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We’ve all wanted to scream through the screen at one point or another. Take a gentle bit of self-insert wish fulfillment ;)

Marinette wanted the fight to be over with. This akuma had been a horrendous blunder for the Miraculous Team. Chat Noir was already minionized, and while Hawkmoth still hadn’t given any of his akuma the sense to grab Chat Noir’s ring while he was under their control, it was only a matter of time. She needed to end the battle, now.

“Lucky Charm!”

“Oof!”

Something heavy landed on Marinette. Heavy and…

Alive?

Both people yelped as the lucky-charm-summoned-person rolled off of them, spewing apologies.

“Oh god I’m SO sorry, are y--” They paused, all concern dropping from their eyes in an instant as they finally took in their surroundings. Marinette watched them swallow and take a deep breath, finally looking back at her. “Did… did Tikki just make me your Lucky Charm?”

“How do you know about my kwami? Who are you?!” Marinette spun her yoyo threateningly at the person, who put up their arms.

“Not important right now. We should get out of here, though. I have… some information I think you’ll find useful. Is Master Fu still around?”

“How do you know about the Guardian?!” She yelled, grabbing them and taking off for somewhere out of reach of the akuma.

“Um, I know a lot more than that. And I’m betting you won’t believe half of it.”

Marinette landed in an empty classroom at Francois Dupont. From the looks of it, it seemed to be Mendeliev’s lab.

“Alright, why did Tikki summon you?”

“You’re gonna wanna sit down for this Marinette.”

“You know my name?!”

“I told you I know a lot. I’m, um… I’m not supposed to exist here. Like, at all. But if Tikki brought me here I’m guessing she wants me to spill the beans. So, uh… you ready to find out who Hawkmoth is?”

Marinette sat there silently, stunned. She took a breath and looked outside before finally replying. “Tell me everything.”

“Gotcha. So, ah, I’m guessing from that akuma we’re further along in the timeline, so I don’t know how relevant this is all going to be, but Chat Noir is Adrien Agreste and Hawkmoth is Gabriel. Neither of them know this, so you don’t have to worry about Chat backstabbing you. Chat Blanc happened because Gabriel broke you two up after an identity reveal and akumatized Adrien over it. Um, shit, I would’ve brought more stuff with me if I’d have known I was going to get summoned. Lila’s working for Hawkmoth, Nathalie Sancoeur, the assistant girl, she’s Mayura, Gorilla doesn’t have any role in it I don’t think, umm… crap, I’m trying to remember what’s all relevant… OH. Oh shit. The basement.”

“What basement?”

“Gabriel’s got Emilie Agreste in the basement. She’s not missing, she’s comatose from using the broken Peacock Miraculous. Gabriel wants to use the wish to bring her back. I don’t know if he knows about the tradeoff, though, but I bet the payment would be Adrien or Nathalie. The big painting of Emilie has buttons in it that open the elevator to the basement and his butterfly lair, and behind the painting is a safe that has the Miraculous Book and maybe the two brooches inside, if they’re not wearing them. Gabriel wears the Butterfly underneath his pinstripe tie, and Nathalie wears hers on the center of her chest. Is that everything? I think that’s everything. I don’t know, do you have any questions? I’ll try to remember anything else that’s relevant.”

“How do you know all of this?” Marinette’s voice was a whisper.

“That’s… that’s the part you’re not gonna believe.”

“Does it have to do with you not existing in my world?”

“Ah, yeah, and we should probably leave it at that. Are any of your classmates available for a Miraculous? You might wanna get a team together to go take on Hawkmoth directly. I, um, can’t really help with this akuma specifically, like any weaknesses, but I don’t think Tikki wanted me here for that.”

“Do you know anything about being a Guardian?” Marinette looked up at the person, close to tears from the information overload. She was so close to taking down Hawkmoth if what they said was true. But she needed to be thorough.

“Unfortunately not. I know Gabriel got the book decodings from Fu and fixed the Peacock, but that’s about it. The monks at the temple would be able to tell you more, but that’s about all I know.”

“The temple that came back after we defeated Feast?”

“Yep. That’s where Fu was trained to become a Guardian, but I think he already told you that.”

“Mmhm. How… how do I know you’re not lying?”

“I mean I don’t really know how to explain that, but I can at least prove that I know all the other holders identities. You’re Multimouse, Adrien is Aspik, Luka’s Viperion, Kagami and Ryuko, Chloe and Queen Bee, Alya and Rena Rouge, and then Nino and Carapace. Oh, and Fu and the Jade Turtle I guess. Then there’s Max and Pegase, Kim and Roi Singe, Alix and Bunnyx, I’m honestly surprised she hasn’t shown up to chew us out yet, and that’s everyone that I know of. I mean, Multimouse, Aspik, and Bunnyx are really the only ones that matter since Queen Wasp didn’t reveal them but like, you get the gist.”

Marinette didn’t trust herself to stand up just yet. She needed time to process all of this and think of a plan. Tikki must have summoned this person for a reason.

“Can you--?”

“--wield a Miraculous? I don’t think it would be safe to try. I don’t have any experience and like I said, I really shouldn’t exist here. I think you need your classmates for this one. If you all go at the akuma together and get Adrien back, taking down Hawkmoth should be a breeze. I’m just going to try to stay out of the crosshairs so Hawkmoth doesn’t get any of this info.”

“Wait, Gabriel Agreste has been akumatized before, doesn’t that mean?”

“No, unfortunately. It was a red herring, specifically so he could throw you off his trail. He akumatized himself. And he let Simon Says catch him for the same reason. Sorry you’re having to find all of this out like this.”

“It’s fine, I’ll deal with it. I hope no one else has gotten caught… Especially Alya.” Marinette sighed and looked out at the carnage one more time before getting up. “Thank you, I guess. I’ll come find you after we get rid of the akuma, and hopefully I can send you back to… wherever you’re from.”

“Sounds fine to me. Good luck. Shame I won’t be able to watch you take down Hawkmoth, but it’s fine. You should probably retransform here, though, I think you’re about to time out.”

“Oh, right! Sorry, can you just…?” Marinette motioned for the person to turn around.

“Oh! Sorry, yeah. Secret identity, just in case. I gotcha!” They held up their hands placatingly and spun around on the lab stool. Two flashes of pink light later and Marinette was gone, recruiting allies and destroying the akuma in a flash.

She re-entered the classroom and the person hopped off one of the tables, arms crossed nervously. “So, uh, are you gonna throw me in the air or something? I know you need to Miraculous Ladybug to fix the damage and free Adrien, so…”

“This is gonna be really awkward.”

“Yeah…”

“I’ll try to go quick.”

“Thank you. And good luck, again.”

“Yep. Hopefully it doesn’t backfire!” She laughed nervously.

“I’m sure Bunnyx would’ve ripped me out of the space-time continuum by now if something went wrong. I hope.” They both continued to laugh before sighing.

“Alright. This is it.”

“Miraculous Ladybug!”

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jesspeonwrites · 4 years

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Double Cross: Part 1?

Depending on how Season 4 runs, this will stay a one-shot or be continued. Idk, I just get bored writing a Hawkmoth defeat/reveal every time *shrug* Enjoy some writing! This is a divergence from Loveater/Heart Hunter/Miracle Queen

Luka and Kagami couldn’t really pinpoint when they figured out Marinette was Ladybug. They just knew. They’d figured it out before they got their miraculous, that’s for sure, and they’d decided once they figured it out that they were both going to play the field. Help LB in little ways without Hawkmoth knowing, and “help” HM so he didn’t catch on. Luka was in it to help his family financially, and Kagami was in it because Hawkmoth promised her power and freedom to make her own decisions once he got the miraculous. A tempting offer for a girl who’s always been under her mother’s thumb.

When Ryuuko off-handedly mentioned that she didn’t want to lose Marinette as a friend, no matter what happened with Adrien? Hearing Ladybug’s response hurt to the core. Marinette didn’t deserve to be hurt like this. Knowing that she would just back off and hide the pain… Kagami really started to wonder if she could handle going behind her back like this, even if it was to eventually help bring down Hawkmoth.

And Luka. Poor Luka.

Marinette had come crashing into him, tears and words spilling out and he couldn’t make out half of it but his earpiece was on, he was recording, Hawkmoth could analyze what she was saying and if she said anything that could lead him to her, he would kill himself for letting it slip through. So he did what he had to. He kissed her. Hawkmoth wouldn’t find anything wrong with it, not like he would if he slapped a hand over Mari’s mouth. But...

Not like this. This wasn’t supposed to be how their first kiss happened! But he couldn’t just let her out her identity, so here he was, forcing a kiss on the girl he was in love with to try and save her life.

He couldn’t really remember when he’d figured it out, exactly. It was before he became Viperion, after he’d made his deal with Hawkmoth, and after he’d met Marinette. The similarities were just too great. The hair, the eyes, her personality, the way she moved when she had a mission; she was Ladybug, without a doubt.

One night, when he and Kagami had switched their earpieces off for the night, they’d stayed up into the wee hours of the morning talking on the phone about her.

Luka tuned back in as Marinette pulled away from him, shaking and staring at him with more tears pooling in the corners of her eyes, and he needed to act fast. He put a hand over her mouth and a finger to his own, then point at his ear, turning to at least try to show her the earpiece. Hawkmoth had major money, so it blended almost seamlessly, but Marinette was far more observant than the average person.

The sunlight glinted off something nestled in Luka’s ear and Marinette froze. Just like that, the tears dried. As terrified as she’d just been, about Adrien, about Kagami, about Luka, it all switched to a horrific curiosity and suspicion about why Luka would be wearing an earpiece, and just who was on the other side of it.

She signalled that she saw it and Luka slowly removed his hand, mouthing ‘sorry’ at her before making his next move. “Wanna… go inside?”

Marinette glanced at the bakery, then back at Luka. “Sure. I, um… I think we have some stuff to talk about.”

“Yeah. I think we do.”

As much as Luka wanted to apologize for the kiss, he knew he needed to keep playing it cool. If Hawkmoth caught on to what he was about to do, it would risk everything he and Kagami had been working at. He signalled Mari for a pen and paper once they were inside, and she grabbed some from her room and set them on her chaise lounge for him.

He mouthed ‘we need to keep talking’ to her as he started to write.

“So, I guess the first thing I should ask is what’s got you so stressed. Sorry if the kiss was a little… unexpected, by the way. I’m not used to seeing you so worked up, and I wanted to make you smile.” Which he failed spectacularly at, but she would understand why in a few minutes. He was writing as quietly as possible, and just before Marinette started talking he mouthed ‘no hero stuff’ to her, drawing a line over his neck with his hand and then pointing to his earpiece again.

Marinette’s eyes went wide and she took several deep breaths before answering. “I know you probably don’t want to hear about this, but… it’s about Adrien. And Kagami. You already know most of it, but everything’s so complicated. They’re so similar, and I’m just some baker’s daughter. They’re both super high-society, their parents are practically writing the engagement as we speak. How can I compete with that? Not to mention I had a family member unexpectedly… go through some stuff, and I’m feeling really lost without them right now.”

Luka looked up, writing the last line on the paper and carefully handing it to her, putting a finger to his lips once more as a reminder that someone was listening. “That’s a lot to deal with. Have you talked with anyone?”

Marinette’s voice started to shake as she read the letter, but it was easily played off for emotion at what she was saying. “I’ve tried talking to Alya, but there’s drama with her too. Lila has her wrapped around her finger, and if I try to talk about Adrien she inevitably comes up and it ends with Alya calling me jealous. I don’t know what to do. Oh, crud, sorry I kept you so long, you’re going to be late for delivery!” Marinette jerked her head in the direction of the clock on her wall. “And we left your bike and guitar outside, I am so sorry!”

While they walked down she scribbled another message onto the notepad and turned it back around to face Luka.

‘You. Me. Kagami. Whenever you guys can turn those things off, we need to meet and talk.’

Luka gave her a thumbs up as he opened the door for her, walking to where he’d left his stuff just outside.

“Hey, we’ll talk later, ok? Sorry my delivery schedule got in the way. Promise you’ll be alright?” He asked, putting on his helmet.

Meanwhile, Kagami was getting her ear chewed off by a VERY angry Hawkmoth. “Why didn’t you take the Miraculous? That’s TWICE now that you’ve had it in your reach!”

“Sensei, doing so would only alert her to our schemes. She would come after me and use me to get information on you. If I continue to play her like this, I stand a much better chance of gaining her trust and getting her to reveal herself to me. It is the same with Luka and the Snake Miraculous. We make ourselves trusted allies, and eventually she will let something slip.”

“Fine, fine. In that case, I should let you know that there’s a group of hornets coming your way. You may not want to be there when they catch up.”

Kagami heard the buzzing just over her shoulder, and without stopping to look she broke into a sprint.

Luka heard the buzzing a second before Marinette did, and practically threw her back towards the bakery as he taunted the bees, demanding they come after him instead. The last thing he saw was Marinette sprinting for cover so she could transform. Then, the world went yellow.

“Tikki, spots on!”

Seeing Ryuko and Viperion walk up to take their Miraculous was, to make light of the situation, a disappointment for Hawkmoth. He’d trained those two better, they should’ve been able to outrun the hornets easily. That Marinette girl and his own son had been their respective downfalls, and now he had to figure out how to get them back in Ladybug’s good graces. If she were stupid, she would just give them their Miraculous back after exposing their identities. But then again, if she were stupid he would already have won.

Ladybug and Chat Noir won much the same, with Master Fu passing Guardianship to Ladybug and conveniently forgetting all of his memories. Marinette left all the post-akumatization work to Chat Noir for once, moving to get Master Fu out of harms way and to the one person she could think of that might be able to help. Marianne.

Marianne told her to drop off Fu at the train station with her, detransform, and come find them.

A very defeated looking Marinette walked in carrying a box of macarons. Marianne waved her over and she put on a brave smile, knowing Fu wouldn’t have any idea what she was sad about and that she couldn’t explain it if she tried.

“We’re going back to England.”

“What? Really? When did you--?”

“It’s for our safety. No doubt he’ll be keeping tabs on us, so it will be better for us right now to flee.”

“But who will teach me how to--?”

“Marinette. Calm down.” Master Fu smiled that same dazed smile at her that he’d given when he asked if he knew her.

Marinette froze. “You said you didn’t know who I was.”

“Convenient, wasn’t it?” Marinette saw the glint in his eyes as he continued to look at her with childlike wonder. “The station is loud enough that we can talk freely, but I must keep up appearances. Did you bring those for me?”

“Y-yeah, to see you off! Are you actually?”

“Yes, but you have the Miracle Box now. The Horse will allow you to create portals, so you may come visit. Marianne?” He swiveled his head, now looking at the older woman he’d been in love with for so long and was now free to be with. Well, almost free.

Marianne took out a slip of paper and passed it to her. It contained an address in England, presumably for her house. Marinette swallowed thickly and put it in her purse with Tikki.

“We’ll talk later, sweetheart. It would probably be a good idea to stage a little breakdown after the train takes off. For the cameras.” Marianne put a sad smile on her face and gently squeezed Marinette’s arm, looking every part the woman comforting someone dealing with a great loss. “And if someone asks how you know us, say we’re your great aunt and uncle heading to England for a new dementia treatment after Fu had a fall.”

“Can… can do.” Marinette pulled them both in for a hug and allowed a few tear to fall, drawing on all the stress she’d been dealt as inspiration.

“Alright, let’s go. Can’t miss our train!” The older couple took each others’ hands and boarded, turning around one last time to smile and wave at Marinette, who was still standing and letting the tears fall. The train rolled out of the station. Marinette slumped onto the bench Fu had been seated on and allowed herself some time to cry. Really cry. About everything, Fu excluded. And once she was done, she took a deep breath, gathered herself up, and went to meet her class at Andre’s Ice Cream cart.

Luka, Kagami, and Adrien were all there waiting for her, and the four all went up for ice cream together. Just as Adrien was about to say something, Kagami and Luka excused themselves and said they needed to talk about something with Marinette. Alone. Adrien took it in stride and sat down next to Nino and Alya, occasionally glancing over his shoulder to try to figure out what was so important that his “good friend” Marinette, his maybe-girlfriend Kagami, and Kitty-Section-Luka would all need to talk about.

“They’re off, but still in. They’re GPS-tracked, and he’d get suspicious if we left them at home when he heard we were invited to ice cream.”

“Marinette, you look like you’ve been crying. Is it about the…?”

“Um, kinda. Just, a lot’s been going on today. Luka knows most of it.” Marinette crossed her arms and looked down at her shoes, trying to figure out what to say first.

“Are you… mad at us?”

“How long have you known?”

“...a while. We started playing both sides once we found out and realized the other knew, too.” Kagami answered, mimicking Marinette’s pose in an attempt to get smaller. She was afraid of the wrath she knew Marinette possessed, even if she only showed it as Ladybug. “We haven’t told Hawkmoth, obviously. He would’ve destroyed us.”

“The guy’s loaded, we know that much. I got in it for the money. I wanted to help Jules and Mom… I work the delivery job so I have an excuse for how much money I’m making. Generous tippers, y’know.” Luka chuckled half-heartedly, trying to ease the tension.

“Kagami?” Marinette asked, slowly looking up to meet her in the eye.

Kagami sighed. “I was selfish. You… you know my mother is controlling. He offered me personal stability. I would be free to control my own life.”

Marinette nodded. Having met and fought Tomoe Tsurugi, she knew there was more going on behind the scenes that she wasn’t privy to.

“What are you going to do? Tell on us?”

Marinette’s head whipped up to look at Luka, eyes wide. “Why would I do that?! You’re my friends!”

“Even after all of this?” Kagami murmured softly, staring in shock at the girl everyone called their ‘Everyday Ladybug.’

“Of course! You’ve kept my secret this long, you’ve been working this whole time just to try and help me, you didn’t even try to take your Miraculous like Chloe!” Marinette wrapped her arms around them and crushed them in a hug. “You’re the truest friends I have right now.”

Luka slowly wrapped his free arm around Marinette, not sure he should do anything more right now. He was floating on the realization that Marinette didn’t hate him. Kagami, however, wiggled both her arms free and squeezed Marinette as hard as she could. If Marinette’s jacket was a little tear-stained when she pulled back, no one commented on it.

“Partners?” Luka started.

“Allies.” Kagami corrected.

“Friends.” Marinette finished.

The trio walked back together and sat down, Luka and Kagami flanking Marinette. Luka pulled out his guitar and started playing a soft melody while Adrien asked Kagami what they’d been talking about. Kagami just shrugged and said it was personal.

#double cross au #luka couffaine #kagami tsurugi #marinette dupain-cheng #viperion #ryuuko #miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #master fu #marianne miraculous ladybug #do fu and marianne have a ship name #i reject marifu on the assumption that nasties will use it for marinette #but masteranne sounds weird #as does furianne #idk #master fu x marianne #yes there are some elements of lukanette and kagaminette but i'm not tagging it because it's not explicitly romantic #they will be platonic in this one shot until i decide to close or continue it

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