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"As long as we know the truth about Lila lies, then what harm will they do." Adrien said to Marinette, who was glaring at him after losing her crush on him after he told her to take the high road
"Besides, we don't want Lila akumatized again." Adrien said
"Why is that?" Marinette asked
"As an akuma, Lila is powerful, and it takes the heroes hours to defeat her." Adrien said
"What about me, huh? What would happen if I got akumatized?" Marinette asked, which made Adrien laugh
"Please, you'll be defeated in seconds. You're our everyday Ladybug, so your akuma will be weak." Adrien said, then he walked off while still laughing, not seeing Marinette glaring at him
"(He thinks I'm weak as an akuma. Well I'm show him who's weak as an akuma.)" Marinette thought as she walked home, which made Tikki poke her head out of her purse
"When we get home, Tikki, I'm activating Guardian has fallen protocol, which will lock the miracle box up in a tight anti-magic proof container where no one can open without the pass code, which I will only know." Marinette said as she went up to the room, and that's when she saw all of her designs ripped up and destroyed, which made her angry, but she kept it inside until she was done
"Adrien thinks I will be weak as an akuma. Well then, let's see how long it will take for Chat Noir to defeat me alone when I post that Ladybug has gone on holiday to de-stress and release her negative emotions away from Paris." Marinette said as she went online and posted as Ladybug that she won't be in Paris and will be going on holiday to de-stress, and once she was done, she took off her earrings
"Tikki, I renounce you." Marinette said, which made Tikki go inside the Miraculous. Then Marinette put the earrings into the miracle box, and that's when she activated the protocol where Wayzz's power of shelter appeared around the box. Then the power of resistance was activated onto the shield, while the power of derision and lightning dragon were activated as well
Marinette brought out her kagatama from under her shirt, and that's when she released every negative emotion she has been holding in ever since she became Ladybug, and when she di,d it made Shadow Moth smile
"The downfall of Ladybug and Chat Noir will be at the hands of Marinette Dupain-Cheng." Shadow Moth said, not knowing it was also going to be his downfall as well
Shadow Moth turned a butterfly into an akuma and sent it out flying as it went into Marinette's bedroom, and it went into her kagatama
"This has been a long time coming, Marinette Dupain-Cheng." Shadow Moth said
"It must have been for you, Shadow Moth, since I always noticed akumas coming after me whenever Lila was involved." Marinette said
"Princess Justice, I'm giving you the power to seek out any injustice that has happened against you, and in return, I want the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous." Shadow Moth said
"Oh, that's not going to happen, Shadow Moth." Marinette said
"You are under my control, so you'll do what I say." Shadow Moth said, but it made Marinette laugh
"No, I'm going to be the one who's in control, and I won't be calling myself Princess Justice either." Marinette said as she broke the link with Shadow Moth, and that's when she transformed into the akuma, which shocked Shadow Moth when he felt his connection to Marinette be cut off, so he detransformed, not knowing that Marinette was tracking down his location
"Nooroo, why did I lose the connection to Marinette?" Gabriel asked
"The people you akumatize are easier to control when their emotions are weaker, but for Marinette, she must have incredibly strong emotions, which she could handle and that made her cut off the connection since it was her emotions that she could control." Nooroo said
"Then how do I get her back under my control?" Gabriel asked
"You can't get her back under your control again." Nooroo said
"Then I must get her back under my control again." Gabriel said, then he transformed into Shadow Moth again and headed outside to track down Marinette
Streets of Paris
Shadow Moth looked around to see where Marinette was hiding, not knowing that she was hidden in the shadows, spying on him. Then, Cat Noir arrived and landed in front of him
"Hello there, bird boy." Chat said
"Out of my way, Cat Noir." Shadow Moth said
"Not going to get my Miraculous, mothy." Chat said, which made Shadow Moth glare at him
"Your Miraculous is not on my priority at the moment, I'm hunting down a rogue akuma." Shadow Moth said
"Who is the poor soul you akumatize to make them go rogue on you?" Chat asked
"Marinette Dupain-Cheng is the one I akumatized, and somehow she broke free from my control. That's why I'm out here searching for her." Shadow Moth said, not knowing Marinette was sneaking up on him while hiding in his shadow
"Oh, her. She'll be easy to defeat since she's weak." Chat said, which made Marinette stop what she was doing when she heard Chat call her weak and wondered where she had heard that before
"If she's weak, then maybe I should leave her to you since you say she's weak instead." Shadow Moth said, which made Marinette quickly hide into another shadow just as Shadow Moth leapt away
"Now, where could Marinette be." Chat said, which made Marinette appear from the shadows
"She's right behind you." Marinette said, which made Chat turn around and smile when he saw that Marinette was still normal
"See, I was right, you are weak as an akuma since you don't have one of Shadow Moth's ridiculous outfits. Chat said that he was pushed back by an unknown force and that's when he saw Marinette's arm stretched out
"What is your akuma name?" Chat asked
"I'm not giving you the privilege of knowing my name." Marinette said
"Why don't you just give up your akuma so I can save the embarrassment of defeating you so easily." Chat said, which made Marinette smile
"You can try, but you should know, I'm pretty weak. Ain't that right Adrien?" Marinette said, which made Chat back up in shock when he heard his real name come from Marinette's mouth
"How did you." Chat said
"It's one of my powers to see the real identities of people." Marinette said
"So, do you think I'm still weak, or do you want me to show how strong I am?" Marinette said, which made Chat laugh
"You're still weak Marinette." Chat said
"Well then, seems like I'll be getting your Miraculous at the end of the day." Marinette said as a dark cloud started to form over the city, as lightning and thunder were heard
"Come on, Chat Noir. Come and defeat me." Marinette said, which made Chat smile as he thought this was going to be an easy fight, but he would soon find out that Marinette isn't weak at all, but very strong and dangerous.