The White Cat

Chapter 9: Cat Blanc/ Cat Noir

I growled angrily as I glared at the wolf Akuma, Loup Gris, who didn't go after Ladybug when it started pouring. Now I was stuck under the crying sky, again. Ladybug always used the rain to her advantage, even on the night when she first disappeared on me. Her disappearance has gotten the other five Akumas agitated; they were afraid to do anything against me, for now. Hawkmoth hasn't spoken to me in a while but I could tell he was speaking to the others.

I could feel the cold stares Volpina and Lady Noir as they burned into my back. None of them knew that Marinette was Ladybug. For some reason, I didn't want them to know.

I flinched as an angry voice rattled my brain that no one heard, except me. He was gaining strength. He almost took control of me once. The most troubling thing was that Cat Noir had awakened as soon as I had used cataclysm on Marinette's father. Now he won't stop yelling at me to leave his lady alone or the Parisians. And I have failed to lock him in the mental cage I had built for him after the Akuma slipped into my ring.

Tom wasn't the only in the hospital. Cloé and my father were there with him. The cataclysm couldn't hurt them. The awakening of Cat Noir made sure of that. All could I really do was destroy buildings. I growled softly as I looked at my right hand now covered in white mist.

I glanced at the wolf as he flinched, eyeing my hand. I smirked; none of them knew that my cataclysm can no longer kill. I scowled when Adrien's voice yelled at me again. I sighed and waved dismissively to the wolf as I turned around and looked at the city before me, letting the white mist vanish.

It had been a month since I was turned and half a month since Ladybug vanished on me. I could always feel her tailing me, but whenever I looked; I could never see her but always picked up on her scent. There has been a few times where she had led me into an almost successful trap; she was always targeting my ring. Each time there is an internal battle between me and Cat Noir, for control of over this body.

Whenever Ladybug was around, I could sense Plagg. He can track me down as well as he can sense Tikki. He's the only one who knows how to help The Blacf Cat get complete control over this body.

My ears twitched before I turned around to see purple butterflies glow the Akuma's faces. I frowned at Hawkmoth's intrusion. I narrowed my eyes as I fell back into stance, my instincts screaming for me to flee as Cat Noir fell silent. He too was listening. I growled softly, prepared to stand my ground before I felt something seize control of my motor skills.

I hissed as I struggled to regain control of myself as Cat Noir forced me to leap over the edge of the building. I grit my teeth when Cat had me land on another building after running for so long from the other Akumas. I roared and grasped my head, struggling to regain control of my body as he fought to remain.

I slammed a mental cage around Adrien, startling him. He released his control before he narrowed his gaze and hissed at me. I chuckled before I froze, feeling someone's gaze burning into my back, snapping me back into reality and tightening my control over the kitty yowling in my head. I straightened to my full height before slowly turning around to see Ladybug on the roof of the building next door.

She was spinning her yo-yo and staring at me wide-eyed. Her eyes were roving up and down my suit before her gaze quickly snapped to mine. Her throat flashed as Plagg zipped in front of her, his arms and legs spread open wide as if to protect her. I rolled my eyes at him.

Curious as to what she was looking at; I glanced at my arms to see my suit was medium gray going back to white. I scowled and hissed 'stupid cat'. I noticed Ladybug's body go taught from my peripheral vision. I looked at her as she narrowed her eyes. I gasped when her yo-yo wrapped around my legs and going up, trapping my arms to my side. I growled as she gently tugged the string, making it go tight.

"What do you mean 'stupid cat'?" She demanded while glaring at me. I tilted my head with a smirk while her left eye twitched. I flinched when Plagg suddenly appeared in front of me, pressing his paws firmly against my forehead. I growled softly, feeling him peel away the mental layers of protection I built against him.

I inhaled sharply as I felt my eyes roll back. I grit my teeth as Plagg surfed through my mind, searching for his chosen. I smirked at every time he came close to the annoying Cat's cage, I moved him in another recess of my mind.

A growl of frustration escaped the small cat god as he rested his forehead against mine, forcing more magic into the body I possessed. A cry of pain escaped both me and Cat till our voices merged into one, long enough for Plagg to see that he was well and living. "I should've known." The little Kwami hissed. I growled as I tore Cat and I apart.

Plagg released a cry of pain as he darted away from me, glaring at me as he rubbed his little paws and his head repeatedly. Plagg! Cat Noir cried as I doubled the walls of his prison, cutting off the mental connection he had formed with his Kwami. I glared at the floating cat as he drifted away from me and towards Ladybug. Her eyes were eyes wide and filled with fear. Plagg was glaring at me.

I chuckled as I rolled my neck and flexed my claws. "Run!" Plagg exclaimed as the yo-yo vanished. Ladybug spun it before throwing it. I grinned as I slammed my hands down onto the building, forcing it to crumble before it's time. I looked at Ladybug through my lashes as she tugged on her yo-yo.

I grinned as I ran to the edge and pushed off, spreading my arms out like a bird's wings. I glared the buggy hero before a yowl tore from my throat as I swiped a clawed hand down her back. She cried out in pain as she landed on a building only to stumble forward. She collapsed onto her stomach before she rolled onto her back. Her throat flashed as she stared at me with wide eyes, fear darkening her blue gaze.

She screamed and raised her arms to protect herself as my mist covered hand flew for her. I summoned whatever strength and will power I had to kill her with cataclysm. She curled into a small ball as I felt something ram into me. I gasped as I tipped over, placing my hands on the building above Marinette's head. I swung my legs over my head. I dropped my feet as I straightened myself. I turned around and stared, surprised, at the figure before me.

Green eyes glared at me as black ears twitched with irritation. The white moon threw his features into shadow as he bared his canines with a hiss. His skin was a dark gray, almost black. His clothes similar to Cat Noir's suit but his tail were no belt. His hair was black and much wilder than Cat's. He flexed his claws as he hissed again.

I smirked as I studied him before I placed my staff on the roof andleaned against it, he could be considered Adrien's twin. I slightly tilted myhead as he glared at me. "Hello Plagg."