Of Black Cats, Ladybugs, and Ghosts

Volpina to the Rescue

Alya, as Volpina, landed on the roof where the fight was raging on. She quickly played her flute and made an illusion specifically for Fire. Hell Hound growled at Chat, but stopped when she saw a cage form around her. The wolf glared at the bars and howled loudly. Alya smirked, it had been crazy when she saw the fox kwami, Trixx, but now it was just really cool.
"Need some help?" she asked, her tail swaying as she walked. Chat eyed her cautiously before nodding.
"Thanks Volpina." he said. Alya tilted her head, then remembered the Volpina impostor. Right forgot about that...
Ladybug was too preoccupied with Grim Reaper to notice the new arrival. He was grinning like mad as he attacked her at a fast pace, making bruises that would really hurt later along with shallow cuts. Chat charged at the ghost and tackled him, which did nothing. Reaper smirked and pressed a glowing green fist to the cat's abdomen.
Hell Hound's eyes widened as she clutched the sleeves of her jacket, he's going to end himself!
The moth shaped mask appeared over her face again, "You will obey me!" The shot was taken. Everything went in slow motion. Everything inside hurt, but the dark power was so sweet.
Adrien was thrown back with a deep wound in his gut. Screams echoed and her eyes turned red as they widened in shock. The purple outline on her face glowed brighter and a feral growl ripped it's way out of her throat.
Grim Reaper laughed at the downed black cat, "Hell Hound! Come to me." he said with a smirk. Her red irises were once again covered in inky purple-ish black. The wolf girl nodded and went down on all fours before running straight through the illusion. Her sights were set on the new comer, but a yo-yo wrapping around her legs had her crashing onto the cement roof.
"No!" Ladybug yelled. Grim Reaper glared at her before creating an ice sword and running it straight through her. Volpina screamed and hit him with her flute as hard as she could with her new magic, suit, and kwami. The akuma holder flew back and slammed into a metal door leading down into the building. Hell Hound tore the yo-yo string off and charged at the fox. Volpina was pinned under the wolf hybrid's weight, her wrists pinned up near her head.
The hound's partner groaned as he got up and wiped his mouth, "Well, looks like we have three miraculous to give Hawkmoth. Isn't that right, pet?" he asked, patting his partner's head. Fire flinched at the contact and growled at the treatment.
That was when Alya got an idea, "You're just gonna let him do that?" She twisted her wrists back and forth to try to get loose, "You're just gonna sit here and take that? I thought you cared about Chat and Ladybug! They were trying to save you!" The grip tightened and her core screeched for her to stop. "Come on! They were trying to help! I am trying to help! Please, stop this!" The fox yelled at her. Grim Reaper snarled and yanked Fire away, throwing her to the ground, "Silence!" He aimed a blast at Alya's head, "I think I'll kill this one for her own good."
Volpina shut her eyes and waited, but nothing ever came. When she reopened her eyes, Hell Hound had Grim Reaper by the throat with a crushed thermos in her right hand, "I'm not going to let you kill anyone." Fire let him fall to the roof top, not even sparing him a glance when the inky goop melted away. She went over to Ladybug and healed her wound while also pushing her body to create more blood. Chat was as white as a ghost, but he was still alive so the wolf girl healed him as best she could. Blood reproduction was the problem for him so she made a thin tube out of ice and put one end into her arm.
"This might hurt." she murmured and sucked on the tube until she tasted her own blood. Fire quickly spit it out and put the other end into Chat's arm. Ladybug sat up and groaned before pulling her yo-yo back to her and catching the butterfly that had almost fluttered away.
When she saw Fire her first reaction was to get into a fighting stance, but the fox placed a hand on her arm, "She's helping him."
Fire watched as color returned to the cat's face and carefully removed the tube, shattering it a second later. A purple outline went around her face as she healed some of the more minor injuries and concussion. The wolf hybrid scratched at her jacket after she'd moved away from the Paris hero and, to everyone's surprise, a green bolt of energy flew through the air and turned the leather to ash.
Ladybug quickly caught the akuma and set it free. No one said a word for a while.
Then, Fire spoke up, "I'm cutting some of Danny's ties. Chat is gonna be fine, but he might get a few nose bleeds when his body starts making more blood because my blood will cause reproduction to got faster. Should last only three days tops." she whispered.
Phantom got up, his eyes shining with tears as he clipped the thermos back onto his belt, "Fire-"
"Not here." she interrupted sharply and ran off. He hung his head and followed after her while the two heroes still standing on the roof nodded to each other and helped Chat to a safer place so he and Ladybug could de-transform without prying eyes watching.
On the way to their shared home, Danny couldn't help but feel guilt roll off of him in waves. He hated what he'd done and was kinda glad that she'd severed a few ties between them. The white haired teen knew how much it must have hurt if his core was still throbbing with aftereffects.
"Fire, please..." he whispered to the fire crystal around his neck. "Please, I'm so sorry..."
There was silence for  a long moment before she responded back,"I know you're sorry." Fire sent back softly.
"I'm at the tower if you wanna talk. I'm-I'm uncomfortable with telepathy and the link right now."
Danny flew as fast as he could to their shared home which was where he'd been going already. When he arrived, he saw her sitting on the roof, waiting.
"Hey..." He said hesitantly, sitting down next to her and letting his feet dangle off the edge with hers.
Fire only said, "We nearly killed them."
Phantom sighed, "I know." Silence. "We were akumatized. What could we have done? All that power being given to us..." More silence and he sighed again, deciding to take a different aproach this time, "If you want to throw me off the roof and into the river I won't stop you if it'll help you get through this faster." The wolf girl's lip twitched upward.
"As tempting as that sounds I'll have to take a rain check."
Her tensed shoulders relaxed slightly and he chanced a slight smile and bumped his shoulder against hers.
His green eyes glowed with a mixture of warmth and sorrow as he said, "I'm sorry, I really hope you know that."
Danny's eyes dimmed, "I would never hurt you on purpose, Fire. I'm others know we didn't mean to hurt them either." He moved his gloved hand from his lap to rest on his partner's.
"I'm really sorry." Her silver eyes glanced at him and softened as she sighed with a nod.
"I know Danny." She moved her hand so it was on top of his and squeezed it.
"I know that you're sorry. I know that you feel bad. I know that you hate what you did, but I..." Her ears flattened against her hair, "I was so scared. I am scared."
She looked at him with such a broken expression he pulled her into a hug. Fire clutched the back of his suit.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I tried, but all that negative- how do you deal with that?- was clouding everything and to be honest I just barely remember what happened-" Fire laughed softly.
"Are you almost done rambling?" She pulled away and there was an amused smile on her face.
Phantom smiled sheepishly, "I'll just stop now." His hair got into his face slightly after he ran a hand through it, "Are we good?"
She sighed dramatically, "I don't know are we?"
He smirked, "I would like it if we were."
Fire's eyes sparked with mischievousness, "You would like that huh?"
"Yep, it would be awesome if we were good."
"Would it?"
"Yes it would."
"Huh, you wouldn't happen to be flirting with me would you?" She asked with a slight smirk.
Danny rolled his eyes, "I don't know. Am I?"
Fire laughed, "To be honest I wouldn't mind if you were." She raised a brow, "You wanna go from as close as siblings to girlfriend boyfriend?"
Danny blushed through a snort, "I don't know, would I?"
"I would love it if you did."
Phantom smiled through his blush, "Well, what a coincidence," he leaned over and kissed her cheek, "I think, no I know, I would love it too."
Fire nudged his shoulder, "Is this how it's gonna be now? All flirty with witty come backs?"
He shrugged, "Isn't that how it always is minus the flirting pup?" She raised a brow at the nickname, but scooted closer to him to lay her head on his shoulder.
"You have a good point." she whispered with a light hum as he put an arm around her. Phantom smiled softly and carefully put an arm under her legs. He floated up and landed softly on their roof. Fire's head rested on his shoulder and it was only now that he noticed how small she really was. His partner, his best friend turned girlfriend was only a little taller than him and he had a feeling she was shorted in human form. He held her closer and quickly phased through the roof before flying to bed.
Danny tried to set her down in her bed, but she wasn't having it. She held onto him and pulled him down with her. He blushed lightly as she curled around him protectively, her tail wrapping around his leg. The teen just shook his head before changing back and snuggling into her fur.

"Goodnight, pup."

*******AT SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY*******

Adrien and Marinette were tense. They didn't know what to expect when Danny and Xena got there. They knew that they'd been akumatized, but neither of them were sure what the aftereffects would be. They definitely didn't know what Xena would be like. However, they hadn't expected Danny and Xena to stumble in the room with their arms around each other, laughing about something. Then, mischief stirred into silver-green eyes. She grabbed the black haired boy by the color and kissed him before letting go with a wink. His pale skin burst to life with color and Adrien swore that if she'd been in her natural form her tail would be swinging in time with her hips as she sat down in her seat.

The two heroes exchanged a bewildered look. This was going to make things interesting...