บท 29: Kung Food
"Tikki, spots on!"
After the transformation phase, I ran out to find Adrien, or Chat. Whichever form he's in.
But when I tried to move my legs, my body wouldn't respond. Then, I realized just how much my feet were shaking.
This must've been how Marinette felt when she first got the earrings. And I pressured her so much!
A few more deep breaths later, I could finally move. I ran to the first floor, looking for Adrien, and I found him, but he had transformed into Chat.
I saw him bending down and putting his finger into an orange substance on the floor and eating it. Seeing that, I forgot all of the nerve I felt before.
"Ew! Did you really just eat that off the floor of a hotel? Are you not fed or something?" My mouth works faster than my brain, it's a gift.
"What-no! I- Wait, Ladybug? You look a little different today...Brown hair? Who are you? Did you steal Ladybug's earrings?" Demanded Chat Noir.
I looked at him in confusion. "Different...?"
I looked at my reflection of my suit in the mirror. It was different alright.
Instead of the signature pigtails, my brown hair, which already gave away that I'm not Ladybug, is up in two buns, tied together with red ribbons. My mask had a black line on the bottom that slowly thinning at the sides. I also had a pair of ladybug wings on my back. I tried to flap them, but turns out they were just for show. Kind of disappointing.
The suit wasn't too different from Ladybug's. Apart from my hands and lower legs being covered in black, making it look like I'm wearing gloves and knee-high boots, everything was pretty much the same.
"No! I didn't steal the miraculous. Do you really not recognize me? It's Yin!"
"Yin? Why do you have Ladybug's miraculous?"
I sighed. "It's a long story, Chat. But I'm just a substitute just for today. Any questions will have to go to Ladybug herself."
Chat froze for a second. "Wait, does this mean you know her secret identity?"
"What? No. And I already told you, any other questions will have to go to Ladybug," I lied.
"Okay. So, I can't call you Sliver, can I? How about M'lady?" Asked Chat, bending down to kiss my hand. Now that he's gotten over his shock, he was back being as flirty as ever.
"Isn't that the nickname you give Ladybug?"
Chat frowned. "What are you talking about? I never gave Ladybug a nickname."
Oh, right. This is the version of the show where I screwed everything up.
"Oh, it was a good nickname, so I just assumed that it was taken!"
Chat grinned again. "Well, it's not. But now it's reserved just for you. So M'lady, what's your superhero name going to be?"
"Well..." I took in a deep breath. I needed to regain my confidence. Fighting a supervillain isn't as easy as it seems.
"I'm the amazing and one and only, Scarletbug!" I said grinning with as much confidence I can muster.
"Scarlet seems like a good name. It was exactly the color of your cheeks after we kissed," winked Chat. How can he tease me about that? Especially at a time like this. Is he already aver that kiss...? And here I am, still dwelling about it. How pathetic.
"Okay, I think the akumatised villain is Marinette's great uncle. He's probably on the top floor, since that's where the goo came from." He pointed towards the substance trapping us in. "So are we going to think of a plan now, or just wing it as we go up?"
"Well, I saw a friend of mine who tried Cheng Sifu's soup started to feel pain in her stomach, and her eyes turned yellow. She also started walking like a zombie. So I think that the judges who ate the soup have probably became minions too.
"We'll likely face them if Cheng Sifu sees us, so I suggest we take a route that doesn't have those things." I looked towards a winged bun. "Or else the villain will notice us and he might send someone to stop us. I would like to avoid as much physical combat as possible."
"If that's the case, we should take the emergency stairs. They're pretty secret."
"Oooh. Is the Chat Noir breaking the rules?" I smirked. I'm glad the awkwardness is gone. I feel much more comfortable as Scarletbug now, thanks to Chat.
"This is an emergency. Follow me," he said.
"Aren't emergency stairs outside? It would be covered it caramel, wouldn't it?"
"How did you know it was caramel? Oh, you probably heard me earlier. Anyways, no. I'm talking about the other set of stairs. It's a secret one build in the walls after Lady Wifi was akumatised," explained Chat.
I decided to play with him a little. "How do you know this?" I asked, pretending to be impressed. Probably heard it from the 'Adrikins girl'. A new name I thought up for Chloe.
Chat made an oh shit face but quickly regain his composure. "It's a famous hotel," he simply said.
"Okay, then. How many floors are the stairs connected to?"
"I think it only goes to the 4th floor."
I sighed. "Guess I'll get some practice before fighting Kung Food."
"Who's that?" Asked Chat.
Frick. "The villain's name. I think."
"Nice and puny. And don't worry, you've proven that you can be a great superhero. You can do this, with or without a suit," encouraged Chat.
Is it me, or did the temperature just go up?
"T-thanks, hat...Chat!"
Chat suddenly gave me a look of amusement. "Careful, Scarletbug. You're scarlet again."
Then, he walked away to find the stairs.
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Saying that I became a blushing mess after that remark is quite an understatement. But it did prevent me from becoming a nervous wreck in a way. Trying to get back at Chat for that little action made me forget about my nerves.
Right now, we were met with Jagged Stone on the 5th floor's elevator. We had the infortune to get spotted by a bun that flew right into my face.
"Seafood appetizers! And I have to serve you, unluckily," he said.
"Hey," said Chat. "What's up with that crabby attitude?"
"He's probably afraid that the black cat's misfor-tuna is going to affect him, ey?" I replied with my own pun.
"Nice one, M'lady!"
Calm down there, butterflies. "I learned from the master."
"The two of you can be served as fake red koi later, after I chop you up!" Shouted Jagged, raising his seafood sword at us.
He lunged at Chat. Fortunaly, I had reacted before he did and pulled him towards me. Unfortunaly, I accidentally dipped him like a groom would and gave him a chance to tease me.
"And I thought I was the flirty one!" Winked Chat.
"Just shut up," I grumbled. I released him from my yoyo and chased after Jagged. Well, he was chasing after us, so I don't know.
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