Alrighty, so this is an all-new little PPG&RRB story that I came up with. I really love my 'OC's' and I think you're going to like this one. *winkwink* ^^ Now, pairings are going to include some Brick&Blossom Bubbles&Boomer and some Buttercup&Butch but... you'll see where it leads later. For now, we're in the world where the Powerpuffs and Ruffs are eleven!

*NOTE* - This story will mention a few things that have happened in the past, i.e in my previous story 'Follow the Leader' if you want to understand Blossom and Brick's rocky relationship then go ahead and read Follow the Leader, you don't have to, but this story will make more sense that way. :)

ENJOY! x

The Blade in Me

Chapter 1

"AHHHHHH!"

The Powerpuff girls were at it again, saving Townsville once more against their newest rival, a giant monster with burning red eyes, seemingly made up of a deep blue goo compound that the girls were finding trouble to beat.

"Come on!" Blossom yelled, dodging one of the creature's arms as she burnt it away with her laser vision, only for the creature to reattach it in the few seconds it took the pink Powerpuff to reposition herself, "School starts soon!"

And she was right; the three eleven year old Powerpuffs had only recently started upper level education which each girl was finding difficult in their own ways.

"I don't care!" Buttercup yelled, dripping with blue goo as she attempted to take a swing at the monster, only to be absorbed once more. "UGH!" She yelled, driving herself outwards with brute force, "this is going nowhere fast!"

"Ew, ew, EW!" Bubbles screamed as she smashed her body through the creature's legs, only incapacitating it for a few moments as it swerved dangerously close to the surrounding buildings. Bubbles' bottom lip quivered as she took into notice the state of her clothes, covered in the foul scented goo. "M-my new dress," she sighed, shaking her head and attempting to throw some of the solution from her pigtails with force, "r-ruined!"

"I have an idea, girls get back!" Blossom called as the two other Powerpuffs paused, looking over to their sister and narrowly dodging another attack as the monster let out a feral howl.

Like shots, the two sisters appeared behind Blossom as she took in a deep breath, "get ready," she gasped; sucking in the last of the air she could manage before she blew out a swirl of frozen air. Buttercup and Bubbles watched in awe as the frosty air circled around the creature as it howled once more. The ice bore into the creature's body, freezing each and every particle of goo that it was made up of.

Blossom narrowed her eyes, "go for the head!" she instructed as her sisters nodded.

Buttercup's new longer hair whipped in the breeze as she and Bubbles moved to opposite sides of the creature. With one nod of the head, the two Powerpuffs hurtled towards the creature's neck, decapitating it as it fell to the ground, shattering.

Buttercup wiped a hand over her forehead tiredly, "man... that took it out of me, oh well, I guess no school for today then!" Buttercup rose her head slyly as she began to fly back home, only for each of her sisters to take a firm hold of her.

Blossom narrowed her eyes at her sister, the glimmer of authority shining brightly through her pink orbs, "we have homework to give in, this isn't Pokey Oaks Buttercup, we have real responsibility at school now!"

Buttercup stuck her tongue out in disgust, "we're super heroes Blossom, I doubt school is really that important..."

"Blossom's right, Buttercup." Bubbles nodded towards their leading sister, "School's important! Besides, we have career day today... we get to miss half our lessons!"

Buttercup grinned, "well why didn't you say so!" she beamed, looking over herself quickly, "ugh, gross, we smell like garbage,"

The girls individually inspected themselves, wrinkling their noses in disgust to find bits of goo stuck to their clothing, hair and skin...

"Okay, we shower, get ready for school and then go!" Blossom insisted taking the lead as happy, cheering citizens of Townsville watched the fading flood of pink, blue and green light disappear into the sky.

"Man..." Buttercup sighed as she pulled on her dress, "things just seemed so much easier back when we were pre-schoolers."

Bubbles sat in front of their mirror, combing her pigtails, "yeah," she sighed, staring deep into her own reflection, her absent blue eyes gazing back at her, reflecting the exhaustion she'd been battling with ever since they'd started upper education almost five months ago. "Back when there wasn't homework or big tests or or..."

"Girls!" Blossom flew into the room, tying up her long red locks with a single pink hair tie, "Please tell me Buttercup hasn't rubbed off on you?" she asked to Bubbles hopelessly.

"I ain't rubbed off on no one!" Buttercup cried, "I'm just sayin'... it's so much harder to balance school work now."

Blossom rolled her shoulders, her eyes gazing towards the windows, "it's not so bad, the Mayor has us on speed dial, we have his number on our cell phones and we can be excused to fight crime..."

"No!" Buttercup cried, raising her arms, "I swear, in maths, Miss Right seriously had the guts to stop me from fighting that massive squid last week 'cause of a stupid test!"

Blossom blinked, "well yes but-"

"-And I almost couldn't help defeat Mojo because I had to re-write an essay!" Bubbles added, folding her arms childishly, "I told the teacher that Townsville could be destroyed with that death ray he was using but he said I had to wait!" Bubbles stuck her tongue out to no one in particular, "apparently school work is more important than saving the day!"

Blossom sighed, floating over to her sisters who had now both sat themselves on the bed and were looking angrily at the floor. Blossom landed in between them, putting an arm around their shoulders, "we're the Powerpuff girls," she reminded, "no one ever said it was going to be easy,"

"Yeah, but at this rate, the whole city could get destroyed!" Buttercup defended, wriggling out from Blossom's arms, "I say we take action!"

"Yeah!" Bubbles smiled, standing up on the bed. She paused and looked at Buttercup, "wait... what kind of action?"

"Wait! Hold up, no action... we should be going to school... it's what the Professor wanted!" Blossom tried but failed to sway her sister's minds back onto the track of a good education.

Buttercup grinned, folding her arms, "there just aren't enough of us..."

"No!" Blossom instantly rose above her sister, "you can't possibly be suggesting..."

"We were five then!" Buttercup sighed, floating into the air as if to address her sisters like they were the voting public, "we're older now... we know more about this stuff, just what to add to make the perfect new addition to our team! A new sister, someone who can stay out of school and fight crime when we can't!"

Blossom closed her eyes and shook her head sadly, "Buttercup, no. That's my final answer. We're not doing it." She looked towards Bubbles who was staring blankly at Buttercup, "come on Bubbles, let's go to school."

Blossom was just about to fly through the window when suddenly she heard a weak reply from Bubbles.

"No."

Blossom turned back to see that Bubbles had joined Buttercup, rising above their leading sister.

"Sorry?" Blossom asked, her mouth slightly a gape.

"I'm sorry Blossom... but no," Bubbles replied shakily, looking towards Buttercup, "We could help save Townsville with a new sister... plus, wouldn't it be great to have someone else to share with?"

Blossom was speechless, she could feel rage bubble within her but she refused to let it out. Instead she let the pain of their last new sibling wash over her. Her lips fell into a small frown as she looked at her sisters, "don't you remember what happened to Bunny?" she sighed. She could see Bubble's bottom lip quiver as she remembered their poor 'special' sister whom they'd watched explode right before their very eyes.

"B-bunny..." Bubbles whispered; her voice shaking as she forced herself not to cry.

Buttercup frowned at Blossom, "nice try, but that wasn't our fault... she was, she was... she was unstable!" Buttercup was forcing her own tears back now, rubbing at her face vigorously as if she could physically push them back into her skull. "We know better now... we know the right ingredients... I mean sticks and sweetener? What were we thinking?"

Blossom shook her head, landing on the ground, "I don't think this is a good idea..."

"But Blossom... a new sister... to play games with... to have another one of us... to relate to... someone who can be there when we can't."

Blossom felt her head nod along. How great it would be to have a new sister... to share her thoughts with... to teach the ways of the world that her sisters regrettably refused. If they did it correctly... this could mean...

"What about the Professor?" Blossom asked suddenly.

Bubble's eyes widened, "I don't think he'd like it if we suddenly had a new sister," Bubbles said guiltily as she looked to the floor.

Buttercup rolled her eyes, "he'd learn to adjust... besides, he's out getting supplies for a new experiment, the lab is all ours!"

"What about school?" Blossom insisted, folding her arms.

"Say there was an emergency... I dunno, The Rowdyruff boys! Now they're a pain in the butt."

Blossom instantly felt her face heat up, but quickly disregarded it as she looked away from her sisters. That was one secret that she would keep like her life depended on it.

"So are you with us Blossom?" Buttercup asked.

Blossom sighed, "this is a badly thought out plan that doesn't seem to consider the variables for the future for example if this is a success then where is she going to sleep... or if it's not a success then what are we going to do? Either way we're going to be in a serious amount of trouble with the-" Blossom broke off her monologue to find herself alone in the bedroom. She groaned, rolling her eyes, "hey wait!" she yelled as she sped after her sisters.

Upon finding them in the lab, already holding a large bowl, Blossom knew there was nothing she could do to stop her sisters. If she wasn't around... something was going to go wrong.

Besides, what's the worst that could happen with a new sister? She might actually enjoy having the company... if she planned this out perfectly she could have a sister that shared her smarts, her attitude... that could help her out in educational crisis and together they could have a one up against Bubbles and Buttercup.

Always.

"Okay... so sugar!" Bubbles said, disappearing for a moment and reappearing with a large bag of pure sugar, "this is the right kind of sugar that the Professor used right?" she asked her sisters. Blossom flew over to the other two who had surrounded themselves around the bowl, "I think so... go ahead, put it in..."

"Alright, spice... we have those in the cupboards," Buttercup disappeared and reappeared with assorted spices.

Blossom examined each one and then nodded to Buttercup, signalling that she could add them to the bowl.

"Everything nice!" Bubbles giggled, adding paper hearts, stars, unicorns and other things she found nice, "this is the stuff the Professor used!" she beamed, "he used to tell me about it as a bed time story."

Buttercup rolled her eyes, "no duh, he used to tell all of us about it after that Bunny incident."

"Right... okay, girls split up, let's find the chemical X." Blossom said as Bubbles and Blossom disappeared in different directions in a flash of blue and pink light.

Leaving Buttercup with the bowl...

Buttercup floated over to the bowl, the spices in her hands, "if I add a little extra spice... I could make her tougher... so she can beat those monsters on her own... like me!" she grinned to herself, pouring in the extra spices that she carried, quickly disposing of them before Bubbles and Blossom returned, very carefully carrying a container of Chemical X.

"Where did you find that?" Buttercup asked, wide eyed.

Blossom smiled, "the Professor keeps a very secret stash... I took it upon myself to memorise the code for his special safe."

Buttercup grinned, "I'm impressed miss leader, look who turned out to be a bit of a bad girl?"

Blossom rolled her eyes; "I'm doing this for the benefit of our team..." she defended lightly.

All three girls put a hand on the container of chemical X, holding it steadily above the bowl as slowly and surely they each, together, as one... poured the chemical X into the container.

BANG

The girls were thrown back into separate corners of the room as a large light exploded from the bowl, spitting a light smoke around the room with a hot hiss.

Together, the girls got up, coughing as they attempted to clear the smoke from the room.

"Oh," Buttercup began,

"My," Blossom gasped.

"Gosh." Bubbles squealed, staring wide eyed at the glowing creation before them.

Blossom's heart tightened in her chest.

Had they done it?

Had they really done it!

Had they really created their perfect new sister?

Stay tuned for a new chapter where the new character is revealed. Did the girls really create a new sister? Hm, you'll find out won't you! :3 x