Chapter Text
An energy whirred in the air, blue mass accumulating into a rift in the sky, its large jaws ripping apart and an impossible tunnel of white could be seen in the mouth.
A few moments later a person got spat out and landed harshly on a roof, silently the rift closed its mouth and dispersed into nothing.
The discarded person twitched, their tail swished back and forth in discomfort. A few seconds of grunting and they were knocked out.
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“Come on my lady, if this mysterious portal sighting is an akuma, it’ll be tricky” chat noir shouted to behind, a few yards back was the black dotted red heroine, “not everyone has cat speed, y’know!” she shouted back, amusement in her voice.
The black cat was right, if this was an akuma and they had the ability to create portals, it would be tricky to get a hold of them; the heroine thought as she tried to keep up with her much more agile partner.
Soon the arrived at the site that civilians had reported a portal appearing, Chat noir’s ears swished around in a search for something before they sighed and turned to their partner, “not hearing anything unusual, what about you? Your antennas picking up on anything?” They questioned, hands on their hips in an impatient manner. “Not much, I am picking up remains of some sort of energy but its weak” The hero responded, her eyes scanning the area for anything unusual.
The two heroes were about to start moving when Chat noir suddenly stopped, their ears swishing around after some sound, “pained grunts...” Chat noir mumbled, they turned around a few times before pointing towards a rooftop a few yards away “there”.
They quickly began hopping across the roofs in a practiced fashion before arriving at the destination, there lay an unusual looking person, large magenta hair covering half of their body, but not hiding the obvious tiger tail and ears, “an akuma?” Ladybug questioned, crouching down to the person she rolled them over on their back. Both the ladybug and the cat analyzed the person for a second, they had black markings on their face in place of a mask, a black halter crop tank top and yellow harem pants. They also sported black bandages all up their arms and on their feet; on closer inspection the tail seemed to be a large rope tied around their waist.
“Akuma’s usually have inhuman skin tones if they look human enough, this is strange” Ladybug observed, pulling out her yoyo she began to tie it around the person, keeping their arms immobilized, “plus they aren’t usually knocked out before we even arrive” Chat noir added.
The two heroes jumped backwards as the stranger seemed to be waking up from their nap, Chat noir pulled out their baton and held it close to the person throat, “oof, fucking awful landing” The person grit out, their eyes stilled screwed shut. Their eyes slowly opened, still squinted unused to the sunlight; their eyes shot open and they suddenly jolted forward but accidentally just headed straight into the baton at their throat, they fell backwards and hacked at the pain, Chat noire flinched back in surprise and looked as if they were about to apologize before remembering that the persons intentions were still unknown and falling back into a battle stance.
“Who are you, an akuma of Hawkmoth’s or a different threat?” Ladybug regained her composure and questioned at the person, pulling the yoyo’s string taut. “wha what who excuse me?” The stranger responded, confusion clear on their face, tail swishing back and forth, “I’ll do you one better, who’s hawkmoth and why have they got your panties in a bunch?”.
Chat noir crouched down and nudged the person with their baton, “you seriously don’t know who that is or are you trying to trick us?” They asked, distrust lacing their words, “wait, are you guys’ miraculous holders as well?” The stranger suddenly asked, both Chat and ladybug looked surprised. “I’ll admit I didn’t know there were a ladybug and cat though” The person continued, an inappropriate amount of calm and chillness in their voice, “I’m Bandit, holder of the Tiger” They reached the hand forward for a handshake- wait when did their arms get freed? Chat hit down the baton in reaction to their escape but the stranger, Bandit hopped backwards before it could hit.
“The Tiger holder? That’s impossible” Ladybug replied putting her arm in front of Chat noir, “I have watch over the Zodiac miraculous’ if they had been stolen, I would know” She chewed on her cheek, this was a confusing situation. “Hey, I haven’t stolen any Miraculous, this buddy chose me fair and square” The person crossed their heart, “Isn’t it rude to accuse me of robbery before you even introduce yourselves?” Bandit pouted at them.
“I am Ladybug, this is my partner Chat noir, excuse us for our behavior but we are very confused as to what is going on here” ladybug stayed calm as she spoke, Chat noir relaxed their posture, but they were still visibly on guard. “I’m confused too, because as far as I know the miraculous are free spirits that go wherever they please” bandit shrugged, sitting down on the opposite roof.
Ladybug and Chat noir sat down as well across from them, Ladybug deep in thought and Chat noire still holding their baton close to their chest. “Where is your miraculous located?” ladybug asked suddenly, Bandit thought for a moment before pointing to their right handset of bandages, Chat noir’s ears twitched as both they and Ladybug were confused, “I thought the Miraculous only camouflaged when untransformed?” Chat noir said to Ladybug. “Me as well. This is quite peculiar- because its all pointing in one very non sensical direction.” Ladybug grit her teeth slightly in whatever theory she had come up with, both Chat and Bandit tilted their head in intrigue waiting for the heroine to continue.
“It’s all pointing in a very alternate universe direction.”