Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic

I do not own Miraculous Ladybug that belongs to Zagtoon and Thomas Astruc.

Hi! So this is my first time writing a Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic before. I have written fanfiction before for the Vampire Diaries. Usually fanfics about Klaroline (Klaus and Caroline). I have really come to like the show, characters and plot. Just a warning for anyone who might be reading this. I am rating this T but I would still say that it's in between T and M maybe even M for some certain scenes in this story. SO you have been warned.

And I just want clarify that this takes place in the future. Marinette, Adrien, Alya, and Nino are no longer teenagers but young adults. I hope many of you readers enjoy it.

Chapter 1

The Return

Marinette's Pov

Marinette was staring out the window of the moving taxi, all the while nervously glancing down at her phone. She had been doing this since she had gotten off the plane. She could now see the familiar sky high monument that she had always admired since she was little girl and living in the city.

Now at the age of twenty-two, Marinette has returned to 'her' city once again. It had been so long since she had been home. Home? It seemed very vague now, she had always referred it as her home, but over the years she had gotten use to calling China her home though the feeling was different.

As the taxi pulled up to her family's old bakery, memories flashed through her mind and she is forced to recall the day that she had left. It wasn't a day she liked to think about, and had long since tried to forget about, over the last few years; along with her life here.

Everything was just how she remembered it, except for the closed sign on the door. It was still 12 noon, and her parent's would always be open till at least 6 so that they could have dinner together as a family.

The taxi driver unloaded her luggage and placed them beside her. She placed a few euros in his hand, and he bid her a goodbye and left. She bit her lip and stared up at her old childhood home that was still standing after five years. In her mind it had turned to dust along with the rest of her old life. She had forced herself to forget for so long.

Now she was nervously wondering what would happen the moment that she opened the door and face the incomplete pieces of her old life.

"It will be okay Marinette," A tiny voice broke the silence. Marinette glanced down to the small red face poking out of her purse to look up at her.

"I'm worried they will be upset with me. After how I left things…" Marinette hadn't even come to visit her parents in the last five years. Instead they came to visit her in China. She hadn't stepped foot in this house since the day she left and never looked back. Not even giving her parents warning. She remembered how worried they had been about her the day that she left without telling them. The small ladybug Kwami shook her head.

"Marinette they are your parents and they love you no matter what." Tikki assured her. Even though Marinette had left her mask behind along with her life, and never once transformed into Ladybug in China. But Tikki still stayed with her after all these years.

Marinette nodded slowly, she was right. Taking a deep breath, she raised her hand to knock on the door. She lightly knocked and stood back waiting for the door to open.

After a few moments she heard movement and a voice. 'Were closed for the day! Come back tomorrow!' A faded familiar voice sounded through the door. She signed and bent down to reach for the spare key under the doormat. She unlocked the door and entered the bakery that she hadn't stepped inside in so long.

The smell of baked goods hit her, and she was reminded of when she would always come home from school and share her Papa's famous croissants with him. Those were good memories and times. Ones that she had missed all these years.

She turned to find him sitting at a table mindlessly picking at a slice of chocolate cake with his fork. Unable to even enjoy the dessert, with thoughts and worry of his wife on his mind. She cleared her throat to get his attention.

Turning in his chair, he froze at the sight her. It had been so long, his eyes started to water at the sight of her. How he had missed her so much, there were nights over the years that he had thought of going to China and dragging her back home. But he knew that wouldn't have been right.

His daughter was here, standing in front of him. After five years, she was really back; he felt as though some light had returned into his life along with some hope.

Marinette could see all the pain, sadness and anger that she had caused in his eyes. But it all faded slowly and was replaced with love. A tear escaped his eye, and slid down his cheek.

"Oh Marinette, mon petit Marinette. You're really here." She felt tears in her own eyes. She raced over to him, hugging him close to her.

"I've missed you too Papa." The two just held each other for a few minutes. The separation over the years had killed them both. But Marinette couldn't take that step and come back, not after everything… she couldn't…

Marinette and her father spent the next hour talking and comforting one another. Tom promised that tomorrow, they could go see Sabine in the hospital and see how she was doing. They were interrupted by the bell signaling that there was a customer.

Marinette assured her father that she would take care of the customer and let him rest. It felt so familiar when she stepped behind the counter, like she was back in school again coming home from a long day to help her parents with the bakery.

"Hi welcome to-

"Marinette? Is that you?" She glanced up to the man that stood in front of her. She stared at him confused. Clearly they recognized her but she didn't recognize them. She would admit that some of their facial features seem slightly familiar. He could see her confusion and decided to clear up the situation.

"It's Nino Lahiffe, from high school. I sat in the desk in front of you and Alya remember?" Right then and there it all clicked. Her eyes widened as she took in her old friend and fellow classmate. Five years was enough to change him, he was much taller now a bit lean and somewhat muscular. His hair had grown a bit no longer buzzed, but a bit messy. And his eyes were that familiar coffee color.

"Nino, oh my god how have you been? It's been too long." He nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, five years to be exact. I'm doing great, just picking up some of your dad's famous macaroons for me and Alya." At the mention of Alya, Marinette froze. It had been so long since she had heard from or seen her best friend or childhood best friend now. The last letter she had received before all ties seemed to have been cut between them was almost two years ago.

Things had just gotten so complicated over the years to stay in contact with one another. Marinette hated even thinking that it was for the best to cut all ties between them and move on with their lives. She had thought this would be easy, seeing as she finally had everything she wanted really.

Back in China, she was starting to design, after almost two years of studying fashion. Since she had received the news of her mother from her aunt, her aunt had persuaded her that she should apply for an internship. Not knowing how long it would be till her mother got better.

Back in China, she had an internship already set up there as well. But since the current situation, she decided to take her aunt's advice on this one. Then once she returned to China could she proceed her internship and start her career. She even already had her own apartment, not to mention she was already building a life for herself there. She had a life back in China, and she was happy. Right?

"Nino, how is Alya?" Her old friend and classmate perked up with a smile.

"She's great! She is now a real journalist just like she had always said she'd be. She really loves her job, can't say she ever takes a break from her work sadly." He chuckled to himself. Marinette smiled, it was nice to know that Alya was happy here.

"Are you two still together?" He flushed slightly and nodded.

"Yeah, we have been together now for almost five years now. Can you believe that?" Marinette was happy that Nino and Alya were still together but she couldn't help but feel slightly a little bit jealous of their relationship. She had always had a hard time being in a successful loving relationship. She had always felt lonely and sad like something was missing, and to this day it seemed as though it still called for her here, back in Paris. She thought it was most likely because it was the city of Love. But she never gave in, not once. "She misses you, you know." She was taken aback and raised an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

"Alya, I've seen it over the years. When she talks about you…I can just see it in her eyes. She has missed you." Marinette looked away. "So how long are you here for?"

"I don't know yet, probably until there is news of my mom recovering." His brow furrowed.

"What happened?" He hadn't heard the news of Mrs. Dupain-Cheng getting into a car accident and now she was in the hospital in a comma.

"My mom was in a serious car accident a few days before I arrived, I came as soon as I got the call from my aunt informing me what had happened. My dad had contacted her as soon as everything happened apparently, then I took the first flight out to get here as soon as I could." Marinette explained. She swallowed hard, just the thought of her mother seriously injured, even the possibility that she could die made her feel guilty.

She couldn't help but think what would have happened if she had been there. Now that there was a chance that her mother might not be around much longer, Marinette felt both fear and guilt.

"I'm so sorry Marinette. That's terrible! I hope she gets better real soon. Alya and I will even come to see her in the hospital when we get a chance. She was always like a second mother to us when we were kids."

"Thank you, I am sure that will mean a lot to her that you both will come and see her." She said handing him the macaroons that he had ordered. He handed her a few euros.

"It was nice to see you again, maybe we can get together sometime over dinner or something. Alya would want to see you." He reminded her. She nodded, it was true that Alya would and Marinette wanted to see her but she wasn't sure if it was a good idea.

When she left again it would be hard to leave like she had before. Nino waved goodbye as he walked out of the door. Marinette sighed, she could still remember the days with her friends, and when she wore the mask.

Since it would be awhile till Marinette could visit her mother in the hospital she decided to work on a few designs for the new season. Grabbing her sketchbook and pencil from her suitcase, she got right to work but then stopped.

A thought occurred to her, it had been a while since she had been to her favorite spot for inspiration. Gathering her things, she walked out of the bakery and to her favorite spot in all of Paris to sketch some new designs.

She sighed as she gazed up at the tall structure, the symbol of Paris. The Eiffel Tower, the capital of France. She always came here to get inspiration for her designs, it had been a tradition of hers when she lived here.

Marinette concentrated, glancing around for anything that would spark any ideas. After a few minutes of gazing around the area and the Eiffel Tower she began sketching. Ideas seemed to be flowing out of her like a river. She had always had to put so much work into her designs back in China. But here it seemed as though she found her inspiration once again.

"That looks really good Marinette." Tikki complimented peeking out of her purse while munching on a chocolate chip cookie. Tikki had always loved sweets, in China, Marinette would always feed her little Kwami moon cakes. Tikki had grown to love those kind of cookies as well over the years.

Tikki grinned watching her chosen continue her sketch. Marinette couldn't agree more, she felt this design really spoke to her, giving her a really good feeling that it was a good one.

After spending most of the day in front of the Eiffel Tower, the sun started to set. She gathered up her things and decided that it was time to head back now. She was just making her way down the street when there was explosion followed by the sound of screams and gun shots. Marinette looked around watching people scatter away from a bank. Three men with bags of money in their possession raced toward a car. One of them threatening the driver to get out of the car.

The three criminals got into the car and sped off down the street. People were still running and screaming away from the scene of the crime.

For a second, Marinette almost ran after them but stopped herself. This wasn't her job anymore, yes she could fight and she would admit that she did help fight crime time to time in China. But not like this, and without a mask. She wanted to turn her back and act like nothing had changed but for some reason she found that she couldn't.

She had worked so hard to at least have somewhat of a normal life. Just as she was about to turn and force herself to leave, she saw movement in a blur of black. She couldn't resist, curiosity had gotten the better of her and she turned her head her eyes searching for the familiar black blur. Gazing up to the roofs tops once again, she saw another man in a clad of familiar black leather.

She stared up at him, it had been so long. His blonde hair looked more golden and longer, his eyes the same cat like green. He had changed so much over the last six years, time seemed to have done him good now standing good 6 feet tall at least. He was no longer the lean slightly scrawny teenage boy anymore that she remembered. He had filled out now, and was much broader and a bit muscular looking too.

There in all his glory stood Chat Noir her partner-Ladybug's old partner. She watched as he pulled out his baton from behind him and it instantly lengthened as he jumped and raced across the rooftops. Running after the truck that held the three robbers. His transformation had changed somewhat over the years. He still wore a leather suit but it seemed different a bit more mature looking on him.

She watched as he launched himself off the roof and gracefully land onto the roof of the truck. Panic overcame her, as she watched her old partner face the three men head on. The one in the passenger seat had raised his gun out the window toward her old partner.

Marinette quickly ran into an alley, where no one could see her and what she was about to do. Before she realized what she was doing, she grabbed her purse and let Tikki out.

"Tikki transform me!" She blurted out without thinking. It had been on instinct but there was no turning back now. She had to help him, she wanted to help him.

"W-what?! Marinette are you sure?" It had been the first time in so long that Marinette had transformed or even asked to.

"Yes Tikki I'm sure," She heard a crash coming from down the street followed by a groan of pain. It only made her more anxious that he had gotten hurt. Three men all armed against him. She was sure that the suits weren't gun proof if he got shot. "Tikki now! Spots on!" She watched as Tikki was sucked into her earring, from which the ancient magic of creation awoken from her miraculous. She closed her eyes feeling Tikki's magic transform her.

Her hair was a lot longer than when she was in high school it just about dangled over her shoulders, she felt ribbons wrap around the parted strands of her hair. Her suit stretched across her body, and she felt the mask appear on her face concealing her true identity. Opening her eyes, she glanced down at herself.

Her suit had changed, black raked up from her hands to her elbows and from her legs up to just below her knees. She still had the red and black polka dots standing out as a ladybug would.

She could see her appearance in a puddle of water at her feet. Her hair was pulled back into pigtails that draped down against her shoulders, with two red ribbons that held the pigtails together. The strands of the ribbons now descended down to her waist. She blinked twice staring at her new found appearance. The magic had reshaped and transformed her suit to fit her now mature adult body.

The sound of a grunt pulled her out of her thoughts, turning away from the puddle she noticed the Chat Noir was still engaged in fighting the men off. Looking down to her waist, she found that she now had two Yo-yo's clasping her waist, it seems as though she has received an upgrade after all these years. Yet the second Yo-yo was a lot different than the original. It had the same spots, as the other but she could tell that it was not the same Yo-yo. Not daring to mess with the new Yo-yo unsure of how to use it or if it indeed was the same.

Grasping the original one in her hand, she took a deep breath. It had been so long since she had used the weapon. She tossed it up to the lamppost on the side of the building, pulling her own weight she found herself swinging up and onto another lamppost. Blinking twice in shock, it was a good thing over the years that she had maintain to stay in shape. Before long she was hovering over a crashed vehicle, with three men fighting the cat superhero.

She couldn't deny that she had missed this now. It had been so long, since she had transformed and she couldn't help but remember how good it felt to. It felt exhilarating, as she swung herself across the city to where Chat Noir and the men were.

She kicked one man to the side as she landed. And as quick as she could spun to face the other men and her old partner, she could see that he was actually doing really well in the fight. She noticed one of the three men try to sneak up from behind him, as he tossed another man to the side.

Again thinking on instinct, she swung her Yo-yo, letting it wrap around the man's body and with all her strength she yanked.

The man was caught by surprise, and yelped when he was pulled away from Chat Noir and thrown into a lamppost, using her Yo-yo she tied the other man up. She noticed another man being knocked to the ground by Chat who had skillfully countered his opponents attack. He slowly turned his head to find her standing there.

She could feel his gaze on her, and she couldn't stop herself from glancing towards him as well.

There stood Chat Noir her old partner, he could only stare at her like she was a ghost. She could see in his green cat eyes, the flashes of sadness, anger and pain as he took in the sight of her. She wanted to say something but now was not the right time and they both knew that.

She shifted to face the other man once again, he lying on the ground unconscious. Sensing movement behind her, she turned just in time to see one of the other men try to attack her from behind. But he didn't get very far, Marinette stood stalk still in shock and awe as ex-partner had grabbed the other man by the throat in midair showing off his impressive strength before knocking him down.

Chat Noir gripped his staff in one hand and launched himself at the one of the last men. The final man in question was trying to fight the male superhero off. But obviously knew he would be of no match to the other man without his gun.

She turned back to the other men that had been on the ground unconscious one of them of which she had tied up with her Yoyo, to keep him from escaping. He seemed to come to in that moment and struggled against the binding of her Yo-yo. He stared up at her and his mouth dropped at the sight of her.

"Y-you?! You're supposed to be dead!" She shook her head.

"Sorry to disappoint. You have caused enough trouble for one day." She muttered in irritation. Suddenly sensed something making a swipe at her. She dodged and rolled out of the way from the attack. The other man that had once been unconscious had tried to attack her when her guard was down. He tried to make a few good punches and hits at her to no avail. She easily had sidestepped and avoided his attacks. In one swift motion, she knocked him to the ground with a kick.

He groaned in frustration, before she could expect anything he pulled a gun out from behind him and raised it towards her. Ladybug hadn't known what to expect, she was caught off guard. As he finally put some pressure on the trigger.

However, he lost his aim, thanks to a certain staff that had knocked the gun out of his hands. Ladybug turned to see Chat Noir standing there handcuffs in his hands. Without a word he moved and quickly handcuffed the man. It was then that Ladybug had noticed he took care of the other two and handcuffed them as well.

With all three men defeated, now it was time for the confrontation that she was dreading. She already knew that this wasn't going to be a happy reunion.

"What do you think you're doing?" He demanded. What was she thinking? That she could just come back and try to fight with him once again? He thought. After five years, why now would she return when he was just starting to accept that she was gone forever and that he would never see her again?

"I-I…wanted to help you-

"You wanted to help?" He laughed humorlessly, she felt a stab in her heart. "That's real rich coming from you." His voice cold but also seemed stutter to hold no care in his voice. She had hurt him when she left, in a way she had broken his heart.

That was another reason why she refused to put the mask back on, she didn't know how she could ever face him after she left without a word.

He shook his head trying to understand, he was angry and hurt but a part of him wanted to run to her and hug her. To hold her close to him, to reassure himself that she was indeed real and not an illusion.

"Did you even care?" He whispered more to himself then her. But she heard him, and could only stare at him appalled that he would even ask that.

"Of course I did! I-

"If you cared, you wouldn't have left then! You wouldn't have disappeared without as much as a word. To me…" His hands clenched into fists, all of the feelings he held inside for so long were now coming out. But he forced them at bay, he wouldn't let her see how much she affected him. He would not be weak, all these years he forced himself to grow strong and move on. He snorted. "It's been six years, and I have been fine without you. So you don't have to feel obligated to help me now, you can just leave again." Her eyes sparked with tears, she held them back though. She deserved this she knew that she did.

"Chat…I…"

"No. You don't get to come back here and try to act like everything is fine. That things haven't changed. That you didn't leave and we are still a team. I don't need you anymore, and I never will." He forced the last sentence out, watching as pain filled her eyes. Now she knew how he felt when she left him. "Goodbye Ladybug, may we never cross paths again."

She could only stand there and watch him disappear into the night. Marinette had absorbed everything he said in. She felt the tears starting to break through the wall that she had tried to put up to keep them at bay. They started streaming down her cheeks, her partner-ex partner, her best friend basically just stabbed her with a knife.

Marinette had to remind herself that she deserved this, she had left everyone and everything behind. And she had known the consequences for leaving too, she always knew it wasn't going to be easy if she ever came back. But reality was much worse than she could have ever imagine.

She needed to face facts, he would never forgive her.

End of Chapter 1