The Other Box

Chapter 10

A Spirited Adventure

This took longer than expected. Sorry about that folks! This one is going to be a fun filler chapter to explain his ghost powers a bit more.

Please enjoy!

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"INARI!" The two remaining heroes shouted as the fox themed hero fell on his back. A tone was heard as he was then de-transformed. Thankfully, Kurama appeared and put Naruto under an illusion that made him look like his cloaked self.

"Not to worry too much. He just has chakra exhaustion, but he will be out for a day or so...maybe." Kurama stated. "Still, I suggest getting him to a safe place."

"Why not Marinette's place. I think she is pretty trustworthy, plus she was a big help that one time with Evillustrator." Cat Noir suggested with a shrug. "I can take her."

"No! Uh…are you sure that is a good idea?" Ladybug asked nervously as her own transformation was about to wear off.

"Yes. I trust her, plus she is really nice." Cat Noir stated with a smile, remembering that he talked to her a few times on her rooftop at night when he did his patrols.

"Fine then, I'll take him there." Ladybug started with a nervous smile as her earring beeped again.

"Are you sure? You're about to de-transform like him. What if he wakes up?" Cat Noir asked.

Ladybug sighed. "He knows who we both are, he said so himself during the Princess Fragrance incident and I have come to terms with it." She then grabbed hold of the cloaked blond and made her way to her home. She'd have to make sure to call Chloe to come pick him up. "You're not about to de-transform, so make sure everyone is ok."

As Cat Noir watched them go, he grumbled to himself as she turned and started walking towards the crowd that was now free from Shukaku's sand. "So she trusts him more than me to know who she is. I know Inari is not interested in her because of Chloe, but that still stings."

"Eh, I wouldn't worry about too much." Plagg's tired voice stated as he rested on Adrien's shoulder.

"PLAGG?" Adrien shouted before looking at himself to see that he was not Cat Noir anymore. Thankfully this part of the area was deserted. "I don't get it. I didn't use my power."

"Thank Inari, he must have unconsciously tapped into one of Kurama's higher-level powers for that last attack," Plagg stated.

"What power could that be?"

"Kurama had a hard time explaining it to me other than he was able to manipulate the emotions of others to mess with their powers. Inari….must of done something along those lines but he totally drained our energy too. Ugh, get me cheese after helping these people….I need food!"

"Uh right." Adrien stated before Plagg slowly floated into his shirt pocket. When he got to the crowd, he saw that they were starting to disburse, a little shaken from the experience. Thankfully, there were others to make sure those people were ok. So Adrien made his way through the crowd to look for Chloe to at least make sure she was ok.

He found her calling out for Naruto. Now…the hard part was telling her that he was safe. "Hey Chloe, Marinette found him, but he looked pretty exhausted, so she took him home." Hopefully that was enough to tide her over. Of course, it was Ladybug that took her to Marinette's but she didn't need to know that. But man, wouldn't it be super convenient and cool if Marinette was Ladybug? Oh well.

Chloe zeroed in on him before narrowing her eyes at him. She stared at him for a moment and it kind of freaked him out. Was she going to glomp him again like she used to? Then her eyes widened with a small nod. "You're sure?" A nod was her answer before a smile graced her lips. "Good, then he is at least in good hands. Walk with me."

Adrien just shrugged and walked with her to Marinette's place. They were both quiet for a long time until they were a block away from the bakery. "I am a little disappointed, but not surprised with how I used to be." Chloe suddenly said.

Adrien turned his head to her, completely confused by her words. "Ok….you lost me. Did you get sand in your head?"

"No you dork!" Chloe shouted at him in embarrassment before calming down. "I guess it was always obvious, but something was blocking me from figuring it out. After all, you were nowhere near the crowd nor at the battle site. But, your secret is safe with me, little kitty."

Ok, now that made Adrien nearly trip over his own feet as he stared with his fellow blond in shock. "Are you saying what I think your saying?"

"That I know about your feline side? Yeah. Plus, you were always the quippy type as a kid until…well, we grew up a little bit. Glad to see that your fun side still has life…as a cat." Chloe snorted.

"Heh, well…please don't tell anyone else or it will be a catastrophe." Adrien quipped, making Chloe snort again. "But how do you really figure it out?"

"The magic of the miraculous does block people from figuring these things out, but most are already blind, so it works too well sometimes. But, if you have a Miraculous, it becomes easier to figure out." Chloe said, showing off her new bee-themed hair clip under her sunglasses.

"Wait what!?" Adrien nearly shouted as he pulled her to the side near an alley. "Where did you get that?"

"I found it after my mom got turned into Style Queen. I showed Naruto and he said he wants to make a team, but I need to train a bit more first, which makes sense. He is even teaching me how to fight! Btw, can you get me the number to a private tutor in fencing? I figure we could use the lessons."

"What? Am I not a good enough teacher?" Adrien shot back with a smirk.

"So you're will to do it?! Great!" Chloe cheered, making Adrien sweatdrop a bit.

"Of course, especially if he wants our team to be bigger. I don't know if Ladybug will be happy about this, but I am all for it!" Adrien said thoughtfully. But that begged the question of why he could not figure out who Ladybug was. Was it because she didn't want him to know or was it that the Miraculous was blocking him from figuring it out too or was he just blind to something? Ugh, this stuff was so confusing! "I guess this explains the new person I saw with Inari that night….singing all over town. How do you like your costume?"

"Oh, that night was magical!" Chloe gushed. "It was amazing and I found that I look very hot in it. I mean, I was able to get Naruto speechless for a moment. Heh, just one step closer to get him to figure out that he has feelings for me too."

"Oh, so you figured that out too." Adrien said as they resumed their walk to the bakery. "Was it before or after the kiss in front of everyone?" He just had to tease his sister figure.

Chloe blushed as she looked the other way. "A little bit before to be honest, but he is seriously testing my willpower to just outright tell him I love him. I guess the song put a crack in that and I just…kissed him. I don't regret it though, it was…wonderful!"

"Heh, I am not that good with relationships." Adrien said, his eye twitching when he heard her say no kidding under her breath, "But I am willing to help you. I'll help him figure it out."

"Thank you. To be honest, I want to confess to him on his birthday." Chloe admitted.

"You know that is coming up pretty quick, right?" Adrien asked, getting a nod from the girl, making him sigh. "Alright. I guess we how our work just cut out for us to make a blind blond figure this love stuff out."

"Seriously though, you are one to talk." Chloe replied with a smirk.

"Oh come on, you want my help or not?" Adrien asked, annoyed already with her. At her nod, he smiled. "Well, are you going to tell me what you mean at least for me? You got me a little curious now, even though my heart is set on Ladybug."

Chloe just smirked impishly at him. "Nope!"

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Chloe knocked on Marinette's apartment door once Tom allowed her upstairs. It seemed that he looked pretty worried. Sabine opened the door and widened her eyes before she yanked Chloe inside and shut the door. "I am glad you here. Marinette is taking care of Naruto in her room. I won't lie, whatever that sand monster did, it really did a number on him."

"Thank you Mrs. Cheng, I am sure Naruto will be ok." Chloe said nervously. Honestly, she didn't know how much she could say in front of her. "I already called my limo, we will get him home soon so he can rest."

Sabine nodded slowly, still looking worried. "I better head down and keep an eye out for it then."

Once Sabine was gone, Chloe rushed upstairs and burst into Marinette's room with an almost panicked look. Honestly, she was just putting on a brave front. She was terrified that she might lose the guy she loved.

"Chloe?! Geez, you nearly scared the crap out of me." Marinette shouted with a hand on her chest to steady her heartbeat.

"Sorry, not sorry. I heard that he was in bad condition and had to see him." Chloe stated seriously. She frowned at Naruto looking very pale with a wet rag on his forehead as he laid on her chair. Her eyes then went to Marinette and they widened for a moment. Then she nearly laughed when she remembered a certain piece of information, but given the situation, that wouldn't seem appropriate. Instead, she gave Marinette a hug. "Thank you so much for taking care of him." Then very quietly, "Ladybug."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Marinette panicked, trying to play stupid.

Chloe just gave her a flat look.

It was enough to make Marinette sweat until she gave in. "How did you figure it out?" She asked sadly, certain that she'd have to give her Miraculous back to Master Fu now.

"Simple, you really don't look that different in either form." Chloe said with a chuckle. "It is just the magic of the Miraculous makes us more blind than most already are. Thankfully," She lifted her sunglass, making Marinette gasp when seeing the Bee Miraculous. "Naruto let me see into your world. He thinks the team should be bigger, but I need a bit of training first before I reveal myself."

"I knew he found it and gave it to someone. I should have figured it was you." Marinette said with a sighed. "But yeah, I can understand where he is coming from. Subjugation is not a battle heavy power. You have to be quick to get your strike in and the Miraculous can only do so much for you."

"So…you're not mad it is me?" Chloe asked, a bit worried given their past.

"Honestly, if you had gotten it before you met Naruto, I would have been furious. But since you've changed, I am really glad it is you. You're perfect for it!" Marinette said truthfully.

"I am glad." Chloe said before slowly making her way towards Naruto and taking his hand in hers.

Marinette saw the look on the blond girl's face. "Hey, are you going to be alright?"

"I don't know." Chloe said as tears welled up in her eyes. "Seeing him like this, it terrifies me. He just seemed so…indestructible to me. And this was just a Corrupted One Tail! I…I need to get more into my training so I can fight by his side. I don't want him to die against the other Corrupted or at all!"

"You really love him, don't you?" Marinette asked as she walked up to the girl to give her a hug of her own. That was when the flood gates opened up.

"YES!" Chloe shouted, "Why does it hurt though? I love him so much that it hurts to see him like this!"

"Love hurts, but it is also wonderful. Don't worry, he will wake up." Marinette said softly. "Then when the time is right, he will figure out he loves you as well."

Kurama watched this with sadness in his own eyes as he sat next to Pollen and Tikki, the latter looking completely worn out. "Damn kid, tapping into something he had no idea how to use nor was he conscious that he was even using it. Now his body is completely worn out and not even here."

"Are you…are you going to tell them about his other power activating?" Tikki asked tiredly.

"And put them into further panic? No way. We can only hope he figures out a way to get back." Kurama stated before he fell on his back as well. Honestly, using that power was draining for him as well when not used properly!

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Sabine slammed her fist down on the counter, scaring the crap out Tom. "I am so tired of acting like we don't know anything."

Seeing that no one was in the shop, Tom just sighed as he hugged his wife from the back. "I know, but you said we should do this and honestly, I agree. It gives her a sort of normal life."

"I know what I said…but after seeing Naruto like that, I can only think of what will happen to our daughter. The Miraculous can only do so much for her." Sabine cried.

"Marinette is a smart girl, give her time to tell us about it."

"You know how she is. Once she has her mind on something, she will be responsible and see it through." Sabine did manage to chuckle. "Even if it causes hiccups like making her sleep in longer than needed. She won't tell us."

"Then let's help her all we can and then tell her when the time is right. After all, she does have a great team." Tom stated, causing Sabine to just nod in acceptance.

"Yeah, seeing as how they took out a sand monster with a huge water dragon, they are a powerful team."

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What's…going on? Was the single thought Naruto had as he looked out the eyes of someone else. What he found was a dark room with a large circular window that had a butterfly design. Then butterflies themselves began flying all around him.

"Yeah? Well, it's too late!" he swore he heard Alya shout to someone, but she was nowhere in sight. "We'll all go to the park when you can behave some other day! Now go to sleep!"

"No fair! No fair! It was the Sapotis!" a pair of voices cried in anguish.

"I don't want another peep out of you! Wash your hands! Clean your room! Kids should be able to do whatever they want to do it!" A new voice said from his own mouth as he clutched his hand. Naruto was starting to freak out because he had a feeling he knew who this person was. Hawk Moth. But how? Why was he even in the same room as the man? Was he somehow captured?

Naruto watched as he charged a butterfly full of dark energy and let it go. "Fly away my little evil one and Evilize them!"

"What are you doing here young owner of Kurama!" A small voice shouted out as Hawk Moth did his evil magic.

Huh? Where am I Naruto thought aloud as he felt himself falling asleep again, only to jolt awake as he entered a purple area, the walls like shiny crystal. In the middle of the room was a small purple Kwami. Who are you?

"I am Nooroo, the Kwami of Emotion."

Nooroo? Like the one from the captured Butterfly Miraculous? Why am I here?

"hmm, you must have accessed a higher level of power from Kurama and it messed with your other powers" there was a pause. "You must leave and find your body or else you'll be a ghost forever!"

I don't even know how I got here!

"Then allow me to give you a push!" Nooroo stated as he forcibly kicked Naruto out of the Miraculous.

"WAIT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON! HOW DO I GET BACK?!" Naruto all but shouted he left Hawk Moth body entirely, making the man look around in shock that someone might be here with him.

"Who's there?!" Hawk Moth shouted, only for the silent flapping of his butterflies being the only other sound in the room.

"Hawk Moth!" A voice of Nathalie said in an earpiece he had on. "I am tracking a strange phenomenon. A massive amount of slugs are slithering their way along the Seine River. I am going to check and see if this is related to a Corrupted or not."

"Very well, just be careful. If it ends up being like the sand one, call me back and I will handle it." Hawk Moth stated as he kept looking around the room for the mystery voice.

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"Ugh! What are these things?!" Ivan shouted as little red gremlin creatures trashed his house.

This was the scene Naruto came upon. This time, he saw his own body in its ghostly form until it zipped into Ivan. "Wait…what?" Naruto's voice said with Ivan's mouth. "ok…so I am body-hopping somehow. Did I do something in the last battle to mess me up that badly then I am freaking body-hopping?!"

Using Ivan's body, he went outside, only to see more of those strange red creatures, terrorizing the town. He saw one eat something and then double. "Huh…just like the Gremlins' movie. Good thing I am not food-themed or a glutton for punishment. Now…where would my body be in this mess?"

A girlish scream brought his attention elsewhere and he saw Mylene getting chased by these creatures. Figuring he should help Ivan's girlfriend, he used the body to swat one away from her, only to tear off the hat and it come apart, making the little demon disappear.

Now that made him smirk as he then took out the others chasing her with ease. This really made Ivan look cool in Mylene's eyes. He was about to say something to her but was blasted out of Ivan's body. Ivan looked around with a perplexed look. "Ugh…how did I get out here?"

"Ivan! That was amazing! You even had an outline of Stoneheart around you for a moment!"

"What?"

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"Dude! What are these things?!" Nino shouted as he played music loud enough to get these creatures to ignore him. He was DJing for a party when these…red demons showed up.

However, after a moment, Naruto was in control of his body. Noticing where he was and all the little demons, Naruto threw a few CDs, taking out a few of them, but it caught their attention. "Argh, I don't want Nino to get hurt when I shift again. Seriously though, why does this keep happening tonight?"

"MUSIC!" The little demon screamed and charged over him.

"Alright," Naruto growled as he tried to bring up a power, any power to help him out, and all of a sudden, Nino's body had a ghostly blue outline of the Bubbler. "COME AT ME!" He shouted while throwing out his hands, only for large bubbles to materialize to capture the remaining demons.

Before Naruto could react, he was blasted out of Nino's body. Nino looked around to see the place empty. "Where did everyone go?"

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"What was that?" Hawk Moth gasped as he felt a pull on his power, so he pulled back and heard a scream of shock, further confusing the man. There was something seriously going on and he didn't like it.

Then it kept happening and this time, he was able to feel out that his former Akuma had drawn upon their old powers for a fleeting moment. That was something he didn't know could happen!

Mr. Pigeon, Stormy Weather, Dark Cupid, Rogercop, Horrificator, Darkblade, The Mime, Animan, Princess Fragrance, Gamer, and Pixelator all for a brief moment had reactivated somehow and used a power to take out the clones of his Sapotis. Someone else was in control of his powers and he hated that! Even more so because he could not feel this person out so he had no idea who was doing this!

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Naruto landed in Juleka next as Luka and her were running along the Seine River. However, there were no Sapotis at the moment. Instead, they were following a woman who he knew as Nathalie as she was following a strange phenomenon. The migration of slugs were going all along the sides of the Seine River. There were thousands of them. "What is that?" he asked through Juleka.

"It looks like they are headed for the Wood of Vincennes, the great pagoda is the giveaway Naruto." Luka stated before looking back, only to see his sister. "Huh? I swore I heard Naruto."

"Wait, you can hear me?" Naruto asked shocked from Juleka's mouth, freaking the boy out for a moment. "Luka! I need-" The then voice of Naruto disappeared and Juleka looked at him perplexed. "What?"

"I am not sure." Luka said truthfully. Then a guttural roar sounded from the Woods, followed by…squeaks from the small slugs. That was strange but not as strange as them starting to combine! "First the red demons, then the slug trail, then I hear Naruto's voice out of you, and then this….ugh, this night so messed up!" Juleka patted her throat for a moment as she gave him another perplexed look. Still, it really made him think.

Especially when Nathalie stopped to make a call and they hid. "Sir, I am pretty sure I found it."

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Chloe blinked rapidly as she found herself in front of her bathroom mirror as fog was dissipating, but she caught sight of fading words. "Daddy? Did something weird happen?" She asked as she exited the bathroom.

"Well, you seeming more confused than you are now. You also sounded like Naruto. Are you coming down with something worrying about him?" Andre asked, worried for his daughter, plus the unconscious boy on Chloe's bed.

She looked at him oddly for a moment before running back to the bathroom and fogged up her mirror, the result chilling her.

Naruto. Soul. Body. Separate.

That did not bode well because she knew he had expanded ghost powers that he was trying to figure out. Was he sending her a message somehow while chaos happened outside. Nodding she took out her phone as she headed in her room. "Sabrina, I need your help!"

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"Ok, who am I in now?" Naruto asked himself as he looked around, only to find Nathanial's sketchbook. "Man, that was a sentence I never thought I'd say. So I am Nate…great!" Naruto then took out Nathanial's phone, super happy that it wasn't locked and texted Chloe.

N: Where is my body?

C: …NARUTO?

N: for now, gunna switch soon!

C: You on my bed! Surprised you didn't go in my room to check when you were inside me…probably shouldn't have sent that to Nathanial's phone.

N: Sorry, had to think fast…OH!

Then he was gone again, thankfully, he opened up Nathanial's sketchbook and wrote a note for him to get to the hotel and to be careful. Poor boy had a fight back a massive blush when he read his texts as well.

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Hawk Moth smirked as he stood atop the great pagoda in the Woods as he stared at the mass congregation of slugs that slowly formed a giant one with six tails. Yes, this was his moment! A Tailed Beast Miraculous was going to be his. Now…how was he going to fight this…thing? He couldn't do it alone, that was for sure.

Looking around, he saw Nathalie and then a few civilians cowering here and there. Shrugging as an idea hit him, but he wanted to test it out to see if it would even work. So, he let loose an Akuma and sent it to Nathalie, with a couple of teens calling out for her to move. It was already too late and Nathalie was turned into an idea he had been brewing, Catalyst. Unfortunately, he had to stop Sapotis for just a moment but now he could control them and all these people who wanted to see what was going on in the park.

"ATTACK!" He shouted in glee. This Miraculous was a good as his! He just needed Sapotis to keep on being a great distraction!

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The next person Naruto found himself in was Alya, his blog partner. Only, he had taken a back seat this time as she was chasing these little red demons. "Come on you two, are you really that mad I said no amusement park?"

The creatures all gave her a raspberry and then ran off to the nearby park where they then jumped the merry go round to play their little games. "Wow, I thought I had it bad with Konohamaru and his friends, who are these kids?"

"My littler sisters got akumatized Naruto, but I am glad you're here, I could use your help." Alya looked around, but her blog partner nowhere to be seen. "Where are you?"

"I have become your conscious!" Naruto joked. "Call Jiminy."

"This isn't funny! I have to get my sister out of Hawk Moth's control!"

"And I need to get my body back!" Naruto all shouted in panic, making Alya's widen at the volume….inside her own head. "I guess one of my ghost powers went haywire, I don't know!"

"Ghost powers? Wait, you're also INARI?!" Alya shouted to no one. Thankfully no one but her and the demon twins were there. "This explains so much!"

"ALYA!" Ladybug shouted as she took out the Sapotis causing havoc in the park.

"Ladybug! My sisters have been Akumatized! I need your help in bringing them back home!"

"This is a way for you to….have your eyes always been blue?" Ladybug asked, a little wary now.

"Blue? Oh, that is because Naruto is inside me….man, Nino is so going to kick his ass later." Alya giggled, confusing Ladybug more. "Naruto…you know…Inari? Seems his powers blasted him outside his body."

"That's why Tikki was so worried about him." Ladybug said as she tapped in her chin though, but then her face paled. "Wait…you know Naruto is Inari. Ugh…this is bad."

Suddenly, Alya's body was outlined with Lady Wifi's attire and a phantom phone appeared with Naruto's face on it. "It is not that bad, especially considering that box you were about to give her. Good choice, by the way, she will make a great addition to the team we are making. The Master would approve."

This made both girls blink rapidly. Alya just grew more confused while Ladybug smiled. She had nearly forgotten that they were putting together a team, but that didn't mean she was going to reveal who she was…yet. It was bad enough Naruto and now Chloe knew. Still, it would be nice to have her best friend on the team. However, there was still the elephant in the room. "That is great and all, but how are you like this and using an Akuma's powers?"

Naruto's image shrugged. "I dunno, but this has been the closest we've been to Hawk Moth because I woke inside him as he was making the Sapotis! Nooroo then kicked me out in fear for my life. I think I may have tapped into something that connected to Hawk Moth and I ended up there. So, I have been helping as much as I can inside the bodies of past Akumas and somehow highjacking their powers for a short time."

The little box suddenly opened up and the fox Kwami Trixx got in his…screen. "As fun as body-hopping is, you need to get back to your body and quick or-" Whatever Trixx was going to say died on her lips as Naruto vanished. "Oh no…this is bad. We need to take care of this mess or he is going to die…that is how Kurama's first owner died!"

"No need to tell me twice, how do we do this so we can fix this mess?!" Alya asked frantically.

"Just say, Trixx, Let's Pounce!"

"Trixx, Let's Pounce!"

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Naruto suddenly had a red visor on, but that was not what was bothering him at the moment. That thing that was bothering him as the giant Six Tailed Slug and the fact that various Akumas were battling it. Green Beast…or Red Beast now…was plowing into the creature with gusto while Reflekta was turning the pieces that turned in large slugs into herself so they could not reform with the rest of the creature. The other Akumas were working in tandem like that as well, but he barely recognized them at all! Most were new!

"This is wonderful Catalyst! Soon, we shall have a Tailed Beast Miraculous of our own!" Hawk Moth said from right next to him and panicked. Thankfully…or not depending on your point of view, he switched yet again.

This information though…was not what he wanted to learn tonight.

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"It is nuts out there!" Sabrina shouted as Nathaniel slammed the door to Chloe's hotel room behind them in panic.

"Glad you can make it, but how so we take care of Naruto's issue?" Chloe asked, hoping they had some sort of answer.

Sabrina looked at Chloe for a moment and shook her head, but before she could say anything, Naruto's body lumbered past her and to the door. "Naruto? Are you back?"

He didn't answer her, only stared at them with glowing blue eyes then left the room.

"So…we are in agreement that it is not normal, right?" Nathaniel asked.

"Right, let's go after him. Those creatures are a pain." Sabrina said as the three of them left as well.

Not even a minute later, Audrey walked out of the bathroom to see that her husband looked deadly pale. "The hell happened to you? Looks like you just saw a ghost." If only she knew.

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Lila was in her bathroom getting ready for a shower when her lights flicker for a moment.

"Now where am I?"

"WHA!?" Lila shouted as she saw Naruto in her mirror but not herself! "Naruto? What is going on?"

"Yeah, I am lost too. I have been body-hopping all night." Naruto's image said with a shake of the head.

"Geez, take a girl on a date before you enter her body." Lila snarked before a smirk crossed her face for a moment. She too did like this guy, but it was hard to get him alone. He was always with Chloe. What better time than now? "Oh you naughty body, was this your intention all along?"

"I had no intentions tonight but sleep…but it seems I can even….what are you doing?!" Naruto asked, a massive blush crossed his face as Lila, who was already half naked, slipped off her bra with a sultry smile. She had developed quite nicely, but still, Chloe was better. And while the view was very nice, he had other pressing matters to deal with. That…and he wasn't supposed to be the pervert here!

"Getting ready for a shower, of course, you are more than welcome to join me. I won't bite…much." Lila stated as she started to take her panties off. "What? You don't like me?"

"In case you forgot, I am a ghost in a mirror! I have no idea how to get to my body!" Naruto said in a panic.

"You're right, that is concerning," Lila admitted with a frown and crossed her arms to think for a moment, consciously making her breasts look bigger, causing Naruto to look down and then away with a giant blush. This was so awkward for him! If it was Chloe, even more so! "I hate to ask this….but if you are outside your body for too long, do you think you will die?"

"Die?" Naruto asked, his metaphorical blood running cold. That was a high possibility but…that very though at first scared him and then it just outright pissed him off to no end. "I refuse." He whispered, making Lila strain to hear him for a moment.

Well, that was until the room started to shake along with the lights flickering. That wasn't the strange part. No, the strange part of ghostly balls of blue light formed around him and then her for a moment. "I REFUSE TO DIE LIKE THIS!" He all but roared in defiance of his own fate while Lila had the glow of her former Akuma formed all around her.

And then, he was gone like everything else. As she looked at her reflection in the mirror, she smirked as she bit her lip. She had to admit, he had some damn good will power to resist death and he was a great guy that helped everyone. That was hot!

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All around the city, the red demons and people stopped in their tracks as the ground shook, the lights flickered, and all the Akuma, past and present, lit up like a Christmas Tree. Depending on who it was, either Naruto or his Inari form flashed in their minds, greatly confusing and scaring some as he screamed in defiance of his fate.

However, Hawk Moth had it the worst as his body locked up as he felt the power he had surge violently for a moment. That moment was all the Six Tails needed to shoot slugs him way like bullets, but these were acidic and this clipped his shoulder, making him cry out in pain, his own scream echoing Naruto's form a moment and then…their power separated as he regained his bearings.

However, it brought a thought to his mind. Inari was more of a threat than he thought.

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For Naruto, he was now a ghost flying around the city. He figured he could join Ladybug and the others first as they could help him find his body. During his episode, he swore he saw his body screaming in pain somewhere…which was just wonderful.

Thankfully, Rena Rogue and Ladybug rushed passed him on the street just as Rena turned back into Alya. "That was amazing!"

"I agree," Ladybug said with a smile.

"Oh, so the illusion circus was your doing? I approve!" Naruto echoed, scaring the crap out of both girls as he just appeared next to them. "I am still working on a way that Hawk Moth can't track us. Just not sure how yet. So please join us sparingly until then."

"Wow, that is smart of you, glad to see you back, does this mean you broke the cycle." Ladybug as her earrings beeped.

"Yeah, just gotta find my body now." Naruto chuckled. "But you better go."

"Right, I am trusting you with this plan. I will talk with the Master later." Ladybug said as she left the two to go de-transform in private.

"Yeah, I got it." Naruto said with a smile as he turned back to Alya. "Good job handling Sapotis while I was indisposed…I fear that could have gone exponentially worse. But seriously Alya, this needs to stay a secret. We trust you too kept it that way."

"So you knew." Alya thought out loud. "But to keep up appearances, you still did the blog with me. I can respect that and do the same as well.

"Thanks…now to find my body."

"hmmmm." Growl was heard, make them look in the direction to see said body lumbering toward them.

"Huh, neat. I better head home, Cat Noir will be there soon with my sisters."

Naruto flew into his body as Alya left. There was a bright glow and he was back to normal. "Oh thank Kami. I wasn't ready to die just yet." He caught Chloe as he flew into him, sobbing that she almost lost him while Sabrina and Nathaniel ran to catch up. His night was far from over.

XXX

"So what you're saying is, you tapped into a high power to give you a boost when dealing with Shukaku and made your powers go haywire to the point you were booted out of your own body?" Ladybug asked a few days later when the three main heroes met up on a patrol. They were currently lounging on the rooftop of city hall.

"Yeah, that about covers it." Inari said sheepishly. "oh and sorry for somehow draining your energy too. I hope Tikki and Plagg aren't too mad.

"She was more worried about you than herself, to be honest."

"Yeah…Plagg just took it as an excuse to lay about all day….not that it ever stops him usually." Cat Noir shrugged.

"I see." Inari said before a big grin crossed his face. "But just think, since I have access to this possession power and can master it, Hawk Moth won't have a ghost of a chance."

Cat smirked and followed up with a chuckle in his voice, "That's the spirit!"

"I may have to avoid eating before using such a power," Inari responded with a laugh, "Otherwise the results will be ghastly."

"Shame I don't have that kind of power," Said Cat holding his side slightly with faux lament in his voice as he started to laugh harder, "Then I'd be too ghoul for school."

"How can you be so sure without tangible evidence?" asked Inari slightly following cat's example, sans said faux lament.

"I kind of amazed at how easy it is to wisp out these puns, even though it's not even Halloween." Said Cat who was could not even stand up with how hard he was laughing.

Ladybug chose that moment to let out an unladylike snort as well before she chuckled. "I have to say, you two are rather ghoulsome with these puns." Both boys stared at her in shock for a moment. "What? I do think the puns are funny, but you guys make them at inappropriate times, so I put on a serious face."

"Then will have to break you of that." Cat Noir replied cheekily. "One of us. One of us."

"One of us!" Inari droned but laughed. "Man, I wonder if Rena Rogue enjoys puns as much as us."

At the mention of the new fox themed hero, Cat Noir stopped and frowned for a moment. He liked her that was for sure, but her presence brought up the fact that Ladybug was keeping secrets from him and he hated that.

Not noticing his change in demeanor, Inari continued. "Speaking of her…I need to go and talk to him again. Maybe then I might be able to think of something that will help us if and when Hawk Moth tries to Akumatize us." He then got up to body flicker away in a swirl of leaves.

"Yeah…hopefully he can lend a hand." Ladybug said as she got up as well to stretch a bit. "I better get going, my dad wants me to help out with something. Later kitty."

That once again left Cat Noir alone with his thoughts and it was scaring him how…jealous he was. They BOTH knew someone else that was helping them, but barely kept him in the loop. First was Rena Rogue and now this other person.

This…was starting to depress him. It wasn't right! Why did they trust him?!"

He never noticed a blue spark appear behind him for a moment.

XXX

"Chloe….this is amazing!" Naruto said as he stared at the painting they were tasked with doing in away. "Nathaniel did great linework as usual, but you really made this come to life!"

"You think so?" Chloe asked with a blush at his praise while Nathanial, Alix, and Sabrina watch the cute scene off to the side.

"I know so!" Naruto beamed. "Nathaniel made the distance between them symbolic in that they have a lot of ground to cover to be close again. You made their expressions and everything else looked great. Now…it is my turn to add the seals."

The joint Piece they made was called the Caged Bird. It had Hinata and Neji on opposite sides of the painting with a large space between them. Hinata was reaching out for her cousin to take her hand while Neji crouched in a suspended birdcage, glaring at her. However, he was starting to reach his hand out to her.

So as Naruto made small seal designs here and there to add a little flair to it, he looked at Neji for a moment. More specifically his forehead where he knew there to be a seal that would destroy his eyes the moment he died, so no one would even discover the secret to their clan's ocular jutsu, the Byakugan.

However, there was a darker aspect to the seal for their family. There were two sides to their family after all. The main branch and the side branch. The side branch were all branded with this seal and kept in line for fear of death. The seal could cause brain damage and then death if activated for too long. A sick joke for their elders.

However, the seal is what made Naruto think on something useful. Something similar yet different, a way to mask who they are to Hawk Moth if he should ever akumatize them again and to literally annoy the shit out of the man if he did try so that he wouldn't again.

This was his thought process as he made the design for it on the bottom of Neji's cage.

Chloe's thought process was a little different. With the help of the art teacher, they were able to get Haku's mask back together with little issue and it looked like it had never been broken in the first place. Now it was just a matter of giving it back to him.

She thought the perfect time would be his birthday, but she didn't think it would be a good enough present for him. She had many ideas in mind. So maybe this one could be given to him sooner?

But that could be a thought for later, she was too entranced by his work as he was hers.

XXX

"And you're sure that this seal will protect you all?" Master Fu asked as he looked at the seal critically as his TV broadcasted the news of Inari and Rena Rogue rounding up a few panthers that had gotten loose from the zoo. "I am rather surprised that Ladybug and Cat Noir weren't there as well."

"Eh, we got it handled, so why not let them take a break. Can't say much for Adrien, but Marinette had a family lunch she was supposed to be on, along with going to see a movie were Alya, so it worked out." Naruto said as he lounged in a chair. "Which reminds me, I should be there too as I was invited by Kim."

"Well, be sure to test these seal out so we know they are safe for us."

"Of course, I'll put it on a clone and see what happens. Thankfully, their deaths haven't been too gruesome, which means I am getting better at this." Naruto said cheerfully, making Wayzz and Fu eye each other a moment.

"Ah….speaking of experiments, come with me to the roof. I think our side project of power modification is coming along nicely." Fu pause before looking to Wayzz. "Kurama, Wayzz, you must stay here. Kwamis must never learn these secrets in case you end up like Nooroo, trapped with someone of ill intent.

"Ugh…you're a real buzz kill old man. Oh well, I guess a little TV never hurt." Kurama stated as Wayzz sat next to him and they put on a show called Gravity Falls.

As they made their way onto the roof, Naruto stated, "You might want to reveal yourself to Cat Noir soon. Marinette and I can't be the only two to know about you. He is getting increasingly agitated that she keeps on leaving battle to get help and not knowing from who, plus it does not help that I am in the know."

"When the time is right." Master Fu said simply. "but yes, it will be soon."

"Right." Naruto said with a shrug. "So, did you call me up here to tell you got it done?"

"Almost, but each power has one thing in common and I can't figure it out. For example, a branch from the dragon king's garden is seaweed. But this last one is coded as a tear of joy."

"Why not a literal tear of joy?" Naruto asked.

"That…might work." Fu stated as he rubbed his chin.

XXX

As Naruto was parkouring along the rooftops to the movie theater, he noticed that the city was quickly filling up with water until the rooftops were the new sea level. "I knew I had sensed a flood of emotion, but this doesn't even qualify for funny." Quickly shifting into Inari, he scoured the place until he saw Ladybug get shot out of the water like a rocket, but thankfully Cat Noir caught her.

"You didn't tell me you were going swimming today?" Cat quipped as he caught the Bug.

"I wasn't planning on it. Ladybugs aren't exactly cut out for deep-sea driving, you know." Ladybug coughed out as she got back on her feet.

"While true." Inari stated from his seat above them. The Fox had gotten high to catch if needed, but Cat Noir thankfully got her. "They are usually good with flying…despite being shot out of the water like a cannon."

"Yep and Cats aren't crazy about water either, so is there chance that we can get submarine?"

"Paw-ssibly, Kitty Cat!" Ladybug joked, getting smiles from the two boys. "LUCKY CHARM!" What landed was not what any of them were expecting. A giant but flat magnet!

"Ok? What? Are we supposed to do with this?" Cat Noir asked, a bit dumfounded that it didn't even relate to the situation this time. "Let me guess, it reminds you of that friend you two are keeping a secret from me."

There was an almost bitter tone to his voice and Inari didn't have to feel it to know that something was up. However, he would deal with that in a moment. "Well, the old man was working on a potion for us to modify our powers."

"He finally got that down?" Ladybug asked in shock. "How will it help?"

Now Cat Noir was a bit pissed and sad at the same time. "Maybe the potion is a truth serum because I am tired of the lies and secrets. Do neither of you trust me that much to know about our benefactor?!"

"It is not that Cat!" Ladybug said in a hurry to try and defuse the situation, not seeing the blue spark behind him.

"Yeah. The old man is rather…paranoid. Especially with Hawk Moth on the loose." Inari said sheepishly before he noticed the spark of azure and it made his eyes widen. "Oh crap."

"Ugh! I don't care!" Cat Noir shouted. He knew he was being a child about this but he wanted to not be in the dark. Not even Plagg would tell him what was going on! "I am, so tired of not knowing anything like I can't be trusted. Inari knows who both of us are, you two know this old man, and she knows who Rena is!"

"Cat…I told the old man to let you know what is going on." Inari stated as he tried to calm down his friend, but the blue flame had gotten bigger during his rant making Ladybug widen her eyes in fear, especially when it jumped onto him.

Then...the Cat Noir they knew was gone. He had blue and black fire blazing its way all around his body, but the odd thing was that his eyes had a green fire in them. As he stared at them, he hunched over and glowered at them.

"Cat…you in there?" Inari asked cautiously, only for the Cat themed hero to hiss at him now that he has his attention. The odd part was that when he hissed, the fire jumped out at Inari. "No need to get all hot under the collar, but I kind of get it, you are feeling a touch burned."

"What is this? Why did he go feral?!" Ladybug panicked. This was not supposed to happen. They had a water-based Akuma that they were trying to figure out and now they had Cat's fiery temper to deal with!

Inari sighed heavily after a moment, "Kurama says this is the Two Tails Corruption but it is weak. Cat Noir is jealous and sad, but he is not in control at all. He is stuck in his own mind." He gave Ladybug a sideways glance after seeing the way the corrupted-possessed Cat was acting, "Kind of burns to see a jealous streak worse than Green Beast's, wouldn't you agree?" He leaned away from a fiery claw swipe as he said that. Cat was acting more like he was a zombie more than anything.

Ladybug frowned. "I….yes. However, I am not ready to tell him who I am just yet, but he does deserve to know the master."

Inari smirked. "Yeah, and this project I am working on will help keep our secret."

"Good, now let's get Cat Noir back." Ladybug said with determination.

However, it was at this point that the Corrupted Cat gained more definition to his emerald fire eyes and he went in to strike. Ladybug and Inari faced down the possessed Cat Noir before he said, "All right Cat, you've got three scratches before I knock you out!"

XXX

Adrien found himself in his room, but it was dark and had blue, black, and green torches lining the room and he noticed that his windows had become bars but there was no outside, just endless darkness. "What? What is this?" He asked fearfully.

"This is your mindscape." A female voice said as she sat at his piano and begun to play a light tune. She had long, straight, blonde, hair bound with taut bandages, dark eyes and she wore red lipstick. She had on a short-sleeved black and purple blouse and black pants, both of which had a design similar to clouds on them, purple fingerless gloves, and a chain of blue beads wound around her left hand. She also wore a forehead protector with clouds on them, sandals, and a kunai holster, which was strapped to her right thigh. Finally, she had bandages around her arms and legs as well as a red belt around her waist.

"Ugh…who are you then?"

"It is customary to give one's name before asking for another's, is it not?" The woman quipped with a smirk.

"Oh, I guess you're right, it is just this situation threw me off. I am Adrien Agreste."

The woman smiled gently. "Well Adrien, I am Yugito Nii, the former…owner of Matatabi. The reason I am here is because unlike most, I had full control of her power and I am meant to help the next with the Corruption and the use of her power."

"I am a corruption this time? Man….how do I get back?"

"Simple, we work on what caused you to be corrupted in the first place." Yugito said kindly. "Jealously, as you have learned, can be a monster of its own. It is currently taking your body on a joy ride and trying to attack your teammates. Thankfully, your jealousy is not that powerful."

Adrien sighed as he took a seat next to her and played a few notes to match hers. "I…was being selfish."

Yugito nodded as the tempo of their melody took form into real music. "I understand not liking secrets, but some are for you to learn later." The woman smirked. "Some are worth waiting for. Like that girl you crush on…Ladybug. I have a feeling you already know each other."

"You think?" Adrien asked.

"Paw-sitively." Yugito punned, making Adrien look at her with stars in his eyes.

XXX

The two heroes rolled out of the way as the possessed cat chucked a huge blue and black fireball at them with the Fire Cat rushing up with a claw swipe aim for his head, making the Fox themed hero learn away from. "'Scratch one!" Fire Cat's staff ignited like a soldering iron and he jabbed at the blond with it. However, Inari managed a quick matrix dodge to dodge and then kick it away. "Scratch two!"

"Inari! Stop toying with him already!"

"Oh very well." Inari drawled as he saw another large fireball coming at him. He smirked as he switched with a clone of his that was behind the Fire Cat and neck chopped him, making him crumple to the ground. "And Scratch three."

As Inari checked on Cat Noir's now fireless form, he said without looking up, "It's about time you got here Master Fu."

"Water are you talking about Inari, I came at the right moment." Fu said with a smirk.

"Ugh. Unfathomable." Inari groaned this time. "We had a bit of a fiery issue that we have to douse."

"And I am getting tide of water puns!" Ladybug groaned. "What are you doing here?"

"I thought a little power change was in order." Master Fu said as he tossed a vial at the two conscious heroes. "Give these you Kwamis and they will give you the power to be underwater."

"Spots off." Ladybug said after she made sure Cat Noir was still out. "Here Tikki. I hope this works." The red Kwami smiled she he drank it and gained fins. "Spots on!" Marinette said hurriedly as she heard Cat groan as if he was waking up. "Have him meet me down below!"

As soon as she jumped back in the water, Cat Noir woke up. Inari, was sat next time at this point, asked, "Feel better?"

Cat Noir depowered once he saw that Ladybug was gone but rubbed the spot Inari hit. "Much, Yugito was a big help." He then handed a cobalt blue watch with a cat's face on it to Inari "She also said that we'd know who the next user was, when the time was right."

"I see." Inari said cautiously, not completely understanding just yet. He also figured the last Jinchuriki was Yugito. How she was in there…he'd have to ask Kurama later. "Well Adrien, meet Master Fu."

"Huh?" was his eloquent response as Naruto pointed to the old man on the roof with them. His eyes widen because he recognized him from somewhere. "Wait you're that old man I met on my first day of school!"

"Indeed, but we can talk about that later. One of you needs to modify your powers and join Ladybug underwater soon, but I only made enough for two veils, one of which she took."

"Go bishonen." Inari said, nudging his shoulder as she took hold of the magnet. "Just make sure you trap her in something metal."

"What are you going to do?" Cat Noir asked in his new wet suit as he watched his teammate draw up a large pole.

"Fishing."

XXX

"Oh yeah, got a nibble!" Inari shouted with glee as he reeled in something big and big it was. After all, it wasn't every day you fish up a whole car! "Heh, pretty sure this weighs a ton!"

"Fintastic, Inari!" Cat cheered as he got back on dry land with Ladybug.

As Ladybug was taking the bracelet of Siren to release the Akuma, Inari made casual conversation with Cat, "Water the odds that Hawk Moth will be all washed up for a short while at least?"

"Knowing our bad luck," said Cat in response, "we'll be dealing with more carp in less than a week."

"Agreed," said Inari with a slight sigh, "But it wouldn't krill him to make our opponent a little more original, otherwise us kicking his bass indirectly is going to get monotonous."

"No doubt." Ladybug said as her ladybugs took care of repairing the city. "It cod be worse."

"You jinxed us." Inari deadpanned as they did their fist pound.

XXX

"So let me get this straight," Chloe said as she held up a tray of multi-colored crackers and a tray of multi-colored honey-flavored candies. "These snacks modify the Kwamis to give us different powers?"

"Yeah, pretty cool, right?" Naruto asked with a smirk.

"Oh yes." Chloe impishly said. "I bet these will be fun to test out later, but first, we have Marinette's surprise birthday party to attend."

"Not much of a surprise if she already knows. As a group, we are not the best actors." Naruto panned as he put on a black and red zipper hoodie, forgoing his normal attire for the day.

"Yeah, this wasn't well planned, but we can have fun nonetheless," Chloe said zipped up her own yellow hoodie with black stripes and patting him on the chest as she passed by him in her living room.

"True," Naruto said with a shrug. "Now, how do you want to go there? In style with a body flicker or with your limo?"

"I'd rather take the scenic route." She said while opening the balcony door and hopped onto the railing. Looking back at him with a smirk that made him freeze for a second, she then climbed her way tot eh roof. "Try and keep up, my knight."

Naruto blinked at that before a huge smile crossed his face. "You are on Hime!" He then rushed out to wall walk the way up before they parkour raced to the party.

XXX

"Sorry we're late!" Chloe shouted as she backflipped from a tree in the local park where Marinette's party was behind.

The others blinked in shock how Chloe and then Naruto jumped into the party of ease like that. "Nice of you to join us," Adrien said cheerfully after a moment. "Naruto was here earlier, so I am glad he went and got you."

Chloe side-eyed Naruto in slight annoyance while he smirked cheekily. Of course he would send a clone ahead. His pranks were always there and she needed to get him back sometime, but she wasn't sure how to get the master of pranks just yet.

After that, they decided to help set up the rest of the party decorations and when Alya brought a blindfolded Marinette in, they played their parts wonderfully. That was when the party really got going as they played a few party games before heading to presents, with Adrien's little box going first.

However…they would have to wait a little bit on that as Naruto felt a darker emotion heading towards them….and they were singing. "~La Befana comes at night, on her shaky broom in flight. She gives out candy to those who are dandy!~"

"But is afternoon, not night," Naruto grumbled as leaned on a tree, observing this new Akuma. She had bright red eyes, pale green skin, and long, brushed-back red hair with two white streaks. She wore a black mask with red edges on the sides of the face. Her outfit was a black short-sleeved bodysuit with jagged pink edges to the arm and leg sleeves and a large jagged pink-tipped collar above a regular black collar. She also sported a pink and black bow resembling a wrapped candy on the chest. She wore black fingerless driving gloves that reveal long fingernails painted with red nail polish, spiked black cuffs, black shoes, and two thin black belts around her hips. One belt had a circular red-orange pouch attached to it, and it had a black symbol on it based on its bow. For a weapon, she held a black gun-like object with a dark gray horn-like barrel, a jagged red stripe around the barrel, a blue rectangle on each side, and a semi-cube end of the handle with colorful objects inside.

"Grandma?"

"You lied to your grandma, Marinetta." The new Akuma said with distaste.

"No, I…I didn't know Alya was throwing a surprise party for me." Marinette tried to defend herself in a small voice, but she knew it was weak. She knew all along.

"She's for real, Ma'am," Alya said.

"Yeah, we were just trying to have a little fun too," Chloe said as both girls stood in front of Marinette protectively.

"And all those candies you pretended to be eating?"

"I'm sorry, Grandma. It is just that I didn't want to upset you!"

"I'm not your grandma anymore. From now on, I am only Befana and I'm going to punish you for all those lies." Befana said before shooting off a ball of light from her gun and missed, but it hit Mylene and she was turned into coal!

"Yeah no," Naruto said getting Befana's attention as Marinette tried to run away. "I agree that lies are not cool, but is turning into…this the best course of action? I really don't like it when my friends are put into danger ya know."

Befana smiled at the blond while nearby, another blond was transforming into Cat Noir. "Such a sweet boy to defend your friends. You'll make a wonderful fairy!" She then sent a Fairy Shit his way but Naruto just leaned his head away,

"No thanks, I am sweet enough already," Naruto stated.

"You rude brat! You can't deny my generosity!" She shouted in rage and was about to send a Coal Shot his way when Cat Noir knocked her gun off course.

"Hey! I knew never grandmas could be so nasty!" He joked.

"You'll look wonderful in white, my pretty kitty." Befana cheerfully said as she tried to shoot him as well, but missed.

"Eh, I am not convinced. I'm much more into black. Makes my eyes stand, don't you think?"

While Cat Noir while was dealing with shots from Befana and Marinette's fairy mother, Naruto had discreetly transformed. He then had a clone switch with Marinette herself. "While your granny's gunning for the clone on a merry chase of the wild goose variety, go get Ladybug."

"Of course." She said after a moment of gaining her bearing and then running off.

"Hey Befana," Inari said before she could turn his Marinette clone in coal. "Back off. Marinette is a good girl."

"I'll be the judge of that." She said as she rounded on him and cocked her head. "So the pretty kitty had a doggie companion?"

"You're barking up the wrong tree lady, I'm a fox!" Inari grumbled before she started taking shots at him as well. "WHOA! This is why I usually don't take shots at the elderly! They usually fire back!"

"Oh, and how did you learn that Inari?" Ladybug asked as she used her yo-yo to pull him out of the line of fire.

"Well, when you have a grandma with super-strength, you learn the hard way," Inari asked casually when he noticed that Befana was out of ammo and when telling them to hold still while she filled up her gun with candy. "Speaking of powers, do you think they come from that odd candy pouch?"

"Yeah, that could be it." Ladybug said sadly. "I really should have spent more time with her."

"Make up for it later," Inari stated as they dodged out of the way of fairy shot. "Wow Befana, I didn't know you had a sweet tooth for us heroes."

"I grow tired of these puns from you and the cat," Befana groaned as she switched to coal rounds.

With mock hurt as he bounced around the field, he said, "Why must I be punished for my sense of humor?"

"Because naughty children must learn to be quiet!" Befana roared, making Ladybug wince.

However, that gave Inari an idea. So he drew up a wine cork. "I guess you're right, but I never really learned how to put a cork in it as a kid." He joked as he threw the cork into her gun just as she fired off another shot, turning her to coal in the process. "Let's coal it a day, shall we?"

"If you don't give it a rest, heads will coal." Ladybug joked as she took the candy bag off of Befana to release the Akuma and purify it.

"Oh! I am fairly certain I just missed the best part!" Cat Noir joked as he landed to do their fist pound.

"Ok, now you two are just milking it. Bug out!" Ladybug said as she left.

"Yeah, we got a coal party to go to," Inari said while Cat Noir and him smirked at each other.

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I hope you enjoyed this little filler chapter. Not to worry, Naruto and Chloe will be together soon.

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