My Everyday Life + You
Chapter 2: Road Trip Rampage + You: Part 1
A/N: Hey again! They are on the road! Let's go!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything other than the plot. Rights go to their respective owners.
3:50 AM, Powerpuff household
Berserk woke up to the sound of footsteps. She looked at the clock groggily. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and decided to get up, freshen up a bit before waking up the others. She walked downstairs after brushing her teeth and saw Blossom making sandwiches of egg, ham and cheese. So far, she seemed to have eleven done. Berserk tiptoed behind her.
"BOO." She jumped a little, then smiled tiredly.
"Morning Berserk. Just making breakfast for everyone. Wanna help me?" She nodded, and after Blossom finished the 12th sandwich, she turned to her.
"Hey, Bloss, how long have you been up?" She shrugged.
"3:30. Why?" Berserk's eyes widened.
"What? Why?" She smiled.
"To put a little less pressure on the adults." Berserk smiled, and lightly shoved her to the side and started working on the sandwiches. Blossom looked at her questionably. Berserk smiled.
"Go to sleep. I'll finish these in 10 minutes, then we wake the others. You don't need to push yourself so much, you know." She smiled gratefully, and went upstairs to catch a few minutes of sleep. Berserk worked diligently and quickly on the sandwiches, and by the time all 17 were wrapped and finished, it was 4:03. She went to go wake up Blossom, and spotted her sleeping soundly. She smiled. Her best friend worked too hard. This vacation is good for her. Maybe she'll be able to loosen up around a certain someone. She lightly shook the girl.
"Bloss…Blossy, c'mon we gotta wake up the others." Blossom sat up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes again. They quickly changed into the clothes they set out for the day. They decided on pink and hot pink with white comfortable maxi dresses with black shorts under the dresses, and white sandals. Blossom put her hair in a side pony, and Berserk did the same, but to her left. Blossom also wore white nerd glasses with a small pink bow. They decided to put on the trumpet sound that they use in TV shows to wake everyone up, and put it on blast. They went by the stairs which was in the living room where the boys were sleeping.
"Ready?" Blossom nodded, and covered her ears. Berserk grinned.
"*really loud trumpet noise* WAKE UP MAGGOTS, WE GOT A TRIP TO FLORIDA TO GO TO SO GET YOUR BUTT OUTTA BED AND LET'S GO!" She shouted loudly. They hid behind a few boxes. They heard a thump, and an "OWWW!" which they knew came from Brick and Butch. Blossom smiled.
"LET'S GO, WHAT ARE YOU, MOLASSES? WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY! GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR BUTT AND LET'S GO." They heard two words that gave them a brilliant idea.
"SHUT UPPPP!" They just put the trumpet noises louder. They heard groans and grumbles and the sound of footsteps and water running. They smiled at their handiwork after they got up from behind the boxes.
"Well, I think we did our job, don't you agree?" Blossom said with a smile. Berserk smiled.
"Hell yeah we did." They saw the girls walk downstairs tiredly. The blues were wearing baby blue and electric blue and white blouses, white skirts with shorts already in them, and white flats. Their hair was in low pigtails. The greens were wearing lime green and pine green and black shirts with black comfortable shorts, and black Converse. Their hair was in low ponytails. Bunny and Bella wore purple crop tops with black tank tops, denim skirts with shorts, and black flats. Their hair was in fishtail braids. Robin and Raquel wore lavender shirts that said "Keep Calm and Point Your Feet", white shorts, and white high top Converse. Their hair was in high ponytails. Bubbles, Bunny, Robin and Buttercup were also wearing their nerd glasses (white for Bubbles and Robin and black for BC and Bunny). They went to the couch and collapsed. Blossom looked at them weirdly.
"Uh, you realize you better have your stuff before we leave, right?" The girls glared at her, but very weakly. The boys came out of the bathroom grumbling. Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Bunny and Robin had to restrain themselves from blushing. Brick was wearing a red muscle shirt, black shorts, and red Converse. His hat was nowhere on his head, it was in his backpack, and the fact that his eyes were half lidded (due to sleep) was making Blossom question her sanity for almost blushing at the sight. He noticed her hiding her face and shrugged. Butch was wearing the same thing except his shirt and shoes were green, Mitch's were in black, Bandit's were in violet, and Boomer wore a blue shirt, white shorts and white Converse. Brick looked at the girls on the couch, went over to Blossom, dragged her to the couch, she sat down and looked at Brick like he was high, and he collapsed in "sleep" on Blossom's lap.
The poor girl went tomato faced.
"B-B-B-B-BRICK?!" She was having a nervous breakdown as everyone else, especially Berserk and Butch, were laughing hysterically. Berserk then heard footsteps.
"Brick, get off, Professor's coming upstairs." His eyes opened, and he got up, grabbing Blossom's hand in the process. Her face went crimson, if possible. She hid her face in the couch to look as if she was sleeping, hiding her hand, which Brick would not let go of. Professor came upstairs, wearing a blue shirt and jeans. He yawned, then looked at the kids.
"So, Mojo will be here, I'll go make breakfast before we leave-"
"Blossom and I, mostly Blossom, did sandwiches already." Professor looked at me.
"Oh, ok. I'll just tell Mojo to buy some snacks while I fill the cooler. You guys grab 1 SNACK to keep in your backpack." He went to the kitchen, dragging a wheeled medium sized blue cooler to fill up. The kids, with the exception of Blossom and surprisingly, Brick, quickly took snacks from the kitchen. Berserk came back with a pack of dark chocolate covered acai blueberries, kit kats and a pack of goji and raspberry also. She put it in Blossom's bag and tossed Brick 2 packs of Kit Kats.
"Bloss, you okay?" She lifted her head and nodded. Brick looked at her tiredly.
"Are you?" She grabbed a pillow and smacked him with it. Then she smiled.
"Yeah." He rolled his eyes, and then Professor came back.
"Mojo better be here soon. He has five seconds before we just don't go." Berserk and Blossom's eyes widened.
"Uh, Prof, maybe you should calm down. He might be running late."
"Yeah, it's only 4:35." Professor looked at his watch.
"He has 4 seconds…"
"Prof, calm down.."
"3…2…1…" And like a magician, Mojo bust open the door with a smile on his face. He was wearing a blue plaid shirt and shorts with sneakers. (A/N: Mojo's a human. Roll.)
"I'M HERE, KIDDIES!" Professor was trying to hide a victorious smirk.
"So, you were saying?" The two girls glared at him and they looked at Mojo, who looked at them.
"Alright, so who's ready to go to FLORIDA?!" They all cheered, despite how tired they were. He smiled.
"Well, to make things simple, Blossom hand me your suitcases, which should have clothes and shoes only! Backpacks should have your electronics, accessories, etc." Berserk nodded.
"I already told them." He nodded, and Blossom gave him the suitcases which were pink with a black B on them. He then grabbed a small square machine and clipped it on to the first one. It immediately shrunk to a regular square, the little blue machine on top. The kids looked in awe as he did it to the other one.
"This little blue machine when clipped to you suitcases shrinks it to a square, which will return to normal when unclipped. I did test it, so it does work. I came up with it so we could have more space. Quickly, Professor will help to clip them on." Everyone started grabbing their suitcases to help with clipping.
7 minutes later, all suitcases are clipped
"Alright, everyone's suitcases are minimized, get your backpacks, some blankets and pillows, our breakfast, John grab the coolers. I'll help you load it in." The kids grabbed their stuff and the blues and lavenders (Robin and Raquel) got 10 blankets and 10 pillows and they went outside in awe. Instead of two cars, a single travel bus like the one you would use to go to Music in the Parks was sitting right in front of them. They stared at Mojo, wondering how in the hell he got his hands on it. He chuckled.
"A friend of mine gave it to me for free, since he owed me a favor. You might wanna grab some movies-" He saw Brat come back with at least 5. "Alright then, pair up, and I'm telling you now, whoever sits in the window seat now, the other person sits there on the way back. You guys go set yourselves up, share the blankets and pillows, girls. Boys, since the Rights aren't here yet, you have them to yourselves, but you share with whoever you pair with on the way back. I bought a cooler for snacks, there's no ice, don't worry, and it has wheels. Both coolers will be in the front, next to the little wall separating the driver and everyone else so if Professor and I need anything, we can get it easily. If someone needs something, roll the coolers to them, and then roll it back to the front. And no fighting. Brick, no causing Blossom to have a panic attack." The kids started laughing, and Brick rolled his eyes, as Blossom blushed red.
"Can't help it if she likes me." She hit him on the back of the head.
"I DO NOT!" Brick turned to the redhead, who was glaring at him intensely.
"Then why are you blushing the shade of my eyes?" He glared. She glared fiercely, her blush going down.
"I hate you. So much."
"The feeling's mutual, Pinky." They glared at each other, and everyone, even the siblings, sweat dropped. These two needed this vacation. Especially Brick, who Berserk knew, was lying through his teeth. He actually started developing a liking to the redhead, more than he'd liked. But he knew it was easier to act like he hated her. But it did hurt. Berserk told him on multiple occasions to quit acting like that, but Brick refused for his own reasons. Brick sighed, and pushed her lightly in front of him. She looked over to him as he walked past her he whispered.
"You look prettier when you're not glaring." She blushed as he walked to the bus. He got to the steps, as Blossom just stared at him, he smiled slightly, his head facing the bus.
"Oi, Pinky, staring at me isn't going to get us to Florida. Hurry up." She shook her head, and actually started to get on the bus. The kids and Mojo looked at them with secret smiles on their faces. Berserk and Butch looked to each other, a plan forming. They all knew, if anyone would be able to get them together, Berserk, Robin, Buttercup, Butch, Bubbles, and Bella would have to work hard, with great assistance from their best friends and siblings. They all loaded into the bus, and Blossom was in the front, next to Brick so that everyone could pick their seats. They stared at the seats. They were 2 seats facing each other, so one person could simply sit on one side facing across the other person, and there was a long armrest so that no one would fall out of their chairs. The kids went to their seats, in a specific order. Robin and Raquel in the very back, Mitch with a lot of space in the other column next to them, Bunny and Bella in the seats in front of them with Bandit next to them, Bubbles and Brat in front of them with Boomer next to them, Buttercup and Brute in front of them with Butch next to them, and Blossom and Berserk behind Mojo in the front, with Brick behind Professor next to them. Everyone was comfortable and when Professor and Mojo had finished loading the coolers and hooked them to two hooks in the wall by Blossom and Berserk's seats, they locked the wall and the kids could only see Professor and Mojo's heads. Mojo decided to drive. Everyone set up their stuff, wrapped themselves in their blankets and put their seatbelts. Mojo looked at them and checked the time.
"Alright, suitcases are in the trunk, in a box and it's 5:05. Are we ready?!"
"YES SIR!" The kids shouted. Mojo set up his GPS and started to drive.
"Alright, here we go!"
2 hours later
All the kids were fast asleep, tired from being woken up so early. Professor checked the time.
"It's 7:05 and none of the kids are up. Strange, don't you think?" Mojo chuckled at his friend's words.
"Believe me, John, it's the calm before the storm. So if I were you, I'd enjoy the silence, because once they wake up, it will be hell attempting to get any sleep." They laughed.
"Haha, well you have a point. Mojo, question. What did you mean when you told Brick not to give Blossom a panic attack?" Mojo smiled as he looked at the road.
"Brick might've taken a liking to your daughter. He just doesn't know how to deal with it. But don't mention anything. Let's see if they figure it out at some point." John nodded, knowing what he was planning.
With the kids
The supposed first child to wake up was Brick. He yawned a bit and looked around. Everyone was asleep. He looked across from him, and saw Berserk with earmuffs on, and Blossom with her headphones on, editing what seemed to be, a cover. He acted like he was asleep, and listened to her sing as she edited. She had a low, yet slightly high, beautiful octave and it was attracting him more than he wanted it to.
"The clock stopped ticking, forever ago
How long have I been up?
I don't know.
I can't get a grip, but I can't let go.
There wasn't anything to hold on to, tho-ough.
Why can't I see,
Why can't I see_
All the colors that you see?
Please, can I be,
Please, can I be_
Colorful and free~?!
What the hell's going on
Can someone tell me please?
Why I'm switching faster than the channels on TV
I'm black, then I'm white, no, something isn't right.
My enemy's invisible
I don't know how to fight.
The tremb-ling fear is more than I can-take
When I'm up against
The echo in the mirror.
Echo…" He didn't know what made him do it, but he stood up and sat down next to her, and as she restarted the track to hear it, he took her headphones and put them on. She looked up and saw Brick in a slight daze as he listened to her voice. It was incredible. She paused the music and he looked at her blushing face. He smiled a little.
"You have a nice voice. I can't sing that well." As he was about to walk back to his seat, she tugged his shirt.
"Wait." He looked at her.
"C-Can I hear you sing?" He blushed a little. Blossom took her earphones and her phone and closed her laptop after saving the track. They went to his seat, careful not to disturb Berserk. He dug out his laptop and his phone, and he found a recording of the same song, but made to a remixed version. He took her earphones and plugged them in, and she took one as he took the other one. They listened to his slightly masculine voice. Blossom smiled. He could sing. He paused it before it ended.
"See." She hit him on the arm.
"Liar. You can sing. Let's go right now." He shook his head, restraining himself from giving in to her cutely adorable look.
"I can't sing."
"That's a lie. Let's go, I'll start."
"Blossom-" He then became mesmerized by her voice again.
"The clock stopped ticking, forever ago
How long have I been up?
I don't know." She motioned to him, and because he refused to let her get the satisfaction of winning, he started.
"I can't get a grip, but I can't let go.
There wasn't anything to hold on to, tho-ough.
Why can't I see,
Why can't I see_
All the colors that you see?" She sung again.
"Please, can I be,
Please, can I be_
Colorful and free~?!" They both smiled as they sung the next part. Little did they know, Berserk had woken up and was secretly recording their voices.
"What the hell's going on
Can someone tell me please?
Why I'm switching faster than the channels on TV
I'm black, then I'm white, no, something isn't right.
My enemy's invisible
I don't know how to fight.
The tremb-ling fear is more than I can-take
When I'm up against
The echo in the mirror.
Echo…" They ended it there, smiling at the other person. Berserk ended her recording, going back to sleep. Blossom smirked.
"So, what was the hullabaloo that you can't sing?" He rolled his eyes.
"Oh shut up." He went closer to her face, and they both blushed at the close proximity.
"Mention this little moment to anyone, it's the end of your life, Pinky." She flicked his forehead as she laughed.
"Wouldn't have it any other way, Red." He looked at her weirdly.
"Red?" She blushed.
"W-Well, you call me Pinky, s-so…" He chuckled.
"Aw, you came up with a nickname for me? Thanks." She rolled her eyes.
"I'm going to my seat." As she got up to go, Brick impulsively grabbed her hand and accidentally pulled her a bit too hard. She, out of instinct, reached out for the wall, keeping her centimeters from his face. He risked it and leaned up and kissed her. Her hand fell from the wall as she pushed away, blushing. She quickly flew to her seat and opened her laptop, avoiding his eyes. He sighed, noticing that she forgot her phone and earbuds. He went up and placed them in front of her, but she didn't look at him. He went back to his seat and decided to try to sleep, a sad frown present on his face. She glanced at him, and felt a pang of guilt. She flew over to him, and before anyone woke up…
"Don't read into this too much Romeo." She muttered. She kissed him on the cheek, blushing. She flew right back to her seat before anyone woke up, and he sat up, holding his cheek. He looked at her with a smile and winked. She blushed, but a smile only visible to him graced her petite face. They knew they had a lot to talk about when they got to Florida, for they had a secret between them that no one knew. The other kids started to stir.
"Ugh, where are we?" Brat said, yawning. Professor looked back at the kids.
"We are currently exiting New Jersey, and it's 8:30." The kids, with the exception of Blossom and Brick, who were texting each other, cheered. Berserk noticed, and attempted to look at Blossom's phone, but was met with her Twitter. Blossom smirked.
"You're not getting through my phone." Berserk smirked.
"Oh really? If so, then what we're you doing?" Everyone looked at Blossom intently.
"I was going through Twitter. That's all." She said calmly. Bubbles smiled.
"Hey, let's all just sing something random!" She said. Bunny looked at her.
"Or just snippets." Everyone nodded in agreement, except the boys.
"We don't sing." Blossom looked directly at Brick and he gulped at the damage that could be inflicted on him.
"O-or, or, orrrrr, we can sing, yeah, yeah yeah. Total-Totally. Yup." Blossom smiled at him innocently.
''Perfect angel' my ass. You are a demon.' He growled mentally.
'Aww, you think that actually offended me? How cute. Yeah, I know I'm a demon, but only to you, hon!' She smirked mentally. Robin found a song.
"Hey, Blossom and Brick, sing this one! Then BC and Butch." She showed them the song. They blushed.
"Why us?!"
"It's cute." They shook their heads. Blossom found a song and smiled gently. She liked the song, as it was sort of like a namesake. She went to her mic on her laptop.
"Shhh, shut up guys! Berserk sit with BC for a second." Berserk complied. She placed her headphones on. She found the instrumental, and started to prepare to record. As soon as she opened her mouth, all the boys were dazed at the gentleness. Especially Brick, who was secretly recording her voice. Her really pretty voice…WAIT WHAAAT?!
Sakura by Ikimono Gakari
(Note: The reason why it's like a namesake is because, for those who don't know, Sakura means Blossom, or Cherry Blossom.)
Blossom: Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite
Yureru omoi no take wo dakishimeta
Kimi to haru ni negai shi ano yume wa
Ima mo miete iru yo sakura maichiru
'Wow' Brick thought. She had him where she had wanted him.
Densha kara mieta no wa
Itsuka no omokage
Futari de kayotta haru no oohashi
Sotsugyou no toki ga kite
Kimi wa machi wo deta
Irozuku kawabe ni ano hi wo sagasu no
Sorezore no michi wo erabi
Futari wa haru wo oeta
Sakihokoru mirai wa
Atashi wo aserasete
Odakyuusen no mado ni
Kotoshi mo sakura ga utsuru
Kimi no koe ga kono mune ni
Kikoete kuru yo
Everyone was looking at Blossom with adoration or with smiles.
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite
Yureru omoi no take wo dakishimeta
Kimi to haru ni negai shi ano yume wa
Ima mo miete iru yo sakura maichiru
Kaki kaketa tegami ni wa
"Genki de iru yo" to
Chiisa na uso wa misukasareru ne
Meguriyuku kono machi mo
Haru wo ukeirete
Kotoshi mo ano hana ga tsubomi wo hiraku
Kimi ga inai hibi wo koete
Atashi mo otona ni natte iku
Kouyatte subete wasurete iku no kana
"Hontou ni suki dattan da"
Sakura ni te wo nobasu
Kono omoi ga ima haru ni tsutsumarete iku yo
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite
Yureru omoi no take wo dakiyoseta
Kimi ga kureshi tsuyoki ano kotoba wa
Ima mo mune ni nokoru sakura maiyuku
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite
Yureru omoi no take wo dakishimeta
Tooki haru ni yume mi shi ano hibi wa
Sora ni kiete iku yo
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite
Haru no sono mukou e to aruki dasu
Kimi to haru ni chikai shi kono yume wo tsuyoku
Mune ni daite sakura maichiru
She stopped the recording and took her headphones off. She blinked.
"What? I can't sing that well." Everyone's eyes bugged out at her statement.
"You're bugging!" Butch and Boomer said. Bunny looked at them funny.
"Well, what they said. Anyways, I'm bored again. Mojo, how far are we?" He looked at them through the mirror.
"It's 8:50, and we're almost out of New Jersey. So, like a day and 10 hours."
"UGGGGGHHH!" The kids groaned. "WE ARE CURRENTLY BOOORED!" Mojo sighed. This would be a long ride.
5 hours later
"Are we halfway through this trip yet?!" Brute shouted. Professor looked back.
"Sadly, we only got to West Virginia. So not exactly half." Bubbles sighed.
"Well, this is boring. What time is it anyway?" Brat said. Boomer looked at his blue iPhone.
"1:50." He said annoyed. The other kids started to groan. Blossom jumped up.
"HA! I WIN LOSER!" She said, startling everyone.
"Uhhh…Bloss, who're you talking to?" Robin asked confused. They looked at her nodding, but they got their answer when Brick pointed at her.
"Lies! You cheated at the last second! I call rematch." They looked at the two confused, but noticed their 3DS'.
"HOW DO YOU CHEAT IN MARIO KART?! Oh, wait, that was a stupid question. But anyway, NOT MY FAULT THAT YOU PICKED BOWSER."
"Yeah and you picked Toad, knowing he's the smallest character in the game! And anyway, even in the actual races, you took a bunch of shortcuts! HOW'S THAT NOT CHEATING?!"
"Guys…" Raquel started.
"IT'S CALLED STRATEGY. Got a problem with that, Red?" Blossom growled lowly at the nickname, getting centimeters from his lips.
"Yeah, I do. What're you gonna do about it?" He growled huskily. She smirked.
"Tch, what do you propose we do?"
"Rematch." She leaned closer, just barely touching his lips, neither giving in.
"I'd rather not. Besides, I have to record a cover." He smirked.
"Let's make a deal. Winner gets whatever. Deal, Blossom?" She smirked darkly.
"Fine. Just letting you know," She leaned to his ear. "Scratch what I said about being a demon. That doesn't mean I'll show mercy." He chuckled, equally as dark.
"Well, considering you said I belong to you, you're not a demon. You're my cruel, dark angel. Right?" She blushed.
"I never said that. You're dreaming."
"Of you." She flicked his forehead and went back to her seat with her 3DS in hand, determined not to lose. Everyone else stared blankly.
What the hell just happened?!
Blossom was no better mentally.
'DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT! WHY COULDN'T I SHUT UP?! Although…being called his 'dark angel' was kinda nice…Makes me want to…DAMMIT! WHY CAN'T HE LEAVE MY HEAD?!' She was cursing herself for the way she acted, but admitted to herself that, if she were around him and him alone, she probably wouldn't mind acting that way with him. It was fun, and he had called her his dark angel. She smiled secretly at that, not that she'd ever admit that out loud. She put her headphones on, which had A Cruel Angel's Thesis from Neon Genesis Evangelion on loop. She smirked to Brick.
"Ready to lose?" He smirked.
"I'm ready when you are, angel." She blushed at the nickname, and Brick knew he had her.
Everyone else was staring at them, confused.
Well, except Berserk, Butch, and Robin, who were applauding Brick's bold move.
"OI! WE WANNA PLAY TOO!" Buttercup shouted. Berserk looked at her smiling, but inside she wanted to kill her.
'Eh he he, she ruined everything.'
Butch looked at her blankly.
'Way to go Butterbutt!'
Robin looked at her slightly awkwardly.
'She's a moron! Why did she say that?!'
Blossom looked at Brick, as if asking for approval. Wait, what?! She never did that for anything!
"Can they play?" Brick rolled his eyes, for he REALLY wanted to win against Blossom.
His angel. Dark angel, to be exact.
But he'd never admit that.
For now, as far as she was concerned, he called her that as an annoying nickname.
Even though she didn't know the true meaning of it.
"Sure, whatever. We're still on for that bet though. If I get higher than 4th and beat you, I win." She smirked as she opened the room for everyone else to join.
"But you won't. Is everyone joined?" They nodded, under the agreement that some would share 3DS'. Everyone picked a character. For this round, Blossom was Yoshi, Brick was Paratroopa, Bubbles was Rosalina (this is Mario Kart 7), Boomer was Toad, Buttercup was (to her annoyance) Daisy, Butch was Luigi, Bunny was Honey Queen, and Bandit was Waluigi.
Then they had to decide courses.
"Let's just all pick something, and we'll see who's gets picked." Everyone nodded in agreement. Blossom picked Rainbow Road (SNES version), Bubbles picked Maka Wuhu (from Pilotwings Resort), Buttercup picked Daisy Cruiser, Bunny picked Kalimari Desert, Brick picked Bowser's Castle, Boomer picked Mushroom Gorge, Butch picked Luigi's Mansion, and Bandit picked Airship Fortress. They waited to see who's track got picked.
…
Airship Fortress
"OH YEAH! Looks like no shortcuts for you guys today." Bandit cheered. Everyone looked at him blankly. The race started to count.
3…
2…
1…
GO!
And they were off! Brick, Bunny, Buttercup and Boomer got malfunctioning rocket starts. Blossom stuck her tongue out.
"Now are you going to accuse me of cheating?" He scoffed. They continued, people hitting people with items, when, in the last lap, the worst thing happened. To Blossom that is.
Brick was in 1st place.
Which meant that if she didn't pass Bunny (in 4th), Butch (in 3rd), and Bubbles (in 2nd) to get to Brick, she was going to have to do whatever he wanted.
No way in hell was that happening.
She thanked the gods that she got a star, and passed Bunny and Butch. But Bubbles was no doormat in Mario Kart, she would hit a shell at you and make sure you lost. Bubbles noticed that Blossom was catching up.
The reason she made her lose?
She knew of her deal with Brick. And this small step could help in a huge way. She silently apologized.
'Sorry Bloss. This is for the best in the long run.' She bit her error lip and skillfully, used a banana peel and set it. Blossom dodged that, but not the red shell coming to her from the front. She was hit, and Brick smirked as he crossed in first, Bubbles in 2nd and Blossom in 3rd. She gritted her teeth in frustration as she glared at her blue-eyed sister, who smiled apologetically. She looked to Berserk, who was smiling.
'I hope you're happy, Miss! Blossom probably hates me!' Bubbles screamed mentally. Berserk smiled at her.
'Oh, please, don't worry too much Bubblita. She'll be sucking face with Brick before she starts thinking about being mad at you.'
'The thought of that excites me because they clearly have a thing going on, but disturbed me because I don't want to see that.' They laughed silently as they saw Blossom fume.
"Hmph, that wasn't exactly fair." Brick smirked as he went to her seat across from him and slid closer to her, and blew on her ear as he whispered something to her, making her blush crimson.
"Oh? Well, a bet's a bet, Blossom." She glared at him, but her face was the shade of his eyes at the way he said her name.
"W-What do you want?" Blossom stuttered. Brick smirked, this wasn't fun, this was too cute. Screw being low, he has her where he wants her.
"Did you just stutter?" He said with a smirk. She blushed harder, if that was possible. He grinned darkly.
"How cute. And I haven't even said what I wanted yet." She tried to look away from him, but he gently, not wanting to scare her off, turned her head to look into his eyes. His blood red eyes, and her rose pink eyes.
"Brick, what do you want?" She said calmly, the blush visibly going down.
"Nothing." He said simply. She looked at him in wonder.
"W-What?" She questioned.
"I don't want anything." She sighed in relief.
"Yet."
"UGH!" She huffed. He laughed and went back to his seat. Berserk smiled at her best friend.
'Way to be low, Casanova. What happened to "it's easier to hate her"? Hmm?' She smirked mentally. He blushed.
'OH SCREW YOU! And anyway, she was only embarrassed.'
'That's why she liked being called your "dark angel", right?' His eyes widened and he looked at Berserk to see if she was lying.
'You're lying! She didn't say she liked that nickname... Did she?'
'Her exact mental words were: "Although…being called his 'dark angel' was kinda nice…Makes me want to…" So, do with that what you will.'
'You read her mind?! She'll kill you! And anyway, she hates me.'
'Brick, she does not. She just doesn't know how she feels yet. But don't over whelm her. In fact, since your brothers aren't on good terms with the other puffs, I've got a plan.'
'And that would be?'
'For me to know and you to find out.'
'Goddamn. But, thanks Berserk. Remind me to get you a present for you and Blake's anniversary.' Berserk blushed crimson.
'SCREW YOU! I DON'T LIKE HIM!'
'Why are you blushing then?'
'Grr…' He laughed at Berserk's face.
Blossom was just confused.
"Uhhh, Berserk, are you okay-"
"I'M FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" She huffed. Blossom shrugged, but would ask her later. Bubbles grabbed a movie.
"Professor, where are we?" He looked at the map on the GPS.
"We're exiting West Virginia, and it's 3:00." He said. Bubbles smiled.
"Let's watch a movie!" She took out Rio. Brat took it from her.
"Later, when it's…7:40, and dark. Right now, I need FOOD. Pass the cooler with drinks, I need a Gatorade." Blossom rolled it to Brat, and she grabbed a blue Gatorade. Boomer also grabbed one, and tossed one to Bubbles, but it bonked her on the head. She glared at Boomer.
"Ow! That hurt, you jerk!" He huffed.
"Well, excuse me for trying to be nice. I didn't know it would hit your head, alright!" She stood up.
"Do NOT yell at me! I'm sorry if my judgement is used to dealing with criminals. Or, ex-criminals that is." He looked at her, a hurt expression on his face for a few seconds, and she felt EXTREMELY guilty. The expression was replaced with anger.
"You know what? Did you ever think that sometimes, not all criminals do what they do because they want to? No, of course not. Because you've never been on our side of the fence. Sometimes, they don't have a choice in what they're doing after a while. You should ask your best friend, whose been on that side, before you say that. You don't know what they go through, to be feared and hated-" Once he said that, something in Bubbles snapped.
"YES WE DO!"
Boomer stared at her, seeing her start to break.
"Yes we do. It wasn't always sugar and rainbows for us. Ask Mitch. Ask him what we went through on our first days of life, before you start judging us!" She cried. All the boys looked at Mitch.
"*sigh* It was their first day of school. They were new, and people liked them and wanted to sit with them. Now, back then, they weren't informed that they had to control how they used their powers. So, when I introduced them to the game of Tag during Recess, they had it, but then got carried away. The next day, no one wanted to be near them. They all despised the girls. Again, back then, Mojo used to be the Professor's lab assistant, but once the girls were made, he vowed revenge. Mojo had tricked the girls into going along with his plan, and no one would hate them, but when everyone found out that they helped him do this, they hated the girls more. They flew up to outer space and just thought about everything that had gone on, but decided to save the town, because of Professor. In the end, everyone liked them. But that's only the beginning." The boys and girls sat there in silence. Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles looked down, a dark expression on their faces. Butch looked at them.
"What else happened?" Bubbles sighed, looking at Blossom, who nodded.
"Father's Day. Professor was buying groceries, and we asked him what he wanted for Father's Day. He said anything we made him was good, but we passed by a window with the Pro 2000 Golf Clubs. Professor really liked them, but once he saw the price, he deflated. We tried several times to raise money to buy them, but failed. One day, Mojo committed a crime. When we went to clean up Mojo's mess, Blossom saw the window with the clubs broken, and, because she kept hearing Professor's voice talking about the clubs, she stole them." Brick looked to Blossom, who looked anywhere but his eyes. Berserk looked at her as well. Bubbles continued. "She then, the next day, presented them as his gift, but it made us suspicious, because we didn't know how she got them. Professor went to play his game of golf with the mayor, but was arrested for being accused of stealing it. When we went to get him out, Blossom blamed Mojo, and we eventually got her to admit it, and she served her time, but with a light punishment, since it was her first offense." Blossom sighed.
"I still feel a bit guilty." Berserk looked at her.
"Nonsense. You had the right intention, just not the right thing to do." She hugged her. Blossom then looked to Buttercup, who nodded solemnly, knowing her story would be told.
"Right. It was around Valentine's Day-"
"Why is most of this happening around holidays?" Bandit asked.
"I don't know. Anyway, Valentine's Day. So, the Gangreen Gang was causing trouble. And this was when we had first met them. We were stopping them, and Ace says that Snake didn't know what he was doing, and Buttercup was developing a crush and felt for them. The next day, we go to the museum as a field trip for school, and they were destroying things to get a soda. While Bubbles and I went to stop them, Buttercup stepped back from the fight, and Ace slipped over to her, and he said that they only wanted a soda, and that we were too hard on them. She decided to drop a carpet on the fight so they could escape, and Ace said she could hang out with them anytime. She fell for it, and when she did hang out with them, and leave in the morning, when the gang was saying goodbyes, Ace," She paused as she clenched her fist. "He said she was a tool in controlling Townsville. In the end, when they lured us and Buttercup found out, she beat him up hard, her emotions being played. The only thing she said to us was "I'm sorry"." Buttercup looked down in shame. Brute embraced her best friend, as Butch clenched his fists as he looked at her.
"BC, it's okay. You didn't know, and anyway, you're too awesome for him." She smiled, but looked to Robin, and Robin nodded. It was only fair.
"So, one day, we saw a moving truck. We were interested in seeing who our new neighbors were, so we spied through the bushes, debating who it would be. Bubbles and Blossom were hoping it was a woman to fall for the Professor, but we all deflated when we saw they were a married couple, complaining that it would be like everyone else on our block. Then Bubbles spotted a box of toys, and then a little "man" that I pointed out was a girl, and we went to go say hi to her, who was Robin. We asked her a few questions and over the weeks we became best friends, and she also figured out we had superpowers. But our job started getting in the way of hanging out with Robin, and when Princess was becoming friends with her, she kinda made her hate us and convinced her to steal something, which turned out to be a ploy to get Princess to be a Powerpuff. We left Princess ranting, and we later explain that we never meant to ditch her, but she understood that it was our job. Robin eventually got powers because she drank orange juice with Chem X in it, which is how Mitch, Raquel and Michael got theirs." Robin looked a bit annoyed.
"I'm still mad at myself for believing her." Raquel laughed.
"Don't worry. She'll get what's coming to her." Robin nodded, and looked to Bunny, and the girls looked down solemnly as Bunny nodded.
"This might be one of the sadder stories. So, the girls come back from fighting crime, only to be asked to do chores. Thinking that it wouldn't hurt to make a new puff, they attempted to, but with all the wrong ingredients. The explosion happens and Bunny is born, but she was deformed, and not exactly perfect. They came up with a name and explained her job. When the girls told her to put the criminals to jail, she mistook the police as criminals and jailed them, and set the real criminals free. The girls found out and got mad, and Bunny flew off. They immediately started getting pummeled by the criminals, and Bunny heard their cry and saved them. However, her composition was unstable and…" She paused and the girls resisted their tears. "Bunny died saving them. The girls mourned their loss, and yeah." The boys looked at the girls who were crying silently, and Bandit stared at Bunny.
"B-But, how is she alive then?" Robin sighed.
"On the one year anniversary of her death, Professor decided to attempt to make her again, except with the right ingredients: Sugar, spice, and everything nice. But, he also used the little piece of fabric left of her. He added the Chem X, causing the explosion. This time, rather than deformed, a pretty little girl with light violet eyes and a light violet dress was born. He checked her components, and, to his happiness, she was stable. The girls sat on the couch, upset. Professor came upstairs, Bunny quietly floating up to their room, and he told them to go to their room for a surprise. They complied, still sad, and when they turned the lights on, Bunny said, "It's nice to see you again." The girls hugged her. Basically, like you, she was reincarnated." They all sat there, and Bella embraced her best friend. The girls looked at her.
"We're still really sorry for that day." Bunny smiled.
"Oh, nonsense. I'm here, aren't I?" They smiled, and Bunny looked to Bubbles, and she nodded. It was only fair that her story was told.
"Lastly, the girls were in the training simulator, testing, and BC just finished a Level 9. Bubbles goes in, and Professor cranks it down to Level 2, Bubbles protesting. Professor just said that she's not ready for that yet. As the day goes and the other two continue to treat her as a baby, Bubbles snaps, and when they sleep, she goes and cranks the stimulator to the highest level, which is 11, beats it, and is "hardcore". Her sisters see her new attitude, brutal and cruel, and aren't happy. Mojo kidnaps her, zaps her with a laser, claiming she'll cry and lure her sisters, but she doesn't, beats him up BRUTALLY, her sisters find her, she that the laser was on 11, and say she's hardcore. Mojo zapped her again, prompting her to beat him up." They laughed.
"Well, looks like Bubbles does have a vicious side. Sorry I yelled at you." Boomer said smiling. She laughed.
"Sorry I kinda judged you. Maybe you're not so bad." She said. He smirked.
"Aw, thanks Bubbly." Her smile faded.
"Why can't you not call me that?!"
"It's fun."
"UGH!"
A/N: This was LONG. 17 pages…Well damn. That's a new record. Until Chapter 3!
~Aqua