#miraculous ladybug crossover

[zoe-oneesama]

I finished "Kira Kira Pre Cure A La Mode" like a month ago, and I have brain rot that makes a Miraculous Ladybug AU out of anything with an animal theme so here we go. I would label this more as a crossover tbh and even thought of my own rules to make it coexist in the Miraculous Ladybug Universe.

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To start, they break a few Miraculous Rules: the Miraculouses themselves have no resemblance to the animal they're imitating, and their powers are closer to their Pre Cure ones, which are baking/cooking based. And the reason I have for this is that these are technically not Miraculouses and technically not kwamis.

They aren't the "Miraculous of [x]" representing a concept, they're actually fairies who desire to be heroes. As such, they're actually at odds with Kwamis and there's a bit of a feud between them - the Kwamis have always worked alongside humans and see the Fairies as reckless and violating nature's laws, while the Fairies see the Kwamis as hording all the fun and not even trying to bridge the gap between them.

I imagine akumas would start showing up in Japan in Ichigozaka, bringing out the six PreCure Miraculouses, and they'd eventually follow them back to Paris to have a showdown with Hawkmoth AND the existing heroes. While the kwamis and fairies are having it out, the humans are meeting in the middle.

Ichika uses Whipp to become Crème Fouettée (Whipped Cream), a Bunny Hero with the ability "Batter Up", which captures the enemy in a giant cake. It has the side effect of being able to extract an akuma, but it can't purify it.

Himari uses Flann to become Swirl Caramel, a Squirrel Hero with modified clacker/rope darts as a weapon and the ability "Cherry Bomb", which is pretty self explanatory.

Aoi uses Aisuu to become Glace Bleue (Blue Ice), a Lion Hero with the ability "Gelato Shake", which encases her fist in a block of ice for even more painful punchs.

Yukari uses Cookie to become Kitty Macaron, a Cat Hero with a spiked yoyo and the ability "Cat Scratch" which inflates the size of the yoyo and increases their strength, making them able to scratch through anything.

Akira uses Chocco to Chien Rouge (Red Dog), a Dog Hero with the ability "Chocolate Armose" which creates a chocolate shield.

Ciel "uses" RinRin to become Blande Volante (Flying Bands), a Pegasus Hero with the ability "Kiracle Rainbow", which fully purifies the enemy and all of the damage caused during a fight. (If you know you know)

[stars-obsession-pit]

A Chat among Bats (ML x DC)

Ladybug and Chat Noir manage to defeat Hawkmoth, unmasking him as Gabriel Agreste in the process.

Adrien does not react well to the realization that his father was the villain they’d been fighting all along. He’s Chat Noir, one of the heroes, he should have noticed. And the public suspicion on his civilian identity due to the familial connection does nothing to help that guilt

So he runs. No identity reveals with Ladybug (he doesn’t feel like he deserves one), no formal public goodbyes in his hero identity. Just… grabs a ticket and vanishes. Maybe leaves some notes at most. He had no idea where he’s going, but surely anywhere could be better than Paris.

He lives off of his savings and money from odd jobs as he wanders (and perhaps the occasional theft from criminals or the corrupt), eventually meandering path into the crime-ridden city of Gotham. There, his heroic instincts (plus the fact he still has the Black Cat Miraculous) lead to him taking up a new heroic identity, joining the ranks of the city’s vigilantes. And probably also causing Selina to fight Bruce over who gets to adopt him.

Marinette, unsurprisingly, took his vanishing poorly. She didn’t immediately know his secret identity, so from her perspective two of her favorite people just vanished at the same time. Learning that they are actually the same person maybe helps a little in that regard, but it also reinforces her thoughts that she failed him.

So of course she continues to look for him. She knows he probably wouldn’t want to return to the spotlight, but she still wants to help him out if she can. Or at least apologize for her (perceived) failure.

And thus, when she happened to recognize a certain individual in a news report from Gotham, she immediately booked the first flight she could. She needed to see him again.

[ririchanva]

Happy Birthday Shoto Todoroki

(Jan 11)

[thecephalopodagency]

okay so im currently in a ladybug/batman/justice league phase and every time marinette is kidnapped by the riddler shes like 'your suit is so awful' but i was thinking, as someone who does love the outfit, what if she did too?

so imagine marinette gets kidnapped by the riddler who plans on doing the usual riddler thing leading batman on a multi riddle scavenger hunt to find her and the moment she wakes up and she sees his suit she loves it?

hes standing there trying to explain to her the situation she's in but she's gushing about the embroidery of the question marks and the quality of the suit and somehow, her hands are free and her sketchbook is out (how did she do that? he was watching her the entire time one second hands tied, the next shes scribbling away)

she starts designing a new suit and hes so confused and just shocked by her reaction that he just starts answering her questions about his style and color choice on autopilot while he tries to figure out what is going on

shes somehow got the tape measure out and taken his measurments (she was literally chained to the chair, maybe her hands werent secured tightly enough, but the chains?? what is happening?)

just as hes starting to pull himself together shes showing off a whole page of alterations to his suit and a whole entire new one that, not gonna lie, he instantly wants on his body immediately

one thing leads to another, a few days later marinette is walking out of his base of her own free will and the riddler is admiering his new suit and the MDC buisness card she handed him before she left

(during this batman is losing his mind trying to figure out riddlers game since he was too busy getting a new outfit to actually send the rest of his riddles so the information batman got from the first riddle never led anywhere)

[empressgemstone]

Miraculous Rosegarden

Some ML x Rosegarden cross over pics based off the movie I’m not the best with backgrounds so this got very experimental

[adamari2001]

I blame @hani.b6l on TikTok…. Someone take the internet away from me… Pinkie Pie x Hawkmoth

Part 2:

[dippygamer64]

Inktober 2024 — Day 14 — Roam

Alright, I’ll be honest, this is another drawing that is more loosely based on the prompt than others. I just really wanted to do another Chibi Mo Dao Zu Shi drawing. This time I’m returning to my idea with Marinette being Wei Ying and Lan Zhan’s niece/god daughter. I imagine they’re just out on a walk, no real destination in mind, just enjoying the day.

I’m starting to get better at drawing in a chibi style, and I am very happy with how this came out! I was worried about making sure Marinette looked younger than Wei Ying and Lan Zhan, so I’m glad it came out really well. I don’t really have much else to say about the drawing other than, I love it!

I guess I can talk more about the idea itself. Like I mentioned in the Passport drawing, I imagine Marinette goes to visit her uncles/godparents every summer ever since she was little. At some point, she started going by herself since her parents had to run the bakery. Thankfully she’s a well behaved child, much more than Wei Ying was at least. She’d likely learn some cultivation skills, but not as strictly as other students since she’s only visiting. I could also see her learning how to play the flute or a string instrument like either Wei Ying or Lan Zhan. Little things like that to make her visit enjoyable and relaxing. I don’t think Wei Ying or Lan Zhan would ever visit Paris, at least not unless something really big happened that they had to go.

Also, it’s debatable whether Wei Ying and Lan Zhan know Marinette is Ladybug or not. Like they’re smart, but they don’t see what’s going on in Paris. And I feel like Marinette would be trying to keep it a secret, but on the other hand maybe they can sense the power of her miraculous? It’s definitely something to think about. What do you guys think?

[kashlyn]

Is there a fic of Marinette (Miraculous), Danny (Danny Phantom), Billy (Captain Marvel), and any Batkid being siblings? Even adopted? I need all four... I'm craving all four. I've only ever seen two or three but never four. Please.

[ethereal-feline]

Miraculous Vigilantes!

Kuro Neko(Fuyumi Todoroki) and Red Beetle(Keigo Takami)!

yeah I am definitely a bit rusty 😅

I had good lighting! I had the shadows right! Then I used too much black 😭 it just went downhill from there lol

not me remembering I can post my own stuff shhh

[url-is-url]

Danny Phantom/Miraculous Ladybug crossover concept

Vlad Masters and Gabriel Agreste are Evil Rich Guy Buddies, so Danielle and Adrien are acquainted.

After flying off into the sunset, Dani travels the world and naturally ends up in Paris, where she befriends Ladybug and Chat Noir while fighting some awful ghost monster that crawled up out of the catacombs. Dani immediately clocks that Chat Noir is her old pal Adrien, because she obviously recognizes one of the very few fellow children she was ever allowed to hang out with, and if/when she meets Marinette she immediately clocks her as Ladybug because kwamis ping her ghost sense too. Adrien is totally oblivious, because why would his American pal be a superhero in France?

Later, Dani gets nearly akumatized. Unfortunately for Gabriel, Vlad trained her to throw off overshadowing with ease and akumatization is close enough that, not only does she resist it, she follows the mental link backwards and overshadows Gabriel instead. She wasn't expecting that her dad's rich asshole buddy would be Hawkmoth, but she's not surprised either. She also has a big chip on her shoulder about experimenting on small supernatural beings, so when she finds out what Gabriel's been up to with the kwamis, she proceeds to WRECK. SHOP.

Ladybug and Chat Noir aren't sure if they're impressed or terrified.

[secret-origins-crossover]

fic updates

this fic is a crime on hell to write- aka it keeps getting increasingly longer and i'm pretending i know what i'm doing, but okay- i figured i could post an additional silly wip because i am slowly going insane from not being able to post still! (this fic is a mess but i love it sm- i haven't written in a little while, i'm trying here-)

oh phantoms and felines (wip)

Morning hit unexpectedly, a half-groan leaving his lips as he blearily sat upright and took in his surroundings. The hotel was definitely luxurious but honestly it felt a little too suffocating for Danny’s tastes- which of course, led to him trying to find something else to do. Jazz had heard from someone there was this little bakery somewhere close by; there was seemingly nothing happening, and well, he was growing frustrated with the silence. Of course, he couldn’t expect this place to be like Amity Park but it was too still- it felt too peaceful. 

Rounding the corner, he paused as the wafting scent of scones and macarons filled the air. Danny could feel his mouth water, as his stomach rumbled- he still had the secondary effects of jet lag and he needed something to eat. Not to mention, the bakery was clearly well taken care of and looked like those made-from-scratch diners he recalled seeing back home.

[zoe-oneesama]

Since we're talking about Mahou Shoujos, what about a Miraculous Precure AU? I saw that you made fanarts of the anime last year and I liked it

That one's a little different because it's a crossover, meaning both the canonical ML AND Precure characters would exist at the same time.

I stated it in that original post, but I wanted the Precure's "kwamis" to not be real kwamis, so actually there's some beef between the Precure Fairies and the Kwamis. The Fairies don't represent concepts but want to work with humans to become heroes, they have hopes and dreams and desires of their own.

Kwamis think the Fairies are False Miraculouses and childish (and more than a little jealous that only some of the rules apply to them) and the Fairies think the Kwamis are selfishly hogging magic and glory for themselves (because while they're not supposed to, Kwamis can use magic by themselves while Fairies cannot).

But beyond that I didn't have much thought on this AU. Crossovers aren't really my thing.

[stars-obsession-pit]

What if Chloe Bourgeois was Stephanie Brown's long lost sister?

I don’t feel entirely confident in my knowledge of either of their characterizations/histories, but here’s an attempt at something!

So, before they even meet, Chloe has some differences due to being adopted.

In some ways she’s worse with her actions in trying to hold her mother’s attention and jealousy of Zoe who is her mother’s actual biological kid. But in other ways she’s better, due to feeling less like she fated to hold her high status and more like she has to earn it through being “Good”

Steph finds out about the connection first, so is the one to reach out to Chloe. Not exactly when this’d best fall in the timelines, but it’s probably either pre-canon or early-canon for Miraculous Ladybug

Chloe… doesn’t know how to feel about this. On one hand, Steph represents an actual blood-familial connection she could lean into (something she’s lacking) that might not have the same “I need to be good enough to earn their care” stress, but on the other she’s still caught up in her own issues about being “good enough” for her mother and is hesitant to act away from her adopted family

But Steph is perceptive enough to notice Chloe’s insecurities and whatnot just from reading their letters. She relates to parts of them (after all, she’d been overconfident and gotten in over her head before, and she recognizes Chloe’s at times arrogant attitude as a sort of defense mechanism), so she pushes for them to keep in contact since she believes that they could become genuinely very close with time.

Thus, they continue sending some messages back and forth, and over time this helps contribute to Chloe further improving as a person.

These changes are actually enough that Ladybug agrees to let Chloe keep using the Bee Miraculous sometimes, though not without some definite stumbles in their interactions along the way

Also would probably have to remove the “Chloe publicly declares her hero identity in one of her plans” thing to work with this

Neither tells the other about their hero work though. Steph can tell that something is up that Chloe isn’t telling (i’m including the crossover trope of an “information block to prevent foreign heroes from rushing in unprepared and getting akumatized” thing), but doesn’t know what and is hesitant to try to pry

A bit further into their communication, they decide they’d like to meet in person at some point.

However, Chloe is nervous about bringing her to Paris because of the Hawkmoth situation, and she’d be unlikely to get permission to go the other way (I could see her mother in particular forbidding it as “a ridiculous diversion” unless she knew Steph knows Bruce Wayne and thus their interactions could have “business potential”), so it gets kinda put off.

But then, after [some notable akuma event, IDK which would be ideal], the idea of her leaving Paris for a bit for safety gets brought up, and she jumps at the chance to push for going to Gotham to meet her sibling.

Well maybe it’s more like she pushes her parents to go to l New York, but then convinces the people she’s staying with there to bring her to Gotham

Alongside talking to Steph, she has another goal with this: to talk to the Bats.

Yeah, she’s still worried about heroes coming into Paris and getting akumatized, but she hopes that as detectives the Bats could give assistance remotely. Specifically, searching for Hawkmoth’s identity and/or base of operations.

And maybe, if she’s lucky, they’ll help her train to be an even more capable hero when she returns to Paris…

[ririchanva]

Chapter Twenty: Clash! All Hands On Deck, Young Heroes!

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Chapter Warning: Spoilers for Miraculous Season 6 along with a sprinkle of cameos from other Zag Cartoonz. Some political stuff, past talk of domestic abuse and family drama.

A/n: So...*looks at my calender once more* This chapter didn't take me as long, but I'm kinda glad that I managed to get this one out in time BEFORE Miraculous Season 6 spoils me with more retcons and lore drop xD Ahahahahaha--

Anyways! So here we are once again...this time it DOES have some elements of Miraculous Season 6 just to keep things current in a way (but it doesn't really ruin any of my drafts and plans for the main story, don't worry!) and with My Hero Academia's manga FINALLY finished, I can actually focus on how the story will flow. SO SPOILERS AHEAD FOR REAL~!

Also, check out my Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter pages for some art concept updates cuz I managed to make some 2025 versions and added new characters to show :D I

Anyways with all that said, on to the chapter~!

  After an hour or so, both Marinette and Adrien brought Lila back to the classroom. When they arrived, Class-A and Class-B were informed on what’s going on and that the new teens were to be assigned to either their class. Aizawa and Amelie managed to make it to their class (of course Amelie being introduced) and bringing along familiar faces.

    “I’m glad that you came and joined us,” Marinette smiled at both Jess and Aeon, the two looking tired, “Although I am surprised that Jess came, considering…?”

     “As if I could ignore meeting other teen heroes~” Jess teased but then softened, “besides, I wanted to stay by my sister during her stay here.”

     “I could take care of myself, Jess.” Aeon said calmly, but smiled in appreciation.

    “Also, it’s not just us that came along,” Jess nodded her head towards Zoe, who was staying away from everyone and in a corner, “Honestly, I’m starting to feel sorry for her.”

     “Agreed. It seems like she is…at a loss of what to make of herself,” Aeon replied, and Marinette nodded.

     “Speaking of, how…how are you feeling, Aeon?”

     “If you are asking about how I am taking the news of me actually being human with cybernetic prosthesis and parts inside me to keep me alive after all and not a robot?” Aeon tilted her head before she shrugged, “I shall be taking therapy here while receiving my education but…I should say, I…might know how Zoe feels now. How things are hard to grasp on reality when everything you knew were to be a lie. But eventually, I shall be okay.”

     “Aeon…” Jess half-hugged her sister as they both smiled at each other, and Marinette felt relieved.

     Meanwhile, Adrien was looking at Grady, Sam and Nat, looking worried.

     “You think you guys will be okay being here?” He asked, “I know that Grady’s Dad is now looking for you guys. Well, at least your Miraculous hero selves…”

     “Not like we can go back to our families right now,” Grady replied, and Nat was signing to Sam on their conversation at the same time, “With my father informed that we are free, he might try to track us. Hiding here is our best option.”

    “Understandable,” Adrien nodded before he looked over towards Holly and Aster talking to each other along with the Ghost Force, “Well…at least they’re here too.”

    “I heard that Ghost Force talked about having to go back to America, but All Might said that he’ll have it handled by the United Heroez and make excuses to their families of where their civilian identities are,” Grady pointed out before shrugging, “Which, to be honest, might be for the better. As for Miss Holly and Aster…”

      “Complicated?” Adrien supplied while the blind young man nodded.

      “That’s about right…”

     Aizawa coughed as he stood in the front of the class, raising a brow as Class A were immediately seated in their seats while the back of the classroom was preoccupied by Class-B and the newcomers.

    “…I see I didn’t need to say anything more. Good. Alright, let’s get this over with.”

    Aizawa stood tall at the front of the room.

     “It's time to stop playing around and be more serious. Things gets harder from here,” He started while glancing at the Parisian and American team behind them, “Even though some of you only have provisional licenses, you've been given the certification to act as heroes in an official capacity. Or at least, most of you have…”

     Marinette glanced over seeing Bakugo roll his eyes while Shoto looked a bit ashamed.

     “Two of you remain in supplemental courses,” Aizawa gave the two a glance but then sighed, “Then again, considering we have a few new students, they’ll be joining those classes to catch up with everyone here before the Joint Training.”

    Nino leaned towards Marinette and whispered, “Do we really need licenses considering Ladybug and Chat Noir are already famously known heroes?”

    Aizawa then spoke loudly for them to hear, “EVEN IF some of you are already known heroes in your country, we have rules here in Japan that requires you to have a license.”

     Andy was bouncing up and down as he listened, then raised a hand up, “So! We actually will be side by side with the Japanese heroes? Including Endeavor?”

    Shoto pursed his lips at this, and Chloe noticed. She tapped at his hand gently, giving a look as if to ask if he was okay. The red and white haired male gave a small smile, nodding his head to sign he was okay.

    “From this moment on, we'll be kicking your training up a notch. So be prepared.” Aizawa then was holding what seem to be two pieces of paper and turned to the board behind him, sticking them on and turned back towards the students, “Now, let’s reveal the new class set up for everyone and where they will be assigned.”

   This is where everyone stood and rushed towards the front, Aizawa moving away in time before he was caught in the stampede.

    “Oh man! What if I end up in the other class?!” Kaminari whined, before he was smacked at the back of his head by a very tall boy with glasses, “Ow! What the heck, Iida?”

    “Kaminari, none of us aregoing to be swapped around. This is only to assign those that are new here to their respective classes,” Iida responded, looking at the blond sternly.

     Izuku popped up in front of them, already looking at the list then smiled as if relieved and satisfied.

—The Following Students Are Assigned in these Classes— 

Class 1-A

Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Nino Lahiffe

Chloe Bourgeois

Sabrina Raincomprix

Alix Kubdel

Rose Lavillant

Hitoshi Shinso 

Kagami Tsurugi

Luka Couffaine

Felix Graham de Vanily

Lila Rossi

Aeon Hills

Andy Baker

Socqueline Wang

Grady Kasenti

Peni Lane

Class 1-B

Adrien Graham de Vanily

Nathaniel Kurtzberg

Marc Anciel

Juleka Couffaine

Fei Wu

Rody Soul

Zoe Lee

Aurore Beauréal

Mireille Caquet

Liv Baker

Mike Collins

Jess Keynes

Holly Rosewoods

Aster Orion

Nat Richenbach 

Sam Spancer

    “Huh…” Nino was lifting his hat for a moment in surprise, before looking at Adrien, “Looks like not all of us are in the same class…”

     Adrien smiled weakly, “It’s okay. We can totally see each other outside of class, right?”

    “At least some of us are with familiar people,” Nathaniel said, who was on Adrien’s other side, “Although I wonder how Rody is feeling being in the same class as the girl he hates?”

     The trio glanced over to where Rody was looking at the list with a frown and Fei patting his arm gently as if comforting him.

      Juleka felt slight disappointment as she looked at the list and saw she wasn’t with Shinso or Rose, and she felt nervous of that. The fact her brother is also in the same class as them got her anxiety kicking in. 

     Rose saw this and took her hand, “Aw, it’s okay, Jules! We could always meet each other in breaks and after classes!”

      “If there’s trouble, however, you could always come to our class,” Shinso pointed out, making Juleka smile at the both of them. 

     “Wait, where would Mariposa go?” Holly noticed her name wasn’t on the board, and glanced at the older girl beside her.

      “Considering she is older, she will be part of the third years even though they will be graduating soon,” Aizawa explained as he looked at Mariposa and gave a kind, assuring look, “I know just the four that could accompany you while you stay here—“

      Suddenly, the lights in the room changed to read as alarms blared around them, everyone covering their ears. Aizawa closed his eyes and sighed, already predicting something like this would happen. And then, an automated calm voice sounded despite the warning bells still ringing.

      “—Emergency drill, emergency drill! Hypothetical villains have infiltrated UA High School grounds. Assistance from Hero Course Class A requested!—”

     “I-Is this normal?!” Marinette yelled through the noise, as Izuku gave an apologetic smile.

     “Please change into your hero costumes and report as soon as possible.”

      The walls suddenly popped out panels that opened to many briefcases on top of shelves that held numbers on them. Class A suddenly stood up and Iida turned to everyone with authority in his voice.

     “You heard the announcement, everyone. Let's do this!”

      Class-A cheered as Marinette and the others looked confused.

      “Er, wh-what is going on?” Sabrina asked before Sero appeared at her side and winked.

      “It’s kinda like a surprise test. To prepare students to react to real emergencies.” He explained and then Marinette frowned.

      “Do we have to participate too?”

      “It would be good to practice with everyone in action,” Izuku also stood by her with a smile, “After all, we’re going to need all the help we can get for future battles against the League and the new Hawkmoth. Why not check out what Class-A can do~?”

      Marinette raised a brow at him but sighed, “I guess you have a point.”

      “So, wait, what about those that are in the other class?” Adrien pointed his name on the board, “Bug, we’re not in the same class. How are we gonna work together for Guardian training?”

     “That’s a separate thing entirely,” Aizawa spoke from behind them as Class-A were heading out to change, “Fu is going to meet you young Guardians after classes. This will include Soul and Wu.“

      “You’re going to have to follow us since this is Class A only. By the way, my name is Itsuka Kendo, I’m your Rep for Class B,” The orange haired girl smiled as she placed her hand out.

        Nathaniel moved to shake her hand, “Nice to meet ya, Class Rep! I’m Nathaniel Kurtzberg.”

       Adrien didn’t look sure as he glanced back to see Marinette leaving with the others that are assigned to Class-A. It made him think that it was unfair that he, as Chat Noir, was to be separated from Ladybug. But he didn’t want to sound like he was complaining, and he had to think of the positives. At least he knew some people in the new class.

     “Anyways, Adrien-kun, right?” Kendo chirped as she got his attention and smiled kindly, “I know that it’s hard to be in a new environment and to be surrounded by strangers, but I hope that we as your new classmates that we can make you feel welcome and become comrades!”

     “Indeed,” Monama appeared beside the girl and smirked, “After all, you’re in the best class. You’re lucky to be in a class that has the strongest, smartest and most talented individuals around~”

      The blond turned to Juleka and gave a smile and wink, and Juleka felt her stomach flutter as she looked away while pushing her hair behind her ear.

     “Is that so?” Nathaniel questioned, glancing at Kendo, who just sighed tiredly.

    Marc, Aurore and Mirielle walked over to them and thank god the alarm stopped so they could talk properly again.

      “So, i-if Class A are doing that test thing, what are Class B doing?” Marc asked. 

      “We will be getting to know one another,” The large man with white hair and the red body suit spoke up, his strict and scary face almost freaking some of the Parisians out as he continued, “I am Vlad King, I am to be your homeroom teacher so if you have any questions, you can come to me.”

     “Oh! I suppose since you are staying in U.A. this means that you’ll be assigned to Heights Alliance,” The one named Awase spoke up as he stood beside Monoma and Kendo, “Vlad King, should we just show them to their rooms and have them settled?”

    “Sounds like a good idea,” Vlad King hummed, and looked to the new students under his wing, “Come along. And then, we can have a teachable bonding time with trust exercises.”

     Adrien watched his friends mingle with Class-B, still feeling sort of nervous of being far from the others like Marinette and Nino. Usually, he’d be stoked to be making new friends…it was his dream. Especially since they were all future heroes. But, the inkling feeling of something bad was going to happen gnawed in his mind. 

    “Adrien?”

    The blond snapped out of it as he saw Nathaniel, Juleka and Marc in front of him, looking concerned.

    “Are you alright?” The red head asked, and Adrien smiled weakly.

    “I-I’m…I’ll be okay,” He said honestly, “I guess I’m just feeling on edge after everything that’s happen. Not to mention, I don’t think I can relax at the moment with my Da—with Gabriel alive and trying to get to me.”

    “For now, at least the adults had temporarily kept him and the others in the cult at bay. Fighting them through political and social means is gonna be complicated,” Nathaniel tapped his chin, “Not to mention if Gabriel is sponsoring new heroes like Themis…I can understand why you feel the way you do.”

    “While I know that being in this school and training ourselves is important…I dunno, I feel like we could do other important things?” Adrien was fiddling with his hands, and even touching over his ring, “Is that selfish of me to think? That I just wanna get out there and confront Gabriel?”

    “I think I’d be surprise if you weren’t affected by all this. So I’d understand that you’d feel impatient and want to face the man that you thought was your father…but Adrien, we should plan things before we start jumping the gun on things. This isn’t like in the past where it’s just you and Marinette fighting Hawkmoth like the villain of the week.”

    “I know,” Adrien let out a frustrated sound while rubbing at his messy blond hair.

     “W-we’ll face off against them when we’re ready,” Marc assured Adrien, placing their hand on their friend’s shoulder with a small smile, “Just…”

     “Be patient. I know, I know…I just hate waiting…”

     Juleka was silently placing a hand on Adrien’s shoulder and squeezed it as if, in her own way, she was giving the blond some assurance that he wasn’t alone. That there were people in his corner. Adrien smiled, appreciating the sentiment.

     “…Thanks, guys. Really, I…I’m glad that you are my friends,”

     The three smiled as they all gave Adrien a hug, before the four of them went to follow their new classmates, Adrien trying to push that gut feeling aside for now.

    ”At the moment, our tactical information is limited. But we know that villains have infiltrated Ground Beta. Even if this is only a drill, we will carry out this mission as though lives are on the line.” 

     Ladybug listened as the Rep for Class A spoke, her hands on her hips while looking over the city they were in and saw smoke rising in one of the buildings. She took a breath, stepping back a few before bringing out her yo-yo and started spinning.

    “You’re heading out without them?” Carapace nodded his head at Class-A, watching Ingenium karate chopping the air with one hand as he kept on his lecture and loud strategizing, “What if you get in trouble?”

    “It’s not like it’s real danger?” Ladybug gestured to the empty city a raised brow, “Besides, I rather we get this over with so we can do actual important things.”

     “That’s right. We still need to think about my mother and the cult she’s working with.” Queen Bee stated with Shoto standing beside her.

     “While I agree, Monsieur Aizawa still insists we should follow the rules,” Rayures pointed out, the Tiger Heroine glancing over at her new classmates, but blushed then looked away when Cellophane smiled and waved at her.

     Shoto tilted his head, “Since whendo we follow the rules?”

     Queen Bee snickered and nudged him gently with a grin, “Shoto-baby…”

     “It’s not like I said anything strange? With everything we’ve been through, we haven’t exactly gotten a good track record on doing as we are told.”

      “True. Alright, so we just do our own thing?”

      “Hold on,” Deku appeared next to them with a frown, “We’re not in Paris or America anymore. Meaning we’re gonna have to do things differently than what we were doing before,“

      “It’s odd you’re being a damn hypocrite, Deku,” Dynamight snorted as he soon started walking off, “Spots is right, let’s just get this over with.”

      “Er, Bakugo? You're going the wrong way?” Shinkusame called out as he followed after him along with Ladybug and Onagadori, and Dynamight was quick to pull at Chargebolt’s (Kaminari) back collar, dragging him.

    “Ah? W-what’s happening?” The electrical hero blinked, looking around in confusion.

     Dynamight grunted, “We're looking for villains. Leave the rescuing to the extras.” 

     “H-Huh? Wait, seriously?!”

     “Is it wise to bring him along?” Shinso asked as he adjusted his Persona Cord around his neck, placing it on his face now as Bonnie Blanche bounced beside him, “I mean, he isn’t exactly up to speed on things,”

     “Either way, let’s just follow Kat—er, Dynamight’s lead for now,” Ladybug stated as she soon was swinging her yo-yo up and kicked off to another building. 

      Dynamight soon activated his quirk, blasting off while holding Chargebolt loosely and ignoring the other blond’s screaming and yelling.

     “Haaa…I hope there’s no grading in this,” The Shark Miraculous user hand his hands in his hips, watching them go before he saw Shinso swinging after Ladybug with his scarf and Bonnie Blanche flying off with her umbrella, “Guess we should get going, huh Dori-chan?”

     The Rooster Miraculous holder smiled, as she suddenly was floating in the air and grabbed for Shinkusame’s hand, the two flying off.

      Shoto watched them go the opposite direction before looking at Queen Bee and Rayures, “Should we follow?”

      “You guys!”Momo, dressed as her hero persona Creati, sighed in exasperation and pouted, “You’re in U.A. now! Meaning, we’re going to have to all work together and follow the right protocol when doing hero work!”

      Avarius looked over at the girl with a raised brow, wondering why she wasn’t using the Swan Miraculous. We should have a talk about that…

     “And yet, we’ve been though this song and dance before and have succeeded under Sir Nighteye’s tutelage,” Neim replied coolly while Howler stood at his side smiling, “So this kind of mock hero work is a waste of time.”

     “Neim’s got a point,” The Monkey hero was twirling his staff with a chuckle, “But I think we should help our new friends considering we’re gonna be classmates for the remainder of our stay.”

      “Fine.” Queen Been glanced at Shoto, “Wanna take out the fire?”

      “Sounds like a plan.”

     “HEY! NEW PEOPLE!” Ingenium was making hand gestures as he yelled at them, “WE HAVE A PLAN AND SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT! NOT TO MENTION WE HAVE A CIVILIAN TO RESCUE!”

     “We do?” Carapace questioned as a pink skinned girl was sighing with a huff.

     “Seriously? These guys act all high and mighty, it’s kinda annoying,” She complained to Iida, “Not to mention how Midoriya and them left us during our Nabu Island trip and come back with new friends and acting like they’re already Pro-Heroes.”

      “I…kinda have to agree with Pinky on this,” Uravity, Ochako’s hero identity, said quietly as she was pressing her index fingers together, “I still have a lot of questions…”

      “WE DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS!” Ingenium yelled in aggravation once more, the hand chopping going even faster, “WE ARE ON A TIME CONSTRAINT MISSION HERE!”

      Uncanny Valley titled her head before glancing at Spilornis, “What should we do now?“

      “Let’s go and rescue the civilian.” The Eagle hero stated, and thus the two started to fly off.

    “HEY!” Ingenium once more was yelling at the two disappearing off, shaking his fist at them, “YOU TWO GET BACK HERE OR I WILL BE REPORTING YOU TO AIZAWA SENSEI!”

    Deku could feel his eye twitch for a moment, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

    Trickster Tails looked at his face and grinned, “Aw c’mon, Iz! You’re being a buzzkill. It seemed like yesterday you were totally into being a little shit and doing your own thing~”

     “That’s different. I had to adjust what I know when I was Usadori,” Deku titled his head as he glanced at her, “Besides, now that we’re in U.A., we’re gonna have to keep low-key and just strategize our next moves.”

     “And train?”

     “Exactly.”

     The Fox Heroine twirled her flute with a raised brow, “Alrighty. But, we still need to talk about that Sheep Miraculous.”

     “No.” 

     A scoff sounded from Trickster Tails, “And why not?”

     Izuku let out a huff.

      “Because, you weren’t supposed to see that nor should we mess up the the time stream than we already have—don’t be looking at me like that.”

      “Kats is right. You are being a hypocrite.”

       Deku looked upset for a second, before the Fox Heroine sighed.

       “Sorry.”

       “I-It’s fine. I mean, I know I am being one but…I just don’t want to have any surprises sprung up on us. And, I don’t want Ladybug nor Shinso to be mad at me again for going rogue.”

       Trickster Tails got that. She knew that both Marinette and Hitoshi always did argue with Izuku when it came to knowing future stuff and how they went about things. But she wondered what got Izuku into being a stickler for the rules now of all times. Was it because they were now in the hero school? Or was Japan that strict?

     Suddenly, an explosion happened and the two looked up with the rest of the younger heroes.

     “…Was that Dynamight?”

     Deku narrowed his eyes and huffed, “I know Kacchan’s explosion. This isn’t his.”

  “…Huh…”

     Shinso was staring at the floating young lady above them and raised a brow.

     ‘I didn’t think we’d be seeing Nejire-chan of all people this soon…’

     “Hey! Hey! Hey~! There are still villains to deal with!” Nejire Hado stated, then hummed while placing a finger over her chin, “Do you guys remember me? I'm a villain today, did you know that?”

     “Is she someone we should be careful with?” Ladybug asked, glancing at Dynamight, who smirked.

     “Nope~” He soon readied his hands, his palms sparking some mini-explosions to set off, “If she’s here, then the Sunny Moron and Dragon Breath should be around here.”

     Ladybug looked confused at the nicknames, but felt her instinct kick in when feeling another presence approaching them.

     “Not just her! I'm also a bad guy!”

     Ladybug observed that it was a tall young man with rather pale skin. His ears are longer than most, their tips pointy and somewhat elf-like. He has messy, dark indigo hair, which sticks out behind his head, and thin, tired-looking eyes, partially covered by his bangs. Although his uniform looked like it is straight out of a fantasy game on how he wore his cloak and hood, wearing a mask with transparent purple lens.

      “Oh. Suneater is here too,“ Shinkusame said casually as he waved to the hunched over hero, “HEyyyyyY Amajiki! Good to see you again, senpai!”

      Suneater made a face, shivering, “Oh no, who are you?”

    “Wha—? OH!” The Shark Hero laughed, “It’s me, Red Riot…er, had a costume and name change lately…”

    “Huh…M-Mirio did say that there will be new people…” Suneater then whined, “But I-I didn’t think there would be this much change. Man. Why'd they have to drag me into this? I feel like everyone's staring.”

    Ladybug felt herself sweat drop before looking at Shinkusame warily, “Is this…also normal?”

    Shinkusame grinned, “Yup~ Don’t worry, he’s a good guy. He’s just…introverted.”

    “I'll just pretend they're potatoes. Yeah, there are no heroes here. Only starches.” Suneater stared at them for a moment, before turning around and walking away, “I'm going home.”

     Dynamight felt a tick of anger coming on as he marched after him, “Ohhhh no you don’t, you damn villain.”

     This got Suneater alert as he started running away screaming while the blond chased after him, explosion after explosion behind him.

     Nejire blinked slowly as she floated down and puffed her cheeks out.

     “Tamaki! You silly! We’re supposed to be the bad guys! You can't bounce, now! You have a big part to play!” She turned to the rest of them and pointed her finger at them, “And don't any of you move, either! Or it'd be bad!…Because I'm a fearsome villain right now!”

    “…This is stupid.” Shinso sighed as he was already pulling his scarf sharply in hand, “Bonnie. If you please.”

    Nejire yelped as a portal appeared on her left, a cute blue shoe kicked her into another portal that appeared on Nejire’s right, and Bonnie Blanche peeked out with a salute before both portals vanished. Shinso positioned himself, looking up when a portal appeared above him and he threw his capture weapon up, feeling he caught something. Smirking, he pulled down and watched as Nejire was falling fast and landed with a thud, then tied up thanks to the brain-washer’s scarf. 

     “Hooray! We captured the villain!” The Rabbit heroine cheered as she appeared beside Shinso, who tighten his grip on holding Nejire down, “Does this mean we win?”

     “Urgh! No fair! How did you beat me?!” Nejire whined as the two teens looked down at her, but she then looked up and her eyes widened, “Ah~! Ryuhime~!”

      A gasp escaped Shinso as he saw a familiar sunset coloured Dragon Heroine bomb diving towards them, and Ladybug was quick to use her yo-yo to try and make a grab for her. But the Dragon Heroine gave a smile before she was ducking herself down, dodging every time Ladybug was trying to rope her and even had to fly higher and away from them.

     “Feels like training back with Nighteye all over again,” Shinso murmured, looking to Bonnie Blanche appearing beside him, “Only this time, I think Long-senpai isn’t going to go easy on us.”

     “Does this mean Lemillion is close by?” The Rabbit Miraculous holder asked, looking around.

      Shinso narrowed his eyes, “…If that’s the case—“  

      The two suddenly moved away as a figure appeared before them, and Shinso looked up.

      Mirio, dressed as Lemillion today, was smiling at them and waving.

      However, a familiar Monkey Hero appeared out of nowhere as well and smiled, waving his hand as he twirled his staff and suddenly pressed it against Mirio.

       “Uproar~!”

        The blond hero let out a help as he was suddenly falling back down, thanks to his quirk, but blinked as it stopped halfway, making him stuck on the ground. Howler grinned and looked up at Ryuhime and jumped up high to her level, already spinning his staff and ready to touch her with it. Ryuhime was caught off guard as she squealed and tried to dodge Howler, feeling herself fall and caught in Ladybug’s trap of her yo-yo tying her up easily. Mirio laughed weakly as he looked at the Miraculous heroes surrounding him.

     “I-I gotta say, I’m impressed you guy caught on!” The strong looking blond laughed, grinning, “Good job!”    

      Shinso smirked as he stood over Lemillion, “Learnt from the best, after all.”

     “Awwwww Mirio!” Nejire whined as Ladybug placed Setsuko down next to her while Shinkusame and Onagadori were guarding her, “You were our last hope!”

     “I should check up on Katsuki,” Ladybug swung herself up and onto another building, going to the direction where Suneater and Dynamight went. 

     Shinso watched her leave, but then suddenly felt a wave of nausea hit him and placed a hand over his mouth. Well, this feels like a familiar sensation…

     De-transforming, Rose rushed at his side while Fluff rested on top of his hair, patting his hair as if comforting Shinso.

      “Hito, what’s wrong?”

      “Something’s about to happen…”

       Rose also felt a wave of a migraine hit her, groaning and then looked at him, “…Does it have to do with the Rabbit Miraculous?”

        Shinso nodded, “We gotta catch up to Ladybug. Now.”

       Howler spoke up, “I’ll handle the seniors. You two go ahead.”

      “No, we’ll handle Mirio-senpai, Nejire-san and Setsuko-senpai,” Kagami, transforming back to normal and had Orikko resting on her shoulder with a snack while Kirishima also transformed back and held Nepp closely, “You go with Shinso-kun and Rose-chan.“

     “I don’t know what’s going on, but I wanna come too!” Chargebolt stepped up as he smiled over at Howler with a wink, “Foursomes are better than a threesome, am I right?”

     The Monkey Heroine looked confused while Rose giggled and Shinso shook his head. 

     With that said, Rose transformed back as she then created a portal, ushering Shinso, Howler and Chargebolt into it, the portal closing behind them.

   Ladybug narrowed her eyes when she spotted both Suneater and Dynamight going head to head with each other. Looks like the older male decided to fight rather than run, and the exploding hero was giving his all as well. Gripping her yo-yo, she threw it in the air.

     “LUCKY CHARM!”

     She let her Lucky Charm drop into her hands and blinked when seeing it. 

     A pepper shaker?

     The spotted heroine rolled her eyes up in exasperation, but started looking around to see what she could use this Charm for. Narrowing her eyes, she couldn’t see anything lighting up through her vision. Was there…something missing?

     It was then, out of nowhere, a red like mist surrounded them. Ladybug frowned, placing a hand over her mouth and nose while Dynamight and Suneater paused in their fight, looking around dumbly before they started to yawn. They swayed in place before they suddenly dropped to the ground with a thud, and then, it was quiet. Ladybug tighten her grip onto the pepper shaker as she looked around, her heart picking up in slight apprehension and keeping her guard up. And suddenly, the mist was blown by a strange wind.

     “Whew! Honestly, I thought that they would never stop. Devil and Ghost did a great job.”      Ladybug blinked as she turned her head to see that there were five familiar masked faces and she stepped back for a moment, but then blinked when the one that spoke de-transformed in front of her. It was a male her age, with skin pale with a hue of cool purple as if dead, hair as dark as the night sky and blood red eyes.

    “Please, we come in peace…”

    Ladybug narrowed her eyes, “…What are you doing here? Vampire, was it?”

    “Vampyre, but yes. Although, if you need my civilian name, you may address me as Basil Vladovsky.”

     Ladybug blinked as he tried to smile, although she saw the fangs he had on, and tried not to look freaked out. It seemed Basil saw her expression and stopped smiling, sighing.

     A chuckle left the hairy wolf-like being beside him, “Aw, Bas, don’t be disappointed. Not everyone is used to your…unique smile.”

     That person also de-transformed as well, showing it was another teenage boy, this one taller than Basil. His eyes were a shining brown, almost having a gold shine to them and shaggy brownish blond hair. Ladybug was somewhat reminded of a taller Adrien the way he was smiling.

     “I’m Callum Woolfe! Nice to meet you, Ladybug! Huge fan!” He introduced himself, placing his hand out to shake.

     “Er, okay?” Ladybug looked at the hand for a moment, and tentatively took his finger instead, shaking it awkwardly.

      Callum snickered, “Blimey, you are too adorable,”

      A grunt sounded and Callum looked at the quiet looking person and Callum patted the person’s arm and turned to them. Ladybug looked at the person and had to conclude this one was called…Gargoyle?

     “Relax, amigo~! We can trust Ladybug. Right, Ladybug?”

      Ladybug stayed quiet as she looked to Callum, but she glanced up seeing Shinso arriving with Bonnie Blanche, Howler and that Electric Hero, Chargebolt. It was then she saw her Lucky Charm activating at Chargebolt, then her pepper shaker and then towards the Moonlight Hunters.

      “You…didn’t explain why you all are here?” Ladybug spoke, trying to keep their attention on her as Shinso caught her look. 

      The purple haired male looked to the other three with him and placed a finger over his lips, as if to silence them. Bonnie nodded with a smile, while Howler and Chargebolt looked at each other. However, before the could react, a heavy fog surrounded them and suddenly Chargebolt let out a scream, vanishing into thin air. Howler was spinning his staff, smacking it to the ground to create a gust of wind, blowing the fog away. His eyes narrowed at seeing a ghostly figure floating in front of him, narrowing their glowing eyes back.

     “Oh, no, nooo~ This won’t do~” A cooing sweet voice spoke as a red coloured figure with horns and a spaded tail flipped over the ghost figure and suddenly blew a kiss at Howler, “Sweet dreams, monkey boy~”

      Howler coughed as red dust was sprayed over him and in seconds, his eyes rolled back before falling to the ground with a thud. Shinso’s eyes widened as he and Bonnie Blanche jumped back in time before they were hit, but Shinso felt his a whole being taken over as his world turned black.

     Bonnie Blanche landed on a high platform, looking over at her partner, who was crouched down and holding himself.

     “H-Hito?”

     Shinso looked up and his eyes were glowing, as he silently but quickly used his capture weapon to grab at the Rabbit heroine, tying her up and pulling her towards him. Bonnie Blanche screamed as she was taken out, and down below, Ladybug heard the sound and looked up frantically.

    “As we said, we do not mean any harm. But, should you try and attack us again, we will defend ourselves,” Basil spoke, looking up when four bodies were thrown in between him and Ladybug, all four of the teen heroes  were unconscious like Dynamight and Suneater.

     Ghost and Devil appeared back to their team’s side, and both of them de-transformed, showing they were two different female teens. The ghost one had almost silvery blond hair and dark hooded eyes while the other girl had fiery scarlet hair and blue violet eyes. Ladybug was almost immediately reminded of Aster. 

     “My name is Daphne Hydra. And this is Yurei Seishin.” The red head pointed to herself then to the girl beside her, then pointed to the quiet boy who de-transformed, showing he was a really tall tan skinned young man with dark chestnut hair and forest green eyes, “And this is Jude Cabrero,” 

    The one named Jude just stared at Ladybug, then looked away without saying anything.

    “…Wake up my friends. Now.” The spotted French heroine demanded calmly, her eyes glaring at the five.

     Basil sighed, “Not until we have your word that you will not attack us.”

     “We actually came to talk to you about Themis and her team.” Daphne responded, stepping forward.

     Suddenly, a poof of blue smoke appeared as a figure stepped out, standing with his staff up against Daphne’s chin. The Wizard narrowed his eyes, scowling.

      “Daphne…”

      “…Aster…”

      De-transforming, Aster stared at the other red head a few minutes more before he sighed, lowering his staff, “You should not have come here.”

      Daphne snorted, “Neither should you. Guess we’re both family disgraces.”

      Ladybug sighed, already de-transformed to Marinette considering the teens in front of her did. If they trust me so much, I should do the same.

      “Okay. I swear on the Miracle Box that I will not attack you.” She said with a hand over her heart and then looked at the five, “Now, please snap my friends back to unconsciousness or whatever you just did to them…”

      Aster sighed as he called for Hecca and waved his hand in gesture, the Kwami soon was flying over the sleeping group, waking them.

      Popping his eyes open immediately, Dynamight soon sat up and was aiming his gaze towards the strangers, his palms already crackling in warning, “Villains…”

      This caused the five to flinch with mixtured looks of hurt, anger and shame. Marinette noticed this and was about to say something when Howler of all people stepped forward and tapped his bo-staff onto Dynamight’s shoulder. This caused the blond to let out a strangled groan when suddenly the popping sounds of his quirk stopped, replaced with bubbles instead. 

     “Argh! What the hell—?”

     “Sorry, Kats. But I believe Marinette wishes to talk to these people,” The Monkey hero looked at the pig-tailed girl and winked, “Go ahead, Marinette.”

      Marinette smiled gratefully at him before looking at the Moonlight Hunters, “So, start explaining. Why are you here? You said something about Themis?”

       Relieved that they were being heard, Basil launched into their reason for being here.

      “Themis is already forming her new hero group, almost similar to you and Chat Noir’s old team line-up.”

     This surprised Aster and Marinette the two looking at each other before looking bak at the pale looking teen

     “And…how do you know this?” Aster asked.

     This was when Callum was bringing his phone up and showing an article flashing on the screen.

     “Themis introduces new teammates: Melodie, Gavroche, Kid Mime and Yamikumo.”

      And indeed, in the pictures, showed four hero themed teens next to a proud looking Themis. 

      The first one was a girl with platinum blond hair wearing a jumpsuit with a white torso and black lower half. On her torso is a massive black treble clef on a staff. At the base of her jumpsuit was a series of white musical notes, which made an infinity symbol. She had white boots and dark gray gloves. Across her face was a white mask, black bent eight note around one of her eyes on the mask. This girl looked looked like she would be the Rena Rouge of the team, considering a flute was hanging on her left hip.

      Next, was a mocha skinned male wearing silver goggles with black lines over the eyes and yellow-green lenses. He appears to have worn a green and white hoodie jacket, with the hood over his head and white stripes over his shoulders and around his hood. His hands were covered with white gloves. This looked to be the Carapace of the team.

      The person next to him was a grinning tall boy with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue mask with a thick white line underneath each eye. He wore a blue suit that was white from his neck to his shoulders with three blue dots down each side of his neck. There were also white gloves and a white line that went down each side of his body.

       Lastly, there was a lean masked young man with dark raven hair and blood red eyes, dressed in what seems to be Black jumpsuit with glowing amber like linings, even having a furred belt that almost resembled a tail. In a way, he looked like an inverted male version of Volpina. And judging by the way he stood next to Themis, he seemed to be her partner. Her Chat Noir. 

      “Yamikumo?” Shinso hummed as he looked at the article, raising a brow, “Never heard of him.”

      “I’ve never heard of the rest of them either.” Marinette stared at Themis and Yamikumo for a moment before looking back at the Moonlight Hunters, “And so? What’s the problem?”

      “Er, maybe we should move this conversation somewhere else?” Luka, de-transforming back to his civilian form, spoke with a concerned look while glancing at Suneater and Chargebolt watching them.

      Marinette noticed, “Oh! Right, er, maybe we should go to Monsieur Aizawa and talk in private?”

       Adrien blinked his eyes as he looked around him to see he was back in a familiar empty space once more.

       ‘Am I dreaming again?’

      The blond sighed, realising that he was about to experience a memory of some sort once again. The thing is, was it going to be that Hisashi guy again? 

       “He should be here by now if that was the case.” Adrien spoke out loud to himself as he rubbed at his arm, feeling a sense of awkwardness of being alone, “To think me taking a nap in my new dorm room would make me deep sleep like this…”

       “I will give you everything you want if you agree to join me. You have my word. Choice to those without power. Mercy to those who have sinned.”

        Adrien blinked as he was suddenly in a dark room with no windows and only one door, and the air was…dense and cold. He heard coughing and soon turned his head to see a young man curled in on himself, his hand over his mouth and the other hand over his stomach. The man looked in about his twenties, with shaggy white hair and pale skin. 

        Adrien felt sorry for him.

       He soon heard the door click open and a tall looming figure stepped in. Adrien squinted to see the man’s features, but somehow his facial expression was covered in static as if censored from the blond’s vision.

       “You've stopped eating again. You're disintegrating into nothing.”

       Adrien watched them as they talked, the conversation suddenly distorted as if being drowned under water. It was hard to hear, and Adrien wanted to step closer to listen.

       “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

        Adrien was sopped by a clawed hand and the blond thought it was Hisashi once more, but was surprised that this time it was a different Cat Hero. This one had short, spiky, ginger salmon hair, and somewhat thin red eyes that are slanted slightly downwards. He almost reminded Adrien of Dynacat in a way, but Adrien saw peaks of a scar behind his mask.

         “…You’re not Monsieur Midoriya?”

         “Way to state the obvious, kid.” The new cat hero glanced at the other and raised a brow, “Although I am impressed you are connected to One-For-All. Not many of the Cats before me could see the memories of that guy…”

         “What?” Adrien blinked, “One-For-All?”

         There goes that term again. Izuku said it was part of his power.

         “…” The mystery cat hero sighed as he rolled his eyes up, before folding his arms, “I assume you have questions. So make it quick to ask before you are suddenly woken up again.”

        Adrien flailed for a moment, already scrambling his brain into what to say next, not noticing how amused the older cat hero looked watching him. The blond then calmed down, before he glanced up at the other.

       “What…s-should I call you?”

       Somehow this caught the man off guard, before he then sighed, “…I suppose if I had to name myself, I would be Kuroneko. Something that Bọ rùa had named me when we were still—“

      “Bo…who?”

      “…She was my Ladybug.“

      Adrien winced at the hinted protective tone that Kuroneko had when talking about his Ladybug, “R-right. So, um, how am I speaking to you? Is this real?”

       “It is very much real,” Kuroneko explained as the room melted away, sending the vision of the two men away as they were now in some sort of ruins that had a single throne placed in the middle of it, “It is thanks to your Kwagatama that Plagg-san has gifted you from your last birthday.”

        “Oh!” Adrien pulled something from his jacket pocket and held up what seems to be a pendant on a silver chain, “This thing?”

       “Correct.”

       Adrien accepted that.

       “You said I was connected to One-For-All. How?”

       “It is thanks to me,” Kuroneko pointed at himself, “I was the second wielder of that power.”

       “Does this mean that I—?”

       “No, you cannot wield One-For-All like Ninth can.”

       “Ninth?”

        “The one you call Izuku.”

        “Right.” Adrien hummed, looking at his Kwagatama, “Can I summon any Cat Hero?”

        “Ones that have passed on. Your explosive buddy, the hypnotist, Your Lady and the capped one do not count. ”

        To Adrien, he thought that made sense. Considering Bakugo, Shinso, Marinette and Nino are still alive. And they were temporary.

       “What about Izuku? Will he use the Cat to one day?”

       “…”

       Adrien watched the man’s facial expression, and wasn’t sure if the other didn’t have an answer or he didn’t want to say it. The current cat holder decided to change the subject.

       “Who were those two guys we saw a while ago?”

       Relief washed over Kuroneko for a moment before he hummed, “The man in the suit is All-For-One. A villain that has terrorised many for decades. And the biggest enemy of yours. Meanwhile the pathetic weakling he was talking to was his brother. And the First User of One-For-All.”

        Folding his arms, Adrien let that information settle in his mind, before he looked back at Kuroneko, “Was there a Butterfly Villain when you were still alive?”

        “No. However, we did have a Fox Villain.”

         This surprised Adrien, as he blinked, “A…fox villain?”

        “She was someone that worked with AFO and someone that kept guard on First before we rescued him. A talented thief.” Kuroneko explained with a tired voice, “Apparently she tried stealing some of the Miraculous from the Miracle Box when the Jade Turtle was on the run. She managed to swipe the Pendant of the Fox, and it is how that Guardian assigned me and Bọ rùa with our Miraculous. And we eventually took the Fox Miraculous back, but…we lost our lives because of that.”

         Adrien could see the sorrow the man had and wanted to reach out and comfort him, but his thoughts were muddled into the story he was told. 

         ‘A fox…’ Adrien thought as he tapped his chin, ‘If I remember correctly, Master Fu had lost the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous when the Celestial Temple was destroyed by Feast. And they weren’t found until a few years later when it was in the hands of Gabriel Agreste…’

      Kuroneko watched as Adrien’s thoughts swirled, then quirked a brow, “I’m surprised you’re not asking the important question of all?”

      The snapped the current Cat Hero out of his thoughts and looked up, “Which is…?”

       “What happened to the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous and how it was obtained?“

        Adrien frowned, “…Are you going to tell me?”

        A sharp smile was on the man’s face, “That’s for another Cat hero to answer.”

        “Somehow I had a feeling that was going to be an answer,” Adrien sighed before he felt his world shift, “Don’t tell me…”

        “Time to wake up.”

        “Adrien.”

        The blond’s eyes snapped open before he looked over to see Izuku standing over him, his eyes knowing.

         “…Good dream?”

         Adrien narrowed his eyes, “What do you think?”

         Izuku smiled brightly, chuckling, “It seems you learnt something~”

         Sitting up, the former model rubbed his eyes before he then gave a stare, quirking his brow up while Izuku just stood there with a cheeky grin. Something told the blond that Izuku somehow knows just exactly what happened. It wouldn’t surprise Adrien really if the green haired male did.

        “Anyways, I came to get you. Our Lady has a meeting with the other guardians and Master Fu to talk about what to do with the Moonlight Hunters.”

         “Moonlight Hunters?”

         Izuku nodded, “Oh yeah. Apparently, they want a truce and an alliance with us.”

         Adrien got out of bed slowly, “And are we going to?”

         “I think it would be good to have them on our side.” Izuku said happily, waiting for Adrien as the two soon were out of the room and walking to where Master Fu was staying, “Especially considering that Gabriel is already forming a teen team of his own.”

         Adrien frowned at the mention of his so called father turned uncle as he hummed, “I don’t think Gabriel would take me being emancipated lying down.”

        “Nope~ In fact, he is now making a campaign to get you back by swaying public opinion about you. Saying that you were brainwashed and kidnapped~” Izuku pointed out and Adrien paled, “Luckily, not everyone believes him. I suppose it is because your mother’s family is also participating in this social media warfare.“

        “Grandfather and Grandmother are?”

         “Both Lord Emil and Lady Milly Graham de Vanily are making their statements that they want you and Felix in their custody,” Izuku hummed while tilting his head from side to side, nonchalantly, “I’m pretty sure they’re gonna go against Amelie-san in family court.”

         “What…what about Fa—Gabriel’s side of the family?”

          Izuku blinked, “Do you mean Gabriel’s parents, your grandparents, Johnny and Gabrielle Grassette?”

          Adrien narrowed his eyes, “…You know their names?”

          Izuku smiled, making bunny ears with his hands.

         “Ah. That makes sense.”

         “But fear not! I suggested to Aizawa-Sensei to contact them~”

         Adrien’s eyes widened, “I…get to meet them?”

         “Actually, it was Amelie-san’s idea. Apparently when they heard the news about their son and how you’re gone, they wanted to check up on you and tried contacting anyone about your whereabouts. This included Amelie-san.”

          Adrien bit his lower lip, “And…do you know what they’re like?”

          Izuku softened, smiling a little, “They…are nicer than you can imagine. Makes me wonder where they went wrong with their son…”

         “Me too…” Adrien murmured, as he looked awkward, “Fuck, it makes me realise I don’t know Gabriel when he was still my father all too well.”

         “Don’t beat yourself up, Adri-kun.” Izuku nudge him and smiled weakly back, “I never knew my father either.”

          Adrien felt himself pause at that moment, stopping in his tracks and stared at Izuku’s calm stance. Perhaps he should finally say what he has to say, and took a breath.

          “….Izuku, I have to tell you something.”

            Izuku froze, his eyes widening and looking nervous, which confused Adrien for a moment. But he shook his head and focused on the task at hand. The blond knew that he should at least let the other boy know of Hisashi and what he saw last time.

          “Izuku, I talked with your father. I’m…I’m pretty sure I did! That day during our fight against Nine.”

          Adrien waited for the other’s reaction, who was blank faced and silent.

          “…Izuku, I know you heard me.”

          “I did. And I’m thinking that it’s impossible—“

          “Your dad was a previous Cat Holder.”

          “….”

         Adrien took a breath, “And…and you know what that means...“

         “…I do.”

         Izuku looked away as he placed a hand over his eyes, his lower lip wobbling.

        Adrien reached out to wrap his arms around Izuku and hugged him tightly, already feeling the One-For-All holder shaking and sniffling, “Izuku, I’m sorry.”

         “Mom…m-mom said he went away for a business trip. I-I wondered…why he never came back in years…”

          Adrien stayed quiet as Izuku silently cried, it was a first to the blond that Izuku was showing an emotion other than being a happy go lucky know-it-all with a cheeky streak and many secrets. In this moment, Adrien realised that Izuku had kept so much in…like Marinette. How much the growing hero had shouldered so much and thought he couldn’t trust anyone or show any weakness. It felt all too familiar. And so, Adrien just quietly comforted Izuku, letting his friend have a moment to grief and let it all out.

          “Don’t worry, Izuku. I’m here. It’s okay. You’re not alone.”

      Marinette looked at the time, frowning a bit. Where are Adrien and Izuku?

      They were here for a while as she (along with Shinso, Rose, Bakugo and Luka) met up with Aizawa and Amelie to introduce the Moonlight Hunters and explain what was going on. Thankfully, Tamaki Amajiki took the hint and brought Denki Kaminari back and returning him to Class-A. After that, Luka volunteered along with Rose to collect Eijiro, Shoto and Momo from class so they could be in this meeting and both Luka and Rose would remain in class to distract the others from questioning where they were. Shinso was allowed to stay considering he was Aizawa’s protege and Aster stayed because he knew one of the Moonlight Hunters personally. Master Fu was the last to join them.

       “So…” Aizawa hummed as he listened to both Marinette and Basil’s words, and finally sighed, “Moonlight Hunters ran away from their own Heroes’ Association that is being run by Tsurugi Industries, and apparently were to be in alliance with Paris’ new heroes?”

        “Yes,” The pale vampire like male nodded.

        “And, why should we care?” Shinso asked warily, and Daphne sighed.

        “Because we were threaten to carry out some insane tasks. And…we don’t want to be a part of it.”

        “Especially that none of us are British citizens except for Daphne,” Callum interjected with a frown, “Jude, Yurei and I are orphans from different countries and were raised in a place called The Nursery. Basil was sold off to some doctor guy and Daphne is apparently forced by her mother to join us. We were all picked up by the British Intelligence, trained to form this group and be disposed of if we go rogue.”

        “So like a suicide squad?” Bakugo asked with a grunt, arms folded, and eyebrow raised in suspicion, “Then why run when you could be killed?”

         “Because it’s either flee…or we do the mission.”

         “And what was the mission?” Amelie asked.

         The five looked at each other for a moment, and Basil spoke up shakily.

         “We were assign to assassinate Ladybug and Chat Noir. In public. Heroes turned villains by akumatization to set the stage for Themis and her new team to defeat us and win the hearts of the people all over the world.”

        Everyone in the room stared at the Moonlight Hunters in shock, that even Aizawa looked horrified at this.

       “What?!” Marinette gaped at them before she stood up, “That’s insane.”

       “There were other targets too…”

        Daphne pulled up her phone quietly as she showed a hologram popping on screen. Pictures of Thunderbird, Lady Dragon, Spilornis with Uncanny Valley and Sparrow, Ghost Force, even Pixie Girl and The Sorcerer were revealed right next to the pictures of Ladybug and Chat Noir.

       Aster growled as he fisted his hand, “This is basically a hit list.”

       “I…do not want to kill.” Yurei, the wispy girl next to Basil, spoke softly as she placed her hands over his lips and looked teary eyed, “No kill.”

       “We wish to be free and not fight anyone. And thus, we came to you, Ladybug.” Basil looked to Marinette with pleading eyes, “Because you are our only hope.”

      “Time out.” Bakugo placed his hands up before looking to the Ladybug holder, “Spots, what if they are lying?”

       Daphne stood up angrily, “Why would we lie?!”

      “I know Daphne. She’s many things, but a liar, she is not.” Aster defended calmly, but then glanced at the other four members of the Moonlight Hunters, “Can’t say I vouch for the others…”

       “Bakugo has a point. We don’t know them all that well, even if Aster is related to one of them,” Shinso agreed, sighing, “And they are also anomalies I’ve never faced before. How do we know that they aren’t going to stab us in the back when we’re not looking?”

        Marinette understood where the boys were coming, she did.

       “What do you three think?” She looked to the other three Guardians in training.

        “I believe them,” Kirishima spoke as he stared at them, “Because I can tell they are really scared of the adults that forced them into this mess, and that can’t be faked.”

        “Then again, they were trained. Meaning they could also be trained to get our guard down by pretending,” Momo pointed out but then hummed, “Perhaps we should bring Luka-kun back in here since he is a very good lie detector.”

      Shoto was quiet for the most part, having a thoughtful look on him. And then, he spoke up.

     “I’m with Kirishima.”

     Bakugo gave him a look, and Shoto explained.

     “If they were truly lying, they would not have snuck into U.A. just to talk. They would have immediately had taken us down. It was proven apparently when they easily took down even Suneater along with you, Rose-san, Shinso, Kaminari and Luka-san. But they did not kill you all on the spot.”

      This caused the explosion hero to snort and look away.

      Shoto looked to Marinette now, “Perhaps it would be best to wait on Adrien and Midoriya to get their answers on this too. Speaking of, I wonder where they are?”

      “…Maybe I should go look for them,” Marinette murmured as she was about to step out the room but blinked when the door opened to reveal Adrien and Izuku, “Oh! There you both are, I was going to…Why are both of your eyes red?”

      Adrien smiled weakly as Izuku was wiping his eyes and looking away. 

       “We…had a bonding moment.”

      The Ladybug holder raised a brow, but decided to let that go.

      “So, what did we miss?” The blond asked her partner, who sighed.

      “Basically? We got some runaways that wants to join us.”

      She managed to give the rundown on what happened, and meanwhile, Bakugo and Shoto approached Deku.

      “Are you okay, Midoriya?”

       Izuku sniffed, then gave a quick assuring smile at Shoto, “I’m okay. Just…had a heart to heart with Adrien about something.”

      Shoto softened, wanting to ask more information but decided against it for now. Bakugo, on the other hand, was staring at Izuku hard with an unreadable expression. Almost as if his eyes were examining the green haired male of anything out of place. Izuku frowned, giving a look back just a strong, making the blond look away with a sound of ‘Tch!’ with his teeth.

     Aizawa took a moment to close his eyes and take a breath, before he spoke, “I…will talk to All Might and Principal Nezu. Because taking in five more foreign problem children is going to be a lot.”

     “Since they are from London, I can also help out,” Amelie offered as she was bringing out her phone, but then huffed, “Especially since in a week, I do have to meet Momsie and the Duke of Westchestermunster…”

     Aizawa looked uncomfortable at that, while Adrien stepped forward.

      “I wanna be there when you meet Grandma and Grandpa,” Adrien paused before he corrected himself, “I mean…the grandparents that I thought were mine when I still thought Gabriel Agreste was my father.”

       Amelie looked surprised, and when she caught the sheepish look from Izuku, she understood. Smiling softly, she brought Adrien in a hug and then hummed.

       “Are you sure? I was thinking of meeting them on my own to explain everything…”

       The younger blond nodded, “I do. Especially since it seems they are worried about me. Although…”

        Amelie looked at her son worriedly, “Although?”

        “…I’m worried they’ll be disappointed? That I’m not their grandson really?”

       “Oh Adrien, my darling,” Amelie caressed his hair gently and smiled, touching the back of her fingers against his cheek, “You’ll still be their grandson even if not by blood. From what I have seen and heard from them, they are good people. Gabriel is honestly a shitty son to cut ties with wonderful people like them as family.”

      “Hime…” Aizawa drawled with a smile, even when he had a scolding tone.

       The British woman giggled, making a face at him as Aizawa rolled his eyes fondly.

        Adrien glanced over at Izuku, who just nodded his head with a smile, and Adrien couldn’t help but smile back. At least something good came with everything going on.

      Marinette folded her arms, looking to Kirishima, “Speaking of which, how is Kagami holding up on the news of her mother?”

      “There have been times that random people keep calling Gami saying they are working for Tsurugi Industries and trying to get her out of U.A. to meet up, but luckily the school has blocked anyone from outright kidnapping her. I heard it was the same for Chloe and Zoe.” Kirishima looked troubled, “I feel like they are going to be like prisoners in here since they can’t step out of U.A. without threats of being taken away.”

     “They won’t be,” Marinette assured him as she touched his arm, smiling warmly, “We’ll protect them. We’ll stick together. No one is going to be taken away. Not if I have anything to say about it.”

     Shoto didn’t relax even with those words, and Marinette had a feeling that the look he had on him was screaming protective. To all of them…or to a certain person?

       Fu hummed as he stroked his goatee, “I shall give Marianne a call to help as well. I am sure she might have more information on what is happening in London.”

      “Sounds good,” Aizawa hummed, and looked to the children, “With that said, meeting adjourned. Get plenty of rest since tomorrow is going to be a busy day.”

     Aizawa soon sent the children back to their dorm and Master Fu excused himself to give his beloved a call. Aizawa glanced over at Amelie, who was tidying up the room and spoke with a sigh.

     “So…”

     Amelie glanced up at him after fluffing the pillows on the couch, expecting the tone that the man had, “So?”

     The erasure quirk user raised a brow as he stared at her back, then let out a deep sigh, “Are we not going to talk about the visit to Tartarus?”

     The woman growled as she whipped around and pointed a finger at him, “Don’t…don’t go there.”

     Aizawa looked pained as he continued, “The reports from Tsukauchi and Gran Torino…then the confirmation from both Shinso and Midoriya—” 

      Amelie grabbed something from the side as she screeched, “I SAID ENOUGH!”

      Aizawa moved his head as he heard the shatter of his favourite mug made an impact on the wall behind him, watching Amelie breathing heavily, tears in her eyes.

      “I…don’t want to hope again,”

       “Hime—”

       “NO! Shouta, I…” Amelie sobbed as she placed her hands over her eyes, “I can’t. Not again. We’ve been down this road before. With Missy. With the friends we lost, our old classmates we worked side by side with? A-and now you want me to believe that Oboro is possibly alive? And turned into a monster?”

      “I know…” Swallowing painfully, Aizawa spoke slowly, “But this time for sure--”

      “I dunno if Ebony’s heart can take anymore. Nor Hizashi or Nemuri’s. Or mine, for that mater,” Amelie murmured as she felt arms around her, and coughed, “The last time we hoped in finding Missy, and it was a dead end? Our friendship with Hizashi almost destroyed us. And it what caused Ebony’s mental shut down…she was never the same after that, and Sabine didn’t have the heart to blame us.“

      The words of ‘It’s what tore our relationship apart’ was left hanging in the air in silence, and Aizawa nodded. He knew that. He…didn’t want o bring false hope again on a lead that might not be even true.

     ...But if Midoriya was correct.

     “Sensei.” The green haired male stopped the man for a moment before heading out to find Adrien, “There’s something you should know.”

      Aizawa raised a brow, nodding his head to let the boy continue but noticed that Deku looked troubled. Whatever the boy wanted to say, it must’ve been something hard to say out loud.

    “Go ahead, Midoriya. I’m listening.”

    “…Oboro Shirakumo is alive.”

    “…”

     Deku’s face didn’t show any hesitation or lie, and Aizawa felt his stomach drop.

    “…Proof?”

    “Shinso can confirm. You can even ask him.” Deku said immediately and soon dropped another bombshell with a serious look, “And with Tokoyami having the Eagle Miraculous, I believe we can restore him the way he was before.”

     “Restore him?” Aizawa questioned, “What do you…?”

    “The man you once knew is a lot different than you remember,” The young man explained as he sighed, “He’s changed. It was because of All-For-One and the League. Sensei, Shirakumo-san is Kurogiri.”

    Even now, Aizawa found it hard to believe. But it wasn’t like the One-For-All user would make up something like that. Which meant that Izuku Midoriya must’ve found out using the Rabbit Miraculous.

    Amelie watched Aizawa’s expression as she took a breath, “When is the visit?”

    “After the Joint Training. Once that is done, myself and Present Mic will—“

    “Oh no. You are bringing me with you.” Amelie growled, poking at his chest and baring her teeth at him, “If what you’re saying is true, then I want to see it with my own bloody eyes.”

     Aizawa was quiet for a moment, staring into her eyes but eventually gave in. Amelie smiled in triumph, leaning up to kiss his cheek before she leaned against him, resting her head onto his chest. Aizawa softened, tightening his hold on her as he basked in the embrace. Just a little longer…

    Themis stared out the window for a moment, seeing the sun rising and how the light reflected over the city of Paris, especially the Eiffel Tower. Taking a deep breath, she stepped back and noticed someone was in the room with her, sitting on a chair in the shadows. Narrowing her eyes, she took off the “blindfold” of a mask to show the fierce weariness behind those grayish gold eyes.

     “…You didn’t have to check up on me, Yamikumo.”

    A chuckle escaped the figure as he stepped out into the light, the “hero” giving a lopsided grin.

    “And not make sure My Lady is alright? I mean we did good out there,” He spoke calmly with an air of dramatics, walking over to stay side by side with her, “What? Not liking that you’re finally living your dreams?”

    Themis was quiet for a moment, her eyes full of mixed emotions. It almost looked like she was conflicted with the way she was biting her lower lip and fiddling with her hands. This caused Yamikumo’s smile to drop, now looking concerned for his new partner.

     “Talk to me, Alya.”

     The girl took a shaky breath before looking at the boy, reaching a hand out to brush the dark bangs from his eyes before moving the mask away to show his full face to her, “I told you not to call me that anymore.”

     “It’s just us, don’t worry. And I told you to call me Mikumo when we’re alone,” The young man pouted, leaning against her hand as the back of her fingers brushed over the freckles dusting over his cheeks, “Not like anyone dares to disturb us anyway.”

     “How are the team? Are they resting now?”

      Mikumo didn’t like the subject change, but sighed as he stepped back and stood straight, “They’re lights out as soon as they got into their respective rooms. I’m telling ya, it was a good idea that Tsurugi Industries were kind enough to give us the Le Grand Paris as our headquarters.”

      “They’re our sponsors. Of course they’re going to treat us well if we’re ever to be in tip top shape as heroes and save Paris,” Alya hummed before she looked out the window again, before making her way to the sliding doors and out the balcony, “But…there’s still some questions that I have. I am drawing a blank on how we came to this? I mean, Ladybug and Chat Noir traitors and going AWOL to make their own Miraculous Army? That they might be involved of Hawkmoth and Mayura’s recent escape from prison? And the fact the rumours of them kidnapping rich kids like Adrien, Kagami and even Chloe?”

       Alya groaned as she placed her hand over her forehead, feeling a migraine coming on.

      “Hey, hey. Nope. None of that.” Mikumo took her hand and squeezed it, “Remember what the Good Doctor said? If you try and regain your memories too quickly, it’s gonna hurt you and may give you permanent mental damage.”

      A sigh escaped the girl as she moved herself to rest her head onto his shoulder, squeezing his hand back, “…What would I do without you?”

     “Live a boring and sad life in the Nursery, I suppose.” A laugh escaped Mikumo, “Besides, it’s a good thing Gabriel Agreste found you when he did and brought you back to your family. Not only that, but to offer you a chance to have a quirk and be a superhero? I have to say, you are one lucky girl.”

    “To be the face of Truth and Justice, that’s what Mayor Agreste said is my future now. And I’m kinda glad that he is the new mayor and cares about the city and it’s people,” Alya hummed, but then pursed her lips, “Although, I still can’t help but wonder what exactly Ladybug was thinking. I wish we could talk to her.”

    “Tsurugi-san said that she refused to talk to the Quantic Kids because she feels threatened by us and how we stole their jobs,” Mikumo scoffed, looking bitter “I tell you. They are even worse than the Heroes’ Association in Japan. Bunch of fakes and completely corrupted.”

    Alya saw his expression and squeezed his hand in reassurance, “Hey, hey. Don’t think about them. You’re free now and away from their clutches. I will not let them take you away again, they’ll have to fight me first!”

    Mikumo smiled with a tint of a blush on his cheeks as he leaned against her, sighing dreamily, “What would I do without you~?”

     “Probably be another Hawks puppet.” Alya joked but then frowned, “In all seriousness, I can’t believe the information we found about the Japanese Heroes’ Association. If you stayed any longer…you would’ve ended up like Lady Nagant.”

    The thought made both teens sick to their stomachs.

     “I’m glad that you two are bonding. The perfect heroic pair.”

      Both teen heroes looked back to see Gabriel Agreste smiling warmly at them, and the two looked relieved.

      “Good morning, Mayor Agreste,” Alya smiled as she placed her blindfold back on and bowed her head.

       “Please, Miss Cesaire, don’t be so formal with me. You can just call me Gabriel,” A chuckle escaped from the all white wearing man, giving a fatherly look gaze, “After all, we’re like family here.”

       “We still can’t thank you enough for giving us this opportunity to actually pay you back from rescuing us,” Mikumo replied in kind, as Alya nodded.

       “If it weren’t for you and the Alliance, I think I would’ve ended up not here in this moment,” 

       “Please, as long as you both are safe, that’s all that matters to me.” Gabriel waved them off with a chuckle but then turned serious, “I just came in to inform you that we have a meeting tonight with the London Embassy.”

      “Is there something wrong?” Alya noted how the newly appointed Mayor looked troubled.

      “It would seem that the Moonlight Hunters have gone rogue.” Gabriel explained, looking away with a deep sigh and a worried look, alerting both Alya and Mikumo, “They went to Japan to seek out Ladybug.”

      “Why would they do that?” Alya questioned but Mikumo nudged her for a moment, shaking his head, “No, Yamikumo, I think we should go after them and get to the bottom of this!”

      “And indeed, you shall.”

       This caught both heroes by surprise.

        “We…are?” The dark haired male asked slowly, as if not understanding.

        “Tsurugi Industries has a new mission for you both and the rest of the Quantic Kids. You will be heading to Japan to get the Moonlight Hunters back and returned to London.”

         Alya and Mikumo looked at each other in confusion.

         “Um, but what about Paris?” Alya asked.

        Gabriel smiled, “I think considering that we’re already cleaned up the city and it seems quiet—” 

        “With all due respect, Mayor, we shouldn’t leave since we’re still trying to figure out where Hawkmoth and Mayura has gone…”

        “Actually, we have tracked one of them…”

        Gabriel soon pulled up his ring on his finger and clicked the side of it.

        “Alliance. Please show the footage from the CCTVs in the Parisian Airport last night.”

        Soon, all three of them saw the hologram and spotted Nathalie Sancoeur walking past security in a disguise, looking around before passing through immigration.

        “But where is Hawkmoth?” Mikumo murmured, while Alya remained quiet.

        “That is what you are going to find out,” Gabriel clicked off his Alliance ring before turning away, “Your other mission is to find Hawkmoth and Mayura…and your lead coincides with your first mission since it seems Mm. Sancoeur is escaping to Japan as well. ”

        ‘What is happening in Japan?’ Alya thought before glancing at a wary Mikumo and softened, ‘Maybe the rumour of Ladybug being corrupted by the Heroes’ Association along with the Miraculers is true…then, that means it’s our job to put a stop to this.’

       Bringing in her Themis persona, the young heroine stood straight, hand over heart, “We will take on this mission and carry it out swiftly. When do we leave?”

        With his back to them, Gabriel smirked evilly before he masked his face with a fatherly like smile when turning back to them. Perfect.

        “Tonight.”

        “I can't believe we're already back at it! Aren't you excited?”

        Ladybug stood by while watching her new classmates, tapping her foot on the ground with her arms folded. Maybe it was because she was still…out of sorts of being surrounded by other teen heroes.

        “Don't you get cold like that, Hagakure?” Earphone Jack questioned soon after, smiling in amusement of watching floating boots and clothes moving around as if dancing.

        “Yeah, I'm freezing~” A giggle came from the invisible girl, while the musician like heroine shrugged.

        “But ya got guts~”

        “Clock my winter outfit. Isn't it, like, super cute?”

        “It’s lovely~”

        While the girls were talking along with Pinky and even Creati, Ladybug couldn’t help but lean over towards Carapace, who was at her side.

        “They’re really carefree, huh?”

        “Well, I don’t blame them. We’re actually gonna be facing each other and showing off what we’ve learnt. Plus, it would be good practice to fight and work with different opponents and teammates.” The Turtle hero hummed, “Like Sir Nighteye said, we can be pretty predictable. So we should combat that for future battles.“

        “I’d rather much prefer to figure out more of the new Hawkmoth and their plans,” Ladybug grumbled, sighing, “Plus, we have Guardian stuff to sort out. It won’t be long until Master Fu passes down the roles to us.”

        “Speaking of, I heard you and The Wizard were figuring out the loophole for the losing your memories once no longer a Guardian thing for Master Fu?”

        Ladybug nodded, “I think we’re close to figuring out. I have talked with Chat Noir last night and figured out we could use our Kwagatamas from our Kwamis as the key to avoid the memory wiping thing.”

       Carapace smiled, “Alright! Glad that you guys are almost there! I would hate Master Fu forgetting about everything. Especially Miss Marianne.”

        Howler was fiddling with his bo-staff for a moment, almost looking lost in though when he felt someone beside him. Turning in curiosity, he blinked slowly when he noticed it was the smiling girl with pink cheeks.

      “Hello. Er, Uravity, right?” The Monkey hero asked with a friendly smile, as the young heroine nodded.

      “Yup~! That’s me. Howler-san, yes?” She asked in return, and when Howler nodded, she brightened, “Nice to meet you! Deku has spoken briefly that you guys are awesome! I hope we can work together well!”

      She offered her hand out to him and Howler took that hand and shook it.

      “Likewise. Your melody is actually…” 

       Howler paused, his eyes widened a fraction as he stared at her. He squinted, almost leaning his face down near hers with a look and Uravity had to lean back with a blush and looking puzzled.

        “Um, i-is there something on my face?” She asked slowly, before Howler moved back and now had a bright look about him, ‘Is this a French thing?’

        “Wow. I’ve never heard your melody before. It’s…kinda refreshing. It’s like a mixture of sweet crescendos of violins and harps, giving a vibe of hope and inspiration. It’s kinda suits you.” Howler stated, as he tilted his head and hummed, “It almost reminds me of— ” 

      “Look who we have here~? Relaxed and full of yourselves, as always…obviously you underestimate us!”

      Everyone in Class A snapped their heads to the source of the voice, making Shinso narrow his eyes especially.

      Shinkusame smirked, punching his fist into his hand, “There you are! We've been lookin' forward to this~”

      “Ha! Is that so? I'm not sure why~? There's no way you stand a chance against us in this exercise!”

      The voice soon revealed it belonged to Neito Monoma in his hero costume as Phantom Thief, smirking as he was dressed at the ready in costume along with his classmates. Striking a pose, Phantom Thief soon cried out with a laugh.

       “COME ON, CLASS-A! LET’S SEE WHO’S THE BEST ONCE AND FOR ALL~!!!”

       Whisketeer peeked out behind him as she glanced over the opposite class, and smiled when spotting Bonnie Blanche and Shinso. She waved over to them, and softened when the rabbit heroine was cheerfully waving back and Shinso gave a smirk and wink. Phantom Thief immediately saw this and nudged at mouse heroine with a scolding look.

      “Don’t be letting your guard down, Whisketeer-san. Class-A has a knack of trying to play dirty, so let’s work together to bring the inferior class down and show them who’s boss!”

      Whisketeer winced but pursed her lips, glancing back at the two before looking back at the blond. While she didn’t agree with his words, she did want to see how strong she’s gotten as a heroine. Especially that she has a quirk now. So for now, she nodded her head and stood tall.

     Bonnie Blanche blinked when she saw the mouse heroine look away while the loud blond was talking, and looked to Shinso, “Huh, wonder what’s gotten into her?”

    Shinso was quiet as he watched on, narrowing his eyes. I just hope Monoma didn’t say anything stupid.

    Deku pursed his lips when he saw Chat Noir on the other side, and gave one nod at him. Chat Noir gave a nod back, before he caught eyes with Ladybug. 

    ‘Who would’ve thought that I’d be against my partner in this exercise,’ He would think, giving a quick smile and salute, ‘Maybe this can be my time to shine and show Ladybug that I’ve gotten strong and can be my own hero without her sometimes!’

    Ladybug gave an encouraging smile to him and nodded, as she gave a thumbs up. ‘Good luck, Chat Noir.’

    Eraserhead, who has been at the sideline the whole time with Vlad King, glanced over at the Class B teacher with a sigh, “Shouldn't we be getting on with this, Vlad?”

      “TIME FOR COMBAT TRAINING!”

       As Vlad King explained the Joint Training and what it’s about, Shinso glanced towards Deku and had a conflicted look. 

      ‘If I remember correctly, back in my timeline, Deku lost control of Black Whip. Considering that now he has better control of One-For-All and their powers this time around, he should be fine. But…’

      Deku was lost in thought, his eyes glazed over as he stared at Uravity and Howler talking between themselves but then snapped his gaze towards Shinso. The hypnotic hero blinked slowly before he made a hand signal, and Deku gave a mysterious smile.

      ‘Thing is, from what Deku told me, he’s mastered most of the powers. The only one he hasn’t unlocked are Second and Third’s set of powers…which, could be trouble…’

      “Hold on,” Cellophane placed his hand up with a frown, “You said that the matches are comprised of seven people? But there are thirty six people in each class? So won't it be impossible to divide the teams equally?”

      “Which is why two special students are going to have to participate in two matches each,” Aizawa explained as he hummed, “Hitoshi Shinso gets two, and Rody Soul gets two.”

     Thunderbird blinked as he pointed at himself, “Huh? Why me?”

     “I think it’s cause you got a powerful and dangerous combo on ya, Rods,” Avarius pointed out logically, “Meaning that you’ll be observed on how you play the field with others that aren’t just being paired with Lady Dragon. Plus, you haven’t been trained as much as the rest of us?”

     “That’s not fair! Mangalica Majesty is just as much as a newbie more than me!” Thunderbird whined as he pointed at the Pig Heroine, then pointed to the ones holding the Dragon, Ox and Goat Miraculous holders, “And what about them?”

     “I’ve taken martial arts for years,” Zhulong huffed with her hands on her hips, then patted her sword, “And even more years in Kendo~”

     “I’ve been in the same dance and training studio as Chloe when it comes to self defence, making me pretty agile and quick. Plus, I got a quirk and a Miraculous now,” Aurore grinned, dressed in her Ox costume as Calfkyrie, then winked, “So you don’t have to worry about me~”

    Mirielle, dressed in her Goat costume as Alpine Bleat,was nodding her head and giving a sheepish smile.

    Aizawa took a breath while rubbing at his temple tiredly, and Vlad King continued on.

    “Listen closely to the scenario. You're all hero agencies trying to capture a villainous organization. You should consider your opponents to be evil criminals! You'll win if you capture four competitors.”

    “They do say villains are organizing more these days~” A brunette in a mushroom costume spoke with a giggle, making some of her new classmates smile weakly.

     “Keepin' it nice and simple~” A loud silver haired male spoke as he nudge to Chat Noir, who tried to remember what this guy’s name was. 

      ‘I think it was…Tetsutetsu?’

     “Awwww! We're heroes, but we're villains to the opposing team?! I’ve lost this sort of roleplay before!” Ingenium yelled, grabbing his head and shaking.

     “It…does go against your nature,” Creati smiled before she glanced over at Avarius staring at her, “Hm?”

     “Why are you not using Detty?”

      Surprised at the question, Momo sighed and shook her head, “I’m not as confident as Kirishim-kun when it comes to wielding the Swan Miraculous. Besides, I’d rather much go back to the basics and train my quirk and skills without a Miraculous.”

      “I have a feeling that you’re afraid to use that Miraculous because you don’t feel worthy of it,” The Peacock hero pointed out, sighing when he aw Momo frown, “It’s from my observation, but when I’ve seen you as Lady Peahen or even Ubayagi, you tend to try and make yourself small and not stand out or even use those Miraculous at all.”

     “That’s not true…”

     “Do you feel guilty because of Bridgette? Is that why?”

     Momo looked hurt at this and Avarius looked apologetic.

    “I’m sorry, that was uncalled for. It’s just…you don’t seem proud whenever you use a Miraculous ever since finding out the news of Bridgette and Onez, and it got me thinking—”

    “I’m sorry, can we talk about this later? Please?” Momo begged, turning her head to focus on Vlad King’s instructions, and the Peacock Hero decided to let it go for now.

      “So we gotta capture seven losers and that wins us the matches,” Bakugo murmured as he then sighed, “I feel a but wait, there’s more coming on…”

      “I hope we’ll be on the same team,” A whisper from Lupina made Deku look back at her, and he smiled tightly, “Right, Izuku~?”

      ‘I thought she would be mad after yesterday…’ The green haired male thought, glancing over to Trickster Tail, who was talking to Rayures and Cellophane and never once looking their way, ‘Also, I need to talk to Alix after this…it feels awkward that we’re avoiding each other now.’

     Lupina saw how the green haired boy was staring at the Fox Heroine for a moment, and narrowed her eyes. While she did witness something awful the other day, it didn’t mean she was backing down without a fight. ‘As if I would let that tomboy take him away from me now!’

    Erasrehead coughed, and soon brought up a red box that had ‘Class A’ on it, while Vlad King held up a blue box with ‘Class B’ on it.

    “Now…”

    “DRAW YOUR LOT!”

     Everyone grabbed for a ball that had a number on it, and soon the teams were settled. Shinso and 

Thunderbird both were called over to get extra numbers and were soon meeting up with their teams.

     “Let's have some fun out there, man! This is gonna be awesome!” The Shark Miraculous holder was pumping his fists in the air and smiled at Shinso, “Get pumped!”

     “Let’s calm down, Ei,” Onagadori patted at Shinkusame’s arm before Froppy popped in front of them to smile at Shinso.

     “Tell us more details about your Quirk.”

     “I bet girls kinda dig that smirk.” Chargebolt grinned, tapping his chin and observing the uncomfortable Shinso, “You rake 'em in, huh? Especially the cutie in pink and the goth princess?”

      Shinso’s eyes sharpened for a second, and then grumbled sarcastically, “Let’s win…”

      Deku hummed as he saw the first line-up, “So from Class A, it’s Kirishima, Kaminari, Tsu, Kagami-chan, Nino-kun and Shin-kun. While son Class B, it’s Ibara Shiozaki, Jurota Shishida, Hiryu Rin, Kosei Tsuburaba, Marc-kun, Jessica Keynes and Mike Collins…”

      “Wait, but how is Jessica-san going to fight? She does not have her costume as Sparrow anymore nor does she have a quirk?” Spilornis questioned, before Thunderbird waved his hand up, “Yes?”

      “I actually have that covered~” 

      Thunderbird grinned with a wink, pressing at his belt to bring his communicator up and clicking it, a small little pocket portal opened.

       “Ladybug had this idea to carry out some sort of access to the Miracle Box and, since I’m a Guardian, I can give a Miraculous to people of my choosing~”

      “So…what Miraculous did you gift her?” The Eagle holder asked, and Thunderbird had this twinkle in his eyes that spelled trouble, and it made the Eagle holder sweat.

      “Ah, you’ll see~”

      “Awww yeah!”

       Everyone looked to the side as a heroine with a Buffalo motif made a stand with pride, standing next to her team and nudged at Star Stallion with a smile.

       “This feels awesome! I have never felt this strong even when I was Sparrow! Ahahaha!”

       Chat Noir blinked slowly before he tilted his head, “Huh…another cow heroine?”

      “I’M A BUFFALO, pal!” The girl huffed then pointed to herself, “Just call me Ayání~!“

      Thunderbird gave a thumbs up with eyes sparkling as he yelled from the crowd, “YEAH! GO AYÁNI!”

      “Someone’s a proud Momma bird,” Deku laughed when seeing Pino flying in the air happily as if cheering while Talli just clapped their wings together as if thrilled.

       “I wonder if Aeon was given a Miraculous too,” Lady Dragon wondered but then blinked when she heard a whirling sound beside her and turned her head to see a very much glowing girl with a bear motif, “OH—!”

       “Oh! Aeon-san!” Deku spoke jovially as he smiled, “Got the Bear Miraculous, huh?”

       “Indeed! You can call me Cybear~!” The girl smiled as she gave a peace sign, Fei having her hand over her heart from the jump-scare.

       Shinso adjusted his persona mask as he looked to the other team, his eyes sharpened.

       ‘I finally reached it. My starting line.’

       While the first teams were getting ready to start the match and going to their respective positions, Ladybug noticed The Wizard was looking to the side with a frown. Following his line of sight, she saw All Might and Midnight were already joining with Eraserhead and Vlad King, along with the Moonlight Hunters out of their costumes. Although Basil had a parasol over his head to block the sun’s rays down on him, looking miserable.

       “It seems that Principal Nezu allowed them to stay here, but not join any hero course class for now,” Shoto spoke up beside her, and Ladybug nodded.

       “Sounds about right…” She looked to the fire and ice quirk user, “Do you think they’re telling the truth? That their government is going to use them and boost Themis and her team into the public eye?”

       “I mean, many heroes and their agencies are like that. So it wouldn’t be too different in other countries. My father included,” Shoto shrugged as he looked back to the match starting, “Many would do whatever it takes to stay on top…and to keep themselves in power.”

      “Still, Europe is now joining the population of inviting quirked people and heroes…it’s gotta be weird,” Trickster Tail pointed out, joining in the conversation, “And the ones pioneering it is Gabriel Agreste and Tsurugi Industries.”

        “Don’t forget my mother is also involved,” Queen Bee huffed, folding her arms.

        “But what about Humarise? Where do they come in?” 

        The question coming from the Peacock Hero caught them off guard for a moment, and Thunderbird placed his two cents in.

        “Unless Humarise is gonna be played by the League and whatever army they are going to be building.”

        “Makes sense,” Dynamight joined in the conversation as well, ignoring the match for now and facing Ladybug, “Since it’s not our turn yet, why don’t we ditch this Joint Training for now and investigate?”

        “You think we’d be allowed?” Ladybug wondered, making a face, “I don’t want to get into trouble, even though you are right, Kats.”

        “Maybe not everyone has to go. Just a few selected?” Trickster Tail grinned and twirled her flute around her fingers, “Just say the word, and I’ll make it happen~”

        Ladybug looked thoughtful for a moment, but then nodded, “Maybe if it’s just an hour? Like, I’m sure the battles are gonna be long before our turn.”

        “But wait, you can’t go out as Ladybug? Especially since Tsurugi Industries and my mother’s hired soldiers are still roaming around hoping to catch us.” Queen Bee pointed out with a frown, “And who’s going with you?”

        “Katsuki will come with me,” Ladybug started before de-transforming and looking to the blond, “You’ll need a Miraculous though. I think Monsieur Aizawa said you can’t do hero work really as, well, you.”

       A snort came from the explosive hero as he looked away.

       “We’ll come with you,” Queen Bee suggested and Marinette huffed and watched her de-transform.

       “Queen Bee can’t be seen in public yet, remember?”

      “And it’s not like we can ask our friends to Kwami swap again. They need it for their matches,” Shoto murmured but then blinked when Thunderbird popped in between the four of them with a grin.

      “Did I hear something about Miraculous Swapping~?” He asked as he opened his weapon / communicator once more to summon the mini-portal to his Miracle box, and his eyes shined along with Marinette and Dynamight.

      “Wait, you’re lending us the Miraculous you’re holding onto?” Chloe smirked, while Pollen looked a little jealous, “Well, well~ This is exciting.”

      “Shoto Todoroki. Chloe Bourgeois. Katsuki Bakugo. Marinette Dupain-Cheng. As the Guardian of the Southern Miracle Box, I will temporarily lend you a Miraculous to use for your mission~ And you return them to me when the job is done~” Thunderbird said sagely as if reenacting Master Fu then chuckled, “I sounded like a wise old man.”

      Somewhere else, Master Fu sneezed into his tea.

      “But…which ones should we use?” Marinette wondered before Dynamight smirked and was easily grabbing the Wolf Miraculous, “Kats!”

      “I wouldn’t use that one, if I were you,” Thunderbird warned with a steely look now, all humour gone, “I’ve read up on the Grimoire that Pala left me inside the Miracle Box, and the Wolf Miraculous is really a dangerous one to handle. Apparently it’s the Wolf of Wisdom and has the abilities of Immortality and Rejuvenation…it kinda has the same combo of the Ox Miraculous but at the same time it has…qualities that sort of overpowers the wearer to almost cosmic levels,” 

      “You said immortality,” Dynamighti murmured as he placed the Miraculous on, blinking when a wolf like Kwami popped up in front of him, “Meaning I won’t die?”

      “Ahhh, I suppose? But it’s gonna be bad considering the more you regenerate when coming close to death, the more unstable you become…according to the Grimoire, of course. And once you do power down, your energy will deplete tenfold,” Thunderbird explained as he pursed his lips, “…I think you should pick another Miraculous for now and not risk it.”

     “Fine,” Dynamight took off the Miraculous and placed it back, “Then, what should we use?”

     Marinette suddenly had the facial expression as if she has an idea and suddenly picked up the Raven Miraculous, “What if we be Team Bird for now?”

      Spilornis turned his head at the words and then huffed, clearly offended.

       Marinette looked apologetic to him before looking back at the other three, “Whatcha think?”

       Dynamight was quick to snatch the Falcon Miraculous, “Dibs!”

     Shoto hummed as he held up the Owl, Woodpecker and Goose Miraculous, “I guess these are left?”

     “I call for Owl!” Chloe snatched the Miraculous up and Shoto gave the Goose one back to Thunderbird before keeping the Woodpecker one close to him, “Team Bird is a go.”

     “This way you guys can fly too and not be seen,” Thunderbird smiled as he saluted, “Good luck on your mission, guys~”

     Trickster Tails winked as she played on her flute quietly while whispering a Mirage and making a copy of Ladybug, Dynamight, Queen Bee and Shoto watching the match obediently. Marinette soon snuck away from their class along with Bakugo, Chloe and Shoto, not noticing Deku was watching them in disappointment.  Not that he could chase after them himself. He needed to be here.

      ’Something is going to happen and I have to be here to stop it at all cost.’

[fairicherri]

Returning from the void to share this...

Last night I was struck with the inspiration for a spiderverse au... enjoy this WIP! I'm probably gonna wdit the webbing on his legs, because it feels too cluttered, and also plan to make the spider legs a little longer

Rough design sketches under the cut

[empressgemstone]

Miraculous Rosegarden

Some ML x Rosegarden cross over pics, it’s not part of the film but how could I not do the umbrella scene, it’s one of the best scenes.

Be aware, I’m not the best with backgrounds so this got very experimental