"Hey, I'm Benjamin Lee, or Lee Zhengwu, if you want to call me that. Well, let me tell you something: One day while I was at NASA, I found this weird white moon-rock. Upon touching it, I was bestowed unbelievable powers…superpowers, actually. I plan to use my powers to be a hero…So, I stopped a bank robbery. Anyway, now I'm back to my room watching the news, and I get called out…Hmph…by my dad…What the heck could he want?!"
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Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
Does not belong to me!
Shades of Gray…
Belongs to me, okay?
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NOTE: "speaking"; "thinking"; "EMPHASIZING";
"assumed English"; "assumed Japanese"; "ASSUMED ENGRISH"
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#2 Eternal Blight (Sono Ni)
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"Yeah, Dad?" Benjamin sighs, as he makes his way downstairs to the kitchen.
"Benjamin…" his father is sitting on one of the chairs of the kitchen table. He cleans his glasses and puts them back before his eyes. He sighs once then finally shows Benjamin what appears to be a test paper, "What is this?!"
Benjamin scoffs then gets philosophical, "I'm not the professor…What does it look like, Dad?!"
His father slams his fist on the table, "Don't get philosophical with me, young man!!!"
"Hmph…" Benjamin just crosses his arms.
"A grade this low is unacceptable in this family!" his father yells.
"…I can always make up for it with the rest of the school year!" Benjamin yells back.
"What 'rest of the year'?! It's May!" his father points out, "Classes end next month!"
"And, in that month, I can make up for it!" Benjamin yells back.
His father yells again, "You have already stained yourself with a grade like this! How can you—?!"
"Why should you be concerned?!" Benjamin snaps, "That's my grade!"
Silence…Both father and son were completely silent after the last string of words…
Coming from the living room, Benjamin's mother (oblivious to what they were talking about) walks in and asks, "I have to make dinner soon…so…"
"…Benjamin…" his father obviously tries his best to contain his anger.
"What now?" Benjamin scoffs.
"…Go…to…your…room…" his father continues to suppress his anger.
"…I can do whatever I want! You're not the boss of me!" Benjamin apparently doesn't know when to shut up.
The last comment finally makes his father snap. He slams his fist on the table by such force that…he ends up punching a hole through the wooden table, "Benjamin Lee! GO TO YOUR ROOM!!!"
"Ku!" Benjamin shouts.
"YU KAN JASUTO ESUKEIPU DISU… (You can just escape this…)" the voice tells Benjamin.
"That's right…! I should be able to do whatever I want! With this power I can do anything!" Benjamin grows an evil grin then barks, "I'LL DO YOU ONE BETTER!!! I'M LEAVING!!!"
"WHAT!?!?!" both parents are taken aback.
"Later!" Benjamin runs up the stairs and to his room.
Both parents try to run after him, but Benjamin quickly locks the door to his room.
"Hmph…" Benjamin takes a few clothes, then quickly takes the compact on his belt and activates the transformation by opening it and sliding his black ring through the compact…
"Here it is…!" Benjamin laughs maniacally.
He is quickly enveloped by darkness…His clothes are replaced by the same white sleeveless shirt and white pants that he wore as Eternal Blight…The black belt turns white and binds itself on his waist. He leads forward and a darker-than-black hooded coat with long sleeves materializes on him. Once he makes a pushing gesture, his hands are covered by white gloves. He turns once and does a thrust kick…which makes white shoes appear on his feet. He covers his eyes with his right arm, as if he were shielding himself from light. He raises his right hand to the sky, as if he were reaching for something, then black lighting falls to his hand, empowering him. He places his right hand before his face before finally moving it away dramatically and yelling, "Shin Eternal Blight! (True Eternal Blight!)"
"This is my power…!" Blight's voice sound a little different…almost as if he were possessed, "And I shall do what I please…!"
With that said, he flies out through the window and flies northwest…
"I must go to a place where they won't find me…!" Blight snickers as he continues flying.
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Back at the Utonium Observatory, Peach, the digital pet, start barking like crazy.
"Peach, what's wrong?!" Ken picks him up.
"Kuro no chikara wan! (Black power wan!) There's too much wan!" Peach panics.
"Ken, what's wrong?" a man, who appears to be Ken's father, asks.
"Papa— I mean, Utonium-hakase, there's—" Ken tries to explain. (note: "hakase" means "professor")
"A powerful black aura wan! Powerful wan!" Peach panics again.
"Where is it originating?!" Utonium-hakase quickly goes to the main computer to access satellite cameras.
"The West wan! It's coming from the West wan!" Peach answers.
"Sortie the girls!" Utonium-hakase yells.
"Powerpuff Z da wan!" Peach yells.
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At a certain middle school, there appears to be a class going on.
One certain girl has her long red hair tied into a long ponytail. She appears to be of average height for a fourteen-year-old. She wears a white shirt with long orange and red striped sleeves. She also wears a blue (jeans-material) miniskirt. Apparently, her pink eyes emanate a sense of a cheerful attitude.
Another girl, who sits behind the first, has her blonde hair tied into twirling twintails. She wears a white, long sleeved blouse, with a blue tie. The blouse is tucked under a miniskirt patterned with blue squares. The miniskirt has lace at the hem.
One last girl, who sits a bit diagonally behind and to the left of the second, keeps her hair short, and under a green cap. She wears a light brown high-collared shirt. Unlike the other two, she wears dark blue shorts, instead of a miniskirt. Other noticeable articles of clothing are her wristbands.
All three wear matching white belts with similar compacts…And at this point, the compacts start blinking and making a small noise.
All three girls get excited then nod to each other.
The redhead quickly raises her hand and tells the teacher, "Sensei, my stomach has a headache!"
The blonde does the same, "Sensei, my back has a toothache desu wa!"
The black haired one does the same, "And my head has tuberculosis!"
Their words baffle the teacher…and the rest of the class.
"Sensei, we're sick!" the three say and get up from their seats.
"I'm not sure about what's wrong, but just go to the infirmary, okay?" the baffled teacher sighs.
"Okay!" the three say before leaving the classroom.
Instead of going to the infirmary, they head up the stairs to the roof of the school.
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Over the Pacific Ocean, Blight continues his flying…
"This power…is mine…and mine…alone…!" Blight laughs maniacally.
"Hm?" Blight feels another energy source, "More power…! I shall make it mine…!"
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Over the skies of the Japanese city (Tokyo City, to be exact), the three girls appear to be flying. They now wear similar clothes…a dress with a miniskirt, a short vest, earrings, black fingerless gloves, and colored shoes. The redhead's costume is mainly pink/red; the blonde's is light blue; and the black haired one's is green.
"Hey, Blossom, what did Utonium-hakase tell us, again?" the green one asks the pink one.
"Buttercup, he said that the Black Aura was coming from out from the West!" the pink one, Blossom, explains.
"I wonder how can there still be so much Black Aura left…especially after we had defeated Kare (Him)…" the green one, Buttercup, wonders.
"…Ugh…can you feel it?" the blue one grows concerned.
"Bubbles?" Blossom turns to the blue one.
"I think the Monster is really coming to us…" the blue one, Bubbles, explains.
"…Yeah, I can feel it, too…" Buttercup grows concerned.
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Still over the Pacific Ocean, Blight finally sees land.
"Is this where I shall begin my life anew?" Blight snickers.
"Look! Over there!" Blossom points at Blight, "That huge Black Aura makes it so obvious!"
"There's so much power just flowing out of him…!" Buttercup comments.
"Hey, you there! Are you planning to attack the city?" Blossom points at him, "If you are, then you've got another thing coming!"
The three girls pose as they yell their battle cry: "Tatakau Ai no (Fighting (for) Love) Science Legend, Powerpuff Girls Z!"
"…Chikara (Power)…?" Blight stares at the three girls, as they fly closer to him, then he drops his book of weapons into the ocean, "…Ima ni (Now)…sono chikara wa (that power)…oresama no mono (is mine)…!"
"What did he say?!" Bubbles asks.
"…Shine (Die)…" Blight makes a sinister grin then raises his right hand…Instantly, a giant ice spike rises from the ocean under the girls! "…Sakana wo karu toki ni tsukatta n desu (This was used while catching fish)…"
All three girls get out of the way just in time, "Wha!!!"
"This guy doesn't want to talk!" Blossom, brandishing a yo-yo, comments.
"Why does he even want to fight?" Bubbles, brandishing a giant bubble wand, asks.
"…Ku…" Blight scoffs, as he does so, the ice spike descends back into the ocean.
"Then let's take him down!" Buttercup, with a giant Daruma Otoshi hammer on hand, flies to Blight for an attack.
"Kudaran yo (It's useless)…!" Blight raises his right hand and summons the ice spike to hit Buttercup.
"Omae mo kudaran yo! (You're useless, too!)" Buttercup avoids the ice spike completely and accelerates more and more towards Blight.
"…Kudaran yo (It's useless)…!" Blight raises both his hands…quickly making the ice spike descend and ascend under Buttercup…it continues rising and falling so quickly that it's impossible to go to him without getting stabbed.
"Nani yo! (What the—!)" Buttercup backs up quickly but the ice spike seem to follow her.
"Bubbles, we have to help her!" Blossom orders the advance, as well.
"Bubble Champagne!" Bubbles waves her bubble wand twice to summon several bubbles to attack (or, actually, distract) Blight.
"…Baka me (Foolish)…!" Blight has ice spike to burst all of the individual bubbles. It ascends and descends at such a fast pace, that…the sight could really…
Buttercup points at what had happened, "Those bubbles could have been us!"
"Wait!" Blossom gets an idea, "If we can attack him directly, we'll have a chance!"
"Thanks for stating the obvious…" Buttercup comments un-amusedly.
"I think she means that if we protect the one that's going to attack, we can attack him directly…" Bubbles explains.
"Exactly!" Blossom replies.
"When did Blossom say that?!" Buttercup yells.
"Okay, I'll attack that guy, while you guys cover me," Blossom volunteers for the attack.
"Okay!" the other two Girls agree.
"Now then—" Blossom gets ready to charge at Blight…but, "Where did he go?"
"There he is!" Buttercup points towards the shore.
Indeed, Blight had flown closer to the shore, while the girls were planning…Rude…
The girls are dumbfounded.
"…AH!!! I'll go attack now!" Blossom rushes to Blight.
"Got it!" Bubbles follows her.
"That guy's pissed me off!" Buttercup is apparently ready to smash Blight's face in.
"…Mata? (…Again?)" Blight turns around and summons another ice spike to attack Blossom.
"Buttercup!" Blossom calls for cover.
"Got it! Kid, you've pissed me off! Since it's just ice, I should be able to shatter it with a simple…" Buttercup spins into a tornado using her hammer to smash the ice spike, "…HURRICANE LUTZ!!!"
"Good job…?!" Blossom congratulates Buttercup, a little too early.
Upon hitting the ice spike with her hammer, Buttercup…couldn't break it, "What gives?! This isn't ice!!!"
"…Lance of Rojeref…" Blight snickers, as the lance quickly descends back into the ocean, "…korose (kill them)…"
Upon saying so, Blight points to Blossom…and the GIGANTIC blue lance strikes.
"Balloon Catcher!" Bubbles waves her bubble wand once to summon a HUGE bubble to try catching the lance…saving Blossom.
"Thanks, Bubbles!" Blossom waves to Bubbles.
"…How impertinent…" Blight scoffs as the lance is being raised from the sea…and…it's EXTREMELY HUGE AND LONG…
"I…REALLY don't want to get hit by that…" Blossom comments.
"Oh, no!" Bubbles notices, "Balloon Catcher can't hold it!"
"What?!" Blossom and Buttercup yell simultaneously.
"While he can't attack…" Bubbles tries to explain, "…let's attack him!"
"Go!" Blossom yells, as they all charge towards Blight.
"…Kudaran yo (It's useless)…" Blight snaps his fingers…and the Lance of Rojeref disappears!
"The lance—!" Bubbles tells the others.
"Where—?" Buttercup yells.
"Huh?" Blossom quickly notices that Blight is holding a book.
"…Sword of Uresu…" Blight slowly pulls out…an EXTREMELY HUGE LONGSWORD from his book!!! (Like seven times longer than he is tall!!!)
"Wh—What?!" Blossom is taken aback by the sight.
"So that's how he does it," Bubbles comments.
"Come on! Let's take him down! That sword should be too heavy for him to strike!" Buttercup rushes at Blight.
"Got it! Apple Pie Shoot!" Blossom takes advantage of her distance attacks by using her yo-yo to strike.
"…Kudaran yo (It's useless)…" Blight uses his sword to block the attack.
"Bubble Poyon! Ei!" Bubbles swings her bubble wand and sends a giant bubble to hit Blight.
"…Yowai (Weak)…" Blight cuts the bubble.
"Swing Sonic!!!" Buttercup sends a green energy blast from her hammer to hit Blight.
"…Dekinai (You can't do it)…" Blight negates the blast by a simple swipe of his sword.
"Darn it! He keeps canceling out our attacks!" Buttercup gets frustrated.
"Combination attack?" Blossom suggests.
"Overkill version!" Buttercup adds.
"Let's do it?" Bubbles asks.
"…Gu…" Blight bends forward, "…Naze (Why)…Ima (Now)…?!"
"Hey, check that out!" Blossom points at Blight.
"Huh?" the other girls watch, as Blight's sword disappears.
"……Kisamara no (Your)…" Blight opens the book and summons a whirlwind and disappears…leaving with an echo, "…kachi (victory)…I will return for your powers…"
"Wh—What was that?!" Blossom yells angrily.
"Starting a fight then running away? What a coward!" Buttercup taunts.
"He seems to be after our power…" Bubbles comments about what he had said earlier.
"…But…what bugs me is…why he ran away…" Blossom considers.
After a while of thinking, Bubbles reminds the others, "We should get back to class before Sensei forces us to do more assignments!"
"WA!" Blossom remembers, "Yeah, that new sensei is way too strict!"
"And I thought first year middle school was annoying…but…second year with that Todoh-sensei is way too much!" Buttercup comments.
"Which Todoh-sensei— the ojisan (in this case, 'middle-aged man') or the oneesan (in this case, 'young woman')?" Bubbles asks.
"That jiji (rude form: 'old man')!" Blossom yells.
"Anyway, let's continue this conversation while we fly back to school," Bubbles suggests.
"Yeah, we have to go back…" Buttercup sighs, "…even if we don't want to…"
The three Girls fly back to the middle school…
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Blight reappears at the penthouse of a five-star hotel.
He looks around, "…This shall be good enough!"
He opens his book and blows Black Spores all over the area…consuming the room. Everything in the room turns black then regain their normal colors…almost as if nothing had changed.
"…The prince will be right at home…" Blight laughs…and collapses on the bed…
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(VOICE ONLY)
"…Hm? He escaped?" Utonium-hakase responds to a call from the Girls.
"Yeah, he just disappeared in some weird wind…" Blossom explains.
"That coward! He picked a fight with us then ran away!" Buttercup growls.
"What about his Black Aura? How big was it?" Utonium-hakase asks.
"…HUGE!!! Like so…so…huge!" Blossom emphasizes it a little too much.
"Actually…it was a little scary desu wa…" Bubbles explains, "…especially those huge weapons desu wa…"
"Huge weapons?" Ken asks.
"Yeah, the sword and the lance were extremely long!" Buttercup yells.
"We'll figure out a way to defeat him…So just don't do anything rash, Girls," Utonium-hakase explains.
"Got it!" the Girls agree.
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"OHOHOHOHOHO!!! The prince unlocked so much power on the day I released him!" a voice laughs.
"I'll just have to keep those Powerpuff Girls Z from finding out who he is…" the voice snickers.
"…Hm? I know…This is perfect!!! OHOHOHOHOHO!!!" the voice laughs again.
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Hyper Blossom: Next time on Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z!
Rolling Bubbles: There's a transfer student!
Powered Buttercup: And he's so annoying!
Hyper Blossom: Really? I think he's interesting, since he's a Chuugokujin (Chinese person)…
Eternal Blight: Next time…
#3 An Abnormal School Day!
Hyper Blossom: Go, Chuugoku (China)!
Rolling Bubbles: Hope and happy. Make you smile!
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Review Responses:
An anonymous review…too much of a complement, but thanks, face-person…
Random Notes:
This…took a lot longer to finish than I thought…
But, on the upside, I've done it! Benjamin's now in Japan!
As for the names of Shin Eternal Blight's moves, they are based on the names of demons spelled and pronounced backwards in Japanese. (I ripped off Asura from Samurai Spirits…!)
I'll be on a two month hiatus, since I won't be anywhere near a computer for about two months!
Once I'm back, I'll work on the final chapter of DT! Bye-ni!