As night approached, Claw Noir fed on 3 rats while waiting for the mysterious superheroine to show up. Even if she did kick his ass last night, he is up for round 2. That if she has any tricks up her sleeve to weaken a vampire. He drains the last one out of blood, feeling stronger.

"Gross! That's disgusting!" Ladybug startled him in the alley.

"So you have arrived, Ladybug" He turns around.

"Rats? Really?" Ladybug cringed at that.

"Yeah, and no human" Claw Noir replied.

"Still mad that I kicked your ass last night?" Ladybug smirked.

"Oh, you have no idea how dangerous I might be when angry" Claw Noir said.

"With your pissed-off face like that, I would be angry like that too" Ladybug chuckled.

"So you're here to talk or to fight?" Claw Noir asked.

"Probably a bit of both. I don't trust badass men like you trying to seduce a woman" Ladybug said.

"Oh, really Miss Bug?" Claw Noir sneered at her.

"I do. Big bad boys always get on my nerves whenever they do something very ugly" Ladybug sneered back.

"Ooh, I faced a lot of ugly things than you" Claw Noir smirked.

"Oh yeah? Prove it for a rematch" Ladybug dared him.

"Hell no. I'm too fast, strong, and too undead" Claw Noir said.

"Scaredy cat. It's like you think it's too easy for you" Ladybug crossed her arms.

"Wanna bet at my full strength?" Claw Noir readies himself.

"What are you gonna do? Sink your fangs on my ass?" Ladybug spun her yo-yo.

"On your neck!" Claw Noir rushed at her.

"I'll break your teeth!" Ladybug dodged and jumped on his shoulders. She skips off and sweepkicks him off his feet.

"Agh! Now you're making me angry, milady!" Claw Noir morphed into a bat to dodge her attacks.

"Come back here!" Ladybug tried to get him.

He then let out an ultrasonic bat screech to blow her ears.

"AAAAGH!!!" Ladybug held for her ears.

He morphed back to normal and smirked at her, "Had enough? I can still do more than fight like a man"

"Goddamn it!" Ladybug managed to get the ringing out of her head, "You almost blew my hearing!"

"Aw, did that sting? Sorry," Claw Noir chuckled.

"Argh! You asshole! Why can't you admit that I still kicked your undead ass last night?!" Ladybug was very annoyed by his undefeated performance.

"Well, I kind of wanted a rematch" Claw Noir said.

"Hmph! Why do I bother to waste my time with a cat that has negative nine lives? It's like you really wanna claim my throne as the new superhero. You can't even walk in daylight" Ladybug scoffed and leaned against the wall.

"Actually, the truth is......agh! This is a complicated story" Claw Noir thinks that she won't believe him.

"Like what? Did someone bit you in the ass to become....this?" Ladybug scoffed.

"It's a curse!" Claw Noir finally admitted.

"Technically in movies, it's the same as being bitten to get cursed," Ladybug said.

"You have no idea what I went through, I missed most of my life trapped in a coffin," Claw Noir said.

"And how long was that?" Ladybug asked.

"For over 130 years" Claw Noir replied.

It took Ladybug to process this and when he said it was over 130 years, could that mean between the disappearance of Paw Noir at that time?

"You're him, aren't you?" Ladybug asked.

"The one and only. Cursed to become a vampire with claws and fangs than soft paws" Claw Noir said.

Ladybug was shocked that she actually fought the legendary Paw Noir. Ladybug used her yo-yo to scan his face to see if it was a match with the old black and white photo of Paw Noir.

"It's a match. The face is similar but you had a more lion-styled hairstyle" Ladybug said.

"Mmhmm. The costume also changed when I woke up to the 21st century. Which was very new" Claw Noir said, admiring how he never faced the future fashion style.

"No kidding. You had more of a 19th-century costume back then" Ladybug said.

"I was a legend, milady. Until someone took that away from me. Everyone I knew in my time are dead!" He yelled with a snarl.

"Who did?" Ladybug asked.

"A compulsive liar that became a psycho bitch who ruined my life when I simply told her I don't have romantic feelings for her and she went way too far to curse me into a vampire. Yet she lived beyond her time to try and do the same attempt to my descendant relative" Claw Noir growled lowly.

"Oh dear. And I'm so sorry for fighting you Noir" Ladybug felt bad for him.

"I don't blame you. It's also a new change to adapt in this new century I don't belong in" Claw Noir said.

"I see. Well, let's call this fight a draw" Ladybug didn't want to continue the fight.

"Very well. But I do need your help. You're a human and there's no vampire weakness in you. What do you know about this Cerise Bianca?" Claw Noir asked.

"She spreads nasty lies and rumors to everyone. She's in league with Chloe to make anyone as miserable as possible, even a girl named Marinette" Ladybug said.

"Well, that's a big problem for that. Someone told me that this pathetic mayor makes a lousy father to his spoiled daughter without disciplining her like ever. That's totally bad parenting to raise a child without discipline or lessons in order to prevent a child from being extremely spoiled" Claw Noir said.

"He's only Mayor to impress his wife, who's just as selfish and rude as her daughter," Ladybug said.

"And the city manager can't remove him? Not even an impeachment? That's bullshit" Claw Noir scoffed at how the laws are not justified.

"Way beyond bullshit, Mr. Paws," Ladybug said.

"Ah, yes, Bugaboo" Claw Noir approached her.

"Don't even think about it" Ladybug covered her neck.

"I'm not hungry for blood right now," Claw Noir said.

"If you're lying, I'll break your teeth and you won't have fangs to bite with," Ladybug said.

"They'll grow back, my dear. And would you please stop mocking me? It's like you say things like that so you don't let fear take over you. Do you really think I would kill innocent lives?" Claw Noir crossed his arms.

"I've only seen you kill criminals so far" Ladybug replied calmly.

Claw Noir stopped her from walking further from him, "You seriously haven't known what corrupted people can really do to innocents in my time? Just like how I let my guard down and did nothing to report a psycho bitch that cursed me. Just like you did nothing to remove the mayor. We both have our faults"

"I suppose so," Ladybug said.

"So you're not completely a superhero. To save Paris, you gotta take out who is controlling Paris like a puppet. A relative of mine said that this Chloe person has caused everyone's life a living hell" Claw Noir found the nightclub and hypnotized the security guard to be let in.

"Yes. And she regrets nothing of it. She was my former fan until I saw her true colors" Ladybug followed.

"Self-proclaimed fan I'm guessing. I get that a lot too whenever these crazy fan girls do that for attention in public" Claw Noir sits at the bar, "Being famous attracts too many crazy people you know"

"I never wanted to be famous. I decide to be a hero to figure out with problems rather than have my life get bullied at school. Or I would've gone insane just like your curse drives you insane with too much cravings for blood" Ladybug glared.

"I wasn't insane, milady. Just scared. I don't like killing either but you expect me to spare them and get turned?" Claw Noir pouted that he did not like killing but to prevent a vampire apocalypse.

"No" Ladybug replied.

"Exactly. Ah, I would like water. I never drink wine" Claw Noir said, knowing that wine is mostly holy and vampires are unholy.

"Just some Cola for me," Ladybug said.

"Coming up," The bartender said.

Claw Noir glanced back at the partiers having fun like crazy animals. He never had that kind of style in the 1880s but this was the best of his undead life. Better than soirées he never liked.

"What kind of dance is that?" He asked.

"There are many types of dance styles like Rock'n Roll, Hip Hop, dance fighting, etc," Ladybug said.

"The world really did change so much" Claw Noir said.

"Yes, it has. A lot has changed" Ladybug said.

The bartender gave them drinks and the vampire drank water. Letting out a belch since he doesn't care at all, feeling all this grief of his father and family gone.

"How do you feel?" Ladybug asked.

"Confused but still soaking in. Being immortal is like endless suffering" Claw Noir said

"Yeah, watching everyone grow old," Ladybug said.

"I never faced it because I was in hibernation in a coffin. I never saw how my family died" Claw Noir said.

"I know. But That's why immortality would only cause more suffering" Ladybug said.

"And that is why I need your help. What else do you know of Cerise Bianca?" Claw Noir asked.

"Just that she's one troublesome student who harasses this Marinette Dupain-Cheng and spreads lies," Ladybug said.

"Definitely a compulsive liar. Very puuuuuuuuurrrrrrsuasive" Claw Noir said before glancing at the hooker wanting to have sex with a man in a private room.

"Are you staring at her?" Ladybug noticed.

"No, but yes. I have never seen women and men here get sexually pleasured in a nightclub like that. For a vampire like me, they do the seducing, which I did once to feed before that whore could've gotten into me" Claw Noir said before standing up and getting to the couch.

"Don't even try on me" Ladybug blushed.

"We just met two nights ago. I'm physically and mentally 16 years old. Do your math" Claw Noir said.

"I'm 16 right now," Ladybug said.

"And already a fine girl with curves" Claw Noir joked.

"And you remained unchanged with a sexy ass and handsome young features, you're still technically an old man for your real over-century age right now. You do the math" Ladybug mocked back.

"I'd just be all bones if I wasn't" Claw Noir replied.

Ladybug sat on the couch next to him, "Well, maybe the curse isn't so bad. Instead of letting it make your ass suffer so much, perhaps you should have this curse to helping the world. Like for example, if an elderly person so old was suffering in vain but couldn't let death come in time, what would you do?" Ladybug asked him.

"I'd just put him out of his misery?" Claw Noir asked.

"Yes. My great-grandmother suffered so much that she died in vain. I was only 11 and it was the first time I've seen how old she became at age 92 on her deathbed. We didn't have the money to put her to sleep so she could die peacefully but the sickness was too much for her. It was very hard for my grandma to live that trauma" Ladybug breathes heavily of that grief.

Claw Noir then held her close for a hug. Ladybug then hugs him back for comfort.

"Milady, I may not know what kind of grief feels like but I also lost my mother when I was 12" Claw Noir said.

"I'm sorry for your loss," Ladybug said.

"But ever since that bitch locked me in a coffin, I missed out on my father's life and did not see how he died," Claw Noir said.

"But here you are, making a new friend now," Ladybug said.

"One fellow magical powered one" Claw Noir said, then suddenly purred.

"Awww.....did the vampire boy like to be petted?" Ladybug heard it and scratched his chin.

"Uhhhhh...... no" Claw Noir blushed.

"You're purring?" Ladybug asked.

"I wish I wasn't" Claw Noir purred.

"Sounds adorable," Ladybug said.

"Vampires are scary to everyone's eyes, milady. Wild cats like myself, they don't like to be tamed or petted" Claw Noir made her sit on his lap since everyone was watching, stroking her legs.

"Ummmm. Okay," Ladybug blushed.

He can hear her heartbeat but also anxiety in her pulse rate, "Your pulse rate has anxiety. That explains the feisty attitude"

"Never seen anyone this charming....I mean seductive before" Ladybug said.

"That makes me the first one, my dear lady. You're diurnal and I'm nocturnal. Ladybugs do bring good luck during the daylight" Claw Noir stroked her legs.

"And black cats bring bad luck at night" Ladybug rubs his cheek.

"Meow, my lovely lady is getting bold" Claw Noir purred.

"Don't get used to it, kitty bat. Your ass is still mine and one day your ass will get kicked again" Ladybug smirked.

"We'll see" Claw Noir smirked back at her.

"You really don't get scared when I get very pissed off, do you?" Ladybug asked by wrapping her legs around his waist tightly.

"I've been through worse as Paw" Claw Noir groaned a little.

"Yet your paws went dormant for over a century because you awaken your claws," Ladybug said.

"My claws were awakened to seek revenge on that person who put me in a coffin" Claw Noir growled softly.

"I could help you," Ladybug said.

"She's dangerous, milady. I can't even get close because she has weapons against vampire's weakness. Cerise Bianca was known as Lila Rossi in my time. That explains all the lies you mentioned because her name has a pun in it. Lie-la" Claw Noir said.

"Wait a minute, back up. So Lila is Cerise?!" Ladybug realized.

"Yes. I asked my distant relative and he thought Cerise is the descendant of Lila" Claw Noir explained.

"Sounds like she's abusing the power of immortality or cheating death," Ladybug said.

"That's exactly what I told that bitch. Cheating death is like a violation of death. She has no regrets or ashamed at all. It's like she's too hollow to feel anything. I can't let her do the same thing to my descendant relatives" Claw Noir said, feeling angry that he caused this.

"We'll save them," Ladybug said.