Chapter 3: The Three Ring Circus/Conflict against Mr. Mime

The next day, Momoko met up with Miyako and Kaoru at the Professor's lab. They were glad that Alex was feeling better. But during that time, the mayor called the girls about something that the Powerpuff Girls Z was needed. Strangely, the mayor had a grin on his face.

"Uh, mayor. What are you so happy about?" Momoko asked him.

"I'm not happy." the mayor explained. "Someone came into my office, sprayed me and Miss Bellum with some strange gas, and now we can't grinning. You guys got to help us."

"Settle down!" Kaoru shouted out. "Do you know what he or she looks like?"

"Well, very vaguely. He looked like a gothic clown. I'm assuming that since the circus is now at Tokyo, I believe he went there."

"I guess we know what to do then." Miyako stated. Then the girls transform again.

The girls flew to the circus. There were seven circus tents; each having red and white stripes. The first six were arranged in a circle. The seventh one was larger than the others and was in the center of the circle. They noticed that the other clowns had the creepy grin the mayor had as well as the rest of the staff.

"This is creeping me out." said Blossom.

"Should we ask those guys around?" Bubbles asked referring to the clowns.

"You can go on ahead and do that while I ask the ringmaster." Blossom stated nervously. The girls then split up to their directions. Blossom went to find the ringmaster. Bubbles went to ask the clowns. Buttercup went to ask the other staff. Bubbles went to one of the clowns.

"Hello?" Bubbles asked one of them. The clown turned around in a very creepy manner. "Eek!" The clown then sprayed her with some weird gas. Buttercup was looking around and she wasn't a lot of help either. She talked to Blossom.

"Having any luck Blossom?" asked Buttercup.

"No." replied Blossom. "You?"

"Nothing."

"I'm sure Bubbles will have a lead soon."

What Blossom want to do was get away from those clowns because they were creepy in her eyes. Then, as she turned away, she noticed a man in a black tuxedo wearing a top hat sitting on a platform sulking. Blossom walked up to him to talk.

"Hello?" Blossom asked.

"Hey, what do you want?" said the man.

"Are you the ringmaster?"

"I am or was. But I'm no longer the ringmaster at this circus."

"How come?"

"Well, it started a while back." he explained. "You see, there was this one clown in my staff who always had a bad attitude. He just would not entertain the others without being the leader. And if he was not the leader he would be chaotic. He, also, let his lack of sanity be an excuse when things get in the way. So one day, I ended up firing him. But he was not an ordinary person."

"Ohh?"

"He was very charismatic. He took about half of my clowns I had with him. He took about eight of them. And recently, he returned when we were setting up. He went this time by the name of Mr. Mime. And he was after revenge."

"I see your point, somewhat."

"Unfortunately, for those who would not cooperate with him, which included all of my staff, Mr. Mime and his clown henchmen used their happy gas on them. It was a gas that was formulated so that the ones affected by it can never stop smiling."

"Yeah." Blossom stated. Then, she just remembered about the mayor. "Wait, those clowns used the gas on the mayor too."

"They hit the mayor, too? I thought the guy was a psychopath. I guess I was right."

"I got to warn Bubbles and Buttercup." Blossom said as she grabbed her comlink to call Bubbles and Buttercup. "Bubbles, can you hear me? Are you okay?"

"I'm okay." she said. "There is a problem though."

"What's that?"

"I can't stop smiling." said Bubbles.

"Buttercup, Bubbles has been hit by the gas. Don't inhale the gas."

"Gee, you should have told me earlier!" said Buttercup. "I can't stop smiling either! You get hit too, Blossom?"

"No." Blossom said. "I'm okay." Then, the circus heard a psychopathic voice over the microphone.

"Oh my, it seems we have early attendees to my circus of insanity." stated Mr. Mime "If you want to see the main attraction, myself, enter the central tent." He then gave a crazy, insane laugh before turning off the microphone.

"Blossom," the ringmaster stated. "You and the girls need to get in there and get rid of that psycho." Blossom was very nervous about this. "Get moving."

"But I…" Blossom stated. Buttercup had an idea why Blossom wouldn't move.

"Don't tell me you're afraid of clowns, are you?" Buttercup stated.

"Well, uhh…"

"Oh my god, I can't believe you're afraid of clowns."

"Listen, Blossom." stated the ringmaster. "I might not know a lot about you, but you need to face Mr. Mime. You need to do this for your friends and the rest of the people here. Their fate is in your hands. So, go in and do your best." Oddly, he was able to convince Blossom to face Mr. Mime. So, the girls went inside the central circus tent to face Mr. Mime and his band of psycho clowns.

When she went inside, she met up with Bubbles and Buttercup. They were truly upset for being hit by the happy gas. They headed toward the center ring in the dark. Then, a light was shown on them.

"Well. Well. Well. Aren't you girls brave." called the voice of Mr. Mime.

"Where are you, you psycho?" Buttercup shouted.

"Up here, girls." The girls looked up and they find a clown wearing black and white. He had a striped shirt of white and black on shirt and pants. He had a black nose, messy black hair, and black shoes. He went down near the edge of the ring. "You look happy, but you are truly not happy to see me. How come?"

"I don't know maybe it's because you are an insane psychopath."

"Don't consider me a psycho. Consider me wild mature fun." Mr. Mime chuckles.

"This is not funny." stated Bubbles.

"I shall be laughing. When I'm finished with you, you too will be laughing." He then laughs. "Go get them, my clown henchmen."

"What?" The clown henchmen jumped out; they get and pin down Bubbles and Buttercup, but they do miss Blossom. At this point, Blossom is now terrified.

"These are just some friends that joined me and brought along." He then noticed Blossom whom was not smiling and showing immense fear. "Oh, what do we have here; someone who is afraid of clowns?" He laughs and advances towards Blossom who was backed by a pillar.

"BLOSSOM, MOVE!" shouted Buttercup. Unfortunately, Blossom was too frightened to move. At this point, Mr. Mime was up close.

"Now, let's put a smile on your face!" Mr. Mime laughed as Blossom screamed in fear. He grabbed for his happy gas. But before he could, something struck him in the back; he screamed as he reached back. He pulled out an arrow.

"WHO FIRED THIS ARROW?" he shouted.

"I did." shouted a valiant-sounding voice. The person stepped into the light. A handsome, muscular German man appeared carrying a bow and arrow. He had long orange hair and blue eyes. He wore white pants and purple boots. He wore a white robe with a silver tunic underneath. He, also, wore a bare iron cross on his robe. He wore a belt with a medal with a cross on it. "Unhand her villain!"

"Or you can fight me." Mr. Mime replied.

"Very well." He put the bow and arrow away and brought out his sword and shield. His sword had a golden handle and a silver blade. There were jewels on the handle and at the end. His shield was a white shield that had a black cross on it. The bare iron cross and the white shield with the black cross signified he was a Teutonic knight.

"Für die Untaten, die Sie getan hatte, muss ich Sie kämpfen (For the misdeeds you have done I shall fight you.) Für Mut, für Tugend, für die Freiheit!" He shouted in German. Then, he charged to battle.

"What did he say?" asked Buttercup.

"I don't know but it's kind of catchy." stated Bubbles.

The man and Mr. Mime clashed sabers. Knowing that the clowns were distracted, Buttercup was able to break free. She used her hammer to knock the clowns over. Bubbles was able to break free as well. Then, the two of them went to Blossom.

"Blossom, we're free. Let's help the stranger." stated Buttercup.

"Blossom?" asked Bubbles.

"He's so handsome." said Blossom. She was referring to the Teutonic knight. She had hearts for eyes and she was distracted.

"Uh. Blossom?"

"BLOSSOM!" shouted Buttercup.

"Oh yeah. Sorry." said Blossom.

The girls began to aid the stranger in the conflict. Eventually, he was knocked down and breathing hard after a sword strike from the knight thanks to the girls' aid.

"You might have won this battle." Mr. Mime stated. "But mark my words. This isn't over." Then, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke taking the clowns with him. The four noticed the happy gas's effects disappeared as well as they left the central tent of the circus.

"You won." The ringmaster came up. "Thanks you girls and guy. Now this circus can continue without any harm from that psycho.

"Welcome." stated Bubbles.

"My jaw hurts." Buttercup nagged.

"Don't I have ice packs." The ringmaster stated. While, Bubbles and Buttercup had an ice pack on their cheek, Blossom was talking to the stranger.

"Thank you for saving me." stated Blossom.

"Oh brother." stated Buttercup.

"Bitte (You are welcome.). I must leave soon. If you need me, I will be there to help you." stated the stranger.

"Will we see you again?" asked Blossom.

"Sometime soon, yes?" The stranger began to walk away.

"Wait, can you at least tell me your name?"

"I go by the name… Dexter."

These notes are for the readers' convenience.

You can find them at the end (or beginning) of the chapter depending on the chapter itself.

Note 1: This Dexter and the Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory have the same name and similar dress; however, they are ultimately two different people. An example would be like Momoko is to Blossom.

Note 2: If the expressions stated are in another language besides English is in any of the fan fiction chapters, a translation will come immediately after that phrase.

Note 3: Für Mut, für Tugend, für die Freiheit! is German for this phrase: (For Courage, For Virtue, For Freedom!).