Batboys and the Marinette

Chapter 9

“Sometimes we create our own heartbreaks through high expectations”

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Marinette sat quietly eating her sweet lunch which was overly sweet for the first time.

Why? Because someone was watching her in an overly sweet way.

She nibbled on the macaroon eyes looking at her lap as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. She peeped at the other tables. All the tables within 10 minutes were empty. 

I can't even talk to Tikki.

Just then a very beautiful and refined hand which was slightly tanned entered her view which led her train of thoughts to a whole new road.

Wow. So beautiful hands. Just like a painting. So perfect. 

"Thanks for the compliment Dupain Cheng." Crap I said it out loud.

Damien watched Marinette as she blushed again. For some reason he loved her embarrassed expression the most. 

"If you are fine then let's head to our next class." He smirked.

Marinette nodded.

They walked in the class hand in hand. 'this country seems very open minded. I've seen countless Omegas being bullied even with the slightest touch of an alpha.' She smiled.

(A.N- Well let's not tell her that she has already been marked as a target by the school tyrant so no one can bully her 乁༼☯‿☯✿༽ㄏ)

The class was filled with whispers, but even with her super hearing she only caught a few words since a very strong and heavy pheromone filled the classroom which caused the students to quiet down. Marinette frowned.

I think I heard my name too?

She shrugged as she watched Damien swagger to their seat. She broke into a smile.

The teacher started their class as Damien watched the girl zone out once again with a goofy grin on her face. He could tell that she has no experience in relationships between different genders. Even her guard is too low for an Omega. If she was in Gotham, she would have been claimed as a plaything twenty times over. 

His eyes darkened as he watched her skin white as milk and the shadow casted by her long eyelashes.

This was his Omega. He will see who dares to touch her. 

Marinette on the other hand suddenly got chills. 

Marinette opened her room and threw her body on the bed. She left out a muffled groan from under the pillow. 

"Tikki, I have had a very unpleasant feeling since the last class started." 

Tikki flew out of the backpack as she stared at her host. Her face didn't hold the usual smile.

"Marinette?" Marinette opened her eyes and looked at the absolutely unhappy Tikki with a "mother's-gonna-scold-you-now" expression. Her whole body grew rigid.

"Yes?" Tikki's stare was making her nervous.

"The world is much crueler than you think. Your past hardships are nowhere near what you will experience later. Now I'm going to tell you something you will find hard to understand. All the miracles are scattered around the world causing lack of balance in this world which causes something you are familiar with the genders."

Marinette looked at Tikki not understanding a single word…

"The genders such as Omega, Beta and Alpha are caused by the miracles' magic. Someone has intentionally or unintentionally divided the world into six genders. Hawkmoth is just a stepping stone in the process. What you need to do is to balance the world."

Marinette nodded deep in thought.

"You mean someone mutated the humans with miracles. But why would they do that? What advantage can it have?"

"The world is living in an illusion. A realistic one at that. This is not an evolution and the mutation continuously needs magic powers to keep the mutation steady. To understand it, you must understand the genders themselves. The chosen ones need to be together. I may sound unreasonable or stupid to you for taking back your teammates but we can't wait for you to nature by yourself. We only have some years left and your progress is too low. As the chosen leader, you need to know who to trust and how to have a tight leash on your teammates. Humans are emotional creatures. The chosen ones are connected to the miracles by destiny and bound by soul contract. You need to know how to guide them and to think with a cool head"

(A.N- Aka bullshit. Or in short words get your team-mates back and make sure they know who their leader is )

Tikki stopped for Marinette to process everything. She knew that this was still a child but she didn't have a choice. She has seen many of her chosen ones fall as they trust the wrong people while she can just watch, not being able to say anything. This is the first ladybug to be an Omega which can be used against her as it only takes a forceful mark to make her submit to an Alpha and listen to her every Beck and call. 

Marinette had her head lowered. She felt an emotion that was very familiar yet foreign to her. Disappointment. The difference is that the first time she was disappointed in herself was to be unable to confess to her childish crush while now this disappointment was on how she was living her life till now. How she was celebrating small successes while the mastermind may be watching her. Laughing at her like she's a clown crying as her own teammates were led astray and laughing as she thought with an ant, just to barely win. Her heart went cold as she thought about how she felt attracted to four people at the same time just because of something invented by the villain with unknown motives. Her cheeks burnt with embarrassment. 

In a dark room a girl with dark hair sat there with a red doll-like creature floating beside her as the silence went on and on swallowing the small attraction brewing in her heart.

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Who is this new character? Final Boss? Damien in the catagory of villains? Or is he the hero? See you next time!