Pokemon Go was so old school, but that didn't stop Gabriel form playing it. He had downloaded the app a few years ago when Pokemon Go was at the height of popularity, when Adrien was going out to play the mobile game with his little friends, Nino, Alya and Marinette. Gabriel was using the app in a vain attempt to relate to his son, asking him to compare the benefits of a "Bulb-dinosaur, charming salamander, or a squirt-turtle," only to be laughed at, Adrien's shoulders shaking.

Gabriel decided to pick the squirt-turtle, finding the little blue creature charming. Squirt-turtle turned out to just be called squirtle, hence his son's laughter, and the squirtle become Gabriel's little buddy, picking up a butterfree and a Mr. Mime for good measure.

The little hobby that started out as an effort to become closer to his son ended up becoming a full blown addiction. Gabriel had made time in his schedule for daily pokemon hunts (an hour a day, typically at night so no one saw the famous Gabriel Agreste playing a cell phone application designed for those damn Millennials. He was a fine, upstanding, regal member of high society who could do no wrong. There was the whole Hawkmoth thing but he was going to ignore that for the time being.) He was on one of these little pokemon hunts, wearing a dark hoodie over his head to block anyone from seeing him in the darkness, when he noticed a ledyba and a meowth appear on hsi radar, seemingly coming from a close by alley. He stalked the radar, closing in on the two pokemon, ready to engage in a virtual battle, when he heard the sound of someone, above him? On the roof?

Gabriel ducked down behind a pile of cardboard boxes that stood next to a dumpster. He'd rather mingle with the trash than have someone discover his embarrassing secret. He was not prepared for what he saw next.

Ladybug and Chat Noir came down from the roof, hand in hand, Ladybug giving a quick once-over, not looking over the scene throughly, before dropping her transformation, a black haired girl with big blue eyes, a very familiar black haired girl with big blue eyes, standing in her place. Gabriel had to put his hand to his mouth to keep from exclaiming. His enemy had just revealed herself to him, and she was none the wiser. Even better, she was his son's girlfriend of two years. Surely he could figure out a way to take her miraculous without looking suspicious.

He kept watching, his eyes glued to the scene in front of him. Ladybug- no, Marinette, was now leaning in towards Chat Noir, placing a very -ahem- passionate kiss on Chat Noir's lips, the two getting very handsy with one another. Gabriel started to see red. How dare Marinette cheat on Adrien with Chat- oh crap. Chat dropped his transformation and in his place, still lip locked with Marinette, was his son.

Gabriel was at a loss for words. He didn't know if he should stay seated, watching the scene unfold before him, or reveal himself and berate the children for making out in such a filthy, public place. He chose the former. He needed the fact that he knew to stay secret so he could figure out a way to steal their Miraculouses. Now that he knew who Ladybug and Chat Noir were, however, the task suddenly became a whole lot easier.

Adrien and Marinette walked away form the alley, large smiles on their faces. The smiles weren't dumb, love-stricken smiles, though. They were the smiles of two conspirators who's plot had just gone according to plan.

"So, your dad saw us?"

Adrien nodded. "Oh, yeah. No way he didn't miss that show. I was half expecting him to come out and give us a verbal beat-down for being so handsy in a public place." Adrien let out a laugh. "Now we just wait and see what kind of abuse he throws at us when he's Hawkmoth."

The two of them discovered Hawkmoth's identity completely by accident. They weren't sure if they should blame Marinette's good luck or Adrien's bad luck, but it happened nonetheless. Marinette was dropping off one of her designs in Gabriel's office two weeks before, Adrien with her, when he sneezed, scattering papers that were on the desk everywhere, Marinette coming across costume designs for Hawkmoth. With Gabriel's measurements, the model, as well as a drawing of a model the looked suspiciously like Gabriel, and a confession on another paper, talking about how he, Gabriel Agreste, was going to steal the miraculous.

The two hatched their plan, planning on revealing themselves to Hawk-father in an attempt to throw him off. Or just see what he did.

Over the following weeks the akuma sightings were less and less, but the ones that did appear catered more the Adrien and Marinette's individual interests and weaknesses. Nino and Alya found the whole situation hilarious, laughing when Marinette was attacked by an akumatized Adrien Agreste fangirl, having to be rescued from "death lasers" by Chat Noir, who also found the whole thing hilarious. She got her revenge though when the following akumatized villain was a neon green pterodactyl who kept chasing Adrien around. Adrien was terrified of dinosaurs ever since the whole Animan incident, and Hawkmoth seemed to know this fact.

"Okay, we've let this go on long enough," Chat said, dropping his transformation on the balcony of the Dupain-Cheng's. "We need to tell him to stop."

Marinette nodded. "Yeah, this seemed to backfire on us completely. Why don't we just go wait in your father's office and tell him we know he's Hawkmoth and demand he turn over his Miraculous or you will reveal to the world that he is a Pokemon Go fanboy?"

Adrien loved the strong look in his lady's eyes, smiling at the light that illuminated her. "I love it when you talk sexy to me, M'Lady. After we do that want to come back here? I know I've got a couple of pokeballs of my own you can play with."

Marinette would have countered, exclaiming she would do more than that, but her mom beat her to the punch. Apparently there was a window open downstairs and her mom heard the entire exchange. "Make sure to use protection, Chat!"

They both stuttered, trying to figure out how to cover for the exchange. "Uh, Chat? Chat who? Chat's not up here, Mom! It's just Adrien."

Sabine stuck her head out the window and tilted it up so the two embarrassed teenagers could see the smirk on her face. "Oh please, Marinette. I've known you were Ladybug since the first akuma. Now be careful you two. I'm closing the window now."

Neither of them would ever truly recover from that exchange.

The next day the two sat in Gabriel's office and waited, and waited, left and got food and a board game, ate a fattening fast food lunch, played the entirety of Monopoly, then waited some more, until Gabriel finally showed up in his office, surprised to see Adrien and Marinette waiting for him. Or, formerly waiting for him. Now they were sitting on their stomachs engaged in an overly intense thumb war. They didn't even notice he came in, until he let out a stern cough, garnering their attention, the two springing to their feet, standing at attention. "Can I help you?" Gabriel asked, his voice stern.

"Yeah, we came to get your miraculous, Mr. Agreste."

Gabriel lost his composure momentarily, caught off guard by what the two teens in front of him were saying.

"And if I don't let you have it?"

Adrien shrugged, a smirk dancing on his face. "Then I reveal to the world that you have an obsession with Pokemon Go. So what will it be father? Pokemon Go, or your miraculous?"

Gabriel chose Pokemon Go, and promised to relinquish his title of Hawkmoth, but really did not want to give up his miraculous. Nooroo was Pokemon Go buddy and he didn't want to lose him. The teens complied, but warned Gabriel that if he ever used his powers for evil again, or attempted to steal their own miraculous, then his little secret would be revealed.

While Ladybug and Chat Noir had to fight other villains in the future, there was never another akuma. All was well in Paris.

Alright, we've actually reached the end this time! I hope y'all enjoyed it. I have been trying to figure out how to wrap up this story with a Gabriel reveal for a while and someone about Gabriel's age came into my work a week or so ago and the idea kind of sparked. I don't think this was as funny as chapter two, but it was fun to write nonetheless. I hope y'all enjoyed this little three-shot!