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I have NEVER, seen anything else alive here. what left this? what the hell? I walked the block in circles for like an hour trying to see if I could find where it came from but all I found was detritus from the storm.

I'm terrified.

While I liked the ending of S3, I think Chloe needs a redemption arc so I'm working on that. Also you can find what Kitsune looks like by checking out the post before this and finally, Lila will be taking a bigger, villainous role soon and if you go check Flavor, you'll notice I have removed the part about Cat Noir been akumatized as I decided to make a chapter of it. It will be coming soon.

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"Will he be ok?" Luka asked as Master Fu got onto the train with Marianne. He turned around and waved at Luka and Marinette. Both of them waved back before the door closed and the train left.

"He'll be fine," Marinette smiled, weakly as her phone buzzed. She unlocked it and read the message. Luka waited patiently for her to read it. "Alya says everyone is meeting up for ice cream from Andre... would you like to come with me?"

"Sure," He smiled as they turned back and walked out of the station. They hadn't had their talk yet but he knew they would. He trusted her after all. It didn't take them to get long to Andre. Marinette's face fell a little as she saw Adrien, ordering an ice cream. Before she could walk away, Adrien looked over and waved. Luka waved back before he gently gave her a smile then he walked off and sat with the others on the edge of the Seine. Marinette took a deep breathe and walked up to the ice cream store.

"Hey, Adrien," She smiled before she turned to Andre. "Can I have one ice cream to share please?"

"Of course, Marinette," He smiled as he picked out a cone. "Blueberry for his eyes and strawberry for his lips. I think this one is the best one for you,"

"Thank you, Andre," She smiled, paying for it as Adrien waited for her. She walked over to him. "How are you and Kagami?"

"We're good," He smiled. "I'm taking her out for a date later on,"

"That's great," She smiled sadly as they walked down the stairs. "I'm happy for you,"

"How are you and Luka?" He asked, unexpectedly but before she could answer, he looked over at Kagami and waved before he told her he would see her late and walked over to Kagami. Marinette waved and turned as she began to walk towards where Luka was. She looked back sadly and saw Adrien gently wiping ice cream from Kagami's lips before she closed her eyes painfully and in that moment, she finally made a choice. She needed to let him go and take Master Fu's advice. Life hadn't given her what she expected but it had given her someone amazing. She sat down next to Luka and felt instantly better just by been in his presence.

"Is everything alright?" He asked, looking at her. She smiled softly and looked at him.

"You know that tune you were trying to find?"

"Your song?" He asked, smiling. She nodded.

"Did you work it out?" She asked, surprising him but making him smile as he nodded. He had worked it out for a while but he wasn't sure if she would want to listen to it while Adrien and the other things were on her mind. "Can I listen to it?"

"Do you want to hear it?" He asked, thinking she'll hesitate but she nodded. He smiled and begin to play for her. The tune sounded so beautiful to her and just listening to it made her feel happy and free. She closed her eyes and smiled as she listened to him playing it. Slowly, he came to a stop and she opened her eyes.

"Luka... it's perfect," She smiled. "You're amazing,"

"I only play what I hear into people's hearts, Marinette," He mumbled, shyly but she placed her hand on top of his as she looked at him with a look of admiration. He felt a light blush go across his face as he noted she had never looked at him like that before. He cleared his throat and began to play again as he wasn't sure what to say. Not that it was a bad thing. He just didn't want to mess up his words so he played how he felt right now. A blush came across Marinette's face as he played the song, gradually bringing parts of hers into the tune, playing them in perfect balance.

"Luka..." She gasped, feeling tears in her eyes form. He stopped as soon as he saw them,

"Mari.. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset-" He stopped talking as she hugged him.

"You didn't," She gasped as he hugged her back. "It was just so beautiful,"

"I'm glad you liked it," He smiled, blushing.

"Like it? I love it," She gasped, gently pulling away. "Can you play it again?"

"Sure," He smiled as he started to play. She closed her eyes and listened, leaning a little closer to him.

(***)

Viperion jumped across the skyline before he came to Marinette's house. Making sure he wasn't followed, he jumped onto the chimney of the house, finding Ladybug leaning against the wall, waiting for him. He jumped down and stood in front of her.

"I'm not late, am I?" He asked as she opened the skyline and slid inside. He followed, closing the skyline before closing the blinds. "Sass, Scales rest,"

"Tikki, Spots off," Marinette ordered, catching Tikki as he caught Sass. "Sorry, Luka. We'll have to keep quiet. My parents are asleep,"

"That's ok," He smiled as she took out a plate of food for Tikki and Sass. Both of them dived in as she walked over and kissed his cheek. He smiled softly before sitting on her bed. "Do you want the Snake Miraculous back? You know since I know,"

"You can keep the snake miraculous as I'm changing the rules slightly," She explained, sitting down next to him. He looked at her. "I think we worked better because we knew who each other was. We knew what was at stake and more importantly, that we have each other's back. I know we did before the reveal but we knew our words were true. We won..."

"But Hawkmoth got away and Master Fu lost his memory..." He mumbled, looking down but Marinette placed a hand on his arm.

"Master Fu had been training me take over as guardian for a while. I have a copy of the pages we translated from the book and the miracle box is safe and sound," She reassured, making him look at her.

"But why did Master Fu lost his memories?" He asked, frowning.

"It's what happens when a guardian gives up the miraculous box. To protect it and the identities of the chosen, they lost their memories of their time as guardian... and as a miraculous wielder. Master Fu knew this and had prepared for such a scenario. The Kwamis will be continuing my training as he passed on what he hadn't taught me to them but I'm now the guardian,"

"And you're ok with this?"

"I guess I have to be. If he hadn't done what he did then Hawkmoth would have won for sure," She mumbled but she was looking down. "But I do feel alone and afraid. This is a lot to take on, even for Ladybug,"

"You're not alone," He whispered, moving his hand so they were holding each others'. "Remember I believe in you and I have your back. Regardless of the problem, the time of day, whenever it's a school day or a weekend, if you need me, I'll be here,"

"Thank you, Luka," She smiled, lightly kissing him on the cheek. He smiled softly before a soft frown took his features.

"But we do need to talk about the holders. Hawkmoth and Mayura know their identities,"

"I have a plan for that," She smiled, causing Luka to smile. "But the fox miraculous will have to come out to play again,"

"I'm sensing a mirage,"

"Yes," She smiled. "But not yet. First, I need to go talk to the miraculous holders and I would like Viperion to be with me. I've tried to message Cat and Ryuko but no reply,"

"No worries," He smiled before transforming into Viperion. Marinette smiled before transforming into Ladybug. The two of them climbed out onto the roof and jumped off before flying through the night sky before stopping at Alya's house. She hoped Nino would be there too. She dropped down onto the balcony and knocked on the window as Viperion dropped down next to her. Within seconds, Alya opened the window and gasped in surprise.

"Ladybug! Viperion!" She gasped before moving out the way and letting them climb in. "I'll go wake Nino,"

With that, she rushed off and a few seconds later, she returned with Nino, who looked half asleep.

"Lady dude? Snake dude?" He mumbled, sleepily. "What are you two doing here? Didn't we blow our identities?"

"Firstly, I don't blame you. You were all under Miracle Queen's spell," She informed, sitting down. "And to train new heroes would be hard. Sure, we're gonna need some but I also need ones who are experienced and know what they are doing. In other words, it would be foolish of me to ban the current holders from using their miraculous,"

"So Carapace and Rena Rogue aren't going to be retired,"

"Neither are Pegasus or King Monkey," Ladybug smiled.

"But Hawkmoth still knows our identities," Alya pointed out. "How are we going to fix that?"

"I have a plan," She smiled. "I just wanted to tell you in person that you're not retiring,"

"Thank you, Ladybug," Alya grinned, hugging her. Viperion smiled before getting a bro fist off Nino.

"We're excited to work with you again," He smiled.

"We better go and tell Pegasus and King Monkey the good news," Viperion suggested, getting a nod off Ladybug.

"We'll let you know the plan once we worked all the details but for now, keep this to yourselves," She replied before they both climbed out the window and flew into the night again. Alya squeaked and hugged Nino as they disappeared. Ladybug couldn't help but smile at her friend's reaction. "Viper, can you tell Pegasus and I'll go to King Monkey?"

"Of course, Bug," Viperion smiled before jumped and slid down a roof, making a turn before he headed towards Max's house as Ladybug went towards King Monkey's. He lowered down and knocked on the window lightly. The light turned on and Max opened the window.

"Viperion. Please come in," He stated. The two heroes came in as Max's friend, Markov was charging. "I calculated that there was 89% chance you would visit after the battle of the miraculous. I take it I'm off the team due to Hawkmoth discovering my identity,"

"Actually we want to keep you," Viperion smiled, shocking Max.

"Excuse me?!" He gasped, excitedly. "But the logical choice-"

"Would be to keep you," He interrupted. "Ladybug wants to extend the team but we also need members who know what they're doing. You understand the horse miraculous and it's powers perfectly,"

"I can't thank you enough, Viperion," He smiled. "I will not let you down but how are we gonna get Hawkmoth off our trail? Thanks to Chloe, he knows who we are,"

"Ladybug has a plan for that too. We just need to work out the details. I'll let you know once we have the details but for now, keep this to yourself," He smiled encouragingly at the smaller boy. "I can't wait to work with you, Pegaus,"

"Likewise, Viperion," He replied as the hero climbed out the window. His phone buzzed as he did.

"I'm sorry. I have to go," He explained, getting a wave off Max as he jumped out the window and swung into the night. He landed on the roof opposite off the Grand Paris Hotel. A few seconds later, Ryuko and Cat Noir joined him then moments after them, Ladybug joined. She walked over to the edge and looked over as Cat walked over.

"Any reason why we're here, Ladybug?" He asked.

"I have come up with a plan to help the current miraculous holders so they don't go into retirement,"

"Are you sure that is wise? Hawkmoth knows their identities," Ryuko points out but Ladybug looks at her and nods.

"If we don't do something, we'll have to train new people to use the fox, the turtle, the horse and the monkey miraculous. We'll have to train a new bee holder but our team is stronger if we let them four work with us. They already know what to do with their powers and how to fight. They are a strength to our team. Yes, we're gonna have to train new people for the other miraculous but eight experienced users are better then four,"

"I take it you have a plan then," Cat grinned, leaning on his stick.

"Don't I always," She grinned before looking back at the hotel. "But to make it work, we're gonna need Chloe,"

"Are you sure? She did betray us," Cat gasped.

"I know and I'm not giving her the miraculous back," She replied before flying across to Chloe's room. Viperion, Ryuko and Cat followed before entering the girl's room. Chloe stared at the four heroes in surprise. "Chloe Bourgeois, we need to talk,"

"I don't want-"

"Shut up and listen," Ladybug shocked everyone in the room. Chloe went quiet and sat down. "You have committed an unforgivable crime and you placed not only my miraculous holders but the whole of Paris in danger. All because I wouldn't give you the attention you needed,"

"I deserved to be the bee,"

"Why?"

"Because I'm the best-"

"No. Tell me why you deserve. In fact, explain to me how a spoiled, self-centered brat who only puts herself could possible be a true hero? How could she scarifice herself for someone else if she can't even be nice to anyone?" She stated, sitting down.

"I'm not self-centered! I was good! I tried to be nice!" She gasped. "I even believed that Dupan-Cheng didn't cheat on that test or hurt Alya or steal her necklace! I resisted an akuma! I helped save my best friend,"

"And in the end, you placed everyone in danger," Viperion suddenly added in, walking over to Chloe. "What do you think would happen to your family if Hawkmoth won? To your best friend? To yourself? Do you really think he would grant you power?"

"H-he understood me!" She gasped, tears filling her eyes.

"No, he doesn't," He replied. "He preyed on your loneliness. He doesn't care about you or anyone and once he's done, he'll just toss you aside with the rest of us,"

"No! He gave me the box!"

"He already did, Chloe," Ladybug informed, making Chloe frown. "Once he realized you were no longer useful to him, he dropped you and left. Or did you forget that he flew off on his giant moth with Mayura?"

"Chloe, Hawkmoth doesn't care about you or anyone," Cat added in, making the girl frown even more before she finally burst into tears.

"I just wanted to be special again!" She cried, tears rolling down her face. "I wanted to be a hero. Everyone in school thinks I'm so awful and horrible! I just wanted to prove to them that that I could be better then they think I am but I failed at that too! I don't want to be on Hawkmoth's side but I was so angry that I couldn't help my mummy and daddy that I realized I could get him to free them if I joined his side. I didn't mean for it to go so far, Ladybug but he said that I could be the greatest hero in Paris and that my mummy would finally be proud of me! And I fell for it, like a stupid idiot,"

"Chloe... I should have given you the bee miraculous that day. You were the right choice and I was distracted. I made a mistake but part of been a hero is admitting that we all make mistakes and trying our best to fix them. I can't give you the miraculous of the bee ever again. For one, everyone in Paris knows that you're Queen Bee and you betrayed us to Hawkmoth. You broke my trust,"

"I u-understand," She sniffed, wiping her eyes.

"But I can give you a chance to earn my trust again but it will take time and you won't be getting a miraculous. I don't want you to do this for yourself. I want you to do this for the people you hurt and for the sake of Paris. You revealed the identities of some of our heroes and as a result, our team is feeling the loss. Hawkmoth is getting stronger and we need to as well,"

"W-what can I do?"

"I need you to get your father to arrange an all inclusive day trip for your whole class to the Eiffel tower, all expensive paid for,"

"That's it?" She asked, a little surprise. "I can totally do that! Consider it done! When do you need it done for?"

"This Thursday," Ladybug stated, causing Chloe nodded excitedly. "Chloe, there is something else. When I pull off this plan, it will make you look like you were petty and vengeful to your classmates and that you framed them as miraculous holders. Hawkmoth will also believe you betrayed him if I pull this off correctly,"

"I'm ok with that, Ladybug. If it means I can fix what I did and that Hawkmoth will no longer see me as an ally then go with it. Besides, everyone already thinks I'm petty and vengeful anyway," She shrugged before running out of her room, shouting for her father.

"Do you think she'll change?" Cat asked but Ladybug sighed.

"I have no idea but phase one of the plan is in place. The holders will be in the same place together,"

"Ok so what's the second part of the plan? Will we need to be there?" Ryuko asked but Ladybug shook her head.

"Not here," She stated, leaving the room. The four of them jumped into the night and moved above the rooftops before coming to their usual hangout place. They landed and sat down. "Us three don't need to be there but Viperion, I will need you to be at the tower. You know how to use the fox miraculous better then any of us, apart from Rena Rogue but she needs to be there in her civilian identity to pull this off,"

"Viper Fox?" He asked.

"Only the fox. You don't need to combine the two this time,"

"Whoa, danger noodle! When did you do that?"

"When we had to save your sorry ass, kitty," He smiled, causing Cat to laugh.

"Aah right! Sorry about that!" He grinned, causing Ryuko to roll her eyes.

"So you're gonna create an illusion to convince Hawkmoth that the people he saw becoming the 'miraculous' holders aren't actually the holders,"

"Yep,"

"Is he going to believe that?"

"We can only hope,"

(***)

"Are you sure you're ok with doing this, Luka?" She asked as she held out the miraculous box to him. They were stood in the top of the effiel tower, preparing for their plan. They had arrived there as Ladybug and Viperion but he soon de-transformed and Sass had fallen asleep. He slowly took it and opened it. As soon as he did, a little orange light appeared and flew around.

"I'm sure," He smiled as Trixx formed from the light. He looked at him with unsure before Luka took out a small bag of Candy Floss, his favorite food. The Little Kwami grinned and floated over.

"So am I staying with this one?" He asked but Marinette shook her head.

"No. It's just for a plan I have," She smiled. "To transform all you have to say is Trixx, let's pounce,"

"Ok," Luka smiled as he put on the necklace. "Trixx! Let's pounce!"

The little fox got sucked into the necklace before Luka swiped his hand over his hair, creating ears then threw his hand to the side. The costume appeared in an orange light as he span before a fox tail appeared. He swiped his hand across his eyes, creating his mask before he held out his hand as a ball of light appeared that then formed the flute. He caught it and striked a pose before looking at himself in the window's reflection. Like his Viper Fox form, his highlights had turned orange but the outfit itself was themed orange, white and black. He had black gloves and boots and a white streak down his chest. The rest was all orange and his mask was white on the top, orange on the bottom. Ladybug grinned as she walked over.

"Wow. You look awesome," She smiled. "What should I call you though?"

"I don't think it matters as I'll only be using this form once but... if I was to use it permanently... I guess I'd call myself Kitsune," He smiled before looking at her. "You better go and meet with your class,"

"You sure you're ok with doing this?" She asked, worried. She knew he could handle it but he had to keep out of sight and create a hell of an illusion.

"I'll be fine," He smiled. "Don't worry,"

"Ok," She smiled before jumping down and turning back into Marinette before joining the class that had just arrived. She already said she would join them at the Eiffel tower to buy her time and as Ladybug, she had already informed the holders that they needed to go on Chloe's trip as it was part of her plan. I order to get a genuine react of shock, she hadn't told them her plan. Gradually, time moved and it would be time for Kitsune to create illusion. As if on que, Ladybug jumped down and landed on the edge of the Eiffel tower.

"People of Paris!" She called out. "I have come out today with a message. As you know Hawkmoth recently attempted to take over the city again. This time, by using it's heroes against it. Well, the joke's on you, Hawkmoth! The 'heroes' that you believed were part of my group were merely decoys I had set up. I was aware that you would go after Chloe Bourgeois and as a result, I took precausion and had the true heroes protected!"

To everyone's surprise, a flock of akuma turned up and formed the head of Hawkmoth. Marinette kept her fingers cross that Luka kept outside and was focusing on his mirage.

"Foolish child! You merely trying to cover up for a stupid mistake,"

"Sure, I made a mistake but I am human, Hawkmoth," Ladybug grinned as he looked around.

"Your so called heroes are down there. They are but children and you think I'd believe this nonsense about decoys,"

"I thought you would say that," She grinned as Cat Noir, Viperion and Ryuko joined her. "That's why I invited some friends,"

To everyone's surprise, Pegasus, King Monkey, Carapace and Rena Rogue all jumped down and joined Ladybug.

"No! Impossible!" Hawkmoth gasped. "You-"

"I knew you'd go after Chloe. I have done since you akumatized her friend and got Mayura to try and turn her on your side. Well, unfortunately for you, I got to Chloe first. Why do you think she allowed you to akumatize her after resisting one? I also informed them off the role they would have to play and gave them instructions on what to say and how to attack. They were never under her control. All it took was some great acting and a nice collection of contact lens. You can thank my lucky charm for that,"

"Why you little brat! I'll get you for this!" He gasped before the butterflies turned back white and the crowd that had gathered cheered, along with her class.

"To those who helped me during this most recently battle. I just want to thank you. As long as we keep trying our best and work together, I know one day we will defeat Hawkmoth!" Ladybug shouted, causing more people to cheer. "We better go for now! Bug out!"

With that, the heroes all jumped off the tower and swing off in different directions, disappearing into the day time. Marinette smiled to herself. Hawkmoth brought her plan, meaning he'll now believe that the identities of the heroes belong to other people, meaning it was safe to use Rena, Carapace, King Monkey and Pegasus when they were needed.

"Isn't Ladybug just awesome?!" Kim gasped, excited.

"I can't believe you guys were in on Ladybug's plan," Alix gasped, looking at the four friends. "And that Chloe let herself getting willing akumatized to help Ladybug. That was so selfless of her,"

"You think?" Chloe asked, shocked but the other students nodded. "Well... I am trying to be a better person..."

"I think that's great, Chloe," Adrien smiled. "Been a good person is a great goal,"

Marinette smiled and noticed Luka sneaking down from the tower and heading back away. Her phone buzzed as a message came through as the class was busy surround the 'everyday' heroes, even Lila was.

L: Mission complete. Will feed Trixx and return him later. x

M: you did a great job. Looks like Hawkmoth brought it. Will see you later x

(***)

Marinette hummed to herself as she finished sewing her end of year dance dress. With her in the zone, she didn't notice when the trap door open and Luka climb in til he cleared his throat. A squeak left her throat and she spun around, only to see it was Luka. Relief washed through her.

"Sorry," He smiled sheepishly. "Your mom let me in,"

"That's ok," She blushed before getting up and walking over to him as he closed the trap door. "You did great today. Hawkmoth really believed it. I honestly don't know how you pulled off such illusions,"

"It's like writing a song really," He smiled before handing her the box. "But I prefer been the snake,"

"I don't know. Kitsune was pretty cool," She teased, causing him to pout.

"Are you saying Viperion is not awesome?" He gasped with pretend shock before lightly pulling her to him and ticking her softly. She laughed but misplaced her footing causing them to both fall onto the floor. Luka caught himself before he landed on but was never the less on top of her. A blush worked it's way across his face as one worked it's way across hers but before he could say or do anything, Marinette softly cupped his face and pressed her lips to his. Luka was surprised but he didn't hesitate to kiss back, cupping her face as he did before they both pulled away before Luka got up and helped her to her feet. "Please don't just play with my heart, Mari,"

"I'm not," She replied, leaning up and kissing his cheek softly. "Remember? I told you I love you,"

"But you weren't sure how,"

work's been kicking my ass so i decided to draw pink diamond kicking rose's.

Since school is starting back up and my overall schedule is becoming quite busy I will continue to try and upload when I can

in the meantime if you want to go sub to my yt channel (content is still slow but I have something coming up soon): https://youtube.com/@Vibgyor6?si=FdaxsD0Il1ivvYja

again I am sorry for the lack of content but I hope to change that in the future once I become a bit less busy!

So unfortunately when I’m starting this coincides very closely with the New Year, but I don’t want to be a Resolution-er. The reason, I don’t want to be a Resolution-er, is because I think a lot of people do Resolutions wrong, where when I say wrong here, I mean making too ambitious goals too soon. 

I want to change my behavior and form habits that will help me have a long, healthy life, full of energy. I’m not here to lose weight (although increasing density and reducing volume would be rad), and what I do, in terms of training, week 50 of this year shouldn’t be the same as what I do week 1. Because, as I try to work on my fitness™, I mainly want to work on building habits. I want to easily wake up, and eat a healthy breakfast and go to the gym or get outside without having to drudge myself up and double think things. I want it to be part of my routine. 

What I see wrong with most Resolution-ers is that they set the goal to be fitness goddess™ and typically don’t set realistic goals to get there. Then, when they don’t achieve their goal, are made at themselves. Improving my lifestyle involves also being patient with myself, and understanding habits are formed little by little. I want to be kind to myself. I want to care for myself. 

Ok, this ended up being a bit more rambly and long than I originally hoped, so I might end here and discuss what I’m doing in my next post. 

Anyways, thnx Internet void