Miraculous Adventure - a Miraculous Ladybug fanfic

Chapter 33

It was Ladybug who witnessed how Chat Noir vanished into nothingness when he protected her from Timebreaker's power.

It was Ladybug who saw how Adrien was suspended mercilessly by Volpina, despite being a clone, which almost cost her Miraculous.

Two boys. Two important boys in her life who happened to be one at the same was on the brink of death again, and Ladybug was there on the sidelines watching the event helplessly again.

Ladybug, not Marinette.

If one would think about it, who was Marinette compared to Ladybug?

Marinette was nothing like the superheroine in terms of power, strength, popularity, and graces.

Marinette was more of an invisible, clumsy and erratic teenager who could barely save herself from tardiness.

Comparing Marinette to Ladybug was like holding a candle on a deep sea to a vast sky.

But was Marinette really that inferior?

Because it was Marinette who rushed to save themselves from Madame Chamack's wrath then went back for her clone's backup.

It was also Marinette who befriended Lila and felt sorry for her alter-ego's unjust attitude.

Marinette, not Ladybug.

The one who cowered when Stoneheart multiplied himself because she failed to cleanse the Akuma, and the one who misjudged Chloe that caused her to become Anti-Bug.

Two girls. Two faces of a girl who believed that the first was better than the other, which was entirely not true.

Because Ladybug was imperfect like Marinette.

Because both personalities were built to support each other.

Because the girl would be incomplete without the identity of the other.

'A mask doesn't define who you are'

So when Ladybug disappeared, Marinette immediately jumped into action.

It felt like the time was shifted into a slower motion. A split-second decision, like when she rescued Alya from being crushed by a car, and she knew it was a dare-devilish move.

In fact, it was the craziest decision she ever made next to leaping inside an Akuma's mouth.

The girl behind the mask dived mid-air.

Everything happened so fast she barely registered yanking Adrien's wrist where her yo-yo once clung around, and how she almost missed grabbing the edge of the flooring where the two slipped and fell off.

"Marinette!" Tikki frantically bellowed from above. "I - I'm coming - "

"Just - just focus on your cookies!" her charger stuttered while calming her nerves on that near-death stunt. She was sure her purse dropped there somewhere. "I can - I can manage this!"

It was an understatement and considered to be a lie since her hands were sweaty as she gripped the cornice, and her partner's weight was dragging them down to their demise. Disregarding the lingering pain she acquired from Le Bossu, and the gash when a protruding joist scraped her left forearm, a bone fracture was nothing compared to a loss of her beloved.

Thus, both teenagers were currently suspended from a 200-feet height and apparently hanging for their lives.

"Are you out of your mind?!" the blond rasped underneath. "You're getting us killed!"