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Last time: While auditioning for a play, a prank from his brother goes wrong, causing Mitchell to be akumatized into Show Stopper, a villain who can stop people to make them watch "the show."

Coming Up: Matthew is competing in a cooking competition, but when his dish is sabotaged by Madison, he is influenced by Monarque and becomes "Mad Tomato", a villian who can control an army of tomatoes to do his bidding.

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Episode 23: Mad Tomato

A cooking competition was happening. A big one as well. The winner would get a $500,000 dollar check. So naturally, a lot of people were trying to get this check by signing up.

Matthew was signing up. He was a really good chef, and he wanted the money to help donate to charity. Which was his main goal anyways.

The competitors had to make an appetizer, entree, and desert for the judges, in just 60 minutes.

And almost instantly, the competitors were off, trying to make food that would surely impress the judges.

Matthew's dishes were clear, and five-star quality. It was clear in the way that he was cooking that he was good at making food.

Without Matthew knowing, Madison had slipped something into Matthew's food.

When the 60 minutes were up, the judges began tasting. Upon smelling Matthew's food, they disqualified him without tasting. Matthew was furious, clenching his spatula.

A window opens in a mysterious location. Monarque was standing there, grinning evilly.

"A poor chef, disqualified unfairly? What perfect prey for my akumas," Monarque grins. She covers a butterfly with her hands and turns it into an akuma. The akuma is then released. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him!"

The akuma fluttered out, to find its latest victim.

Matthew stormed out of the competition room, still holding his spatula.

The akuma fluttered down and absorbed itself into Matthew's spatula.

Matthew looked up angrily, a dark rust appearing on his face. A light purple butterfly outline also appeared over his eyes.

"Mad Tomato, I am Monarque. So you've been unfairly disqualified because of food? Well from now on, food will be your greatest asset. You can control an army of tomatoes to do as you bid. In exchange, I ask that you seize Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculouses for me," Monarque telepathically spoke to the boy.

"You can count on me, Monarque!" Matthew replied darkly, accepting this power. The dark magic washes over him. Once it faded, he looked completely different now. His skin became very pale, like death, and he wore a tomato-inspired chef's jacket, with black pants, and black shoes. On top of his head was a tomato chef's hat, and his hair has become a fiery red. His eyes also turned red. His spatula turned into a golden wand, with a tomato on top of it. He also wore black fingerless gloves with a tomato on both gloves. He was no longer Matthew...but Mad Tomato.

Mad Tomato stormed back into the competition hall. "The competition isn't over until I say it's over!" He waved his wand, and tomatoes started coming to life, and growing bigger and bigger, until he had an entire army.

The other competitors started fleeing in terror. "Akuma!" They cried out, in complete and utter terror.

"Oh, don't leave, the show's not over!" Mad Tomato shouted. "Get them all my army!"

The tomato giants lumbered forward, hoping to capture people for his army.

Mackenzie noticed the wand, before realizing who the akuma was. "Oh...no." It was her twin brother. Welp. This was a disaster waiting to happen.

Calista was writing a song in her notebook, when she got the alert. "An akuma attack!" She transformed into Ladybug, and hurried to the scene of the crime.

Cat Noir would show up soon as well.

Ladybug soon arrived at the scene, and saw the tomato minions. "What in the world?" she asked, in shock. "Tomatoes? Seriously?"

"This is one weird army," Cat Noir blinked, arriving as well. "Why would an akuma rely on tomatoes?"

"I've got no idea," Ladybug replied. She personally hoped that her sister didn't cause the akuma.

"Well, no time to waste asking questions!" Cat Noir exclaimed, getting ready to go into battle.

"Right, let's go!" Ladybug twirled her yo-yo, launching herself down to the scene of the attack.

Mad Tomato turned around. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the pathetic heroes," he taunted.

"Hey, we're not pathetic!" Cat Noir argued, "we're going to defeat you!"

Mad Tomato yawned. "I wouldn't be so sure about that. TOMATOES, CHARGE!" he roared, as the tomato army charged forward into battle.

Ladybug began fighting off the tomato army. They kept getting squished once they were defeated.

Cat Noir also began fighting off the tomato army.

"LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug soon got an item...which was…

"A map?" Ladybug questioned, but then, got an idea. "I think we might need some allies," she looked over at Cat Noir.

"Allies?" Cat Noir repeated, "but who?"

"I'll go and get them. Hope you can handle not getting squished by this army, kitty," Ladybug replied, as she used her yo-yo to leave to grab some allies.

Ladybug detransformed into Calista once she got to Master Fu and Marianne's place. "The lucky charm led me here!" she exclaimed, running inside.

"And the Lucky Charm never fails," Fu nodded, getting the Miraculous box and opening it. "Pick an ally you can trust to help alongside you on this mission."

Calista picked out the Dragon Miraculous. "I'm also going to need the Swan Miraculous," she said.

Marianne went to get it. But she gasped in shock. "The Firefly! It's gone! Flipp is gone!"

"What?!" Fu gasped. Another miraculous...lost. And probably in the wrong hands too. This was a disaster.

"Whoever took it replaced it with a fake!" Marianne sobbed.

"Don't worry, Master Fu and Marianne! Cat Noir and I are on the case! Whatever it takes, we'll get that Miraculous back! Even if it takes us a while!" Calista proclaimed.

"Thank you," Fu breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried for Flipp.

Calista took both the Swan and Dragon Miraculouses with her, transforming back into Ladybug. She then went out to find suitable holders.

Hunter was currently hiding. He'd heard about the attack and didn't want to get found. Especially if it was another mind controlling akuma.

Ladybug landed behind him. "Hello, civilian. I will need your help in defeating this akuma. It's going to be tough, especially for Cat Noir and I. Think you can handle it?"

Hunter didn't think twice before answering. "I can handle it," he answered with a nod.

"Here is the Miraculous of the Dragon, which grants the power of Elements. You will use it for the greater good. Once the mission is done, you will return the Miraculous to me. Can I trust you?" Ladybug asked, holding out the box to him.

"You bet on it," Hunter replied. Without a moment's hesitation, he took the box and quickly opened it.

Inside the box was a choker. A red light soon appeared from the box.

Hunter yelped in surprise, covering his eyes.

When the light faded, it soon revealed a small dragon like creature. "Good day to you, young man," the creature greeted, rather formally.

"What the heck are you?" Hunter asked, eyeing the creature over.

"Fear not, for I am a Kwami," the creature answered. "And you can call me Longg."

"What's a Kwa- nope, don't answer that, we don't have time," Hunter replied, putting the choker on.

"Once you call upon your transformation, you can call upon one of three elements to help you with this mission: wind, water, or lightning. To activate this transformation, all you have to say, is 'Longg, Bring the Storm!'" Longg informed him.

"Longg, bring the storm!" Hunter exclaimed quietly, transforming. His suit was mainly red, with black dragon-themed designs. In a corner of the suit was a black circle with a picture of wind, water and lightning on it. On his back was two swords. A red and black mask was around his eyes as well.

"Excellent. What identity do you want to use?" Ladybug asked him.

He thought for a couple of seconds before answering. "Drago," he answered, "the name's Drago."

"Excellent," Ladybug said. "Now, I've got one more ally to recruit," she said. "Go to Cat Noir, and start handling the army more."

"Gotcha," Drago replied, heading out to the competition hall.

Mackenzie was hiding, while recording the akuma attack.

"This is so insane!" Mackenzie exclaimed. She had to get this attack on the blog.

Ladybug stopped her. "We need your help!" she exclaimed.

"My help? What can a blogger like me do?" Mackenzie asked.

"You have the pure heart, what is needed in a hero," Ladybug said, before holding out the Swan Miraculous. "Here is the Miraculous of the Swan, which grants the power of 'Pure Heart'. You will use it for the greater good. Once the mission is over, you will return the miraculous to me. Can I trust you?"

"Totally Ladybug!" Mackenzie turned off her phone, and took the box, opening it.

Inside was a headpiece with a jewel on top. Soon, a white glow came from the box.

Mackenzie shielded her eyes, to not get blinded.

Once the light faded, a tiny swan like creature was there.

"Wha? What is that thing?" Mackenzie asked in shock.

"I'm not a thing," the creature said, calmly, "I am a Kwami. Just call me Swanna."

"My kwami? I know! You're what gives superheroes their superpowers, right?" Mackenzie asked, shocked.

Swanna grinned. "You've got a lot of knowledge on this already."

Ladybug laughed. "She's an expert."

"Mind blown! By the way, how old are you? Do you have any idea of Cat Noir's true identity? There's no way—" Mackenzie began with a barrage of questions.

"Whoa, stay focused!" Ladybug said, eyes widening at the barrage of questions coming from the YouTuber's mouth.

Mackenzie blushed in embarrassment. "Oops, sorry, Ladybug." She puts on the headpiece.

"Your power is called Pure Heart, which can decrease the amount of negative emotions held by an akuma. To transform, all you have to say is 'Swanna, hear the music!'" Swanna told the YouTuber.

"Swanna, hear the music!" Mackenzie grinned as she said this. Then, the transformation began. She wore a pure white knee-length dress, with ankle-length short white gloves, and long white boots. She ran a hand through her hair, turning it pure white, and she also had silver eyes, over a white and silver mask. A white violin appeared on her back. She posed after her transformation.

"This is so insane!" the new Swan hero proclaimed, jumping up and down. "Oh, now I need a hero identity...I guess I'll go with Cygne Blanc," she said.

"Good, now let's go!" Ladybug declared.

Cat Noir was still battling some of the tomato army.

Ladybug arrived, along with Cygne Blanc. The two began fighting the tomato army.

Not long after Cygne Blanc and Ladybug had arrived at the scene, Drago also showed up. He also began fighting the army of tomatoes.

Mad Tomato kept summoning more tomato minions as each one was defeated.

"Do any of you have an idea where this akuma is located?" Cygne Blanc asked.

Drago looked over at Mad Tomato, trying to figure out the akuma. "Maybe the hat?" he suggested.

"You sure about that?" Cygne Blanc asked, raising an eyebrow from under her mask.

Drago thought for a moment before looking back over at Mad Tomato. "Now that you say it...no, I'm not sure," he admitted.

"I'm gonna take a guess, and say it's that weird wand he's holding," Cygne Blanc said.

"Then that's what we'll aim for!" Cat Noir decided.

Ladybug gave a determined nod. "Alright, let's do this!"

Mad Tomato laughed evilly. "You're all outnumbered! Hand over your Miraculouses!" he declared.

"No, just no," Drago replied, "how about you hand over the wand?"

"NEVER!" Mad Tomato shouted. He waved the wand, forming the tomato army into one. Giant. Tomato. Person.

"You just had to open your big mouth," Cygne Blanc said dryly.

"Don't put this on me!" Drago replied, "It's not like I knew this was going to be the outcome!"

"Whatever," Cygne Blanc replied dryly, rolling her eyes.

"Now isn't the time for arguing," Ladybug told the two of them. "We need to stay focused."

"Right, Ladybug," Cygne Blanc replied, completely ignoring Drago.

"I am focused," Drago excused, "well, I was before someone caught my eye." he winked over at Cygne Blanc.

The Swan heroine rolled her eyes. "Now isn't the time for flirting, Dragon Boy."

"Drago!" Ladybug scolded, "focus!"

"Right, sorry," Drago cleared his throat, getting one of his swords ready.

"Let's squish this tomato!" Cygne Blanc declared.

Ladybug nodded. "On three. One...two...three!" she charged into battle, alongside Cygne Blanc.

Cat Noir also charged into battle.

Drago charged into battle as well.

The Tomato giant was putting up a good, but tough fight.

Cygne Blanc took out her violin, playing a few notes. "PURE HEART!" a blast hits Mad Tomato.

"Hey, what the?!" Mad Tomato shouted. Dark purple wisps were coming out of him, going into the violin.

"Consider some of your negative emotions drained!" Cygne Blanc grinned.

"It doesn't matter! Keep attacking!" Mad Tomato screamed at his giant tomato minion.

The giant tomato minion goes to stomp on Drago.

"Wind Dragon!" Drago declared, turning into, well, wind.

The tomato minion hissed in pain, looking around widely.

"What?! Where did he go?!" Mad Tomato screamed.

"Oh right behind you," the dragon themed hero grinned, the wind having had formed the boy again when he was where he wanted to be. Except now, his location was known to the akuma.

Mad Tomato turned around, growling. "YOU!" he charged towards him.

Drago also charged towards the akuma. "Well, nice to see you're finally fighting and not relying on a giant red vegetable person," he remarked as he started fighting the akuma.

This got Mad Tomato even more mad. "EVERYONE SHALL PAY! I WAS DISQUALIFIED UNFAIRLY WITHOUT MY DISHES BEING TASTED! NOW, THEY WILL ALL FEAR THE TOMATO!" the akuma proclaimed.

"Oh yeah, I'm so scared," Drago replied, with a fake yawn. "Maybe try something a bit more terrifying next time."

Mad Tomato was pissed off. Very pissed off. So pissed off, you couldn't even begin to imagine how mad he was.

"Drago! Don't just bad-mouth him! Take down his akuma!" Cygne Blanc declared. Her miraculous was beeping. Crud.

Drago nodded quickly upon hearing the Miraculous beep. "Well sorry, Furiously Insane Vegetable Dude, but I've got to get this!" he reached out for the wand.

"NO!" Mad Tomato screamed.

Drago soon got ahold of the wand, and threw it over to Cat Noir. "Now!" he yelled out.

"CATACLYSM!" Cat Noir destroyed the wand. The akuma fluttered out, trying to escape.

Ladybug quickly caught and purified the akuma. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"

All damage done by Mad Tomato was reversed, even turning the giant tomato person back into a bunch of tomatoes. Mad Tomato was changed back into Matthew. "What on earth am I doing here?! And WHY AM I ON A ROOF?!"

Cygne Blanc landed in an alleyway afterwards, feeling the magic wash over her; transforming her back into Mackenzie. She puts the Miraculous back into the box, leaving it out for Ladybug to collect.

The spotted heroine collected it, before going to collect the Dragon Miraculous.

Drago was now in an alleyway to detransform. Once the magic washed over him and turned him back into Hunter, he put the Miraculous back in its box. He left it outside the alleyway, so Ladybug could collect it.

Ladybug collected it. "Thanks for the help, Drago. And try not to have a big mouth next time," she said.

"Well, I personally appreciate the opportunity," Hunter replied. He didn't reply to the second half of her statement.

"Bug out!" Ladybug replied, leaving, so she could return both of the Miraculouses.

Mackenzie had gone back to the competition hall, where her brother was given a second chance, after proving that he had been sabotaged. When they found the culprit to be Madison, they banned her from the competition hall.

"RIDICULOUS! UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!" Madison screamed, as she stormed out.

Hunter headed to the competition hall, to watch the competition. He hadn't noticed Mackenzie in the hall as he entered.

Mackenzie turned to face him. "Oh, hey!" she said. "My brother, got a second chance!"

"That's good," Hunter replied, looking over at the other competitors.

"I guess I should introduce myself. Mackenzie Bell, YouTuber," she said.

"I'm Hunter Bowman, pleased to meet you Mackenzie," Hunter responded.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you too," Mackenzie replied, grinning.

Hunter returned the grin and looked at the competitors. "So, which one's your brother?" he asked, as he looked over at the crowd of contestants.

"See the boy with the brown hair and blue eyes? He's wearing a white apron that says 'Matthew Bell' on it," Mackenzie pointed at her brother.

Hunter looked at Matthew. "Yeah, I see him," he answered.

The competition was tough, and eventually, Matthew was crowned the winner. Mackenzie cheered, and ran to hug her twin happily.

Hunter just watched with a smile.

"Come on bro! There's someone you've gotta meet!" Mackenzie tugged at her brother.

"Sis, I'm coming!" Matthew laughed, before being dragged by his sister.

"Hunter! This is my bro, Matthew! Matthew, meet Hunter!" Mackenzie happily introduced.

"Oh, I know you! You're the guy who kissed my sister while under the influence of an akuma!" Matthew exclaimed.

"Wait I don't remember that!" Hunter replied in sudden surprise.

"It already has 780 views!" Matthew pulled up the video, grinning.

Mackenzie's eyes were wide at this. "Did you seriously record this?"

"Yes, yes I did," Matthew replied simply.

Hunter just watched the video, eyes widened. He looked incredibly surprised at the video.

Mackenzie blushed, a bit annoyed. "I can't believe you would do that!"

"When couples kiss, I've got to put it on the blog!" Matthew grinned.

Hunter just kept looking at the video, surprised.

"Um...hello?" Matthew waved his hand in front of Hunter's face, snapping his fingers to get his attention.

Hunter snapped out of the trance he was in. "I'm paying attention!" he yelled out.

"You didn't have to yell," Matthew pouted. "We're not deaf."

"Oh," Hunter replied, rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry about that."

"It's fine," Matthew waved it off, "but you should totally consider dating my sis."

"MATTHEW!" Mackenzie's face was completely red in embarrassment.

"It's way too early for that!" Hunter replied, turning red as well.

Matthew laughed as he ran off.

Mackenzie sighed as she face-palmed. "I am so sorry about my brother," she said.

"It's fine," Hunter replied, "siblings are like that sometimes."

"You don't have any?" Mackenzie asked him curiously.

"I have a sister," Hunter answered.

"So cool!" Mackenzie exclaimed.

"Sometimes it is," Hunter replied. "We get along occasionally, other times we argue for hours on end."

"That's like me and Matt. Sometimes, we argue about what we want to put on our blog. We're trying to identify Ladybug and Cat Noir!"

"Really?" Hunter replied, surprised. "Any leads yet?"

"Not yet," Mackenzie sighed sadly, "but we're not giving up the chase!"

"Well persistence is good," Hunter replied. "Good luck."

"Thanks!" Mackenzie exclaimed.

Author's Notes:

LaViolaViolaRosa: Two in one day! We're so close to the end!

GirlPower54: One episode left! ...also WarriorAuthor, say a thing

WarriorAuthor1127: Can I just take some moments to appreciate the comedy of this chapter?

LaViolaViolaRosa: Yes, yes you can.

GirlPower54: Yeah this was pretty funny. 2 new allies as well. XD. But yeah, next up is the SEASON FINALE! We're so close!

LaViolaViolaRosa: STAY MIRACULOUS!

Next time on Miraculous Ladybug: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir: Canadian Version: Addison is still angry at being kicked off the cheerleading squad for the rest of her senior year. She explodes in anger, and Monarque akumatizes her into Goldenheart, a villian who can turn people into golden zombies. Ladybug and Cat Noir will need a lot of allies to help them out in defeating this akuma! Plus, a new villain is revealed!