A/N: LOL hello Brick and Blossom fans! How are you? Thank you so much for reviewing my last chapter! I'm really really REALLY happy that you guys liked it! Don't worry! This chapter gots more Blossom and Brick moments! But before that, I want to say I'm sorry for taking so long! Curse my laziness and writing blocks! They're just horrible!

^^ So without a further of do, here's chapter 3! =D

Chapter 3: Average Walk

"I'm sorry Blossom but we don't have chemical X."

Blossom grabbed her shoes from the corner of the room, tip toeing before walking outside to the hallway. Her mind on the words the Professor told her yesterday.

"I quit ordering that years ago, seeing that the villains were the only ones using it. It could take up to 6 months to receive another bottle."

She walked down the stairs before sitting down on the last step, putting on her shoes.

"Besides, even if we had some chemical X right now we would have to run a couple of tests before we could inject you with it."

The redhead stood up, walked over to the couch and grabbed her backpack.

"For you, chemical X would be like blood. Say you take out some blood type A from a human body. You cannot simply add Type A back into that person. They need a different type. We don't know if injecting you with chemical X would give you back your powers or turn you in a monster."

Blossom sighed as she entered the kitchen before her eyes widened in surprise. She was not exacting the Professor to be up so early.

"Morning Blossom." He said gently as he placed down his apron since he finished making the pancakes.

"Good morning Professor." She greeted back, walking over to the refrigerator and pulled out the loaf of bread.

"Why are you up so early? Usually you and your sisters don't get up until 7:30 to go to school." He stated, watching her place a piece of bread in the toaster.

"It takes 45 minutes to go to school walking so if I left around that time I would be late."

"Oh Blossom, you don't have to walk. I could give you a ride before I go to work." The black haired man said as he picked up his keys from the counter.

"No thank you Professor." Blossom replied as she took out her toast. "I just want to clear out my head."

"Now Blossom, cheer up." He said as he walked over to his creation. "Not having powers isn't so bad. And it will only be for a time being."

"I know Professor. I'll make the best without them."

"That's my girl." The man smiled softly and hugged his daughter. Blossom returned his embrace and after a moment, the redhead pulled away. She grinned. "I have to go now Professor."

"Right. Right. Have fun in school!" The Professor said as he waved off to her.

(Scene Change)

Pure car honks and mild cursing was heard as Blossom came across Townsville's bridge. She looked around, noticing that there wasn't a sidewalk. The redhead sighed as she pulled herself up to the concrete area of the bridge. This was the side of the bridge were all the ropes are attached to the top of the arc.

Carefully, Blossom balanced herself as she walked across the bridge, grabbing onto the rope when she came across it. She looked down, gulping when she saw high she was from the ocean.

'They really need a sidewalk.' The Powerpuff thought, carefully trying to take a step around the rope.

"Hey Pinky!"

"Wah!" She shrieked, nearly falling backwards to the side of the sea. However, a pair of arms went underneath her armpits, catching her while her heels remained on the pavement. She looked up, seeing a familiar face with a red cap.

"Brick!" Blossom yelled, pushing herself up and grabbing on the rope. She glared. "What are you doing here?"

He narrowed his eyes at her. "Is that anyway to say thanks to the guy who saved your life."

"You're the reason why I almost fell so it doesn't count." She stated, going around the rope before continuing her dangerous walk.

"What? Can't a friend come and stop to say hi?" He said, lying down on the air as if he was in a pool.

"If its you, I don't think so." The female stated. "Besides." She raised an eyebrow in his direction. "Why are you here?"

The guy's eyes widened and he flipped over as if some one had pushed him over. His face turned slightly pink, amusing the girl. "It's so obvious that he has a huge crush on you!"

Blossom remembered her sister's words and had to release a small grin.

"I…I…I came…to…." The redheaded boy stopped blushing and turned to smirk at her. "I came to make fun of you! That's it! That's why I'm here!"

Her small grin disappeared and Blossom glared at her counterpart. 'I should have known this guy would never like me!' "You jerk! Go bug your brothers or Mojo or someone else besides me!"

"But you're super fun to make fun of!" He stated as he watched her watch to the end of the bridge. "Plus now you can't hit me back."

She clenched her teeth and hopped off the bridge and landed on the sidewalk that continued after the bridge. That last phrase honestly hurt her. 'Stupid jerk!'

Brick instantly felt guilt, knowing that he shouldn't have said that. "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"You think?" She barked and continued to walk forward in a quick pace. The male landed on the ground before catching up to her.

"Look I'm sorry. That was bad of me to say." He continued. "Will you forgive me?"

"I will if you leave me alone!" Blossom reported, still not looking at him. The redheaded boy stopped walking, feeling depressed. "Do…do you really hate me that much?"

The pink Powerpuff stopped walking too, only a few steps ahead of him. She sighed. "No…I'm just really moody right now. You know, about losing my powers and stuff."

"So you wouldn't mind if I tagged along, right pinky?" He said, walking up to her before ruffling some of her hair. The female pouted. "Hey! Quit that!"

"Make me!" He teased. Blossom grabbed a textbook from her backpack and began to swing it at her companion.

"Hey! Let's not be rash now!" The basketball star shouted, avoiding all her swings as if it would hurt him.

"Awww… don't tell me that this Rowdyruff boy is afraid of a little Powerpuff!" She taunted as she charged at him again.

"I am when she's holding that USA history book!" He said, running away from her.

"Hey get back here!" The girl yelled as she chased after him. The male made a turn in a street where only the cars were parked, probably because the businesses in that area already began working. However he was running in a normal pace while Blossom tried her hardest to catch up to him. 'It makes me sad that he has to pity me by running so slow. But then again, I'm just happy that he's still with me.'

Suddenly, Brick turned around and caught the girl in one of his strong embraces. This complete shocked the girl, leaving her frozen in his arms.

'What the-?' She thought with a slight blush. Her book was in between their chests but the female could still rest her head on the upper part of his chest. She felt his heart beep against the fabric of his shirt, making her blush color brighten.

"What's wrong pinky? Given up already?" He taunted after a few minutes.

Her anger returned and she instantly started to squirm. "No way! I was just thinking! That's all!"

"Thinking about what?" He asked in a gentle tone that surprised the female. But Blossom pouted and continued to move around while knowing that her squirming wasn't breaking his strong grip. "I was thinking what is it going to take for you to finally let me go!" She said in a louder voice.

"You wanna know?" Brick inquired and gave her a smirk that made the redheaded girl gulp. 'This can't be good!'

"You have to give me one kiss!" He stated, mostly to tease. But he knew that the true reason was that he wanted it.

Blossom turned red but when she saw that smirk grow, she narrowed her eyes. "Ew! No way!"

"What's wrong? Scared?" He toyed.

"NO!" She shouted. "I just can't understand why you'd want a kiss from ME?"

Knowing that the tables had turned on him, the red eyed boy let her go and turned around so quickly that she hadn't seen the blush that spread across his face.

"Well…" She said, now smirking. She had her hands on her hips (but on hand held her history textbook). "I'm waiting! I want to know why this Rowdyruff boy wants a kiss from a Powerpuff!" Though she sounded cocky, she was actually very excited for his response. 'Maybe he'll tell me that he likes me…' The girl hoped so yet she couldn't let him see that part of her...at least not yet.

He took a couple of breaths and turned around. There was no excuse he could give her and he knew that. Time to come out with the truth. 'This is it Brick…it's time to be a man and confess!'

However, when he saw the smirk she was giving him, the overconfident smile she gave when she knew she won, he couldn't help but to fight back.

'After all, that's what Rowdyruff boys do best.' He returned her smirk, making Blossom narrow her eyes and frown, unsure of his sudden change in attitude.

"It was to brag to your nerdy friend Dexter of what he can't get!" He spat, not really thinking about what he just said.

The pink eyed female gasped with widened eyes before clenching her fists and teeth. "What does Dexter have to do with this?"

"Just! That guy annoys me! He follows you around as if you were his owner, that lousy dog! He'll do anything for a bone! To be honest, it's really embarrassing!"

"Please! As if having Princess stalk you around and constantly ask you for dates is any better!"

"At least I tell her off! You only smile and tell him what he wants to hear! As if that's really gonna get rid of him!"

"And how do you know this?" She countered.

Brick paused for a brief second but continued. "It's hard NOT to notice! He makes it SO obvious that he likes you! I mean come on, when he read that one poem he wrote in English class, saying that he had a crush on a girl who was different from the others because she was pure good! Everyone knew he was referring to you and you said, "It was really amazing Dexter!"'

"Well excuse me for having manners! Besides, I don't see why this is any of YOUR concern!"

"Maybe because I'm starting to think that you LIKE the attention this guy is giving you!"

"I didn't ask for him to like me!"

"And you haven't asked him to not like you!"

"Don't be ridicules!"

"I'm ridicules? Says the girl who can't tell a guy she doesn't like him!"

"That's plain rude! Besides, it's not like he's told me he likes me!"

"Well what's going to happen when he does make a move on you huh? What's going to happen when he decides to ask you out?"

Blossom released a deep breath and quietly, but angrily, said, "I'll tell him I'm not interested and that I only see him as a friend."

Brick snorted. "Oh please! You'll probably go out with him since he gives you SO much attention!"

"And what is that suppose to mean?"

"It means you'll go out with any guy since all you care about is the attention they give you, you attention whore!"

The pink Powerpuff gasped, tears threatening to come out of her eyes but she held them in. "How could you say that?"

"I don't know. That seems like the only logically reason why you don't dump a guy like Dexter." He concluded after letting his jealousy get the best of him. It was the first time that the boy noticed how close he was to making her cry. Her eyes were glittering brighter and a small once of water was starting to come out of the corner of her eyes.

"If that's how you truly feel about me then stay away from me!" She shrieked and ran off.

"Wait! Blossom I didn't mean to-!" He stopped, knowing that apologizing would be pointless. 'Shit! How did this happen?' He thought miserably. Brick hadn't meant to take out his jealousy on her. He just lost it.

"Stupid…I'm so stupid…" He muttered. It was no secret that he hated Dexter with a passion. Sure, he didn't like him because he was geeky and was just awkward to be around but 90% of his hatred was because of the crush he had on his counterpart.

He hated having competition; there was no way he wanted to have a love rival. Blossom was his and his alone. There was no way he was going to give her up without a fight.

Yet, he admitted that he was jealous of the boy genius and even felt threatened by him. Not because of what he could do to him but because how openly he could reveal his love for the Powerpuff. He wrote her poems, bought her books and gave her flowers; Blossom loved these things, which sucked for him since he wasn't the type of person to do these things on a daily schedule.

He knew that he had only acted on jealousy and went out of line. After all, he didn't really think of her as an attention whore.

When he first re-met her in one of his classes, the red eyed boy thought she was just a showoff and found her annoying. But later on, he realized that that was just the type of person she was; she was competitive and wanted to impress her classmates, not make them feel ashamed. But that wasn't always all.

Her beauty and intelligence had captured a lot of the male population's attention. They wanted to be ones to date a Powerpuff. But she was too damn nice and extremely polite; she wouldn't tell them off though she hated the attention.

The redheaded boy would notice the fake smiles she would give Dexter or other guys when they tried to impress her with a trivial fact. He saw the way she tapped her finger impatiently as she heard a guy ramble on and on about something stupid though he thought it made him sound smart. But she would never say a thing.

It was frustrating seeing the girl you like NOT rejecting guys though she finds them annoying. But he knew it wasn't because she craved their attention; it was just the person she was. Born too polite thanks to being the one who received the most 'everything nice' in the formula.

Maybe that's why she eventually gave him a second chance. He could ponder about that later; right now he had to make everything right with his counterpart.

(Scene Change)

Blossom wiped away the tears off her face with her palm. She didn't know what hurt more; the words Brick said to her or knowing how her crush truly felt about her.

An attention whore. That's something she never wanted to be. Sure she was the first one to raise her hand in class or the first person to read her essay but that's because she was an enthusiastic student and the feeling of always wanting to be first made her do those things. Besides, its not maybe others wanted to be first. She tested that out by not raising her one day, and she saw many students just lazily looking around the room or putting their heads down. They couldn't careless about what was happening. After that, it never bothered her if she was trying to be first.

'Why did I have to fall in love with a jerk?' The redhead thought as she continued walking. 'Sure we've had our arguments but nothing ever this….dramatic!'

She didn't understand him and why he had said such terrible things. Yes they were different but they were also very similar. He was jock and she was a book geek. But they were still leaders; not only in the group they formed with their siblings but in the clubs and sports they participate in. The athletes relied on Brick to score the winning point and the debate team counted on Blossom to come up with a conclusion that would make their case win.

Blossom noticed these similarities, despite their different personalities. It was way she learned to believed that opposites do attract.

She looked around, noticing that she had never been here before. The girl sighed. 'Great…Now I'm lost!'

She walked forward, trying to find anyone who could give her directions or something familiar that could trigger on a memory on where to go next.

"Maybe I should call Bubbles…" She said out loud before she heard a "HELP!"

Blossom quickly looked over to her left, spotting a little mini market. But behind it, she could see the shadows of an old woman and a couple of other characters.

"Help!"

The leader of the Powerpuffs dropped her backpack and ran to the scene, avoided hitting any parked cars or shopping carts in her way. She stepped on a puddle as she made a sharp turn into the back alley of the mini mart.

"No so fast the green gang!" Blossom stated, distracting the gang and stopping Lil Arturo from throwing the old woman's bag to Snake. The old woman in the middle grabbed her purse from the shortest member of the group and walked away quickly out of sight.

However instead of having a feared expression, the gang smirked as they walked up to her. She clenched her teeth before instinctively taking a step back. "What-what's wrong with you!" She yelled in anger.

"Not wrong with us Blossom." Ace said, still smirking. "But we do know something is wrong with you!"

The redhead gasped before she was pulled up from behind, bringing her up three feet higher. She looked behind her, noticing a big goofy grin and realized that the Cyclops had grabbed a fist full of her pink dress and rose her up. "Ahhhhh got her boss." Big Billy stated in his weird voice.

"Put me down or else!" The girl threatened as she squirmed around, trying to break free.

Ace pretended to be frightened. "Oh no! Did you hear that guys? She said put her down or else!" Snake, Lil Arturo and Grubber laughed. His smirk returned as he looked back at the Powerpuff. "You think we don't know about you losing your powers?"

The Blossom made no response, pretending not to hear and continuing her attempts at escape.

"Princess told us all about your lost powers, so listen up because I'm in charge here." The leader of the green gang stated as he jabbed a finger on her chest. "First we're going to get our revenge for all the years you've been putting us in jail! And after we're through with you, the other villains in Townsville are going to have their revenge! So what do you say about that! Pow-er-puff!" He concluded with three jabs for every syllable in the word Powerpuff.

Before Blossom could make a sharp reply, Big Billy was pulled off her, dropping her to the floor as the big Cyclops was pulled 10 feet off the ground.

"What the-!" Ace exclaimed in shock before Big Bill was thrown at the remaining members. They jumped out of the way before his massive body hit them, but Big Billy landed in a pile of trashcans, knocking him out cold after he said his famous 'ahhh'.

"Sorry." The boy said with a smirk. "But there isn't gonna be a Powerpuff bash."

"It's Brick Mojo!" Ace cried in alarm.

"You got that right!" The redheaded boy said before swooping down and punching the leader in the face, making him land next to Big Billy.

Blossom stood up and tried to run towards his companion when all of a sudden Snake and Lil Arturo stood before her.

"Not sssso fasssst!" Snake said with a confident grin.

"Oh really?" The female questioned. She ducked down and swung her leg at Arturo, knocking him over. She quickly grabbed him and slammed him into Snake, knocking them over to their first defeated gang members.

"Nice." Brick complimented. Blossom smirked. "Thanks."

That's when Grubber appeared in front of them. The green man made weird noises before charging at the redheads.

"Allow me." The Rowdyruff boy said before kicking him to the stomach, making him crash to his team, who were trying to get up. But after that collision, none of the members were conscious.

"Nice work Pinky." Brick said but after getting no response, he looked back and saw that she was exiting the alley. "Hey wait up!"

The athlete ran towards her but the female continued to look straight ahead.

"Is this how you treat someone after they saved your life?" He inquired with a raised voice.

"No! This is how I treat someone who says mean things about me!" She replied. The pink eyed girl arrived to her backpack, thankful that no one took it.

He sighed. "I'm sorry."

"Excuse me?" She said, looking over her shoulder with the backpack already on.

Brick rubbed the back of his neck with an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it when I said you're an attention hog. I-just, I don't know, I really wasn't thinking. Could you please forgive me?"

The Powerpuff looked into his red eyes, finding some truth behind them. She sighed. "Thank you for helping me back there."

The redheaded boy grinned, knowing he was forgiven. "Thanks blossy, you're the best!"

The girl smirked. "About time you admit it!"

Brick huffed. "What I meant to say was you're the best right after me!"

"That doesn't make any sense!"

"Yup! That means I'm bester!"

"That term doesn't even exist!"

"It does in my dictionary!"

"That dictionary is only used by guys who don't know their vocab!"

"Are you saying I'm stupid?" The athlete inquired in an annoyed tone.

"Nope!" She replied with an innocent smile. "I'm just saying you don't speak correctly."

"Well forgive me!" The male said sarcastically. "I was raised by a monkey remember?"

Blossom giggled. "Yeah. It must have been terrible."

He smiled. "It wasn't SO bad."

/veeeerrrrruuuummmm/

The Powerpuff felt something vibrate in her pocket and pulled out her cellphone. "Hello?" She said once it was flipped open.

"Blossom where are you?" Bubbles whispered over the phone. "School's going to start and you're still not in class."

"WHAT?" Blossom shrieked, making the companion roll his eyes. With his super hearing he could hear what they were talking about. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Bubbles! I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Hurry! The teacher can come in at any second!" She said. "By the way, Brick isn't here either."

"Yeah. He's right here with me." The pink powerpuff said.

"ohhhhhh…." They heard before she giggled. Blossom blushed slightly and Brick smirked, knowing what the blonde was thinking.

"It's not like that!" She exclaimed.

"No need to explain! Just hurry up love birds!" Bubbles said before she hung up.

The redheaded girl groaned, her hand covering half her face. 'Damn it Bubbles.' She thought. The girl looked to her right, seeing her smirking companion. She put on an annoyed expression. "What?"

"I. Heard. Everything." Brick said cocky.

"So what?" The Powerpuff countered.

"Your sis likes the idea of us being together." He stated.

Blossom rolled her eyes. "She was just teasing."

"Rrrrriiiigggghhhtt." The athlete said.

"Anyways, let's hurry up! We're going to be late for class!" The girl said, running pass Brick. However, her counterpart simply grabbed her wrist and pulled her back, having even having to use his super strength to do it.

"What?" She yelled in annoyance.

Brick rolled his eyes. "We're going to be late anyways. Come on. I want to show you something."

"No way!" The leader of the Powerpuffs complained. "Truancy will NOT be marked on my permanent record!"

He rolled his eyes anyways, "Come on pinky; you're gonna be late anyways. And we're not ditching for the whole day. Just 1st period."

"That still counts as truancy."

"Look. Just say you were out fighting crime. They'll believe that." He pressed.

"No wa-" Her sentence was cut short went her stomach released a growl. Her face flushed pink while Brick's grin grew.

"Fine!" She spat. "As long as there's something to eat over there."

"Trust me, that's all they have." Brick said, ruffling the girl's hair, making her glare with pink still on her cheeks.

(Scene Change)

"So admit it, you're glad I took you here." The athlete stated as he watched his companion eat. Blossom gulped down the warm eggs down her throat, almost done with her dish.

She rolled her eyes. "Fine. You were right." She smirked. "For once."

He had a shocked expression. "For once! What's that suppose to mean?"

The pink Powerpuff giggled. "You heard me."

He cracked a small smile as he watched her stuff more pancakes and egg into her mouth.

"So how did you know about this place?" The female inquired, looking around the coffee. It was very small but peaceful. This did not seem at ALL like a Rowdyruff boy place.

He shrugged. "I was flying around and I spotted this place. I tried some of their food and admitted it was good."

"I guess you were right about that too." She teased.

He smirked. "Give me more credit pinky. I'm lazy, not stupid."

"For someone who's lazy to even pick up a book, I'm surprised you bothered to bring me to such a nice place."

"Don't get used to it pinky; I'll be grounded if Mojo found out I did something nice." Brick commented.

The redheaded girl looked up at him. "Does Mojo know that…" She gulped and whispered. "I lost my powers."

He frowned. "None of us said a word to him. But it will only be a matter of time before he realizes it. Plus with Princess's big mouth, I bet in 3 days tops every villain will know."

Blossom looked down, doing her best to hide her nervousness and small fear. She knew she could take on one villain, maybe even two at a time, but without her powers, she was defenseless against all the city's criminals. These villains would want revenge for the past years she and her sisters defeated them. She had become an easy target, something both she and them knew once they found out.

She looked back up in surprise when she felt something warm on top of her hand. The girl realized that it was Brick's own hand. She looked up at him, and her counterpart gave her a small smile. "Look. The Powerpuffs might have one less super-powered sister, but now they have 3 Rowdyruff boys who are gonna help them. That's 5 super human beings; 5 people Townsville's criminals don't want to mess with. After all," He squeezed her hand gently. "We'll protect you. I'll protect you."

No doubt that the girl was shocked and touched. Brick had a heart after all. But most importantly, it made her heart fill with joy that he said he was willing to protect her. This was her crush. The boy who she developed feelings for. And he just said he would protect her. "Brick…" She whispered, sounding lovingly. A tone that even the Rowdyruff was able to pick out.

/GGGRRROOOWWWLLLLLL/

Screaming was followed and people started to ran past the small coffee shop. Both redheads stood up and looked up. They saw that a giant monster had decided to invade Townsville.

A/N: Yup! This is my chapter! I hope you guys forgive me for being lazy! Hopefully I'll update sometime this month before college starts! Thanks again for those who reveiwed! I loved your opinions and now I'm hoping you've enjoyed this chapter!

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