Ladybug In Gotham (crossover fic)

Chapter 66 Enough Tears

Marinette chuckles. "I guess. If it makes you feel better, I'm feeling just fine."

He nodded. "So what did you want to talk about?"

Here it is.

She pulls him with her further into the park until she's certain that they are all alone. "I need to ask you something and i need you to be quiet until I'm done talking. Can you do that?"

He hesitantly nod yes.

"I'm Ladybug."

Marc's eyes widened.

"Yeah, that's the reaction the others had too. Anyways, i want to ask you if you would accept a permanent postion as Silver. It's not a good job. It's bloody, it's painful and you will no doubt recieve permanent trauma. If you say no i will respect that and not push you."

The other teen is quiet and pale. Marinette feels so bad that she's even asking.

"I accept."

Now it's Marinette's turn to look surprised.

"You're not pressuring me. Honest. It's- I want to help protect my home and loved ones. This seems like the best way to do it." He gives her a shaky but honest smile. "Thank you for trusting me with this information, and please don't feel bad. I want to do this."

There's tears building in her eyes and she feels so bad, and he wants to help-

She hands him the Fox necklace. "I trust you." She nervously runs her hand through her hair. "I trust you."

"Thank you." Marc hugs her once she tells him it's okay. "Thank you, for giving me a chance to help."

Time skip

It's late when Marinette steps through the door and her stomach sinks at the feeling in the air.

It doesn't get better when her parents are giving her sad looks as soon as she reaches the kitchen.

"Marinette, honey, please sit down. We, we have some bad news." Her maman starts.

Marinette sits on the chair between them.

"Sweetie I'm so sorry, but Fu is dead. He passed away in his sleep sometime this morning."

Her throat feels tight and her eyes are burning again. (Why is she crying? Hasn't she cried enough yet?)

"He left most of his things to you since you were the closest he had to family. There was no debt and he owned the apartment so you don't need to do anything now, but you deserved to know."

(Hasn't she cried enough yet?)

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Felix doesn't flinch as he hears someone landing on his balcony, expecting it to be one out of two options.

Something proved right as he can hear the person knocking on the glass door.

"Hello cousin." Felix says as he opens the door to see Adrien standing there with a grim face. "It seems we have a lot to talk about."

"Yes, we do Felix. Can i come in?"

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It's night when Luka arrives at the usual meeting spot.

Marinette is sitting detransformed watching the city, one hand gently massaging the other.

"I have scars one them. They're just thin lines, but they just, kinda, itch sometimes." She quietly explains.

Luka tosses a marshmallow to Sass before sitting down with Marinette, gently taking one hand to look it over.

He could indeed see several thin scars going over her palms and fingers, sometimes going up onto the back of her hand. Enough to be a bit painful at first but still something that'll heal quick. Now it's just an annoyance that will itch until enough time for them to have realistically heal, has passed.

The teen lets out a have sigh as he massaged her hand. "Thank you. You're a god send."

"You can pay me back by taking a nap sometime this year."

They burst out in laughter.

"Sometime this year, huh? I'll try, no promises." She winks.

He just smiles and shakes his head. "I'll believe it when i see it."

The night is warm and calm around them. Sitting still isn't an issue.

"Have you told anyone?"

Luka shakes his head. "I've been trying to plan the best way to tell Juleka, but it's hard."

"I know what you mean." Marinette says with a wry smile. "I don't know if there's any easy way to tell your family you've been fighting bad guys and risking your life since you were eleven."

"True." Luka stood up and stretched. "Wanna race accross the rooftops?"

"You're on!" Marinette leapt out of the tower and transformed in mid-air.

Luka laughed. "That's cheating! Come on Sass, let's do this."

As soon as he was transformed, Viperion was following Ladybug accross the city.

I'm sorry, i killed off Fu....

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