I updated again before the other ones, haha. I'm gonna focus on this one for a while so I can meet the deadline, but don't despair! Once I'm done with this story, I'll try and have a monster update!

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Summer Love
Chapter 2

Beep! Beep! Beep! ZAP!

"Buttercup! Stop breaking our good alarm clocks!" Blossom's voice yelled outside Buttercup's door.

"What makes you think I destroyed the alarm clock? I was just practicing my aim, gosh Blossom." Buttercup muttered into her pillow.

"Because, Buttercup, I'm standing right here, and whaddya know! You're alarm clock is DEAD now! Poor thing! It was just trying to get a LAZY BUTT OUT OF BED SO THAT LAZY BUTT COULD GO TO WORK!" Blossom yelled in Buttercup's ear.

"ALL RIGHT! I GET IT!" Buttercup yelled back as she sat up.

"Honestly, Buttercup, it's only your 5th day of work and you're already reluctant to go!"

"Ya, well, you got the easy job: a lifeguard. I got the job of serving girls that have no idea what they're gonna order!"

"Well, you're the one who didn't want to be a lifeguard in the first place! 'Being a lifeguard is too boring, it's not like anyone's gonna drown.'" Blossom quoted Buttercup, making a poor impression of her.

Buttercup groaned and picked out a pair of shorts and a T-shirt that said "surfer girl". She read it again. "Well, I can't wear that." she said to herself and picked up a different shirt. She grabbed her hat, pulled her hair up, put on her name tag, and went out the door toward "Butch's". (came up with that from Rico's)

Buttercup walked in casually and yawned.

"B-Bryan! Um… I… that is… well, I… was hopping… I MEAN HOPING to… erm…" Macy stopped.

Buttercup rose an eyebrow.

"I WAS HOPING YOU'D GO TO THE BONFIRE WITH ME TONIGHT!" she yelled.

"Uh…" Buttercup was cut off.

"BRYAN! GET YOUR BUTT TO WORK, AND WAIT TABLES!" Butch yelled in Buttercup's ear.

The facial expression on her face when he yelled in her ear was one with wide eyes, small irises, and a slightly open mouth with clenched teeth. Her body was all tense as her arms were practically glued to her sides. She regained her composure and narrowed her eyes. "I GET IT! WHAT'S WITH EVERYONE YELLING IN MY EAR!?" With that, she went off to a table.

"HEY!" He yelled after her.

Buttercup turned around, "What." Once again, rollerblades were thrown at her face.

Buttercup was ready though and caught them before they could hit her. She stuck her tongue out at Butch and put the rollerblades on.

She skated by a few tables. All the girls seemed too distracted so she moved to a guy table. But, before she could reach one, she noticed a bunch of guys harassing Kacy and Macy. Her eyes narrowed. She despised sexism. She skated to go save them and it was the perfect time to.

"C'mon, just come with us for a break," one of the guys said as he pulled on Macy's arm.

"Ow… NO!" Macy yelled as she pulled away.

Kacy glared at the guy. "Why don't you just leave us alone!?" With that said, she stomped on the guys foot.

"Ow!" In his pain, he had released Macy.

Macy had freed her arm, but the other guys didn't let them off that easily. One of them raised a fist while his other hand had grabbed the collar of Kacy's shirt. "Why you little b—" he was cut off.

"Hey, didn't your mother teach you not to hit girls? Or are you that big of a jerk?" Buttercup had grabbed his wrist before it had hit Kacy's face and squeezed it slightly.

The guy's eyes narrowed. He had to be at least 20 or so, which meant he was at least four years older than Buttercup. He looked over her from head to toe. He ripped his arm out of her grasp and before Buttercup could react, he had landed a hit on her cheek. "Don't try and act like a hero when you look so damn girly!" he yelled. (Hah, just had to quote that from Ouran Highschool Host Club. Oh, I don't own that either.)

"Bryan!" Kacy and Macy yelled desperately.

Buttercup's eyes widened. She touched her cheek. She was surprised to see a little blood off to the side of her lip. Her eyes narrowed even further. She hadn't gotten punched by someone in over 2 years! Let alone have someone draw blood! She was about to get up and punch the guy's lip twice as hard, but someone beat her to it.

Butch had flown into him and was now punching the lights out of the dude. They guys' buddies' eyes widened and prepared to jump on Butch, but Buttercup punched them all in the gut, knocking the air out of them.

"YOU LITTLE BASTARD! How dare you? How dare you!?" Butch yelled as he continued to punch the guy.

"Move, Butch!" she yelled as Butch moved reluctantly from the guy.

He might need to go to a hospital later. His face was bruised, his forehead was cut, his lip was red from the blood, and he had a black eye.

Buttercup almost didn't have the heart to punch him when she saw him in that condition. Almost. She grabbed his shirt collar and punched him in the gut. "Don't ever call me girly." She glared at him and he nodded. She dropped his head hard on the floor. "Good."

"Bryan, are you all right?" Macy asked worriedly.

"Fine. Never been better, why wouldn't I be fine?" she asked quickly.

"Well, you got a cut on your lip…" Macy said.

"Ya, man, it looks pretty deep." Kacy added, grimacing as she looked at it closely.

Buttercup shrugged. "I've had one before…" About two years ago. Her teeth clenched unknowingly as she thought about how the guy had broken her streak of never having someone land a hit on her in two whole freaking years.

"Well, I'll take my break now!" she announced as she walked over to the bathroom.

She almost went into the girls room when she caught herself. Oh, god, I don't wanna go in the guy's bathroom She sighed. She really had no choice. She walked in the boy's bathroom. She plugged her nose immediately. GOD! This place smells like butt!

She took a deep breath through her mouth and held her breath as she looked in the mirror. The cut did look pretty bad. She moved her lip a little to reveal her teeth. She always did have fang-like teeth. It wasn't the force of the guy's punch, it was the sharp fangs that were behind the lip that cut it. She sighed, grabbed a paper towel, wet it, and dabbed her lip. It actually somewhat stinged.

"You know, Couldn't ya have asked for help?" a voice asked from behind Buttercup.

"Huh?" She asked as she turned around to see Butch standing right in front of her. She jumped back from instinct.

"Relax. It's just me." Butch stated.

"Ya, I can see that." she retorted sarcastically.

"Rude as always." Butch shook his head.

"Annoying as always," she retorted again.

"Whatever, just answer the question."

"What question?"

"The question I asked when I came in!" he yelled.

Buttercup thought a little. A look of realization hit her face. "Oh."

"Yes, that question. Stupid…" Butch muttered the last part.

Buttercup heard him, but bit back her tongue. "Well, I thought I could handle it myself. I mean, if I asked for you, it would've been the same. After all, I am stronger than you." she said, reminding him of the arm-wrestling match.

"You could've told me to come over anyway though! What if the guy was some… I don't know, some guy with a gun or a knife… OR A BOMB!?"

"What are you, a pessimist? He was probably only 20 years or so old!"

"No!" he yelled.

"Then, what are you!? Overprotective of someone you barely know!?"

"What does it matter!? This isn't about me being overprotective! It's about you thinking that you could handle some 20-year-old guy!"

"I'm a Powerpuff g—BOY! I fight giant monsters, I fight against the end of the world, I fight against robbers and gangs, HELL, I fought against you and your super-powered brothers! What makes you think I can't handle one normal 20-year-old guy and his buddies with or without a gun!"

Butch was about to reply, but thought for a second. "When did you fight against me and my brothers?"

Buttercup's eyes widened. CRAP! I forgot! He's only fought me as Buttercup! "Um… when… YOU HAVE A REALLY BAD MEMORY IF YOU FORGOT!" she blurted out.

"Huh?"

"Remember!? That time… with you guys… doing…bad… things… ya, that time!"

Butch raised an eyebrow.

"I'm hurt! You don't remember!" With that said, she slapped him and ran out.

Buttercup glanced at a clock. Thank god! Her shift was over!

She ran out and toward her temporary home. She let out a tired sigh. "I need to calm down." she said to nobody. She decided that she would go outside to the beach with its calm waters and the cool breeze.

She looked for some clothes. She realized they were all too boy-ish and Butch would probably recognize her as Bryan. She sighed and put on the bikini. She wasn't going to wear this thing all the time just to avoid Butch, so she slipped it on, went to the clothing store where Bubbles' worked and poked around.

A green shirt caught her eye. Well, not entirely green. It was green and white striped, had ruffled up short sleeves that were about 2 inches wide, the neckline was pretty wide too, with 3 buttons and lace around it. It was overall cute. (I actually have a shirt like that, but it's probably cuter in person than the way I described it.) She picked it up. Oh, geez! It was 18 dollars! That was like her earnings in two hours! She looked out the window and saw Butch walking around with the occasional look around. Shit! He's looking for me! She picked up the shirt and the closest bottom she could grab and went to the counter to pay for the clothes.

"Good afternoon, miss, would you also like our preferred—"

"NO TIME! JUST SCAN IT ALREADY!"

The girl at the counter nodded her head and quickly scanned it, took Buttercup's 20 dollar bill, and gave Buttercup the receipt and passed her the clothes.

Buttercup hastily put on the shirt and white short skirt and quickly ran out.

She looked behind her. Butch was nowhere to be seen. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"What's with you?" a voice in front of her asked.

Her eyes snapped open at the voice.

She tensed up. "Damn… caught." she muttered.

"Excuse me?"

She cleared her throat. "Nothing… nothing."

"Well, have you seen your brother?"

Buttercup shook her head. Technically that's not a lie, since she has no brother.

"Well, tell him that you, your sisters, and him have to go to the bon-fire with us tonight. Apparently, Brick and Boomer asked Blossom and Bubbles, so I guess I'm stuck with you."

Buttercup narrowed her eyes. "And what's that supposed to mean, you arrogant bastard?"

Butch huffed. "Exactly what I said."

Buttercup scowled and stomped on his foot then used her other leg to knee him to make him double over. After that, she ran off, but not before she said over her shoulder. "Like hell I'd go anywhere with you."

Butch was still on the ground, doubling over in pain. "I'll remember that tonight…"

Buttercup stormed into the house, clearly in a bad mood.

Bubbles noticed her as she was just watching TV. "Buttercup? Something wrong?"

"Nothing." she growled out.

"I hope it's nothing, because Blossom says we have to go to this bon-fire tonight at 6."

Buttercup turned. "I'm not going."

"Oh, yes, you are."

Both heads turned to Blossom, who was clad in a pale pink bikini with a pink towel of the same shade wrapped around her waist.

Buttercup glared. "You're not the boss of me."

"Actually, I technically am. Professor left me in charge, so you have to listen to me." Blossom smiled smugly.

Buttercup growled. "That doesn't mean I have to go."

"I promised Brick that we would all go! He told me his brother Butch would complain if he didn't have someone to hang out with since Brick and me will hang out together while Bubbles hangs out with Boomer, his other brother."

"So, why do I have to hang out with the little booger?"

"Because that little booger says he knows you."

"No he doesn't!"

"Well, not you, but Brick told me he knows our brother Bryan." Blossom gave Buttercup a look.

Buttercup's mouth dropped open. "You knew?"

Blossom nodded.

"Since when?"

"Since yesterday. And since you didn't tell us, your punishment will be to hang out with him as Buttercup and Bryan."

Buttercup groaned. "Are you kidding me?"

"No, Buttercup, we're not." Bubbles said, joining the conversation.

"I hate you all!" and with that said, Buttercup ran upstairs to somehow find a way to switch from Buttercup to Bryan in a short amount of time.

Mwahahaha, I finally updated! And, I'm sorry to those of you who would rather have the other story updated, but I want to be able to stay in the competition!

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