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MONTHS LATER:

"Hey, Momoko, will you please come to the mall with me?" Miyako asked, a smile gracing her lips.

Oh, shizlets. That meant that they were going to ask me, too, and I already had something planned. I couldn't miss today- I hadn't been able to go for three weeks!

"Yes!" Momoko squealed, and then they turned to me, eyes bright with hope. I shook my head 'no'.

"No way! Besides, I have to train today, anyway. Have fun." I saw them sigh with disapointment, but last time they complained about me having to leave them to go train, I made them train with me, and now they wouldn't go near me when I announced that I had to go do it.

"Okay.. Bye." Miyako said, sadly. She and Momoko walked off in the direction of the mall. I shuddered, memory after memory reminding me of the last few times I had gone with them.. It hadn't been pretty.

As soon as they were out of sight, I spun around and ran down th road, turning several times and eventually making my way to the park. It was a nice, large park, full of playground equipment, a lot of open area, and, most of all, a forest. A forest with a clearing in a secret hidden place. Easily large enough for soccer. And a nice hideout for two friends that shouldn't be together but somehow had formed a friendship.

I ran inside and soon saw the shadowed sillhuett of my best friend, leaning up against a tree with a soccer ball in his arms. He saw me and grinned, meeting me halfway across the field. I looked at the ball in Butch's arms. "Are we playing soccer?" I panted.

"Nah, I was thinking tennis."

"Sarcastic brat."

"Says the shorter of the two."

"Did you just play on my height? It's not my fault you're taller than everyone else on Earth!"

"Nope, Brick and Bommer are my height. You're small because you're skinny and a chick."

"See, just then, I would have killed you, but then, at court, they'd ask me why I was hanging out with you in the first place."

"And you'd have to say, 'Because he's awesome and I regretted not being able to hang out with him more.'" he said smugly, making his voice go higher when he was mocking me.

I punched him in the arm. "Shut up!"

"Hmm, maybe if you beat me in a match of soccer." he jumped up and backed away a few feet, holding the ball up. I followed suit, grinning.

"It's on!"

Later, when it was getting dark, I stopped the match, which was still going on because we were so evenly matched, by saying, "Dude, it's that time. I gotta go."

He picked the ball up. "I wonder if we're ever going to have a winner.."

I snorted. "Sure, neither of us has won a match, yet, but next time I'll beat you! You can count on that!"

He held back a laugh. "Yeah, not an icecream's chance down under! You can try, squirt!"

Another play on my height? "Uh-huh. 'Cause that's totally gonna happen. Are you going home?"

He thought about it for a second. "Yeah. See you. Tomorrow?"

"Unless something happens. See you."

We left, each going opposite directions. I jogged home, despite the fact that I was sweating everywhere, and soon made it to the apartments. I didn't really feel like going in right away, so I used the fire escape ladders and climbed up. When I got there, I knocked on my brothers' window and told them to let me in. They did so, and I took a shower.

When I came out of the shower, fully dressed and all that crud, I saw Momoko and Miyako sitting in front of my window, chatting about the view. Next to them was a bag full of my stuff. "...What? Why are you guys here?"

They turned around, grins on their faces. "Kaoru!"

"We wanted to have a sleepover at my place!" Miyako smiled.

"And when we came over, your brothers said you were in the shower, so we decided to stay here and wait!" Momoko filled in. "And then we packed your stuff so we wouldn't be so long getting there, since it's already dark out."

I stared at them, emotionless. That was... So like them. I sighed. "Yeah, let's go. Last time was fun."

"I don't call having the house try to eat us fun.." Momoko sweat-dropped. I laughed.

We said goodbye to my parents and left, walking to Miyako's house and going inside. We bummed around for a long time, watching several comedies and drinking enough soda for us to get sick of the sweet liquid. After the third movie, since Miyako's grandma wasn't home, they decided to bake some cookies. As they were making it, they somehow managed to get something of everything they put in the batter on them, and by the time they were finished, they were all soggy, flour/dough/egg covered messes. They washed up while the cookies were baking, and when they came down, they took the cookies out of the oven and waited for them to cool.

Later, as soon as they were drifting in and out of conciousness, their belts started beeping. Kaoru growled in annoyance and Momoko whinned, Miyako being the one to answer the call. "Yes?"

"Miyako! A group of people are destroying the town! Powerpuffs, we need you~~~!" the dog wailed, and the girls transformed into Rolling Bubbles, Powered Buttercup, and Hyper Blossom.

"We're on our way!" Momoko, now fully awake, said. The girls flew off, and soon they found out who was destroying the town. Buttercup glared down, not surprised at all to find the Rowdyruff Boys.