4. Of Bubbles & Bubblers
The kids that Arianne had played for started to cry since their parents were in the bubbles, and she looked at them sadly before jumping off the bench.
"Don't cry, please" she begged "I'll get your parents back, I promise. Okay?" the kids nodded and Arianne ran off, looking for a place out of sight to transform. She finally found it behind a tree "Who could do something so cruel?" she asked Ayu "We have to save the adults. Ayu, transform me!"
Once she was in mode Loup d'Argent, she climbed up one of the buildings to see who the person responsible was. She discovered it faster than expected, since he was using the bubbles as a screen to communicate with the people he hadn't trapped.
"Hey, hey, today's your lucky day, little dudes! The adults are taking the day off, so make the most of it! No chores, no homework, just fun, fun, fun, fun!" Loup narrowed her eyes angrily and moved forward. She had no idea where to look for the bubbler, though.
But some fireworks in the distance showed up just in time.
"That's Adrien's house!" she realized. It was right in front of the Eiffel Tower, and the fireworks were being thrown there "I gotta hurry! I just hope that Ladybug and Chat Noir are already there!"
After some minutes, she finally arrived and stood on the wall. There seemed to be a party going on, and the Bubbler was the DJ. Ladybug was there, too.
"I thought I was alone on this one!" exclaimed the wolf "What do we do?" Ladybug didn't seem to be hearing her, she was too busy giving Chloe a murderous glance, since it was a slow song and she was dancing with Adrien.
"There's no way this is happening!" complained the black-haired, she was not gonna let Chloe dance with him like that "Lucky charm!" Loup opened her eyes wide.
"What do you think you are doing?!" she questioned angrily after Ladybug changed the CD playing "The lucky charm is not made for dealing with your jealousy!" she scolded "You only have five minutes now! Go before you change back!" Ladybug did as told, and the white-haired sighed frustrated, before looking back at the akumatized victim "Then I guess it's just you and me, bubbler...hey!" she yelled, causing everyone to turn to look at her. She threw her bow towards the plug of the speakers, plugging it out "The party is cancelled, so sorry about that" she jumped down with a flip and landed with a pose.
"Why you gotta be like that?" questioned the bubbler.
"You imprisoned the adults and will probably do the same to anyone who doesn't do what you say, and you are asking me why?" she took her bow out of the plug "Thought you were smarter"
"You will not bust up my party!"
"News flash, I already did" she turned around to face everyone else "Get out of here, now!" all of them did as told and hid behind some walls. All but Adrien, who had finally decided to do something about the bubbler.
The bubbler took out the bubble sword, but before he could throw a bubble towards Loup d'Argent, she attacked him with her bow. The bubbler couldn't make bubbles 'cause he needed the bubble sword to defend himself against her.
The strength they were using pushed them both back, and the bubbler took the chance to breathe a bubble at the wolf, but Ladybug, who had just arrived, wrapped her yoyo around her partner's leg and dragged her towards her, saving her.
"I was wondering when you would come back" she stood up and shook the dirt off her "Thanks"
"Hey, I'm sorry about earlier" apologized her friend "You were right, I wasn't using my powers correctly"
"The good thing is that you realized it" replied Loup, she wasn't mad at her. Ladybug smiled.
"The kitty is not here yet?" the wolf shook her head "So it's just you and me"
"Apparently"
"Alright, then" they both got out of their hideout. The bubbler saw them and breathed a bubble their way. Ladybug threw her yoyo at it, but it got trapped inside. The bubble was still coming at them.
Luckily, though, a certain black cat showed up and hit the yoyo with his staff, pushing it away.
"Looks like I made it just in time!" he said.
"We had it under control" replied Ladybug confidently as the yoyo hit Chat Noir in the head.
"No, we didn't" argued Loup d'Argent shaking her head, they had to give their partner some credit "Thanks, kitty" she said, looking at Chat Noir.
The bubbler then blew thousands of bubbles their way, but they managed to dodge them all. The bubbles went up, but when the bubbler snapped his fingers, they turned green and started to float quickly around the trio, sticking to their body and trapping them inside a giant green bubble.
"Give me your miraculouses before you run out of air!" ordered the bubbler.
"Dream on!" replied Loup. All the villains wanted the same thing, hers, Chat Noir and Ladybug's Miraculous, and the white haired understood why. Their miraculouses were very powerful, and anyone would want to get their hands on them, but in the wrong ones, they were dangerous.
"Total party poopers, just like adults"
"Kids need adults!" argued Ladybug angrily.
"False! Kids need freedom!" shot the bubbler "Fun! Adults are controlling"
"But adults keep children safe! They protect them, they care for them! They love them!" Ladybug kept arguing.
"Most adults do anyhow" said Chat Noir in a low voice, and Loup couldn't help but think of Adrien and his cold father "You must bring the adults back!"
"No, never! Know what? Since you care about these adults so much, why don't you go float with them for a while?" he ran towards them and kicked the bubble up, with the three of them still inside.
Up in the air, the trio was trying to destroy the bubble.
"The cataclysm!" Loup d'Argent realized. It destroyed things, so it could probably destroy the bubble.
"Couldn't you have said that five hundred feet ago?" asked Chat Noir with sarcasm.
"Just use it! We can't stay trapped here forever!" the blonde did as told, and they were soon falling down.
"Wanna see if you land on your feet this time?!" asked Ladybug.
"No, thanks!" he replied, and Ladybug's gaze stood on the Eiffel tower.
"Your stick!" she said, and pointed out to the tower "There!"
"Got it!" he replied, and threw his stick towards the tower. It lodged there, and Ladybug wrapped her yoyo around it, then she grabbed Chat Noir's hand, who grabbed Loup d'Argent's hand.
Then, the three landed on the street.
"Good thing cats aren't afraid of heights" commented the cat.
"C'mon, we gotta get to the bubble sword. The akuma is probably there" Chat Noir's ring, his miraculous, flashed and one of the circles of the paw disappeared, indicating that he only had a few minutes before transforming back.
"We better hurry!"
"Sorry to burst your bubble" said Ladybug when they arrived to Adrien's house. Their classmates were still hiding, but they started to chant Ladybug's name when they saw her.
"Thanks for completely ignoring that we are here" said Loup d'Argent sarcastically.
"No one wants to party with you anymore, bubbler" said Ladybug.
"Why you gotta be such haters?" questioned the bubbler, and trapped the guests in violet bubbles that were soon going up. Then, he turned to look at the trio "Outer space is the next stop of your precious peeps, and they are never coming back!"
The bubbler ran off towards the Eiffel tower, and the trio followed him. They dodged the bubbles he breathed at them as they climbed up the building. When they reached one of the stories, Chat Noir's miraculous flashed once more.
"I'm gonna switch back soon, hurry!"
"Lucky charm!" yelled Ladybug, and it turned out to be a wrench.
"Your plumbing skills gonna help us out?" questioned Chat Noir, and Ladybug shrugged. The bubbler breathe some bubbles towards the blonde, who dodged them skillfully as he ran up the Eiffel Tower.
"Any ideas?" questioned Loup looking at Ladybug, who frowned and looked around. While Ladybug did that, the white haired tried to spot the bubbler, but she didn't see him.
"Where did he go?" she questioned.
"Behind you!" replied the bubbler. Loup d'Argent turned around, but a bubble was breathed her way, and trapped her inside before she could do anything about it.
"NO!" she heard both Ladybug and Chat Noir yelling.
"Don't worry about me!" she yelled so loudly that her voice hurt, but they had to hear her from such a long distance "I'll get out of here on my own, you have to stop the bubbler!" she took a deep breath as she floated up "Okay, think Arianne. Think" she looked around, and then she remembered "Wait, if Chat Noir could destroy the bubble with his claws, maybe I can do it, too" that might work "Okay, this better work, otherwise my secret identity won't be so secret anymore" if it didn't work, and she turned back into Arianne while still in the bubble, everyone would see her "Loup d'Argent!" she turned into a wolf, and lodged her claws into the bubble.
Surprisingly enough, it worked.
She then nailed her claws on a curtain close by as she fell down so she wouldn't break any of her limbs, just as Ladybug used her powers to return everything back to normal, which meant that the duo had succeeded. Loup used her ears to detect where Ladybug and Chat Noir were, so, at least, she could let them know that she was alright. In her wolf form, she had enhanced hearing, smell and sight. She could spot anything miles away.
"Where's Loup ?" she heard Chat Noir asking at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower.
"I don't know" replied Ladybug "I hope she's alright" the wolf ran towards them, and howled once she found them. The duo turned to look at her "There you are!" said Ladybug happily, petting her head. Loup d'Argent purred "It's good to see you are okay" the wolf howled once more, before running off.
She turned back into Arianne as Ayu fell into her hands, exhausted.
"Well, that was close!" said the girl relieved. Thank goodness her plan had worked.
"Hey, girls!" greeted Adrien as he got out of his limo the next day at school. Arianne, Marinette and Alya turned to look at him, and saw that he was wearing Marinette's gift, a blue scarf.
"Hey, that's my scarf!" the girl bounced excited, looking at her friends "He's wearing my scarf!" Arianne saw that her keychain was hanging from his bag, and smiled.
"Yo, nice scarf, Adrien!" complimented Alya, as Marinette waved at him "Off the chain!"
"Yeah! Can you believe my dad got this for me?" the girls frowned upon hearing that, before Adrien turned to talk to Nino
"You gotta tell him you're the one who kneaded the scarf" urged Alya.
"But he seems so happy about his dad" said Marinette with a smile "I don't wanna spoil it for him"
"I got a better idea" said Arianne, and ran towards the bottom of the stairs, with Marinette and Alya following behind "Hey, Adrien!" called the girl, and he turned to look at her with a smile "Did you receive Marinette's gift?" the girls behind her exchanged confused glances.
Was she going to tell him who really gave him the scarf?
Adrien frowned.
"Uhm..." he didn't remember receiving anything from her.
"The keychain!" Arianne added. Marinette really liked Adrien, and he deserved to know what a wonderful person she was.
"Oh, yeah!" nodded the blonde "But I thought it was yours!"
"Nope. I still owe it to you, you will receive it next year, around Christmas probably" she joked, and he laughed.
"Thanks for the gift, Marinette!"
"Uh, y-yeah. W-welcome, I mean, I'm w-welcome, no, I-I mean you're welcome, I mean..."
Adrien smiled, ignoring the girl's babbling, and went off.
Once he was out of sight, Marinette turned to look at her friend.
"Why did you tell him it was mine?" Arianne smiled.
"Because you deserve it"
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