I hope you all have enjoyed this story, and will enjoy the final chapter! Also, don't worry - this story ends so happily, it'll be tooth-rotting fluff! :D

The final brawl had begun.

Ladybug and Chat both took Scarlet Moth on, feeling it necessary that they worked together to try and take down the titular villain. Queenie took Catalyst, knowing that she was the source of the scarlet akumas, and wanting to purify the other four wielders. Rena and Carapace took on Cobrazier and Hydra, Roi took on Rogue Rabbit, and Puppy took on Dark Horse.

It was like a civil war had broken out among Team Miraculous; thank God that wasn't the case. If something like that ever happened, who knows how long both sides would take to recover?

"KEEP THE SCARLET WIELDERS DISTRACTED!" Queenie called. "I'LL HANDLE CATALYST!"

"Foolish girl!" Catalyst said, trying once more to plunge her dagger right through Queenie's armor. "You really think you can defeat me? You're rusty, and out of shape."

"Hey! This body doesn't just naturally happen!" Queenie shot back.

Suddenly, the two had to quickly back up together, as Puppy had straight-up tackled Dark Horse right in the middle of their fight. And then, right after, it was back to brawling.

Scarlet Moth, meanwhile, was getting quite used to his new sword and shield. They definitely worked MUCH better than the cane when it came to weaponry, that's for sure! Ladybug and Chat were actually struggling against him this time!

"LOOK OUT!" Chat yelled, as Ladybug dove beneath the sweep of Scarlet Moth's sword.

"CHAT, BEHIND YOU!" Ladybug shouted, and Chat just barely avoided being struck by Cobrazier's lyre, which flew past his face at an unholy speed. It circled back around at the exact same speed, and Cobrazier held out his hand to grab it before resuming his battle with Carapace.

However...

It was intercepted, and by none other than Carapace himself.

"Would hate to lose a couple of strings, wouldn't you?!" he yelled, smirking as he ripped the strings off of Cobrazier's lyre.

"What have you done?!" Cobrazier roared, before suddenly doubling over and screaming loudly...

And then, he was consumed by a dark red and black mist - but once it rolled off, the lyre had been restored.

Viperion was back in action!

"Yo, Viperion!" Carapace smirked, tossing him his lyre. "Think you might need this!"

"Oh, thanks dude," Viperion chuckled, grabbing the lyre. "Don't know what came over me there... woah, what's going on here?!"

"Catalyst happened! Go help Rena!" yelled Roi, before taking another punch to the face from Rouge Rabbit.

"Oh, okay, got it," Viperion nodded, rushing over to go help Rena with handling Hydra. "Damn, that brick wall must've done me in... and, wait, is that Centuries?!"

"GET YOUR TAIL OVER HERE AND HELP ME, DUDE!" Rena yelled. "SHE'S GONNA BEAT MY ASS IF YOU DON'T GET OVER HERE!"

"Oh yeah, sorry!" Viperion yelled, rushing over to go fight Hydra with Rena.

Hydra then took several steps backwards, having suffered a blow to the head, courtesy of Rena. However, even as Viperion arrived next to the fox-themed superhero (Carapace went off to go help Queenie with Catalyst), Hydra still had a smirk on her face.

"HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE!" Hydra yelled, throwing her sword upwards - it turned a magma-themed orange, and fire and dark rocks poured into it.

"This is some Armageddon-level crap," Rena said.

Viperion, however, remained silent... he thought he had come up with a plan.

"Can you get me in close? I'll make a distraction so you can grab her sword," Viperion said.

"This better be worth it," Rena muttered. "MIRAGE!"

Suddenly, at least fifty copies of both Rena and Viperion appeared before Hydra, and she held her sword at arms-length, not knowing what the hell was going on...

Giving Viperion a chance to slip through the crowd of fake-hims to make it to Hydra herself...

And plant a kiss on her lips.

Hydra pushed back briefly, but something about Viperion's lips felt so... familiar. Her current akumatized mind couldn't process it, especially because of the constant screaming from Catalyst, but she didn't resist.

And that gave the absolutely shell-shocked Rena Rouge time to move in swiftly, and snap Hydra's sword in half.

And yet, even when Ryuko came back, she didn't break away from Viperion's kiss.

"Hey, lovebirds!" yelled Rena. "There's a brawl going on here!"

"Right, sorry," Viperion said, blushing intensely as he pulled away from Ryuko. "I, uh... I hope that wasn't too awkward."

"Nonsense," Ryuko smirked, picking up her restored sword. "You're cute when you care..."

And then, the Snake and Dragon wielders leaped back into battle, joining Rena in helping Queenie and Carapace take on Catalyst. It was a wonder she was still even standing at this point... it was 5-on-1!

Well, it was.

Queenie noticed Puppy was struggling to make a move on Dark Horse, since his riding whip was being constantly cracked whenever she got near him...

"Keep her busy!" yelled Queenie, breaking off from the rest of the gang to go help Puppy.

"By my calculations..." Dark Horse muttered, brandishing his whip one last time, "...You're finished."

"Pegase! Please! Calm down!" yelled Puppy, trying to hold up her boomerang threateningly - how did you even do that?! "I-I don't wanna hurt you!"

"Shame, really," Dark Horse muttered.

"HEY!" Queenie yelled. "Give! Me! THE WHIP!"

"In your dreams, Queen Bitch," shot back Dark Horse.

"Oh, you did NOT just call me that!" Queenie spluttered. "You better pray you don't remember that!"

Even with the riding whip being cracked around her, Queenie sped through the line of fire to make it to Dark Horse - and she successfully tackled him. She grabbed his riding whip, and it suddenly became a tug-of-war between her and him.

"Puppy, take the shot already!" yelled Queenie.

"O-Okay!" Puppy said, readying her boomerang.

And with that, she took aim, and threw the weapon right at the line of cord, snapping it once the boomerang came into contact with it.

The now-familiar dark red and black mist consumed Dark Horse, and he was reverted back to Pegase - and his riding whip was also fixed.

"Wha... What the hell?" Pegase muttered, rubbing his head. "What have these last thirty minutes consisted of? I can't seem to remember."

"Good, its for the better," Queenie muttered.

"Oh, hello Queen Bee! I see you've rejoined the team," said Pegase. "Welcome back."

Queenie let a small smile come to her features. "Thanks."

"Yo, guys! Can I get a hand over here?!" yelled Roi, who was currently trying to get out of the headlock that Rouge Rabbit had him in.

"I'll help him," Pegase said.

With that, Pegase raced over to Rouge Rabbit, and cracked his riding whip a safe distance away, only causing a brief distraction so Roi could escape - and it worked. Roi then snapped the umbrella fabric, and Rouge Rabbit was cured, transforming back into Bunnyx.

"Woah... that was one trippy-ass ride!" Bunnyx laughed.

"I've felt that before, when I hit my head really hard," Roi added. "Just... Just a lil, y'know, fun fact... and everyone's gone to go fight. Aight."

Roi then ran over to join every single one of his teammates on the battlefield - it was now eleven against two.

Scarlet Moth and Catalyst weren't looking so good now...

But even though they had discarded most of their weapons - Catalyst had sneakily passed Scarlet Moth one of her daggers a while ago.

"Its over, you two!" yelled Chat. "Surrender now!"

"Come and get my Miraculous yourself, boy," hissed Scarlet Moth. "I could beat you with one hand behind my back!"

"I except the challenge," Chat smirked - he then charged at Scarlet Moth, and extended his bo staff, ready for the epic conclusion to the saga that was discovering Hawk Moth's identity...

But instead, he deflected his staff, causing it to bounce out of his hand. Chat didn't seem afflicted by the matter; he decided that punching Scarlet Moth would be more satisfying anyway.

But then... Ladybug noticed something.

Scarlet Moth had long ago discarded his sword and shield, but Catalyst had never discarded her daggers...

And yet, she only still had one.

Something suddenly clicked about the "hand behind my back" thing Scarlet Moth had said a moment ago.

It nearly gave her a heart attack.

"CHAT! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Ladybug yelled.

"Huh?" Chat asked, briefly looking back.

Scarlet Moth saw his chance - and he took it. He twisted Chat's arm back, and had him fully exposed...

And then - he stabbed him in the stomach.

Chat was, obviously, caught by surprise and horrified at the wound he had just suffered. He staggered backwards, not knowing what to do - he looked up at Scarlet Moth, trying to get the dagger out of his stomach, but the wielder made sure it stayed right where it was.

"NO!" Ladybug yelled. "V-Viperion!"

"I-I can't!" Viperion panicked, trying to perform Second Chance, but to no avail. "I-It must've happened while I was akumatized!"

Ladybug then turned back to Scarlet Moth and Chat, with hot tears of rage already boiling in her eyes.

"He's mine," she growled, picking up the discarded sword and shield. "Rena, Carapace, Queenie - get. That. Tablet. The rest of you, get Chat to a safe place."

Team Miraculous nodded, and rushed over to the villains that they had been assigned to.

It didn't take much more than Viperion and Ryuko to pry Chat from Scarlet Moth's hands, and with that, they fled the scene to the nearby park so Chat could rest on some grass - the trip back to the bakery would be too bumpy, and too public. Rena, Queenie, and Carapace focused all of their energy that they could into fighting Catalyst...

And Ladybug...

If no one stopped her, she might've actually killed Scarlet Moth.

"YOU! NEVER! TOUCH! MY! KITTY! AGAIN!" she roared in between punches, causing more and more blood to come from Scarlet Moth's jaw.

She was so angry that she'd have no say in whether or not his jaw was fixed by the Miraculous Ladybug - if it was up to her, she'd make sure he could never snap it back into place.

Suddenly, she heard Carapace cry out in victory. "I GOT IT! LADY-BRO, CATCH!"

He tossed the tablet over, and Ladybug jumped to grab it out of mid-air - but Scarlet Moth tackled her.

"I'LL GET CHAT'S MIRACULOUS MUCH MORE EASIER THAN I WILL YOURS!" he yelled out.

"YOU'LL HAVE NEITHER!" Ladybug screamed, breaking free of the hold and aggressively slamming the tablet onto the ground - the akuma flew out, and she had never felt more relief catching the akuma.

There were no words that she wanted to scream more than those two she felt so much relief from.

"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"

And then, ladybugs flew around Paris, cleaning up the damage and carnage that had been left behind by the scarlet army's rampage. And in addition, Catalyst was de-transformed back into Nathalie Sancouer, who was looking around in complete delusion... and Hawk Moth was reverted back to normal.

"You may win this time, Ladybug," hissed Hawk Moth, "but I assure you - even if it requires the most extreme measures ever, I WILL HAVE YOUR MIRACULOUS!"

"Get out of here before I actually lynch you with my yo-yo," Ladybug hissed.

Hawk Moth wasted no time in making a break for it, and Ladybug suddenly remembered - CHAT!

"Oh God - I'm coming Kitty!" she yelled. Rena, Queenie, and Carapace were quick to follow, and she finally saw that black leather-clad hero which she had feared of losing on that day resting on the ground - no dagger in sight.

"Kitty?! Kitty?!" she cried out, desperately running over to him.

"He's okay," said Bunnyx. "You just need to give him a second."

"The dagger vanished with the rest of the scarlet stuff," Roi said. "And if the scar didn't vanish, well, he's got something badass to show off!"

Pegase smacked him on the arm.

"Chat? Kitty?" she said softly, nearly in tears once again. "Please... Please, answer me..."

Chat didn't move...

And then, he coughed, and started sucking in deep breaths several times a second.

"KITTY!" Ladybug cried happily, hugging him so tightly he could barely get another breath.

"Gah-m'lady!" Chat laughed. "Please, please, I need some air!"

Everyone on Team Miraculous was rejoicing at the sight of seeing Chat back up on his feet - well, sitting up on the grass. Viperion and Ryuko, as well as Rena and Carapace, were sharing the tightest hugs ever with each other. Puppy was crying from joy, Roi was jumping as high as he possibly could, Pegase was laughing because he was so happy, and Queenie was also jumping for joy. Bunnyx was smiling happily, and nodded happily.

But there was one thing that hadn't happened yet...

Ladybug then did something unexpected.

She kissed him - full on lip lock. The rest of Team Miraculous gasped in surprise, but once the two separated, Chat just smiled happily.

"That wasn't just because I was stabbed, right?" he smiled.

"No... No, God, no," she laughed, her tears falling onto his suit. "I... I need my partner. And I guess it just... happened!"

"Well, could you help me over to the bakery?" Chat asked, clutching his stomach. "I... I need a place to lie down."

"Of course, minou," Ladybug said, propping his arm over her shoulders. "Good work team... let's all go home."

"Agreed," Viperion chuckled.

And with that, every member of Team Miraculous started making their trek back home.

"And here we are," Ladybug said, helping Chat up the final stair to... Marinette's bedroom.

"Hmm, Princess must not be home," Chat muttered. "Shame... I was really looking forward to seeing her reaction to me getting stabbed."

Ladybug gave him a cold glare.

"Sarcasm, m'lady!" Chat smiled. "Oh, I don't wanna take up the bed - the chaise will be fine."

"If you insist," Ladybug said softly, laying him down gently. However, instead of moving away, even as her transformation was wearing off.

"M-M'lady-"

"No, I'm staying right here," said Ladybug, taking his hand into her own. "I... I'm tired of hiding."

Chat's mouth was wide open when the final beep went off... and there in front of him, well. He couldn't be a luckier, happier, or more proud alley-cat.

"P-Princess..." he said. "M-My Princess is-"

"My lady?" Marinette smiled. "Yeah, this must be, uh... pretty disa-"

"Don't even start with that nonsense," Chat said, sitting up and crying out in pain from the remaining not-healed damage that Catalyst's dagger had left him with. "I-I'm fine Princess... I'm fine... it'll heal in a few hours."

"Good, good," Marinette panted, nearly sent into a heart attack for the second time that day.

But then... Chat moved to take off his ring. When Marinette tried to stop him, telling him he didn't need to, he just smirked and said, "Its only fair."

And when he was de-transformed...

Marinette was overcome with emotion.

Shock, joy, confusion... but most of all, the thing that made her want to burst out bawling again was the fact that, not only had she almost lost Chat Noir today, but she had almost lost Adrien Agreste.

"P-Princess?" Adrien asked. "A-Are you-"

Marinette was hugging him and crying all over again within seconds. Adrien was scared that he had caused her to be so disappointed and angry that he, of all people, was her kitty, but the hugs and back rubs he was receiving were all but confirmation that he was fearing over nothing.

"Hey... Hey, Princess, its okay," Adrien said.

"N-No it isn't!" Marinette sniffled. "I-I'm not going to-to let you do that again!"

"I have no plans on getting stabbed again," Adrien assured her.

"N-No! Don-Don't ever scare m-me like that again!" she exclaimed. "I can't... I can't lose you both!"

"You're not going to," he said, rubbing her back softly as she continued to cry. "I rushed into battle alone. If I had you by my side, this maybe wouldn't have happened... but I guess my stupidity got the better of me. Anyway, the point I'm getting at here is that we're not going to lose each other. You won't lose me, and I won't lose you. We have the team, and we have each other. And we will unmask Hawk Moth one day... but today isn't that day. Today's a day where we cherish each other, okay?"

"Y-You act l-like I'm not gonna d-do that every day," Marinette muttered.

Adrien chuckled. "I'm gonna do the same, Princess... I'm gonna do the exact same."

The two then snuggled up on the chaise as well as they could, and just laid in a comfortable silence for the first time in what felt like forever...

The war had just begun, yes.

But for now, they had won the battle.

"...So, we have 'LadyNoir' and 'Renapace'," said Adrien, breaking the silence, "so... what's Viperion and Ryuko's ship name?"

Marinette giggled lightly. "Of all the things that I thought you'd say after we first cuddled..."

"Wait, so, you've thought about this?" Adrien laughed.

"Shut up and go back to cat-napping," Marinette smirked.

Next morning

After spending the night at Marinette's (and running as fast as he could to get his book bag back from his house), Adrien and Marinette were off to school together, as a couple, for the first time.

They couldn't help but smile wholeheartedly the whole way there - and hold hands as well.

"...And honestly, I think our shared love of old-fashioned musicals really completes us," Adrien said.

"Oh really? And nothing else?" Marinette laughed.

"Nope, I think that's it," Adrien said, smiling his stupidly-adorable oblivious smile, before snickering underneath his breath.

"AHEM!"

A loud throat clear in front of them made them look ahead, and a very surprised Alya Cesaire and Nino Lahiffe stood in front of them.

"When did-What the-when did THIS HAPPEN?!" Alya exclaimed.

"Yesterday," Marinette said. "We decided we've danced around each other long enough-"

"And basically just hung out for the rest of the day," Adrien said.

"OHMYGOSH!" Alya yelled. "Mari! My GIRL! OH I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!"

"Yo, congrats dude," Nino smiled.

"Thanks guys," Adrien beamed.

"We'll see you in class!" Marinette smiled, waving goodbye.

"B-But-Wait! I-I have QUESTIONS!" Alya exclaimed.

"Let em go have fun, babe," Nino laughed.

Adrien and Marinette continued smiling radiantly and walking through the courtyard, when they suddenly ran into another new couple - Luka and Kagami.

However, with their knowledge - Adrien knowing about Luka being Viperion, and Marinette knowing about Kagami being Ryuko - they were instantly freaked out.

"Woah, you two are together?" Luka smiled. "Awesome! Congrats man, and you too Mari."

"I do hope the both of you find the same level of happiness that we have," Kagami smiled widely, before walking off with her new boyfriend.

"Bu-Wha-How-" Marinette stuttered.

"If that's-Wait..." Adrien said.

The two looked at each other, and a soft "oh" escaped from their lips at the same time. The two laughed lightly, and began their walk through the school.

"Marinette!"

The voice of a very familiar blonde would've normally made Marinette roll her eyes in annoyance, now made her smile gently. As she turned her head slightly to the side, she saw Chloe walking towards her - with an unusually gentle expression on her face.

"I-Oh... y-you and Adrien are together?" she asked.

"Yep!" Adrien smiled.

"That... That's great," Chloe said. "A-Anyway, Marinette, at the end of school today, I need to tell you something. Preferably without your new boyfriend."

"Okay Chloe!" Marinette smiled. "Sounds great!"

Chloe nodded, and walked away.

"Wow... you think she's gonna start being awkward now that she's gonna start apologizing to people?" asked Adrien.

"I have no problem with that..." Marinette smiled.

"Me neither," Adrien smirked. "I find awkward attractive anyway..."

"Kitty!" Marinette hissed quietly, laughing as softly as possible.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Kim popped up in between them, and he was laughing his head off.

"Gah! Kim?!" Marinette exclaimed. "What are you doing?!"

"Showing my love and appreciation for the new happy couple!" Kim laughed. "Adrien, dibs on best man!"

"Wh-What?!" Adrien exclaimed, blushing madly.

"And Marinette - I would recommend Ondine for your maid of honor," Kim continued, "but I have a bad feeling about what would happen to me if it wasn't Alya."

"Huh?!" Marinette exclaimed. "Kim, where's Max anyway?!"

"Oh, he's off somewhere with Sabrina," Kim chuckled. "Those two nerds got to talking and hit it off right away. Speaking of which, I better go find them! Toodles!"

As Kim raced off, Adrien and Marinette just stood in place, completely confused.

"Di-Did Kim just say 'toodles'?" Adrien asked.

"I think he did," Marinette muttered.

"HEY! YOU TWO!"

A sudden voice made the couple nearly jump out of their skins, and a very angry Alix Kubdel was walking towards them.

"Alix?" Adrien asked in confusion. "Wh-What's wrong?"

"Follow me!" Alix demanded.

The two followed the short, pink-haired girl inside of the room where she had stomped off to, and were completely confused.

"Why did you want us here?" Marinette wondered.

"I saw my future self again, and then I see QUEEN BEE come back!" Alix exclaimed. "Point being - if you two don't hand over my Miraculous soon, I'm gonna just make it myself."

The two were in complete shock.

"WHAT?!"

I hope you guys enjoyed this story! I've had so much fun writing it! :D As always, reviews are still greatly loved and appreciated!

Thanks for reading, everyone! See you soon! Love you all!