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I Didn’t Want It To Be Like This (Part 1) (Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic)

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Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: General

Disclaimer: I don’t own “Miraculous”. If I did, I don’t think I would bear to write angst for these guys. T-T

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There was always the possibility that someone would find out. Marinette, Paris’s very own Ladybug, knew that it was a high chance. Eventually someone was going to put two and two together. She was always missing during an attack and she always somehow wound up being a “victim”. Not only that, but when she was asked to write a personal report about notable people in recent history, she was the only one in her class to deviate from the norm.

Just when Marinette had put on the finishing touches, Chloe snatched her paper and sneered. “Chat Noir?!” She burst out laughing. “You chose that mangy alley cat over the marvelous Ladybug?! The TRUE hero of Paris?!”

If Chloe hadn’t been so wrapped up in her cruel sense of humor, she would have noticed that no one else laughed with her, especially the young man that she was vying for. It was true that a number of them had written about Ladybug, but no one looked down on Chat Noir. If anything, many of them looked ashamed that they couldn’t tell Chloe off since they didn’t write anything for him. Ladybug was just an automatic response.

“Give that back!” Marinette shouted, fighting to snatch her paper back.

But Chloe had quick reflexes that matched her cruelty as she held it away from her and proceeded to read it out loud in front of the whole class.

“’If it wasn’t for Chat Noir, there wouldn’t be a Ladybug. I know how clumsy and laughable I can be, but when I’m down, I remember that black hero. Chat Noir is either gifted or cursed with bad luck. But no matter how much his bad luck may come his way, Chat Noir never gives up and he continues to fight for another day. I am very fortunate…’” Chloe paused and wrinkled her eyebrows.

Marinette could actually feel her heart cracking and sinking as her strength was sapped, knowing that she couldn’t stop it anymore. She sunk to her knees and allowed fate to play its cruel, sick joke.

“’I am very fortunate to have that alley cat as my partner.” Chloe finished with a whisper. The paper fell out of her limp hands as the classroom went deathly silent.

In the blink of a second, Marinette snatched her paper (which was supposed to be PRIVATE), shoved it in her bag, and fought back tears as she fumbled with her items.

But it was as if fate was saying that it wasn’t done with her yet. As soon as she had crammed in her last notebook, a tiny “Ouch!” came out of her back. A little red creature with a large black dot on her forehead flew out of Marinette’s bag and rubbed her head.

“Marinette! What’s going on?!” The little kwami, LADYBUG’S kwami, cried out with tears of pain. But the pain from her head was nothing when she looked around and saw the eyes on them. On her. Tikki turned to Marinette, the partner who trusted her after all this time, with heartbroken eyes. “M-Marinette… I-I’m sorry. I…I didn’t…”

“This loser is Ladybug?!” Chloe shrieked.

Shouts rang out in the large room. Outrage. Tears. Apologies.

“Shut up!” Nathaniel, perhaps one of the shyest guys in the school, shouted with a red face.

“Mari! Why didn’t you tell me?!” Alya, with tears streaming down her face. “Didn’t you trust me?! Is it because of the Ladyblog?!”

“Don’t make this out to be about you!” Alix screamed.

So many voices swirled together. Anger, regret, betrayal. Everything hurt for Marinette. But perhaps what hurt the most was the dead silence of Adrien, the young man she has loved since the beginning. It was obvious to everyone how infatuated he was with Ladybug. But now that he’s seen the truth…

“Mari! Wait!” Tikki cried, desperate to catch up to her friend who had dashed out of the room, leaving everything, including her hurt friends and kitty behind.

If she had only known that Chat Noir was there, if only he had stood up earlier, this story would have ended differently.

***

That was all two hours ago. School had long ended for the day and the students had gone home. Except for three students. Alya, Nino, and Adrien (who carried Tikki in a hidden pocket adjacent to Plagg) had all run straight to Marinette’s apartment. They wanted to apologize. They wanted to understand. Every second after she had ran out of the classroom, regret ate at them and they wanted to make it right for Marinette no matter what it took.

But she never came home. Tom held a shaken Sabine in his arms and held her close as he looked at their daughter’s friends with fear in his eyes.

“She had texted us saying that she was staying over at your house.” He said towards Alya. “Something about a design that she wanted to go over with you. She even said that it was going to be a sleepover.”

Alya shook her head and raked her hands through her thick hair. “We have to call her! It’s getting late and it’s dangerous out there!” She bit her lip as tears leaked from her eyes.

Nino was about to put a hand on her shoulder but hesitated. He didn’t know what to do, much less on how to comfort the girl that he likes.

Adrien just looked sick. The blood rushed from his face and he felt like he was going to throw up. How could he have been so blind? Ladybug was right there! She was with him the whole time! Was he so dumb that all someone had to do was slap a little mask on his or her face and he wouldn’t be able to tell the difference? Her hair color, her eyes, her laugh. How could he have missed it?

Everything went by in a blur. Tom, ushering a frantic Sabine to a nearby armchair, called the police and gave them as much information as she could about Marinette. When they came over, Alya and Nino did their best to fill in the holes. But Adrien could barely find the energy to lift his head.

“We’ll do everything we can.” Sabrina’s father said with a nod. “It hasn’t been too long since she disappeared, so there is a good chance that we’ll find her good and well.”

Lies. Everyone knew what kind of world this was. Adrien witnessed it first hand alongside his lady…his princess…

When the police left, Adrien clumped up to Marinette’s room and let the two kwamis out. Tikki’s eyes were bloodshot and haggard as she slowly glided over to Marinette’s bed and snuggled into her blankets, trying to capture her companion’s soothing, sweet scent. Plagg, hyper, sarcastic Plagg, was sullen and silent as he flew down next to her.

Adrien grimaced when he saw pictures of himself on her wall. At least he wasn’t stupid enough to not take the hint that this meant that she liked him. Or at least until she left.

“I’m going to look for her.” Adrien turned to Plagg. “I have to make this right with Marinette. Her secret shouldn’t have been exposed like that and she doesn’t deserve this mess. Not after everything she had done for them. For us.”

Tikki nodded and wiped away her tears as Plagg scowled.

“Hold on lover boy.” Plagg zipped up to Adrien’s face with a frown. “Do you really think that everything will be cleaned up, hunky dory, if YOU go after her? What if she finds out YOUR secret? That Chat Noir was right in front of her and he didn’t stand up for her when Chloe practically tore her so called “idol” to shreds?” Plagg leaned back and crossed his arms. “Just let the police and her family take care of it. Stay in the background and say your apologizes to her later as Adrien. That girl doesn’t need to be humiliated further.”

Adrien growled and held back the urge to scream. He turned to Tikki, taking deep breaths to calm down.

“Can the akuma get to her? Can they make her turn into a monster?” He asked. “Will her earrings be able to protect her?”

Tikki dried her eyes and sat up in her spot. “Yes and no. As long as Marinette and I are fused, then she’s immune from the akuma’s influence. But…” She sniffed. “With the amount of negativity that she’s feeling, it’s possible that they may be attracted to her. But they might not try to get her unless she allows them in. Being a Miraculous user gives her a bit more of a defense than other people.”

“Then I’m not wasting any time.” Adrien said as he transformed into Chat Noir. “This time, I will make it right.”

“Take me with you!” Tikki shouted, zipping over to Chat Noir. “I might be able to track her as long as she’s wearing the earrings!” She buried herself in his hair when nodded with a grimace.

One leap out of a terrace later, the cat and the kwami began their search.

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One day went by. Then two. Three. Six. No one could find their lost heroine or the baker’s daughter. Soon enough, it was obvious to everyone that the two were one and the same. Newspaper clippings and photographs were compared and the timing was right. Every available police force was expended and schools within the Parisian area were closed with the amount of volunteers who wanted to help. Even Gabriel Agreste sent out special notices and rewards for his protégé’s return.

Sabine and Tom worked hard during the day so they could protect their daughter’s, their little Ladybug’s, home. At night, Sabine would collapse from exhaustion and heartbroken as Tom lead the nightly searches. As they searched and prayed, they sang Marinette’s lullaby as if it would draw their darling back to their arms.

Little darling mine.

Don’t you cry.

The shadows will run and day will come.

Little darling mine.

Don’t you fret.

The monsters can’t harm you and love will win.

Little darling mine.

Don’t you fear.

Mummy and Daddy will always be here.

It also didn’t take long for everyone to put together that Adrien Agreste was Chat Noir. He didn’t go to photo-shoots or any of his extracurricular activities because he was so exhausted. He hardly slept, barely allowing himself at least an hour of sleep in between his searching. Yes, Chat Noir was more than active in the search. He scoured all over Paris and even went beyond the borders. He didn’t use his signature Cataclysm, so he was able to uphold his transformation.

Alya and Nino worked as an amateur cameraman and reporter. They would haunt every possible place that Marinette could have been and places where she didn’t normally go. They interviewed and hounded people for information. Chloe couldn’t hope to escape their clutches, especially since she was targeted as the root cause for this problem in the first place.

The mayor, in a fervent attempt to appease the people, since everyone was outraged at Chloe’s behavior, sent out of all his own resources to continue the search and strengthen the police’s searching capabilities along with offering Chat Noir whatever he wanted. But the cat only snarled and nearly clawed his eyes out when the mayor dared to try and placate him with a smile. This kitty cat had been given enough spoils in the world to know that nothing would be able to help him except knowing that his princess was okay.

There was one thing that buzzed in Chat’s mind though. Why wasn’t Tikki able to sense Marinette? If she was still wearing the earrings, she should be able to find her.

His answer was given to him later on the seventh night of Marinette’s disappearance. Tikki leapt out of his hair and dove into the Seine. Chat Noir quickly went after her, fighting back the feline instinct to shrink away from water. When they resurfaced, they found an earring. Her earring.

Tikki cried out and held it close to her tiny body, tears streaming down her face. Chat Noir cursed and clutched the kwami and the earring near his heart. That sick feeling came back. His princess was in danger. And it was all his fault. No matter what the news would say, it was still his fault.

When Chat Noir finally managed to calm himself down and call the police, there wasn’t anything they could go on. There were no signs of a struggle and there were no clues. Not even a body. To them, the earring only meant that Marinette had been within the area but the Seine had washed away whatever evidence they could have worked with.

Later that night on the Eiffel Tower, Tikki worked on extracting the last memories from the Miraculous. She fought back her tears and forced herself to speak.

“She was running away from the school. She had planned to throw both of her earrings away. Everything was becoming so painful for her and she wanted to stop being Ladybug. She wanted it to end.” Tikki gulped back more tears. “She was only able to throw one away. But when she did, something came after her.” She pulled back and looked up with Chat Noir with tired, sad eyes. “The memories of that earring end there. With only one earring, she can’t transform into Ladybug. Not only that, but now she is vulnerable to the akuma. That may have been what went after her.”

Chat Noir hisses and grits his teeth. His once handsome features were marred with exhaustion and anxiety. His bright green eyes were dull and he greatly resembled an alley cat. It was no longer a joke. He was no longer a joke.

“There where is she?!” He snarled, pacing back and forth on the giant structure. “If she had been turned into a monster, wouldn’t SOMEONE have noticed?! It’s been two weeks!”

“I know! I know!” Tikki shouted back as she covered her ears. “You’re not the only one who’s worried sick! You’re not the only one who loves her! I’m giving it everything I’ve got!”

“But it’s not enough!” Chat snarled as Tikki shrieked, barely missing a swipe of his sharp claws.

Plagg immediately darted out of the ring and forced Adrien’s detransformation. “If you’re going to keep lashing out at people who are trying to help you, then you need to cool off the claws!” He shouted.

Adrien yelled as his bloodshot eyes tried to focus on his kwami. It wasn’t easy since he was racked with exhaustion, heartache, and anger. If he weren’t under his ring’s (and Plagg’s) protection, he would have been a choice victim for the akuma.

“Just sleep.” Plagg said softly, trying to regain his composure and calm his partner. “You’re not going to be of any help to that girl in this state. If she really has been taken by someone related to the akuma, then you are her only hope.”

Tikki nods and glides over to Plagg’s side. “He’s right. If you want to help Marinette, then you need to go after her with a clear mind and full strength.” Her stomach grumbles and she winces. “We’ve barely eaten and the sleep we’ve been getting is hardly enough. If we don’t take care of ourselves, how are we going to be able to save her?”

Adrien slumped down and felt the cool metal of the Eiffel Tower seep through his thin clothes, which he hasn’t changed out of since THAT day. They were right. He was in such as poor state that he couldn’t think straight. But who could blame him? Adrien didn’t stand up and tell Chloe to back off. He could have snatched that paper away. A paper that showed she, LADYBUG, his own partner and love, saw him as a hero. That was worth more to him that all the riches of the world. He would have given up the world if it meant that he could right his wrongs.

He was even so blind that he hadn’t noticed that his father was spending more time at home and was sending out campaign ads all over Europe in an effort to help with the search. Natalie had even tried to lighten his schedule so that he would be able to find time between his modeling jobs and helping the search. And he completely blew her off and ditched the schedule entirely. Even the entire staff seemed to try to brighten his day with his favorite foods and adding color to the monochrome mansion.

Maybe…he should start trying to fix things at home and take care of himself. At least long enough until he found the strength to find Marinette.

Adrien held up his ring finger with a weak, shaky hand towards Plagg, who looked back at him with a sad smile.

“Let’s…” Adrien hiccupped as hot tears streamed down his dirty face. “Let’s go home.”

The Paris skyline was filled with stars that night, giving feeble light for the people searching for their heroine. Chat Noir’s tears shown like the stars as he flew towards home, his heart tearing bit by bit with each step that he felt took him further away from his lady. His princess. His Marinette.

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