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"Look out Chat!" Ladybug yelled, while she tried to get out from under the debris.

'Not good. I'm completely stuck here while he has so recklessly engaged that monster into a one-on-one fight. I. Need. To. Get. Out. Of. Here."

With one final forceful push, Ladybug finally freed herself from the debris, and got up slowly, wincing in pain due to her wounded legs and side.

Chat was fighting the monster on his own, ducking and attacking as swift as the wind. He was struggling, but he was wasn't giving up.

"Ladybug!" He shouted. "Find Mrs LeBleue. I'm positive it's her!"

Ladybug nodded, and jumped away from the fighting. She winced with every movement that she made, for most of her body was crushed by the debris a while back.

'No Marinette. Don't give up. He is there fighting so that you can do this. Don't let him down.'

Sure enough, sometime later, she found Mrs LeBleue totally immobilised on a park bench. To any passerby, she would've looked like a person who was perhaps meditating, but Ladybug knew better.

She jumped down to the ground, losing a bit of balance, before regaining it.

"Mrs LeBleue"

The said woman opened her eyes, which were dull and lifeless. Staring into them felt like staring into the depths of a never ending hole.

"This might hurt a bit."

•••

It was getting difficult to keep up with the monster. It was extremely powerful.

'Damn, I must've really pushed her buttons.'

It seemed like more the negative emotion a person harboured, the stronger was the creature created from it. And in this case, it was a lot of spite.

"Agh" Chat groaned after being slammed into a wall. Despite his various injuries, he still got up, in a fighting stance, simply not ready to give up.

Seeing this, the creature just roared louder, lunging forward.

Too weak to even move this time, Chat just closed his eyes, readying himself for the painful impact. But that never came.

Opening his eyes, he was met with nothing more but a bright light, which had engulfed the creature. And just like that , before his eyes, it withered away into nothingness, like it wasn't even there in the first place.

Magical ladybugs fixed the city and this elevated his heart. Not wasting even a split second, he began the search for his lady.

Soon enough, he found her propped against a roof's chimney. Her breathing was troubled and heavy and her eyes were half closed.

"Marinette!"

She opened her eyes weakly, a small smile playing at her lips. And in that exact moment, her transformation came undone.

The red of the suit had disguised all the cuts and injuries on her body. However, now they were completely visible.

"Oh no, Marinette!"

He limped next to her, just as his transformation came undone.

"Poc...ket..cookie..give..Tik..ki."

He put a finger on her lips, instructing her to save her energy. He then nodded, and did as told.

"Don't worry." Tikki said. "She's not fatally wounded. However her injustices do need assistance. Even if it was Bridgette's physical body that was harmed, it is still connected to Marinette, so it can be a problem if left just like that. Same for you Adrien."

Adrien nodded and then picked up the almost asleep Marinette, bridal style and got ready to jump away.

"You don't have to..I'm fi..ne.."

"Shh. Just sleep tight princess."

"Bridgette's place..go..no one..all busy.." and with this sleep finally claimed Marinette as it's own and she slumped back.

Getting the message, Adrien transformed again, for Plagg had already recharged, and jumped away in the evening sky of Paris.

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The feel of warm and soft sheets was the first thing she felt when she awoke from her slumber. She opened her eyes with difficulty and looked around, everything nothing but still being a blur.

Slowly but steadily, her vision cleared and she found herself in Bridgette's bed, all her injuries bandaged and tended to. The stars shone brightly in the night sky, indicating the time.

"Oh you're awake." A voice said.

Marinette turned to face the owner of the voice with a smile, however it dropped the moment she laid eyes on him.

He was sitting on the couch, a first aid box next to him, clearly tending to his own wounds. However he was doing a poor job of it.

His wound on the stomach was still open and not bandaged properly which caused her frown to deepen.

She limped in his direction and sat on the ground, in front of him.

"Here, let me."

"Marinette!" He exclaimed in shock. "What're you doing? You're hurt! Go rest!"

"In case you haven't noticed, you're too."

"I'll do it myself." He pouted.

"You seem to be doing a very poor job of it."

She gestured towards his open wound and he scowled at it.

"No matter how many times, I just can't get to bandage it properly."

"That's why I'm here for."

"Oh no no no no!"He exclaimed. "You go rest. I'll take care of this."

"Oh for god's sake! Let me do it!" Marinette exclaimed with exasperation. Honestly, the love of her life got on her nerves sometimes.

Finally Adrien handed her the kit with a slight scowl and she began tending to his wounds. She would close her eyes with a start and flinch whenever Adrien gasped with slight pain or unease, Despite the situation, he couldn't help but notice how adorable she looked.

"There, all done, Mr. Agreste!" She exclaimed happily, admiring her handiwork.

"Thank you Mrs. Agreste."

Everything was dead silent. Marinette was scarlet while Adrien was no less behind.

'Crap did I say it out loud? Oh god why?'

"Uhm..I um.." he began awkwardly, staring to get up.

"I'll go make something to eat."

"Wait!" Marinette exclaimed, getting up too. She grabbed his arm and turned him to face her.

"You're injured too, so rest. I've already rested enough, so I'll make us something." With this, she pushed him down so that he could lie on the couch, however he pulled her with him. So now, she was on top of him, their faces mere inches away from each other.

"Uhm.. I uh.."

They both stared awkwardly at each other, unsure of what to do. Both so red that it'd put the even the darkest shade of that colour to shame.

Good thing that both the kwamis were asleep.

Despite the extremely awkward situation, neither one of them made an attempt to move. It was so..right..so comfortable.

But they had to move.

Adrien brushed away the stray locks of hair from her face, his eyes never once looking away from her startling blue ones. They both started to slowly lean in until a loud explosion was heard.

Marinette jumped away, her eyes losing its softness and instead hardening. She looked out the window which was open and saw a bright light that illuminated the night sky.

She ran to the window, with Adrien close behind. There, in the centre of the sky, was an image, an image of a feather, which was illuminating the night sky with its bright light.

"Ladybug and Chat Noir." A booming voice echoed.

"It's been all fun and games, playing with you. But now, it's time to end it."

A loud explosion was heard somewhere, alarming the superheroes.

Marinette was about to transform when,

"Don't bother investigating. There are far too many than you can count. For now, I, Le Paon, am finally coming out of the shadows to play with you...

...so now there'll be hell to pay."

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Cliffhanger~

Double updates? What? How? Hehe XD
So did you like it? Shit is finally about to go down now. About 4 more chapters I think.

Writing that last part of mari and Adrien was like I wasn't even writing about them lmao. I, for some reason was imagining Natsu and Lucy in their place XD.

And that feather idea from miraculous PV video. Yeah yeah, Ik not original.

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Hopefully y'all will get another chapter or two tomorrow .

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