You Belong With Me

"Luka!" Marinette called out to the young man. Luka smiled at the girl. Her hair was styled into a bun to keep away from what she was baking. He walked toward the bakery's counter. His group of friends went ahead and sat at an empty table, giving him some time to talk to the girl. "I haven't seen you around lately. How have you been?"

"I just finished my first semester in university" He shrugged. "What about you? How's it going with Adrien?"

Marinette blushed at the mention of her boyfriend. Even though it's been a long time now since the two finally got their act together and became a couple, she still can't believe it. It still feels like a dream to her. She remembers when they started dating, Luka was the first to encourage her. 

"It's been going great! We're going to the movies after my shift today" Marinette smiled. "Anyway, what can I get for you and your friends?"

Before he could answer, the sound of people outside crying for help grabbed everyone's attention. "An akuma!"

Luka and Marinette rushed outside to see the situation. A large sentimonster made out of ice was rampaging through the city. A man stood on the top of the monster's head, laughing maniacally at the sight of people trembling in fear. The monster let out a loud scream, sending sharp icicles all around. Luka noticed two children standing in fear. He rushed toward them, pushing them out of the way, barely getting scrapped by the icicles. He turned around to see that the icicles began to form themselves into tiny versions of the sentimonster.

"Luka!" Marinette rushed toward them.

"Take them inside. Get somewhere safe" Luka handed the children to her before running off.

Marinette called out to him, seeing him run into an alleyway. She glanced at the two children and rushed them inside the bakery. Her parents were calming down the customers, not noticing their daughter running up the stairs to her room. She closed her bedroom door. Tikki flew toward her. "Tikki, spots on!"

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The train doors opened and an announcement was being made, telling everyone to stay inside. People were rushing to get away from whatever was happening outside. The sound of the news channel grabbed the attention of the people who just arrived.

Ice, huh?

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"This is really " Chat Noir flipped himself onto a light post.

"Seriously, Chat?" Ladybug smirked. "You could do better than that"

"I admit that it's not one of my best works, but cut me some slack. We've been doing this superhero thing for a while and I'm running out of puns here" Chat dodge an icicle.

"He is right about one thing, though" Rena Rouge stopped a tiny ice monster from attacking Carapace. "These things don't want to melt"

"It's times like these that I miss Phoenix" Bunnyx sighed. "Her firepower would be really useful right now"

Ladybug glanced over at Viperion. He was currently dodging icicle attacks and protecting any civilians that were still outside. She knows that he most likely heard what Bunnyx just said. Her thoughts were then diverted back to the situation at hand. Her eyes met Chat's and they both nodded.

"Cover us!" Chat ordered the rest of the team. They did as they were told, giving Chat and Ladybug the time to get on top of the sentimonster. Chat grabbed his lady's arm, helping her get to where the villain was before slipping back to the ground. Ladybug threw a punch at the villain, knocking him off balance.

"You really think you can put an end to my ice storm, Ladybug?" The villain glared, lunging at her. The monster screamed again, blasting a ton more of icicles.

"Shelter!" Carapace yelled, shielding himself and the others. With the sudden movements of the monster and being in between fighting the villain, Ladybug fell off balance. Viperion noticed and was about to use his miraculous to save her, but someone beat him to it.

The heat of the fire slowly began to melt every icicle in the vicinity. The sound of the wings crackling reminded them of when they were young teens. The red, orange and yellow colors were as bright as the sun. Everyone's eyes widened.

"That's..." Rena Rouge finally spoke.

"Phoenix" Viperion smiled.

You set Ladybug down on a nearby roof. Ladybug stared at you with a wide grin. "Phoenix! You're back!"

"Yup" You giggled. "But maybe we should continue this nice reunion after we get the akuma?"

"You're right" Ladybug shook her head, refocusing. "Let's do this"

You flew back down, striking down the ice monsters with your sais, while Ladybug went back to fight the villain. Carapace called off the shelter, allowing the others to fight as well. Chat was fighting the monsters, making a way to go help his lady.

"Watch out" You threw your sai toward an icicle that was about to strike Viperon.

"Thanks" Viperon glanced at the shattered weapon. His eyes met yours. It was only a brief moment before the two of you had to continue your fight, but it felt like it was forever. Seeing you back made him feel so happy. Your hair was shorter than the last time he saw you. He could tell you got stronger in using your powers, seeing as you could light your sais on fire. You were amazing as ever.

"NO!" Ladybug and Chat Noir knocked the villain off of the monster. It began to stop walking and screaming.

"Now, Phoenix!" Bunnyx opened a portal for you to fly in since you were too far away. You did so, immediately reappearing where the villain stood. You stretched out your arms toward the little monsters.

"Incinerate"

"Cataclysm"

"Time to de-evilize!"

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"Cheers to the return of our lovely friend, (y/n)!" Grace grinned. The moment after you and the rest of Paris' superheroes finished battling with the akumatized villain earlier, your friends had ambushed you into a giant group hug. You informed them about officially returning and staying for university after all of the years of you being away. The group then decided to meet up to grab a couple of drinks at a local bar.

"Wait, (y/n), is this your first time drinking?" Calixte smirked.

Lucien patted your back, "Because if so, you should consider yourself lucky. This is our twentieth time -"

"Lies, this is your third time" Ruben took a sip of his beer. You let out a small laugh. "The first time was just to test the waters, and the second ended up with all of you being a drunken mess at my house"

"That sounds like fun" You commented, taking a sip of your light beer.

"The only one that wasn't a lightweight was Luka" Manu gestured to the boy with his glass. You turned to your best friend.