Chapter One
A Demon Child
Years had passed since Crystal had ultimately defeated Him. Now the girls are older and they are adults who have no worry of ever seeing that devil again. The Powerpuff Girls are happily married with the Rowdyruff Boys individually. Bubbles is now 4 months pregnant with twins, whom of which she and her husband, Boomer, are expecting. She was driving in her car over to the mountains because she wanted to see the view of her hometown, Townsville. At around this time, she was wearing a light blue, flowing dress, dark blue ballet shoes and she no longer has pigtails in her hair. Instead she has her hair down and it's curled at both ends of each side. She stopped the car at her destination, gets out and goes over to the railing to see the view. It was nighttime and the sky was a beautiful shade of dark blue with the beautifully bright, twinkling stars sparkling all over it, and the crescent moon glowing in the night. As she stares at the view of her city, a dark shadow passed over her as if it lost its way home. Bubbles turned around, only to find her old archenemy, Him, standing behind, not in flesh and blood, but as a pale, white ghost.
"Him," said Bubbles, nervously with her hand on her mouth and the other one on her chest. "I didn't see you there."
"What, no hello?" said Him, with a look as if he's pouting. He floats to her side and said, "I only came to tell you something that you need to know."
"Like what," said Bubbles in confusion. Him places his ghostly claw on her stomach.
"You are expecting twin boys, are you?" he asked. Bubbles nodded, nervously. "I must tell you that the first twin will look exactly like me by the time he is born." Bubbles became confused with Him's theory and said sadly, "This is hard to believe."
"But it's the truth," said Him, insistently. He wrapped his ghostly arms around her to comfort her. "I could show you what I mean, but this is all I can do. Promise you will never abandon him."
Bubbles, not daring to look at the demonic ghost, said with nervousness in her voice as a tear ran down her cheek, "I will. Thank you, Him."
"Excellent," said Him, smiling. He kissed her on the cheek in content, let go of her, floated into the air and called, "I'll be checking up on you and the child every so often! So be careful!" He disappears in a cloud of white smoke, and vanishes into the sky above. Bubbles, who was left alone near her car, thinks it over for a while, thinking of what he told her about the child. She got inside it and drove off, still thinking about it. By the time she made it back home, her stepdaughter, Mimiko, was waiting for her outside. She got out of the car and walked over to her with a worried look on her face.
"Welcome back," said the young, little demon. Bubbles smiled in content.
"What are you doing out here, sweetheart?" she asked.
"I thought I'd wait for you and father to come home," said Mimiko, her raven hair flowing in the wind.
"Well," said Bubbles, with a smile on her face. "There's no need to wait out in the dark. Let's go inside."
"Okay," said Mimiko. She and Bubbles walk over to the door to get ready for bed. Just when they got inside, Boomer returns home to check up on his pregnant wife. His wavy, blonde hair gleamed in the moonlight as he reached the porch and up to door with a smile on his face.
Five months later, Bubbles was at the doctor's office, waiting for the twins to arrive. It was the day of their birth and she was very excited with glee and happiness. Just then, she felt a contraction, as if an arrow had pierced her in the stomach.
"The twins," she said. "They're coming. And just in time too." She then feels another contraction that led to her screaming in pain. Boomer and the others came barging in. Blossom and Buttercup decide too hold their sister down to the chair, each holding one arm with enough force to grip them. Mimiko covered her eyes, knowing that she doesn't need to see this. Crystal and her husband teleport their way in and the doctor comes in at the exact moment. She immediately goes in front of Bubbles' bed and says, "Okay, Mrs. Utonium, listen! You must breath very deeply!" Bubbles did as she was told and her sisters held on to her tightly.
"Now push!" the doctor said. Bubbles pushed very hard while holding both arms of her sisters, and not a moment too soon, the child Him told her about was born first. It was a male who, just like Him, had red skin, a Dracula-type hairstyle, pointed ears, and two tiny lobster claws at the end of his arms. Two minutes later, Bubbles pushed one more time and a boy who looked just like her husband was born. She was greatly overjoyed to see her twin boys after the doctor says, "Congratulations, you have two very different twin boys!" Boomer picks up his duplicate and plays around with him.
"Hey, good looking" he said. The baby opened his blue eyes and cooed happily as his dad was swaying him around in circles. Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup looked at the other one, their eyes filled with happiness. Buttercup looked at Bubbles and said, "Didn't you warn us 'bout the kid lookin' like our old enemy?" Bubbles nodded, reassuringly.
"Thought so," said the green puff. She looked at her newborn nephew and smiled. "You know, he may look a lot like Him, but look at his face." She lifted the baby's tiny head to show the others what she meant.
"You're right," said Blossom. "He's not wearing any make-up."
"Yep," Crystal broke in, "but there are a lot of similarities between them, appearance wise. See he has…" She ran her finger over the Dracula-type hair on the baby. "…the same hair-style, the same skin-tone…" She lifted the baby's tiny arm to get the small claw that resembled Him's. "…and little, tiny lobster claws."
"What's a lobster claw?" asked Mimiko, curiously.
"This is," said Crystal, opening and closing the baby's claw as demonstration.
"Wow," said Mimiko, with wide eyes. "His claws can open up."
"I'm actually very glad to have this child," said Bubbles, with a tear of joy running down her cheek.
"My advice girl," said Crystal. "Don't abandon good demons." The others laughed at Crystal's joke, including Bubbles, who was happy to have her next child, despite his appearance. She held him closely, with a gentle heart and a welcoming disposition. The tiny red baby cooed, opened his bright, green eyes and stared at his parents, aunts and uncles. He looked up at his mother and said his first word, "Mama." He held out his tiny arms.
"That's right," said Bubbles. She hugged her child closely, "I'm your mama." The baby cooed happily. Then she said, "What are we going to name him?"
"How 'bout Him Jr.?" said Buttercup, jokingly.
"Name him after our old enemy?" asked Bunny, in disgust. "No sir."
"I think we should give the little one something more specific," suggested Bell.
"Bell's right," said Crystal in agreement. "We should name him after somethin' he is." She lifted the red baby's tiny arm and said, "We'll call the little fella, Akamaru."
"Oh that's the perfect for him!" exclaimed Blossom, in agreement.
"What does that mean?" said Buttercup.
"That's Japanese for 'red'," said Bubbles. The baby cooed happily after given a name by his own aunt. He rubbed against his mother's chest, cooing happily.
"Yes, you like that?" said Bubbles, her head closer to his. Boomer walks up to Crystal and asks, "And what do we call this little guy?" He held his newborn duplicate high enough for her to see.
"Oh, him?" said Crystal. "We'll call the little fella, Brock."
"Brock?" said Boomer, in confusion.
"Because he might look and act like you when he grows up," said Crystal, jokingly. The others get it and start to laugh at her joke.
"Guess that'll be your name, little buddy," said Boomer, as he's talking to his youngest twin. Brock smiled, looked at his opposite twin and cooed happily at him. He held out his tiny arms as if he wants to be with his brother.
"What's up?" asked Boomer. He looked at what he was waving his arms out at.
"Oh! You wanna be with your brother?" he asked. Brock cooed happily as a way of saying yes. "Aw right, here you go." Boomer placed him near his mother, and he waved his arms out to Akamaru. The tiny red demon turned his tiny head towards him and smiled in content. Bubbles picked up Brock and held him beside Akamaru so the two can play with each other. The others looked at the two in amusement and relief. Chazz walked up to the couple and spoke up at last, "I guess the two actually get along very well, for total opposites."
"You said it," said Crystal. The others laugh in agreement. Outside the doctor's office, however, Him's ghost is looking through the window, his eyebrows bent forward on his eyes, and a wicked smile on his face. He had his eyes set on the newborn child and Mimiko, whom Bubbles had rescued from a fire when she was just a baby. He disappeared out of sight, grinning wickedly at his newborn son. He knew that someday, he would be one of the three keys to his revival and that Bubbles would be his queen despite her marriage to Boomer. He cackled at his evil plan as he disappears into the night sky, his laughter echoing in the air.
To be continued…