11. Of WiFi & One Day
"I can't get close to her!" exclaimed Ladybug to Chat Noir. They had been fighting an akumatized girl that called herself Shadow Girl. Her powers consisted on creating shadows of monsters to protect herself, and she herself could become a shadow, so no one would see her "She vanishes too quickly!"
"How are we supposed to get her then?" questioned Chat Noir.
"I don't know" Ladybug shook her head, down heartened. She was sure that if Loup d'Argent was there, she would come up with a plan in no time. Yes, Ladybug was always the one with the plans, but Loup had some good of her own, too.
Then, they heard it.
A luring melody, which sounded beautiful, coming from one of the buildings. Chat Noir and Ladybug exchanged glances, before looking around.
"What is that?!" questioned Shadow Girl, covering her ears, but the melody kept playing in her head. While any other people that weren't akumatized were enjoying the song, it was torture for the akumatized villain.
"Where is that coming from?" questioned Chat Noir, as the shadows that the villain created vanished because of her lack of concentration.
"No idea!" replied Ladybug, looking around, too. They heard a chuckle, and standing behind them was Loup d'Argent.
"Missed me?" she questioned with a smile, before proceeding to play another set of notes. The enchanting melody did sound beautiful to Shadow Girl now, and it was slowly returning the girl to normal. Her outfit started to change into the clothes that she was wearing before being akumatized and, by the time she played the last note, the akuma came out of the necklace the girl had been wearing, and Ladybug de-evilized it. Then, she returned things to normal by playing the last set of notes.
"You never cease to amaze me" breathed out Chat Noir. Once she was done, she placed the violin in her case and approached the duo, who was looking at her mesmerized.
"Five days" she stated, showing them her right hand "I was gone for five days, and you couldn't even handle yourselves alone for five days? I seriously don't understand how you survive without me some times"
"We had it under control" replied Ladybug confidently, and her friend gave her an 'are-you-kidding-me?' look.
"Yeah, sure" she said, not believing her one bit.
With 'vacations' over, Arianne had to return to her usual thing: violin. Even though she had taken the violin to Barcelona with her, she hadn't touched it once during the whole trip, which was certainly an improvement for her. It gave her time to relax, and to finally finish her original songs.
She was currently in class, adding some final touches to 'Sunflowers'. She was sitting alone, since her friends weren't there: Marinette was probably late, as usual, and she had no idea what happened to Alya. She was humming the beat of the song in a low voice.
"Arianne, I hope that what you are writing has to do with literature" said her teacher, giving the girl a questionable glance, and all eyes stood on her, even Adrien and Nino's sitting on the desk in front of her.
"Uh..." started the girl, not really knowing what to say "Sorry" she closed the copybook, and focused back on class, as the teacher turned around.
"You really weren't writing anything related to literature, were you?" questioned Adrien in a low voice, turning to look at her with an amused glance.
"Of course not" replied the girl the same way "I don't care about Hamlet" they were currently reading Shakespeare, and Arianne found it extremely boring "I was writing some songs" Adrien's face lit up upon hearing those words.
"Woah, really?" he questioned, amazed about her writing original songs, and Arianne nodded "Can I see them?"
"Sure" she opened the notebook, and was about to hand it to him, but the teacher saw them.
"Arianne!" she called, startling both friends "Seeing as you care about whatever it's written in that notebook so much, why don't you go show it to the principal?" Arianne was not going to argue with her, so she just closed her notebook and stood up.
"Miss, actually, it was me who—" started Adrien, not wanting Arianne to take the blame for him, since he was the one who talked to her first, but the girl cut him off.
"Don't worry" she assured with a smile. She didn't want him to be in trouble "It's alright" Adrien watched after her until she was out of the classroom with guilt in his eyes.
Arianne knew that being a well-known violinist didn't imply that she would receive any special treatment, and she didn't ask for it, unlike Chloe, who thought that everyone had to do what she said because her father was the mayor of Paris.
So she walked to the principal's office without complains, and knocked on the door. She wasn't paying attention in class, after all, it was her fault.
"Mr. Damocles?" she questioned as she opened the door, but was surprised to find the principal sitting behind his desk frozen, with a stop symbol in front of him. Arianne opened her eyes wide "Sir!" she rushed towards the desk, and a screen appeared when she got there. Staring at her through the screen was Lady WiFi.
"I'm Lady WiFi, revealer of the truth!" she stated "For our first exposé, your principal would like to share a little thing with you" the screen then showed Lady WiFi, leaning her arm on the principal's shoulder, minutes before he got 'stopped' "So, Mr. Damocles, is it true you wrongly suspended a student named Alya today?" Arianne opened her eyes wider upon hearing that.
"What?!" she questioned, leaning her palms on the table "Is that why Alya wasn't here today?"
"It must be" replied Ayu, floating in front of her "I wonder what happened" Arianne wondered the same thing as she stared at the screen.
"Uh...yes, it is" replied Mr. Damocles with a sigh.
"So you were biased? Unfair? Totally unjust?" questioned Lady WiFi, as Arianne narrowed her eyes.
"Wait a second" she said, and leaned closer to the screen. She recognized the cellphone Lady WiFi had "Oh my god, it's Alya!" she turned to look at her kwami "Ayu, transform me!"
"But you are gonna have to fight one of your best friends!" said the kwami, worried "Are you sure you can do this?"
"Yes, because I'm not gonna fight my best friend, I'm gonna save her" she said determined, and Ayu transformed her.
"For the next scoop" continued Lady WiFi "I'll be taking you to meet the girl who's been hiding behind the Ladybug mask"
"Not if have any say on it!" stated Loup d'Argent, and rushed to find her akumatized best friend.
For some unknown reason, Loup ended at Chloe's house, since Lady WiFi thought, again, for unknown reasons, that she was Ladybug. Chat Noir and the real Ladybug were already there when she arrived and, standing in another balcony, she started to play the terrible melody that affected all akumatized people.
"About time!" exclaimed Chat Noir when they heard the unique song.
"I know you were expecting me, kitty" said the girl jokingly, getting into the bedroom. She didn't play much, because Lady WiFi was still Alya, and she didn't want to hurt her.
"Who are you?" questioned Lady WiFi, staring at the trio, and making them all frown. Then, she turned to look at Chloe "But I thought you were Ladybug"
"You gotta be kidding me" sighed Loup "Her? Ladybug?"
"Sorry to bust your news story" Chat Noir spoke up "Next time, double check your facts"
"You'll be sorry" smirked Lady WiFi, cancelling the recording and the stop button on Chloe.
"Alya?!" questioned Ladybug, making Loup frown, but she just assumed that she had read her blog.
"Alya's been disconnected" replied Lady WiFi "I'm Lady WiFi, news flash! Ladybug, let's find out who you really are!" she sent some stop symbols her way, but Ladybug dodged them, before turning to look at her partners.
"Follow me!" they avoided more symbols being thrown their way as they rushed to the stairs.
"What are we doing?" questioned the wolf.
"She gets her powers from her phone" replied Ladybug "Let's lead her down to the basement where there isn't any service"
"No service, no power!" assumed Chat Noir, as her and Loup went down, and Ladybug stayed behind to make sure Lady WiFi wasn't following them.
"So, what do you do when you are not Loup d'Argent?" questioned Chat Noir, as they waited for Ladybug and Lady WiFi to come down.
"Is this really the time for that?" she questioned, giving him a quick glance.
"She's gone back to the hotel!" announced Ladybug from upstairs. Loup and Chat Noir exchanged glances, before following her back into the building. All the doors were locked.
"Hey, you realize we might actually know each other in normal life?" kept asking the cat to the wolf, as they went up.
"I guess" she replied, shrugging a bit.
"She left this one open" said Ladybug, when they arrived to a door that wasn't locked "Get ready for an ambush" the trio got ready, and got into the room. All they saw was a bunch of tables with cellphones, but no Lady WiFi.
Then, she appeared from one of the cellphones and started throwing symbols at them, but they dodged them. Every time they tried to catch her, she appeared through another cell phone, until Ladybug destroyed all of them, and Lady WiFi was forced to run into the kitchen. Ladybug followed her, and they both got trapped inside.
"Oh, great!" complained Loup sarcastically "What do we know?" she looked at her partner.
"You can't use your violin to open the door, can you?" questioned Chat Noir, and she rolled her eyes.
"I'm a violinist, not Hermione" she replied.
"So you are a violinist in normal life, huh?" questioned the cat, and Loup stopped herself in time from opening her eyes wide, because that would be suspicious.
"What? No! I never said that" she chose to say instead.
"You know, I have a friend who's a violinist" said Chat Noir.
"Are we gonna keep talking about violinists or are we gonna save our partner?" she questioned, rolling her eyes for the second time that day.
"Right" nodded Chat Noir "Give me a minute" he took out his staff, and the map of the building appeared on the screen "Of course, the service elevator!"
"Both of us won't fit in there" replied Loup, leaning over Chat Noir's shoulder "You go ahead, I'll find another way"
"Are you sure?" he questioned, looking at her. They were quite close, which made his heart rush.
"Yeah" replied the wolf "Go" Chat Noir nodded, and went off, leaving her behind "Okay, think, Loup d'Argent" she looked around, but didn't find much "Ayu, a bit of help would be nice" she spoke to the kwami inside her hairpin. They could talk, but only she could hear him.
"That vent over there leads to the freezer" replied the kwami, and the girl only saw one vent, and assumed that it was the one he was talking about "You are small, you can fit in there"
"Alright" nodded the hero, and got into the vent. The closer she got, the colder it was, naturally.
"Gotcha!" she heard someone yelling "Gotcha!" the voice sounded familiar. She approached the vent faster, and saw Chat Noir on the floor.
"Oh my god!" she exclaimed, and kicked the vent door open, before jumping down and approaching her partner "Chat Noir!" she took him in his arms, and a shiver ran up her spine; he was freezing, and she was sure she would in any moment "You are freezing! What are you doing here?"
"L-lady W-wi-WiFi" he stuttered, and Loup narrowed her eyes with worry.
"Hold on, help is coming" she replied "Stay with me, Chat Noir" she begged, as she looked at the door worriedly. She could hear fighting going on outside, probably Ladybug and Alya, but she could tell there was still a long way to go for it to be done "Hurry up, Ladybug" she said, almost in a whisper, looking at Chat Noir who was shivering. His eyes were closed, though she could still feel a slight beating in his heart.
After what seemed like forever, Ladybug managed to open the door.
"Thank god" Loup replied, standing up and helping Chat do as well, before walking away from that place "Are you okay, kitty?"
"I have nine lives, remember?" Chat Noir joked before sneezing, which made her chuckle.
"Good, I want you around for a long time"
"Don't worry, you'll have me"
"I got an idea" replied Ladybug once Chat Noir and Loup finished talking, looking at the camera symbol above them. She whispered something to them something about cutting the signal, and Chat Noir could do that by destroying the antenna. He went off, leaving Ladybug and Loup behind.
Some minutes later, the signal was finally cut off, and both girls could rush to the roof. They arrived in time to see Chat Noir on the floor, with Lady WiFi on top and her hand raised. Ladybug wrapped her yoyo around Lady WiFi's phone, threw it to the floor, and destroyed it. Then, she de-evilized the akuma, and returned everything to normal.
"What?" questioned Alya confused but okay, from the floor "Ladybug, woah!" she said excitedly "And Loup d'Argent and Chat Noir! Can I get a quick interview?"
"Maybe another time" replied the wolf "I gotta rush" she turned around and went off, but Chat Noir followed her.
"Wait!" he held her wrist, causing her to look at him confused "Stay. I won't tell anyone who you are" he put his hand up "Cat's honor!" she looked at him sympathetically.
"I know you won't, kitty" replied the girl "But I can't. Not today, at least" Chat Noir looked at her with hope.
"You mean you will be able one day?"
"One day, maybe" replied the girl "But not today" she leaned in, and gave him a peck in the cheek "See you around, Chat Noir"
Then, she went into the closet, and turned into Arianne, as Ayu fell in her hands, exhausted
"Did you mean what you said?" questioned Ayu curiously "Will you tell him?"
"I will" nodded Arianne "One day I will"
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