By popular request, the sequel to Goddess of Strife... which is somehow still getting favorites and follows despite being complete. You people are awesome. Now, let's see where we left off, shall we? Vixen was created by Anonymous751.

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Adrien smirked at Nooroo floating in front of him. "It's a shame I couldn't get Duusu as well, but I suppose she's still undergoing repairs, isn't she? Oh well, I'm sure I can get what I want with just you."

He pinned the brooch onto his t-shirt, hiding it under his button-up. "After all, with the power to give people any superpower I can imagine... I can finally make the world the way it's supposed to be. Mother will be back, Father will appreciate me, Marinette will love me... everything will finally be correct. Nooroo, Dark Wings Rise!"

In a brilliant flash of light, the new Butterfly villain stepped forwards, grinning maliciously. "Now... might as well get some practice in. And I think I know the perfect target..."

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Completely unaware of this, Marinette was walking to the Couffaine houseboat to visit Luka and Juleka. The other heroes would be meeting there shortly to discuss their next course of action. Since Adrien had stolen the Butterfly Miraculous, she had no doubt whatsoever that he would start akumatizing people right away. The only question was who, and when.

She waved brightly to Anarka, receiving a merry, "Hello, Marinette!" in return, and entered Luka's room. "Luka, Juleka, hey! Is it clear?"

Luka nodded, and Tikki immediately shout out of her purse. "Plagg! Pollen!"

The other two kwamis spiralled out of Luka's sock drawer, followed by a small blue octopus. Marinette grinned. "Skolopendra! How's Anarka treating you?"

Skolopendra warbled happily, adjusting the tiny necklace that Master Fu had transferred his Amok into. Anarka had happily taken the sentimonster in after the... Eris Fiasco, for lack of a better term, had been properly explained to her.

There was a knock on the door. Juleka opened it, allowing Rose and Marc entrance. Rose immediately squealed and tackled Juleka in a hug. The bearer of the Bee Miraculous laughed. "R-Rose! C'mon!"

"No! We haven't seen each other in an hour! I'm just properly greeting you, that's all!"

Wayzz flew out of Rose's purse, smiling. "It's no use, Ms. Juleka. Rose never stops ranting about how much she likes you."

Rose winced. "Oh, Wayzz, I'm so sorry! I didn't realize I was bothering you!"

Wayzz waved his little paw. "Not to worry, Ms. Rose, you're much better than the wielder I had in Greece. Ugh, how Athena used to rant about the other Olympians, I swear-"

Marc cut him off. "Wait, the Olympians like the mythological gods?"

Wayzz laughed. "They weren't gods. They were the first true superhero team! The myths of the Titans actually came from that- the Olympians used the powers of our Miraculi to fight against an evil warlock who had stolen Duusu and used her powers to create an army of sentimonsters. Athena was the bearer of the Turtle."

Luka leaned into the conversation. "Who else had Miraculi back then?"

Plagg grinned. "I can answer that. Luka, one of your predecessors was Hercules!"

"So good to know I've got the same Miraculous as the guy who went mad and killed off his family."

Marinette shook her head fondly, then picked up her phone, noticing the news headline. "New akumatized villain attacks, Ryuko on scene. Huh, looks like she's doing a good job. Regardless... we should probably help, shouldn't we?"

Juleka grinned. "Pollen, Buzz On!"

Honeybee was standing there in an instant. She looked mostly like Juleka in Queen Bee's suit, more stripes crossing her chest, the purple tips of her hair now a bright yellow.

Luka smirked. "Guess that decision's been made. Plagg, Claws Out!"

Alley Cat's outfit was not like Adrien's had been- a black sleeveless top with green patterns, a much fluffier tail... that was actually a tail that Luka could feel, weirdly, and his hair dye had turned neon green. Other than that, he pretty much looked like Cat Noir.

Rose's transformation gave her a suit similar to Carapace's, with the addition of brown knee and arm guards, no hood, and an actual mask instead of goggles.

Marc kept his hoodie, except it was now in orange and white, and fox ears were sown into the hood. A really fluffy fox tail twitched in time with Marc's breathing.

Ladybug looked literally the same as usual, except she now had pockets. She smirked. "Let's go wreck Adrien's lackey."

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Ryuko was obviously doing a good job, because civilians had become nonexistent in the battle zone. As for Ryuko herself, she was looking more tired. The wind and lightning sections on her costume were dull, signifying she'd used them. She looked up at Ladybug, then grimaced. "You... might not like this."

The akuma stepped up, and to Ladybug's surprise (and irritation), Rena Rouge was the one glaring at her. "LADYBUG! HEAR ME! I AM VIXEN, THE TRUE FOX! AND I'M GOING TO RECLAIM MY MIRACULOUS FROM THAT FAKE!"

Ladybug facepalmed. "I don't have time for this. Fennec?"

He wordlessly brought his flute to his lips, but Vixen was already moving. "ILLUSION!"

In a burst of orange light, suddenly her entire team looked exactly like Vixen, and she was willing to bet she did as well. "Huh. That's gonna be inconvenient."

The Vixen that was probably Ryuko smirked. "Not necessarily. Get the Aqua power-ups."

Then her body dissolved into liquid. "Water Dragon!"

Ryuko splashed over the heroes, washing the illusions out of existence, then hurling herself straight at Vixen, trapping the akuma in a massive water bubble.

Alley Cat raised a hand. "How long is that gonna last?"

Ladybug had already grabbed the tiny box of macaroons she took everywhere she could. "Well, provided Ryuko doesn't drop her water transformation and start her timer... we've got time. C'mon, power up."

It took two minutes for this to be achieved, and Vixen had burst the surface of the bubble of Ryuko she was swimming in, gasping for breath. "That... is... really... unpleasant! Ew, I'm swimming in a person!"

Ladybug smirked as she dove into the bubble. "You've got bigger issues! Aqua Lucky Charm!"

In a burst of light, she was holding... "What the heck is this?"

Tortuga took a look, then her face brightened. "Oh, I know what it is! It's one of those sheets that optometrists use to test your eyesight!"

"Eyesight... I know where the akuma is! Alley Cat, destroy her mask!"

"Good thing this doesn't affect water! Aqua Cataclysm!"

Honeybee rolled her eyes. "Is the 'Aqua' really necessary?"

"You try it, then."

"Venom!" Nothing happened. "Okay, guess it is. You want her to hold still?"

"That would be nice."

"Excellent. Fennec, Tortuga, containment procedures!"

Tortuga practically rocketed out of the Ryuko bubble and brandished her shield. "Aqua Shellter!"

Green light flared into existence, wrapping around the gigantic water sphere and preventing anyone from getting in or out. Which wasn't a problem for the heroes who could currently breathe underwater, but for Vixen...

The supervillain twirled her flute like a conductor's baton, clearly trying to summon another illusion, but Fennec beat her to it. "Aqua Mirage!"

The oldest trick in the illusionary book came to life, thousands of duplicates of the heroes floating in the water. Vixen snarled and lashed out, destroying a Honeybee with her flute, completely oblivious to the real deal swimming up behind her. "Aqua Venom!"

Vixen spun, but it was too late. The stinger pierced her shoulder, and she froze, completely immobile. Fennec grinned. "That was easy. We're all good here, Tortuga! Reality!"

The illusions vanished, the Shellter was quickly dispelled, and Ryuko resolidified with the beeping sound that was the beginning of her timer. "Alley Cat, if you would?"

The Cat hero smirked and tapped a finger against Vixen's mask, turning it to dust and exposing Alya's face, before the akuma flapped out of the dust heap, making a bid for freedom-

"No more evildoing for you, little akuma."

Ladybug released the purified butterfly, then grabbed the... whatever Tortuga had said the Lucky Charm was. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

Her little minions scattered throughout the city, restoring everything to pristine condition and wiping Alya's memories of being Vixen. Then she frowned. "As long as Alya knows she was ever a Fox wielder, this could happen again... what d'you guys think?"

There was a few seconds of muttered discussion, before the heroes came up with, "Let her keep her memories for now, and if she's akumatized again, erase any evidence that Rena Rouge ever existed."

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Luka frowned once they were all back at the houseboat. "Wait, how would we erase any evidence of Rena Rouge?"

Plagg grinned. "Oh, you're gonna love this, kid. The Cat Miraculous has another power- I never told Cat Noir because, let's face it, he'd totally abuse it to make Ladybug love him, but you'll probably use it wisely."

Rose grinned. "Ooh! Tell us!"

"It's called Disastrous Catastrophe. Just like how Miraculous Ladybug recreates everything that was destroyed during akuma attacks, Disastrous Catastrophe can destroy anything you specify- for instance, 'evidence that Rena Rouge exists' would erase everything that falls under that category- memories, electronic proof, old newspaper articles would all be replaced by something else or just destroyed outright."

Luka stared. "That seems... kinda overpowered."

"Oh yeah, you'll need to feed me all the camembert in Paris, but it's a balance. We aren't as powerful as Ladybug, but our abilities are a lot simpler in exchange. Ladybugs can't control what they create or what they fix, but a Cat can control what they destroy."

Marinette nodded, her expression pensive. "Alright... it sounds pretty exhausting, so we'll only use Disastrous Catastrophe if we don't have another option. For now... we just hope that Alya won't get akumatized. But that does bring up another issue."

Five eyebrows were raised, so she continued. "The LadyBlog might have been an effective warning system before, but now it's just a glorified tabloid. We need some way for the public to alert us to akuma attacks so we can resolve them quickly."

Juleka raised her hand. "What about a new website? We could add links that would let people send warnings directly to our weapons."

"Not bad, but people could just use it to spam mail us, right?"

Kagami nodded. "We could just make a site where people can post stuff. Warnings, questions... it would be good to expand our public presence a little, right?"

"Sounds good. Let's do it. Marc, can you handle that?"

Marc shrugged. "I can probably get it done quick if Trixx helps."

Trixx poked his head out of Marc's pocket. "I'll help!"

The group nodded, then began leaving the houseboat, never once realizing something was... amiss.

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A teenage boy stood silently beside the Seine, the wind whipping his long brown hair into a frenzy, before another teen, this one female, stepped out from behind him. "It's just like you said. Ladybug's got new allies."

The boy nodded. "It's good to see she's found someone to rely on. Do they know how they're going to deal with Ms. Cesaire?"

"Yeah. Alley Cat's got some kinda power that'll erase any evidence of Rena Rouge ever existing, even if it's a memory. We'd better get some protections set up."

"You are aware we don't have anything nearly sufficient to protect us from the powers of a Miraculous, correct?"

"I'll just badger Aunt Marianne. She'll probably have something."

"...very well. Have you figured out where Ladybug lives?"

"Ugh, I feel like a stalker just answering that. Yeah, I did. She lives above that really good bakery run by the really big man."

"Oh, good. We can send you, and you won't even be there under false pretences. Good work. You'd better get some rest."

"'Kay. What're you gonna do?"

"Well, we know where she goes to school, right? I think it's time for me to make a transfer."

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Gasp! Random teenagers are stalking the Miraculous team! And they know that Alya was Rena Rouge! What does this mean?!... they're allies of the heroes. You know they are because I can't be subtle to save my life. Until next time, stay tuned!