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Heroic

A/n: is this Au completely self indulgent? Yes. Am I sorry? No.

AU: Miraculous wielders

Every time, every goddamn time.

Just when you're about to fall asleep an akuma attack hits the city. Kira really doesn't like giving you time to rest huh? After hearing a rather loud bang and looking outside you were met with an akuma victim chasing people down in the streets. Goddamnit... here we go again. Sleepily you pulled yourself out of bed, and transformed into your hero form swinging out of the balcony and into the streets to chase down the Villan.

"I swear to god Kira better get the message it's bloody midnight and I want to sleep once we're done with this..." you complained.

"You're up late miss nocturnal"

Ah yes, there was your partner in crime. You need that voice anywhere. Catching up with you was none other than the mysterious man known only to the world as stray. The cat hero sure as hell seemed to be a stray since he always showed up very quick to fights as if he wasn't doing anything else.

"I swear to god I'm so done with this midnight battles" you complained.

"And yet the bug still shows up" he replied.

"I kind of have to. I'm the only one that can purify an akuma"

Stopping on a roof to get a better look at the situation, it seemed this villain was video game themed as they looked very much like a RPG characters sorts.

"So where are we thinking this akuma is?" Stray asked.

"Hmm... I'd say the controller probably. Given the theming here" you replied.

"Seems easy enough. Let's wrap this up so you can go back to bed and I can go back to work"

"You work? You never seem to be busy and yet you work?"

Stray was a mysterious person. You knew almost nothing about him, as was par of the course when you keep identities secret. But the stuff you did know seemed so strange. You knew he had a lot of time on his hands since he always showed up very quickly, you knew he didn't get out much from a previous conversation, you knew he was actively trying to hunt down Kira even as a civilian, and now you knew he had some kind of job that apparently operated at night.

His mannerisms and appearance were rather mysterious too. He had the class tall, dark and mysterious look to him. With fluffy black hair and cat eats to match, he was rather tall but slouched rather harshly, he could fight well in an almost martial arts style way, but preferred to sit around and rest whenever he had the chance. His eyes were dark and through the gaps in his mask you could see dark Eyebags. His suit resembled that if a tuxedo cat, black with white paws and patches on the chest.

Despite having the power to destroy, he still sided with you as a hero. And he was amazing at working out problems and mysteries in a matter of seconds. He was the prefect hero really, untraceable, good at combat and extremely smart with a strong sense of justice.

"Yes I do work. I need to make money to live somehow. But it's not exactly a very social job so I can see why you'd think otherwise" he replied.

You reached out to pay his head, ruffling his hair as if he were an actual cat. It took him a while to get used to it, but nowadays this was a common gesture from you.

"Your social skills may be a bit awkward but your fighting definitely isn't. Let's beat this bitch" you replied.

Knowing where the akuma was, you jumped into action using Strays very quick thinking to your advantage to make this fight up as you went along. All you really needed to do was get the controller out of the villains hands to smash it, and thanks to stray coming up with a solution on the spot all it took was a few dodged of attacks and using your lucky charm object to knock it out of of their hands while your cat counterpart distracted them by making them look the other way.

Smashing the controller released the akuma, and with a quick swing of the yo-yo you could purify it and let it free, resetting the damage to the streets in the process.

Once the victim was safely home, you had to get back home before you transformed. And you wanted to go back to bed.

"Well that was easy... Kira is getting real slack with the villains" you sighed.

"You'd think if he wants out miraculous he'd try harder, maybe he's just stupid" Stray replied.

"He is, there's no doubt about that. I gotta go before I transform, I'll see you nex-"

"Wait"

Before you could jump on off his voice stopped you and you turned back to face him, it's have to be quick bit you did have a minute to spare

"I know that we can't reveal identities while Kira is out there but I do want to warn you of something" Stray said.

"Ok? What is it?"

"I have reason to believe Kira is someone related to a coworker of mine, I'm still looking into it but just know that if I'm right... it'll mean I'd be revealed to you in the process. My work makes it kind of obvious who I am"

Hmm... that was interesting. On one hand you did want to know who this strange man was behind the mask, and who Kira was. But on the other hand it did make you worry for safety regarding identities. Knowing can be dangerous since if it leaked out to the public things would be a mess.

"That's a rather... interesting situation" you said.

"I don't think there's any way we can avoid it if he is Kira. It'll kind of domino into you knowing who we both are. But for what it's worth... I trust you knowing who I am if it comes down to it. You're saving my life every time a villain has me in a dangerous spot so I think the bug that is willing to keep her partner alive in battle is worth trusting"

His words made you smile. Even with the worry of a dangerous situation, he still trusted you as his partner. After so long of fighting Kira you'd hope you and Stray could rely on each other. At first he seemed very skeptical and off put by the random ladybug chick he had to work with out of nowhere, but now even with his strange habits he'd become a lot softer and more trusting.

"Thanks kitty, I trust you too. I will admit I am curious about who you are, but I'd rather you be safe from the public eye should things go south. But if defeating Kira means we have to reveal then... I trust you with that information" you replied.

Your earrings beeping, you needed to bounce before transforming out in the open.

"I gotta bounce, thanks for telling me though" you said.

"I'll see you next Patrol, or fight whichever comes first" He replied.

Heading off back to your floor in the taskforce building you couldn't help but wonder where this rabbit hole would lead. Stray and Kira potentially knew each other as civilians? That's one hell of a plot twist. You wondered if it was true. When you got back your miraculous timed out and you flopped back into bed as a civilian again.

"You seem exhausted" your kwami said.

"I am, If kira one more late night fight I'll go insane" you sighed.

Hearing a thump on the floor above you, you jumped slightly not expecting the noise.

"What the-"

Annoyed at everyone keeping you awake, you got up to go tell whoever that was to shut up. Heading up the stairs you were a little confused when behind the door you could hear cat purring.

"Is that a cat? Who has a cat?" You mumbled to yourself.

"Claws in"

What-

Claws in? As in... de-transforming that cat miraculous. Freezing in your steps, you listened in thinking you might be hearing things.

"What's got you all purry?"

Who was that, you didn't recognise that voice. Was it a kwami?

"I'm not all purry..."

"You were purring the whole way back! Oooo L's got a crush on his super hero partner!"

If you had a drink you would have done a spit take. Did you really hear that right? It couldn't be?

Dark fluffy hair... Eyebags, slouch, knows martial arts and is crazy smart..?

Was... was L Stray?