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Summary:

Marinette isn't good with interviews especially now that everyone is asking if she is over 5000 years old, and in one of these interviews she says what started as a spur of the moment joke to something that sets the media on theoretical fire, and she decides to role with it.

These are some of those random bits of Lore she made up, that just happen to have some evidence.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: That Time Ladybug Punched Gilgamesh In The Face

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Marinette was not liking this interview at all, Chat had done nothing but flirt with her so far and Karma was being forced by her managers to keep pressing Ladybug her age. "Please Ladybug your fans and quite a number of historians and archeologists are interested in knowing how old you are exactly, and if you are over 5000 years old then what has required you to live for so long?" Chat grinned as he answered for her not letting her get a word out. "I personally can't vouche for her age, but I'm positive she's the perfect age for me~." That damn cat and his flirting, don't get her wrong she loved Chat he was like a brother to her but his flirting was obnoxious at this rate, normally she would gentely reject him, but due to the current topic at hand mixed with her annoyance this came out instead.

"Your flirting is almost as bad as Gilgamesh's! At least for him he eventually took the hint!" She quickly covered her mouth as she heard the gasp of the crowd. "Oh I'm sorry! I was just so tired from today's akuma so I was a bit irritated." The stares were starting to make her nervous until she was bombarded by questions. "All right everyone calm down one question at a time, Nadja?"

"Thank you Ladybug. You mentioned Gilgamesh, do you per chance mean the mythical king Gilgamesh and if so how did you know him." Well shit, Marinette had just dug her self Into a hole, but against her better judgement she doubled down. "Yes I knew him, he was a sort of frenemy. He was convinced that if he could beat me in combat he would win my powers as well as my hand in marriage. Of course he didn't win any of those times."

Chat noir looked jealous at first before gaining a mischievous look on his face. "M'lady if I were to beat you in combat would I win your hand?" She wanted to think that he meant it as a joke but for some reason that had really pissed her off. "My hand is not something to be win, I am not an object. Secondly if Gilgamesh couldn't beat me what makes you think you could?" She didn't mean to come off as harsh but it was like something came over her.

His ears perked down at that, but the interview continued with the questions about Gilgamesh this would last until the final question of the interview. "ladybug one last question if you don't mind. What was your most agitating encounter with Gilgamesh?" Marinette thought she was in a corner when a thought of what 'could' have happened popped into her head crystal clear. "He once tried to beat me once by trapping me in a ditch and hitting me from afar until I fainted or surrendered. I managed to escape and I got so mad that I socked him right in the face and knocked his ass out cold."

"Well as thrilling as that story is, we are out of time. It was a pleasure to speak with you Ladybug."

"No problem happy to be of service." And like that she left as fast as she could.

Chapter 2: That Time Ladybug Got Robbed

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It was just another interview for the ladyblog something she's done so many times before so why was she nervous! The questions so far had been standard and actually quite interesting which calmed her nerves a bit but then Alya asked this. "So what are your thoughts on Rena Rouge?" She knee Alya was doing this for a confidence boost but hey she was working hard and deserved this. But instead of the compliment she was going to say what came out was. "She is such a breath of fresh air compared to her predecessors!"

Alya got a confused look on her face. "What do you mean by that?" Before Marinette could get her thoughts straight she continued on with the rant. "I'm saying that her predecessors were assholes, most of them anyway the biggest one being Robin hood who intact stole the miraculous!" 

"Robin hood used the fox miraculous?!" Alya's reaction was well warranted. "Yeah it took me years to get it back! To this day I still don't know how he managed to steal it from me!" After about an hour of ranting about how Robin hood was an asshole the interview and Marinette went home while chastising herself.

Chapter 3: Ladybug vs the Catholics

Notes:

Disclaimer: this is not meant to offend anyone's religions or say one is right over the other this is purely for comedic affect, I'm simply saying this because people can overreact to something like this. And if you do have a complaint please make sure your at the very least polite.

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At this point Marinette didn't know why she was still doing interviews when it seemed that every time she would go on about a rant that seemed to take over her mind yet felt completely her own, but her she was doing another interview with Nadja.

The interview seemed normal at first questions like if she and chat noir were together, when they were gonna stop Hawkmoth etc. Marinette was trying to be nice but she was just in a terrible mood today not only from the frustration of these past take overs as she called them but she also had the strangest nightmare. A woman was burning at the stake accused of witch craft amongst other things, she didn't know why but she felt a strong connection to this girl and when she woke up her cheeks were stained with tears she didn't even know she was shedding.

"So Ladybug I want to change the subject a little bit if you don't mind." Marinette was surprised by this considering they usually don't go off the usual topics but she was intrigued. "I don't mind I'm all for new topics." Nadja pulled out a note pad from behind her. "People on the internet have been theorizing about you, and now why there are plenty of them about you the one I want to focus on is specifically about your origin or possible roots. And you are free to skip the questions if you so choose. Is that alright with you?" Marinette got a bit nervous, this seemed like a scenario where she might go on a rant again, but she persisted. "that's perfectly fine go ahead and ask."

"Recently the Catholic church specifically the Vatican has Revealed some interesting artifacts from their archives. Specifically an old mural of what appears to be you fighting what appear to be demons. They claim this is proof you are an angel sent by God to carry out his will. Is this correct?" The crowd seemed to murmur at that even Chat noir seemed to contemplate it. "I mean I guess that could make sense M'lady has always seemed more.....flexible when it came to her powers compared to other heroes."

Marinette quickly tried to gain control of the situation. "I can promise you I don't have any singular relation to any one religion, I might appear from time to time but its by no means exclusive." She didn't know why she phrased it like that but it seemed like a fitting way to say it. "Are you sure? Because the Catholic church are quite a among that you are an angel, their even using it as an incentive to join their church."

That caused something to bubble up inside Marinette. She didn't know why but rage started to seal through her body, but she still tried to keep calm but her next words would shock even her. "I have no association with the Catholic church.......especially after what they have done." It was happening again, words that weren't her own yet still felt to be true were coming from her mouth. "Do you care to elaborate on that? It seems you have a grudge against them."

Before she could stop herself her mouth started moving her voice leaking with suppressed anger. "Why wouldn't I? They took someone very dear to me." images of the girl burning at the stake appeared in her head again as she continued. "She lead armies into battle under their 'Lord's' name! She fought tooth and bloody nail for her people for her God and how did they repay her? They accused her of witch craft! They burned her at the stake conspiring with the very same armies she fought because she was a 'threat'! Then they have the BALLS to declare her a saint over 500 years later! They took the girl I loved from me! They killed her for sins she didn't commit, they killed her for loving her homeland! I had to watch as she burned alive screaming for me with nothing  could do to help her! So excuse me if I have a GRUDGE!"

the room was deathly quite after she finished. The air felt cold and thick as they had seen who was basically the poster girl of Paris unleash her anger. "I'm sorry for bringing such a painful thing up." Nadja was sincere which made Marinette feel awful for yelling at her even if it wasn't technically her fault. "No I should be the one apologizing, I let my  anger get the best of me, thank you for having me on here again ,but I feel like I should go." Before anyone could protest Marinette left the building.

She needed to figure out what was going on with her, and she had an idea of who might know.

Chapter 4: The Many Many Lives Of Marinette

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It was almost 11pm when Marinette finally decided to ask Tikki what was going on. Her parents were out on a date night, and she had the bakery all to herself, so when she finally called out Tikki to ask her what the fuck has been happening with her lately and the tiny red kwami had told her, the reaction could be hear from the Eiffel tower. "I'M A WHAT!?!" the answer she had gotten sent surprised her one could say. Ok in all honesty it caught her out of left field like that time she got hit in the face with a soft ball when she was 6.

"Your a reincarnation." The small adorable creature that was Tikki, tried calming her down but to be fair the bombshell of living multiple past lives can be stressful to say the least. Tikki would know this from first hand experience doing it over and over and over again. "Tikki can you please explain this as simple as you can, because I feel like my brain is about to explode." Marinette was fucking tired. She fought an akuma that could produce a almost lethal laughing gas, she had to deal with Chat's flirting again, Lila was being a lying bitch and then there was her hold tirade she went on against the Catholic church.

"I will but please understand this is a very complicated thing so make sure to let me know if it overwhelms you." This was one of the many reasons Marinette loved her kwami, she always pit her needs first. "I promise, just please explain." 

"Ok. The miraculous of the ladybug is extremely unique being essentially the physical embodiment of life energy itself. This grants it a special property over how the user is effected by death and the afterlife. You originally gained my miraculous ages ago, I lost track to be completely honest with you, but since you were the first user of the ladybug miraculous your soul was tethered to it. This would grant you the unique ability to be able to reincarnate after death, you could wait however long you want before doing so. So you could stay permanently dead if you wanted too. this is a g ait shared by few other miraculous but even then there's isn't so......complicated."

The way Tikki was talking was as if she had done this hundreds if not thousands of times before. "You have been every single ladybug from the dawn of the miraculous to even now. Your memories start to come in when your fairly skilled with your abilities, although it doesn't usually happen this soon, but back to the main topic. Sometimes these memories can be so intense or passionate that they can take over at times if not properly managed. That is essentially what is happening to you, meditation can help control it by giving you a sound mind. Your soul will always be the same, even if there are changes every now and then. In the end you will always be ladybug."

"Ok thank you Tikki. My brain isn't exploding so that's A good sign." Marinette would think about it for a few moments before saying. "So for all intents and purposes I am basically stuck at this job for all eternity?" Tikki didn't miss a beat and responded. "That would be an accurate assessment of the situation, yes." Marinette sighed in defeat as she eventually decided to try giving the meditation a try. It took a few hours but she eventually started to see something.

It was the seen of the woman burning at the stake again except this time it wasn't like she was seeing it through a window, she was there in the street watching it happen. The girl couldn't have been older then 19. She couldn't even speak as she watched the girl's skin be scorched to a charcoal black. The suddenly she was in a room, A house out in the wilderness a clear a bright sunny day outside. When suddenly the door opened it was the girl that had been set ablaze.

She was a tad bit taller then Marinette 5'2 if she had to guess. She was well built muscle wise, her eyes were a deep almost chocolate brown, Marinette  felt herself getting lost in them. The girl also had fairly tanned skin most likely from being often outside. Her hair was messy, not resembling the bought seen in some paintings and more or less resembling a pixie cut. The hair itself was a alluring black, and as for her skin Marinette noticed small scars lining parts of her face. Marinette didn't know why but she had a intense sense of euphoria while looking at the girl.

She suddenly felt as if she was being turned inside out as a girl had walked right out from where she was standing practically running towards the girl in the door way. "Joan!" She ran right into the other girl's arms as the one in the doorway spinned her in the air before they shared a passionate kiss. The girl that had ran out of Marinette looked slot like her, so much so it was completely uncanny. She had deep ravenette hair with a blueish tint to it, her eyes were a bright and brilliant blue almost like gemstones, there was a scar that went from right above her eyebrows to cooling around her neck almost like a snake, her dress was a scarlet red that seemed to have a certain shine to it, and upon her ears were some very very familiar earrings.

This must have been her past incarnation, and the girl in the door way, the name her counterpart had called her 'Joan' was very familiar........wait a minute. "Mathilde my love I have missed you, I have to apologize for the wait, my last conquest against those English bastards was more tedious then I had thought." That was Joan of Arc, she dated Joan of arc, Marinette needed a few minutes to reboot her brain around that one, but the memory didn't wait for her. "Your forgiven my love just promise you will try and spend more time with me this time around before you return to combat?"

"Sorry Mon Ange, but I still have to deal with the nobles they demand a report of my latest battle." Marinette's past incarnation now named Mathilde scolded with an extremely bitter look on her face. "Those useless excuse of nobles are demanding that of you? Those useless bastards can bite the dirtiest part of a pig's ass for all I care, Mon Cœur. You are their best warrior fighting for her country and its people, for all the 'good' they do for the people I'm surprised they haven't been beheaded yet!"

"Ma chérie you can't just say things like that! Your lucky we are alone right now." Joan laughed while speaking, there was something so warm about it. It made Marinette smile softly as if recalling a fond memory of old. The other her began speaking again soon after her tone takjng a much more serious form. "Just promise me you'll return to me alive ok?"

"I swear it to you malady." Then the memory faded and she was back in her room with Tikki staring right at her. "So how was it?" 

"I DATED JOAN OF ARC!?" Marinette was absolutely shell shocked and was doing her best to avoid crying considering she knew what happened next to Joan of Arc. "You two did slot more then 'date' it was almost every time she came home from battle." Marinette blushed like crazy using this as a good distraction from the depressing thoughts of Jeanne welling up inside her. She suddenly thought about Kagami and her attraction towards her. "Wait and Kagam-" Tikki quickly cut her off. "Yeah your obsession with women who could kick your ass  or use a sword has been something your attracted to since I met you."

"Oh."

After 2 more hours of talking with Tikki Marinette eventually went to bed, not noticing the tears that were close to overflowing her face in morning.

Chapter 5: The Red Devil Of Germany

Notes:

This chapter is going to be the beginning of a three part focus on one of Mari's past incarnations, hope you enjoy💜

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Nadja was sitting in her usual spot in the main broadcast room, however instead of ladybug and chat noir in the guest chair as she had grown used to it was a historian wearing a brown suit and a red tie. "So Dr. Becker you have come here today to talk about a important discovery you and your team have made that might pertain to our cities red clad heroine correct?" Dr Becker the man informs of her was a world renowned historian and archeologist having made several incredible discoveries as well as placing them in our history's most logical gaps. In recent years he has started diving into the history after the discovery of Ladybug's connection to Egypt, he has  spent a vast majority of his time trying to make other connections between the heroes and the past.

"Quite correct miss Nadja, I recently discovered an old journal which I found in a extremely run down house in north western Germany, I dated it to the year 1941, and the contents I found inside said journal are quite fascinating." Nadja was curious she was a tad ashamed to admit but after ladybug's references to her past in past interviews she was quite intrigued to learn more about the city's hero.  "would you mind if I read it here for the audience to listen , I swear to you it is not very long." This was practically guaranteed to get her more views, people in the past few weeks have been addicted to finding out more about her. "Go on then."

If this journal is accurate it could be the discovery of a lifetime. "The journal was owned by a Nazi soldier named Bernd. I'll be focusing on the parts that relate to the discovery I was talking about."

"december 14th 1941, my team and I have been sent into the woods to find a route into France for supply transport and Intel gathering. The snow is crunching beneath our feet like dried bone, we lost contact with home base and the rest of the scouting teams a few hours ago. Out here its just me, Jochen, Tobias, Heinz and Reinhold our captain. We ran out of rations a few hours ago."

"I knew there was something wrong with this forest! Something was watching, no hunting us, the wind had picked up and we began to hear a slow whistle out in the woods it was bone chilling I dont know why but it seemed to be mocking us, and then in the blink of an eye there was a red blur and Jochen was snatched off the ground and taken into the woods. We opened fire as fast as we could to hopefully save our comrade, but the only thing we managed to hit were trees. A few moments later we heard Jochen's screams from up the path followed by the sound of crunching bones and tearing flesh. We rushed as fast as we could to see the cause, but it was too late. Jorgen was hanging above his in the trees, but his corpse was completely mangled."

"Reinhold made us keep moving to hopefully not get another one of us caught by that 'thing'.  We managed to find this abandoned house that I am currently writing from I doubt we'll be safe here for long."

"December 15th 1941, Tobias is dead. He went out to get us something to eat so we didn't starve to death. Unfortunately that monster caught him. I got a better look at it through the ordeal. It resembled someone wearing a American military uniform. It was carrying a M1 garand attached to the gun was a large blade about 6 inches in length from what I could tell. It had caught Tobias right outside the house, it impaled him through the stomach and into a tree before firing off a round blasting a hole through what little remained of his back, after that it dislodged its gun from him and walked back into the woods while whistling that same damn tune. I don't know many things about our situation but I know for a damn fact that what ever the hell that thing is, it isn't human."

"December 16th 1941, Heinz had stuck his head through the window trying to get a better view of the outside due to the snow starting to fall. We heard the sound of a gun firing and glass shattering. When me and Reinhold got to where he had been all we saw was his corpse lying on the ground his head splattered against the wall, the only part still attached was of teeth barely still connector his gums. I fear we may share a similar fate soon."

"December 17th 1941, Reinhold is a coward. He couldn't handle the pressure and fear and gave himself the 'easy way out' although if I'm being honest, I can't blame him. I saw that 'thing' through the window again. Its blood red clothes were covered in snow that it was lightly brushing off, the black spots on its helmet almost seemed like extra eyes staring into my soul. I couldn't see its face except for its piercing blue eyes. Before he died me and Reinhold discussed what this thing could possibly be, we knew damn well it wasn't human. Reinhold thought it was the devil coming to collect our souls. I disagree, I believe that we are being hunted by something far far worse."

Dr. Becker closed the journal, everyone was silent to say they were 'creeped out' was an understatement. "I'm sorry but as morbid as that story is I fail to see the connection with ladybug." Dr. Becker let out a chunks at that. "That's perfectly fine miss Nadja I didn't either at first, but pay attention to how he described this 'monster' it had a blood red uniform with black spots as well as how he put 'piercing blue eyes' now tell me doesn't that description sound familiar?" 

"Your suggesting that ladybug killed these men? But she is a hero why would she do such a thing, and in such a cruel fashion as well, it just doesn't make any sense." Dr. Becker scratched his chin as he began to answer. "these were different times, it was war after all. Perhaps she saw this as the only way to help at the time, plus they are Nazis so I'd call killing them quite heroic, but that's just my opinion." Nadja couldn't  argue with his logic there. The rest of the interview was quite somber after that.

Chapter 6: Memories Of The Good Old Days

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Marinette had seen the interview with the historian because of course she did. It was definitely interesting and it definitely got her interested in what her life was like in WW2 so here she was meditating waiting for it to start. She began to think that it wouldn't start until she suddenly found herself in a memory. She found herself in what seemed like an apartment in New York city it actually looked really fancy for the time period. She then saw a woman with bright blue eyes, pale skin and ravenette locks. She was cooking in the kitchen what seemed like soup. She was even whistling to her self. This must have been her past self, Marinette then heard the sound of running foot steps come from tied nearby hallway. "Aunt Mary!"

"Get back here you little shit!" Her counter part now named Mary turned around to see a girl no older then 9 rush up to her and hug her leg. "what's the matter Barbara?" The small girl had a small tube of lipstick on her hand as she tried to hide in her aunt's leg. "I did something bad and now aunt carol is mad at me!" Speaking of which a woman with short dirty blonde hair burst through the hallway with lipstick all over her face. "Barbara! Get your ass back here now!" Marinette got a feeling of euphoria from seeing the woman, similar to when she saw Joan. Her counterpart  quickly walked up to the very angry blonde woman and put a hand on her chest. "Carol calm down." 

"But Mary she used my nice lipstick and got it all over my face!" Her counter part only raised an eyebrow at that. "Baby, she's 9 and doesn't know better, also your sister would be pissed if you beat the shit out of her kid over lipstick while we were babysitting her." Carol pouted for a few seconds before repenting and calming down. "Your right. I'm overreacting." With that she kissed Mary before looking back at Barbara. "Barb go to your room for a little bit ok? If you do that we'll get ice cream later" The small girl beamed at that she quickly nodded set the lipstick on the counter and ran off to her room. "Little shit."

"She is our niece."

"True." Mary kissed her wife before getting a somber look on her face. "Your still serious about sneaking into the military aren't you?" Carol looked Mary in the eyes "I am, I can't just stand by and let people die to those Nazi fucks when I can do something to change that. I also can't let you fight all by yourself now can I?" Mary nuzzled her head into Carol's shoulder and neck. "I know, but I have powers you don't and what if I'm not there to help or save you? I can't bare the thought of losing you." Carol rubbed the back of Mary's head. "I'll be fine trust me, plus if it means I get to give that German mustached asshole a good wallop to the face then it would be worth it." Mary kissed her wife. "Fine I trust you,but if you die on me I'll never forgive you." Carol chuckled at that. "I agree to your terms."

With that the memory faded, Marinette expected to wake up but instead she was immediately hurled into another memory. She saw Carol right beside her in the trench, as there were explosions and gunfire over head. Carol was reloading her gun and quickly firing back at the enemy, as Mary saw her counter part dart around the battlefield absolutely slaughtering any axis soldier she came across. She would fire into the air to act as a form of propulsion sending her flying through the air. She at one point Eve sliced right through a tank with the blade on her gun. 

She then jumped into a trench of axis soldiers and moments later blood and limbs could be seen flying out, and a few moments after that Mary jumped back out and proceeded to the next group she saw.Marinette could barely keep sight of her past incarnation's movements, it was almost like watching a swarm of piranhas in a feeding frenzy. Carol was still firing from the trench when she then over heard some of her comrades yell as they were surrounded. Mary was too far away, and even as fast as she was she wouldn't make it in time. So Carol got a serious look on her face before she jumped out of the trench and charged towards the surrounded group.

She took a grenade from her belt and threw it into the barrel of the tank before taking out her pistol and shooting 3 axis soldiers in the neck. One tried to attack her with a knife but she quickly kicked him hard in the knee before grabbing his knife and stabbing him in the neck. Another one came from behind and grabbed her to which she responded by kicking him in the groin before flipping him over her and breaking his neck on a nearby rock. She then quickly ran over to her nearby tied up fellow soldiers and began trying to take of their bonds, but before she could finish, there was a loud audible gunshot.

Mary, from across the battle field could even hear it as she quickly turned around to see Carol fall onto the ground. "CAROL!!" She darted over as fast as she could, the soldier that had shot Carol quickly fled out of sight. Mary managed to catch Carol before she hit the floor, she had a bullet hols in her chest even if Mary took her to a medic now she wouldn't be able to make it, and her miraculous ladybug was already used up. "Carol you fucking idiot, you brave idiot, why?" Marinette felt the same tears run down her face like her counterpart. "Because, it was the right thing to do." Carol smiled as she coughed up some blood before kissing Mary one last time before falling limp.

After the battle was over Mary took Carol's body and left bringing it back to their family. They all mourned but in only 3 days Mary was back in action, now with a fury of a thousand suns. After that the memory faded before one last memory began to play. Mary was outside a house in the rain, only the brief flashes of lightning illuminating her. She was transformed and she looked pissed. The man who killed Carol had gone traitor on the Nazis at the end of the war, and in exchange for his Intel the allies aloud him to walk free her in America. Mary got onto the roof before sneaking into his living room, it was fancy. It had a big glass liquor cabinet, A few paintings. It made her sick at how luxurious this man was living when he put her wife into the ground in cold blood. She waited and pointed her rifle at the doorway.

Soon enough he entered. Seemingly just getting back from work, and as he turned on the lights he looked at her in horror. Before he could run away Mary took the shot his head splattering against the walls and paintings. Mary then broke the glass to the liquor cabinet and started pouring it all over the living room, keeping one for herself and before she left, she lit a match and threw it on the ground setting the entire place ablaze. After that she walked off into the rain and the memory ended. Marinette had tears rushing down her face, she was going to need a little bit to process all of this.

Chapter 7: An Interview With A Ghost

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Nadja had finished setting up for the interview. Dr.Becker was in the chair across from her and Ladybug was on call, she said she couldn't show up in person this time due to being busy, but she did say she could due a voice call. Nadja was a bit disappointed but she understood the busy schedule of being a hero wasn't always forgiving, and she was grateful she got as many as she did. With that being addressed in her mind she started the interview.

"ladies and gentlemen, we have another special interview today. Ladybug has agreed to answer some of Dr.Becker's questions here, live on air!" She put on her usual proud smile for the audience, trying to hide that she was genuinely intrigued for the content of this interview.

"It is great to be speaking with you again Nadja, as well as you Dr.Becker." Although they couldn't see her face ladybug did seem genuinely grateful. "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Ladybug, one student of history to another." He tipped his hat to the screen even though ladybug couldn't see him. "Thanks, its always great to see people willing and actively wanting to discover the secrets of the past." Becker chuckled in response. "History is my passion, and it always will be, now to get to the main point if you don't mind. You said you would answer some of my questions, may I ask if their are any parameters or subjects I should avoid?" He had already taken out a pen and his personal note book.

"since I am busy at the moment I think 3 questions should be fine, as for subjects......eh lets play it by ear, that sound alright to you doc?" Becker hummed in response, consider your generous enough to grant me this interview I am more then glad to agree to those terms." Nadja nodded her head in agreement. "well now that the terms have been set Dr.Becker you may ask Ladybug your first question."

"Right then. Ladybug, the journal I found mentions a entity that bares a remarkable description close to yours, so I ask were you the one to kill those soldiers?"

"Dr.Becker to speak for the ones who say she's innocent of those deaths, they argue she has a perfectly explanation as to wha-" before she could finish Ladybug cut her off. "Oh yeah no that was me 100%. I straight up butchered those pieces of shit, hey is that guy I killed in the trees still there?" Becker was joyfully surprised but quickly got a hold of himself and answered her. "Why yes, in fact it seems the trees have incorporated his corpse into their bodies the trunks and branches almost melding him into the tress, seemingly having grown at an unnatural pace."

"Holy shit that actually worked. I honestly didn't think that would work, when I hanged him up there I put a bunch of of energy into the branches to accelerate their growth. Didn't think to would work so well." everyone was a bit stunned at this and were absolutely speechless. " in my defense they were Nazis and I was pretty pissed that day." Everyone seemed to agree that when dealing with Nazis that any form of cruel punishment is definitely on the table.

"For my next question, were you in contact with ally military, and if so what was that relationship like?" It was a good question if Ladybug was active during world war 2 why wasnt their a few if not any sightings of her. "I was in contact with the military at that time, however it was a very......lets say strained relationship. They didn't trust me, and I usually don't trust governments in general except for a few rare instances. They certainly did their best to keep me secret, I vaguely remember them mentioning making all soldiers that have encountered me to and I quote 'keep their mouths shut' and I assume they did so with how little mention they have of me and my contributions actually cataloged." 

"That is quite a shame, I would have loved to read about your exploits." The audience in the studio muttered in agreement, many wouldn't mind reading a book about a world war 2 ladybug. "I'll take that as a compliment doc. I believe you have one last question before I have to go doctor." Becker immediately got serious again after writing some notes. "Ah right I wouldn't want to keep you here longer then necessary." He cleared his throat before continuing with his final question. He seemed a bit more hesitant with this last question but her persisted none the less. "You fought the axis powers with such ferocious energy some soldier reports, or at the least the few I managed to get my hands on compared it to and I quote 'vengeful grief made incarnate' so I have to ask......did you lose someone during the war?"

Ladybug was silent for a few minutes. "I'm sorry if that question brought up bad memories you don't have to ans-" before he could finish he Ladybug herself cut him off. "Its fine, but to answer your question I did lose someone..... Someone very dear to me, one of the bravest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.... And I'm afraid that's all I can tell you."

"That is completely understandable, thank you for your time." He finished writing down the last of his notes and closing his notebook. "Nadja thank you for having me on the show again.....bugout." and with that her audio transmission ended. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Marinette was swinging across the city, it was about 9pm and a few hours after her audio interview with Nadja and Dr.Becker. it didn't go as she expected but she felt like it went pretty well with how she handled it, she didn't go on a rant about the Catholics which was good considering her track record. But it was now time to deal with the problem at hand, some earlier this morning had emailed her civilian identity saying she knew who she was. Marinette was currently heading towards the location the stranger told her to meet her at, at around this time.

She didn't know how her identity but she damn well intended to find out. She got to the meet up point which seemed like a random roof. She saw who she assumed was the person who emailed her holding something covered in some sort of blanket. Marinette was getting an odd sense of deja vu from looking at her, almost like their was a connection, A faint one but a connection none the less. "Alright I'm here. Now how do you know I am, and why have you brought me here." Marinette was not in the mood for games and was ready to cut straight for the point.

"Mary Smith." The woman suddenly spoke, sending a feeling of shock down Marinette's spine. How the hell did she know her past life? "How do you know that name?" The woman continued "Mary Smith, wife of Carol Smith. That's who you were correct?" Marinette only nodded preparing for something to go wrong. "My name is Jessica Smith.....I'm your great great great great niece." Marinette dropped her yo-yo which she was preparing to fight with. She searched her face, and body language to find any indication that she was lying....but there was none, she was telling the truth.

"The other woman then started to look more nervous before handing Mari the item wrapped in cloth. "If you don't believe here's this!" Jessica looked more and more nervous. Mari opened the cloth and found several items, her wife's dog tags under her fake name when she snuck into the army, A crimson metal flask  with some silver embroidery on it, and her M1 garand from her World War 2 era, if she didn't believe her before she definitely did now.

"H-How?" Was all Marinette could ask, before Jessica could answer her. "You gave those to the family before you died, saying we could use them to find you. When the new ladybug appeared I cross referred based on age range and a few other factors and found out you identity... I'm sorry if that's creepy or weird b-but I really wanted to meet you, I mean I heard so much about you, and you were one of my biggest inspirations growing up, your even one of the reasons I became a Marine!.....and you probably thinking I'm freaky and weird with all of this aren't you?"

Jessica started looking at the ground clearly both embarrassed and scared of Marinette's reaction. Marinette got all of her thoughts in order before she put her hands on Jessica's shoulder. "your not freaky or weird......your perfect." Mentally Marinette was going 'HOLY FUCKING SHIT I'M AN AUNT!' after a few more minutes of talking Jessica calmed down and got more comfortable and explained that Marinette or in technical terms her past life Mary had told them about her powers and reincarnations. Along with ally of information about the family she wasn't there for.

"Oh and my older brother Tim tried drinking out of your flask after we had discovered that not only was the alcohol in their limitless, but it was also 90% concentrated alcohol!"

"He didnt!" 

"he totally did! We had too take him to the hospital! Bright side he completely stopped drinking after that, not because of trauma or anything like that but because he said 'no other alcohol could compare to the taste'. We've made fun of him for it ever since." They both laughed about that for a few minutes. "Aunt Mari? I've been wanting to asking you something." Marinette turned her head to her technically older then her niece. "go ahead."

"Why the skin tight suit?" Marinette's face paled before she lead out a gutful groan. "It was an accident! It was the first thing I thought of when I first transformed! I've been meaning to change it for ages now!" She buried her hands into her hands for a few minutes as they basked in her costumed misery. Eventually they exchanged numbers to keep in contact and Marinette swung Jessica to the airport for her fly back to America, promising to visit her niece and the rest of the family at some point.

Notes:

FINALLY!! This three parter is done! I hope you enjoyed, please let me know your thoughts in the comments I always love your feedback💜

Chapter 8: Redesign

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Marinette was sitting at her at home desk surrounded by rolled up paper balls. After her talk with Jess she was finally redesigning her suit. Like when she first transformed it was fine because it was a spur of the moment battle, but as time went on it became more and more uncomfortable. First off the thing looked ridiculous. It was practically just red spandex and black dots.

There wasn't any variety or style! And as a fashion designer she couldn't stand for it. Also in recent weeks she's seen slot of 'fanart' online. And while yes she knew rule 34 of the internet. It doesn't exactly help with her thoughts on the suit. Plus she could almost feel Chat ogling her every time they go out to protect Paris or if their on patrol. Speaking of which she really needed to have a long conversation about his harassment, but that's A problem for future Mari. 

What she wanted from this new design was it to be actually visually appealing and for it to reflect her in a way also it wouldn't hurt if it looked actually inspired instead of just copy and paste the back of a ladybug all over the suit. She had looked back at all her previous designs looking for inspiration even turning to the internet for actually tasteful fan art. She banged her head against the desk trying to get the brain juices flowing, but came up with absolutely nothing.

So far she's gone through over 153 pages of rejected designs. She looked over to her wall of pictures (in this au its just pictures she likes or of her loved ones, since as you know this Mari is the OG lesbian disaster.) and then she spotted something. She got up and looked at a picture of her and her grandma next to her motorcycle, and then.....then she got an idea. "JACKPOT!" she rushed over to her sketchbook and started sketching it so fast the page started to steam. And after a few hours it was finished.

She got up and stood in the center of the room. "Ok Tikki, you ready?" The small red kwami flee out from a corner of the room with an oversized macaroon in her tiny hands. "Ready Marinette!" She then proceeded to swallow the entire thing whole, which normally would look quite traumatizing considering it looked like she unhinged her jaw like a snake, but since Marinette has been living with the tiny red cutie for awhile now, she was used to it. "Tikki spots on!" 

Tikki quickly was sucked into the earrings and in a flash of red light, Marinette began to transform. Her hair tied its self into a long braid the reached down her back. Her usual suit appeared before the lower half partially became black and the dots in that area shifted to red.(think the season 6 suit sort of) then her feet became covered in black combat boots with a red outline and laces. Then her hands gained black gloves with red fingers. And finally the piece of resistance. A red leather jacket appeared on her body, with the sleeves being completely black up until the shoulder. The back of the jacket had 5 large black dots sort of like an actual ladybug and her yoyo was wrapped around her waist like a belt before the transformation finally ended. 

Marinette checked herself out in the mirror and whistled. "Damn I make this look good~. I wonder what Kagami would think of it." Marinette pushed her gay thoughts to the side as she heard the sound of crashing cars outside. "Perfect timing to test this thing out" that!" And with that she grabbed her yoyo and swing out to fight Hawkmoth's most recent crime against fashion.

Notes:

Ok if any of you reading this are artists can you design this for me and link it, because I am absolute shit at drawing and I refuse to use ai. Ill make sure to give proper credits and I'll put it in the next chapter thanx💜

Chapter 9: A King And Her Knight

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Nadja was sitting across from Chat Noir they were both waiting for ladybug, but the interview had gone underway already due to time constraints and at the request of Ladybug herself. "So Chat Noir its been awhile since we've had you on the show, how are things, and may I ask why you haven't been present for the most recent interviews?" Nadja was genuinely curious about this, as Ladybug was almost never without her partner in heroics, but in the last few interviews he had a noticeable absence. "Oh its mostly been scheduling conflicts, responsibilities in my secret identity life, had caught up to me, so I was unavailable. But other then that I think I'm doing pretty well, all I need for this day to be perfect is for Bugaboo to show up soon."

Nadja grimaced at this, she could see clear as day Ladybug wasn't interested in him, and it was also becoming more increasingly obvious her interests were of the more sapphic variety, and from her own experience she's sure that Ladybug isn't to fond of the quite literal Cat-Calling, and constant flirting. She's glad people are finally starting to see that, although a lot are a still die hard lady noir shippers. She couldn't really say this on air as her superiors would most definitely fire her, so she kept her mouth shut on that topic.

"Ah yes, Ladybug. Do you know why she's running late today? It is quite unusual for her to be this late." Chat noir stroked his chin with his claws before responding. "Honestly I have no clue,  but knowing her its most likely important. I mean she wouldn't keep her cat and favorite reporter waiting now would she?" Somewhere a certain glasses wearing fox related reporter nearly broke the glass she was holding by sheer grip strength.

As they were about to continue talking Ladybug walked through the stage doors seemingly out of breath. "Oh shit sorry I was late. I getting my workout in and I completely lost track of time." She rubbed the back of her head as everyone  looked at her in both shock and amazement as she sat down,and taking a sip of the untouched cup of water on the table."why is everyone looking at me like that, is there something on my face?" Nadja seemed to snap out of it. "Sorry Ms.La- I mean Ladybug! Its just you look quite......different." 

"Oh? Yeah sorry about that, just trying out a new look, what do you think? And be honest, I can take criticism." In all honesty she looked stunning, like that one incredibly hot butch you see at the local bar. "You look incredible if I'm being frank. Absolutely stunning." Chat Noir seemingly had too mentally reboot before jumping paws first back into the conversation. "She's not lying malady you look purrfect if I do say so myself and as your favorite cat I believe I do have good taste in the matter."

"What? Noir, your not my favorite cat." That seemed to snap him out of whatever egotrip he was on. "Say what now?"

"Yeah your not my favorite cat, that would be cle- you know what never mind, remind me to tell you about my time in Egypt at some other point." Chat Noir seemed to deflate at that. "Anywho, Nadja what topics did you want to cover today?" Nadja had to hold herself back from laughing at the deflated leather bound hero on one of the situated infrint of her, thankfully snapping back into reporter mode at Ladybug's question. "I wanted to inquire about more of your relationship with the british, judging by your reaction during the mention of........you know, you seem to not hold them in high regard, why is that?"

"I don't have a grudge against the British unlike half of the world if that's what your asking. In fact I was there for a lot of the key moments in their history." Nadja seemed slightly surprised at this. "If that's the case do you mind mentioning which points in history you are referring to? Maybe perhaps confirm or disprove some of their myths and vague history, such as Arthurian legend for examp-." Ladybug was quick to cut her off. "I'm sorry, but if you don't mind me asking what's Arthurian legend?" She knew damn well what it was but she saw a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, 1.do her French born obligation and shit on the British, and 2.correct some history.

"Oh you know the legends of Excalibur, Merlin, the Round Table, Camelot, and of course King Arthur Pendragon." Nadja truth be told read slot about Arthurian legend when she was younger.

Ladybug seemed to give her a questioning gaze. "Astoria Pendragon..."

"No, Arthur Pendragon...." 

"No I remember all the other stuff you mentioned, but there was no 'Arthur Pendragon' there was however a ASTORIA Pendragon. The girl who became king of Britannia, wielder of Excalibur, student of that asshole Merlin, etc." At that very moment every Brit, felt their bodies collectively clench as if they all remembered something that seemed obvious in hindsight, yet they didn't know why. 

"I assume you have first hand experience?" Nadja's voice was shaking at the thought of all she knew about one of her view passions outside of reporting was all false. "I mean I was married to her so I would assume I have first hand experience." Everyone seems to go in a collective mental spiral when she said that. "Ladybug....correct me if I'm wrong but are you implying that your, Guinevere the queen of Camelot?"

"Guinevere?! That bitch!? She couldn't wild a sword let alone help rule a country! No no you'd know me as what I was commonly referred to back then. The Lady off the lake." That threw everyone for a loop yet again. "D-didnt you give arth- sorry I meant Astoria Excalibur and also turn Merlin into a tree once, amongst other things?" Ladybug tilted her head to the side before nodding. "That would be me, and for the record Merlin deserved it that time. Fun fact I actually forged Excalibur myself! One of my finer works if I'm being honest." Yet another wrench had been thrown into everyone's brains, and this would rinse and repeat through out the rest of the interview.

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Kagami was in Japan in a trip with her mother,  it was specifically for this gala her mother held every year. She really wished she was back in Paris with Marinette, her best friend......her only friend. Don't get her wrong Japan was home, but there was just something special about Marinette, the way her smile lit up a room, the warm feeling she felt every time she looked at her, her surprisingly well defined muscles. Kagami didn't know what this feeling was, but she had to find out.

Kagami had stepped out of the gala to get some fresh air, A social copping tactic Marinette had taught her. She was scrolling through Chirper seeing a bunch of new posts and news articles, she did this until she saw a particular post and its headline 'Ladybug, is immortal confirmed?!' It was from the official account of the news station the reporter that usually interviews Ladybug and Chat Noir that isn't Alya works at. "What the fuck?!" Kagami rarely cursed but she felt this was warranted. Marinette had a lot of explaining to do, she knew Ladybug and Marinette were the same person and they agreed to talk about it when she got back to Paris, but this was all sorts of confusing.

As she scrolled through the post she found the accompanying picture of Marinette in her new Ladybug suit. Kagami proceeded to then get a nose bleed.

Notes:

If you want to submit a art piece of from the redesign chapter, do it on the latest chapter, and when I choose one ill put it on a chapter signalling the end of its need.

Hoped you guys really enjoyed this one, I really like what I did with the lore on this one, as well as the humor.💜

Also Kagami is finally here in a chapter in the flesh! Hope it was worth the wait💜

Chapter 10: The Cat Marinette Actually Slept With

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Marinette loved her new suit, it had everything she wanted just right. From the design, to the flexibility and style to even great comfort, out of all she's done as a fashion designer this is definitely one of her favorites. Although she has noticed a major increase in lesbian thirst traps of her in her new suit on the internet, it is still unbelievable to her that a vast majority of the internet was less dense about her being a girl kisser then her partner in heroics, she did see a Twitter debate war about if she was actually gay or not, or whether she was 'woke' it came from America go figure.

In the long run none of that really mattered to her as long as she continues protecting people. Part of that was interacting with the public to keep up morale in the fight against Hawkmoth, aka the less akumas she had to deal with the better. That's why she does these interviews as much as she does, in the news interviews with Nadja it helps her feel like she's talking to everyone at once, while with the ladyblog she feels like she's making a better personal connection to the current generation, her generation. Speaking of which she was heading towards the agreed meeting place of her, Alya, and Chat Noir.

Landing on the rooftop, she spotted Alya and Chat noir already waiting for her, she sat down and was ready to begin the interview. "So Alya, how's the ladyblog going, I haven't seen you post as much lately, getting tired of journalism? Ladybug let out a soft chuckle she knew the actual reason but phrasing it like this helped keep suspicion off of her being a teenager, not that she spray went accomplished that with people nowadays thinking she's thousands of years old. " Nope, just focusing on my studies, with exams coming up I have to take longer posting periods least I fail and my parents shut this down completely." 

"Understandable, shall we get on with the interview? And again I'm sorry I have to give you such a sort one." She was genuinely sorry, her parents needed all hands on deck tomorrow as it was their annual 75% sale tomorrow, and with how popular they've gotten within the last 2 years they're gonna need to have all the help they can get, so she needed to be at 100% to assist in whatever way she can.......it also maybe had something to do with the fact Kagami's flight gets here tomorrow.

"Its completely fine, you heroes are busy, I'm just greatful that I'm even getting an interview at all." She looked towards the camera. "And as promised I'll be asking the top three questions from the poll, we'll begin when our lovely heroes are ready." Ladybug and Chat Noir gave her the go ahead. "Ok first question. Besides yourself are their any other heroes you personally know that have been around as long as you?" 

Chat chimmed in. "I'd also kind of like to know that, I'd also like to know why they aren't helping us if their out there." That last part he grumbled but it was understandable considering they were fighting a psychotic mothman in a pimp suit. "I can't out right confirm if any have been around as long as me, but I do have a few suspicions, but their do happen to be some that have been 'active' for a few centuries. As to why they don't help us, its a complicated matter. We don't know their situations or what they might be dealing with so it wouldn't be right for us to just out right request for their help out of the blue. And that's if we can even get in contact with them."

Alya looked a bit puzzled. "What do you mean by that?" Ladybug was trying to figure out how best to phrase this without pissing off any still around order members or giving away to much info. "Well you see we used to be able to communicate quite freely, however the means for said communication has fallen into.......lets say disrepair. And I just don't have the time or resources to try and fix it." That seemed to get them to drop that particular of the question.

"Ok, but can you give us specifics, like is their a particular hero that comes to mind when talking about the question?" Alya was digging deep with this question, which is good because she's A journalist bad for Ladybug trying to keep things simple, but she decided to humor her best friend. "Give me a moment to think about that." Bunnyx immediately came to mind, but that was time travel so that was different.

But the more she dug through her treasure trove of memories Bunnyx kept coming up, and not welders of the miraculous, just Bunnyx in different time periods. There was an occasional outfit change but she could still tell it was adult Alix in the suit, she even had a few memories of them kissing, amongst other things. Was this why she was always so flirty with her? It was just glimpses, but she could tell that there was something between her and Alix, their were even a few memories of her with relationships she already knew and Bunnyx. Then one particular memory came to mind.

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Bunnyx was sitting on the edge of a cliff with a girl that had very tan skin, lean muscles, whom was wearing red and black robes which looked somewhat Roman in appearance. "My love, why did you take me out here at the ass crack of dawn, the sun has barely woken from its slumber." The tired girl said rubbing her eyes, her eyes were a very familiar brilliant blue, almost like tropical ocean water her hair was black with a tint of blue. Guess that was a constant for her lives as well.

"Oh come on Maesa, Just give it a minute, you'll see what I'm trying to show you, then maybe we can have some nice morning fun ehh?~" Bunnyx said nuzzling Maesa's neck. She then received a chop to the head. "Hush you horny rabbit." Bunnyx then proceeded to pout before receiving a kiss on the cheek from Maesa. The sun then began to rise the colors pouring across the morning sky, uninterrupted by pollution or smog. It was incredibly beautiful.

"I'll admit it love, I was wrong.....this was definitely worth it." She hooked her hands with the time traveling hero. "Now.....do you think you could tell me what my next life is gonna be like.~" She had a cheeky smirk on her face knowing she wasn't supposed to ask that. Which was responded with Bunnyx groaning. "Maesy, darling, love of my life. How many times do we have to go over this? I can't tell you your future it could affect the timeline!"

"Fair argument, but if you do I'll-" She then whispered something into Alix's ear that made her go almost as red as her hair. "Ok, so in your next life you'll be born in-" she was then cut off as a boulder was being moved away from the entrance of a nearby cave, where a man walked out.

"Love, why is there a homeless guy walking out of that cave?" Bunnyx scratched her chin before responding. "Huh, I forgot that was today."

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"That mother fu-." She then stopped herself and looked back at Alya. "Sorry I blanked out there for a sec, but no one comes to mind immediately." She then leaned next to chat and whispered into his ear. "Next time we see Bunnyx remind me to have a long chat with her." He simply nodded before they got back to the interview. "Ok so next question, do you support gay rights?" Ladybug stared at her for a solid three minutes. "Alya........I've probably kissed more girls then every lesbian on this planet that is currently alive, combined." 

"sorry but that was one of the winning questions." Ladybug face palmed. She loved her fans but they could be some dumb sometimes. "Yes I support the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, I have for ages now." From across the world Ladybug fans all suddenly felt validated, and all the ones that didn't all ready have a crush on her probably did now. "Ok final question, in your last interview with Nadja you mentioned Chat Noir not being your favorite Cat? Do you mind defining what you mean by that?" Chat visibly frowned at the question. 

"Oh that.....well the history of the black cat miraculous is incredibly complicated, but sufficed to say the most me and any of its users have been nothing but just friends........except for one, back in Egypt." Alya looked quite invested now, as did any Egypt enthusiast watching the live stream. "Her name was Cleopatra, and yes I mean THE  Cleopatra. She was incredible, beautiful as the sun itself, and was an incredible defender of the people, and due to their cat obsession the wielder of the black cat miraculous was always welcomed in Egypt and for one to be their queen.....well let's just say they were very very happy. At the time I was working as a librarian in the library of Alexandria, we met and well the rest of that story is for my personal collection."

'Not to mention out of all her lovers I'm the only one who made that kitty purr.' Marinette thought she thought that last part to herself but when she opened her eyes to see the red faces of Alya and Chat she realized she had said that out loud. She needed a change of subject to get their minds off that quick. "Thankfully when the library burned I managed to make a exact copy of all the books there and take them to a safe place, and to any archeologists watching you can have it, I left all the knowledge I've collected over the years in my own personal library. And I left it all there in one piece." She couldn't help but feel like she made a reference to something.

"anyways bug out!" She quickly swung away.

Chapter 11: When Your Japanese (Girl)Friend Busts Into Your Room

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Marinette was tired. She had just finished cleaning up the bakery after the sale day. Her parents went to go relax while she insisted on staying behind to get some sleep, but she for some reason wasn't able to go to sleep. It like there was a thought at the back of her mind constantly nagging for her to remember something, but she couldn't place her finger on what that was. So here she was lying in bed sketching out some dress ideas she had come up with. The one she was working on at the moment was a dress that looked somewhat like a hybrid of a kimono and western style dresses.

She couldn't get her mind off the Japanese theming. She had tried going for a few different styles but she kept circling back to it. It was Kagami's fault in all honesty, why did she have to be so cute! Marinette's thoughts had been clouded with Kagami more and more often, between her useless lesbianism and the whole reincarnation thing her mind was 100% swamped. Not to mention her eventual talk she needed to have with Chat, but that particular one was a problem for future Marinette.

She emboldened the lines on the outside of the dress before the door to her room suddenly busted open. "MARINETTE DUPAIN CHENG!" The voice currently very angrily yelling at her was the ever lovely Kagami. She was in a red and black dress with some golden embroidery along the outside, she also had on elbow length red fingerless gloves. Marinette couldn't help but notice how the gloves really showed off her muscle, she really had to focus so she didn't drool. And in her hands were her phone and a practice sword. It took her a few seconds to fully register the sword. "OH SHIT!"

"You have a lot of explaining to do!" Kagami angrily yelled as she pulled an article about 'the new lore about ladybug.' Marinette noticed that not only was Kagami very visibly angry but she was also slightly sad. "Why didn't you come to me about this first. I thought you trusted me." Kagami's tone had calmed slightly. And it was at this moment Marinette knew, she fucked up. Kagami in the most simplest of terms, had extreme fucking trust issues, so telling her that she trusted her to only not talk to her bout something as big as the reincarnation was probably seen as betrayal to the Japanese. 

"Kagami its much more complicated then that. It happened so fast, and I really should have told you, but I didn't want to ruin your trip back home and i-" Kagami was quick to cut her off. "You could never ruin anything for me." Marinette felt her cheeks slightly heat up. "My point is.....I should have told you. So please allow me to explain?" She was hoping Kagami would hear her out so she could explain the whole story. Kagami seemed to think it over. "Ok.....I'll listen......Mari-Hime." Marinette had no idea what Hime meant but she was just glad Kagami was willing to listen to her.

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Kagami simply sat there stunned and flabbergasted as Marinette finished telling her everything that she's discovered within the last few weeks. "Wow.......just wow." Marinette sheepishly rubbed the back of her head. "I know right?" They sat there in silence for a few more moments. "So let me get this straight, you apparently have the ability to be reborn, and have been doing so for possibly thousands of years. But you've also been sleeping with numerous women across history, including Joan of arc, Astoria Pendragon and Bunnyx." Marinette noticed her slight change of tone at the mention of her lovers, it almost sounded like jealousy if Marinette didn't know any better. "Yeaaaaa, I really need to give Bunnyx a stern scolding when I see her again." Somewhere out in the time stream a certain red head felt like she was in sleeping on the couch levels of danger.

"This......This is a lot to take in, and it sounds absolutely insane, if you didn't have the evidence to back it up." Kagami rubbed her temple. "Yeah when you say it all out loud it sounds like fabrication written while high off of DMT. Kagami then muttered something under her breath. "What was that?" Kagami then looked her dead in the eyes. "Fuck it." She then grabbed Marinette by the cheeks and pulled her into a kiss. Marinette felt all the blood in her body boil up to her face as she became some how redder then her hero suit. Kagami then pulled away a small string of saliva keeping them connected for a brief moment.

"If your going to have lovers through out all your lifetimes, then i'm claiming this particular one for myself." Marinette failed to respond as she was a sputtering blushing mess. Kagami then stood up wrote down an address equally as red, before giving it to Marinette. "We are going on our first official date tomorrow, be at that address 7PM sharp. She then ran out of the room while barely being able to keep it together. Marinette was still speechless.

Marinette then proceeded to faint.

Notes:

Sorry for the long delay, I was busy...........busy vomiting my guts and blood out, my ass has been in the hospital. I'm better now so I hoped you enjoyed this chapter💜

Chapter 12: Date With A Dragon

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Marinette was terrified. She was going on date with Kagami, KAGAMI! She had Marinette wrapped around her finger since she met her and just didn't know, not to mention the address Marinette was given led to one of the most expensive restaurants in all of Paris. It had pristine white walls and had a perfect view of the Eiffel tower. It only ever opened in the evening to capitalize on the light of the city at night. She's pretty sure one item off their menu could bankrupt her entire family. As for Marinette's current attire she was wearing a red dress with black embroidery in the style of a Qipao, it was pretty tight against her body but it was the nicest dress she had at the moment.

She feels like she doesn't deserve to be here. What does Kagami even see in her? She was just a baker's daughter who happened to have magical powers, she wasn't rich or beautiful she was just Marinette. Kagami could have anyone she wanted yet she settled for her. Marinette took a deep breath before entering the building. "Excuse me?" She walked up to the front counter and asked. "I'm here for the reservation under Tsurugi?" The waiter looked at her skeptically as if judging why a commoner like her was here, but she eventually caved in. "Right this way ma'am." She followed the waiter through the building the various sounds and smell gracing her senses.

Eventually they stopped at the entrance to the balcony and the waited at a table on the far side of the balcony where Kagami was sitting. The faint light illuminating her beautiful form, Marinette hadn't seen such a beautiful sight before in this lifetime and she doubts she'll see another. Kagami herself was staring at the Eiffel tower in the distance. Marinette sucked in her doubt and walked over to the table. "Mind if I sit down?" Kagami slightly jumped t the sound of her voice before looking at her. Marinette could faintly hear her whisper 'Beautiful'. Kagami quickly gathered her thoughts and gestured towards the chair. "P-please sit down Mari-Hime." 

Marinette took her seat and opened her menu. "Any good recommendations?" Hoping Kagami would have more insight into to life of fine dining. "Sorry but this is my first time here as well, recognize any of theses items? You are a resident after all." Marinette shook her head gently. "Sorry, but my food experience is 90% baked." She softly joked and in response Kagami laughed, she actually laughed the sound filled Marinette's ears like a flood as she bathed in the beautiful sound. Her mind quickly filled it along with the other most beautiful sounds she's ever heard, faintly remembering a live performance she saw of Mozart. 

Marinette had to physically stop herself from swooning. She didn't deserve the company of such a beautiful thing. "Marinette is something wrong you look like your tired?" Marinette shook from her hypnotized state. "No sorry I was just admiring a beautiful melody." Kagami went beat red as Marinette realized what she had said. "Sorry that was uncalled for." She quickly recoiled back into her shell. She couldn't mess this up. "No me kissing you was uncalled for, and I shouldn't have done that without your consent. I'm truly sorry." Marinette quickly responded almost as if on instinct. "Don't be........I rather enjoyed it......a lot."

"Oh." Kagami simply responded. Both girls were a blushing mess. After a while they eventually ordered Marinette got the steak tartare while Kagami got Condit de Canard. They soon enough began to eat and delve into conversation once again, over a variety of topics such as how MDC was doing, hobbies and personal interests even manga they both particularly enjoyed. Then Marinette started to look down. "Marinette is something wrong is the food not adequate I could have the waiter get you something else?"

"No the foods perfect really. Its just...........I'm curious." Kagami looked at her expectantly. "Curious to what?" Marinette seemed to hesitate to newer before finally opening her mouth. "Why did you settle for........some one like me? You could have had anyone you wanted. Kagami was surprised at the question, but it wasn't entirely unexpected in the short time she's known Marinette she recognized the girl had extreme self confidence issues along with a variety of other issues that caused her to see herself as less then others. No doubt the work of that Rossi bitch or at least partly Lila's fault.

"Marinette I am going to say this once and only once. I didn't 'settle' for you I chose you, because......... Because I love you." She gently put her hand on top of Marinette's. "You have captivated me since the day I met you, at first I thought I was curious as to someone so....strange could even exist but then soon I realized I was truly curious as to how someone so...so....perfect could exist." Marinette seemed to get a somber chuckle at that. "Me perfect?" Kagami could only nod. "You aren't afraid to be yourself, your smart, beautiful, and your just so talented at everything you do, but most importantly you didn't judge me based off my family name, you judged me for me....you saw this sad little girl and gave her a chance to discover who she was as a person.......and that's something I'll always cherish you for."

When Kagami looked up she wasn't expecting tears to trail down Marinette's face. She quickly wiped them away. "Sorry i-i've just never been complimented like that before. And no ones ever really looked at me and just thought 'wow, I want to spend the rest of my life with this girl.' That thought that experience..... Just has never happened to me before." Kagami's hand squeezed Marinette's hand tighter. "Well I do! Marinette I know this might seem fast or even overwhelming but I want to spend the rest of my life with you!" Marinette tried to search for any sort of lie in her eyes or body language, but she couldn't find any.

"Well then I guess I'm spending this lifetime with you then." Marinette smiled in a way she has never had before in this lifetime, she smiled with the face of love. Soon after they would finish their food, pay the bill and exit the restaurant. Marinette was just about to walk home perfectly content with her new girlfriend before Kagami stopped her. "Oh hell no. I'm not letting you walk home alone, don't you have any sort of car?" Marinette looked at the love of her life with a deadpan expression. "Kagami I'm middle class on a good day do you really think I have a car?" 

"oh.......right.....well your coming with me then." Kagami grabbed Marinette by the arm and pulled her towards the limo that just pulled up. "My mother is out on a business trip to London for the next few days, I want you to stay with me." Marinette then flushed red at the implications of that. "Are you sure, I'm perfectly fine walking home." Kagami was quick to respond. "I'm not spending my first night of having a girlfriend alone." When they arrived at Kagami's home they barely made it past the stairs before they devolved into hungry kissing and trying to strip each other. By the time they made it to her room they were in almost nothing but their undergarments. Marinette was pinned to the bed as Kagami whispered into her ears. "I want you to feel how much I love you~". And well the rest? I think ill leave that between them.

Notes:

I really loved how this chapter worked out, I'm really proud of the dialogue in this one, felt way more like an even back and forth unlike the usual "Ladybug causes everyone to do a 180 on their knowledge of _______."

As always let me know what you guys think, I always appreciate the input and just general thoughts of what I write. And fuck it if enough of you guys want it I'll write a bonus smut chapter. Though I may not be very good at it considering I've never written one before, but I love you guys enough that I'll give it a shot.

As always I hoped you enjoyed💜

Chapter 13: Ladybug Gets Mail

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Marinette was sore when she woke up, the light from the nearby window temporarily blinding her as she sat up in a bed that was not her own. Next to her was the sleeping form of her girlfriend Kagami whose neck almost looked to have a choker on due to the sheer amount of hickeys. Marinette smiled as Kagami still had her arms firmly around Marinette's waist like a koala hugging the branch it was on. As much as Marinette wanted to bask in her girlfriend's ethereal beauty, she needed to go before a kiss or worse Kagami's mother caught them. Kagami wasn't exactly comfortable coming out to her mom yet, and Marinette wanted to respect that as much as possible.

She started to get out of bed only for Kagami to tighten her grip and groan. "Not yet.......more cuddles." It was honestly adorable to see how Kagami's personality flipped on its head from independent to clingy in the morning, or just anytime her and Kagami were in the same room now that she thought about it. "I have to go, baby." The pet names were still something they were gonna have to figure out because Marinette wanted to have a pet name for Kagami that was more personal. "Nooooooo, I need cuddles." Marinette chuckled at the response before kiss her forehead. "And you'll get them when we're not at risk of being discovered."

Kagami simply grumbled and let go of her waist. "Fine......but you better keep your promise." Marinette got out of bed and kissed her sleepy girlfriend before starting to get dressed. "I will baby, you needn't worry." Marinette got dressed into the clothes she had on when her and Kagami got here to do their 'activities'. She then opened the dresser and was surprised to see a red hoodie just hanging there adjust the plentiful fancy rich people clothes. It had a dragon design on it which was ironic for all the right reasons, the dragon itself was rapped around a sword. Marinette held the hoodie to her face and took a deep breath in, it smelt like cherry blossoms just like Kagami. She had to resist the urge of being the most stereotypical girlfriend ever and stealing possibly Kagami's only hoodie.

After sneaking out of the mansion wearing her newly acquired hoodie. She went into alley and messaged Chat telling him to meet her at one of their common meet up points. They needed to talk. She waited at the designated meet up point for a solid 20 minutes before he finally showed up. "I apologize my lady, I was preoccupied with.......things." She simply nodded and forgave him. "So why did you we all me here so early in the morning? Is it perhaps to confess your undying love for me?" Marinette sighed she really needed to address Chat's unwanted flirting at some point but that was a problem for future Marinette to deal with.

"No I actually wanted to discuss the possibility of bringing another permanent hero into the fray in our battle against Hawkmoth, and seeing as you are my partner I wanted to get your opinion on the matter." Chat simply looked at her shocked and reasonably so. "Malady I definitely see the benefit, but are you sure its the best idea to do this? Do we really have the right to put another person at risk permanently in this situation? When it comes to occasional help I understand the need, and they get to go back to their normal lives, but with a permanent member we take that away from them."

"I understand your concerns but with another teammate it would help elevate some of the pressure on us as well as give us a fresh perspective on how to stop Hawkmoth." Chat seemed to ponder this reasoning for a few minutes before responding. "I trust your judgement, but if we are to make another permanent hero then I have to ask who your considering." Marinette knew who she was going to name, in truth she had been considering doing this for awhile after all they needed all the help they could get in fighting Hawkmoth, but making every miraculous user permanent was too risky at the moment so one or two was optimal, but for now one would have to due.

"Ryuko, her abilities are versatile and I trust her with my life. She's proven every time that we've needed her to be reliable and heroic." Chat seemed to think about this before voicing his opinion. "If you trust her, then I'll trust you and in turn trust her." They continued to discuss on how they should induct her into their fight. About an hour later they dispersed, and as soon as that happened Marinette received a notification. "Mail day." She had completely forgotten that was today. A little while ago, her and Chat noir had set up a mail box for their fans to send them stuff such as fan mail, fan art etc. Marinette made it a point to empty it, and look at the items inside about once a month.

She swung to where the they had set up the mail box. Inside was the standard fan mail and other assorted items, until she reached the final letter which had the official seal of the catholic church. "What the hell?" She opened the letter and began to read it.

"Dear, Ladybug.

It has come to our attention that our church has harmed you and your loved ones in some form or another, to make amends with such a holy being such as yourself we would like to extend a formal invitation for you to enter the halls of the Vatican, so we may formally apologize for our transgressions and hopefully make amends between you and our order. 

We have already set up transport for you and any companions you may bring, ready at any time just waiting for your word. We are ready to give you a luxurious experience for you in our sacred halls, all secrets and areas will be free for you to use and access.

We sincerely hope you'll consider, for we may have many things to learn from you and your history, we wish you the best and if you choose to come we wish you a safe journey.

Sincerely, The Catholic Church."

As Marinette finished reading the letter she just stared at it blankly. "..........WHAT THE FUCK?!"

Notes:

Sorry for the wait, I was trying to decide what to do next and this just came to mind, hope you enjoy the Vatican Arc💜

Chapter 14: Once Again The Catholics Need Saving

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*Warning* Helping arrived references inbound within this arc.

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The flight to Vatican was stressful, not only did in her suit the entire time but, her two traveling companions Chat noir and Ryuko wonderful girlfriend simply would not stop fucking arguing. She brought Ryuko because she thought it would help her get used to being a hero 24/7. It was also supposed to be a way for her and Chat to bond as team mates but what started as a few minor disagreements had quickly escalated to very heated arguments. To be fair this is what usually happens when sticking two people in the same contained space for long periods of time, and Kagami never really liked Chat due to his constant flirting with Marinette.

"Obviously a sword is a much more elegant weapon then your stripper pole!" Chat lasted back in offense. "Stripes pole?! Its a Bo staff!.....I think." Kagami scoffed. "Iyarashi neko, you don't even know what your own weapon even is!" Noir proceeded to retaliate with equal venom. "Well at least i-" Marinette quickly cut him off. "I swear to all that is holy if you two don't shut the fuck up I will smack you two so hard Bunnyx wouldn't be able to find d you in the time stream!" They both quickly shut up after that, for a mad lady bug was a very scary lady bug.

When they finally landed they were given an escorted tour of the city, signed a few autographs, you know the normal things its when they finally got to the church when things got interesting. They were being shown around the Vatican by one of the priests. "and this over here is where we store our communion." Marinette appreciated the tour but she was getting tired of this. "Ok I've had enough, what's the real reason why we're here?"

"Pardon?" Marinette rolled her eyes. "The only reason the church ever calls me is if they need something, so spill it what did you assholes do this time?" This was technically true, in preparation for this she had searched through all her past lives that had a connection to the church. She didn't particularly like the sights she saw. "As observant as ever, before I answer you allow us to get somewhere more.....comfortable." He pulled a hidden lever on one of the wall columns and a set of stairs leading underground appeared. "shall we?" They followed him down until they got into what seemed to be a high tech military facility.

"Welcome friends to Iscariot HQ, home of the darkest secrets of the church and their most powerful guardians." To say Ryuko and Chat were impressed was an understatement, even Marinette was impressed a little. "quite the upgrade since I was last here.." The priest escorting them responded. "To be fair the last time you were here was over a hundred years ago." Marinette nodded in acknowledgment. "Fair enough but still its impressive. But back to my question, what did you robbed assholes do?" The priest sighed before answering. "We performed a great shame, a true sin in these halls."

"That sin being?" Marinette then abused Chat and said the adults were talking. The priest continued. "while doing inventory of our relics we may or may not have released a demon who then possessed a priest and is now chained to a bed, this specific demon crying out about ripping out intestines and shitting them out......yours to be specific." Marinette groaned. "Which one was it?" the priest looked at her puzzled as did her team mates. "Which demon is it, I've sealed a lot for the church over the millennia so your gonna have to be more specific. If yoh can't remember a name then describe what he was sealed in if you can."

"Oh understood, the beast was stored In a 12 millimeter wide sphere made of iron and brass. It had an engraving of an eye, the pupil being replaced with a cross. It also had two handle bars." Ladybug somehow groaned louder. "Not that asshole." Ryuko was quick to pipe up. "Ladybug? Do you mind sharing what you know?" Ladybug looked back at her slightly blushing and and having a soft look in her eyes. "Of course." Chat noir looked at this interaction with suspicion.

"His name is Praecursor Tristitiae et Cupiditatis minor Princeps noni inferni. Or Tris for short. A while ago I managed to seal him inside that iron eye mentioned earlier. He's extremely dangerous but simultaneously being a complete and other asshole, not in the normal demon way but in the annoying Andrew tate way." Kagami nearly barfed at the description. They soon approached a door absolutely drowning in crosses and sacred prayer papers. Standing in front of it was a man in black and silver robes, tan skin, brown eyes and white hair, he seemed to be in his 40's. "Let me introduce one of the lieutenant priests of iscariot. He's been tasked with keeping eye of this door."

The man spoke as they approached, his men standing guard with him in total the door guards mounted to about 20. "I'm lieutenant Lucian of the Iscariot order, it is a pleasure to meet you." He gave a small polite bow as did the rest of his men. "Well lieutenant give me a run down on the demonic bastard's behavior thus far." Lucian nodded. "He's been acting irrationally screaming out for you, as well as tormenting nearby guards and church members with night terrors, pranks and hurling empty soda cans at us via telekinesis." Marinette stood there completely stone faced, neither Ryuko nor Noir have ever seen this state of the black spotted heroine, concerned yet annoyed. Not one dominating the other emotion it was them  equalizing. 

"Luckily for everyone here the sealing has drained his power by a lot so much so he needs a host to survive. That and this being the hub for catholic holiness definitely suppresses it alot. But do your know what we can do?" Marinette gained an evil look on her face. Kagami recognized the tone before Lucian responded seemingly catching on to the nature of the tone. "Woman...."

"Why not write a formal protest?"

"Don't you dare..."

"You can nail it to his door."

"Don't you fuckin' dare!"

"like a Protestant!"

She then proceeded to have over twenty guns pulled on her which multiple other priests tried to calm down their wielders. "Worth it."

Notes:

Shout out to Lyondor who made this awesome fan art
Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/linedraweer/art/Ladybugs-new-outfit-1204798506
Link to the artwork and their deviant art stuff :)

Anyways hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter, can't wait to show you guys what I have planned.💜

Chapter 15: A History On "Holy" Weapons

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It took a solid twenty minutes to get the priests to put down their guns, all the while Ladybug was laughing her ass off. Afterwards they were escorted to their room, it had three chambers one for each of them. Ladybug had the first chamber so she could immediately respond if the demon started acting up, then she was preceded by Kagami in the middle and Chat in the furthest much to his disappointment. As they were settling in ladybug spoke to one of the priests. "I need you to retrieve something for me from the armory, specifically in the Mors arca chamber."

The priest visibly paled. "Are you sure of this ma'am, those relics are extremely dangerous and could possibly-." She cut him off immediately. "Trust me I know what I'm doing, now I need you to specifically get the relics from column 125-Z, 678-D, and 001-H. Am I understood?" He simply nodded and walked off as she closed the door. Chat noir like any cat got curious. "Malady do you mind me asking what you asked that priest to retrieve for you?." Kagami was also curious but didn't want to intrude on her girlfriend's secrets. "Oh just some holy relics to give us an edge, specifically ones from the Mors Arca or as I like to call it 'the don't fuck with this armory'."

"Why is it called that Ma-I mean ladybug?" Kagami had almost slipped up there but thankfully Chat isn't the brightest bulb in the bunch. "Because it houses some of the most dangerous weapons the Catholic church has ever been able to get their hands on, such as but not limited to, the arc of the covenant, the dead sea scrolls, the actual books of Solomon, the original Bible, the actual body of Christ, the spear of Longinus, The sword of Saint George, The Shield of Evalach, The Crown of Horns, The Crown of Twelve Stars, The nails that pierced Christ, The Staff of Moses, The staff of the first Pope, The Robe of Christ, The Sword of Goliath, And.......The Sword of Arc." 

"That's.....A lot." Spoke Kagami kinda terrified but intrigued that the church has access to 'holy' weapons. "Oh that's not even the tip of the ice berg of crazy shit the church has. Hell I made some of those." Her two companions looked at her like she just started speaking with three heads, which she did once but that's A story for another day. "What?" Chat was the first to speak. "You have to tell us about your creations!" Kagami was quick to follow up. "For once I agree with the cat please speak of them." Her eyes were practically gleaming, if there was one thing Marinette had learned about her girlfriend was that one of the main reasons she loves fencing was because weapons in general, specifically mythical or old style of weapons such as sword, lances, spears, etc. 

"All right, all right, I'll tell you." She blinked once and they were sitting waiting for her to start like children waiting for their favorite bedtime story, Kagami specifically looked like she found out it was raining ice cream or in her specific case caramel, girl was addicted to the stuff. "Ok, how about I start with the last weapon I made for the church. The sword of Arc, it was a gift to the late Joan of Arc. It was forged using a mixture of blessed steel and crystals from Delphi, by gazing into the blade she could see the future to a limited degree about ten to fifteen seconds effectively always giving her the edge in a fight, but that's not made it so dangerous, it was its ability to drain the energy from anyone it cuts giving said energy to the wielder at first it was miniscule about the same energy it would take to lift a really heavy object, but after her death and ascension to saint hood it dramatically increased the weapons power."

"Why did it do that?" Kagami asked visibly making extremely detailed mental notes. "You see when a saint becomes well a saint it makes personal items that they have a deep connection with have a natural field of holy magic, or in other words they would radiate extreme amounts of holy energy, but when a saint dies that power once again sky rockets to new found heights. That's why relics from saints are so heavily guarded and treasured, and if said relic was already somewhat holy, like having blessed metal it would become so strong that it mearly being in the presence of most demons would cause them to experience extreme agony or even death." 

"So wait if it radiates holy energy does that mean Catholicism is real?" Chat noir asked, it was a good question thankfully due to her new found memories of past lives Marinette had the answer. "Technically all religions or at least most of them are real to an extent, sure it gets muffled over time but a vast majority of them are real." Chat made a acknowledging 'oh' sound. "How come the weapon wasn't used much after the death of Joan of Arc if you don't mind me asking." Kagami was almost vibrating from the knowledge she was gaining from this conversation. Marinette was 90% sure she was either ADHD or autistic, possibly both possibly neither she wouldn't be surprised if her mother covered it up to project a 'perfect' image if she was. Either way Marinette loved her girlfriend's quirks.

"Well as you know after her death I was pretty pissed, and knowing eventually she would become a Saint, I cursed the weapon to be extremely picky with its holders. Although in turn that just made the weapon more powerful due to restricting its capabilities of being used. The last unworthy guy who tried to use it had blood leaking from every orifice on his body for trying to use it without being worthy." Kagami and Chat noir looked at her in horror due to the consequences of being unworthy, well Chest was Kagami looked almost giddy at the info. "Well we should probably get some rest we have a demon to kill tomorrow." Marinette got up from her seat and went towards her chamber as she heard her two companions complain about wanting to hear more.

Kagami was the most persistent though. "Please malady I wish to know more." For Kagami due to how she was raised a sincere please was practically begging. Marinette grabbed her by the chin and looked her directly in the eyes. "Don't worry I will tell you more at some point. But for now we all need rest." Kagami may be the Dom in their relationship, but Marinette knew just how to push Kagami's buttons to make her want more. Meanwhile Chat gazed on the seen in confusion before eventually they all went to bed.

Notes:

Hope you enjoyed, I've really grown to love writing the world building for this series let me know what you think💜

Notes:

Hope you enjoyed this, these are not gonna have an overarching story, just kind of for fun and to see what you guys thought I always appreciate the feed back.