Red Strings And Markers

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Ladybug was able to fend off several cranes by hitting them with her yoyo while Chat would use his baton like a bat.

Kirigami had disappeared while they were entertained, working on another piece of origami, one that was done by black paper and was slithering along the shadows to Ladybug. It was slow moving, but once it latched onto her leg, it quickly wrapped around her legs, constricting her to the ground.

"A fucking snake, are you kidding me?" Ladybug cursed as she fell. Avoiding the snapping head, she tried to pull out of its grip, but the even with the thick paper was stubborn and unnaturally hard to rip. "Chat! Lend me a paw, would ya?" The black cat was soon to her side, avoiding the snapping head.

"You're not injured, are you?" He asked, also batting away at cranes flying to him.

"Cut the stupid snake off of me." Chat nodded, his claws glimmering in the light. He dodged a couple of cranes that came his way and used his baton to close the mouth of the snapping snake. With his claws, he ripped through the paper, the snake hissing and the paper ripping to shreds. "Shouldn't be too hard to win this one, right?"

"I was thinking the same thing."

Kirigami jumped out from out of the shadows with his own baton, Chat countering it with his, noticing a peculiar brown leather necklace with a silver ring hanging from his neck. Chat tried to reach for it and Kirigami noticed this, letting out an irritated sound.

Kirigami leaned onto his baton and brought a leg up, kicking Chat in the stomach, setting some distance between them. Chat groaned and Ladybug felt the dull kick in her own stomach, turning to look at them.

"I'm tired of these damn birds." Ladybug muttered. "Lucky Charm!" She tossed her yoyo into the sky and as it came down, a closed can of paint materialized and landed in Ladybug's hand.

"Time for action, Ladybug Da Vinci?" Chat called as he went into a hand to hand combat with Kirigami after he had knocked Chat's baton out of his hand. Ladybug smirked and she jumped out of the way of some oncoming straight slips of paper, some still slicing into her suit, barely giving her the smallest of paper cuts.

Ladybug winced and cursed under her breath, looking of at Chat. His baton had been kicked towards the middle of the road and a swarm of cranes were gathering around it, possibly trying to take it to their master.

"Not today." Ladybug sprinted towards the direction of the baton and swung her yoyo to the floating cranes, being crushed by the speed the yoyo was swung, falling to the ground in a crumple.

Ladybug picked up the baton and she extended the length, vaulting in between the unfair fight Kirigami was having with the weaponless Chat. Ladybug landed on Kirigami's horizontal baton, catching him off guard. "Surprise!"

"What the-"

"What? Ladybug got your tongue?" She smirked and pressed her weight on the opposite side of the baton, making him let go of it.

Kirigami let out a tsk and jumped back, extending an open hand to the two of them, sending straight paper to catch Chat and Ladybug in a vortex. Occasionally, the two would wince with the sting of a paper cut, but Chat grabbed ahold of Ladybug and extended with his baton over to a safe distance.

"What's the plan my lady?" Chat asked, batting away some cranes. Straight paper flied around them and in Kirigami's hands started forming the shape of a long paper sword.

"My Lucky Charm is a can of paint. The best thing I'm thinking of is that I toss the can of paint above him and you use Cataclysm, sending the paint everywhere. If art is his main priority, paint on his costume will probably strike some reaction off of him. With this baton I snatched, I should be able to hook the ring off his neck and smash it."