A Petty Defeat

Chapter 5

Now akumatizing Cat Noir was helpful. Yes, but it wasn't the full reason I was doing it. I wanted to protect Adrien from the hurt and betrayal of his father being his worst enemy; at least until after his dad was in jail anyway. Anger makes you do rash things; I didn't want anything bad to happen because of something that could have been avoided.

Once the bubbles subsided, I was able to catch a full glimpse of the hero. Shadow Noir had a couple changes to his normal Cat Noir outfit but he otherwise looked the same as the hero. His outfit was a super dark gray but not so dark that it was black then a leopard print that was black. His bell was gone, replaced with choker, at the front was a small coin shaped thing with a black paw print on the coin. His hair was the same dark gray as his suit. His eyes still green, though they appeared sharper and more calculating. His staff was a dark black with the same paw print on it but this time the paw print was gray. His miraculous was basically the same except for the color scheme which was a gray for the band and the paw print on top was black like the ring usually was. His staff in his left hand seemed to buzz with power, I had a hunch that it could cause quiet a powerful punch and yet it didn't feel threatening.

"I'll be right back." I said as my miraculous lost its forth wing leaving me with one minute until I detransformed. I jumped off of the building and crushed the security camera's lenses before I drop the transformation and catch the heavily exhausted Butterfly kwami.

"Will Shadow Noir keep his transformation even after I'm not transformed?" I asked in alarm, realizing that I didn't think of that earlier.

"He will," Nooroo said.

"Good," I grabbed another grape out of my bag and hand it to Nooroo who started to eat it immediately.

Once Nooroo was charged up, I transformed once more and jumped to the roof of the mansion where Shadow Noir was waiting though now his staff was sheathed on his back.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

"Sure, wait ready for what?"

"The power boost," Shadow Noir said, holding out his right hand, it appeared that he had summoned cataclysm because it was bubbling with power, except this time the power was a golden color.

"Yes, what do you need me to do?"

"Give me your right arm."

I did as he asked and held my right arm out to him. Shadow Noir using his left hand turned my arm till the palm of my hand was facing upward. Shadow Noir placed his right hand on the inside of my wrist. A soft ticklish feeling ran up my arm and across my chest till it reached the broach, the magic seeped into the broach, it flared purple and the tickling magic disappeared only to be replaced with the same feeling of magic I felt when I transformed, and just as when I'm transforming the magic subsided and then left me feeling stronger than when I'm just me.

Once Shadow Noir removed his hand, I studied my wrist where his hand had been, a small black paw print sat on the inside of my wrist like a tattoo.

"You know that wasn't half bad." I said placing my hand at my side.

I studied my outfit; nothing had changed except for the paw on the inside of my right wrist.

Shadow Noir concentrated and his right hand started to glow again with the same power as before.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"My miraculous is still the same as it was before I was akumatized." Shadow Noir explained. "So I am giving Plagg a power boost too."

I nodded, this made sense.

Shadow Noir touched his chest and soon after his Miraculous flared black. Once Shadow Noir took his hand away, I was surprised to see that there wasn't a paw print where he had touched his suit. Shadow Noir tackled me and I let out a startled yelp as I was pushed to the ground, a red blur soars over us and I realize soon after that it's Ladybugs Yoyo.

This is not going the way I had hoped. I thought as Shadow Noir and I stand, facing our attacker. 

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