Me: Hey guys! So that was a pretty successful try at a chapter of my own! Thank you to the people that reviewed! I was so happy! *smiles*

Bennett: And I was happy that she was happy! *smiles*

Me: *blinks* Did you actually say something sweet about me there, Ben?

Bennett: Well, of course! When you're happy I get free leeway with stuff! :D

Me: T_T, should have known! Anyways, enjoy this chapter as well!

Bennett: Emiko-chan doesn't own anything except herself and moi~!

Me: In case anyone is confused or forgot Brick is Tadashi, Boomer is Kiyoshi, and Butch is Katashi! I also have a thing for bro-fluff (cute brotherly affection)! Enjoy reading! :)

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Tadashi's (Brick) P.O.V:

I have to say…..school was not as bad as my brothers and I first thought. Well, we were mainly afraid to be recognized. But not only did no one recognize our real identities but we also met some amazing girls today. Momoko, Miyako, Kaoru, and Emiko are all nice people and they don't look the other way when they see that someone needs help.

I'm very indebted to them for making us feel welcome, which is a feeling my brothers and I have not felt so much in our short lives, and befriending us all in one day. All my classes were easy to understand but I could tell already that Katashi cared more about talking to Kaoru and the other girls than the class itself while Kiyoshi would have trouble understanding the content we'd learn about. My brothers are so helpless sometimes….

The last class today was exceptionally funny because we'd all had the same science class and it was amusing to everyone else when Katashi announced that a group of seats was reserved for us all. No one protested but it made for some awkward staring the whole class. I hated that everyone was staring…it brought up angsty and paranoid feelings inside me. However, as long as my brothers and I are safe….then what's the harm in them staring? They're just curious…

So now my brothers and I are walking back to our home, where Mojo was certainly waiting for us but I didn't really care about that at the moment…..

"Tadashi?" I blinked out of my deep thoughts and looked over to my left at Kiyoshi, since I was walking in the middle of them – Katashi tends to love picking on and rough housing with Kiyoshi- then noticed that he had a strange look on his face.

"What is it, Kiyo?" I asked as Katashi moved one part of his headphones off his ear to hear what he was about to say. Kiyoshi stared at me for a second.

"Is something wrong? You had an intense look on your face…" He asked looking a bit worried. I smirked.

"All good here, bro, was just thinking of our first day and the girls," I answered and grunted when Katashi leaned on me as if couldn't be in the conversation from where he was. I shot him a glare that he ignored.

"C'mon, Kiyo, you know how Tadashi loves to think," Katashi teased and I promptly, but lightly, hit the top of his head with my fist. He rolled his eyes but backed up as Kiyoshi shook his head with a smile at our wild brother's antics, "Anyways, I was just thinkin' about the girls too. I can't believe our luck in finding friends! I feel like I can really relate to Kaoru…"

"Oh really? You have already set your sights on Kaoru," I teased, chuckling when he shot me a glare, "I understand what you mean though. Momoko was really nice to me and she loves to read books too. Emiko does too."

"Yeah the girls are really nice like Miyako," Kiyoshi joined in with a big smile on his face. Katashi and I smirked at each other.

"Miyako is out of your league, bro," Katashi commented with that shark-like grin and I elbowed him as Kiyoshi blushed a little but turned to glare at us, "Just kidding…geez.."

"It wasn't funny," I scowled and Katashi held up his hands to show his innocence. I turned to Kiyoshi with a smile, "Yeah Miyako is really nice, Kiyo. I think all the girls are….well maybe not Kaoru."

"Kaoru is feisty," Katashi laughed while Kiyoshi chuckled and I rolled my eyes, "But she knows when to be considerate."

My brothers and I continued talking about the girls until we crossed onto our street and noticed our old, slightly unstable, home. I sighed and my brothers noticed so I quickly smirked to hide my feelings, "Let's go…Mama will most definitely have a lot of questions."

Kiyoshi perked while Katashi groaned and I laughed at them as we all entered our home. I had attempted to fix up the place but it was always hard to do even with my brothers' help so it only looks better on the inside.

I was right, of course, because as soon as we opened the door Mojo sprung from the sofa of the living, his drink and magazine falling to the floor, forgotten. I rolled my eyes while Kiyoshi sweat dropped as Mojo greeted us enthusiastically, "Welcome home, my sons! How was that school you wanted to go to, mojo?"

"Hey Mama! It was amazing! There's so much stuff there!" Kiyoshi beamed immediately as he raced to Mojo's side, "There was so many art supplies there!"

Mojo smiled down at him, "That's great! Supplies are very important, mojo!" Then he looked up as Katashi and I joined the circle, "How about you two?"

"It was good," I shrugged indifferently, "There are paperwork stuff you have to fill out though, Mama. So you better be good and lying…."

"Oh, sure thing! Anything for my sons!" He beamed and I sweat dropped at the shine in his eyes. Katashi rolled his eyes at us while Kiyoshi kept on smiling. My family has to be the weirdest on the planet….but I wouldn't have it any other way, "How was your day, Butch?"

"You have to call me Katashi in this form, Mama," Katashi groaned and I face palmed when Mojo laughed apologetically, "But it was okay. We made new friends…and they have good food! Oh but they had a great sports program!"

"I see. How wonderful," Mojo nodded, truly interested and I sighed, smiling as I did so. It was exhausting to have Mojo for a parent…. "Other than all of that…did you boys find anything out about where the PowerPuff Girls Z are currently?"

My face darkened at the mention of those goody-two-shoes heroines. Katashi glared at the ground and Kiyoshi looked very uncomfortable, eyeing the floor unhappily. I looked up at Mojo, whose eyes went really round at the atmosphere. He knew the girls were a touchy subject but…. "No…we didn't focus on that as much today since we wanted to get to know the high school to feel comfortable."

"Yes, that is good too, mojo," He replied instantly, smiling in what looked like a soothing manner. I sighed and reached into my bag, grabbed the papers from the teachers' and then handed them to him, "Are these those papers you told me I'd have to sign?"

"Yeah," I nodded, feeling tired, "Make sure you come up with reasonable lies or something. I don't feel like having to deal with any trouble than we need."

"Of course! Why don't you and your brothers watch a movie while I fill these out?" He suggested nervously, obviously afraid to upset us any more than he already did. I nodded and he took off towards the "kitchen area".

"…Tadashi…?" Katashi muttered and I turned towards my brothers, only to find that Kiyoshi already moved on to the TV. I sweat dropped at how fast he had moved before I looked at Katashi, who was glaring silently at the ground, "You think we'll see those girls soon?"

My jaw tightened and my hands curled into fists, "Let's hope we don't meet them just yet. If I see that bitch Blossom then I'll lose it…."

Katashi looked a bit startled at my language before he smirked a little, "I hear ya…every time I think of BC I just….well…"

I grinned and put a hand on his shoulder, nodding in understanding, "I know, brother, but we'll get our revenge on them. It's their fault we had to spend those hellish two years with HIM."

I regretted saying the name the minute it came out of my mouth. Katashi's eyes grew wide and Kiyoshi paused, turning around with his cerulean blue eyes blown out. Him was that demon we could never ever forget but we never talked about him out loud…

A cold sweat rolled down my cheek and I shook my head, "S-Sorry…that just came out without me thinking about it."

"Nah that's okay," Kiyoshi replied, quick to smile when it was for our sake, "I was gonna watch "Max" so do you guys wanna watch it with me?"

"I'll pass…I have something I wanted to look up," Katashi waved a hand, smirking as he eyed the stairs to our rooms. I sweat dropped at his eager look as did Kiyoshi, "See ya bros later!"

"Don't forgot to come down for dinner," I retorted sarcastically and he grinned at me before racing up the steps, taking two at a time. I shook my head and then turned to Kiyoshi, "I'll pass too, Kiyo. I wanted to check out these textbooks really fast."

Kiyoshi pouted, "Aw, okay. You sure are smart, bro. I couldn't ever understand the things you like to read."

"I like to read about pretty much everything," I smiled at him before messing up his hair as he whined, "Catch ya at dinner."

"Have fun reading," He teased and I shot him a look over my shoulder before taking the stairs towards our rooms. My room was closest to the stairs that way I can get out fast enough if something were to ever happen. Tadashi's room was across from mine while Kiyoshi's room was a few paces away from Tadashi's room.

We used to have our RowdyRuff Boy name on the door but we painted over it around the same time we came back. We adopted new "other personas" to avoid ever being discovered by Him. I sighed, trying to unclench my hands and stop the shaking. I threw open the door to my room before closing it. I dropped my bag on my bed and sat heavily on it before digging around to find one of my textbooks.

I decided on trying to make sense with the science book but my concentration kept getting pushed elsewhere. I couldn't help but think about how confusing my life was right now. I was full of hate for the world because of everything that happened. I'm not so sure about my brothers….but I have lots of trouble trying to figure out why we were even brought into this cruel world.

When we escaped captivity from Him and made it back, Mojo eagerly took us in and we nearly drowned in his emotions because he's always really cared about us deep down. He helped us out a lot by moving the house to a different location and helping us change our appearances a little. I knew deep down that this wasn't enough to hide from Him….but we'd be ready if he ever showed his sorry face. Plus…he'd never show up here because he's afraid of the PPGZ's power….and I believe this town still thinks that Him is dead.

Technically….Him is dead….but his black particles never disappeared and as long as his black particles remain in this world…he can take over someone or something else. That's why my brothers and I were shocked to see him two years ago…

A sound startled me out of my thoughts and I sweat dropped when I heard a victory cry from Katashi. I smiled and shook my head. He must be playing online games again. My brothers really were something else.

I looked out the window and closed my textbook since I wasn't really able to concentrate on it right now. I noticed the sky was a pinkish orange that was really beautiful and reminded me of a curtained auburn hair friend of mine. I smiled when I pictured Momoko in my mind.

Momoko was a girl I didn't know could exist. She wasn't like other flashy girl out there. She actually had a plan for herself….she was beautiful, considerate, caring, really smart, and she loved books. She actually tries to learn something…..she actually tries to do…just about anything!

Her friends are not bad girls either…..well they just met Emiko too but Emiko also seems very good. My brothers and I were very lucky to have met them. Now that I met Momoko…I couldn't imagine her not being in our lives somehow.

I blinked when I felt my heart rate increase. Before I could really even think about there was a knock at my door. I turned and eyed the door before calling out, "You can come in, Kiyo…"

The door opened and I smirked at Kiyoshi's shocked gaze, "How do you always know?!"

"It's a gift, little brother," I grinned and he pouted at me before closing the door and jumping on my bed. He laid down until he was looking at me from upside down.

"You do know that technically we are the same age?" He asked with a brow raised. I shrugged and turned to look back out the window, "You and Katashi always treat me like I'm so much younger than you guys."

"Well you act like it," I teased and he scowled at me, which looked funny from upside down, "Anyways, I thought you were watching Max?"

"I was….but it wasn't fun doing it alone. Plus I couldn't concentrate," He answered with frustration written all over his face. I frowned.

"You too, huh?"

Kiyoshi blinked up at me before rolling over on his stomach, "What do you mean? Something wrong?"

"I was just thinking about everything….about the girls," I sighed as I sunk back into my bed, "I was hoping that I made a good decision to go to school…."

Kiyoshi smiled at me, "School is not that bad and we got to meet the girls because of it! That counts for something right? We finally found a group of people that don't hate us or get scared of us!"

I smiled back because it was literally impossible not to smile at the lovable idiot, "Yeah, you're right. Though I feel bad for Kaoru because I think Katashi's developed a special thing for her."

Kiyoshi sweat dropped and I laughed a little before looking back out the window. My smile slowly disappeared and my mind began to wander until I heard Kiyoshi move on the bed. I turned to look at him and then saw him lying on his back with my Math textbook in his hands in the air. I chuckled when I saw the confused look on his face.

"Tadashi I don't think I'll do very good in school," He grinned and I smirked, "This math stuff is going to be really hard. I'm not good with numbers."

"You're not good at words either, Kiyo," Katashi rudely interrupted as Kiyoshi and I startled at his sudden presence at my door. I growled at him when he began laughing so hard he leaned on the door for support.

"Bro, you are so asking for a lightning bolt in your face," Kiyoshi complained and I laughed a little at the imagery while Katashi rolled his eyes.

"We're not allowed to use our powers in the house, remember?" He teased and I face palmed at the memory of almost setting our house on fire. Kiyoshi sweat dropped yet again while looking at me. I glared at Katashi, "Don't worry bro, I think your fire powers are amazing!"

"Of course you do," I sighed, feeling even more drained, "Why are you both in my room?"

"Just cause!" They both replied simultaneously and I gave them a flat look. I rubbed my face with one hand.

"Plus I got bored of my game and came to find Kiyo but he wasn't anywhere to be found," Katashi shrugged while I blinked. Kiyoshi grinned.

"Aw, were you worried?" He laughed and Katashi growled, grabbing one of my pillows before going to hit him in the face. Kiyoshi gasped but dodged the last second.

My eyes widened as the pillow hit me instead of him. Katashi gasped as Kiyoshi's eyes widened. I felt my eye twitch at Kiyoshi, who was smiling apologetically as I gripped the pillow, "Kiyoshi, why are you provoking- hey where do you think you're going retard?!"

Kiyoshi began laughing hard as Katashi tried his best to leave my room but I threw my pillow hard, it flying through the room before hitting Katashi's back. He laughed before falling to the floor in a messy pile. I rolled my eyes but grinned.

I never wanted my brothers to change.

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Miyako's P.O.V:

"I'm so glad that your day went well, Ken-san," I smiled at him from where I was sitting beside Momoko, who was eating a zebra cake while reading some novel. Kaoru was on the sofa watching TV while the Professor was typing away on his computer at his desk. Ken and Peach were sitting on the other side of the table where Momoko and I were at.

"Thanks Miyako, same to you. Sounds like you made some new friends," He grinned and I smiled even wider. I had been telling Ken and Peach all about the boys and Emiko, "Why didn't you invite Emiko over? I would like to meet her!"

"We tried inviting her over," Kaoru called from where she was, her eyes on us instead of the TV, "But she said that she had plans with her parents tonight. It kinda seemed like time with her parents were rare or something."

"I got that feeling too," Momoko commented while not taking her eyes off the book. I frowned while looking at the ground. I also got that feeling as well but since I just met Emiko-chan I didn't want to pry into her life.

"Maybe she can come over another day," I said as I looked at Ken again, who was nodded sympathetically. He understood how time with your parents went just like I did. His mom is always gone and so are my parents only my parents don't live in the country.

"And what about the boys?" Ken asked and I blushed, thinking of what it would be like to have the boys over. An image of a nearly destroyed lab entered my mind and I sweat dropped, "Miyako?"

"Well….that sounds good too….hopefully," I laughed a bit and he smiled, "Maybe they will come over too….they seemed in a hurry to get home today."

Momoko finally looked up from her book, "I noticed that too. Tadashi hardly let Katashi finish talking before he dragged him and Kiyoshi away. He looked a tad uncomfortable for some reason."

"Ah who cares? I'm glad that they didn't come over," Kaoru claimed as she crossed her arms, "Katashi does nothing but get on my nerves."

"Only because you react to his teasing," Momoko replied matter-of-factly. Kaoru glared at Momoko only to sweat drop a little when she wasn't even looking away from her book again. I smiled.

"Well the boys seemed really nice to me," I chirped happily and Momoko just nodded her head while Kaoru scoffed. It was after that when Ken and I noticed Peach sniffing the air.

"Do you smell something, Peach?" Ken asked worriedly and Momoko looked up from her book seriously. Peach nodded his head.

"I smell black particles, desu!" He cringed and even the Professor looked over after that before standing slowly, "It smells like the GangGreen Gang, desu!"

"Just what I wanted," Kaoru grinned as she startled everyone by standing abruptly, "A variety of punching bags."

Momoko rolled her eyes as we both stood also, "Let's get going girls. Peach, which way?"

"I smell it towards the Northwest, desu," He replied honestly and we nodded seriously before grabbing in our bags for our belts. We strapped them on and transformed.

"Hyper Blossom!"

"Rolling Bubbles!"

"Powered Buttercup!"

"Let's get this over with girls," Blossom instructed, looking upset that her reading had been interrupted. We both nodded and I also sweat dropped. Blossom was so serious with her reading.

We rushed towards the open window and flew out of it. I wasn't worried because we've dealt with the Ganggreen gang plenty before.

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Emiko's P.O.V:

I sighed quietly as I stared at my spoon full of chocolate ice cream. I stared into my bowl before eating another bite.

"Emiko-chan, sorry, but I'm very tired after working today. I know your Father and I promised to go shopping with you, but we can't today. Do you mind going alone?"

It's not my Mom's fault that she's tired….she works hard for our family every day, just like Dad does…but still….Dad hardly gets to stay home because of his job. IT's very important when we get to spend time together.

I looked around at the other people walking the streets or sitting around. I was very unsure about going to get my school supplies by myself because I haven't explored much of the town in a long time. But I didn't want Mom or Dad to worry about me…

The notebooks, flashcards, calculator, pencils, pens, dividers, and paper were all I needed in the first place, so it's actually not so bad to have gone by myself. Plus the store was only about twenty five minutes away from my house on foot. I didn't mind walking because I could think freely.

"Don't worry about your Mom, sweetie. Just go get your supplies and I'll take care of your Mother. See you when you get back…but make sure to take your phone and be careful, okay?"

"Okay Dad..."

Well on the bright side…Dad has been home since the last week and a half! It's been a blast to have him since his work usually requires him to be gone from between 2 or 3 days or sometimes up to 2 weeks depending on the job. My dad did construction projects and was really good at what he did so he often trained newbies.

I got up and threw the rest of my ice cream cone into the garbage. I wasn't in the mood for ice cream anymore. I sighed and began walking back towards my home. The only good thing was the friends I made today. I wish I could have accepted the offer to hang out with Miyako, Momoko, and Kaoru…but I thought I'd get to see both of my parents tonight.

I wheedled my way through a crowd, wondering why the people on the streets were suddenly getting larger. Was something going on or was this how it usually was? I rose an eyebrow when a loud murmur filled the air the closer I got. I frowned and kept trying to squirm my way past people.

Sighing in relief, I managed to get away from the crowd but froze when I heard a scream. I whirled around, mindful to get away from the road, when I saw these….things with green skin. What in the actual hell?! I blinked, feeling a sweat break out on my skin as I watched the green people terrorize anyone that didn't give them whatever was in their pockets.

"Hand over the goods toots," The tallest one was saying and I scowled in disgust at his personality and appearance. What in the world were they? The woman he was scaring fought for her purse but fell on the ground when the green person yanked too hard.

The crowd was murmuring even louder and protesting the attack on the woman and the taking of her belonging. I suddenly felt unsure of myself. Should I say something? Should I transform and help….?

A bright pink, blue, and green light filled the air and my eyes widened a lot at what I was seeing. Something I thought I wouldn't see in forever, "What do you think you're doing, Ace?! Give the bag back to the woman!"

"T-The PowerPuff Girls Z!" The green people cried and I watched in awe. The PPGZ were everything like I had been told; surrounded by white light and power swirling in every inch of them. Their uniforms were the same as mine as expected. I watched in interested, noticing that while they attacked Blossom used a yoyo that changed sizes and shapes, Bubbles used a wand that blows bubbles of all kinds of varieties, and Buttercup used a mace with spikes that seemed to also change size.

They were amazing….so dazzling. I wanted to be just like they were!

"Watch out!" Buttercup yelled as she blocked an attack on Blossom, resulting in her being thrown into a cart full of fruit.

"Buttercup!" Bubbles and Blossom called out as my eyes widened further. Bubbles glared at the wavy looking green fellow, "Lovely Champagne~!"

It was mesmerizing to watch their attacks and team work. I looked closely and noticed that their powers have upgraded a little since I last remember hearing about. Their weapons were a bit different and our uniforms were too.

Since we've grown and changed our uniforms began to change too. The colors were still the same but instead of a short jacket we had a long-sleeved one since fall was approaching and it gets cold easily. The skirts were longer, ending a bit below mid-thigh, while our shoes changed to boots that went below our knee. In the cold we had white stockings.

It was also fascinating to see that, for whatever reason, we all had different types of hair bands or clips. Bubbles had a blue clip on her bangs, Buttercup had two green clips…one on each side of her head, Blossom had her big pink bow, and I had my water pendant hair band.

"Thanks so much PowerPuff Girls!" A woman cheered, startling me out of my thoughts. I blinked in amazement at the green people incapacitated on the ground. Wow….

"You're very welcome," Bubbles smiled warmly while Buttercup smirked victoriously.

"The police should be on their way. The Ganggreen gang should bother you for a long time," Blossom grinned as she handed the woman's belongings. Everyone began to get back what the Ganggreen gang, which is a funny name if you ask me, stole from them.

Everyone waved as the PPGZ began to fly off, but not before waving back at the good-natured calls. As they disappeared I smiled, feeling a lot better at having finally seen the girls up close. I feel a bit more confident that I could be of some use to them if they ever need my help.

My phone vibrated and I paused, jumping when I realized how long I'd been gone without letting my protective parents know what I was doing. I took out my phone and answered sheepishly, "Sorry, Dad, I was preoccupied with the heroines I just saw! They helped some people…you remember about the PowerPuff Girls Z, right?"

"I see…yeah I have heard of them but never saw for myself before. So they are real? Wait…that's not the issue!" He claimed loudly and I giggled, "We were worried! You're Mom's almost finished with dinner! Get home, okay?"

"Okay, Otou-san….on my way right now. Won't be long," I promised warmly and bit farewell before picking up my pace.

I was so very lucky to have made friends, gotten supplies, and saw the girls all in one day! Man, I wonder what Miyako, Kaoru, and Momoko would think about this if I told them tomorrow? Would they believe me?

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Me: Welp, another wrap~! How was that? Some of the backstory for the Rowdies' are coming together. So apparently Him is not as dead as everyone hoped and has done probably a lot of terrible things.

Bennett: …..that sucks for the boys….

Me: And for you too, you know, when you finally appear *smirks*

Bennett: *frowns* not funny, Emiko-chan!

Me: Yeah well…anyways, you'll find out more about the boys and everything next chapter! Will they see the PPGZ as well and lash out their anger? Guess we'll find out soon….