pantry.

"Paradise," a voice sang.

Ladybug ran in and face palmed. "No no no, kitty, noooo," she groaned. Chat looked up at her innocently with his big kitten eyes. "Hand over the Friskies, Chat. That can't be good for you."

"But whyyyyyy?"

"Because it's cat food, Chat! You don't even know what's in there, it's probably worse than American hot dogs," she exhaled. The sad kitty tangled in purple yarn sulked on his knees before her. His ears drooped down.

"Just one more bite?"

"No."

"Purretty please?"

"Chat."

He sighed and lowered his head in defeat, then fixed his gaze on her again, but his eyes were much bigger, seemed much greener, and were definitely more adorable than usual. She gasped and averted his stare.

Not the kitten eyes!

Ladybug made the mistake of sneaking a peek. They were ten times more dangerous than Manon's babydoll eyes, and ten times cuter.

"Please, bugaboo?"

"Ugh, fine, okay!" She relented. "But just one more, then you're done! You hear?" Chat's eyes lit up as he scooped one more precious bite out of the can and happily stuffed it into his mouth. She gagged at his actions as she confiscated the Friskies can from him.

She could've sworn she almost threw up when she saw him swallow. I think I'm gonna be sick....

After dismissing the can into the garbage (and burying deep to be sure he wouldn't dig it out), she wiped his face up and tried removing all the string from him in her room. The tomcat passed out on her bed and took a little cat nap, which was fine with her.

When he woke up, he groggily lifted his head and studied his surroundings.

Why am I in Marinette's room?? And why do I feel so weird? The last thing I remember....

Chat Noir had a brief flashback of crashing into the flower shop. The fertilizer, the catnip- CATNIP.

He gasped when he noticed Ladybug sitting next him while staring at her communicator in boredom. Bits and pieces of memories came together in his head, and his face burned with embarrassment. Ladybug shifted her eyes to him to find that he was wide awake blushing like crazy.

"Oh, good. You're up. Here," she said before tossing him something. Chat quickly caught the pack of breath mints and stared at them in bewilderment.

"We have an akuma to catch, so hurry up," she urged, unlatching the trap door.

Heyyy sup guys! Didn't mean to take so long, I got 4 teeth pulled last week so I wrote half of this buzzed on pain meds & I gotta get the stitches out tomorrow😭😭

Anywho I was psyched to write this part, this catnip piece here was actually the main reason I started this whole thang but I kept putting it off:/

Next up will be a Lion King Parody peeps! Hope you liked ;p