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Chat’s heart dropped and his knees went weak as he focused a little less on the beams and a little more on the ladybug-themed superhero now curled into a tight ball underneath her and ignoring the rain.
He expected himself to be sucked into the light too, which he would do for Ladybug without hesitation, but for some reason when he lessened the effort he found himself still whole and untouched. At the same time as Ladybug’s, his head turned the other way to gasp tremendously and lose focus on his beam completely.
Rena Rouge and another superhero were supporting them with their own beams.
“Come on, bozos, we can’t keep being your supplies for long!” The unidentified hero snapped.
“Rena? Queen Bee?” Ladybug spluttered.
“Sorry, we got held back by that ugly villain over there.” Rena shrugged.
“Hey! I can hear you!” Hawkmoth hollered.
“Hurry up!!” Queen Bee yelled.
Ladybug and Chat Noir immediately stood up and shouted until the beams erupted from their hands and they joined in. This time, something magical happened.
Every beam changed direction, in order. First Ladybug’s pinkish red one, then Rena Rouge’s flame-orange beam, then Queen Bee’s bright yellow light, then Carapace’s spinach-colored one. They wrapped around Mayura’s blue beam and Hawkmoth’s purple one before joining Chat Noir’s and pushing at full force towards both villains.
The rainbow twisted into itself and thrust into Hawkmoth and Mayura at an unfathomable speed, through all the dark and pouring rain. To say butterfly and peacock villains were caught off guard was the understatement of the year. They went limp right before the beams collided with their bodies and sent them flying backwards, off the building. Chat Noir heard a deafening crash occur, sounding like a meteor.
Before any of the heroes could make a move, their Miraculouses all beeped in warning—but instead of giving them a chance to detransform in private, they just left their owners, making them de-transform.
First, Trixx flew away from Rena Rouge, revealing an exhausted Alya.
Next, Wayzz spiraled around Carapace and Nino was smiling in his place. The cat hero raised an eyebrow at his best friend but wasn’t all that surprised.
Then, Pollen left Queen Bee and exposed a grinning Chloé, who Chat Noir gaped at.
After that, he himself detransformed, not noticing a shocked Plagg.
Ladybug then smiled sweetly, leaving Chat to inhale sharply when Marinette stared at him, Tikki smirking at her side. He could hear gasps in the background but he didn’t care. He just looked her over.
It was now that he was able to fully appreciate the her features. The way she stood in awe as she looked at him detransform, unable to believe that he was really alive and here for her, the way her eyes locked with his smoothly, the way the corners of her mouth tugged at a smile involuntarily.
The rain had slowed down and now it was pouring, but not painful. Adrien’s mouth was slightly open as he realized how beautiful she really was. The rain wet her hair so that it ran over her face in a way that made his stomach dance excitedly.
“O.M.G! The two lovebirds were Ladybug and Chat Noir the entire time!” Alya squeaked. “Marinette, please don’t faint… I know this is surprising news but…” She added, eager to see Marinette react to the fact that Adrien was her partner and had a crush and her for so long.
She didn’t expect what came next at all.
(Marinette grinned openly and ran as fast as she could to Adrien, reaching him and practically running into him. Before thinking, she kissed him.
Adrien stood there, stunned. A hundred thousand emotions were coursing through his body in strong jolts, coming at him faster and faster as Marinette’s lips didn’t leave his.
He slowly wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her back. He could only describe it as prodigious. He wanted to stay like this forever, but he saw Alya staring at them with the most shocked expression on her face. They broke apart and stared at eachother for a long time, and then Marinette buried her face into his shirt, and he felt the mixture of rain and tears.)
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to, you should have saved it for someone special and—” She was cut off as Adrien put a finger to her lips.
“Shh, princess. You’re the most special person I’ve ever met. Don’t ever doubt yourself.” He whispered as she looked up at him and he stroked her hair in response.
“Okay, okay, lovebirds, are you done yet?” Chloé snapped.
Adrien’s looked back, startled. “Chloé, why are you not raging over the fact that I just kissed your worst enemy?”
Chloé shrugged. “I think she can handle you. Besides, I’ve moved on from you. Go do your thing away from me, please, before I gag on all this cheesiness. I hate that flavour, you know.”
The blond boy nodded. “I’m proud of you, Chloé. You’re doing amazing.”
Suddenly, Alya snapped out of her trance and yelled, “Hawkmoth and Mayura!”
They ran round as fast as they could to the other side of the building in front of them and stared at the two figures lying on the ground. Adrien felt like his heart could be heard across the world as Marinette placed a hand on his arm in attempt to comfort him.
“Dad?
Mom?”
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“M-Mom? Is that really you?” Adrien stuttered.
At his voice, Gabriel and Emilie both stirred and sat up. All of a sudden, seven Miraculouses floated into the air and above Marinette’s head, then fell into her hands.
“Where am I? What—” Gabriel started only to be interrupted by the sight of his wife next to him.
“Emilie—Emilie, is that really you?” He repeated.
The blonde woman smiled her signature smile, still looking young and beautiful.
“I should be asking you the same thing.”
Gabriel slowly inched his hands forward until they met his wife’s and his eyes widened as if he was shocked by electricity. Suddenly, they were kissing and for once, there weren’t sounds of disgust in the background.
“Mom, Dad… I—” He broke off and ran towards his parents, engulfing them all in a hug.
Gabriel pulled away sadly. “You don’t deserve me, Adrien. You don’t need to love me.”
“Why?”
“Well, you know... because I was… Hawkmoth.”
“Father, even if it was accidental, you brought Mom back, so I forgive you.”
That was Alya’s cue to break the silence. “What? He literally just destroyed your life and tortured you for months and you’re just going to forgive him?”
Marinette whispered something in her best friend’s ear and Alya closed her mouth. Adrien’s parents tried to get up but both gave grunts of pain.
“We better get to the hospital. Who knows what hidden injuries we have?” The blue-haired girl stated.
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” Chloé raised an eyebrow.
“Oh. Yeah.” Marinette quickly picked out her Miraculous from the seven in her hands and transformed for what may be the last time. She took her yo-yo and opened it, seeing that the black butterfly was still suffering inside.
“Time to de-evilize!” She yelled happily as the final akuma was purified. Seeing that Paris still looked like a zoo, she threw her yo-yo in the air and shouted, “Miraculous Ladybug!”
It was the most magical sight ever, seeing the tiny ladybugs fly around and fix Hawkmoth’s mess. They just watched it happen for a few minutes until the yo-yo fell back into Ladybug’s hands and she detransformed, giving Tikki a congratulatory hug.
By then, Nino had pulled out his phone and was calling an ambulance.
It arrived just a few minutes later, and a few workers picked Emilie and Gabriel up in stretchers.
“How did this happen? Did you guys get beat up in that intense battle?” A man in a white cloak asked them.
“They were the villains—” Chloé blurted out before covering her mouth.
“Pfft, yeah.” He chuckled sarcastically. “And that boy over there is Chat Noir.”
“I am, it was all over the news…?” Adrien started.
“Okay, stop with your hullabaloo and tell us, how did you actually get hurt?”
“Um… it was all black and we had no idea?” Marinette tried.
The man shrugged. “Good enough.”
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After being generally silent during the ambulance ride, they all arrived at the hospital and followed the workers into one of the rooms where Gabriel and Emilie were placed on separate beds.
“Erm… guys, can I have a moment?” Adrien briefly smiled and pointed to his parents. Marinette understood immediately.
“Let’s go, Nino, Alya, Chloé.” The blue-haired girl indicated outside the room. They all filed out of it and sat on the chairs placed specifically for waiting.
“Chloé, I’m really impressed. You managed to stay nice all day—I mean, night. No offense, you don’t usually do that…” Alya trailed off as the mayor’s daughter gave a proud grin.
“Well, I gotta start acting better, right? Remember what Ms. Bustier said in class last week—about how the inside matters more than the outside? My outside is already perfect, so…”
Nino and Alya rolled their eyes in unison, but gratefully. Only Marinette could see their hands intertwined behind their backs. They were going to be a serious power couple soon.