Fenton Tides (DP MLB crossover)

Chat, We Need To Talk -Chapter 7

Chat Noir raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean m'lady?" He straightened his back and gained a more serious look, given Ladybug's tone she was worried, and he needed to listen.

Ladybug paced back and forth a couple more times in front of him with her hand on her chin. "I don't know, Chat, don't you think something is kinda... off?" She asked, not looking up from the ground she was staring holes into.

"I don't see anything out of the ordinary, well besides the fact of being a teenager with superpowers." He shrugged. "But that's normal for us." He chuckled trying to lighten the mood before returning back to a more serious demeanor. "Ladybug, what I mean is, he seems nice. He also helped us with the Akuma battle. He hasn't done anything wrong yet. We can't just decide that he is bad because we don't understand how he got his miraculous." Chat explained.

Ladybug threw her hand to the side while still pacing. "I just can't afford to mess this up, Chat. I mean what if we just let him in with open arms and then he backstabs us? Or he's working for Hawkmoth to steal our miraculous! What if he is trying to steal it for his own gain and there is nothing to do with Hawkmoth!?"

She started pacing faster and faster. Chat Noir's eyes follow her worriedly, his ears aiming backward. "I can't fail, Chat." She continued. "He could just be another Volpina, I could lose you, lose everyone. I can't-"

She stopped as Chat Noir grabbed onto her forearms and steadied her. Causing her to look up into his green eyes. "Ladybug, you need to stop panicking." He said calmly. "I am sure this won't turn out like Volpina. And I won't leave you no matter what." He reassured. "Now, what did the guardian say?" He asked.

Ladybug sucked in a deep breath, closing her eyes for a second to try and calm herself down from that rant. "We need to find Riptide and find a way to get him to the guardian for a conversation. We need to ask him some questions."

Chat looked a bit surprised. "You want to bring him, to, the guardian? Wouldn't he then know the Guardian's identity? wasn't that the whole reason I couldn't meet him to begin with?

"I already talked with him earlier, we will have to meet somewhere where he can't see the guardian. It's best for them to talk directly, so the guardian can see his motives and actions." She pinched the bridge of her nose. "So we have to convince him to come with us."

Chat raised an eyebrow. "The way you said convince sounds problematic."

"It's that or he runs free rein around the city with powers we don't understand. And that's something we just can't risk." She tapped her finger against her chin biting her bottom lip slightly.

Chat Noir jumped up on the lip of the building in a crouch looking out over the city. "Well, I'll follow your lead m'lady."

"That's the thing." Chat Noir turned to look back at Ladybug with a tilted head. "We're going to have to follow your lead on this one." She pointed towards Chat.

"What do you mean?" He asked with a confused tone. "Normally you're the one that leads the plan."

"He seems less tense around you, he will be more likely to talk to you than anyone else." She explained. "And you... Well, you will probably have a more open mind when it comes to this." She sighed looking away slightly. "You might be able to see things I can't while talking to him, my mind so far has been clouded with different facts, but you will be able to read his actions better." She said, sounding unsure of herself. She gripped her upper arm tightly.

Chat Noir smiled nicely showing off one of his sharpened canine teeth before standing up and walking towards her. "I am glad to see you are thinking things through first. I will be happy to go in first." He put his hand on her shoulder so she looked up at him again. "And, if something happens I'll always have 8 extra lives." He quipped with a smirk.