Did I just reveal their identities in chapter 18? Yes. Yes, I did. Why did I wait so long? Because the show is taking forever to do it. I mean come on guys. And also every other fanfiction I've read is all like, "OMG I'm about to detransform!" Ladybug. "Oh no! We totally don't have time to hide!" Chat Noir. "Guess we gotta find out!" LadyBug. "Yep, we have absolutely no other alternative like closing our eyes or running off or anything." ChatNoir. "Omg, it's you! Adrien, I lOoOoOoOoOoOoOvE you!" LadyBug. "Yeah, let's make out." Chat Noir. *Starts making out in broad daylight and then start dating to get Chloe mad and then the actual story starts*

So yeah that's why I made you wait. Also, I wanted like... and an actual story to happen. (This is why I write fanfiction not read it)

Anyways I'm done now thank you for those of you who weren't lazy and actually read all that. ON WITH THE STORY!

Marinette eventually was able to get up, letting go of his embrace. She looked at him in disbelief for a while before he actually said something, pulling her back into reality. 

"I'm honestly surprised you still recognized me in the fake Chat Noir costume. How didn't you see that before?" He chuckled, taking off the dollar store mask and ears. Marinette squeaked in surprise. 

"I... I don't know. I just kinda wasn't really paying attention to you on the tower... Before it split in half." She rubbed the back of her neck nervously. "Ooh! I have some cookies in my purse in case your kwami needs refueling." 

She rummaged through her bag and pulled out three sugar cookies with colorful frosting. She handed one to Adrien, Tikki, and Longg. Adrien gave the cookie to Plagg who was most certainly displeased it wasn't cheese. The cat ate it anyways. 

"So what now?" Adrien asked.

"I don't know. We still need to warn Rena and Carapace about Vopina, and stop the Underground ambush." She rubbed her chin. 

"I can't believe I didn't know it was you," Adrien said, completely off track. Marinette looked at him with a raised eyebrow. 

"I didn't expect you too. That was one of the reasons I let Chat Noir get so close to Marinette." She winked.

"And the other reason?" Adrien questioned. Marinette felt the blood rush to her cheeks and her body stiffen. 

"O-oh its n-nothing. I-I'll tell ya mater... I mean LATER!" She stammered, then silently cursed to herself. Adrien looked a little disheartened. 

"Alright then. Plagg, you ready?" He asked his kwami.

"Do I look ready. I'm trying to eat this disgusting sugar! No offense Marinette, if you had handed it to me it would have been delicious. But Adrien got his disgusting grubby hands all over MY food and now it tastes like sugar." Plagg huffed. 

"It's supposed to taste sugary," Marinette said quietly. 

"Oh? Well, then Adrien contaminated it with the COVID-19." Plagg said with a mouthful of cookie. 

"You can't really taste that." Adrien sighed. "And I'm coronavirus free you idiot."

"You are? Then why is Gabriel going nutty about isolating you more than ever before?" 

"So I don't get the coronavirus," Adrien said. "And that was like... forever ago."

"It was? Huh, well time flies." He said and finished his pastry. 

"Longg," Marinette addressed. The dragon kwami looked up at her. "Return to master Fu, please. He will need protection without Wayzz." The kwami nodded and flew off into the blood-red skies. 

"Plagg you can't eat my finger." Marinette looked back at Adrien who had Plagg trying to eat his pinky. She had to hold back a laugh. 

"I'm ready Marinette," Tikki exclaimed. Marinette nodded.

"Tikki? Spots on!" She said and the familiar glow of pink encased her body. 

"Plagg?"

"No."

"Plagg?!"

"No!"

"Claw-"

"NO!"

"-s out!" 

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Plagg wailed as he was sucked into Adrien's cat ring. Like a boss. Now, back as their superhero selves, the two began on their quest to save their friends and Paris. But LadyBug couldn't help but let her mind wander to what Tikki had told her what seemed like forever ago. This had to be the epic bad event that the miraculous would trap them in. She remembered her jewel must still be broken, as was Chats. That meant they were able to get hurt just like any normal person. Magic couldn't protect her. She finally decided to speak up. 

"Chat?"

"Yes, M'lady?" He asked. It made her smile knowing he was still willing to call her that after knowing she was really just a small average girl.

"Did... Did your kwami ever tell you something... important? Like big events important?" LadyBug asked, flying over the crumbling rooftops. 

"Yeah." He said. "I know about it, and how the miraculous has been messing with everything." He glanced over at her. "And the mess we didn't know we were making."

"I..." She blushed almost as deeply as the color of her suit. "If you knew... then why did you keep doing... you know what. Flirting, bringing gifts, and keeping me company?"

"That was with Marinette who never told me she was LadyBug." He smirked. "I think even if I had known who you were, nothing would have changed." 

"What?" She couldn't decide if she was angry or happy at the same time. 

"There's so much I want to tell you Marinette, but I'm afraid now's not the time." He became serious. "I swear I'm gonna kill Vo-"

"Vopina!" LadyBug exclaimed. Interrupting their path was a girl in an orange fox suit. She carried Nino in one arm, and Alya unconscious in the other. 

"Hello, you two." She cackled. "Going for a stroll, are we? I see you managed to escape my trap."

"Put the teenagers down!" Chat gritted his teeth.

"I will after you give me your miraculous! My wish would be to bring my underground kingdom back into power! And watch you two burn in my glory!" Vopina cackled.

"Tempting," LadyBug frowned. "But we're not gonna let you do that."

"Lovely." Vopina giggled. "Go ahead, try and strike fear into my heart. Even with you silly little threats, or child-like courage, you won't even get an inch closer to your goals."

"I'm done pretending this is a kids show. Your so dead!" Chat screamed and ran at her. Vopina tossed Nino and Alya to the side leaving LadyBug to break their fall. Chat and Vopina began to duel, her with a flute and him with his baton. "That fandom fricken hates you just go away!!"

"What fandom?" Vopina raised an eyebrow.

"CATACLYSM!" Chat screamed as he broke her flute. She screamed in horror, and the only way to use her magic had just vanished into black dust. LadyBug ran up behind her and yanked the fox necklace off her neck. Lila transformed, sobbing on the ground.

"This is fake." LadyBug murmured. 

"How so?" Chat asked. 

"The illusion's are still up. The planes in the sky are all fake yet their still here."

"Um... I'm pretty sure those are different from the planes from earlier." He pointed at them. "I think those are... actual enemy planes. Remember how Mrs. Bustier was talking about world war starting?"

"It must be an illusion!" LadyBUg screamed. 

"If it is, Vopina is way more powerful than we thought." Chat pulled up the screen on his baton. He brought it to a random news station talking about how everyone in Europe should be going into lockdown, as the threat of a nuclear bomb was hanging over their heads. As the watched a little longer, it was obvious the bomb was headed to the center of Europe. just below France, by an unknown force.

"D*mn it." Ladybug seethed. 

"Language." Chat joked. 

"Why does this fanfic keep going on and on? Just freaking end it already>" LadyBug cursed. 

"Yeah, it does seem a bit overdramatic. Like the plot went out the window and now we're making stuff up as we go." Chat rubbed his chin. 

"Though there was the writer's block for over a week." LadyBug commented. "And the author was making like... a thousand animations for youtube. And finished one yesterday about Miraculous itself called Bruno Is Orange, and she's uploading it today." 

"Yeah... there's gonna be a link on her message board too if your interested in watching it once it's uploaded." Chat continued. 

"Yeah, I'd say we had a pretty productive week." LadyBug said proudly. 

"Yeah, except now all of Europe is going to blow up." Chat remarked. 

"Frick." Ladybug cursed. "Yeah, we need to take care of that still. Alya, Nino, you go home where it's safe. Chat, I guess we're going on a field trip." 

"Yep." Chat sighed. 

"What do I do?" Nino asked. 

"What do you mean 'what do I do?' I literally just told you!" Ladybug exclaimed. 

"Alya's unconscious." Nino frowned. 

"Oh... well drag her like a homeless corpse through the city. BYE!" Ladybug said and beat her wings, taking off into the sky. "We're determined to finish this fanfic! Even if it starts to get on more of a roller coaster!" She cheered. 

"It would probably help if we stopped bringing that up!" Chat called after her. 

"I don't care!" LAdy bug cheered and disappeared into the clouds with Chat Noir at her tail. 

Meanwhile, a certain fox-like girl was crouched upon the Eiffel tower. Her miraculous still hung around her neck, as her flute was still in tact. A smile curled upon her lips, knowing she was going to win. 

"Enjoy, fighting my illusion in Austria." She chuckled darkly. "You've left Paris all to myself."