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When Adrien Agreste recieved the miraculous ring of destruction, he thought he knew exactly what he was doing. (key word here: thought)
"Fear not, human, I am here to help you."
"You're here to help me? How?"
The flying cat seemed uninterested in him, and flew around, looking for something shiny, "Do you have any cheese?"
"I know what you are."
"Cool." Plagg nodded, "So, cheese?"
"You're a pokemon!" Adrien threw a plastic ball from his desk at Plagg. (it wasn't just any plastic ball. it was a red and white replica of a pokeball from the pokemon franchise, but Plagg didn't know that. to him, it was just a ball. and it wasn't even yarn.)
The flying cat looked mildly offended, as he phased through the ball, letting it bounce off the floor and roll under Adrien's bed, "A what?"
"Pokemon?" Adrien shrugged, "I thought you might be a Litleo but you aren't lighting anything on fire, and you aren't cute enough to be a skitty... but you can talk? I know what you are, you're a Meowth!"
"I'm a kwami. I don't appreciate things being thrown at me kid."
"A what?"
"Kwami." Plagg emphasized each syllable, "Kwa-mi. The name's Plagg."
Adrien nodded, "Plagg, I choose you!"
"That isn't exactly how this works. I chose you, for one thing, and-" Plagg ducked, avoiding another plastic ball thrown his way. "How many of those do you have?"
"Only three." Adrien pulled another off of his desk, "this one is a master ball, so unless your cp is above a 1000, it should-"
Plagg flew over, "Can I see that?"
"I guess?" Adrien tossed it at him.
Plagg used one paw to disintegrate the pokeball, ashes fluttered to the ground, "listen-"
"Whoa." Adrien stared, "a dark type."
"What?"
"I didn't know there were dark Meowths."
"Kid-"
"How do I catch you?"
"You can't catch me. I'm a god."
Adrien folded his arms, "I think i've seen enough pokemon to know how this goes. You're going to run away, and realize how awesome I am then come back and we'll be best friends."
"What if I gave you super powers and made you a hero?"
"That isn't how this works. You're the one with powers."
"Yeah, but I can let you use them."
"How?"
"With the ring."
"This ring can give me superpowers?"
"Yeah." Plagg nodded, "All you have to do is say-"
"I think we need to watch Pokemon together."
Adrien made Plagg watch over four hours of the Pokemon tv show that day. And the day after that. And the next one.
Until they had watched all Pokemon related content.
(Somewhere in the middle, Plagg explained his true purpose and Adrien became Chat Noir, but like that doesn't really matter to this story)
....
The whole Pokemon incident was not forgotten, and Plagg brought it up constantly. "I'm just saying, if I pretended to be one of these pokey-men-"
"Pokemon." Adrien corrected.
"Whatever. I could pretend to be a pokemon and cause some real chaos."
"You already cause chaos, and we aren't supposed to use your powers for our own gain."
"Okay, but what if I use my powers to mess with a bully?"
(Adrien decided that if the powers were used against a bully, they were probably okay, after all, it was to help others)
"I'm listening-"
....
Plagg became obsessed with Pokemon, bringing it up on a daily basis, "I'm just saying, I really feel like a Meowth-"
"Just because you're a cat-"
"That has nothing to do with it. I am a harbinger of Chaos."
"Who happens to look like a cat."
"Cats look like me."
"I-" Adrien blinked, "is that true?"
"Yeah, Tikki designed them after me."
"I don't know if you're making stuff up, or if-"
"To protect the world from devastation-" Plagg laughed, "that's me, I'm devastation. You're protecting the world from me."
"Sure I am." Adrien threw one of his two remaining plastic pokeballs at Plagg, "Plagg, I choose you!"
Instead of destroying it, Plagg shouted, "Plagg!" and phased through the ball, landing inside.
"That is so cool!"
"We should watch Detective Pikachu again."
...
The plan was put into place early on, but there was never a chance to use it. Adrien wanted to claim that the kwami were Pokemon during the whole kwamibuster incident, but Ladybug was out of the loop and it just didn't quite work out.
However, one day, a perfect opportunity arose. Adrien was quietly working on his assignment in the library, when Lila decided to sit next to him.
Normally, this wouldn't be that big of a deal, but Adrien had wanted to be alone.
The entire library was open. Marinette was one table away with Nino and Alya. Chloe was on the other side, doing her own thing. Adrien had chosen to sit alone so that he could focus. Empty tables were all over the library. There were places to be that weren't right next to Adrien.
He cleared his throat, "Hey Lila, could you maybe give me some space?"
She scooted closer, "Remember when you said you would tutor me?"
"Yeah, but not right now." Adrien scooted in the opposite direction. "I need to study."
"But, I'm failing Italian."
Marinette snorted. Nino scratched his head. Even Alya gave Lila a weird look at that one.
Adrien stared, "I don't speak Italian. You're from Italy. You're the fluent one."
"Oh, right." She giggled, twirling her hair, "i guess I just forgot."
From a table away, Marinette cleared her throat, "just like you forgot to give him space when he asked."
"What?"
Marinette stared, "Adrien, is she bothering you?"
(she was)
Alya and Nino looked up. There was an obvious tension in the air, palpable, and it tasted like camembert... or that might've just been Plagg. Or Adrien. At this point, he wasn't sure where the cheese smell was coming from, and no matter what he did, it would not go away. (Seriously, Adrien took three showers a day. The smell just lingered)
Lila patted Adrien's head, "Of course not, we're very good friends." She gave Adrien a pointed look.
Right. The agreement. If he was Lila's friend, she'd leave Marinette alone, "We're fine."
"Okay-" Marinette looked skeptical.
(as she should, go off Marinette)
"Dude, if you'd rather sit with us-" Nino started to move his chair.
(Adrien appreciated the gesture, but he really was hoping to study on his own)
"We're fine!" Lila shouted, and was promptly shushed by the librarians.
Out of options, Adrien pulled out his phone, "Have I shown you my Pokemon?"
(he had, several times. Adrien was a big Pokemon Go fan. This was well known. He had shown his collection to all of his classmates. Many of them had redownloaded the app to become his friend, and help him reach Pokegoals. It was a lot of fun to play with friends, especially when they could share gifts and-)
"What?"
(Lila was one of the only classmates who didn't have Pokemon go)
"It's time to Pokemon Go!"
Lila's confusion didn't matter, Plagg got the code word, and Operation Go Pokemon was ago.
"Pokemon Go!" Adrien started scrolling, "it's my favorite game. I have a bulbasaur, an ivysaur and a venasaur, and a charmander, a charmeleon and a charizard-"
(little did she know, he was just naming off pokemon in the order of the pokedex. There was a long way to go, and he hadn't even mentioned squirtle)
Lila shook her head, "Oh, I collected all of the Pokemon ages ago. I can't believe you still play that game."
There was a battle cry from somewhere close to Lila's seat, "Plagg!"
"Did you hear something?" Lila asked.
Adrien smiled innocently, "No. You were telling me about all of your Pokemon?"
"Plagg!"
"I know i got that game when it was first popular and-" Lila jumped, "Eeek! a mouse!"
"What?"
"There's a little black mouse with cat ears. It's destroying my homework."
"Plagg!"
Marinette leapt up, "What?"
(she was on high alert for any mysterious creatures, as one was missing from her bag)
"I don't want your help!"
Marinette shrugged and sat back down, but was staring at Lila, "This 'mouse,' what exactly did it look like?"
"It's none of your buisness." Lila pointed her nose in the air.
Alya sighed, "I think Marinette could actually help, Lila, if you-"
"Adrien can save me, right Adrien?"
Adrien, who was just enjoying the chaos, blinked, "What? Oh, yeah totally. What do I do?"
"Grab the mouse!"
"Plagg!" Plagg started floating out of Lila's backpack, cackling, "Plagg!"
"That's no mouse!" Adrien jumped out of his seat, and dived, grabbing the kwami, but not before a significat amount of damage was done.
Lila shrieked, "What is that?"
"This lil guy?" Adrien scratched Plagg's head, "They made Pokemon from Pokemon Go! into a real thing."
"Dork." Chloe whispered.
"Really?" Marinette facepalmed. "You expect us to believe that that is a Pokemon and not-"
"That is so cool." Nino whispered.
Alya pulled Marinette's arm, "Adrien has a Pokemon." She winked.
(Both Marinette and Alya were well aware that that was not in fact a Pokemon. So did Chloe. Nino was a little bit behind the rest of the group)
"Yeah, and-"
"I thought you knew all of the Pokemon trainers."
"I mean, I don't know all. I don't know Chat-"
"So-"
"Oh Mon Dieu." Marinette swore, "Adrien is-"
Lila screeched, bringing everyone's attention back to her. "It destroyed my paper!"
Adrien smirked. "It's a dark type."
"Get rid of it!"
"I can't." Adrien tried to grab Plagg again, but he convieniently chose to phase through Adrien's hands, "He can phase through things, and he doesn't like to stay in a Pokeball."
"Why is your Pokemon so evil?" Lila spat. "You should've chosen a nicer one."
Adrien shrugged, "Look, I don't really know all of the details. Plagg chose me."
"Plagg!" Plagg shouted.
"Yep, that's you, Plagg."
"Plagg!" He nuzzled up against Adrien's cheek.
Adrien smiled, "Look, the little guy means well, he was just trying to protect me."
"How did ruining my homework and stealing my lunch protect you?"
"He really likes to snack on cheese."
"Pokemon or not, you can't have pets in class. I'll report you to Mrs. Bustier and then-"
"And then what?" Adrien grabbed Plagg out of midair, "it's just a toy."
(Plagg went above and beyond for this performance and let out a glorious little squeak as Adrien grabbed him, just like a toy)
"No it's not, it was flying. I saw it."
"Flying? Maybe you should get your eyes checked."
"No, I swear-"
"Who's gonna believe that? You sound crazy?"
Lila glanced around the library desperately. "I'm sure someone saw that-" she made eye contact with the person sitting at the next table over, "Marinette, you saw that, right?"
Marinette smiled sweetly, "saw what?"
"Alya, Nino?" Lila cried.
Alya and Nino looked up from their project, "Lila, we're in a library."
Nino (who had been brought up to speed through a series of text messages from both Marinette and Alya) tilted his head, "Pokemon aren't real."
"Chloe, they're crazy. You and me can rule the school, we just have to bring them down-"
"And have you report my Beedrill? I don't think so." Chloe opened her purse and Pollen, the bee Kwami started buzzing angrily.
Adrien smiled, "You got to keep the Pokemon?"
"Yeah, I did." Chloe shrugged, "I talked things over with the- Pokemon Trainer, and she decided to give me a second chance."
"Maybe, she realized that you were trying to bee a better person." Marinette smiled, "she's proud of you for trying."
"What is happening?" Lila turned her head to Marinette and back to Chloe, "You guys hate eachother."
"I may not be Marinette's friend, but hate is a strong word-"
"We have a certain level of mutual respect."
"Everyone is going crazy."
Plagg lunged towards Lila, who ran away screaming. When she was gone, Adrien, Marinette, Alya, Chloe and Nino all burst into laughter.
"Chloe, that was the greatest thing you've ever done." Marinette smiled, "Great team effort."
"I do a lot of great things, Dupain-Cheng."
"She's definitely going to report us."
"Oh absolutely." Adrien shrugged, "Do you think we can get away with acting like we were studying the whole time?"
"Yep."
"For sure."
"I don't know about you, but I have been studying this whole time."