In the End

Finding Her

Previously on In the End... 

"Us kwamis aren't allowed to say who is who. But all I can tell you is that before you dated Lila, you told Kagami something. Does she's just a friend ring a bell?" Plagg snickered to himself.

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Marinette fed Tikki that very night before going out to patrol the city on a moonless night. The brilliant lights of the Eiffel Tower would help her find her way around Paris. Even the light posts, which as she remembered to be small sources of lights that also helped her see if there were any lonesome pedestrians that might want to talk to someone. Or stop an assault or battery.

Her parents would always stay supportive of their daughter. As would the rest of her family. She greatly appreciated all the family that had been supporting her ever since that horrible day.

Marinette would attempt to slip by her past. The past did not define her.

She would take a deep breath.

She looked over to Tikki.

The poor kwami laid on her side on Marinette's desk where her computer sat.

"Tikki!" she lifted the quivering kwami and gently cradled her. "What's wrong?" her voice was worried and desperate to know what to do.

"I can't..."

"You can't what?"

"He'll hurt you if I don't keep fighting it!.."

Marinette was extremely concerned about Tikki's well-being. So, she would prepare a trip to go to Master Fu.

Her parents would assume that she was at Chloe's or something. Or at the school for a late-night project. They ensured that she has her phone at all times and call them if she needed them.

She ran down the stairs and gave both her mom and dad a kiss on the cheeks before running out. She had her hands cupped over the kwami so that no one could see what she was holding. The blunette sighed and made her way to where Master Fu lived.

LBCNLBCN

Viperion and Chat Noir were both out at the same time. Sad, wasn't it? Perhaps they wanted to both check on the vulnerable girl they learned to love for months.

The snake holder would do his best not to get pissed off about this mangy alley cat. If only he could convince her that she was needed. That she could visit Luka anytime she wanted. Marinette meant a lot to him.

And everything started to fall into place.

Whatever Longg was, was what helped Marinette and Luka get free. Still, he would consider her as unbelievably brave and amazing.

He would drop down near the bakery and look up to see if Marinette was that princess who stood on her balcony, longing for her prince. But to his dismay, no one was there.

"What are you doing here?"

Viperion turned around to see Cat Noir right behind him.

"Didn't I make it clear the last time that Marinette is mine?" the cat-themed hero was clearly jealous of Viperioin hanging around his princess.

The snake-themed hero wasn't at all startled or even moved by this. "Yours? You two aren't even dating." he stayed silent afterward. Then took the mini harp weapon he had and strummed a small melody to track Marinette's aura. Each aura of every person represented some sort of emotion.

Like for example anger or jealousy were basically jumbled up. Some sort of sadness would be long silences. Crying would break the silence.

Viperion walked away from the cat.

"Cat got your tongue?"

Viperion continued to ignore him. "Ladybug might be waiting for you to begin to patrol with her." All this hero wanted to do was lure that cat away to ensure that he would never find out that Marinette was Ladybug. It's not that he wanted to mean to Cat Noir, but he found the black-clad hero to be a little possessive over a girl he barely even met.

"Ladybug doesn't have a patrol on nights like these. She doesn't have night vision as I do." he left to do some patrolling of his own.

Cat Noir felt like Viperion was trying to get rid of him. He hoped Ladybug wouldn't be too much into this snake hero. Or he would have to deal with Wyvern, who scared him a bit too much, or Queen Bee. His childhood friend. Woo.

He phoned Ladybug on his cat phone, only to be led onto her voicemail.

"Hey, you've reached Ladybug's voicemail. Leave a message please or if it's you Cat Noir, I haven't forgotten you~"

He felt a bit flattered hearing her voice again after what seemed like forever.

Now, back to Viperion who had finally found Marinette.

In that old man's home..the same old man who had given him the miraculous of the snake. He didn't dare to go in or even eavesdrop. That would be wrong and as Viperion, be didn't want to lose her trust. So, he would wait amongst the shadows to look out for her...