Disclaimer: I don't own the Powerpuff Girls Show, any of the characters in said show or any of the landscapes in said show. Everything else, including the plot I'm pretty sure, I own. However I have not read every Powerpuff Girl Fanfic, so I apologize if I laid claim to something that was not my own.
"Yeah! He's the enemy!" Buttercup said, flapping her arms around dramatically. If it had been any other situation she would have been laughed at and called 'chicken' by the Rowdyruffs. Butch and Brick remained frozen and Butch's eyes travelled from Bubbles to Boomer. They both waited for Boomer to say or do something. Whatever he did next would change the fate of everyone here this day.
Then he did something unexpected. He turned pink. Of course the blush didn't stay a nice shade of unnoticeable pink though, it turned darker…and darker, until it was almost the shade of Brick's cap.
Stunned at the turn of events (a Rowdyruff blushing) Brick did the first thing that came to mind: it started out as a snicker, which quickly evolved into laughter. It got all the more louder as Butch joined in and then Boomer, who could feel himself blushing.
Brick had an urge to call him Blush-Boy but stopped himself. It was more humiliating to say Blush-Boy than Boomey-Boy.
He didn't want to embarrass himself or his brothers (they had a reputation to uphold), especially in front of Bubbles.
Brick stopped laughing, where was she anyway? He floated over to Butch and whacked him in the back of the head.
"Ow! What was that for?" he whined at Brick, rubbing the back of his head.
"Dude, where's Bubble Babe?" He asked, using the blue puffs special nickname, "Can you see her?" They both looked around found no sign of Bubbles.
Boomer stopped laughing when he noticed his brothers had stopped and floated up.
"Where are the puffs?" He asked in confusion.
Brick was about to answer when they heard it.
"You even still play with stuffed toys!"
"Hey wasn't that Butterbutt?" Butch asked.
"Yeah" Brick confirmed, "I wonder who they're talking to?"
"You aren't even that strong! You aren't fit to be a Powepuff!"
"And that's Brainiac." Brick nodded.
"Are they arguing with each other?" Boomer asked, confused.
"I am too, I'm as strong as you or Buttercup! And leave Octi and the others out of this!"
"Bubbles?" Boomer said confusedly.
"They can't seriously be talking to her can they?" Butch shook his head.
"The sooner we find them the better, okay?" Brick said, Boomer and Butch nodded in unison.
They all concentrated, facing different directions with their heads slightly tilted.
"Come on! The only villain you ever beat up by yourself was Mojo Jojo, and he's the easiest to beat of them all!" ( a/n I apologise if I'm wrong about this).
"That way!" Boomer said, pointing in his direction and taking off, making sure to slow it down a bit for the other guys. He was the best and fastest flyer after all.
They all narrowed their eyes as they flew. Those Puffs were going to pay for making fun of Bubbles. It only took them a moment to reach where the Powerpuffs were and what they saw made them slack jawed in shock.
They had Bubbles cornered and she wasn't even whimpering or cowering.
They shook off their shock with surprising ease, even if Bubbles was holding her own emotionally there was no way she would come out of a possible battle with both Buttercup and Blossom unscathed. If it came to that of course.
The Boys were about to attack, hoping to divert the attention away from bubbles, when Blossom turned around and narrowed her eyes in their direction. Buttercup stopped making glaring at Bubbles also facing the Rowdyruffs.
"Back for more are ya!" She called confidently, shaking a fist in their direction.
"You're the ones who ran away." Brick said, his blood red eyes glinting.
Everything was still, a lone breeze tugged lightly at everyone's hair before dying.
Bubble's quickly moved up to hover beside Blossom, preparing herself for battle. This time she would actually fight and hopefully get rid of some of the shame that came with being laughed at for revealing ones feelings.
"Okay that's it." Blossom said angrily, "Bubbles go home. Buttercup and I can handle these miscreants on our own." Bubbles was about to protest when Blossom shot her a look and pointed in the direction of the Utonium household. Her eyes flicked back to Brick and Bubbles was wordlessly dismissed. She looked helplessly at Buttercup, who ignored her in favour of thinking up battle strategies. Her eyes finally landed on the Rowdyruff Boys, who were trying not to look at her.
"Dude, what's a miscreant?" Boomer asked Brick quietly, though due to the super hearing of the mini superheroes and villains, they all heard him, while trying not to look at the humiliated Bubbles.
"I don't know!" he replied angrily, also not looking at Bubbles "It just sounded like an insult!"
Buttercup and Blossom were laughing so hard that they forgot about Bubbles, who was feeling upset about being ignored by not only your 'sisters' but also your crush and his 'brothers'. She fought tears, she refused to cry and embarrass herself even more in front of her sisters and enemies, though she doubted they would even notice.
She searched their faces one more time quickly, and when she got no response she turned and fled, leaving only a fading trail of powder blue.
Boomer looked after her, longing to fly after her and apologise.
He snapped out of his wishful thoughts by Blossom snorting in laughter, her sister's humiliation seemingly forgotten.
Boomer's eyes narrowed at Blossom and he clenched his fist, getting prepared to bring on the pain.
He didn't need to look at Brick or Butch to know they were planning the same thing, he could feel their anger, even if it was for different reasons.
They would pay for insulting Bubbles. She was fit to be a Powerpuff, she'd always beat him hadn't she? And who cared if she liked stuffed toys? He thought it was cute.
He was brought back to the present once again, this time by Blossom's fist. She was going to pay...dearly.
Bubbles sniffed lightly, still holding back tears, as she floated through the round window with the power blue panelling into her room. They said she wasn't strong enough to be a Powerpuff, that she was the weakest of the three. The weakest link.
Her ice blue eyes narrowed, all hints of tears freezing into ice.
Well she'd show them, she would show them all. With a cold glint in her eyes she fished a large blue pack out from under her bed and dragged it to her closet. She threw the doors open and picked out clothes that would be practical. No fancy dresses for this outing, in fact, no dresses at all. She was thankful Buttercup had bought her a few T-shirts and pairs of pants on the sly. She dragged it over to the door and effortlessly lifted it onto her back. Her eyes paused as they caught sight of her favourite doll, despite her mind telling her to walk away she walked over to it, her hand reaching. Her hand stopped at the last second. Her fingers curled around empty air and tightened into a fist, which dropped to her side.
'I'll show them!' Bubbles thought to herself as she walked out the door of her old bedroom, 'I can just as smart and independent as Blossom and just as tough as Buttercup.'
She readjusted the pack with a renewed determination and floated downstairs to the kitchen. She would only pack the practical stuff once again, she bypassed the two minute noodles, picking up the bread instead. She only chose things out of the pantry, things that didn't need to be cold or cooked, she didn't have to worry about the food item getting too hot. It was quite cool flying extremely fast above the clouds, not cold enough to take refrigerated goods mind you.
She also packed a lot of water, thankfully her family decided upon pre bottled water at the supermarket every week so she only had to take a few litres in bottles.
Lastly she took a piece of lined paper out of the bottom draw and a pen from the same place, determined to at least tell the Professor where she was going lest he think someone kidnapped her.
She ended up telling him the whole story on paper.
She told him she was going away to train for a few years and that she'd come back when she was ready so he couldn't send anyone to look for hers she told him about her crush on Boomer and how she'd been laughed at by the Rowdyruff boys, including Boomer himself, and being told off by both Blossom and Buttercup (even though Buttercup had had that crush on Ace). She told him how both her sisters had thought her too weak to be a Powerpuff and how having stuffed animals was stupid. Lastly she told him how much she would miss him and how much she loved him.
After she'd finished writing it she folded it in half with his name on it (Professor) and slid it under his laboratory door. He could tell instantly if something was out of place in his lab and hopefully he would find the letter quickly after she left.
She knew that if she faced him and told him everything to his face he would try and make her stay and she knew she wouldn't be able to refuse him if he had asked her to stay. He'd convince her that everything was all right and that it's all work out when it wasn't all right and it wouldn't work out. She had to do this and she wouldn't...no...couldn't take that chance today.
She hoisted the pack more firmly to her back and floated over to the front door, took one last look at the place she'd always known as home, opened the door and took off faster than she'd ever taken off before. She took off so fast a blue aftershock rocked the city.
Word Count: About 1600
Well there you go
Till Next Time
