Mark of a Hero

Mark of a Hero Part 8

 "Ladybug!" adrien ran to her and held her head to his chest. "What have I done!?"

Adrien was devastated he loved ladybug, and he couldn't believe that he had hurt her that bad.

"Ladybug!" he was crying at that point. "Help!" he screamed, he couldn't transform, so he couldn't help her.

Alya, quickly stood up and ran to the edge of the eiffel tower, she knew there would be a reporter or something, that would help them, turns out their wasn't, alya quickly turned around, "what do we do?" alya pondered.

Plaqq went up to adrien "kid, take her ring." he said, like it was obvious, which it was.

"Oh, o-ok" adrien took his ring back and transformed, plaqq was tired, he hadn't had any food, so chat noir was a really tired, too, he had scratches from the fight all over his body, blood was coming out from ladybug and chat noir, heavily.

They were only a little away from the hospital, but not close enough for anyone to see them, unless they went outside.

Chat's body has had enough, he was tired, bloody, and very, very sore. Chat had fell, unconscious in front of the door, he fell to the ground ladybug was on the floor, in a starfish position, chat was on his side with his arms reaching out to Mari.

Three doctors came up to him wondering what had happened.

As the doctors pulled them up to the hospital, they entered and went to a room.

A little while later adrien woke up, he immediately sat up and looked around, wondering where he was.

He looked around frantically. "Where am i?"

A doctor came rushing in. "oh you're awake, your uhh you're in a hospital, nothing that bad happened, you just passed out from lack of energy."

"And lad-m-mari?"

"Oh you mean the blue pigtailed girl?"

"Yea, is she ok?"

"Oh yes she's just fine, she's actually out in the waiting room, she said she wasn't going to leave without you."

Adrie tried to stand up, but the doctor had stopped him. "Wait, could you tell me what had happened?"

"Oh, uhh, I was traumatized, and during that phase, a hurt mari." adrien had a tear roll down his face.

"Oh, ok. You are welcome to go see her now"

Adrien smiled and stood up, and headed out to the waiting room, hoping he could talk to her about the two miraculeuses.

As he left the room he went into the waiting room expecting mari to be angry, but he was pleasantly surprised, as he entered the room mari looked up and ran to him giving him a huge.

Adrien was a little shocked but he hesitantly hugged her back.

After a few hours of walking home, in complete silence. Adrien had to know. "So your ladybug?"

"H-how did you know?" she looked at him.

"You took my miraculous, and you gained absolute power."

"Oh, yea." she looked down, thinking he was disappointed.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"You looked up to ladybug, you loved her-"

"What?! How did you find out." he interrupted

"It was pretty obvious. But I didn't tell you because I thought you would be disappointed."

Adrien stood in silence. "Mari?" he softly asked.

"Y-yes?"

"Why would I be disappointed in who you are under the mask?"

Mari stood their in silence.

"Why would I be disappointed in who you are under the mask?" adrien asked again.

Mari didn't want to answer that, she had always thought that and it was her biggest secret.

"Mari!?"

She didn't answer, just as a tear rolled down her face, adrien pushed her against a wall and put his hands by each of her sides. "Mari!? Why would I be disappointed?!"

Mari stood their in silence for a fer seconds then weakly replied, but you could tell she was angry. "I'm a hero, I save paris 24/7 people look up to me, alya has her own blog, and it's about me, when you think of a hero, you think strong, brave, fearless, gallant, secure, and perfect." she removed her hands. "You don't think weak, you don't think that she or he, is insecure, imperfect, disappointing, or in any way weak, you don't think that a hero will cry all the time, because she is constantly bullied at school, constantly being reminded of her family and how her dad died in her arms. You wouldn't think of a hero to cry, you wouldn't think of a hero to be weak all the time, because she brings herself down, because she is miserable, but she only has half of her true family still alive. You wouldn't see fear in a hero's eye, every time she sees someone, afraid that they can see through her smile, cuz everyday she puts on a fake one, every day she is constantly reminding herself, not even on purpose, but simply by accident, that she is not perfect in one way that she has so many insecurities and everyone, is constantly point them out.

You don't think that a hero can't even look at herself in the mirror because she hates every living bone in her body." she gasped for air as she pushed adrien away, and sat down.

Adrien was truly shocked, he watched the blue hair girl curl up into a ball crying because she hated herself, and everything about her. He stood there not knowing what to do.

"And then you're disappointed that i'm ladybug, because i'm in no way, like her."

Adrien sat next to her, and wrapped his arms around her, he let her bury her face in his chest, giving her the chance of screaming at him, again.

Adrien had a tear running down his face as she buried her face in his chest, he hated to see her like this, her so sad, that she was crying, so hateful, that she hated herself, and so distant that she thought she couldn't talk to anyone, and so wrong that she though he, and everyone else, would be disappointed in who she truly was.

"Ladybug does have her insecurities, and her flaws. And that's why she is so perfect, in everyway. Her smile that make even my darkest days bright, her laugh that always has a small snort that makes us laugh even more. . Her short blue hair, that's like therapy to my cold and hard body, her bluebell eyes, that even when she is sad her eyes make the stars look like their not shining. Her soft and gentle hands, that when they touch mine, my heart could explode." adrien hugged her tightly. "And the fact that she could be so distant that she thought she couldn't talk to anyone, and so wrong that she thought I, and everyone else, would be disappointed in who she truly was"

Mari was still crying, adrien knew that what he said had meant something to her, that what he ment, would change her life forever.