#Fanfiction #Miraculous

~ Revelations ~

An audible gasp could be heard leaving Marinette's throat as if air had forced its way out. "Gabriel Agreste is… Hawkmoth?" The rest of their story had finally processed in her head, leaving her to glance back and forth between them. Her heart cracked and quaked with uncertainty and disbelief.

"It's a noble cause... that you want to save her. But, all those people didn't have to die. Sacrificing other's lives just for the sake of one? I understand how important she is to the both of you but wiping memories away won't undo what a Cataclysm took from these Parisians today. They trusted Chat Noir and you turned on them. If I don't stop you from causing problems, who will they look to?" She locked eyes with Adrien.

Despite this horrible consequence, she knew that he and Gabriel both felt alone in this and that's why seeking all the power was better than asking for help. No one would agree with the lengths Hawkmoth had to go in order to save his wife. "There has to be another way. I want to help you but I can't have an Akumatized Chat running around destroying things. It's not right, no matter how you try to justify it."

Her bright bluebells signalled the beginnings of her pleading before anything else. This was all so unfair but if she had to be the villain in her lover's story for the time being, she'd have to bite the bullet. "Please... It doesn't have to be this way."

"Give me your miraculous, and I will return it to you when I am done." Gabriel told her, looking to the Akumatised Chat Noir.

"I told him to get you, it seems I should have been more clear, he will not be unleashed again if you give me your miraculous." He told her firmly.

"I regret the lives taken, the damage done during my so called reign of terror. But it was necessary. You would not give me your miraculous if I tried, It was the only way." He explained.

"Adrien, I regret that he was Chat Noir, I suspected for a time but he tricked me, I am proud of what he does, what you both do. I regret what the Akuma did to him. He will be reverted back if you give me your miraculous." Gabriel held out his hand.

"No.. I dont want to lose my power!" Chat Blanc hissed

"Shut up.. Or I'll take it now!" Gabriel hissed back.

Chat Blanc simply hissed at them, just like a cat.

As Chat Blanc's outburst interrupted their conversation, her free hand struck his cheek. Never before had she laid hands on him like that unless he was under the control of an Akuma victim but his childish hissing and unwillingness to cooperate was obviously the Akuma talking. "It's your power or keeping me and your mother. I don't think you're in any position to push your luck!"

Her attention returned to Gabriel. "It's not that I don't wish I could just hand it over but, I don't know if I can... I know someone who might know more about what's happening if it's related to the Miraculous. I was told that I have to keep them safe because if a wish is made on them, it could upset the balance of the universe."

Biting her lip, she contemplated what should be done. "If you use their power to bring her back, what if there are so many drawbacks that even the Miraculous can't save us from them?" Something told her that he wasn't going to be swayed by consequences.

"I-I'm sorry. I just don't think it's a good idea. But we can figure something out. There has to be a safer way to do this."

With a deep sigh, Gabriel put on his Miraculous again, changing into Hawkmoth.

"I was going to do this the easy way but you had to make it hard." He turned to Chat Blanc on the floor.

"Kill her and take her miraculous. I'll just wipe your mind after..." He turned and began to walk away.

With a burst of strength, Chat Blanc flipped Ladybug over his head and stood up quickly. "Yes Hawkmoth... I.. I'll ... kill.. kill.." He seemed to struggle for a moment, slowly holding his head.

"No.. No.. not her.. not kill.. her.." He growled.

"Shut up!" He yelled again, as if talking to himself. "Shut up or I'll silence you too!"

"N... no.. dont.. not..Mari...nette.." Chat Blanc seemed to be arguing with himself, as he turned to look at her. "R..run... Stop...stop.. my.... f..fath...er.." He growled, looking to where Hawk Moth was slowly walking away.

"Shut up! You're weak! You can't win.. Just give in!" Chat Blanc yelled at himself, slapping his face hard enough to leave claw marks down it.

She watched his outward feud with himself. It was obvious that despite his mother possibly returning, the real Adrien couldn’t bring himself to kill her or for things to end up like this. That struggle from him was enough to give Marinette a new found determination. The one she loved was still in there somewhere. She had a duty as his partner to rescue him.

“Don’t worry, mon amour, I won’t let him do this to you, to everyone. I apologise in advance if I have to use a bit of tough love to get you back.”

Placing a peck just shy of the claw marks on his cheek, she rose her leg and delivered a hard kick to his stomach. Chat Blanc was s threat but she had to stop Hawk Moth. As long as she pursued Gabriel, she’d hoped his Akumatized son would be too busy trying to keep up with her to harm anyone.

Her yo-yo extended and grappled onto the Eiffel Tower once more. Using it for momentum, she shot upward and landed on the very tip. From there, she could quickly scope out where Hawkmoth was headed. She could do her best to meet him there and settle this. Hopefully she could keep that pesky kitty in line at the same time.

Hawkmoth began to run the moment he realised he was being followed. He made his way home, where he knew that he could hold her off with his hidden devices.

Chat Blanc chased after her, taunting and yelling at her as they ran.

To get her to turn around, anyone who got caught in his way he turned to dust via cataclysm. Killing more. Hopefully her final lucky charm release would fix everything once she sorted this out.

At the house, the traps were activated but it was more Chat Noir setting them off to get to her; as if Chat Noir and Adrien were trying to stop Chat Blanc from getting her AND have Ladybug hurt by the traps.

Finally, within the room filled with Moths, Hawkmoth turned to face her.

"You're good Marinette, you saved a lot of people with your powers and you have done good in your normal life. You know I actually considered influencing Adrien to date you so you could make him as happy as my wife made me." He turned, a large portrait of the family hung on one wall, the Moths fluttering around them white without power.

"You're taking that away from me. I offered it the easy way but now you'll have to make it harder." He raised his hands and with considerable effort, began to change more and more of the Moths into Akuma's. Normally he'd do one, as Scarlet Moth he could turn them with ease, but here.. he was giving it his all, pushing past his power level.

The entire room filled with Akuma's.

"One wrong emotion and you'll turn... you'll have to fight them all, fight your inner emotions." He laughed.

"You hurt Adrien's feelings, you denied Chat Noir's love, you fawned over Adrien but he did not love you. He loved Ladybug." Hawkmoth began to try and incite her anger, her sadness, anything, any negative emotion.

"You are making Adrien lose his mother, you made him sad, you made him Akumatized... he came to me and begged for help." Hawkmoth stood still, watching as the Akuma's surrounded her.

"M...mar...ri..nette.." A low growl came from the back of the room, Chat Blanc slowly stepped out, a flickering of his face, like static on a tv revealed the black suited face of Chat Noir.

"Give... in... give in and... .. and.. don't.. give in.. and... give in ...and.." He stammered, his hand glowing with a Cataclysm attack.

The room was dark and filled with little white moths, fluttering about. It made her stop and marvel at such a beautiful sight. It was a shame that they'd soon turn into darkened Akuma's.

His words were upsetting, sure but all the heartache of the night before hardly mattered to her now. It hurt a lot when it happened but, when stripped of all the complications, at the end of the day, Marinette loved Adrien and even a part of her always wanted to cave to Chat Noir's advances. That part was more difficult to admit but, it wasn't any less true.

"I'm not taking anything away from Adrien. I'm saving him! He may have felt crushed in the moment but life gets hard. Do you know what makes me so good, Hawk Moth? No matter how sad life gets, no matter how upset or angry I am, I know that it's not right to take it out on anyone! I can still make Adrien happy and love him for all that he is with or without your approval!"

When Chat Blanc entered the scene, it was time for her to act quickly. She'd been spinning her yo-yo rapidly to create a shield but that wasn't going to work when she was being attacked from both sides.

"LUCKY CHARM!!"

Leaping into the air, to avoid them, she caught the object before it had time to fall. The Akumas were mostly avoiding her. It was difficult but, she kept replaying last night's kiss in her mind. A moment of pure happiness like that made up for any sadness she could have possibly had. If the two of them loved each other, they'd work things out in the end. Always.

"Sorry to drop this bomb on you but, it looks like I've got the upper hand." The object she obtained was a smoke bomb and the moment it was tossed, the whole room filled with a thick layer of pink smog. Not even she could see through it but she used her trusty weapon to purify as many Akumas as it could contain. Those vile creatures couldn't do anything to her right now and they couldn't hurt anyone else as long as they remained trapped inside the chamber.

Feeling her way around, she felt the familiar silken locks atop Adrien's form. She darted around close by in order to keep from getting hit by his Cataclysm. "Adrien... If you can hear me, you need to tell me where your Akuma is. I dont have much time!"