Change is Tough

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Time shifted to 7:00 PM and Adrien was outside, looking at the night sky. Marinette galloped over to him and sat next to him. She also had her hair down.

 She also had her hair down

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Marinette: Hey, Adrien. Are you holding up well?
Adrien: Not really.
Marinette: Why not?
Adrien: I won the game of dodgeball for our team in P.E class and no one still wanted to be my friend.... well except Max and Nino. Also, I'm really sorry that I hit you with a dodgeball today. The other boys told me to. I wasn't trying to be competitive.
Marinette: It's okay. It's just a game. It's not like you meant to do it. I'm sorry my friends hurt you. They just don't know that you changed.
Adrien: That's fine.
Marinette: (gets on her knees) Mind if I join you for the sunset?
Adrien: Sure, I was just listening to the surroundings.
Marinette: (lays her head on Adrien's shoulder) Can I lay on your shoulder for a bit?
Adrien: Sure, it's fine.

Marinette laid her head on Adrien's left shoulder and both watched the beautiful senset together. She also felt completely guilty for brainwashing him.

The setting shifted to the lair and Derek was giving out plans to Lila.

Lila: So, you're telling me that Adrien's memories were erased by the girls?
Derek: Yes. He couldn't even remember our friendship with him or the crime he told us to do.
Lila: Well, in that case. I think I have someone who can get back at those girls. I hired a mercenary strong enough to kill them. And besides, before Adrien was brainwashed, he at least got the identities of the heroes. They also don't seem to mind that everyone knows.
Derek: Yeah, I'm surprised that they aren't even embarrased. Say, who's the mercenary anyway?

SATURDAY

Time shifted to the afternoon and the girls were at Marinette's house, playing UNO. Someone knocked on the door, so Marinette's mother went over to see who it was.

Alya: (hears knocking) Who could that be?
Marinette: Oh, I invited another person.

Sabine got off the couch to open the front door and see who it was. It was Adrien.

Adrien: (blushes a little) H-Hey, Ms. Cheng. Are you busy?
Sabine: No. Why do you ask?
Adrien: I just wanted to see if Marinette was here.
Sabine: Oh, yeah. She's upstairs playing with her friends.
Adrien: Okay, thank you.

Adrien went upstairs to Marinette's room and saw the girls playing UNO.

Alix: I wonder who you invited. (Adrien opens the trapdoor) Oh no.
Alya: What is he doing here?
Juleka: Yeah, why did you invite him?!
Marinette: Girls, he's changed. Please, can he hang out with us?
Alya: Fine, but no shady business, you got that, cat?!
Adrien: Okay, Alya.

Adrien sat between Marinette and Alya and they continued their game of UNO. Suddenly, they heard a loud crash near them.

Mylène: What was that?
Rose: It sounds like crime.
Juleka: We better go check it out.
Alix: Aww, but I only have two cards left before I win.
Marinette: Well, we'll save the game for later. We have to find out what those villains are up to.
Adrien: Hey, can I help you girls by any chance?

Marinette thought in her head that this would be a chance for the girls to see that he has actually changed.

Marinette: You know what, yeah.
Alya: Are you kidding me? There's not a single ounce of good in him.
Marinette: Hey, we only have six member and besides... we should let Adrien prove that he's changed. Remember a few weeks ago.
Juleka: Marinette's right. He doesn't know about the chaos that happened.
Adrien: What chaos?
Juleka: See? He doesn't remember.
Marinette: Umm, Adrien. We'll have to talk about it later.
Adrien: Oh, okay.

The girls transformed and saw a black beam from a mile. It was Derek. It suddenly stopped.

Superbug: Princess Piglet, Tiger Woman, Tri-Mouse, check out the beam. Rabbit Girl, Foxy Heroine. You're with me.
The Girls: Got it.

The girls split up into their respective assigned groups. Superbug witnessed someone with a fencing sword looking at a piece of paper. It was Kagami. Superbug walked close to her and wanted to greet her.

Superbug: Um... hello?
Kagami: Konnichiwa, heroes! I was told by Lila to hunt you girls down. I must do as she says!

Kagami rushed at Superbug as she whipped out her daggers, which were her secondary weapons. They got into a duel and Kagami was fighting like crazy.

Kagami: I don't go easy on my opponents!

Kagami knocked Superbug back and stabbed her right in the chest. Superbug got on her knees and laid down, defeated by Kagami.

Fox Heroine: No!
Rabbit Girl: Superbug!
Kagami: (steps on Superbug's head) Flawless victory! One down, five to go!
Fox Heroine: We'll avenge you!
Rabbit Girl: No one's tougher than me. (screams)

Rabbit Girl rushed at Kagami with her Carrot Sword and they fought like crazy.

Meanwhile, Superbug was lucky enough to heal using her macarons. It appeared she was on low health. She grabbed her macarons and ate them, which healed her to 78% health. She got back up and tied up Kagami using her yo-yo. Adrien saw the fight from the balcony and was really happy.

Adrien: Those heroes remind me of the girls. Maybe.... they are the girls.

Adrien was thinking about what the girls said earlier about the chaos he said and remember the news.

Adrien: If I did cause a lot of chaos... does that mean that...

The girls came back inside and met up with Adrien again.

Marinette: Hey, Adrien. We're back.
Adrien: Hey, girls. I figured everything out.
Mylène: Figured out what?
Adrien: I remember Derek telling me about the chaos I started up from Monday and you girls erased my memory, causing me to forget about what I did and now all of a sudden, everyone dislikes me and now I have trouble making friends because of it. Now that I'm aware of everything, I'm sorry, girls.
Marinette: You don't have to apologize. It's not your fault.

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