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chronicallylatetotheparty · 3 years

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Grand Premier

Summary: Barely in Paris and Kagami is already expected to rub elbows with the local elites. Specifically, one Adrien Agreste. At least he dresses better than his father.

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Kagami didn't want to be here.

"This is an important deal for our company's expansion into France, Kagami," Tomoe Tsurugi reminded her in Japanese. "Be polite with Adrien Agreste."

"Yes, Mother." Kagami would play her role to perfection. Even if it was at the premier of a mediocre movie.

"And if the young Agreste isn't polite I hear he fences at the same school we're enrolling you in."

Kagami didn't smile. No, not at all. And if she did there were no witnesses. "Yes, Mother."

Keeping her usual stoic expression as the parasites, pardon, the paparazzi used flash photography in her face Kagami walked down the red carpet. Arm extended for her Mother.

Gabriel was just as tedious as she imagined him and wearing the ugliest suit Kagami had ever seen. And she'd seen ugly yakuza suits in person. At least Adrien's all black suit was suitable for a family in the fashion industry.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Tsurugi Kagami," the blond boy greeted in heavily accented Japanese. A polite smile on his face as he bowed slightly. "Welcome to Paris. My name is Adorian Aguresuto."

Kagami raised an eyebrow. That didn't sound right.

Eyes widening as he realized his slip up and- Wow, those were expressive eyebrows. -hand going to rub the back of his head as a faint blush painted his cheeks. "I mean Aguresuto Adorian! I, yup..." Suddenly self-conscious Adrien jerked his hand down. Smile nervous but more honest.

Kagami decided to have mercy on him. "Your inflection needs work but the pronunciation is adequate."

His lips twitched. "Adequate?"

"Yes. That is the most accurate description," Kagami stated matter-of-factly.

"Well, then I guess I better ade-quit while I'm ahead," Adrien joked, switching to French.

She could pinpoint the second Adrien noticed what his mouth had said (seemingly without permission) by the way his rosy cheeks went into full bloom. Kagami was fairly certain she was interpreting that expression correctly. "I see why you learned, Japanese."

Apparently deciding her impression of him was already ruined, Adrien forged ahead. "Anime has some impressive puns. I couldn't resist."

Kagami's perfect posture straightened ever so slightly. "Oh? What kind of anime are you interested in?"

Adrien began listing several shonen. Which, honestly, Kagami should have seen coming. At least it included One Piece. Kagami resisted the urge to proclaim the merits of the completely arbitrary power ranking system unprompted. It just fit the story so well and- No! Focus! What was he saying?

"...but right now I'm reading Fruits Basket."

Ooh! Kagami's self control slipped just a little bit. Her eyes might've lit up even. "Yuki is my favorite character."

Adrien beamed at her. "He's amazing! Torhu's my favorite!"

Kagami glanced at a large poster of the movie. Chat Noir displayed prominently with Ladybug. Oh, right. That was a thing. "I would've thought it'd be Kyo"

"Not all catboys are created equal, Kagami," Adrien stated solemnly before breaking into a grin. "He's my second favorite. I just really like Torhu 'cause she's so kind and selfless and..." Adrien paused. Looking down as he fiddled with a silver ring on his finger. "And she's so brave. After losing her mom like that. I really admire her."

Kagami felt she was missing something. She usually felt that with strangers but it was on the tip of her tongue.

Before Kagami could pinpoint why Adrien's appreciation for Honda Tohru felt the way it did Adrien snapped out of whatever he was in. "Anyway, what about you?"

"I relate a lot to Saiki Kusuo. He has trouble understanding people despite being telepathic." Was that too much? It felt like too much.

Apparently not 'cause Adrien's smile was back. The honest one, not the polite one. "Yeah, it's hard to understand people when they don't say what they mean."

Oh, thank you! "What's worse is when they say things they don't mean. It's very confusing."

"Right!? It'd be so much simpler!"

"..." Kagami was supposed to respond here. She was positive that it was expected. But she didn't have anything she felt like adding at the moment. "... So have you read Fullmetal Alchemist?"

Kagami was positive Adrien was restraining himself from vibrating in excitement. She could tell because his eyes were huge and his grin unrestrained. His enthusiasm making her lips form their own smile. Kagami had never met someone her own age she could tolerate, let alone geek out about the differences between anime and manga adaptations.

Most of the other rich kids Kagami knew acted like that ponytailed girl who thought Kagami couldn't see her glaring from across the room. But she wasn't important.

... Actually, there was something Kagami wanted to know. "I hear you fence."

Suddenly shy again Adrien's hand went back to rubbing his neck. "Uh, yeah. Not to brag but I'm the best fencer on the team."

"Not for long."

"Huh?"

"I'll be coming for that top spot, Adrien," Kagami promised.

Adrien's eyes widened, then a competitive gleam sparked in his eyes. "Looking forward to it," he smirked.

In the end the movie was just as mediocre as Kagami thought it would be. Enjoyable sure, if you ignored all the cliches.

"It's even worse on screen!" Adrien proclaimed cheerfully.

Kagami eyed him as they filed out of the theater. "Aren't you the male lead?"

"Against my protests!" He grinned.

"A pleasure doing business with you Madame Tsurugi," Gabriel Agreste's grating voice said from his assistant's tablet. Kagami amused herself by imagining Gabriel was actually that small in person. "Come along now, Adrien."

"Yes, Father." The open expression was gone. Adrien's demeanor immediately subduing at Gabriel's call. Turning towards her, Adrien gave her a small smile- "I look forward to seeing you at school." -and winked with his whole head.

Kagami's cheeks heated up slightly as she returned his smile. "I won't go easy on you."

Adrien frowned. "Well, of course not. That would defeat the entire purpose of dueling."

Kagami's smile grew wider. "Yes. Yes, it would."

She stared at the passing city through the window as they made their way to their new home. Committing the unfamiliar skyline to memory.

"And how was the young Agreste, Kagami?" Tomoe asked. "Was your interaction fruitful?"

Kagami thought about Adrien's predilection for certain manga tropes, how he'd blundered effortlessly past her walls, the clear eagerness Adrien felt at talking to someone else who gets it. He was... endearing. And Kagami wouldn't mind his company again.

"Yes, Mother." Yes, it was.

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Notes: Written for the Alternate First Meeting promt of Adrigami Week 2021.

#adrien x kagami #adrigamiweek2021 #adrigami #adrimi #ml oneshot #ml ficlet #kagami tsurugi #adrien agreste #animaestro #ml #miraculous ladybug

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algernoninwonderland · 3 years

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Kagami Tsurugi, Character Integrity and the mess that was ‘Lie‘

This is Kagami Tsurugi.

She is Japanese, comes from a lineage of Samurai, industrialists and Olympic sabre fencers, and her mother wants her to follow in the footsteps of her family. Tomoe Tsurugi's parenting style has made Kagami into a perfectionist when it comes to competitive sabre fencing and most things involving anything resembling competitions in general. Kagami is an assertive girl who has been taught not to tolerate mediocrity and failure. She resents that in everyone, including herself.

She does well in formal situations, say, a prince's birthday or a premiere at a cinema, because all of these have their sets of rules and protocols to follow which can ultimately be taught, learned and mastered. She knows her place as her mother’s daughter and a star fencer.

Kagami is also a very lonely. She hasn't been shown to have had friends back in Japan, or any attachments back there, really. Underneath her cool (or rather, icy cold) facade is a lonely socially awkward kid, she has this whole idea of what friendship should be like and of how to make friends and it includes following a long protocol, because she has little faith in her social skills, and is actually quite insecure about how likeable she is. She’s blunt, and it may come off as harshness even though it’s not the way she intended it.

Kagami has no spontaneity at all when it comes to non-normative situations, and friendship, for instance, isn't nearly as normative and codified as, say, heteronormative romance.

But here's the thing: she doesn't want to be lonely, and her mother's parenting style makes her miserable. She'd even be ready to break a few rules if it meant she could have a better, happier life. If she has to lie by omission (she isn't good at improv at all) or to sneak out, then so be it, she's willing to take her chance and willing to face whatever punishment her mother has in store for her if she gets caught, because not trying to make new friends and to try new things is worse than being punished. She wants to have a life, and as it turns out, breaking the rules actually amuses her.

See what this is right here? Outside of the whole kind of stereotypically racist nonsense about family honour and ancestral traditions, it's damn fine character writing. Kagami Tsurugi has been one of the better-written characters in Miraculous, with the most consistency and coherency.

[this is the moment when the record scratch sound effect kicks in]

Wow, would you look at this, season 4 of Miraculous is starting to air and Kagami was replaced with a character that looks like her and has the same voice actress but isn't Kagami Tsurugi, outside of a half-minute window during which the original character reappears to tell us that she likes drawing things now. Admittedly, it’s a neat thirty seconds, but outside of that...

In 'Lie', the character that looks and sounds like Kagami Tsurugi is suddenly good at improv and lies to the face of two adults by spinning stories out of nowhere, unblinkingly, without being nervous about facing the consequences at all.

In ‘Lie’, the character named Kagami Tsurugi suddenly takes sabre fencing lightly enough to try and kiss her boyfriend in the middle of a bout.

In ‘Lie’, the character the show has decided is Kagami Tsurugi acts smart with her mother, almost cocky.

In ‘Lie’, this ‘Kagami Tsurugi’ acts violently against her now ex-boyfriend and former friend in the presence of one of the best-regarded fencing masters in Paris, during the middle of one of his lessons.

I know that being in love supposedly changes people, and that's the in-universe reason for Kagami's behaviour but you'll have to admit, these are rather radical changes, aren’t they? And rather sudden ones, too, sure there were hints of Kagami's playfulness before, hints of her insecurities, but this is something else entirely.

But, I hear you say, it’s good that characters change, you always complain that our main two characters are stagnant. To which I’ll answer that character development is good but it doesn’t happen overnight, and if a character is so altered in the span of exactly two episodes with only a very fishy in-universe explanation, then it’s not exactly great, now, is it?

Kagami’s integrity as a character is thrown away for the sake of ship drama, ‘Lie’ leaves the audience with a weirdly warped image of what the character from seasons 2 and 3 was because the character needed to be more extreme and simple to fit the narrative and themes of the episode.

I would have been fine with about any changes to the character had the show taken the time to introduce them progressively. It hasn’t.

What the show does with its characters, rewriting them so that they can play a thematically-relevant role in whatever episode they appear in... It’s cheap, and it insults its audience’s intelligence.

#ml #miraculous #ml critical #ml salt #ml writers salt #ml canon salt #kagami tsurugi #ml s4 #ml lie #ml lie spoilers #ml s4 spoilers

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kisilinramblings · 4 years

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The Tsurugis and the Dragon Miraculous

Quick post about a few interesting details the show did put, but some of us might or might not have yet catch up.

First would be the Tsurugi’s car.

Once we see the interior of the car, we can more clearly view the logo on the dashboard ressembles the elements emblem on the Dragon Holder costume.

Also, I’ve checked up the car AI name’s Tatsu and this is what I have found.

And finally, in Ikari Gozen, as Tomoe talks about the history of a japanese female warrior she mentions this :

“Perching on her steed, weilding her naginata, she fought her way to recognition. As elusive as the wind, as powerful as the flood, as swift as lightning”

Tomoe just enumarated the 3 elements related to the Dragon Holder, not to mention the Tsurugis are a fencer family and the sword is also the weapon the Dragon Holder uses.

Of course, those might just be fun details to more easily tie Kagami to the Dragon Miraculous but what if there is more history to it? After all, Tomoe is shown listening to the news about the Temple of the Guardian being found back at the end of Feast and that we also don’t know why the Tsurugis have moved to Paris in the first place.

Fun fact! the first Tsurugi mention in the show happens, not in Riposte, but in Prime Queen. The car presented in the TV commercial has a familiar brand logo along with the number plate on which you can read the name Tsurugi.

#miraculous ladybug #kagami tsurugi #tsurugi kagami #tsurugi tomoe #tomoe tsurugi #ml speculations #ml theories

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soulmate-game · 4 years

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Part1 ... Part2 ... Part3...

Marinette blinked, tilting her head a bit. The streets around them were loud and bustling with bodies and vehicles despite the sun being right at the horizon. Gotham would slow down soon, people being wary of the darkness in the crime-ridden city,but for now it was busy as usual. Marinette and Jon stood outside the stadium that would be hosting the World Fencing Finals, but a familiar face had stopped them right before they entered.

“I didn’t know you liked fencing,” Marinette mused out loud, making Damian tsk and look away. The boy got along with Marinette alright, but that didn’t immediately cancel out his natural standoffish nature.

“Of course you didn’t, I never told you,” he retorted smoothly, the youngest Wayne moving forward to reluctantly open the door for his two friends.

“You hardly talk about yourself at all, actually,” Marinette continued, humming to herself. “Are you keeping secrets?”

Damian scoffed again, even as Jon snickered behind them. “Everyone has secrets. Even a naive child like you should know that.”

Jon couldn’t quite wipe the smile off his face. He had long since gotten used to the strange way the two communicated over the past month since they first met. Marinette always seemed to know when one of Damian’s jabs were or weren’t meant as serious insults, just as Damian was somehow able to always pick up the exact second that Marinette’s caring nature switched from being rooted in kindness to coming from a place of fear.

Yet Jon was the only one of the trio of friends who could hear their heartbeats change pace when they spotted one another, or when their hands accidentally brushed. Neither Damian nor Marinette seemed to realize their own feelings yet, but Jon would be there when they did.

He just hoped their relationship didn’t develop too quickly. Both his best friend and his new sister were dangerously fragile, just in different ways. He didn’t want them accidentally breaking each other.

“Come to think of it,” Jon heard Damian say, pulling the young kryptonian from his thoughts. “You do not talk about yourself quite as much as it seems like you do. You’ve certainly never mentioned liking swordplay.”

“Ah,” Marinette gave Damian a lopsided smile, rubbing the back of her neck. “I like watching it sometimes, but I’m mainly here to see my friend. She’s one of the competitors today, she and I managed to convince her mom to let her sleepover at our place for two nights.”

“But only if she wins,” Jon added sourly. He and his dad had both heard that condition of the deal that Kagami’s mother had made loud and clear. “I’m sorry Mari, but your friend’s mom sounds way too strict and demanding. If she wins this competition, she can spend two days hanging out with you, but if she even gets as low as second place they have to go back to Japan for remedial training immediately?” Jon shook his head. It wasn’t right.

Damian raised both eyebrows at that, but seemed more intrigued than surprised. “I’ve seen stricter,” he commented casually, only succeeding in making Jon glare at him for the veiled reference to his own dark childhood. “But you are right, Kent. That is concerning treatment. Who is this friend of yours, Marinette? Perhaps I have heard of them if they are good enough to qualify for the World Finals.”

By then, the trio had already handed in their tickets and reached the stands. Jon and Marinette glared at Damian when they realized all of their seats were in the front row, right next to each other even, knowing without a doubt that the rich boy was somehow behind it. The two Kents had had much worse seats when they had first purchased their tickets online.

Marinette waited until they all sat down before answering. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you know her. Her name’s Kagami Tsurugi—“

“World class fencer from a long family line of Japanese fencers,” Damian interrupted, nodding knowingly as one of his hands raised to gently grip his chin. “Before Fencing was introduced to Japan, they were famous for their practice of kendo and katana technique. Especially considering their typically untraditional way of insisting that the females in their family take up combat. That, of course, traces all the way back to the ancient female samurai, or Onna-Bugeisha, Tomoe Gozen, one of the ancestors of the Tsurugi family before they split from the Gozen family.”

Marinette and Jon just blinked at the young heir, before Jon’s mouth slowly started to curve up in a mischievous smile. Damian’s eyes narrowed in warning.

“Kent—“

“You’re a fan,” Jon ignored the warning, gleefully grinning ear to ear. “You did your research on her and her family, that’s some hardcore biggest-fan behavior right there. Do you want us to see if she can give you an autographkfgdjgdgj—“ Jon was cut off as Damian lunged over Marinette, the only person separating the two boys, and muffled Jon’s mouth with one hand as his other tried to slam Jon’s head on the chair’s arm. Of course super strength was no joke, and Jon’s head didn’t move even an inch as he laughed through Damian’s hands.

Marinette was somehow able to separate them, and Damian sat back in his chair with a huff and straightened his button-down shirt imperiously.

“I am not a ‘fan’,” he denied primly, but not even Marinette missed the slight pink to his cheeks even through his denial. “I simply acknowledge her skill. As a practitioner of swordplay myself, it is only me being proactive to research her family history. If she is so inclined, I intend to invite her to the manor sometime before she leaves for a casual spar.”

“Oh, she’ll love that,” Marinette agreed, nodding even as the first duel started. “Kagami is always looking for new sparring partners who can keep up with her, but so far only our other friend Adrien and her mom are capable enough. But…” her voice had dropped to a whisper out of respect for the current combatants, but both boys noticed her pause and the way she worried her lip.

“What?” Jon whispered back, worried. Marinette’s nose wrinkled.

“But I don’t know if it’s a good idea to introduce Kagami to Damian. They might end up taking over the world.”

Jon slapped a hand over his mouth to stifle a snort. Damian just smirked.

“Now you must introduce us. Perhaps I can finally meet someone who can conspire with me to get rid of my brothers.”

With that, the three quieted and actually watched the fights. Jon didn’t really understand the rules or what was happening, but he liked watching the footwork and the different styles that each competitor used when they dueled. Then, about the third or fourth match, a fencer in a bright red uniform walked out.

“That’s her!” Marinette squealed, leaning forward in her seat. She and Damian had occasionally whispered to one another about what they thought were good or bad calls on points, and critiquing different competitor’s techniques. It was a bit of an eye opener to Jon, who realized that he didn’t know much about what Marinette’s life was like back in Paris despite living with the girl for almost five months. In fact, he didn’t know much about her beyond what she actively showed at home.

Maybe Damian had a point earlier. Marinette had a weird way of making it feel like she spoke about herself a lot but in reality didn’t share much about herself at all. Most of what Jon knew about her came from experience. He knew her tells for whenever she started getting nervous, excited, worried, or was close to an attack. He knew how to tell when she was feeling overwhelmed or started retreating into herself because she didn’t want to intrude. But this?

Jon watched as Marinette stood up and cheered for Kagami when the red-clad fencer scored swift points.

He didn’t know the things that she liked to do besides designing. She mentioned listening to Jagged Stone, maybe that was her favorite kind of music.

Whatever. Jon wouldn’t let himself dwell on how Marinette didn’t open up as much as he would like—it was his job as the older brother for once to put some effort in too. Besides, with everything else Marinette had been through over the months it made sense for her to be a little closed off.

Jon moved his eyes back to the floor. Kagami lunged forward right then, ruthless as she slashed and didn’t allow her opponent a moment to do anything but scramble to deflect. But the red-uniformed woman was too fast, almost violent in her strikes, and she landed three hits on her opponent within one second.

Yeah. Now that he knew what was going on, he knew how to gently, slowly, learn more about his sister. Sorry Kon, but Jon had his eyes on the Best Brother prize.

Kagami won, without her opponent winning a single point against her.

“You know, Kagami’s fighting reminds me of someone,” Jon spoke up, ignoring the venomous glare Damian sent him. His sister looked over curiously as the fighters swapped out and Kagami was led to the back, where a locker room of sorts was set up for the competitors.

“Really? Who? I’ve only ever seen Kagami fight like that. Maybe her mom, but that’s different.”

Jon smiled, knowing he’d get some shit for this stunt later when he went on patrol with Damien but decidedly not caring.

“Robin. The newest one anyway, you can find videos online from different sightings of him around Gotham. He uses a sword.”

Marinette raised an eyebrow, obviously knowing that he partnered with Robin a lot as Superboy but not knowing that Damien was also intimately aware of that fact.

“Huh, that’s weird. Ryuuko, one of the Paris heroes, also uses a sword. But it’s a Miraculous weapon, so it’s a bit different than a normal sword.”

Jon winced. That backfired, he and his dad weren’t quite ready for the rest of the JL to know about the Paris situation. So much for the plan to bring it up later, when Marinette was better settled into life in America.

“Paris has heroes?” Damian asked, eyes sharp. All it took was one glance from the green-eyed boy for Jon to know that this would definitely be brought up to Batman. Great.

At least the next match started, distracting both of the fencing fans from continuing the conversation. For the moment.

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Marinette was the loudest voice in the stadium, standing on her chair without shame as she cheered for her friend, Kagami’s lips twitching in the slightest hint of a smile before she bowed her head to accept her medal.

Marinette was not surprised at all to see her friend win first place in the whole competition. Damian was pleased, and suitably impressed. Jon was just happy that this meant Kagami’s mother couldn’t keep Marinette from spending time with her friend.

Hopping down from the chair, Marinette turned to her friend and brother with a large smile. “Come on! Kagami and her mom are going to meet us in front of the building once everything is done, but I don’t want to fight the crowds.”

Jon cringed, nodding and standing up immediately. Marinette didn’t do well in crowds nowadays, though it could certainly be worse. Inside buildings like the school wasn’t so bad, it was mainly outdoors. Jon and his parents never missed how Marinette would constantly hold Lois’s hand or stick religiously to the woman’s side whenever they walked outside around tall buildings or through thick crowds. None of them mentioned it.

Damien picked up on it, having observed Marinette’s behavior firsthand during the only time he had went outside with her somewhere other than school. They had merely gone to buy Damian a new tie that Marinette approved of, but the girl had scarcely gone further than a foot away from him the whole time they were outside in the city. Only the stern glances from Jon had kept him from commenting on it.

Moments later, the two had found themselves waiting outside the stadium at almost ten at night, though none of them seemed particularly uncomfortable. Marinette seemed downright at home, besides her occasional glances up at the building next to them and her refusal to leave Damian’s side. They waited a good half hour in the slight chill of the night air before Kagami Tsurugi, completely changed out of her uniform, walked up beside her mother Tomoe Tsurugi.

The older woman was, to Jon’s slight shock (Damian’s research was VERY thorough), blind. She tilted her head when she and her daughter stopped in front of the trio.

“Miss Marinette?” She asked in flawless English. “How have you been?”

Marinette smiled, the expression oddly soft compared to her usual beaming grin. “As well as I can be, Madame Tsurugi. With me are my adoptive brother, Jon Kent, and one of my new friends, Damian Wayne. If it is alright with you, we would like to go to Damian’s house for the night. My guardians and his father already approved.”

Jon and Damian blinked, never having heard Marinette speak so properly before. It truly said a lot about the kind of woman Tomoe Tsurugi was. The woman gave an icy smile, pleased but distant. She raised one delicate eyebrow.

“I am getting old, but not dumb Miss Dupain-Cheng. I know very well who the Waynes are, and referring to his home as a mere house is a gross understatement that you couldn’t hope to fool me with in a hundred years,” the woman remarked with subtle humor. Marinette chuckled.

“It was worth a shot,” she defended herself with a shrug. Tomoe shook her head in amusement before settling both hands on her cane and straightening her posture.

“If you vouch for your… friend…” Tomoe said with deliberate slowness. Marinette was quick to nod.

“I do. Damian is trustworthy, and I won’t leave Kagami alone, Madame Tsurugi.”

Tomoe’s mouth flattened, and she was silent for a moment. “You know that you are one of the few people I trust with my daughter, Marinette. I will trust your judgement this time as well. However, Kagami must still call me in the morning and when she does reach your new home as well. And you remember her vacation training schedule?”

Both boys looked at each other, wondering why Kagami did not even try to speak up even though they had their own suspicions. The Japanese teen found that to be the moment she was done being silent however, and sighed.

“Mother,” Kagami spoke, back straight and tone level and proper. “I am perfectly capable of sticking to my training on my own. I do not need Mari-hime to remind me.”

Tomoe pursed her lips, but nodded nonetheless. “Alright. Mister Wayne? I trust your father is alright with Kagami bringing her fencing equipment?”

Damian nodded, despite knowing that Tomoe would not see it. For some reason he got the feeling that she was fully aware of the gesture regardless of her lack of sight.

“Of course. I am actually a fencer as well, though not competitively. I was hopeful that Kagami would humor me with a spar, our manor has a rather nice gym that would provide a more than sufficient space for such an activity.”

At that, Tomoe seemed rather pleased. “That is, of course, up to Kagami since she has not seen Marinette in quite some time and likely has plans for her time already. But I encourage any opportunity that my daughter finds to hone her skills.”

“The competitors today were skilled, but lack knowledge of real battle,” Kagami added, locking gazes with Damian. “My mother trains me as if I were actually fighting, so I seldom find fencers able to match my reactions. If you believe yourself capable, I would be honored to cross swords with you.”

“Oh no,” Marinette stage-whispered to Jon even as her eyes stayed on Damian and Kagami. “This is where the world domination starts.”

Even Tomoe couldn’t resist a small grin at that, and it wasn’t much longer before the trio were picked up by Damian’s butler, who introduced himself as Alfred Pennyworth. Inside the limousine, Kagami visibly relaxed. Her back was still straight, though not overly so, and her face was no longer stringently stoic. Once they pulled away from the stadium, she wasted no time pulling Marinette into a tight hug.

“I am sorry I could not be there for you, Mari-hime.”

Marinette laughed, returning the hug enthusiastically. “Don’t be silly! You were at the funeral, and you video chat with me at least twice a week. That’s plenty.”

Kagami shook her head, tightening her hold. “My mother would have been more than happy to take you in. Sometimes I believe she likes you more than me,” Kagami finally pulled away, turning to level a hard stare at Jon. “But that obviously did not happen, so you and your parents better take good care of Mari-hime, or nobody will find your bodies.”

“Kagami!” Marinette immediately reprimanded, aghast. “The Kents are wonderful! And what did I say about the death threats?”

Kagami rolled her eyes. “My cousin’s family still makes traditional katanas. I have plenty of available arms to carry out my promises.”

“Kagamiiiiiii.”

“If they treat you well, then they have nothing to worry about.”

Marinette groaned in despair, dramatically flopping over until she was draped over the side of Kagami like a limp towel. “I’m gonna get you a spray bottle, and every time you threaten somebody with violence I’m going to spritz you.”

Kagami’s eyes narrowed in playful challenge. “You will have to catch me first.”

Damian was smirking, enjoying this interaction a bit too much. “I believe the two of us will get along just fine, Tsurugi. Do you have a favorite katana craftsman, by any chance?”

—*—*—*—*—*

“They’re so tiny!” The man did not seem to realize the danger he was in with that statement. He was apparently one of Damian’s older brothers, Jason Todd. Both Kagami and Marinette, the “tiny” people in question, glared daggers at the man. “Okay, you,” he said to Kagami, “You’re at least intimidating. Don’t unsheathe that sword please. Bruce already told us that you won the World Finals, and I would rather not die today.” He held his hands up in surrender. Kagami just smirked smugly, and crossed her arms.

Marinette narrowed her eyes. “And me?”

Jason blinked. “What about you? You’re tiny and adorable, even when you’re glaring at me!” He boldly came forward to rustle her hair. “Like a little pixie.”

Kagami covered her smile with a hand, eyes dancing with amusement. Bruce, who had been the first to welcome them all in and introduce himself to Kagami, was pinching his nose next to Alfred in the background. Damian’s other brothers were also gathered. Apparently they all had wanted to meet his new friend and Jon’s new sister.

“Be careful, I’m not the one you should be worried about. At least without my sword I am not as dangerous,” Kagami warned. Everyone blinked at her, and her expression quickly turned confused. Her eyes darted to Marinette, who was too busy glaring at Jason with puffed-out cheeks to notice. “Mari-hime… you didn’t tell anyone?”

Marinette finally looked over, shrugging. “I mentioned it to Jon, Clark, and Lois.”

“What are you talking about, Miss Tsurugi?” Bruce asked, curious after the warning from the fencer. Kagami looked up, and slowly a devious smile spread over her face. It was small, but sent shivers over Jason’s spine.

“Jason and Marinette should spar. Mari-hime is quite the combatant when she desires to be.”

Jason crossed his arms, raising his brow and looking Marinette up and down. “I don’t mean to sound rude, but I’m about double her size—“

“Hey Jon, why don’t you call Lois?” Marinette interrupted, turning to look at her brother with a small smirk. “We’ve got her a huge story— burly biker is too scared to spar a girl half his size.”

Cackles arose, the other two of Damian’s brothers leaning on each other as they guffawed. Bruce and Alfred even stifled chuckles of their own, and Damian’s smirk was infuriatingly prominent. Jon was much like the other two Wayne boys, nearly bowled over in laughter. Jason, after a brief moment of shock and offense, straightened up and grinned. He shrugged off his leather jacket with a small huff of laughter of his own.

“Alright, that was pretty good. You want a spar that badly, you got one. But you’re gonna have to really impress me if you want me to take back what I said about you being adorable and nonthreatening.”

“I’m putting fifty dollars on Marinette,” Kagami bet loudly, raising her hand. “Who wants to bet against me?”

Jason and Marinette both shook their heads in amusement, the big man leading Marinette to the family fitness room (the public one anyway, outside of the Batcave) as everyone besides Bruce and Alfred energetically placed their bets on who would win the spar.

Dick and Tim were betting on Jason, for obvious reasons. Damian withheld from betting, but it was clear he was hoping Marinette would somehow win. Jon just stayed quiet, refusing to share any opinion on the matter. But once Jason and Marinette started heading to the sparring mat that was already laid out, he stopped her.

“You sure about this?” He asked, pulling her away so that nobody else could eavesdrop. “I know I laughed and everything, but you don’t have to spar. Jason won’t hold back if you tell him not to, but he’s not a pushover in any respect.”

Marinette frowned. She had gotten a little caught up in the moment, but at the same time… she wanted this. “You guys are great,” she replied to her brother, voice equally soft. “But you and Clark don’t focus on combat technique. I haven’t had a real fight, at least not one where I don’t have powers to fall back on, in a long time. I need this.”

Jon sighed, but nodded. He squeezed her shoulder for a moment, before smiling at the shorter girl. “Then show everyone what you can do. And I suggest telling Jason not to hold back, or you won’t be able to show off as much as you want.”

Marinette bounced on her heels happily, leaning up to kiss Jon on the cheek. “I’m winning Kagami some money today!” She yelled with a fist-bump before jogging over to join a very amused Jason.

“Was your bro giving you some tips?” He asked, stretching out his arms as Marinette giggled.

“Kind of! Jon suggested that I ask you to not hold back!”

Jason froze, gaze sliding over to the young kryptonian, who only smiled back enigmatically. He might not have spent much time around the youngest Super, but he hung out with Kon often enough and he knew that Jon was fully aware of what he was capable of as Red Hood. He wouldn’t suggest that Jason not hold back unless he was actually confident in Marinette’s skill.

The rest of his family seemed to pick up on that as well, also frozen in shock. Jason was one of the most ruthless fighters of all of them, fearless and brutal.

“Kent better know what he’s doing,” Damian hissed under his breath, to which his father and brothers could only nod to silently.

“So the pixie wants me to not hold back? Alright,” Jason agreed to after a moment of stunned silence. Immediately most of his jovial manner drained away, replaced with focus as he spread his legs and sunk into a stance that came naturally to him at that point. If Jon and Marinette both wanted him to treat her like a real threat (without forgetting that this was just a spar, anyway) then he would. Maybe the girl had super strength or invulnerability like the other Supers. That would explain why Clark was so quick to take her in.

“Oh I hope we don’t regret this later,” Bruce groaned before stepping into the center mat and raising one hand. “Alright. Winner is whoever can pin or otherwise subdue the other first. Please, don’t break any bones or skin. I do not need an angry Lois Lane on my doorstep tomorrow morning. You can use the whole room as long as you don’t risk hitting or involving any of us innocent bystanders. Ready?” Bruce backed up off the mat. “Start!” He wasted no time backing away to a wall.

There was no moment of stillness. There was no waiting with baited breath or looking for an opening. As soon as Bruce called Start, Jason attacked.

He jumped over the distance separating him and Marinette, bringing his knee up to try and end this in one strike like he would have in the field.

Only Marinette wasn’t there to take the hit. Just as quickly as Jason had lunged, she had jumped. Instead of Jason kicking her in the stomach, the small Asian girl had leapt up, and landed on the upraised knee balanced on only one nimble foot.

Suddenly, they were face to face. They grinned at each other, and then they were nothing but movement again.

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@fantasiame @thestressmademedoit @amayakans @resignedcatservant @too0bsessedformyowngood @chocolatecatstheron @mooshoon @jeminiikrystal @bigpicklebananatree @thezestywalru @bugaboosandbees @ironspiderstark @mikantsume @marinettepotterandplagg @more-or-less-human-i-guess @myazael @ladybug-182 @buticaaba @dast218 @maribat-is-lifeblood @elspethshadow @fandomsaremylifeline @moonlightstar64 @whats-she-gonna-post-next @toodaloo-kangaroo @maybemanymuffins @worlds-tiniest-spook-pastry @legendaryneckjudgestudent @goblinwhoships @yin-390

Part 5

This got long, so the majority of the spar will be in the next part so that I don’t get cut off. :D OMG, StOrY DeVelOPmeNT?! Who am I?!

More good stuff next chap.

#ml x dc #maribat #mlb x dc #marinette kent #platonic jonette #marinette joins the kent family #daminette #damian x marinette #pre daminette #eventual daminette #platonic jasonette

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magicalgirlagency · 3 years

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You know who deserves a WBMR? Kagami Tsurugi. She's nothing but a stereotype of japanese people and just some romantic rival to Marinette. I'd love to see how you'd rework her!

To be fair though, I always liked her more than Marinette. She's assertive and has her shit together... unlike the main character of the series.

Tsurugi Kagami/Ryuko is now Dragon Fencer Kagami, Assigned Gemstone is Red Jade, Essence is Chaos (Creative);

She maintains a healthy relationship with Adrien, and tries her best to help him deal with his past trauma;

Her relationship with Chloé is still a bit rocky, but she can see that she's making an effort to change her ways;

Due to not having many friends in the past, she sets a personal goal of making new connections;

Is very popular with other Magis due to her experience, focus and respect;

Her newfound hobby is cooking (specially pastries). She believes it's the influence of her "friend" rubbing off on her;

Kagami is a bit scared at all the freedom Wondaria is giving her, but she's willing to do her best to adapt to this new environment;

Her new goals as a Magi are to let herself go and be free without any pressure of perfection.

#wondarian bureau of multiversal rescue

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justanotherpersonsuniverse · 4 years

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Chase the tail! Chase the tail!

Juleka froze at the sight that greeted her first thing in the morning. Kagami Tsurugi, nekomata, expert fencer, and founding member of the ‘crushing on Marinette’ club, was chasing her own tail with a single minded obsession that few could match.

“Gotta chase the tail! Gotta chase the tail!” The cat girl muttered as she frantically ran in tight circles, completely focused on the flickering flame at the end of her butt.

“What…in the world are you doing?!” The goth sputtered as she fought the urge to break down in hysterical laughter.

“I can’t help it! I went for a run last night and stopped by your houseboat to rest. When I looked at my tail, I couldn’t fight the urge to catch that damn flame! It’s like my brain is locked onto my butt!” The Japanese girl wailed as she continued to spin.

Shaking her head, Juleka grabbed the young two tailed cat around the waist and hauled her into the air.

“Thank you! If I had to spend one more minute obsessed with my own posterior, I would have set this place on fire to end my own misery.” Kagami groaned as she went limp.

“You’re welcome. And next time, how about you keep your eyes forward, so that you don’t have an excuse to commit ass related arson.” The vampire deadpanned.

“I’ll keep that in mind…” Kagami slurred as she fell into a much needed sleep.

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Adorable

#submission #writing #other magic au

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ao3bronte · 5 years

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Mamma Mia AU [Part 4]

READ PART 3 HERE!

Does Your Mother Know

Luka sits back and enjoys the view of the rehearsal dinner from the polished oak counter at the open bar, sipping his second Hennessy of the evening. Things had gone off without a hitch and now the wedding party is socialising amongst themselves, enjoying the ambiance and the splendour of the space since they have it rented out for another few hours. Alya’s Buzzfeed friends come and go from the bar but Luka only has eyes for one particular woman…

...until an old ghost from his past catches his eye.

“Couffaine,” Kagami Tsurugi divides the crowd as she stalks her way up to the bar, her empty crystal tumbler grasped between her fingers. She sets it down onto the gleaming wood and wordlessly beckons the bartender to fill her glass with the bottle of Japanese whisky hiding behind the Grey Goose, “It seems Los Angeles is treating you well.”

Luka sizes her up, his heart rate increasing as he soaks in the silhouette of her navy pencil dress, accented by a peekaboo cut out at the hollow of her spine, “It’s nice, I’ll admit, but not as nice as Paris.”

Kagami hums, bringing her tumbler up to her lacquered lips, “I’ve only been a few times. I find the whole country pretentious, really. I prefer the unconceited simplicity of home.”

“And is home here? Or back in Japan?”

“I split my time evenly between the two,” she replies, savouring the eighteen year old Hakushu whisky on her tongue, “Between business and competition, I find the dichotomy of the two quite...pleasant.”

“But you prefer Paris.”

Kagami nods, “Naturally.”

“Let me guess,” Luka’s lips quirk, seeing right through her prose for the melody lying within, “Your mother is back in Japan.”

“She certainly isn’t here,” Kagami raises a brow, “And she certainly doesn’t know I’m taking part in a wedding instead of the European Fencing Tournament in London this weekend.”

“I’m sorry,” Luka can’t help but laugh a little, “I only met your mother once. She was scary.”

“I’ll probably never hear the end of it for ‘betraying the family name for nuptial frivolities’,” Kagami shrugs, “But some things are worth toeing the line for.”

“Don’t I know it,” Luka nods, “Are you here for long?”

“I’m flying back to Tokyo Monday morning,” she takes a long swig of the amber liquid and hisses, “I don’t expect to see the light of day for a while once the press catches wind of my presence here.”

“What’s the worst that could happen?” Luka soaks her in and frowns as the delicate harmonies of her heart song begin to clash discordant.

“My mother has no qualms in reminding me of the mandatory respect I owe to the family name. To rebel, as I’m doing now, is practically unforgivable.”

It’s Luka’s turn to hum, leaning forwards, “So run away.”

“Pardon me?”

“You heard me,” Luka’s wolfish grin takes her aback, “I’ve read about you on the internet, I know you’re wealthy. What’s stopping you from stretching your wings?”

“My mother,” Kagami’s mask of calm finally cracks, revealing the cacophonous melody of her mind, “She would kill me.”

“A little distance makes the heart grow fonder,” Luka turns away for a moment, watching Marinette blush furiously in front of the blond man she’d been successfully avoiding all dinner, “And I doubt Tomoe would slice your head off if you took a little extended vacation, considering you’re the only heir to the family business.”

“It’s not a risk I’m willing to take,” Kagami replies, downing the rest of her whisky in one go. She turns to the bartender and orders another, “Besides, where would I go? My mother will send her guards to find me if I stay in Paris.”

“Come stay with me,” Luka smiles at her over the rim of his glass, enjoying the crescendo of her chorus, “Trade in your épée for the sun and the sand.”

“I couldn’t possibly,” Kagami mutters into her whisky, her brows furrowed once again, “She’d disown me.”

“Good thing you’ve already cashed that trust fund then,” Luka swirls the rest of his Hennesey within its crystal confines, “That’s the first rule of show business, right? Get your money somewhere where no one can touch it.”

“I can’t risk it.”

“Your heart song tells me otherwise.”

Kagami’s stare is unrepentant, “I’ve always wondered how you did that.”

“We all have our superpowers,” Luka shrugs, “You’re the greatest fencer on the planet and I can hear the melody of a person’s thoughts.”

“Yours seems to be more useful than mine.”

He smirks, “Yours is sexier.”

The tension between them thickens, “When do you leave for Los Angeles?”

“I have a red eye booked for midnight on Sunday,” Luka responds, “I wanted a day to sleep off the hangover before hitting the clubs stateside.”

“Hmm.”

“You’re considering it, aren’t you?”

“Hardly,” Kagami lies blatantly, barely even bothering to pretend the possibility isn’t teasing her thoughts, “That would be very irresponsible of me.”

“It would certainly be rebellious, something you’re clearly not.”

“I am a perfect daughter. I’ve never rebelled in my life.”

“Of course,” Luka nods, “You never used to sneak out with Adrien and party the night away on my houseboat back in lycée.”

“You’re mistaking me for someone else entirely,” Kagami counters, a smirk playing on her lips, “A Tsurugi would never.”

“And you certainly never beat all the boys in your grade at keg stands and beer pong,” Luka shakes his head, “That must have been someone else too.”

“Exactly,” she nods resolutely, stretching one of her long, slender legs in his direction to nudge him in the knee.

“Except there’s no one quite like you,” Luka wraps his fingers gently around her ankle, his calluses rough against her skin, “Devoted. Composed, yet fiercely independent. I can hear every little bit of it, the spiking percussion that segues into understated meditations, the energetic, multi layered melodies that transition into sweeping musical tapestries. I’ve only ever heard a heart song as compelling as this one once before, but I lost the opportunity to be with her long ago.”

Kagami looks stricken, her façade finally crumbling as she soaks in the weight of his words, “You never told me.”

“You were dating Adrien then,” Luka explains, his fingers tracing soft patterns up her calf, “And then I moved away to Los Angeles. I never lost track of you though. I was even there when you won the North American Championships in San Diego last year. I came just to watch you kick ass.”

“I didn’t know you were there,” she blinks, her pupils blown wide.

“That’s because you left right after,” Luka’s ministrations caress the sensitive hollow at the back of her knee, “You’re always at the beck and call of your family, a fearless soul locked in a gilded cage. I know you’ve tried to let go—”

“—and it hasn’t worked out so well in the past,” she breathes, her lips parting as he runs his fingertips along the outline of her kneecap, “But I guess you already knew that if you’ve been keeping tabs on me.”

“I keep tabs on all my friends,” he smiles, his lashes casting shadows on his cheeks as he glances downwards, “I’m not just a dumb rock star, you know. I value my friendships with the people who liked me before I hit platinum.”

“And I value the men who don’t kiss my ass just because I’m rich,” she laughs through her nose, goose pimples prickling along her skin.

“Sounds like we might just get along after all.”

They finish the rest of their drinks together in comfortable silence.

#miraculous ladybug #mamma mia #lukagami #luka couffaine #kagami tsurugi

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flamelordytheking · 4 years

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Meet the Parents

Prompt 4: Meet the Parents

“It is alright, Mari-hime. Mother does not wish to harm you.”

“That’s what you think! I might knock something into her or trip and fall and spill something and then she’ll-”

“Breathe, Mari.” Adrien said, squeezing his girlfriend’s hand comfortingly. “You’re catastrophizing again. We’re going to have a nice dinner with our girlfriend’s mother, in which nothing bad is going to happen.” Despite his efforts to calm Marinette down, Adrien himself was noticeably anxious, fidgeting with his cuffs and collar with his unoccupied hand.

“Calm down, please,” Kagami said as she opened the door to her house, “I will escort you outside if mother starts saying anything threatening.”

“Not helping,” Marinette said through clenched teeth.

“Welcome. We have prepared a selection of appetizers for your consumption while you wait for dinner.” A butler waited behind the door, standing mid-bow. “Do you require any help with your coats or bags?” He said as he straightened.

“We will be fine, Jaques.” Kagami said, ignoring Marinette’s wide-eyed gaze, in favor of shrugging off her white jacket, and folding it into the Butler’s hands.

“As you wish,” Jaques said, bowing again, before taking Kagami’s Jacket through a door to the left and vanishing.

“You have a butler?”

“Jaques is mother’s butler, not mine. He merely does a few things around the house that are not required of him from time to time.” Kagami sat on the bench next to the door, and started to unlace her shoes.

Adrien made a little “oh” of realization, and sat on the bench next to the fencer, starting to remove his own Converse shoes.

“Should I remove my shoes?”

“Yes.”

“You should.”

“Okay” Marinette sat down on the bench with her significant others, and began to take off her own shoes.

The house was quiet as they walked through the halls, lacking even the distinct sound of shoes on hardwood, with their slippers making no noticeable sound. The walls were bare of decoration, and each room had several raised bumps next to the doorframe on the right side. None of the doors had handles. Eventually, the party of three came to a pair of double-doors with significantly more ornamentation around the frame than any of the others. It was this set of doors that Kagami pushed open.

Through the door sat a long table, set with a variety of dishes, from french pastries and breads to several japanese foods, including several varieties of sushi, a few soups and a cheese platter with several different artisanal breads arranged on it next to several different varieties of cheese.

Marinette’s head spun as she tried to calculate the expenses of the food set before them, only coming up with a figure of “Too much”

“Welcome.” Tomoe Tsurugi rose from her seat across the table, her sunglasses gleaming in the light of the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. She bowed lightly, and Kagami responded with a deeper bow. Adrien followed suit, and Marinette joined them with only a slight delay.

“Please, take a seat,” The Tsurugi Matriarch said, gesturing towards the chairs across the table from her, “We have much to discuss.”

#Adrigaminette #adrigaminette august #adrigaminette august 2020 #adrigaminetteaugust2020 #mlb #ml fanfic #mlb fanfic #writing #feedback wanted #sorry this is late #adrigaminette august 2020 day 4 #day 4

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sparklesofinventive · 4 years

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Apple Heartbeat

On a Friday training session…

Someone: Adrien! Kagami! We are already finished, Do you want to join us to the pizzeria?

While Kagami thrusts Adrien making him fell to the ground.

Adrien: Thank you guys!, We will practice a little bit more.

Someone: Ok!, see you next week guys.

Both fencers: See you, have a nice weekend!.

Kagami helped Adrien to get up.

Adrien: Shall we go change clothes?.

Kagami:(Agreed with a gentle smile) Yeah.

After a while, both teenagers gathered on the rest benches.

Kagami:(Checking her phone) I'm ready Adrien.

Adrien:(Stared at her and started tearing a little)

Kagami throws her bag, lowering on her knees.

Kagami: Adrien, What is it? Are you hurt?.

While she hugs him tightly pressing her chest into Adrien's head.

Kagami: Everything will be fine, ok?, Let me call the academy's doctor.

Standing softly to bring the doctor, when suddenly something stopped her by the hand.

Kagami got down in her knees and stared at him worried while holding his hand.

Kagami: Yes?.

Adrien:(With a sweet and sobbing tone of voice) Am…It's just …I'm…I'm hungry.

Kagami:(Sighing with relief) It's ok sweetie, when I'm hungry I tend to eat a little snack.

For example an apple or cereal bars, do you want give it a try?

Adrien:(Smiled at her while sobbing a little) The apple, Thanks Kagami.

Kagami:(Smiling at him tenderly) You are welcome.

(While she dried off Adrien's eyes with her hands)

So, Where do you want to go?, I've seen a cafeteria near here or the pizzeria the other guys talked about earlier.

Adrien:(With a soft blushing on his face)

I want to eat a double cheese burger, a cranberry cheesecake and coke soda.

Kagami: Ok! let me check (Sitting next to him).

Adrien stared at her a little bit embarrassed.

Adrien's thoughts: What did I do?!, Oh God! Maybe she is thinking that I'm a big mess, And not to blamed it, Haaa…(Sighing in worry).

Kagami:(Speaking in Japanese) Hello, Mother, Mr. Agreste has invited me to meal with their family, and also he'll take me home when we're done.

Adrien gazed at her without noticed, she has already notice it.

Kagami:Mother, Would you give me permission to go?.

Tomoe: You can go but don't forget to be respectful at his home.

Kagami:(Smirking at him) I will, Mother, Thank you for your permission.

Tomoe: And Remember that, you are a member of the honorable Tsurugi family and wherever you go you represent all of us.

Kagami:(Lowering her face seriously) I know, Mother, I got it.

Adrien worried about her, and noticed Kagami squeezed his hand tightly.

Tomoe: I'm glad to know it, Well I'll wait for you to come back home, see you.

Kagami: See you later, Mother.

Adrien:(Searching for her face) Kagami? What's wrong?

Kagami: (Smiling at him gently) It's nothing, let's go for that delicious cheese burger.

When Kagami tried to got up, Adrien pulled her hand and embraced her tightly pressing her back.

Adrien: Kagami, You can rely on me, no matter what happens.

The brown sugar eyed girl was a little bit disappointed.

Adrien:(Separating a little from Kagami, staring at her seriously)

I want to be there for you whenever you need me, ok?.

The dark hair girl stared at him in silence.

Adrien:(Turning a little bit red) I know I'm not as strong as you are, but my love for you is serious, and I want to be by your side and help you no matter how hard it could be.

Kagami kisses the blonde boy's hand and slowly kisses his cheek.

Kagami:(With a soft voice) You're so sweet, Adrien, I will always be thankful for having you by my side, my love.

Ending with a smooth and sweet kiss.

Adrien:(Taking Kagami up with him) Let's go, Kagami.

Kagami:(Kissing his cheek) Ok, and by the way, you made me found a new meaning in apples.

Adrien:(While walking in the streets) Did I? And what is it?.

Kagami:(Whispering at his ear)

Every time I eat an apple I will think I'm kissing your lips.

Adrien frozen just by thinking about it, turning his face into a bright red.

Adrien: Kagami please, be gentle with me.

Kagami just show him a smirking smile.

Adrien:(Shows her a flirtatious smile) I love you so much…

(And whispered close to Kagami's face)

Baby…

Ending with a deep kiss, making Kagami blushes.

Kagami: Ok, I got it dear, Let's get that burgers.

Adrien:(Laughing a little) Haha! Ok, we are tied, I'm savoring that soft cheesecake.

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sasuhinasno1fan · 4 years

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Who is dating Adrien Agreste?- Adrien AUGreste Day 18

I wanted to try doing a fic about Adrien in someone else’s point of view instead of his so I hope I did it well. Let me know if you can guess who the colours in the flannel go to. Enjoy. @adrienaugust We Match

Nadja kept an eye out. It was France’s annual Couple’s Day festival. People, both celebrities and not, were all here with their significant others. She’d been trying to find some celebs other halves. She found Jagged Stone and his assistant sharing a kiss. It would have been a great find if Jagged hadn’t looked so unbothered by getting caught. Penny was red but looked ready to sue if need be. She had her eye out on one person though.

Adrien Agreste. Who was his significant other?

She’s narrowed it down to three people. Marinette Dupain-Cheng, her daughter’s main babysitter, designer and classmate/close friend of Adrien’s. they were almost always seen together and thanks to Jagged’s mistake during the shooting of a show (which happened when Penny was akumatized) it was clear she had feelings for him. Another choice was Luka Couffaine, the guitarist for Kitty Section. She’d see him around working as a delivery person and his house boat was always crowded with people from Adrien’s class. Adrien had posted pictures of the two of them a few times. The last one was Kagami Tsurugi, daughter of famed fencer. She was on the same fencing team as Adrien and always together at high class events.

To find the owner of the young model’s heart would be the biggest scope to come.

She finally found Adrien near the stand for the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie. He wasn’t in his usual Agreste fashion wear. She’d seen Marinette’s designs often enough to recognise her work, even in black shirt and lightweight flannel hoodie Adrien wore. She noticed the hi-lo flannel dress she wore had the same pattern as Adrien’s flannel. Blue, red, black and gold. She had her camera guy focus on them as Marinette feed Adrien a cookie. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her forward, laughing around his cookie. She playfully shoved him, adjusting her thigh high socks. The two talked before she pressed a kiss on his cheek and waved as he started off somewhere else. Nadja quickly followed but she lost him in the crowd.

It had to be Marinette. Manon mentioned how red Marinette would get around Adrien but she looked completely confident around him. She’d never even seen him act like that around anyone. He was usually very quiet.

“Nadja, there he is.”

And there he certainly was, by the performance stage. With another person? It was Luka, the guitarist. He seemed to be in the middle of tuning his guitar but he seemed to be paying more attention to Adrien who had his arms around Luka’s neck, Luka’s firmly around his waist.

Was Adrien cheating? No, the kid made a huge deal about exposing that girl from his class who’d been lying, so no way he’d cheat. Maybe she’d been wrong about Marinette? Maybe she just became more confident around him? The two were laughing about something, talking and not moving from each other’s space. She happened to notice Luka had a flannel shirt wrapped around his waist. The colours stood out against his ripped black jeans. Adrien pressed a kiss to Luka’s cheek before Luka pressed one to his hand before letting him go. He watched Adrien disappear into the crowd before he went back to his guitar.

So, it had to be Luka. The way they held each other close screamed couple. What other explanation was there?

Of course, that was until she found Adrien again at another booth. It was an Ai-Ai Gasa or Love Love Umbrella charm booth. She spotted Kagami there, her usual uniform like outfit switched for an off the shoulder black top and a flannel pencil skirt. She was helping Adrien attach a charm to the case on his phone. He took it from her and dangled it in front of his face before pulling her into a tight hug, pressing a kiss to her head.

Had she been completely wrong? He and Luka looked so close, but this hug seemed to be too close to be friendly hug. She heard rumours about how the two rich kids had dated or where much closer than people assumed. Where they right?

______________

The festival was over and Nadja and her camera man where back at TVi Studios going over the footage.

“Could he be cheating?”

“No. it doesn’t fit his personality.” Nadja defended.

“Do we even really know the kid?”

“This same kid outed a classmate who was on a massive lying spree. The girl could have destroyed a lot of people’s reputations with her words if he didn’t out her. It just seems like a lot to do if he’s going to lie to a few classmates himself.”

Her camera man nodded. “I suppose. But he’s a teenager, they make stupid mistakes.”

She felt like she was missing something. She brought up the different videos they got of Adrien and the three. It was right in front of her, on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn’t figure out what it was.

“Are they…all wearing the same clothes?”

“Huh?”

He pointed to the window that had Luka and Adrien in it. “Aren’t their shirts the same? Or is it considered different if Adrien’s own has a hood.”

She was about to say it was different when she realised something. In a way, all 4 of them were wearing the same thing. Black and flannel. Adrien’s shirt and hoodie, Luka’s jeans and flannel shirt, Marinette’s dress and socks and Kagami’s shirt and skirt.

“Hi Nadja. Here’s that research you asked for.” One of their college interns, Haru came by and handed her a stack of research. “Oh, cool. You found people in couple looks.”

“Pardon?” Nadja asked, confused.

“Their outfits.” Haru pointed out. “They match. It’s a huge thing in Korea that couples either wear similar clothing items or colours. See, the guys are in a black shirt and flannel and it matches the girls dress and skirt. Wait? Is that the same guy?”

“Haru, what you hear doesn’t leave this cubical.” Nadja ordered. “We’ve been trying to figure out who Adrien Agreste has been dating and these three are our lead suspects.”

“Well, he could be poly. Polyamorous, opening to dating more than one person. Though judging how everyone’s wearing the same colours and patterns, I think they all are. Of course, you could also tell from the Ai-Ai Gasa charm.” He said, pointing to the charm that was caught on Adrien’s phone.

It took a while to get a clip that had a clear shot and they zoomed in.

“I can’t read that.” She said, seeing the Japanese characters.

“That’s Luka. That one is Kagami. I’d take a wild guess that the other two names are Adrien and Marinette.” Haru said, slowly reading the characters and trying to translate them.

“So, he’s not dating one person, he’s dating 3. And the clothes are a subtle way of saying that?” her camera man said out loud.

“Seems like it. So, should I tell Arlette you’ve got a huge scope?” Haru asked.

Nadja stared at the screen, looking at the same smile Adrien had in all shots. If Adrien hadn’t made it public yet, then there had to be a reason. And she had one too.

“Delete it.”

“Huh?”

“Delete all the footage.”

“Nadja? Are you sure? this is the scope you were looking for.”

“Yes. I just remembered what happened the last time I went digging into someone’s love life.” No one could forget Prime Queen.

So, the footage was delated, the camera wiped clean. The next day she received a text message from Adrien himself. It was a picture of him, Kagami, Marinette and Luka, all in their matching clothes, showing off their matching charms as well.

‘I noticed you followed me yesterday but you haven’t said anything about my obvious relationship, which I guess means you’re not going to. I guess that means I can trust you with the real story when we’re ready to come out to the public. Do you think you can wait until then?’

She could wait. The real big scope would be worth it.

#adrienaugust #adrienaugreste #lukadriengaminette

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graglithans-library · 4 years

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Welcome to Paris, Fur-ance Ch 3: Kitsunes, Flea Markets, and Scheming

Nazuna explains some things to Kagami and her mother and gets some explanations in return.

Meanwhile, Shirou gets to do his thing and starts searching for his charge and her friend.

The staff of the Tsurugi household could be considered both exceptionally efficient, and indescribably unflappable. It was due to those traits that the servants didn’t even bat an eye at the sudden addition to the household’s occupants. It was Kagami’s posture that let them know the police wouldn’t be needed, as she lacked the degree of tension they would have expected, should this other girl have been unwelcome. Doubly so for Mistress Tsurugi herself. Blind or not, had this extra guest been a threat, Tomoe would have had her at swordpoint by now.

Which is why they did nothing to disturb the three as they sat in the living room, discussing the situation over tea.

Setting down her cup, Tomoe’s face scrunched in thought. “So, you’re from a place called Anima City, which is located just off the coast of the Japanese mainland?”

Nazuna nodded after she had a small sip of tea. “That’s right.”

Kagami looked at her ears as they twitched through the long pink hair. “And you’re a... beastman?”

“Yep.” Nazuna smiled and raised an eyebrow at Kagami. “I’m surprised you haven’t heard of us. Pretty much the whole world knows about beastmen. Or is Paris truly that isolated right now?”

Looking down at her tea, Kagami grimaced. “I am truly sorry, Hiwatashi, but-”

“Nazuna.”

Startled, Kagami raised her head to look at Nazuna again. “W-what?”

Raising a hand gently, Nazuna kept smiling. “If it’s okay with you, just call me Nazuna.”

Blushing a bit, Kagami nodded. “R-Right,” Kagami muttered before she took a moment to clear her throat. “Nazuna, I’m not sure how to tell you, but the closest thing I have ever heard of Beastmen would be in fictional stories and myths.” Nazuna’s eyes widened as Kagami continued. “I thought you were a Kitsune when you appeared in our living room.”

Nazuna’s eyes moved to her own fuzzy hands, and a melancholy smile fell onto her face. “There are days I wonder that myself.”

Tomoe raised an eyebrow as she turned slightly from her tea. “Why would you? Were you not born this way?” Kagami winced a bit at her mother’s bluntness, but Nazuna looked relatively unfazed.

Staring down at her tea, Nazuna looked like she was starting to get lost in memories as she gently shook her head. “I know this may come as a shock, but I used to be a normal, everyday human.”

Kagami didn’t know she could get more surprised. “Really?”

Tomoe’s voice carried a small hint of steel. “Those are very steep claims, Ms. Hiwatashi. Especially after having felt your hands myself.”

Sighing, Nazuna set her cup down as she looked up. “I know, so please, let me explain.”

Nazuna took a deep breath to calm herself as she picked her tea back up. “About a year and a half ago, I was meeting up with my friend on the way to school, when a bus failed to stop in time, and we ended up in an accident. My arm was shattered, and my friend’s leg was actually worse. The damage was bad enough; we needed surgery to have a chance at a normal life afterward. We both had to get blood transfusions as a result, which would be completely normal in any other situation.”

She paused to take a sip before she continued. “That was where our lives, unfortunately, took a turn. It was due to a mixup with the blood packs that we were given something other than our blood type. Instead, it was a regent of beastman blood that was being used to test experimental drugs. Nobody noticed it had even happened, and we went on with our lives as normal. Until one day, after we were better and I had managed to land an audition,” Nazuna gestured to herself and smiled sadly, “this happened, right where everyone could see. I didn’t even get through the day before I was being loaded into a van and taken away from everything I knew.”

The sight of Nazuna’s sorrow was heartbreaking, and at that moment, Kagami envied her mother’s blindness. She wanted to know what was causing such pain but wasn’t sure if she should ask. When she couldn’t think of anything else, she decided to bite the bullet. “Can you not change back?”

“I sort of can. I can make myself look human again.” Nazuna took a moment to breathe before in a pink flash that rippled up her body, she shifted back into human form; pink hair turning orange except for a red streak in the front. “But on a genetic level, I’m still a beastman. This is just a disguise I can use.”

Tomoe spoke up with a frown. “And your friend? Did they?”

Nazuna nodded, then remembered that Tomoe was blind and blushed. “Yes, she turned into a beastman too. It happened only a day or two after me, but I didn’t find out until a few months ago. Though, instead of a fox, she turned into a tanuki.” An amused giggle escaped her lips as a memory came up. “It’s kind of fitting, considering her more eccentric personality. Always rushing into situations and jumping to conclusions without thinking ahead. There was one time when she tried to transform back into a human by putting a leaf on her head doing a backflip. Everyone still teases her about that.”

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Roaming a random street in Paris, Michiru sneezed hard enough; she almost lost her human disguise. “Someone’s talking trash about me, I just know it... Probably Marie. Stupid weasel-mink hustler.”

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“I see.” A rare smile came to Tomoe’s lips as she hummed. “You sound very fond of this friend.”

Nazuna’s face sobers as she nods. “I am. Michiru is like the sister I never had. She was the only friend I had growing up, and she supported me so much, even when I told her about my impossible dream of becoming an Idol. We did everything together.” Sighing, she slumps back into her seat, turning to look at the door leading out of the room. “Which is why I hope she’s alright.”

The three sat in silence for a while. Tomoe respected the need for a break, and Kagami was unsure what to say. At least she was able to gain a name for this friend of Nazuna’s. Michiru. She certainly doesn’t sound mature from what Nazuna said.

It was Tomoe that started the conversation anew, breaking Kagami from her thoughts. “I take it this has something to do with how you got here?” She pulled out the dart that had once been stuck in Nazuna and placed it on the table.

Nazuna’s face fell as she looked down at the dart. “That’s correct. We were on the rooftop of a skyscraper when this strange man attacked us. He was wearing a full-body suit and a mask that hid his face entirely. He said he needed our ‘assistance’ for something, but when we told him no-.” She trailed off, glancing away from the dart and holding one of her arms.

Kagami looked at her with concern before putting a finger across her lips in thought. “Could this have been an Akuma’s doing?”

Raising an eyebrow, Nazuna looked over at the fencer. “Paris has demons running free?”

Tomoe chuckled a bit at that before standing. “It seems it is our turn to explain some things.” gesturing for them to follow, Tomoe led them out of the room and down the halls. “To answer your question, yes and no. We of Paris currently have a problem with a man calling himself Hawkmoth. He has been abusing power, powers he should not have, to create Akumas, which he then sends out to seek Someone with negative emotions. When they do find Someone, they give them frightening abilities and warp their mind into committing evil acts and obeying Hawkmoth’s orders.” They paused for a moment at the front door, Tomoe nodding, and one of the assistants bowed before walking away. “Our family, like many, have felt this touch before.”

Kagami looked down with a grimace as she tried not to look at Nazuna. “I am ashamed to admit that I was Akumatized twice so far. Both times, it was Ladybug and Chat Noir that had to bring my rampage to an end.”

As a car pulled up and the passenger door opened on its own, Nazuna looked to Kagami with confusion. “Ladybug and Chat Noir?”

Kagami nodded and gave a small smile. “The protectors of Paris. They use ancient artifacts known as Miraculous to give themselves superhuman power, and use that strength to protect this city. It is actually the same pair of Miraculous they use that Hawkmoth seeks, as every Akuma under his control demands them.”

Nazuna wasn’t sure how to appropriately respond, so she just looked at the city that sprawled before them and picked up her jaw. “And here I thought Anima City was lively.”

“Indeed. However, this is where I must cut our conversation short. I have business I must attend to.” Stepping into the car, Tomoe sat in the first seat but held up a hand when the two girls tried to follow her in. “Kagami, do your best to assist Ms. Hiwatashi. If her friend was with her when she was brought here, it is likely they are somewhere in Paris as well and will be unable to communicate with anyone.”

Kagami bowed to her mother and smiled. “Yes, Mother. I will do my best.”

Tomoe’s car pulled away, and the two stood looking out at the city. “You know, I always wanted to come to Paris one day. I thought any chances of that had been ruined when-” Nazuna’s face fell as dread washed over her. “Oh, no... I just remembered Michiru hates transforming into a human. Knowing her, she’s probably running around with her tail out.”

“With her-? Oh, you mean she’s still a tanuki.” As Nazuna nodded, Kagami frowned in concern. “That... might cause a panic.”

“We should find her before she gets into any trouble.”

“Agreed.”

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Whatever Shirou had expected when he tackled his perp, it certainly wasn’t this.

Shifting back down to being merely a wolfman and not a full-blown wolf, Shirou sighed. He looked over the city of Paris from a perch he hadn’t been to in almost a century. Paris... that level of distance being covered with teleportation will make catching this guy the hardest case I’ve had yet. He put a hand to his chin and hummed in thought. Worse, he did something to Michiru and Nazuna. They were alive, which means he wants them for something. But what?

A gust of wind blew by and ruffled the fur on his chest, making him sigh. “Hopefully, the flea market has trench coats.” Looking over the city again, he closed his eyes and inhaled.

His eyes shot open as he fought back a snarl. Not even a single beastman!? How!? Not even World War II was like this. Just what did these humans do to cause this?

A thump came from behind him, and he could smell the human before he landed. “Excuse me, but I’m going to have to ask you to get down. Tours are closed for the day.”

“Human. Where are the-” Shirou turned and glared, only to pause at the sight of the leather-clad boy. He looked at the kid with annoyance and noted how he was armed with a baton. He also saw how he was trying to avoid using his left hand. These humans send a child to fight when injured? Just how barbaric has France become since I last visited?

As Shirou’s eyes bore into him, the kid twirled his baton to hold at the ready, narrowing his eyes. “Look, I don’t know what kind of effect you’re under, but I’d rather not see if your bite is worse than your bark.” And he makes puns. “Besides, I need to make sure that Tanuki isn’t giving my partner any trouble.”

A growl escaped Shirou as he looked towards the boy. Eyes narrowed as he stepped closer, the wolf man’s shadow loomed over the boy. “Where are they?”

A spark of fear wafted off of the kid before he jumped back to get some distance. “Hey now, no need to bare your fangs.”

Shirou really was trying to calm down, but knowing that Michiru and Nazuna were being kidnapped right when he had tackled the perp, only to find himself a moment later dealing with some punk, was doing little to help. Shirou could feel the rage, but a flash of Michiru’s face in his memory made him calm down, if only somewhat. Still, he had a more critical matter to figure out. “I won’t ask again. The tanuki you mentioned. Where is she?”

He could tell how well practiced this boy was at hiding emotion behind a smile. “Not sure, but if you think I’m going to let you run around terrorizing Paris, you’ve got another thing coming.” With a lunge, the kid swung his baton right for Shirou’s head. Shirou didn’t even blink as he darted past the boy, got behind him, and caught the baton on the backswing. With a twist, he disarmed him, spun him around, and jabbed the staff into his gut, sending the boy sprawling onto his back.

Looking down at the kid, who was groaning as he pushed himself back up with a look of surprise, Shirou jabbed the baton into the grate beside him and sighed. “I have more important things to worry about than dealing with you. Stay out of my way.”

Shirou leaped off of the platform and landed on the ground with a thump before looking around. “If I remember right, the flea market was in that direction.”

In a few minutes, Shirou had made it a few blocks away and stalked the shadows of the alleyways. It wasn’t too hard to find the flea market, but he now had a new problem.

If he shifted back to human form, he’d be naked.

Seeing a man about his build walking closer, he sighed and waited by the mouth of the alley. The poor sap didn’t even register what had happened as he was dragged into the alleyway, and Shirou knocked him out. The dress jacket itself was somewhat tight, but Shirou put on the clothes anyways before taking enough Euros to reasonably barter himself some clothes, even if they wreaked human scent.

Even now that he was at least mostly clothed, Shirou’s internal thoughts found the whole situation oddly familiar. Reminds me of 1926. That was an eventful year. Never did catch that guy who stopped Mussalini’s assassination.

It didn’t take long for him to barter a new trench coat and some cheap shirts and slacks. He almost ended up having to buy sequin disco pants until he saw the less expensive pair he had on. Never again. And if Barbara still has that picture, I’m deleting it and her phone .

Once dressed in the new clothes, he left the borrowed pair on the unconscious guy that was still in the alley. Stepping out and heading a small way down the road, he flagged down a police officer and told them there was a guy knocked out in the alley, probably mugged. The officer just nodded to him with thanks before taking off to check on him.

Shirou sighed again and headed back to the Eiffel Tower. Once he was at the base, he took a deep breath through his nose.

The smells were still human, but now he had an idea of what scent to track.

The smell of that boy from earlier was still on the higher platform, but it trailed off in two directions. The older smell went over the roofs towards what he remembered as residential areas, while the other bounded off towards a business district.

Following the older trail, he found himself at a school that had police at the front gates, talking to who he assumed was the staff. From what he could glisten around the corner, some students were missing, and something about a demon terrorizing the students.

He took another whiff of the air and smiled faintly as a familiar scent caught his nose.

It was only a moment before he was off again, trailing after a certain Tanuki.

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Screaming in frustration, a man in a dark room punched the wall, leaving cracks splintering up the concrete. “Stupid wolf! I was this close to finishing this!”

He took several deep, heaving breaths before he stalked to a computer and pulled up his chair. “Whatever. Sure, that mangy mutt managed to send all of us across Paris, costing me a crucial component, but that’s fine.” A twisted smile started to grow as several screens flickered to life. Two of which had what he wanted to be shown. In one, a young girl in a red jacket was running down the streets of Paris looking for Someone. Another showed a girl in a long skirt that was doing the same.

He paused at the sight of the second one for a moment, grabbing his chin as a third girl came into the picture. “It looks like they’ve made a friend already.” His eyes lit up with excitement as he fought back a laugh.

“Perfect.”

#Chapter 3 #Fanfic #Miraculous Ladybug #Brand New Animal #BNA

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ecofinisher · 5 years

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Day 2: Isolation - Adrigami Week

Day 2 - Isolation

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21872389/chapters/52208500

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13456678/1/Ecofinisher-s-oneshot-for-the-Adrigami-Week-2

@adrigami-week

Adrien stood inside the wardrobe packing his fencing clothing into his barrel bag while smiling during that task, which the kwami of destruction Plagg observed from the inside of Adrien’s jacket.

“You look happier today. What are you and Kagami planning to do after the homework?”

“We’re going afterward together with Luka, Nathaniel and Ivan to see a concert from MCR,” Adrien answered. “Nathaniel and Luka said they used to listen to their music when they were younger and the group split up at one point and came back together now”

“Okay and is Kagami allowed to go out with you this late?”

“It’s not that….well it’s after the 22, but we won’t be all alone and my father sent the bodyguard with us, so Kagami’s mother shouldn’t feel bad about it. At least I hope it”

“Does her mother actually mind, she’s dating you?”

“Good question” Adrien answered closing the bag and put it over his shoulder. “I don’t know if Kagami has ever told her mother anything about us dating”

“Maybe you need to ask her that since you’re going to be there at the Tsurugis. You know….to avoid conflicts”

“You mean like I tell I’m her boyfriend or something and she gets mad, cause Kagami didn’t tell it yet?” The blonde asked earning a nod from the kwami. “Well Mrs. Tsurugi got last time akumatized, because Kagami disobeyed her by participating along with Marinette on the friendship game hosted by the TV1”

“Exactly, you two better talk about it, unless Kagami already cleared things with her mother, which is unlikely to happen due to her cold strictness,”

“We’ll see,” Adrien said heading to the exit of the wardrobe, where he came across Kagami Tsurugi, the skillful fencer girl of his class and also his girlfriend, which was typing on her smartphone a message to someone. Kagami stuck her smartphone back inside the pocket of her jacket, then Adrien slowly approached the girl, that looked forward at some classmates leaving other afterschool activities and Adrien placed his hands in front of Kagami’s eyes closing the sight.

“I know it’s you, Adrien” Kagami spoke, making the blonde chuckle and remove his hands from the girl’s face and she looked back at him to see him smile enamored at the girlfriend, which nudged him on his nose. “Our ride is down there waiting for us”

“Okay” Adrien responded walking along with the blue-haired girl out of the school court heading to the red Sedan of the Tsurugi clan, which opened the back door automatically for the two teens to enter into the vehicle.

“Kagami, can I ask you something?” Adrien asked while pulling the seat belt on as the girl did beside him.

“Go on”

“Does your mother know, that we two are…..you know….dating?” The teeny model asked looking at Kagami, who shook her head. “Will she say something about it?”

“I don’t know it, Adrien. I’m afraid, she forbids me to be with you or worse”

“We’ve been together for months. Aren’t you afraid your mother finds it out somehow else like through magazines, radio or TV?” Questioned the French boy earning a nod from the girl.

“I’m afraid to tell her that by myself. Mostly her reaction”

“What about we two talk to her together?” Suggested the boyfriend looking at Kagami, which rolled her eyes down thinking about his idea.

“We could give it a try, but I can’t assure you, she’s going to act well”

“We will see it, if she starts acting bad, I’ll try to calm her down as good as I can”

“I hope you really can do that” Kagami confessed placing her hand over Adrien’s, thereafter Adrien looked at his girlfriend, which looked a little sad about their plan afterward he grabbed her hand pulling it closer to him to gently peck it.

“I promise” Adrien whispered looking at the Japanese girl.

Later the two arrived at a great house in a nearly Asian-style and the vehicle stopped in front of the building to drop the two teenagers, which walked together at the entrance passing over the three steps at the main entrance of the house. The blue-haired teenager opened the door, entering along with the blonde to enter into the house, landing in the corridor, where they immediately encountered Tomoe Tsurugi awaiting the two with crossed arms, making Adrien swallow hard as he encountered his girlfriend’s mother.

“Good afternoon mother, I….Adrien Agreste is here, so we can work on our homework together. Is it still okay?” Kagami questioned watching her mother still keep her straight serious facade, making even Adrien feel a little cowed by her appearance.

“He seems a little timid today, did a cat bite your tongue today?” Tomoe Tsurugi asked, making Adrien shake his head.

“Sorry Ma’am, I…. I’m just astonished by….those high heels?” Adrien said a little unsure, seeing under the dark glasses of the older woman an eyebrow raise up in confusion.

“Didn’t you have something special to say to my mother, Adrien?” Kagami asked looking at Adrien, which was notable for Kagami, that he was feeling a little nervous around her mother.

“What is it?” The woman questioned, then Adrien grabbed Kagami’s hand tightly moving his head around the location before he started to talk.

“I and Kagami have been lately spending a lot of time together and….I would love to know if it is alright for you, that Kagami and I are….uhm going out steady?”

“What exactly are you meaning with you two are going out steady?” Mrs. Tsurugi asked furrowing her eyebrows as Adrien moved his head at Kagami, seeing Kagami gulp a little nervous about her mother’s reaction.

“We’re d….dating mother” Kagami added seeing her mother raise her eyebrows up in shock at the revelation of her daughter.

“You’re what?!?” Tomoe shouted. “Who gave you the permission to date a boy?”

“He’s a very good friend mother….he...we would never treat me bad” Kagami spoke frightened from her own mother, which Adrien felt due to her tension.

“You’re too young to date, young lady. Your objectives are the school and the fencing lessons, not any silly relationships with a boy, no matter if it’s Gabriel’s son or the son of an ambassador” “We’re not in a silly relationship Mrs. Tsurugi. My love for her is real, I swear. I only want the good for her,”

“You’re not her legal guardian, that’s my task. I am the one, who knows, what’s good for her and what not and you young man, you are not suitable for my daughter, ”

“Why not, I’m always there for your daughter to talk with when things aren’t going well. I help her up and cheer her up when she’s feeling down and unappreciated. Both as a friend and a boyfriend”

“I don’t care. I already told you, you’re not suitable for Kagami...”

“But Adrien doesn’t do anything wrong mother. He treats me right, he doesn’t distract me from school nor anything else.” Kagami implied while Adrien nodded at the conversation between the Tsurugi’s.

“I even preferred to talk with you about this, Mrs. Tsurugi. We didn’t want to keep our relationship a secret for so long,”

“How long have you two been together?” Tomoe questioned. “And that behind my back!?!”

“We’ve been together for only five months. We’re almost sixteen, we know what’s right and what’s wrong” Adrien mentioned seeing Mrs. Tsurugi growl at the comment.

“Five months?!?!”

“Uh?” Adrien replied backing off a little along with Kagami, which was gazing at her mother a little shocked, but not surprised about the reaction.

“You were together for all this time and no one of you ever mentioned a single thing to me about it?!?!”

“Wh...why should I if you would act like that?” Kagami asked carefully, then Tomoe raised her hand up in the air, affrighting Kagami which closed her eyes and Adrien stepped in front of the girlfriend getting slapped instead by Kagami’s mother on his face, yelping.

“Adrien, why did you do that?” Kagami asked as she watched the boyfriend pass his hand over his face, where the woman had hit him.

“Not even my father would raise his hand like that on me,”

“That’s sad, cause you really miss having some of it” Tomoe claimed making Kagami flinch in anger at her mother.

“He just wanted to defend me. Why are you treating him as if he was a bad guy?” Kagami asked loud making her mother surprised at her reaction.

“That’s not the right tune for a young lady to talk with the mother”

“Mother, you’re also not behaving correctly. He’s just trying to be friendly with you and show you the Adrien I fell in love with” Kagami mentioned holding the boyfriend on the shoulder.

“Kagami, I’ve got enough of your deviations. Go up in your room. You’re grounded!” The mother hissed. “Now!”

“You’re alright?” Kagami asked, then the mother grabbed the blonde on the arm pulling him away from her daughter.

“You’re coming with me” The mother demanded, pushing the boy forward and walk with the help of her bokken at the door while holding the boy on the shoulder.

Soon as the two approached the car, the door opened up by itself automatically and Tomoe placed her cane next to the car.

“Enter, I’ll be bringing you back to your father. I will make sure he knows about it and refuses to let you ever go out to see my daughter ever again” Tomoe said at Adrien, which stood in front of the entrance of the car, afterward Adrien rolled his eyes at the bokken and he kicked it away from the car, shrieking Mrs. Tsurugi as she heard the bokken fall on the ground. Then she growled bending down at the ground to look for her cane and Adrien jumped over the woman running at the entrance, then she looked back at the woman, which was looking on the wrong spot for the bokken, making Adrien look disappointed at his act, afterward he ran back at the woman grabbing the bokken and handing it out to the woman, therefore he stepped back, watching the woman got up and place her hand on the door of the car.

“If I get you, you’re going to pay for that!” Tomoe hissed shocking Adrien at her threat, then he felt something hit his head and he looked down on the floor while scratching the part he got hit and he saw a crumpled paper on the floor and he looked up at the second floor of the house to see his girlfriend looking out from the window.

“Get up here Adrien” The blue-haired girl ordered, then Adrien stepped forward and looked up again at the girlfriend. “But your mother will go behind us”

“Just take us away from here” Kagami suggested and Adrien looked down at his pocket, where Plagg was looking out at the girl, then the blonde exchanged looks with his kwami.

“I don’t mind it, but the problem would be if her mother finds out, we're not here and she gets angry, then akumatized by Hawk Moth” Plagg mentioned and Adrien looked up at Kagami, which looked down at the French boy, waiting for an answer.

“Then I gotta explain that to Kagami” Adrien announced, then heard Tomoe Tsurugi behind him mention the name of the villain.

“With pleasure Hawk Moth” Tomoe replied disappearing in a dark cloud, which Adrien saw unfolding out around her and the red-colored vehicle.

“Oh oh,” Adrien observed in awe Mrs. Tsurugi disappear along with the Sedan and in front of him a giant robot, centaur-like supervillain appeared making Adrien gulp.

“Not Ikari Gozen again” Plagg complained as he saw the villain stand in front of his holder. Adrien looked back at the entrance of the house and ran towards it and before he could reach it, Ikari Gozen grabbed the boy with her hand, making him cry.

“Help!” Shouted Adrien.

“Mother don’t do that!” Kagami shouted with tears in her eyes as she saw her boyfriend being held in the hand of the akuma.

“You’re not allowed to see my daughter ever again!” Ikari yelled and threw the boy off in the air, making Kagami yell.

“Adrien!!!!!” The Japanese-descendant girl shouted all over the plot as she saw the blonde fly up in the air.

Adrien saw he was falling at the avenue of a road near the house of the Tsurugi’s, then beside his face appeared Plagg levitating looking at the blonde.

“Come on, transform before you turn into mashed potato” Plagg warned the blonde, which gave the cat kwami a thumb up. “Plagg, claws out!” Adrien shouted transforming into the cat-themed superhero Cat Noir and he took out the staff from behind his back and he extended it to bounce with it on the ground, afterward he landed on the roof of a house.

“That was a close call,” Cat Noir said passing his hand over his forehead in relief and looked back at the house, where he was thrown away from, Ikari Gozen stomp around the house with her feet causing a vibration on the city as if there was under the earth tectonic plats forming an earthquake over the surface. “I think I’m gonna need more help here, just hope Ladybug is already online,” Cat Noir told himself opening the communication option of his baton, then he picked Ladybug’s call option to call her.

Kagami lied inside her bedroom on her bed with her face lying on the pillow sobbing at the incident with her boyfriend Adrien. On the outside she could hear her mother stomp on the ground, causing the whole house to tremble, making Kagami lift her head up to look at the window to see Ikari Gozen out there.

“I know you’re out there somewhere, Adrien. You have always managed to get out in trouble like Ladybug and the others” Kagami whispered softly, then on her table, her smartphone started to vibrate, then Kagami got up from her bed to look at the phone call and it was a foreign phone number and Kagami attended it.

“Hello?”

“Meow, I’m delivering free sushi. Am I speaking to a Kagami Tsurugi?” The voice asked making Kagami’s smile beam as she recognized the voice.

“I knew you would have made it”

“We cats always land on our feet, that’s why people say we’ve got nine lives”

“That’s great, but where are you now?”

“Get down here to the backyard, I’ve got something for you. Quick before Ikari spots us”

“I’m coming” The Japanese girl mentioned running out of her bedroom, heading to the stairs, racing them down turning around crossing the corridor to a glass door, where she saw Cat Noir standing there awaiting the girl, that got out of the house jumping on the grass to embrace the hero in the black suit.

“You’re alright?” The blonde asked earning a nod from the short girl.

“I’m feeling much better now” Kagami noted smiling at the hero, which held up his hand at the girl holding a black octagonal-formed box.

“Ladybug thought we could use another member in our team. Are you going to help?” Cat Noir asked seeing Kagami nod and open the small box, which contained a black choker with a red pearl in the middle, which shined bright and a red light buzz around the girl, soon a red-colored kwami with black horns on his head and a red tail.

“Good day Kagami-san. I’m glad to finally see you again”

“Same Long-sama,” Kagami replied watching the kwami smile and look at Cat Noir, which mirrored the kwami back.

“When you’re ready, just say the magic words” Longg mentioned earning a nod from Kagami.

“Long, break the storm!” Kagami shouted activating her miraculous to transform into the dragon-themed superheroine Ryuko.

“Come on, I think Monkey King and Ladybug really need our hand” Cat Noir mentioned grabbing Ryuko on her hand, then extend his baton on the ground to catapult himself along with Ryuko up at the roof of the house, from where they could see Ladybug throwing her yo-yo at the saber of the villain as Monkey King was smacked away by the giant sword.

“Come on, we gotta help them” Ryuko mentioned jumping along with Cat Noir at the back of the supervillain.

“Hey Ikari Gozen, why don’t you take someone who’s worthy to fight you?” Ryuko shouted at the supervillain, that turned her head back at the two superheroes to see them smirking at her.

“None of you two wieners have a chance against me, not even your silly monkey,” Ikari Gozen said looking up in the air to see Monkey King jump up in the air while Ladybug tried hard enough to hold the villain’s sword steady and she got pulled by the sword of the centaur-like akuma as she smashed Monkey King away, followed by Ladybug recall her yo-yo back to catch the Vietnamese-descendant superhero with it afterward she landed on the roof with the redhead hanging on the yo-yo.

“Cat, I’ve got an idea. I go distract my mom while you aim for the sword” Ryuko suggested, then the two started to lose their equilibrium as Ikari Gozen lifted her front legs up, causing the two to slip off her back on the ground.

“Woah!” Cat Noir cried as he fell on the ground along with the girlfriend, then Ryuko looked up at the supervillain and wide her eyes in shock as the villain wanted to stamp on them with her hind leg, then she jumped against Cat Noir, which was about to stand up avoiding to get crushed by the red Autobot. “Watch it!”

“Hey thanks…...oh…..” Cat Noir flirted after his girlfriend saved him from the villain and now lied on top of him.

“Stop flirting” and get up” The dragon-themed superheroine demanded getting up, followed by the superhero, that did a kip-up to get on his feet.

Ikari Gozen turned around looking down at the superheroes, then went up with her front legs to stamp on the superheroes again, but to her unluck Cat Noir jumped off with the help of his staff, while Ryuko activated one of her transformations turning into air and swirl around the face of the supervillain irritating the woman, that tried to get rid of it by slapping around her with her hand, but impossible to catch her and from above the roof Cat Noir smirked and extended his baton to jump at the next building bouncing back flying against the sword of the supervillain, then held his hand out forming a cataclysm with it.

“Cataclysm!” Cat Noir chanted, then he wide his eyes as Ikari Gozen turned her back against him and he crashed against her back and he fell down on her back while having his cataclysm still activated.

“Cat, can you hold your cataclysm for a few minutes?” Ladybug asked appearing along with Monkey King, then Ikari Gozen looked at the two superheroes, that stood on top of another building and raised her front legs up, letting Cat Noir fall on the ground hitting with his hand on a mailbox, causing it to decay in ashes.

“Damn it,” Cat Noir said annoyed as he cataclysmed by mistake the mailbox of the Tsurugi’s.

“Ladybug, use your lucky charm, I’ve gotta go recharge!” Cat Noir shouted up at the heroine, that gave her superhero partner a thumb up. Cat Noir observed Ladybug throw her yo-yo up in the sky and at that time he ran into the house of the Tsurugi’s to destransform back into Adrien Agreste.

“Here I’ve got you a piece of Camembert” Adrien mentioned taking from inside his jacket a portion of an entire roll of cheese to his kwami, which picked it up to nibble on it.

“We gotta think of another strategy, this isn’t working out”

“Yeah, she doesn’t move away from here. She could be thinking, that Kagami’s still up there” Adrien said, then he smiled as he had an idea. “Hey I think I’ve got a diversion”

“What is your plan?” Mumbled Plagg with a full mouth. “Fight her as Adrien Agreste?” Adrien shook his head and looked at the exit. “I’ll talk to her about my feelings for Kagami. I try to convince her to at least accept her choices and let her move on with the people she wants,”

“Be careful. I won’t be able to protect you, while you’re you” Plagg warned earning a nod from the blonde, which walked out at the exit of the house to see down at the entrance Ryuko reappear as her superhero self as she stopped using her special power.

“What are you doing here?” Ryuko whispered sternly at the blonde.

“Trying to distract here. Do you have my back?” Adrien questioned earning a nod from the blue-haired superheroine.

“Be careful” Ryuko warned earning a nod from Adrien.

“Ikari Gozen, it’s me, Adrien Agreste!” Adrien exclaimed loud for the akumatized woman to hear. “I came back to talk with you….about Kagami. I want to clear things up with you, fair and without any incidents”

“There’s nothing to talk about”

Meanwhile on the roof Ladybug and Monkey King looked at the lucky charm Ladybug received, which was a ladybug-themed two-wheeled machine with a pistol-like lance attached to a tube connected to the machine.

“What is this exactly?” Ladybug asked looking at Monkey King checking the device out.

“That’s a pressure washer. People usually use it to wash their cars or their houses, like my dad”

“Oh and how is this going to help me?” Ladybug asked, then looked down at Ryuko, standing under the entrance along with Adrien.

“Ikari Gozen, I love Kagami with all my heart and she does feel the same way about me. I can’t just easily give up on her. She means the world to me”

“You two should have consulted me for your plans before you two got together,” Ikari Gozen warned the blonde.

“Kagami….I….uh….we wanted to keep it a secret for a while, because….we were afraid of how you would react if we would tell you that and if you would accept that”

“Madame, you can’t lock up your daughter forever” Added Ryuko. “She needs to see the world out there on her own. You can’t just look me….er...her up forever”

“Ryuko is right,” Ladybug said from up the roof. “Kagami will never know how the real-life is when you always keep her away from the bad or the good things. If she gets a friend for only a few weeks, a few years and they may leave one day but, it’s okay, that’s how life is. Also the same about dating, if she is dating somebody and the relationship doesn’t last for long, that will be okay too. There will be moments in her life, that she will have to suffer, but that’s something she has to experience by herself and learn to deal with it”

“Mrs. Tsurugi, I can assure you my intentions for Kagami are only good ones. I just want to make her happy and it would mean a lot to her if we two could at least be in good terms without having any issues. Please, I beg you” Adrien pleaded placing his hands together rolling his eyes up at the giant akumatized villain. Ryuko sank her head at seeing her mother’s facial expression still look cold at the blonde boy and she placed her hand on Adrien’s shoulder, which then held his flat hand in front of his eyes to cover his sadness, afterward Ryuko caressed the boyfriend on his cheek.

“Hey Ikari Gozen, are you thirsty?” A voice shouted and the villain looked down at the ground to see Monkey King hold a lance on his hand pointing up at the supervillain, which growled and moved her front leg to stamp on the monkey-themed superhero, as the villain attempted to crush the superhero Ladybug pulled the superhero away with her yo-yo placing him a few meters aside on the ground.

“I’ve got an idea!” Ryuko said jumping up at the knee of the centaur, then at her back and waved her sword at Ladybug.

“Ryuko, what are you doing?”

“I’m trying to get into her mouth” Mentioned Ryuko, then saw her mother’s back turn around to glare at the dragon-themed heroine.

“Get off me!” Ikari Gozen ordered passing her hand over her back to slap the heroine away, but she jumped on her arm, after that she took another flip flying against the mouth of the supervillain, soon as she landed in her mouth Ikari Gozen closed her mouth with Ryuko in it.

“Ryuko!” Adrien shouted, then wide his eyes in surprise as he saw the mouth of the villain been opened forcefully and it was Ryuko, which held her sword up to hold her mouth open. Ladybug wide her eyes as she knew, what Ryuko was doing and looked at Monkey King, which mirrored her.

“Aim water into her mouth” Ladybug ordered earning a nod from the superhero in the brown suit. “I will pull you up” Ladybug explained as she threw her yo-yo up to the top of the roof to hang it around the point of the edge of the roof, rolling back down on the ground, then she tied it around the Vietnamese boy and pulled it up.

“Come….on!” Ryuko groaned as she tried to hold her mother’s mouth open and down on the ground, Plagg appeared tipping the boy on the shoulder, earning a nod from the blonde, which ran back into the building to transform back into Cat Noir.

Meanwhile, Ryuko was getting tired from the weight, then saw Monkey King appear with then pressure washer, aiming into the mouth of Ikari Gozen, then pressed on the trigger holding it long turning the machine on, which shouted a big water ray into the mouth of Ikari Gozen, while wetting Ryuko.

“Haha” Monkey King laughed at the sight of the monster, that started choking on the water, then Ryuko thought on another extra move and held her thumb up at the superhero.

“Keep doing it, I’ve going to speed this up a little” Ryuko told earning a nod from the superhero. “Water dragon!” Ryuko exclaimed turning into water and flow the tunnel, which was the throat of the giant centaur causing it to cough as it was causing to choke her.

“Okay Monkey, that’s enough” Ladybug warned seeing Monkey King take his hand off the trigger turning the engine of the machine off and watch Ikari Gozen coughing out unmanageable the water out from her body, falling on her knees letting the water run all from her mouth out.

“The akuma must be in the sword!” Monkey King said, then from above the house jumped Cat Noir flying down at the saber yelling cataclysm and landing on the four hitting the saber of the villain, causing it to decompose in ashes and a black butterfly flew out of them, which was caught by Ladybug.

“Time to de-evilize!”

Cat Noir stood along with Monkey King in front of the centaur looking at the amount of water in the ground move on the ground into a middle-sized puddle in front of the two guys, then the water transformed into the physical form of the dragon-themed heroine Ryuko.

“Wow, that nearly got me wet” Monkey King said wiggling his eyebrows at the heroine, making the girl look at him in confusion and Cat Noir frown his eyebrows serious.

“Hey her boyfriend is standing right beside her!” Cat Noir hissed with his arms crossed making the two Asian-descendant superheroes laugh.

“I was joking, don’t worry” Monkey King assured, then they saw Ikari Gozen transform back into Tomoe Tsurugi, soon as Ladybug’s healing light fixed all the damages around them.

“What happened?” Tomoe asked, then Ladybug came down to her to help her up.

“You were akumatized ma’am, but everything is fine now” Ladybug assured.

“Where is my daughter? Where am I?”

“You’re in front of your own house Mo….Mrs.Tsurugi,” Ryuko mentioned.

“Your daughter is up in her room with her boyfriend I think. He seems like a pretty nice guy” Cat Noir said making Ryuko cover her mouth to avoid chuckling. “He is there up in her room together with her to avoid her get herself in danger” Cat Noir explained, watching the woman use her cane to walk at the entrance of her house.

“We have to be there before she is” Ryuko whispered earning a nod from Cat Noir.

“We gotta go. Thanks for your help, Monkey King” Cat Noir said earning a salute from the boy, then the two superheroes ran to the other side of the house entering into the back entrance destransforming back and ran the stairs up, then stopped in the corridor of the second floor as they heard Mrs. Tsurugi call for Kagami.

“Kagami are you up there?” Mrs. Tsurugi called loud, then the two walked at the stairs to see the woman.

“We’re up here mother” Kagami mentioned. “Are you alright?”

“I’m great, but what were you two doing up there as I was akumatized?” Mrs. Tsurugi questioned walking the stairs up, carefully with the help of the railing. Kagami looked at Adrien, which nodded and the two looked down at the woman.

“Kagami wanted so bad to help you out of this situation, but I didn’t let her go, cause I was afraid she would get hurt and I preferred to stay back with her. I’ve told her she shouldn’t worry about it” Adrien explained to the woman, then looked at Kagami to continue.

“Mother, I beg your pardon if we didn’t tell you anything about our relationship, but we really love each other that much. You can’t just ask us to do that”

“Please Mrs. Tsurugi. All I want is Kagami to be happy. I promise you, I’ll do everything possible to protect her, to help her and to make her happy as long as our love and our friendship is here tightened to each other” Adrien added looking with shiny eyes at the woman, which were a little wet from his emotion on that situation. Mrs. Tsurugi stood there in front of the two teens, then sighed at it and placed her hand on the shoulder of the boy.

“Alright I can see, that you deeply care for my daughter, thus I’ll give you my permission to keep your relationship intact as long as you treat Kagami good” Mrs. Tsurugi announced earning a nod from Adrien, then Kagami embraced the blonde hard, followed by the blonde place his arm around the girlfriend.

“I promise you, she will drown in lots of love and compliments from my side,” Adrien said making the girl smile amorously and lean her forehead on his head.

“That’s good, but if she loses track of her school grades, her fencing skill….you know, what happens”

“We won’t let that happen, mother, I promise,” Kagami said earning a nod from the mother, which walked the stairs down back into the living room, leaving the couple back which shared a long hug of finally being accepted by the mother.

#adrimi #adrami #adrigami #kagadrien #adrigami week #adrimi week #adrien agreste #Kagami Tsurugi #tomoe tsurugi #ladybug #monkey king #chat noir #cat noir #ryuunoir #ryunoir

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I haven't watched ml since season 1, I intended to start watching it again but everyone says it's gotten kind of bad. Could you please update me?

I’ll be entirely honest, I haven’t really been watching the episodes as such. I don’t bother blocking out spoilers so between them and just reading the synopsis for the episodes, I just pick and chose which episodes I want to watch.

But from what I’ve heard and read, I believe that Miraculous Ladybug is Good Idea, Dodgy Execution.

(This got longer than I thought. And a lot saltier. I’ve tried to keep it more critical than just salt. The rest is undercut and I think I’ve explained why everyone says it’s gotten bad. If you just want an update, scroll until the first line cut.)

Personally, I was never a fan of the Episodic Arcs Only format they went for. I don’t think it suits the type of show they were going for and it feels sloppy and like a... (there’s a word I’m looking for but the only that comes to mind is Shortcut). I could let it be for Season 1 (since it was the first season, they’re learning and we’re learning) but Season 2, for me, kinda failed to bring it up. The Collector, which was the first episode of Season 2 started strong but afterwards, the Season felt kinda flat. I haven’t even bothered with Season 3. The only one I watched was Chamelion and a bit of Weredad (to which I say, what the fuck was that?)

So the show hasn’t gotten worse. It just hasn’t gotten better.

To take an example of probably the only show I have ever watched more than once (I’m kinda a watch and done person so for me to watch it over and over is a big deal for me), the 2003-2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did episodic formating the best since they didn’t stick to just Episode Arcs. I know the goal of Miraculous Ladybug was to be able to watch in any order but it doesn’t work. It showed in Season One that it didn’t work (Evillustrator comes to mind) but they just kept trying to pound it in. TMNT 2003 did it right. They focused on Episode Arcs but had background Arcs going, tried to tie up any loose ends (which they mostly succeeded at) and if you hadn’t seen a previous episode that led up to it, they had like a 30-second flashback. And for me, that worked. I could watch any episode and still know what was going on even in the middle of an arc.

So I think that’s the biggest contributor to the issues the fandom has now. The status quo of the show is Marinette is in Love with Adrien who is in love with Ladybug. The show has to keep that status if they want to keep going with Episodic Arcs.

Which means Chloe’s Character Development isn’t going to happen. I thought they might succeed with the Battle of the Queens Arcs but they failed immediately afterwards. (Look I would take Chloe just not being the cause of Akumas anymore which Stormy Weather 2 showed isn’t happening.)

It means Marinette isn’t going to start talking normally or make any headway with Adrien despite the fact the audience is going to get/have gotten sick of it.

It means Adrien is continuously going to keep flirting with Ladybug despite the fact that we have seen her turn him down numerous times. (Which is not a good message for the so-called target age group.)

It means that any character development that should have happened by now, doesn’t matter.

It means characters like Lila Rossi or Mayura/Nathalie aren’t going to be regular despite being major players to kick off arcs.

They wanted Episodic Arcs? They got it at the expense of Character Development, potential plotlines, a decent writing timeline and a solid release schedule. It’s predictable and in season 3? That’s not good. This was released four years ago and they are in contact with fans. They should know this.

(There also some suspicion that Fan Content was stolen by the creators which is hardly helped by the fact the show is predictable. Normally I would blow this off but the creators have been exposed to a huge amount of content (whereas normally Creators stay away from it to prevent that kind of accusation) and some of the stuff that has come out is a little suss. There was once a running joke that TheLastPilot was nearly prophetic about the show but now it’s just worrisome. Some acknowledgement about how similar the ideas are would have settled my unease rather than the defensive mocking than we got.)

They keep saying it’s a kids show. I’m saying it deserves better.

But you didn’t ask for my salt. So here’s what you need to know

Alya is a part-time user of the fox miraculous and is called Rena Rouge. Her power is a one time use of illusions called mirage.

Nino is a part-time user of the Turtle Miraculous and is called Carapace. His ability is a one time use of a massive shield bubble called Shelter.

Chloe is a part-time user of the Bee Miraculous and is called Queen Bee. Her power is a one time use stun called Venom.

(I am salty about the names. I won’t deny it. At least Nino’s is half creative.)

Marinette has met the Guardian of the Miraculous, Master Fu, and now she and Adrien have access to different environmental abilities. The ones we’ve seen are Underwater suits and Ice suits.

Gabriel Agreste is confirmed to be Hawkmoth.

Nathalie knows that he is Hawkmoth and actively helped him in the finale of Season 2, first as an Akuma then as a user of the Peacock Miraculous called Mayura. The Peacock Miraculous is ‘broken’ and it’s believed that that’s why Mrs Agreste is not missing but in a magical coma.

Mrs Agreste is in a weird ass tube under Agreste Mansion and Gabriel wants to use the Ultimate Power to cure her.

Another thing that has popped up is Love Interests. (Warning; Saltier than the Dead Sea)

To clarify, I haven’t bothered to watch any of these episodes and I will not watch them. I am not a fan of love triangles (the weird love square aside because technically that’s just two idiots who can’t recognise each other) and I find it annoying (and possibly sexist) that 1) Adrien’s love interests (Marinette, Chloe, Lila and the new one) all seem to fight over him and 2) Marinette’s love interests are all chill.

Kagami Tsurugi is a Japanese girl who looks similar to Marinette, only with dark almond eyes and a bob cut. Kagami is a great Fencer which is how she is introduced to the show. She seems cool but they immediately framed her as a love interest for Adrien which just pisses me off so I didn’t watch any of it. If they had just made her a friend and then slowly brought up the idea that she and Adrien might date, then I might have accepted it (doubtful but now we’ll never know).

Luka Couffaine is Juleka’s older brother that as far as I can tell takes chill to a whole new level and is a musician. I haven’t touched anything to do with him because of an irrational (and I admit it is irrational) annoyance that Luka is basically just bait. And he is. He is bait for Marinette Character Development that won’t happen, he’s bait for Adrien Character Development that won’t happen and he’s bait for shippers who are sick of the love square going nowhere.

We know that the Love Square is end game. This is already complicated enough without more love interests.

If the two had been introduced as new friends, Kagami as a Fencing Friend (preferably not an enabler like Nino kinda is) for Adrien (and maybe Marinette), and Luka as an older friend for Marinette (and maybe Adrien on how to stick up for your good friends when a liar tries to isolate them.) I would be more chill about this, but they introduced them as Love Interests and now I want basically nothing to do with them.

#Miraculous Ladybug #ml Salt #It's a little salty #And that's what you missed on -Glee- Miraculous Ladybug #oh look my salt about love interests #Anonymous

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