Family Reunion

A Powerpuff Girl/Samurai Jack Fanfic by SJO

Chapter 1: The Plan

The City of Townsville, and it's a beautiful spring day. All the people are enjoying the lovely day with one of their favorite activities. Flying kites? Fishing? Taking a walk and smelling the flowers? Of course not! It's Spring-Cleaning Day, and everyone wants to make sure that each room in the house is spotless.

Whoa! Looks like our girls are doing a little spring-cleaning of their own!



The girls were fighting their daily monster, some kind of a dragon that could breathe fire. Nothing really new, except Buttercup was filled with some kind of new vigor. She was screaming in all kinds of "Hoo-wah! Ha!" and doing more kung fu and karate than usual to fight. Blossom put her, um, arms on her hips.

"Buttercup, were you up last night again?"

"Yeah. I couldn't resist! It was all Jackie Chan movies. You know I'm not doing it for me, I'm doing it for the team, to learn new moves!"

"But it's more important for you get some sleep!" Bubbles argued.

"They don't show Japanese and other Oriental movies during the day!"

The monster roared.

"No time for this now. Let's finished the monster." And with a few well- done strategies, they do.



So, once again, the day is saved! But wait! Unbeknownst to them, someone is closely watching our girls. Oh no, it can't be! Not him! He's not even in this show!

"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!? I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE!!!!!"

Oh, forgive me, Lord Aku.

Aku stared hard at the girls at the wall, and he sneered as he thought aloud. "Those girls. Those good, little girls. The ones who are standing between me and the pearl of the earth." The picture changed to reveal an American flag. "Home of the free. How easily have I enslaved the free? How easily have crushed the good and left nothing of the human spirit? Yet, why is it when I try to smite this land that something stands in my way? Something keeps burning me, something so strong that if I cross the line I would be destroyed! It is the goodness and love that lives in so many of their miserable hearts. Those girls are to blame."

It just so happened that at that moment Aku heard a creepy, ghostly, high voice coming from the door. "Knock knock, Aku!"

Aku turned in anger. "WHO DARES INTRUDE ON--oh, it's you Mephi--"

The visitor shook his claw at Aku. "Ah ah ah! Most people just call me Him."

"I am more powerful, more evil, and craftier than you. Why should I blush to say your name, Me--"

"Now you listen to me!" The villain suddenly grew bigger and looked Aku in the eye, "You maybe more powerful, more evil, and craftier than me, but I have direct orders, and NOONE says MY NAME except ME! You have to sell your soul in order to say my name!"

"Oh, very well, have it your way. Now, you tell me now, how is it that you practically live in America, when I can't even touch it?"

"What? Had you not tried on 9-11?"

"Oh, I did try! But by the time I had everything planned, the American Spirit rose like a phoenix out of the ashes of tragedy, and it was once again too strong for me."

"I know your predicament, great Aku. That is why I have come to help you. There is a way of getting to the girls."

"And what is that?"

"The Professor."

Aku grabbed Him and slammed Him on the wall. "Do not speak in riddles to me! Tell me, what professor?"

"I am surprised, Lord Aku. You do not watch the girls as closely as you say, or else you would know their creator."

"You are right. I only watch their fighting; I do not pay attention to their personal lives. Do they not have secret identities or anything?"

"Nope. It's easy to keep tabs on them all the time. Let me show you this professor." He made a picture appear in the wall of Professor Utonium.

Aku examined it closely. "I do not understand. I have never seen him before, but I know that face. Where is he from?"

Then it pulled together. In Aku's mind's eye, he saw the professor glare. His neat lab coat turned into a samurai robe, and he pulled out a sword. "AKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" he screamed.

Aku yelled and smashed the image with his fist. "No wonder! It's a reincarnation!"

Him was shocked. "No such thing exists."

"Well, there must be some connection. We will find this professor and destroy him!"

"Why don't we just kidnap him first to lure the girls here and destroy him in one bit."

"Oh yes, of course. You are much craftier than I thought you were. Finally, I shall rid myself of two great grievances, and the world shall be mine!"

(Yes, I know you've heard it before. Icekings did an excellent story about the Professor Utonium/Samurai Jack parallels. Some of this might turn out to be similar, but I promise that I am not stealing his ideas. I thought of most of this story to console me through 9-11. I'm hoping a lot of this will turn out different. So please stick with me in this story. Hope you enjoy it.)