A Perfect Match for Adrien Agreste

Chat's First Real Akuma Battle

"En Guard!" Was the only giveaway that Riposte (Kagami) was attacking. The clank of Chat's Metal baton blocking the long, silver sword as the akuma's slashing maneuver came at his side. Barely able to block the blow Chat lost a bit of balance, taking a few steps backward to catch himself and swing the baton again, stopping another attack. Taking the opportunity Hoaxer (Lila) popped through a portal behind the other heroes, tapping Carapace on his shoulder as he watched Chat.

"Woah!" The turtle hero turned; his understanding of the situation was too slow to react. With Hoaxer now staring into his eyes, she whispered order to him, she needed him to complete. The sound of the fighting in front of the rest of them, drawing away their attention, and keeping the agreement under wraps. Suddenly as she was there, Hoaxer was gone again, back in her first position, the other heroes not having noticed her departure at all.

"A little help here would be nice!" Chat yelled as he fell to the floor, swiping Riposte's feet from under her. The impact of the floor to the akuma caused the sword to loosen allowing Adrien to kick it away before the silver akuma could retaliate. "Looks like you are doing pretty well there, kitty cat, wouldn't want to intrude," Rena giggled. "Plus, now you get a little taste of what we all went through the last five years thanks to you and your father," Viperion spat at the black cat, still now excited about working with him. "Jeez, thanks snakeman, I thought we," Chat stopped as the wind was knocked out of him by Riposte. Her left foot now planted firmly in his abdomen, to stop him from grabbing her weapon. With a back roll, the akuma moved toward her weapon moving it to attack once again. The akuma moved quickly toward the sitting cat, holding the weapon like a javelin, ready to pierce the cat all the way through, creating a kitten shish kabob.

The sound of a flute played a little tune as Ladybug came flying down from the hall above the main foyer on her yo-yo. The sound of the zipping string pulled Riposte's sight to the incoming hero giving Chat enough time to plant a right hook and wrestle her to the ground and pound her head against the marble flooring until she was fully unconscious.

"Thanks for the assist, Rena. See Viper, that's how friend's treat each other. Sorry you are sore that this Chat got the cream, but not all of us can be so incred-purr-ble." Chat smirked as the fake Ladybug landed beside Rena. "Hey team, sorry I'm late what did I miss?" The sweet, melodic voice of the lead miraculous user and guardian of the miraculous, Ladybug. Ladybugs bright red suit and the click of her yo-yo to her hip brought Hoaxers attention to the newly arrived superhero.

"NOW!" The red, black, and white akuma yelled, as Carapace whispered shell-ter, under his breath and surrounded the fake ladybug and Rena inside. "You thought you could trick me, you stupid fox," the akuma giggled with her hand over her mouth. "Did you forget I knew you were wearing the Ladybug miraculous with the fox. I even mentioned it when you arrived."

Rena looked up to meet Hoaxers eyes as tears filled hers. "I... I wasn't paying enough attention, I forgot I was transformed with both. The power must have messed with my mind," Rena said while sitting down, wrapping her arms around her knees and beginning to rock back and forth. Carapace standing in the background eyes open wide, but unseeing as he held the dome over his girlfriend.

"Now that you're captured, time for the snake." Hoaxer sneered under her breath as she looked around the room for Viperion, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Miss me," a dark sounding, male voice said behind Hoaxer, their warm breath teasing the shell of her human ear. Turing sharply to look at the culprit she was hit hard with a green and blue lyre. Viperion stood above the now unconscious girl, as the green impenetrable bubble faded away and Carapace began to respond again. Bending down and removing the fake fox necklace, from the face down Hoaxer, he detransformed to allow his kwami to rest without hiding. Which was probably the only benefit to Hawkmoth already knowing his identity from one of the akuma fights years ago.

The next moment, Chat had the sword and necklace in hand, his cataclysm at the ready to destroy the akuma's objects as they lay unconscious on the marble flooring of the mansion foyer. "Well, that was unexpected," Lady Rena said, catching the two deep purple akumas. "At least that is out of the way, now it's time to move on to..." he was cut off once again at the sound of a cane tapping against the floor. The entire team swirling around, only to see a tall purple figure standing hi the doorway to the Atelier, a large smirk on his stupid silver, bald head.