Umm...Disclaimer: I don't own Powerpuff Girls(...or Rowdyruff Boys)
Um...hopefully i did that right-F.Y.I First Entry-
(Umm... I changed the girls' names-for whatever reason, it's too late to change them back now- so try and guess who is who! ^.^..but i already told you...Okay!
Thank You...for Reading ._.
^.^
Blossom vs. Mojo Jojo
On your marks...Get set…Go!
…
*Race ends*
Mojo: I won, I won!
Blossom: That's impossible! You cheated
Mojo: No I didn't! Now I get to say it!
*Opens mouth*
Blossom: Oops!
*Accidentally-cough, cough- bumps into Mojo, Mojo falls off of cliff*
Announcer: Hey! Where did Mojo Jojo go?"
*Everyone stares at Blossom*
Blossom: *Coughs into fist*
Ahem, he said that he had an appointment…at the spa…he's getting a wax! Umm, so, he had to leave…
Announcer: Well then, I suppose that would be counted as a forfeit, ladies and gentleman, Blossom is the winner! Go ahead sweetheart
Blossom: FKS does not own, or claim to own The Powerpuff Girls…or the Rowdyruff Boys…or the Professor-
*2 hours later*
-Or the Amoeba Boys, or-
Random Person #1: Hey! What's that thing down there?
*Crowd wakes up*
Random Person #2: It looks like Mo-
*Blossom …accidentally…kicks them off of the cliff*
Crowd: *Gasp*
Blossom: Oops
Ready...Set...Go
Chapter 1
"Ancient Rivals Conquer?"
Anastasia watched as the nostalgic sites of their beloved city waved her and her sisters good-bye, she gazed out the clear, car window, resting her forehead against the glass as she sighed. She turned around, Alexis and Arielle were seated at the back of the sleek, new yellow sports car their father had bought them, even hiring a driver to drop them off in a new town, with a new home and a new school, along with new people, a new life. Her eyes watered as she recalled the 'words of wisdom' their father had offered them in the past week, all three of them anticipating, but at the same time feeling remorse at the fact that they were now, adults. Arielle and Alexis were unusually silent, gazing out the window,
"Ah, it's not fair!" Alexis complained, gently banging her hand with the closed, glass window
"We turn eighteen and he decides to kick us out" she fumed
Arielle turned around; the stuffed bunny that their father had given her for her birthday was in her arms
"But Lexi" she said softly "there's no way Daddy would do that" she whispered
Her fingers resting on her lips,
"Face it Ari!" Alexis yelled at her,
"He kicked us out, end of story"
Arielle clutched her bunny; bind it to her chest, her eyes becoming teary,
"Lexi! Didn't you hear a word Daddy said?" Anastasia interrupted, attempting to defend her father, although-no matter how much it pained her to say it, she agreed with her sister
"This entire week he's been telling us he loves us and that he's going to miss us, how could you say he's throwing us away?" She asked, surprised at her own words and how much she believed them as she spoke, Alexis frowned and turned to face Anastasia
"Then why's he ditching us, huh Naz? Why did he pack up all of our stuff and ship it off to what's-it's-name-Ville on our birthday, and I mean literal birth day, the very day all three of us were born eighteen years ago, and he decided to deport us!" Alexis shouted bashfully,
Anastasia's head whipped back around, glaring at Alexis, who glared back at her with arched eyebrows and a scowl, Anastasia took a deep breath and exhaled, facing the ground.
"Look, I know you're acting like this because it's how you are, you're naturally rude and bashful, and I know that you're just sad-just like Ari and I, because Daddy made us leave without a clue to why, but he told us he would call and explain everything to us, so let's just change the topic, and enjoy whatever we can" Anastasia said in a calm, soothing voice
Arielle-who had lowered her head, facing the ground, perked up, and turned around, gazing out the car window once again, Alexis glared at Anastasia for a moment, but snapped her head around, staring out the window
"…ok" she gradually muttered
Anastasia smirked, hearing the answer even though she no longer faced her two sisters
"Besides" she added, cupping her hand around her mouth as she lay her forehead against the window, between the window and her cupped hand she whispered
"We're not being deported, seeing as how we're not being shipped to another country, just another city, dummy"
Arielle and Anastasia giggled happily, Alexis glared at them in anger due to her embarrassment, at first, but then joined along, laughing as the atmosphere inside of the car changed.
They had been driving for hours, Alexis yawned, stretching her arms up to the car ceiling
"I'm bored" She yelled bluntly, Arielle snored softly, her head banged against the window and she woke herself up, she searched in every corner of the car until she finally recalled what was going on. Alexis pressed one of the buttons on the car door, the window sailed open, air poured into the car, the girls sighed; Anastasia smiled
"Oh I'm so sorry!" She apologized to the driver,
"A-Alexis! You have to ask first" she stated ruefully
"That's weird; you were one of the first people to smile when I opened the window, now you're complaining? Tsk tsk" Alexis waved her finger from side to side as she smirked at Anastasia's embarrassed expression
"Besides, it's our car" she added
"I apologize on my sister's behalf" Anastasia said to the driver
"Don't worry, I don't mind, you guys can open all the windows if you want" he smiled
"Alright!" Alexis yelled
"And besides" he said as Alexis opened anything that really could be opened inside of the car
"You're sister's right, it is your car" Anastasia caught a glimpse of Arielle grinning contently and a mischievous smirk from Alexis just before the car was engulfed in a fresh, soothing wind. Suddenly the roof of the car began to retreat, Anastasia, Arielle and Alexis' hair was swept by the wind
"woohoo!" Alexis cheered, waving her arms in the air, Arielle giggled
"Alexis" Anastasia said, giggling,
"She's changed so much already…maybe leaving wasn't such a bad idea" Anastasia thought hopefully.
Suddenly a car appeared beside them, a red sports car rather similar to theirs, a boy with fiery red hair-complete with yellow streaks that peaked through his black cap, sat in the driver's seat, the back seat situated two boys, one with spiked black hair and the other with spiked blonde, all three of them merely glimpsed at the girls. The girls stared at each other, Anastasia focused on Alexis' pure, silky black hair that she'd put up with a scrunchie and a catcher, two black streaks peeked just in front of her ears, stretching towards her neck-the same hairstyle she almost always wore- along with her shimmering, forest green eyes, Alexis stared at Arielle's soft, silky blonde hair that she'd put into two curly, ringed ponytails, one on each side of her face, stretching towards her neck, her long hair stretched up till her back, her blonde side bangs strained towards her left eye, which was coated a sparkling sky blue, Arielle gazed at Anastasia's auburn hair that stretched up to her lower back, she'd let her wavy, long hair out, using the bow she wore almost every day to pin up some of the stray hair on the right side of her face, just above her ear, she stared into her eccentric rosy, light-pink eyes; the girls turned back towards the boys in awe, facing their boy-versioned clones, who seemed to be staring-no, glaring back at them. Suddenly the boy with black hair whispered something, the guy with fiery red hair swerved, the driver swerved as well, almost slamming into the mountain, they were driving on the highway, the road stretched along a long mountain range, their new home was located at the end of the mountain range. The black haired boy hooted as the car raced ahead of the girls
"Bye rust-head!" The guy with fire-red hair yelled icily in a calm voice, the boys waved back
"He did not just do that" Alexis yelled
She grabbed the driver by the shoulders and heaved him back towards the back seat, just as she was about to leap into the driver's seat Anastasia interrupted her
"Lexi, I don't think you should drive" she said
Alexis turned towards her sister, ready to complain when she saw her reaction, Anastasia was angry, suddenly it hit her
"He just made fun of her hair, didn't he?" She asked herself
"I think I should drive instead" finished Anastasia, lunging into the driver's seat with a devious smile,
"This" Alexis thought, "Should be fun."
The car screeched as Anastasia took hold of it, racing after the boys that had just agitated her, by taking advantage of one of her biggest weaknesses, her hair.
Anastasia had caught up to the boys, who stared at her and her sisters, surprised, she smirked, along with Alexis, Arielle merely stared at the car, watching the boys, "something about them…seems familiar" she thought, her voice trailing off. Anastasia stared at the road, her eyes unwavering from the bumper of the red sports car, it turned at another swerve around the mountain, escaping her intense gaze just as she yelled
"Ari, give me some energy, I need speed" Anastasia's shout suddenly snapped Arielle back to reality
"what? But why me?" Arielle whined
Anastasia slowly turned her head around to face Arielle, twitching; her bangs darkened her face, hiding her eyes
"What…did…you…say?" She asked through clenched teeth with an irritated smile
Arielle jumped back, startled, she caught a glimpse of Alexis, who also seemed startled at Anastasia's expression, Alexis tapped Arielle's shoulder, Arielle slowly turned towards Alexis, unable to take her eyes off of Anastasia, who continued to glare at them, irritated.
"Umm, maybe you should just follow orders didn't you hear that guy call Boss 'rust-head'?" Alexis whispered into Arielle's ear, neither of them taking their eyes off of Anastasia, who seemed to stiffen at the mention of the word, Arielle's hands covered her mouth, her eyes were wide
"A-Alexis just called Anastasia 'Boss"!" She exclaimed in her head
"She only does that when Anastasia acts really scary!"
"And whenever she wants something…" a voice inside of her head added
She stared at her sisters who were staring-and glaring, back at her, she crawled onto the trunk of the yellow sports car, she lay down on her stomach and slid off of the trunk, forces of the wind caressing her straight off of the sleek sports car's rear end, she giggled and thanked the wind for helping her carry out her plan exactly. She grasped the car bumper tightly, clutching onto it she sent a boost of energy into her legs, it pumped into her feet, a streak of light blue energetic light traced behind them, the same colour as Arielle's eyes. The car gained speed, Arielle caught Anastasia's smile through the rear-view mirror, Arielle giggled, enjoying herself; they caught up to the boys in a matter of moments with Arielle's energy boost.
Alphonse glanced into the rear-view mirror, the yellow sports car they had crashed was tailing them, he smirked
"Looks like someone wants to play with us" he murmured
Ace and Aido overheard him and turned around, they recognized the yellow sports car, Ace smirked,
"Man! I've been so bored, finally, a game" he thought
Aido merely stared at the car, his usual blank expression displayed
"Those three girls" he recalled
Suddenly an image of the blonde haired girl staring at him from the car appeared in his mind, his face grew slightly red
"Wh-what the hell?" He thought, confused at the sudden thought and its reaction, his chest felt warmer, and his heart was pumping faster
"What's going on" he thought to himself.
"Wait a minute, what the f***, dude, look at that" Ace yelled in his usual vocabulary, pointing towards the sports car, his eyes wide, but only for a moment. Ace's outburst interrupted Aido's thoughts and brought him back to reality, he'd been facing the ground, suddenly his head snapped up; he stared at the sports car, uncertain of what exactly he was supposed to look at, but as soon as he realized his eyes grew wide. Tailing the car was a bright, energetic light blue beam, he couldn't see the source. Alphonse supressed the amount of strength he forced onto the pedal as the highway steered around the mountain once again; he calculated the speed and smirked.
Anastasia arched her eyebrows, staring at the red sports car as it slowed down
"What the…" her voice trailed off, she honked her horn
"Who the hell stops their car in the middle of the highway?" She exclaimed yelling at the boys
The boy with fire-red hair stepped out of the car, he strolled casually, his hands in his hoody pockets, for an instant, it was as if he'd disappeared; suddenly he stood beside Anastasia's car door, Anastasia gazed at him with her mixed, red and pink iris', the boy stared at her for a moment. Anastasia suddenly intensified her eyes, trying to show him she wasn't afraid, even if her heart was pounding, for whatever reason.
Alexis stared at Fire Boy; he stood beside Anastasia's door, suddenly a thought flashed into her mind,
"What if he's a monster?" She thought
"Having some stranger by our door isn't fair" her face brightened
"We should have someone on the other side…but who? Ah man, I hate this thinking thing" She turned around and stared out the…window, since the roof was still up and the window had been pulled down long ago, she was basically staring at a hole
"Wait a minute, if I go there I get to kick butt, I could ambush them" she smirked ominously
She turned towards Arielle, who had already hopped back into the car when Anastasia had ordered her to, as the car had retreated to her intense gaze. Arielle was watching Anastasia and Fire Boy, Alexis tried to catch her attention inconspicuously, but Arielle's eyes were fixed on Anastasia and Fire Boy, slowly, Alexis tried to kick Arielle's leg, after countless efforts she sighed in defeat, unable to catch her attention. Arielle suddenly turned around, staring at Alexis.
"Hey, Blank" Ace called, referring to Aido with an excited smirk
"I'm going" Aido looked at him with a puzzled expression
"I'm gonna sneak up on them idiot" he replied to Aido's expression
"Don't you remember" Aido asked unemotionally
"Alphonse said he was gonna check if it really was them, and you can't get in his way, he already said 'Go'" Aido was referring to the 'Ready…Set…Go' Alphonse had mumbled just before he stepped out of the car, it was his way of starting a game, or a challenge.
"Whatever, there's no way it isn't them, the blue girl had to be her, her sisters looked a lot like Alphonse and me too, so stop annoying me and let me play" Aido stared at Ace, surprised
"whoa, who would've thought you'd notice all that" Ace glared at him, but merely let it go with a few curses under his breath since he'd already stepped out of the car; he ducked down, crawling towards the yellow sports car.
"'Acting like a Jackass', huh?" Aido repeated the words Ace had said in a mumble, he closed his eyes, leaning against the car door, his eyes closed
"She's the one to blame, though" he said aloud
After a few moments he stepped out of the car, not as...stealthily as his brother, but his presence was almost insignificant anyways, but even though he didn't realize it, his presence was significant to one person.
Alexis stared at Arielle blankly for a moment, her sisters sudden attention had surprised her, and she'd forgotten why she'd wanted it anyways, the two sisters stared at each other, suddenly Alexis remembered, she flailed her hands, because the first order that her mind gave her was to be quiet, so she flailed her arms wildly, suddenly Fire Boy glanced at her, Anastasia gradually followed his gaze as well as the driver, Alexis had even forgotten he was there, he just sat there, quietly, like a rat in a corner. Suddenly Alexis recalled the eyes that rested on her, her arms were frozen in mid-air; quickly she came up with an excuse
"…I…w-was…t-t-trying…to…" she took a breath
"swat a fly! Yeah, there was a fly that was bothering me, you two keep talking, me and Arielle were talking about…girl stuff" she was ready to slap herself,
Arielle's face grew bright red, Alexis was rather pink herself
"S-so you two keep talking!" She turned towards Arielle, her body stiff
"So, as I was saying, when I looked at it, it was all-" she said it slowly
Suddenly all eyes turned away, she let out a small sigh of relief, she turned towards Arielle, glancing around, she placed her finger onto her lips, regaining her composure from the incident, she inched towards the door, and slowly opened it, she gestured towards the red sports car, and slipped out of the car, she pushed the door back in, but not completely, afraid it would make noise, it wasn't in the way, after all it was barely open. Arielle waved Alexis good-bye just as she slipped through the door and crawled onto the road, suddenly she caught a figure from the corner of her eye and whipped her head around, it was the blonde haired boy she'd seen before, he stepped out of the car and sat on the edge of the road, his legs dangled from the cliff as he rested his arms on the fence that bordered the highway road, along with his head, he looked down, deep in thought, the way he just sat there, gazing at the canyon, Arielle found herself unable to take her eyes away from him, he sparkled and she couldn't help but smile, her heart pounding deeply.
Alexis weighed down on her knees and arms for support, she had begun to crawl towards the red sports car when she caught a glimpse of a large Daddy Long-Legs crawling along one of the boards on the fence she quickly dashed back and let out a sigh of relief, feeling secure as she knelt next to her car door. She turned to the side and realized the fence was broken around that area, two long wooden boards painted white stretched from as far as the eye could see from both corners of the highway, but each ended in a horribly splintered layer of brown wood at the ends, a large gaping hole in between, Alexis turned around, heading towards the back of the car, she hoped the spider would be gone by the time she decided to crawl towards the car once again. Unfortunately, just as Alexis turned around her fingers were sliced on a piece of glass, she cursed under her breath, "are you kidding me?" She mumbled
Crawling behind the car, at the exact same moment, Ace had snuck out of his red sports car, quickly, but cautiously crawling towards the yellow one. Alexis let out a sigh
"What the hell are you doing?" She yelled angrily, her mind was silent, she waited…and waited
"What the hell! Why won't anyone answer, they always have voices on T.V" she whined, and thumped her head
"Ah, whatever!" She exclaimed in a whisper
Quickly she crawled from behind the car, ready to sneak towards the red sports car, spider or not. Alexis' eyes went wide; she was only inches away from the black haired boy's face, the one that had been in the red sports car
"Did…I get there already?" She asked out loud, scratching her head as she gazed into the canyon, quickly she turned around to face the spiky black haired boy once again
"Hey!" She whispered
"Did I get to your car already?" She asked him
He stared at her, suddenly he began to chuckle
"What the hell?" He yelled in a whisper
Quickly Alexis clamped her hand over the black haired boy's mouth, which surprised him; suddenly he clutched her hand and pulled it off, his face a scowl and his eyes intense
"What the hell makes you think you can touch me" his voice arose
Alexis clamped her hand over his mouth once again, she couldn't help it, he was just so loud…and she was very stubborn.
She smirked, "Aww, what's wrong? I'm not gonna hurt you, just don't get on my nerves" she threatened him, his dark, pine green eyes-a few shades darker than hers- went wide for a moment once again, then they intensified
"Don't get on my nerves, I won't hold back, even if you're a girl" he smirked cockily
Alexis growled
"Oh really?"
"Really"
He took an attack stance, kneeling on both legs, his left leg was arched onto his toes, his right leg was arched in a right angle at his side, his arms were at his side, balled into fists, Alexis took her attack stance as well, her legs were in the same stance as the black haired boys' but her arms were in the position of a boxer's. They lay motionless for a moment, suddenly the black haired boy smiled smugly and Alexis leaped at him, her teeth bared, he did the same, pulling up his fist, aiming at her stomach, Alexis tried to roll into as much of a ball as she could manage, she ended up head butting the boy in his chin, since she'd rolled into a ball she clearly saw the boy's arm aiming for her stomach, she grabbed it as soon as she could and tried to pull it away from him. Alexis sat on top of him, pinning him to the ground, her hand held onto his arm, trying to keep it as far away from her as possible, he was stronger than she'd given him credit for. He stared at her for a moment, surprised, and then he grinned
"Looks like you're stronger than I gave you credit for" he said
Alexis smiled at how ironic it was that both of them looked so similar and at the same time they'd both been thinking the same thing, suddenly her hands acted on their own, before she even realized, the boy had tried to sneak a punch at her face, but she caught it, clapping both her hands against each side of his fist as she clasped onto it, she looked down at him, wide eyed, and at the same time surprised, he grinned mockingly once again, in a flash he was on top of her, she clasped the punch he tried to shoot at her face and tried to roll him over, they raced back and forth, rolling around in the area in between the yellow sports car and the fence…broken fence. The two had not realized they were nearing the edge of the mountain, suddenly the dropped off, refusing to stop fighting even as they plunged towards the ground, fortunately it was a long way from top to bottom, Alexis was just about to punch the boy's jaw when her eyes spotted something, moving, on his shoulder, Alexis froze.
Arielle slipped out the car door,
"You're just going to go and ask if he's seen Alexis, there's nothing wrong with that" she said, trying to find the motivation to go and speak to him, hesitantly she walked up behind him.
She leaned onto the fence, gazing at the canyon, Alexis and Ace were both too close to the mountain and rather far away, therefore she didn't notice the two figures battling as they plummeted to the rocky ground, she glanced down towards him, but there was no reaction, it seemed he hadn't noticed her. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh, she opened them once again to reveal the canyon, she gasped excitedly, smiling, she hadn't actually seen the canyon, merely stared at it without actually registering it, but now that she gazed at it she marvelled in its beauty. The canyon was extremely vast, jagged and colourful sedimentary rocks stretched from all over; the canyon caved around a pond of water that stretched into it from the ocean, Arielle gazed at the horizon, the sun would soon be engulfed into the sea of water, but they still had some time before that, they would make it to the city in time. She craned her neck to reveal the rapid waterfall that spewed salty water into the ocean just behind the gigantic wall straight ahead her. Arielle beamed cheerfully, she closed her eyes, inhaling the fresh air tinted with the prickly tang of salt, it made her nose itch, but it passed. Suddenly she heard the sound of shuffling footsteps, she turned around and realized that the blonde boy had left; he was walking away, hands in his hoody pockets, the hood draped over his head, and his head facing the ground. Arielle's eyes welled up
"He…he didn't leave because of me…did he?" She thought to herself, gently wiping her eyes, trying to gently sweep away the tears that had suddenly appeared in her eyes.
"I'm sorry for bothering you" she mumbled softly, her head lowered.
Aido froze in his tracks, he slowly turned his head around, the rest of his body soon followed, he stared at her, she wasn't facing him,
"No" he thought
"I-it's not like that, I-I, why did it sound like you were crying?" He roared the question in his mind helplessly
"Why-why is she crying? I didn't even hit her, and what does she mean by bothering me? She didn't bother me!" He cried out
"Didn't she?" a voice asked, "didn't you walk away because you couldn't take your eyes off of her when she smiled, didn't you try to ignore her when she walked up to you? Didn't your heart pound when she smiled so cheerfully? Doesn't your chest hurt right now, just because it sounded like she was crying? Didn't it bother you?"
Aido's hand rose to his head, he stared at the ground
"No, no! It did bother me, but hearing her voice shake like that bothers me even more!" He thought to himself, but this time there was no reply, he didn't know what to do, so he just stood there, frozen.
"What?" Anastasia exclaimed her eyes wide, she stared into the fire-red haired boy's eyes, which were as fiery as the streaks in his hair, he leaned closer
"You heard me" he said with his intense eyes
"Are you three the Powerpuff Girls?" His voice was emotionless
He stood up straight, his arms reached forward, grasping Anastasia's sides, around her ribcage, he hauled her up, holding her at an arms distance in mid-air, his eyes bored into hers
"If you are then you should be able to escape from my grasp"
Anastasia tried to restrain the strong grip his hands had had around her sides as she blushed, why? Because she was embarrassed, because of the way he looked at her and held her up, and, and…the way her heart pounded so joyously with warmth as they gazed into each other's eyes.
"What should I do?" Anastasia thought to herself
"Either I could tell him the truth, but to trust a random stranger that, in a way, just attacked me, and to tell him what he wants to know, doesn't seem like the best choice" she paused
"But, if I tell the truth, maybe he's good"
She gazed into his eyes, she held his face with both hands, inching closer, gazing into his eyes, trying to find…something.
"What are you doing?" He asked unemotionally,
Anastasia quickly released him once she realized what she was doing; she jumped back, blushing,
"Well" he said, unfazed
"I saw…nothing, his eyes are so…blank, but cold at the same time, and, somehow, sad all at once" she thought
Suddenly he shook her
"What was that? What were you trying to do?" He asked impatiently
"Oh, that" Anastasia blushed
"I was trying to see if you're good or bad" she turned away from him, gazing at the mountain beside them
"I was trying to find either good or bad…in your eyes" she blushed more vividly, the boy with fire-red hair stared at her, displaying an emotion Anastasia of pure confusion, and puzzle.
Ace stared at the black haired girl, he was confused to why she had suddenly frozen amidst their fight, but he took advantage of the opening, or at least he tried to, but just before he punched her face she let out a choked scream, startling him, he stared at her, puzzled.
"What the hell-" suddenly he realized the emotion in her eyes, horror, he stared behind him, trying to identify what she was staring at, he turned back around, and realized her lips were moving, but no sound came out. He stared at her for a moment
"s-s-s" she stuttered slowly
He stared at her impatiently, he opened his mouth but she began once again
"s-s-s-s" she hissed, faster this time
He glared at her in pure annoyance, just as he was about to yell at her she squeaked the word
"..Spider"
She repeated it, louder this time
"Spider, spider, spider!" Ace glanced at his shoulder and realized a spider with long legs was crawling on it, he flicked it off, it soared in mid-air, and dropped into the canyon along with them, invisible. He turned back towards her, smirking mockingly when she suddenly dropped, in a less stable way than they already were. Her entire body flipped as she dropped lower and lower more rapidly, she was heading head-first straight into the canyon of jagged boulders and rocks, along with a pond, but that was farther away from the peak, so she was heading recklessly into her graveyard of stones. Ace instantly pumped energy into his legs, which transferred into his feet, soon enough he was floating amidst the air, in between the very top of the peak and the stony graveyard directly below it, and he stared, he stared at her lifeless body confusedly, motionless. Suddenly he smirked ominously, he pumped more energy into his legs, a rapid light that was shaded dark green- the same shade as his eyes tailed after him, he was almost at the top when a voice inside his head roared.
"Why are you doing this, when you don't want to?"
He'd glanced at the spunky black haired girl repeatedly as he rapidly ascended towards the highway, he was moving even faster than she was dropping, but he couldn't bring himself to float any higher, he stood just beneath the peak they'd dropped off of
"What?" He asked himself, his subconscious replied, something that hadn't happened for a long, long time. Ace dove head-first, battling the forces of gravity, the girl was only inches away from her death when Ace grasped her leg, his fingers fastened around it, clutching it tightly, he pumped more energy into his feet and they jerked, pausing for a second, but instantly they soared high into the air with extreme swiftness. Just as he rose a little above the center of the canyon he hurled the girl into the air
"I'm never listening to you again!" He roared at his conscience as he flung the girl into the air,
She soared over the peak, where he could no longer see her. He panted his hands on his knees as he hovered in the air, he stood, unmoving, the words his conscience had said echoing in his head for a moment, he looked at the hand he had grabbed the girl with, it felt warm.
"Why are you doing this when you don't want to?"
"What the hell, I thought you left years ago"
"You know you don't want it to end this way, so why do you need me to butt in?"
"What the f*** are you talking about?"
"The girl! You don't want her to die do you?"
"Of course I want her to die! That's the point of fighting!"
"But you don't want it to end this way"
"…."
"I know you felt a string that connected you to her -I'm a part of you retard, don't lie- when you first saw each other, when you two were fighting, and even thirteen years ago, when you first saw her"
"…"
"You mean it really is her?"
"Are you crazy? How the hell am I supposed to know?"
"Just go and f****** save her, damn it! I dunno if it's her or not, but I know everything else is damn true, so go!"
"Now, tell me" the boy with fiery-red hair ordered, bringing Anastasia closer towards him, Anastasia grew pink
"Okay, okay!" She yelled
"The truth is I'm not-" Anastasia's lie was interrupted when Alexis' body suddenly crashed into their sports car, Anastasia's head snapped around, trying to identify the familiar figure.
"Alexis" she screeched in horror, trying to free herself from the boy with fire-red hair, it was futile, so she crept closer towards him, this time he was surprised, she grabbed his neck and suddenly her nails turned into ice claws, she poked onto his pressure point and his grip loosened, although his expression didn't change, he dropped to his knees, then flat onto the ground. Anastasia lunged towards the car, or at least its remains, stuffing, and tattered black leather lay on the road, as if ashes of the marvellous sports mobile, everything else had somehow been completely annihilated. Anastasia dropped to her knees, gently lifting Alexis' head up, and placing it onto her lap. She fingered her hand through her silky black hair, her ponytail and catcher nowhere in sight, Anastasia directed the spare strands of hair on her face and tucked them behind her ears, she could see her body heaving up and down, breathing softly. Anastasia carried Alexis up into her arms, her bangs hid her face, her head lowered, gazing at her sisters' tattered clothes and scratched arms and face, just as the sun finally descended, its rays tried to grasp at the mountain, but they were overcome, soon the entire mountain was engulfed in darkness, the colour of the sky becoming a shade of a darker blue. Just as the sun set completely, Anastasia's head shot up, she glared at the boys, bloodlust in her eyes, she dashed towards the boy in black and red wearing a baseball cap with fire-red hair, a dark pink streak trailing her -the only light to be seen on the mountain from anywhere besides the stars- Anastasia's advanced eyesight allowed her to see. She spun on her left heel just as she reached him and swung her right leg back, Alexis' arms dangled; Anastasia had aimed for his shoulder, aiming to break it, anticipating the loud crack of his shoulder blade, but she never heard it, she turned around and gasped, with merely one hand the boy had caught her leg, deflecting her shot, he held it, a smirk slithering up his face.
"I'll be kind this time" he said icily
"We'll leave you alone for now, seeing as how this fight would be no fun with the extra baggage" his eyes were directed at Alexis
"But the next time we see you, we'll kill you" his red eyes seemed to illuminate in the darkness of the night, all signs of a smile disappeared, he was dead serious.
"Wh-who are you?" She asked shakily,
The boy stared at her "you really don't remember?" He asked, his eyes intense and a smile playing his lips
"Do the words: 'Rowdyruff Boys' mean anything to you?" He asked, serious once again,
Anastasia's eyes became wide and her heart pounded furiously, she seemed to have stopped breathing
"It's…not possible" she gasped
She gazed up at Alphonse, his intensely ominous eyes glared back at her, but a grin was plastered across his face. Anastasia quickly leaped back, Alexis in her hands, along with a straight, a shaky light pink stripe following her, but instantly the Alphonse dashed towards her, disappearing and then reappeared inches away from Anastasia's face, she was startled, but she did not blush this time, she was too consumed by fright. His face was only inches away from hers, he edged closer, his eyes sly and his hands in his pockets, he kissed her cheek, smirking deviously
"Kisses won't work on us this time" he turned around
Ace and Aido followed him into the car, the tires skid as they drove off, she could hear Ace and Aido hooting in the silence of the night. Slowly she dropped onto the floor, on her knees, suddenly a light blue streak danced across the sky, prancing around in zigzags as she approached her two sisters. Arielle gasped as she saw the highway, the sports car's steering wheel was hanging off of one of the jagged sedimentary rocks that protruded from the mountain, along with the bits and pieces of metal here and there and the stuffing and black leather ashes of the inside of the car,
"Anastasia, what happened? I was looking for Alexis when I heard a big explosion, I flew back here from somewhere along the end of the highway and the middle of the ocean" Arielle explained in a fast tone, she suddenly gasped, her eyes rested on the figure that lay in Anastasia's arms
"Is-is she okay?" Arielle asked, distraught, Anastasia nodded
"Just a few cuts and bruises" she gazed at her warmly, depending on Arielle to help her wipe her fears away for the rest of the night, suddenly she blurted out the matter at hand
"What about our ride? The city, our stuff, everything!" Anastasia yelled, panicking,
Arielle grasped her shoulder, trying to calm her down
"Don't worry about all of that, I saw a ride when on the highway when I was flying"
Suddenly a flash of light blinded the girls
"Anastasia, jump!" Arielle shrieked, Anastasia obeyed,
She leaped into the air as high as she could, then she followed Arielle as she landed on the pick-up truck.
"B-but, what about the pick-up truck? And our stuff?" Anastasia asked worriedly, on the verge of tears because of all the stress, Arielle smiled sweetly
"I found it" she giggled
"But we don't know where this truck is going! And we don't even know the address to our house! Where's the pick-up truck?" Anastasia yelled in panic,
Arielle was trying to hold back a laugh
"Hmm..." she said
Placing her finger onto her chin as she gazed at the sky, in thought-or at least pretending to be, her eyes rested on Anastasia, then she crawled over towards the side end of the truck, facing the canyon, she gestured with her both her hands in a lifting motion, her hands quickly flying over her head, the water contained inside of the canyon slowly rose into the air, she suddenly placed her left hand onto her right, the water followed it, slowly she released her right hand from her left hand's grasp, she pointed her left hand into the sky, creating letters with her index finger, in a matter of moments the sky held a sign that read: "YOU'RE SITTING ON IT" the water-letters had followed her hand as the truck moved, suddenly she clapped both her hands, the letters frozen in the sky, they no longer moved along with them and the truck, the lay frozen in the sky, slowly dripped back into the ocean-since the canyon was long gone, but it had been engulfed by a new body of water just as she had yanked it out of the crater-, one-by-one. Arielle turned around, facing Anastasia with a sweet beam, Anastasia stared at her and the dripping letters in awe, her lips parted
Arielle giggled, "I've been working on that for a while now" she said,
Crawling back towards her sisters
"Oh, that reminds me, where is that nice man? The driver Daddy hired for us?"
"Oh" Anastasia said stroking Alexis' tangled black hair, she'd placed her onto the steel ceiling of the truck as Arielle crawled towards her, it shook and rumbled, the girls stirred along with it, she'd completely forgotten about him, her eyes became wide, a horrifying thought crossing her mind
"What if…he…when Alexis crashed into the car…"
She tried to push the thought away, so she turned around, watching as the mountain shook and rumbled along with her, she caught a glance of something out of the corner of her eye, she turned towards it, focusing, suddenly her eyes went wide and she let out a horrified gasp, she hid her face in her hands, weeping, Arielle followed her gaze and did the same, the two sisters snuggled closer together, along with Alexis, who remained unconscious, they gazed at the twinkling, midnight blue sky, the moon shone down on them, watching as the girls wept, and prayed for the man, after glancing at his severed arm, they had a feeling they knew what happened to him.