Broken Hero

Chapter 13 – Disguise

"Tikki, I'll admit, I wasn't too sure about this at first, but I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of it!" Adrien said aloud whilst running along the rooftops, yo-yo in hand. He knew Tikki was inside the miraculous but he also knew kwami could see through their holder's eyes whilst transformed and he had no one else to talk to. "I need to get to Rena Rouge and Fireman quickly so I can capture the akuma. Luckily this yo-yo hasn't been to hard to get the hang of." He used said yo-yo to swing down towards the flame-filled street where he could see a Ladybug and Chat Noir running around all over the place, Rena must have decided to distract Fireman with a fake duo.

As he landed, he could more clearly see that the fake Ladybug and Chat Noir were dodging fireballs coming from the now very angry looking Fireman's hose. He however still couldn't see Rena Rouge anywhere.

"Rena!" He shouted out. But she didn't appear. Suddenly a fierce roar came from where the fight was happening, he turned to see that Fireman had grabbed both the fake heroes and had discovered that they were made of smoke. Out of nowhere buildings began rising out of the ground around Fireman followed by others randomly filling the whole street. Adrien found himself now in a dark alleyway made by the new buildings.

"So this was your Master's plan?!"

Adrien jumped and turned to look at who was behind him.

"So you're Ladybug now?" Rena asked him with a puzzled look on her face.

"I guess, although I think I should have a unique name to save confusion." He told her, "I haven't been able to come up with anything good yet."

"Ladybug, Lady Bug..." Rena put her hand on her chin as she thought aloud, "Man Bug?"

They both frowned at each other, "Definitely not."

"What about something relating to Chat Noir?" He suggested.

"Chat Bug? Lady Chat? Bug Noir?"

"Bug Noir sounds cool." He said, "It'd be more fitting with inverted colours but who cares about the fine details."

"Well if you like it, I like it Bug Noir!" Rena said smiling at him.

"Good. Now let down these buildings and let's take on Fireman head on!"

"Hold on!"

"What?"

"I think it might not be such a good idea to allow Bug Noir to fight, 'head on'." Rena reluctantly said.

"What do you mean Rena? The whole point of this is we need Ladybug's purification power."

"Exactly, we need Ladybug's power."

Bug Noir stared at her blankly, "I have no idea what you're trying to tell me."

"Ok, I'll put it straight. I have considered that from the perspective of a bystander, since I myself have been one for a long time, that it might be a bit weird for Ladybug to have suddenly become a blonde-haired boy."

"What do you mean, Ladybug hasn't changed. I'm Bug Noir! It's different."

"Yes, but the people don't know that! The people have no idea that a miraculous can be given to whoever to give them powers, as far as they're concerned Ladybug is a magical girl from another world, or a girl that got bitten by a radioactive ladybug! It might scare them to see such a difference in her form don't you think?"

Bug Noir thought for a moment about what Rena Rouge said. She did have a point. "So what do you suggest I do if I can't show myself?"

"I think I have an idea in mind..." Rena grinned as she held her flute to her mouth and blew a tune into it. As she did fog began to surround Bug Noir's body until he was completely covered. He couldn't see anything but heard Rena's flute stop playing.

"What did you do?" he asked out into the darkness.

"See for yourself." She said proudly. He could see her smirking as the fog began to clear around him.

"See what?"

"Look down, Ladybug."

He frowned at her confused before looking down. "WHAT THE HECK!". Upon looking down he was surprised by two lumps on his chest which prevented him looking further down, he leaned to look around them and found his whole body was in the figure of a girl. "I'm? I'm a girl?" He asked.

Rena used her flute to create a mirror and held it up in front of his face. He could see that his hair was long black and tied in bunches and his eyes were blue. "I'm- LADYBUG!?"

"Isn't it fantastic?" Rena said smiling admiring his new form.

"I do NOT like this! Change me back now!"

"Relax! I haven't changed anything about you." Rena said smirking.

"What do you-"

Rena thrust her hand onto his new chest, except it kept going and passed through an extra couple inches before stopping as he only then felt it touch him. She looked up from her arm back at him and grinned.

"It's all an illusion?"

"Bingo!" Rena said taking her hand off him, "You were a bit slow on that one Noir, you know my power is illusion, not transformation."

"Yeah I guess that's true, but it's kind of hard to think that through when you're in shock." He said before waving his hands around his body and feeling everything in the right place beneath what he could see, "So it's like I'm wearing a costume I guess."

"Yeah, if your costume was weightless and could follow your exact facial movements."

"You're really proud of this aren't you?"

"I am! Although I am sad I couldn't get it to modify your voice too."

"Well I have to give you credit, it is amazing how real it feels." He said doing various complex poses whilst observing the disguise as it managed each one flawlessly, "It honestly makes using her miraculous feel more natural. I mean as natural as being inside your partner's body can feel."

Rena laughed at him and he laughed too. "Besides, I can let you do all the talking and I'll only speak when using a power or talking to you."

"I guess that could work, as long as I remember to call you Ladybug."

"I'm sure it won't be hard when I'm out there acting like her." He said as he spun his yo-yo around him doing a twirl and finishing with a heroic pose.

Rena stifled a laugh before he too burst out laughing and she let it out.

"I guess now it's time to kick some Fireman butt!" Ladybug said catching the yo-yo in his other hand.

"Yeah! Let's do it!" Rena cheered back as she blew into her flute causing all the fake buildings around them to turn into a cloud of smoke.