Miraculous Ladybug - Deep Blue

Chapter Twelve

A/N: Hey guys. Sorry if I hadn't been able to update lately...I was sort of occupied with my other fanfic. Anyway here's part twelve. Hope you like it! :)

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Marinette was twiddling her fingers behind her back nervously. She had no idea that Adrien was half human, and she definitely didn't know of the dark story of Adrien's parents. Something was bothering her. She turned to Master Fu. "Master Fu, what does CRU mean?"

Master Fu hung his head, shaking it slowly and sighed. "CRU stands for Central Research Unit, a governmental group devoted to finding all sorts of creatures and testing out their "supernatural" abilities with advanced machinery." Marinette, still clearly confused, asked, "But that isn't so bad...is it? I mean, won't they just see how a certain creature behaves, just out of curiosity?" Master Fu made a tch noise from the back of his throat. "These humans in general are nasty...they force the creatures into it, torturing them with different chemicals and machines. The poor things don't even get a say in it."

"Oh." Marinette said with uncertainty. Silence followed the remaining time there. "All right" Master Fu announced, breaking the silence. In a flash of light, they were back in the dark cave. Marinette clutched her head and shook herself from the dizzy feeling. She looked over to Adrien for a response. He just floated there silently, not making any eye contact with her or Master Fu. His face was pale, and his eyes were red from crying. "Are you okay?" Marinette asked softly. "Fine, I'm fine, it's nothing really." He mumbled in response. He didn't meet her eyes. Marinette frowned. "Adrien, talk to us, you are not fine!" She gently reached for his arm.

Adrien's muscles tensed up. His fins were flaring dangerously, hands shaking ferociously. Marinette gasped and quickly let go. "I-I'm sorry..." Marinette began to stutter. "I d-didn't mean to u-ups—" Adrien finally snapped.

He HAD it. If only he hadn't gone exploring that one night, if only he hadn't saved Marinette. None of this would be happening. He would be happily living life on the currents with Plagg and his adoptive family. Cheerful, carefree...what he would give to be like that again. But no, because of this girl, because of Master Fu, he was forced to take the burden of knowing his bitter past and taking the responsibility to save the ocean.

Adrien squeezed his eyes shut then opened them, the last teardrops from his eyes disintegrating. He cleared his mind of all the past events that had happened. His eyes had a fire in them, blazing bright with intensity. They lit up, making his deep emerald pupils glow and define his cheekbones in the darkened cave. His blonde hair swayed around his head slowly. There was an unnatural tension in the water, no creature or mer moved, and the ocean itself seemed to be suspended in time. Before Marinette and Master Fu could process what was going on, he spun tail and darted out of the cave, swirling the dark and musty sand. Marinette covered her face, coughing.

About a minute later, Marinette lowered her arms. The tension in the ocean had stopped, movement and the gentle currents returning. She looked worriedly out the cave. "W-What just happened?!" She whispered. Master Fu was awfully silent as well. "I feared this might happen." He managed to say, as he swam deeper into the cave. "H-Hey, where are you going?!" Marinette called out, swimming after him.

Master Fu sat back back down on his velvet pillow and began to meditate. Marinette came shortly after and stopped abruptly at the sight. "How in the world could you be MEDITATING right now?!" She cried out, exasperated. Master Fu, his eyes closed, continued to meditate. Marinette crossed her arms. "Hello? Are you even listening to me?!" No answer. She yelled out in frustration, tugging on her pigtails. "I can't believe you right now!" She jabbed her thumb out the entrance of the cave. "Adrien's out there on his own, in that dark ocean doing who knows what! He could get seriously injured!" She huffed, trying to get her breath back from speaking so rapidly.

She slumped on the stone wall, next to Master Fu. Fuming, she sighed in defeat. Her hands were on her face and she was sobbing silently, her crimson tail was tucked underneath her, fins curled in dispair. Here she was in a dark ocean pratically by herself with only an old and silent, battered merman.

Just a few hours ago she discovered that she herself was a creature of the sea—or at least partly. All she wanted really wanted right now was to go back home, forget about the ocean and Adrien, and just live her life normally as a teenage girl. Her heart refused her to dwindle in these thoughts however. Granted, Marinette too, had felt the warm surging pulse when Adrien offered a hand to help her up. It was that instant zing that made Marinette agree to do all of this in the first place...that and her being a little curious herself.

She hated to admit it, but something about Adrien made her want to stay, made her feel protected and loved. But that couldn't be the case could it? After all she only met him for the second time in her life. It didn't help that he was a tall, strong merman with shaggy blonde hair...and those deep green eyes, when Adrien looked at her with that shy, yet mischievous smile they seem to peer right into her soul. Marinette mentally shook her head. Why the hell am I thinking like this right now?! I should be doing something productive...instead I'm just wasting my time moping and crying!

Marinette slowly lifted herself from her fetal position. Her face lit up with determination. She stood up, turning to face Master Fu. "Look." She said darkly. "If you don't so much as care what happens to Adrien and refuse to help him or even talk to me...I'm going out there to find him on my own." She started swimming slowly toward the opening of the cave.

"I knew you cared for him." A soft voice called out. Marinette spun around. "What?" The old merman smiled from the distant and beckoned her to come closer. Marinette did, and she was soon seated on a pillow across from Master Fu. "I needed to make sure you cared for him...trust and compassion are important things." Marinette stared at him with an eyebrow raised. She looked away. There was a slight blush on her cheeks. "Maybe...but I don't know why. I only met him for a short while." She mumbled.

Master Fu smiled genuinely. "The jewels not only bond new powers and abilities...but they also bond them to other people who have them. You see, the creator of the Miraculous made them from the exact same material—moltened together they give the users wonderous powers, with a willpower to protect and serve, and since the jewels are made from the same material...the user wearing one would always know where the other user is."

He clasped his hands together. "There is a reason why you feel the way you do around him, a reason why there always seems to be that...how you say, "sensation" when you touch." Marinette smiled slightly, before remembering Adrien was still out there. She looked at the ground. "Master Fu...Adrien is out there on his own...I'm scared for him. It's dark out there, anything could happen..."

Master Fu raised Marinette's chin gently. "Look at me child." Marinette looked at him. Her bluebell eyes were corned slightly with tears. "Believe me when I say you will never truly lose him, he may be out there on his own...but he will find his way back to us...to you. He needs to cool down and process what just happened, is all." Marinette nodded her head reluctantly. "I suppose the news of his biological parents was quite a shock...I understand." Her fists clenched. "ARGH...this is all my fault! If I hadn't rallied him up like that he wouldn't have swam away!"

"It's not your fault." Master Fu said simply. "You were just worried for him, that was really sweet of you. And Anyway...I actually needed to tell you something without Adrien knowing." Marinette eyes widened. "Without Adrien...I don't understand, what is it, what must you tell me?"

Master Fu's tone of voice changed completely. Instead of light and friendly, his voice was sorrowful. "The real reason why I chose Adrien..." His voice broke but he regained it again.

"The real reason why I chose Adrien is because his own father is the one who stole the missing Miraculouses."

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A/N: So, what did you guys think? I tried my very best to try to include likely scenes from Season 2 into my fanfic to make it sound legitament. Tell me what you think might happen next...and stay Miraculous! :3