Chapter 3 Power of Teamwork

Naruto was walking towards the school while talking to Draco who was in his right jacket pocket.

"I still can't believe you ate through two cookies and cream ice cream buckets with your size. You must be a glutton." Naruto chuckled.

"Like you got a right to talk. I saw you eat six bowls of ramen." Draco smirked.

"Hey, ramen is the food of the gods. It should be respected as such." Naruto shrugged.

"And you call me a glutton." Draco retorted.

That got the two laughing.

Naruto walked inside of the school wondering what he should do to pass the time as Draco went back into the pocket. Along the way he saw someone sitting by theirselves as people where staying clear of them.

It was a pale skinned girl having tailbone-length black hair that has violet tips at the end of her hair with bangs covering the left side of her face with copper eyes having a pale lavender lipstick and her fingernails are painted grey with black nail art of intricate patterns on each one with different designs on each hand wearing wears a black shirt with a swan-necked collar and sea green lined collar and side pockets, and black mesh short sleeves, black fingerless lace gloves that have a diamond pattern design and end halfway up the forearm, purple pants with holes above the knees and black high top sneakers with white soles.

From what Naruto remembered her name was Juleka Couffaine.

He noticed the lonely look in her eyes as she saw people passing by her without a second glance and knew right then and there she wanted a friend.

"Well how about I give her one." Naruto smiled before making his way towards her. "Hello." He greeted.

Naruto must've surprised her cause she jumped up and looked at as if shocked that someone was actually talking to her.

"Um, m-me?" Juleka stuttered.

"Yeah you. You're Juleka, right? We're in the same class together, Miss Caline." Naruto smiled.

"Oh yeah. You're the new kid Naruto Uzumaki." Juleka said.

"That's right. I was wondering why you sitting here all alone." Naruto asked.

"You may not have noticed, but I'm not exactly the kind of person people will approach. I don't have any friends." Juleka muttered.

"I'll be your friend." Naruto said.

"R-Really?!" Juleka exclaimed surprised.

"Why not. You seem like you could use one. And I'm all for having a new friend." Naruto shrugged.

"You sure you're not messing with me?" Juleka said wanting to be sure and hoped it wasn't a trick.

"I'm asking you; Juleka, do you want to be friends?" Naruto said holding out his right hand towards her.

Juleka looked at Naruto's hand before looking into his eyes to see any deceit or lies, but was shocked to see none, only kindness and wanting to be her friend.

"I would love to be friends with you." Juleka smiled and shook Naruto hand signifying their friendship.

"So let's get to know each other." Naruto said taking a seat next to his new friend.

"Lets." Juleka said.

And from there Naruto and Juleka talked about who they were, what they like to do, and the type of life they live.

Naruto found out that Juleka is very timid and doesn't speak as often as the rest of her classmates, and often spoke in a self-conscious mumble which Naruto found out when he called her personality cute. She seems to like scary things. She feels like no one ever notices her and feel like they forget about her when she is around. But Naruto assured her that there are some people in her life that cared about her, and now that included him. That made Juleka happy as she expresses compassion and gentleness towards Naruto making him blush in embarrassment.

Juleka noticed the time from a clock on the wall before she addressed Naruto.

"Hey I have to get going to meet a teacher for something, but we'll talk later. Is that cool?" Juleka asked.

"Sure. I'm fine with that." Naruto grinned.

"Great. See you then." Juleka beamed before getting up and walked off as Naruto watched her leave.

He got up and was about to head off when he heard one of his other new friends talking.

"But why do you trust Ladybug so much? I mean all these stone beings..." Naruto turned his head to see Marinette talking to Alya.

"She's gonna handle them girl." Alya assured.

"Hey guys. What's going on?" Naruto said walking towards them getting both girls' attention.

"Hey Naruto. Check this out! I started a blog about Ladybug called 'Ladyblog', to tell everyone all the cool stuff about her!" Alya said showing Naruto the blog on her phone.

"Not bad. I take it your a fan of our recent hero?" Naruto asked.

"Totally! After I saw her and Ryu in action up-close and personal!" Alya grinned.

"Wait, you were the one who recorded that video and were there when Ladybug and Ryu fought that stone being?" Naruto said.

"Yep!" Alya nodded.

"Are you okay? Were you hurt?" Naruto asked concern.

"No need to worry. I was saved by Ryu when I WAS going to be hurt and helped Ladybug." Alya said.

"That's good." Naruto sighed in relief.

"Though thanks for the concern, Naruto." Alya smiled.

"Of course. You and Marinette are my friends, I'm gonna worry about you cause I care." Naruto chuckled rubbing the back of his head.

"Awww, isn't that sweet." Alya cooed pinching Naruto's cheek.

"Hey!" Naruto whinned playfully causing Alya to chuckle with Naruto following along with her as did Marinette.

"But..." Marinette said getting Naruto and Alya's attention. "What if Ladybug's not really cut out to be a superhero like everyone thinks she is?"

"What are you talking about, girl?" Alya wondered before she had a look of realization. "Oh I get it, you're scared. Well you got nothing to worry about. Ladybug is a true heroine! I seen it with my own eyes. She'll protect us all, along with Ryu. I believe in them." Alya said with conviction.

"Me too. From what I've seen through Alya's video, Ladybug's good at coming up with plans in the right situation, and Ryu looked to be no slouch in fighting. Just have faith Marinette, and everything will be fine." Naruto said placing a hand on her shoulder to ease her.

"I guess you guys are right." Marinette smiled at her friends making them smile back at her.

As the three began walking towards their class they heard a couple of teens talking to Ivan and about what he did the other day.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't myself." Ivan said.

"Heh, once a monster, always a monster." Chloe said smugly with Sabrina nodded in agreement.

Ivan just growled before standing up putting everyone on edge before he walked away.

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out!" Chloe yelled as she and Sabrina laughed.

Alya and Marinette growled in anger at how Chloe made fun of Ivan.

"You're a real class act, Chloe." Naruto sighed shaking his head.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Chloe frowned.

"You want to call Ivan a monster, but have you looked in the mirror lately?" Naruto asked.

"What?!" Chloe shrieked.

"Of course considering your bitchy additude and personality, most people would mistake you for a witch." Naruto said thoughtfully.

"You are asking for a world of hurt!" Chloe shouted.

"If you feel lucky, then try me." Naruto smirked cracking his fingers threatingly making Chloe uneasy.

"I-I would. I just don't want to." Chloe huffed walking off with Sabrina following her. "This isn't over!"

"Really? You're walking away and I'm still standing here! Sure seems like its over!" Naruto shouted after her.

That made some of the students laugh and applaude Naruto for what he did to Chloe.

"Not bad, Naruto." Alya smirked.

"I'm an expert at dealing with people who're snobs." Naruto grinned.

"I guess in Chloe's case that's a good trait to have." Marinette giggled before a thought got in her head and started to walk off.

"Hey Marinette, where you going?" Naruto asked.

"I'm gonna go check on Ivan." Marinette said.

"That's cool." Alya smiled.

"Let him know that there's people who don't think he's a monster." Naruto grinned.

"Right." Marinette nodded before walking away.

"Should probably head on to class." Alya said.

"I'll meet you there. Just need to stop by my locker real quick." Naruto said.

"Sure." Alya said heading to the classroom.

Naruto headed on off towards his locker to get a few things he'll need. As he was walking Draco's head popped out of the front pocket.

"Seems like you made some friends yesterday." Draco said.

"Yeah. Marinette seems a little shy, but I can tell she has a good heart. And Alya, I like how she wants to stick up for people and for what's right." Naruto smiled.

"Those two sounds like the ideal friends you'd want to have around." Draco smiled.

"I have a feeling that after awhile the three of us will be the best of friends."

"That's good."

As they passed by a teachers lounge Naruto and Draco saw the teachers looking at the tv talking about the stone beings all over Paris.

"Seeing all those things makes me feel things will get ugly if Ivan turns back into Stoneheart." Naruto frowned.

"When we work with Ladybug and she captures the akuma, everything will be back to normal." Draco said.

"I hope so." Naruto mutters before continuing of his way to his locker.

...Minutes later...

After getting his stuff Naruto made it in the classroom where he saw Alya sitting in their seats and walked towards her and sat down just as Marinette came in and sat down with them as the bell rang signaling the beginning of class.

Miss Caline started to take roll call before the side of the classroom exploded and Stoneheart came through roaring.

"It's Ivan!" Alya exclaimed.

"He turned into that stone monster again!" Marinette said.

"Not good." Naruto frowned.

He saw Stoneheart make his way over to a girl whose name he heard was Mylene a peach skinned short and chubby girl having blonde hair that has some strands dyed green, blue, and magenta which is styled in dreadlocks with dreadlock on her left side of her head has a purple cat bead, another dreadlock on her left side has a golden loop that held a pink bandanna to hold her hair back with golden brown eyes wearing a periwinkle shirt with a white silhouette design on the front of a bird holding a branch with leaves, with a olive green hoodie jacket over it that had pins attached to it: on the right side, she has a daisy pin; on the left side, she has a ladybug pin, a panda pin, and a yellow and green pin, a necklace with a stone pendant, dark gray jean shorts, black leggings, and dark purple and white sneakers and grabbed her in his hand.

"Ivan! Why are you doing this?!" Mylene said.

"So we can be together!" Stoneheart said before he grabbed Chloe as well and jumped through the wall and out into the streets.

"Naruto we need to go." Draco whispered.

"Right." Naruto nodded heading out of the classroom and to follow Stoneheart.

When he made it outside he saw Stoneheart call out the other Stonehearts and they started wrecking havoc.

"The situation is very bad." Naruto muttered.

"Well then, I say it's time for Ryu." Draco said.

"Yeah." Naruto nodded.

He was about to find a place to transform til he saw a Stoneheart pick up a car and tossed it, Naruto saw it was heading straight for...

"Alya!" Naruto shouted being she was about to be crushed.

Without thinking Naruto dashed towards Alya really fast and tackled her out the way just in time as the car missed them.

"Whew! Close one." Naruto sighed in relief.

"N-Naruto... you s-save me." Alya said in shock.

"Well yeah." Naruto said sitting up while pulling Alya up from the ground.

"But why?" Alya asked.

"Like I said earlier, you and Marinette are my friends. I would lay my life on the line if I could protect you guys from harm." Naruto said.

Alya was surprised to hear that, and not just her but a hidden Marinette as well.

Naruto turned to see the Stonehearts walking away still causing destruction.

"I think we should get somewhere safe and let Ladybug and Ryu handle this." Naruto said.

"U-Um yeah, sure." Alya said regaining herself.

Naruto stood up while getting Alya on her feet and he took off in another direction as did Alya.

Naruto made his way into a alley and jumped from wall to wall til he reached a roof and looked around to make sure that no one was around.

"Ready, Draco?" Naruto asked his dragonic Kwami as he flew out his pocket while pulling out the pendant from under his shirt.

"Ready and willing." Draco nodded.

"Draco, let's roar!" Naruto shouted.

Draco went into the pendant as Naruto was engulfed in a green glow before it vanished and Ryu was in his place.

"Time to ground a stone." Ryu said before he ran and jumped from building to building heading towards where the Stonehearts were going.

When he got there he saw all the Stoneheart walking around terrifying the people.

"If they're like the original then they'll grow with each hit I give them." Ryu frowned.

"Ryu!" Ryu turned his head to see Ladybug land next to him. "I see your taking notice of the situation too."

"Yeah. The city is swarming with Stonehearts and we can't take them all head on cause I think they have the same ability as the original Stoneheart to grow with each hit." Ryu said.

"Meaning the only way to stop this is to take care of the source, which is the boss: The original Stoneheart." Labybug said.

"Let's go."

"Right."

Ryu and Ladybug either jumped or swung their way heading towards where the real Stoneheart was, which was on the Eiffel Tower that was surrounded by the police.

"So any ideas how to deal with this?" Ryu asked.

"Well..." Ladybug said trying to think of something.

Suddenly they heard a scream and looked to see Stoneheart tossed Chloe making her fall towards the ground.

"I got her." Ryu said leaping into the air towards Chloe.

When he reached her he grabbed her before they landed on the ground and Ryu backflipped right beside Ladybug.

"There you go." Ryu said setting Chloe down.

"Thanks." Chloe thanked before heading towards her dad and they hugged.

"Nice work." Ladybug said.

"Nothing to it." Ryu nodded.

Stoneheart started to roar as if he was in pain before a flock of purple butterflies came out of his mouth and they all formed a face.

"People of Paris listen carefully, I am Hawk Moth." The face said.

"Hawk Moth?" Ladybug muttered.

"I'm guessing he's the one using the Moth Miraculous for evil." Ryu said.

"Ladybug, Ryu, give me the ladybug earrings dragon necklace now. You two have done enough damage to these innocent people." Hawk Moth said.

"How stupid do you think we are?" Ryu asked crossing his arms.

"Yeah. Nice try Hawk Moth but we both know you're the bad guy here. Let's not reverse the roles here." Ladybug said.

"If it wasn't for you these people wouldn't be turned into villiains." Ryu said.

"Hawk Moth, no matter how long it takes, we will find you." Ladybug said.

"And you will hand us your Miraculous!" Ryu and Ladybug said strongly before they ran forward and pulled out their keyblade and yo-yo and jumped up in the air in front of Hawk Moth's face. "Take this!" Ryu and Ladybug sent out a barrage of slashes from their weapons to Hawk Moth's face who roared in pain before the purple butterfies dispersed.

When they were gone Ryu and Ladybug landed before they turned to the people of Paris.

"Let us make this promise to you! No matter who wants to do the people of Paris harm, Ladybug and Ryu will always be there to keep you safe!" Ladybug proclaimed.

"We're you protectors! And for fear and dispair that is brought to you by Hawk Moth and his villians, they'll be washed away by us!" Ryu vowed.

Ladybug and Ryu then raised their weapons up and fired white energy in the air as it exploded into fireworks.

All around Paris people cheered for their new protectors.

Back with Hawk Moth he was growling in anger.

"That's the problem with superheroes! They're too heroic!" Hawk Moth roared before connecting with Stoneheart. "Stoneheart, they're trying to take your loved one away from you. You must snatch their Miraculous so they will be powerless against you!"

"Yes, Hawk Moth." Stoneheart said getting up.

"Help me!" Mylene begged as Ladybug and Ryu landed in front of Stoneheart.

"You never take Mylene from me!" Stoneheart said jumping up and started climbing the tower. "Come to me my stone being!" He called out as the other Stonehearts started to climb the tower as well.

Ryu looked over the edge to see them coming up before looking back at Ladybug.

"They're starting to surround us. And we can't attack Stoneheart or he'll get bigger. So what do we do?" Ryu wondered.

"True, but we know where the akuma is." Ladybug said at she looked at Stoneheart.

"In his clentched fist. The one he's holding Mylene with." Ryu said following Ladybug gaze.

"We know he's in love with her. *Gasp* That's it! We don't seperate Stoneheart and Mylene, we bring them closer together! They're meant for each other! They just don't know it yet!" Ladybug smiled looking at Ryu.

"So we try to get them together? Don't you think us playing cupid is the wrong perfession?" Ryu asked.

"Trust me. I'm a girl, and one thing girls are good at is setting people up." Ladybug winked.

"Oh what the hell. I always secretly wanted to be a matchmaker." Ryu shrugged.

"Come on." Ladybug threw her yo-yo and pulled herself up on the tower.

"Right." Ryu jumped after her.

Ladybug and Ryu made their way up the tower til they reached the top as Ladybug was on the antenna and Ryu was on the balcony.

"Help! I'm afraid of heights!" Mylene pleaded.

"Don't worry everything's gonna be alright!" Ladybug said.

"So what's the plan on getting those two closer together than they already are?" Ryu asked.

"We use our powers!" Ladybug said. "Lucky Charm!" She tossed her yo-yo in the air as it spinned and out came a red with black spots parachute. "A parachute? What am I suppose to do with this?"

"I'm sure you can think of something." Ryu said fending off against the other Stonehearts. "I trust you, partner!"

"Alright then. Here goes!" Ladybug said putting on the parachute and wrapping her yo-yo against Stoneheart's hand that was holding Mylene and the back on his head before she pulled and made the two of them kiss.

"That's one way to do it." Ryu thought jumping back.

Stoneheart was shocked that he let go of Mylene and dropped the purple rock as Mylene held on to his hand in order not to fall.

Ryu leaped off the tower and made his way towards the rock before hitting it with his keyblade like a baseball bat towards Ladybug who caught it as Ryu grabbed on the tower to stop himself.

"Homerun." Ladybug said breaking the rock releasing the butterfly. "No more evil doing for you little akuma." She said about to capture it. But stopped when she saw Stoneheart turn back into Ivan and he and Mylene started to fall. "Ryu! Grab Ivan! I'll get Mylene!" Ladybug said jumping off the tower and going for the girl.

"Gotcha! Time to test out my powers! Order!" Ryu glowed green and stuck his hand out engulfing Ivan making him stop in the air. Ryu then jumped off the tower on to the ground and used his powers to lower Ivan down beside him.

As for Ladybug she made her way to Mylene and grabbed her as she flung her yo-yo back to grab the akuma before opening up her parachute as the girls gently fell to the ground beside Ryu and Ivan.

When she made sure Mylene was safe Ladybug opened her yo-yo releasing the butterfly as it was normal again.

"Bye-bye, little butterfly." Ladybug waved as it flew away before picking up her parachute and threw it in the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

The parachute then dispersed into millions of ladybugs covered in pink energy as they went all over Paris. Turning the Stonehearts back into people and repairing the damage that was done to the city all the while everyone was looking in awe.

"Whoa. This is cool." Ryu said impressed.

"Yeah. It's beautiful, and amazing. It's a... Miraculous!" Ladybug shouted in awe.

Hawk Moth roared with rage at this defeat.

"This is just the beginning Ladybug and Ryu. You two may have won this battle, but I will win the war. I will get your Miraculous'! I will get the absolute power! And then my secret dream will come true!" Hawk Moth vowed.

Back with Ladybug and Ryu they watched as Ivan and Mylene patch thing up as they hugged.

"Job well done." Ryu said.

"Yep. All's well that ends well." Ladybug said before turning to Ryu. "And thank you Ryu, for having my back and going along with my plans."

"That's how teamwork works. You have to have total trust in your partners." Ryu said turning toward her.

"Then I'll be sure to show the trust I have in you from now on." Ladybug smiled.

"That's all I could hope for." Ryu smiled back as Ladybug knew he was. "Well I think we should head on off. Til next time, Ladybug." Ryu said walking away waving before he leaped away from building to building.

"Next time, Ryu." Ladybug said before throw her yo-yo and pulled herself away.

...The next day, after school...

Naruto was at his locker putting stuff away for today thinking about what happened today.

He meet up with Juleka and they both walked to class, from their they meet Marinette and Alya and welcome the girl to their group of friends. Naruto learned that after he saved Alya something she thanks him for as she forgot to do yestarday and hugged him in gratitude, she went to the Eiffel Tower to catch the action with Ladybug and Ryu only to miss it. But Alya said she'll be there next time, and to find out the identities of Ladybug and Ryu. When they got to class Marinette decided to take back her original seat while telling Chloe to take her additude somewhere else making not only the whole class laugh but making Naruto and Alya proud of her for sticking up for herself.

Other than that, the rest of the day was pretty much normal.

Naruto closed his locker and grabbed his umbrella before walking towards the door of the school since he found out it was raining today.

When he got there he saw Marinette standing there looking at the rain.

"Forgot your umbrella?" Naruto asked getting her attention.

"Yeah. Total bummer." Marinette sighed.

Naruto smiled before handing her his umbrella surprising her.

"Take it. It'll keep you dry." Naruto said.

"But what about you?" Marinette asked.

"I'll be fine." Naruto assured.

Marinette smiled and took the umbrella opening it up.

"Thanks." Marinette said.

"No prob." Naruto shrugged.

"Not just that."

"Hmmm?"

"I also mean for what you did for Alya yesterday. It was really brave. I guess we're really important to you, huh?"

"Of course you are."

Naruto then looked outside watching the rain fall.

"I grew up alone, not having that many friends. That's why I cherish the ones I make. Cause to me friends and loved ones are the greatest treasure of all." Naruto smiled before looking at Marinette. "Don't you think so?"

Marinette could only looked in awe at Naruto's words, not to mention the way he looked at her cause her to blush slightly and feel butterflies in her stomach.

However she was saved when the umbrella closed on her head.

But that only made Naruto laugh in good nature with Marinette laughing with him.

"By the way, I was impressed with how you told Chloe off today." Naruto smiled.

"Guess you must've rubbed off on me." Marinette smiled back.

"I can tell you're a strong girl with a equally strong heart, Marinette. That's the kind of people I like." Naruto beamed.

"R-Really?" Marinette stammered.

"Really really." Naruto said.

Naruto and Marinette just smiled at one another feeling their bond grow stronger.

"Well I better get going. I'll see you tomorrow, ok?" Naruto said.

"You got it." Marinette said.

And with that Naruto went down the stairs and walked off missing Marinette sigh wistfully at his departing figure.

"Look at you. Putting the moves on Marinette." Draco grinned as his head popped out of the jacket pocket.

"Oh hush." Naruto scoffed blushing slightly before looking at the sky smiling. "But you know what. I think I'm gonna like this new world."

"And this world is lucky to have you." Draco smiled.

In a distance under an umbrella, Master Fu and Wayzz stared proudly at Naruto and Marinette.

"You made a good chose in choosing them, Master Fu." Wayzz grinned.

"Yes, yes I did." Master Fu chuckled.

And that's it for this chapter. I talked it over with Dragon Sage God and we decided I would put the story up for adoption for someone else to do. If you want the lowdown you'll have to talk to Dragon Sage God about it as well as talk to him if you want to adopt the story. Whoever takes it I hoped you like it and do better than I did. Also just to be clear Naruto replaces Adrien and the Cat Miraculous is replaced with the Dragon Miraculous. So I hope that clears everything up.

And before I forget, the harem.

Marinette x Alya x Juleka x Alix

Sorry about this, and hope someone takes up where I left off.