When the Cat Met the Wolf

29. Of Games & Gamers

Adrien and Thiago were at the park, trying to process the recent discoveries. Their kwamis were hidden so other people wouldn't see them, but both boys knew that they were there.

"So you know who Loup d'Argent is then!" concluded Adrien, happy that someone finally had some information on who the love of his life was.

"Out of everything that I just told you, that's what you get?" questioned Thiago unimpressed "That I know who Loup d'Argent is?"

"But you do!" Adrien insisted, making his friend fold his arms.

"If you think I'm gonna tell you, you're so wrong" 

"Wha-dude!" complained Adrien in disbelief, much to Thiago's amusement "You know I like her!"

"Yes, but I won't tell you anyway. She will tell you herself when she is ready, she told you that" Adrien thought back to when they were facing Lady WiFi, and Loup told Chat Noir that one day she would tell him who she was.

"I know, but I can't wait for so long!" Thiago couldn't help but chuckle. He was incredibly amused and happy; this meant that Arianne's love for Adrien was requited, even though he didn't know that the girl behind the mask was his childhood friend "At least give me one clue"

"If that makes you happy" he replied, and he didn't need much insistence, since he did want Adrien to know who Loup was (because that gave Arianne a chance to be happy, and she deserved it), but it wasn't his secret to tell "She goes to our school"

"Do I know her?" Adrien replied with another question. He wanted to get as much information as possible.

"Yes" replied his friend.

"Did I ever talk to her?" Adrien kept asking, and Thiago mentally laughed. He had talked to her, many times.

But he didn't say that.

"You said one clue, I already gave you two. That's enough" stated Thiago sternly, making Adrien groan, much to his amusement.

Then, they heard screams, and saw people running for their lives. They exchanged confused glances, before spotting the cause of all that.

It looked like a machine from the Ultimate Mecha Strike III game, and it looked suspiciously like Max's avatar. It was aiming green lasers to everything, and turning them into bubbles that gave him energy to level up.

"What the heck?!" questioned Thiago, looking up at the enormous machine.

"It looks like an avatar from UMS3!" replied Adrien, equally shocked.

"Well, well" Max spoke through the machine when he spotted Thiago "Thiago, let's see who's victorious this time"

"Max?!" asked Thiago in shock, making Adrien give him a confused look.

"How do you know it's Max?" 

"He knows my name, and it's his avatar" replied Thiago, just as Max shot some green light towards them. Both boys jumped out of the way just in time so as not to get hit by it.

"We gotta get out of here!" said Adrien, as they started to run through the streets of Paris.

"No kidding, Sherlock!" shot Thiago sarcastically, as Max followed them. They hid behind a wall so he wouldn't spot them "He's after me" 

"You must have really angered him" Plagg chimed in the conversation, floating in front of them "What did you do to him?"

"I stole his position in the tournament" replied Thiago, just as Jazmin came out from his jacket pocket. It was still weird to see both kwamis interacting right in front of their eyes.