The Salt Files: Additional Cases (MLB)

Protector

Marinette and Luka go out of town to go with Jagged to his concert (Marinette is the designer and Jagged was thrilled when Luka said he was dating her), leaving one blueberry in charge.

While hanging out, Lila started spouting lies about dating the artist of a certain comic and that he had a stalker.

See, people knew Nath was the artist, but didn't know Marc was the writer since he wanted to remain hidden as the shy boy he was. So when people immediately see Marc trailing Nathaniel, they immediately believe he's the stalker.

Cue Kagami and her sword.

Marinette couldn't believe it. Luka's dad, the one and only Jagged Stone, was about to go on tour. And as his kin also takes after him for a love in music, Jagged decided this could be the perfect bonding activity for them over the summer! And what kind of father would he be if he separated his son from his lover?

So of course, the musician and his loving Penny told the kids the offer, and they were ecstatic and asked to think about it.

Here they were weeks later, ready to take a tour bus around Europe for a few weeks. The couple decided they wouldn't stay away too long, a month or a month and a half max (totally not because Ladybug would need to teleport for akuma fights and Luka wouldn't be able to cover for her the entire time....totally not). But that meant the blueberries would be getting separated.

Ah yes, the blueberries if you didn't know. Also known as Marinette, Luka, and Kagami. Luka and Kagami would also be referred to as blueberries while Marinette and Marc were considered blackberries, but they also settled on the Berry Squad.

Anyways, with two of them leaving, that left Kagami and Chloe in charge. Chloe would be checking in occasionally to make sure none of them did anything stupid, so it was more up to Kagami. Kagami vowed to protect the group while they were away, she refused to let Marinette down. She was her first real friend after all!

So off the couple went, leaving Kagami with the creative bunch. Nothing happened the first few days, just being happy that classes were done and taking advantage of having no responsibilities.

Then the trouble started.

A common activity that people love to do when the sun is out is to go to the park. Including for simple things like a picnic. Bustier's class thought it would be a great idea to have a picnic and were inviting people from around the school to show up as well. Kagami wasn't going to go at first, but Marc and Nathaniel both wanted to go and she felt like something would happen. The heroine couldn't explain it, but she had the urge to show up just to be a watcher.

So that's what she did that Thursday, joined the massive group as well as a fourth of the school for outdoor activities in the park. Kagami didn't know how they were able to rent out the entire park, but that Lila girl smiled and said had Adrien cover for it.

Kagami knew for a fact that this was a lie because why would Adrien be allowed to cover for something like this? Didn't that girl work for his father and know what kind of man he was? Besides, Adrien wasn't even there in the first place, he had a photoshoot scheduled across town at the same time. But knowing that liar, she would just say he felt bad and wanted to contribute in some way. Kagami just rolled her eyes and munched on her strawberry.

There wasn't much going on, some kids brought water balloons and had people throwing them around, some were just walking around or sitting and talking, others were eating, and some were just taking in the moment. Kagami was one of those people.

As she looked around, she started tuning in to the conversation that the Alya girl was having with the liar. It was hushed but was also loud enough to gain some attention, which was exactly what that girl was planning.