A/N: Hey, so it's been a long while since I've written and posted something here. But I thought I'd give it another try. So please don't mind any mistakes as I'm a bit rusty. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated if you have any, just send it to me in a PM. Anyways hope you enjoy! P.S. This takes place about 2 years after the season 1, ending putting all the characters at about 17 from my interpretation

"Bye bye petite papillion!" Ladybug smiled as she released the now purified akuma. To fly off into the night. Hawkmoth's latest victim was once again, Volpina. Lila sat cross legged in front of the Eiffel tower, her face contorted in anger at failing to obtain the Miraculous once again.

"Nice job m'lady!" Chat praised as he landed by his partner. "Didn't even need to use our powers this time." He beamed. Ladybug gave him a warm smile before kneeling down in front of Lila.

"Lila, how many times do I have to say I'm sorry for you to believe me?" Ladybug asked, regret laced her words. If she hadn't acted out of jealousy towards her over Adrien this would never have happened. The very first time they defeated Volpina, Lila refused to accept her apology for her harsh outing of her lies. But this was the seventh time in two years they've fought the akumatized fox. Surely she had to let go of the hate at some point.

"I told you Ladybug..." Lila began, looking directly into Ladybugs eyes with nothing but contempt. "We will never be friends!" The Italian girl spat. With that she stormed off into the night. Still hating Ladybug as much as the day she met her, probably even more due to her constant defeats. Ladybug sighed as she watched her go off, knowing full well that this wouldn't be the last time she would need to stop Volpina.

"Hey." Chat began as he put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "You can't win over everyone bugaboo." He often tried his best to comfort her whenever they fought Volpina. For two years. Two years she tried her best to make Lila see that she was genuinely sorry over that day in the park so long ago. "If it helps, I still think your paws-itively purrfect m'lady." He added with a flirtatious grin.

"Thanks Chat. But you just had to ruin it." Ladybug chuckled to herself as she removed his hand from her shoulder as she thought of the pun. After fighting side by side and growing up a little, she started to almost appreciate his puns. "Anyways, I think I'm going to head home now, I'll see you later mon chaton."

"Aww, your leaving already m'lady?" The leather clad, cat boy complained. "The night is still young, why don't we do something together?" He asked as he ran in front of her, swiftly dropping to one knee and taking her hand. Ladybug rolled her eyes and pulled her hand from Chat's grasp.

"Chat, I just want to-"

"No please, why don't you stay. I want to see the true powers of the famous Ladybug and Chat Noir." a powerful voice bellowed from above. The duo immediately turned and got into a defensive stance to the source of the voice. They scanned the tower and saw a singular man in a black coat that stood over them, his face shrouded by a hood.

"Who are you!?" Ladybug questioned as she began spinning her yo-yo. Chat already had his baton extended to use as a staff beside her should a fight break out.

"Just an observer." The hooded figure waved his hand. And from the ground surrounding Ladybug and Chat Noir, small puddles of darkness appeared. Emerging from them were tiny black humanoids with large yellow eyes, sharp claws, and what looked to be antennae. "Now, lets see what you kiddos can do!" The man yelled excitedly as he raised his arms.

Immediately the black monsters attempted to pounce at the heroes. Chat reacted first, sweeping away the creatures that had gone airborne, while Ladybug shot her Yo-yo at them, causing them to dissipate into darkness. It was routine by now. Chat knocks them away and Ladybug finishes them off. After years of fighting side by side they could practically read each others thoughts and movements in the middle of a fight, their movements almost as if it was an elegant dance. But something wasn't right. The monsters kept coming without letting up. "Aagh!" Chat cried as one of the creatures slashed him in the side.

"Chat, retreat!" Ladybug ordered. They both extended their weapons ranges to knock away as many of the black creatures as they could, allowing them an opening to get onto a cafe roof top. "Chat! are you ok?" Ladybug gasped as she inspected the cut. It wasn't deep, but it was still bleeding.

"Uh...Ladybug..." She wasn't paying any attention. She was too busy inspecting her partners wounds. "Ladybug, I think you should see this..." Chat stated anxiously. Ladybug stopped and looked back onto the streets. Her jaw dropped in shock. No wonder they weren't letting up, they just kept coming.

"But...how?" Was all she could manage. Their attentions quickly turned around to the sound of a person clapping.

"Well done, I honestly thought that this mission would be boring, but you two lasted a lot longer than I thought you would." The stranger complimented as he snapped his fingers causing the monsters to disappear. "Now lets see those true powers of yours." The man raised his arms and two odd looking guns appeared in his hands.

"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug yelled as she tossed her yo-yo into the air. In a bright flash of light a large shield dropped into her hands. "What!?" She heard the man chuckle as he aimed the guns at them. It only took a moment before Ladybug began to move the shield in front of her while Chat jumped to get behind her. In the moment however, a sharp sting etched itself onto Ladybugs face. Their assailant had fired a single round, a round the grazed her cheek, causing a small trickle of blood to flow. A single round, became a volley of rounds, being shot faster than than a regular gun would normally fire.

"This is bad!" Ladybug yelled over the sound of the projectiles from hitting her shield. "We have to get out of here!"

"I'm on it!" Chat yelled in response. He began to raise his right arm. "CATACLSYM!" He shouted before plunging in down on the cafe roof they were standing on. Black flames erupted in a circle surrounding the outmatched heroes, before giving away and allowing them to fall through. The teens couldn't help but scream as they fell through the roof before a table broke Chat's fall, and Chat broke Ladybug's fall. "Ow..." Chat moaned.

"I'm sorry Chat, you ok?" Ladybug asked, concerned over her partners well being.

"I'm ok." He coughed, a few specks of blood ejected themselves onto the debris. "Sorry I didn't land on my paws to catch you properly my lady." He chuckled to himself.

Ladybug quickly scrambled off of him and looked him over. "Now's not the time for your bad puns!" Ladybug scolded as she got off of him. She brushed herself off before helping Chat get back on his feet. He didn't look in good shape, with his side slashed and the wind being knocked out of him due to the fall.

"Hmm interesting." The man in the coat yelled as he peered down the hole they made. He took a step and dropped down a few feet in front of them. Both despite being injured Chat clutched his baton and stood in the way of his lady, ready to protect her from anything the enemy through at them. The man in black raised one of his weapons at the pair of them. Ladybug was ready to throw up the shield in a seconds notice, though the doubt in her mind over whether she'd be fast enough to get it up in time to protect her and Chat from another hail of bullets at this close of a range. But nothing came, the man just stood their, his weapon aimed directly at them.

The tension and hostility in the cafe was thick. Neither Ladybug or Chat Noir could tell how long they'd had been in this silent stand off. At least until their Miraculous beeped the five minute warning at them. "Well!?" Chat yelled at the enemy, challenging him to do something other than stand their, holding them at his mercy. The mans guns then dissipated.

"You two be good kids now." He taunted. As soon as he finished a black corridor opened up around him and appeared to swallow him whole as it disappeared into nothing.

Without wasting anytime Lady bug tossed up the shield. "Miraculous Ladybug!" She yelled. The lucky charm dissolved and red ribbons of light swirled around the cafe and up to the roof repairing it as if nothing had happened. As soon as the cafe was repaired she turned her attention to her partner. But looked horrified when his wounds weren't completely healed. They were still open, and bleeding.

"Relax m'lady. Cats have nine lives. Besides it was at least healed enough by Miraculous Ladybug to be something a little bit of bandaging can fix." He reassured her. When she took another look, he was correct. Wrapping the slashes in bandages and taking it easy to heal naturally would solve the problem.

"Well that's good then...but still..." She began as he Miraculous beeped a second time. "Who was that man..." She continued.

"Who knows." Chat replied, "But I'm gonna head home and clean myself up, we'll discuss it later m'lady." Ladybug looked again at his wound and nodded in agreement. They were both about to switch back to their real selves at any moment, and they could talk about this while on patrol.

"Alright, be safe Mon Chaton. Get home and rest." With that, Chat Noir took his leave with a dramatic bow before exiting the cafe and leaping to the roof tops.

Marinette flopped on to her bed right as she reverted from Ladybug to her usual self. It wasn't until she relaxed that she realized how tired she really was after that battle. Her little red kwami Tikki floated up above her looking worried at her chosen Ladybug. "Are you alright Marinette?" She asked, her sweet and tiny voice full of concern. The young girl sat up on her bed to meet her Kwami at eye level.

"I'm ok Tikki...I'm just worried for Chat right now." She admitted. As annoying as he could get sometimes, he always had her back and could trust him. "Who was that man? Was he an Akuma of Hawkmoth?" Marinette asked the little red sprite.

"No, this man's power is different than Hawkmoth's..." Tikki answered. Marinette nodded and leaned back into her pillows. "Then how do we beat someone like him if he shows up again...and those dark creatures he commanded...as hard as we fought we didn't take down that many of them." She was thinking out loud now. If this wasn't an akuma victim, who was it?

"Marinette, I think we should be extra careful from now on and avoid confrontation with the man in the coat" Tikki began. "Because over the many Ladybug's I've been partnered with...I've never seen a Ladybug fight an enemy that powerful." Great, exactly what Marinette wanted to hear. Even Tikki was shaken from this encounter.

"I'm going to go to sleep now Tikki, I'm exhausted and need to clear my head for school tomorrow." Marinette positioned herself on her side while Tikki flew to Marinette\s open purse on her desk.

"Good night Marinette." Tikki said sweetly as she settled down for the night.

"Good night."

Xigbar stood on top of the Eiffel tower, looking around at the city of love. His thoughts with the black cat and red spotted heroes he fought only an hour ago. His attention turned as a Corridor Of Darkness opened up behind him, with two more men in black coats stepping out. One was younger with long white hair and orange eyes and tanned skin, while the other looked exactly the same except with a little bit more muscle and aged a few years ahead.

"Well looks like you were right Xemnas." Xigbar began as he talked to the older man. "One creates with light, and the other destroys with Darkness." He reported.

"Excellent, just as Saix had informed us." The man named Xemnas spoke with a deep and serene tone, giving off the impression of complete control. "And what of the man who can control those with the darkness in their hearts?" He asked.

"Didn't get a look at him quite yet, give it a few days and I'm sure we can see what his powers can do." Xigbar responded crossing his arms. He turned his attention back to the city. "Those people I fought will be fun to mess with in the mean time, albeit they are a little weak."

"Don't get cocky." The younger one spoke up. "In case you've forgotten in another time you were beaten by a supposedly weak child." Xigbar scoffed at the younger one and didn't respond. "These kids wield a great power, a power I'd like to study and utilize against our enemies. The power to create with light, destroy with darkness, and control those who's hearts betray them. I feel its a worthy mission."

"As you say Xehanort." Xigbar responded.

"Well I'll leave you two to this task, I will return and plan out our next move to find the final vessel we need." Xemnas stated. He opened up a corridor of darkness and stepped inside. Disappearing along with the corridor. Xigbar couldn't help but smile to himself.

"So you think the kid will show up here?" He asked the boy. Xehanort stepped up and took a good look at the city. Over the years he's seen many worlds fall to darkness. This one, he thought, would be no different in the end.

"If history tells us anything, I'm sure he'll be here in the next day or so. Let the heartless play with their super heroes for now and we'll plan our next move." Xehanort answered as he turned around and opened a Corridor.

"Can't wait then." Xigbar smiled to himself before following his companion into the darknesss.