-Chapter 2: Setting Things Right-
The next morning, Blossom awoke to find herself still inside the old house with Brick. Then she jolted up in a frenzy upon realizing this.
'Oh crud!' she mentally cried. 'I-I need to get home, quick!'
She eased herself out of Brick's arms and headed for the door only to be stopped by the Rowdyruff's voice.
"Hey! Where the heck do you think you're going?"
"I gotta get home, Brick!" Blossom exclaimed. "I wasn't supposed to stay out this long!"
The Rowdyruff leader watched as his rival took to the sky. This was the one thing that really irritated him most. He hated having to give up Blossom to her sisters. In the past month, Brick had been trying to get around having to see his female counterpart only once. Thus far, his attempts have been unsuccessful.
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Blossom raced back home with much haste. She was greatly worried about her sisters reacting to her lateness. There already edgy about the Powerpuff leader having to go to Brick in the first place. Blossom finally arrived home and was relieved to find that her family hadn't woken up yet. She quietly went into the house trying not to disturb the place. Unbeknownst to her, Buttercup was hiding in the kitchen, disguising her motives by innocently eating breakfast and reading the newspaper she happened to pick up. Blossom noticed her lime clad sister and tried to get past her.
"So, where've you been?" Buttercup suddenly asked aloud.
Blossom froze and let out a sigh. Time to face the music. She floated into the kitchen and went into the refrigerator.
"There any orange juice left?" the red-headed girl asked.
"Sure, but you didn't answer my question." Buttercup replied.
Blossom flew into a seat at the kitchen table with a carton of orange juice and a cup in her hands.
"Well?" Buttercup said as Blossom poured herself some juice.
"It's my fault." the pink clad girl answered. "I kinda lost track of time and I nodded off."
"Is that all that happened?"
"Yeah, basically."
"Brick didn't try anything, did he?"
"No. Honestly Buttercup, I slipped up on the time and sort of slept in. Of course Brick didn't even think about waking me up and tell me it was getting late. Plus he came an hour late himself."
The raven haired girl decided that her sister was telling the truth and to let it go for now. But she still had a bone to pick.
"You know, if he does anything like that again, we're going to have problems. Major problems." Buttercup growled.
Blossom let out another sigh and quietly drank her juice. She just told Buttercup it was her own fault for heaven sakes. The truth of the matter was, that Buttercup flat out hated Brick and did NOT want Blossom hanging around him at all. Especially after all the harassing he caused her that past spring. If there was any foul up in the agreement that was made on his part, Buttercup would gladly beat the shit out of him. That's why Blossom never said much of her meetings with the red clad boy. If Buttercup knew the whole story and what really went on, she would've undoubtedly gone completely crazy. It was better to stay quiet or say very little about the stupid thing.
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Later that day, Blossom led her sister to the candy store and the electronic store to help with any damages that the Rowdyruff Boys had done two nights before. The keepers of both stores were all too happy to accept their help. Blossom figured this would be a good way to get back at Brick. Afterword, the Powerpuff Girls left to survey the whole city for any more trouble if any. Unbeknownst to them, they were being secretly tailed by Brick. He got really miffed when he saw Blossom and her sisters undo his and his brothers' handy work.
'That little witch!' he mentally scowled. 'And it's just like her to do something like that.'
The red headed boy continued to follow them, making sure that the girls didn't spot him. Suddenly there was an explosion which made all four of them jump and go investigate. It was Mojo Jojo with one of his many destructive robots. Again. While the girls went speeding away to confront him, Brick went over to a shady area to watch the show. He couldn't help but take delight in seeing that primate get his ass kicked, even if it was by the Powerpuff Girls. He still couldn't believe how the hell that pathetic chimp was even able to create something like himself and his brothers. It had to be sheer luck and nothing but. On the other hand, Brick supposed that he should be somewhat grateful to the green-skinned fiend for even conceiving the very idea of Rowdyruff Boys. HIM was a much more contributing 'creator' than Mojo however. He gave the boys the necessities to be protected from the girls' cooties and unwittingly allow Brick to get closer to Blossom. After a few minutes of watching the PPG kicking Mojo's ass, Brick eventually became bored and flew off. He would tail Blossom later. The red clad boy went back to his and his brothers' hang out. Then he let slip that the girls had cleaned up the messes they made in town. Which didn't sit too well with them.
"WHAT?" Butch exclaimed. "THAT'S OUR TERRITORY! THEY AIN'T GOT ANY RIGHT!"
"Yeah!" Boomer piped in.
"Shut up, Boomer."
"Ehhh, relax, dudes." Brick said smoothly. "We can always get back at them right? How 'bout we tear up that school of theirs?"
His two brothers immediately grinned at this suggestion.
"Yeah, let's tear up their school!" Boomer cried.
"Tonight then?" Brick sneered.
"YEAH!" Butch and Boomer shouted in unison.
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The next morning, the girls got a frantic call from Ms. Keane. She had gone to the school house to do an inventory of supplies that would be needed for the next fall, only to find that someone had broken in. The girls quickly fled to the scene and the school house was just a complete disaster area. The door was ripped off of its hinges, there were holes in the walls, chairs and tables were either turned over or broken, chalk powder was practically everywhere and books and papers were strewn all over the floor.
"What a mess." Buttercup said.
"Who could've done this?" Bubbles cried.
Blossom automatically knew who was responsible. It had to have been Brick, probably trying to gain her attention.
"Come on girls, let's get this all cleaned up." she sighed.
They started to pick up the overturned chairs and tables. Bubbles flew around picking up the books, toys, and alphabet blocks.
"Oh girls, thank you." Ms. Keane said. "I'm sorry to trouble you during your summer break."
"Not at all." Blossom replied. "Don't worry about it, Ms. Keane."
After an hour of labor, the girls managed to fix up the school house.
"Thanks so much again, girls." Ms. Keane said.
"No problem, Ms. Keane." Blossom replied.
With that, they took off. The pink clad girl had half of mind to go looking for Brick and give him a serious tongue lashing. But with her sisters around, she better not. The last thing she wanted was to have her lime clad sister to go all crazy and have the situation enflamed. Perhaps later the Powerpuff leader would go looking for Brick. When they barely got to the skies, there was more trouble. The Gangreen Gang was back in town and tearing up a mini-mart. Ace was tearing open a cash register box, Lil' Arturo and Snake were fooling around with the coffee pots, Grubber was slicing open condiments and sucking in them, and Big Billy was gorging on candy. All the while the poor mart owner was taking cover in the janitor's closet.
"Ahem!" Blossom called out.
The Gang stopped their actions and saw the Powerpuff Girls standing with their fists on their hips. Ace narrowed his eyes at Blossom, remembering their last run-in with each other. His other gang members on the other hand were frozen in terror at the sight of the Powerpuff Girls.
"Let's go, girls!" Blossom cried.
The girls zipped forward and started pummeling the Gangreen Gang. Buttercup boxed up Lil' Arturo and Snake each at a time, Bubbles was zapping Big Billy and Grubber with her laser eyes and Blossom took on Ace. While they were battling, Ace managed to sock Blossom across the building and she landed in a revolving magazine holder.
"Say there, Blossom..." the sickly green skinned leader sneered. "didn't you have a boyfriend the last time?"
The red-headed girl gave a mix of sheer anger and a dead pan expression.
"Shut...up.."
In a split second, Ace was flying like a rocket towards the other side of the building and crashing out of the window. It shocked Buttercup, making her turn and see her pink clad sister breathing in and out a bit harshly.
"Whoa, Blossom calm down." she said.
"...S-sorry.." Blossom rasped. "Let's just get these jerks in jail."
Buttercup stared at her as Blossom floated away. Something pissed her off. The raven haired girl had never seen her this angry before.
'Something's got her ticked.' Buttercup thought. 'Better keep an eye on her...Again.'