You're The Music That's Been Playing In My Head: Book 2

Captain Hardrock: Part 4

"You're pulling my chain, Chat Noir, follow me," LB says, and we charge to the figurehead, entering Captain Hardrock's sight. 

"Haha, there you are again. The time has come to send you to the bottom once and for all," She sends more chains our way, traveling on one chain herself. 

The three of us hop from chain to chain to get closer to her when Ladybug throws me the other end of the metal chain. Grabbing it, Ladybug and I tie her to the compass, the metal part near the needle, sending the ship off course and safely onto a plot of land just as Officer Roger came paddling up, yelling at us to stop the boat. 

"Do it, Chat Noir!" 

"CATACLYSM!" The ship turns to dust in a matter of seconds

"No more evil-doing for you, little akuma." Ladybug starts doing her thing, and I ignore her as I make sure everyone else is ok. 

"What happened?" Anarka asks after we pound it. 

"Oh, not much, you just had a bout of...Sea sickness? Time to raise the sails, ladies," Chat waves goodbye after his ring beeps and heads off. 

Ladybug and I quickly helped put Liberty back in the water while Anarka apologized profusely for the trouble she caused. We reassure her that we hold no grudges against her for what happened and head out.

°❆⋆.ೃ࿔*:･  

By the time Marinette and I got back to the gang, Officer Roger was back checking how loud we were. It seems Anarka agreed to lower the volume.

"It's still a bit loud by my standards and a couple of decibels over the legal limit, but I'll let it slide on this occasion. After all, it's the music festival." 

We celebrated, and not long after, he left, Adrien showed up, surprising us all. 

"Watch where you're walking!" Mari tries to warn him, but it is too late.

Adrien had already tripped over something. Nino comes to his aid when Adrien spots what he had tripped over. 

"Woah! An original ZX20.4? I love the sound of this instrument!" 

"Oh, that old thing? No one knows how to play it," Anark admits, and Adrien smiles.

"I know how to play." 

"Great, you can join the band if you want," Luka offers, and Adrien quickly accepts when Anarka approaches Mari. 

"You know, matey, sometimes disorder can be a good thing. If this keyboard hadn't been layin' around, we wouldn't have gained us a keyboard player." 

Mari nods, and once Adrien gets the basis of the song, the concert starts. It was a great show, and near the end of the set, I was met with a very pleasant surprise. 

"This last song is for (y/n). Happy birthday, girl!" Rose exclaims happily before the song starts. 

I gasp in shock as everyone else brings out a cake and presents for me. Making me extremely happy. After the set was done, the band was taking a break, and I sat a little ways from the deck with a slice of cake and watched the fireworks that had been going off. Flaake had taken this time to give me her gift: a blue kwagatama that I would later add to a charm bracelet I'd wear often/ a keychain to my bag. 

"Have a good birthday?" Luka asks as he sits down next to me. 

"Yeah, I'm suspecting you did all this?" I ask, leaning in close to his face with a smirk. 

"Well, yeah, I was the only person you told when your birthday was, and the music festival was a good cover for this."

"Well, thank you, it's the best gift I could've asked for." 

"I've got one more for you if you're ready for it," He tells me, grabbing my chin lightly to make sure I was looking at him. 

My face heats up as one idea fills my head, and I gulp before slowly nodding my head. 

Best birthday ever.

Last Edit - September 19th, 2022

Revised - December 7th, 2025