EO 4

Butch's POV:

I was pissed. Not because our football team was behind by seventeen. Not because I was partially to blame (the other part because our quarterback, our backup quarterback and our alternate backup quarterback were in the hospital with food poisoning), either. Simply because of what was happening in the stands; seat 7, row 22. Buttercup and her new beau- who she'd never fucking told me about!- were sitting there.

Granted, her sisters flanked the Asian guy's other side. And I'll concede that her sisters were fawning over Asian guy just as much she was. And, well, I guess my jealousy- a feeling that I never got when I saw Brute flirting with other guys- was NOT justified...

Brick jogged up to my side. "Fuck! Who's the dick with my chick?!" he fumed.

Shit, yeah! When Brick got jealous, he got crazy deadly.

I hailed the coach down and asked him to call a time out for a few. He conceded, if only because he hoped I'd clear my head.

I stalked to the stand stairs, passing Brute making out with Jimmy Rochen from the opposing team. I barely spared her a glance. Apparently, that didn't sit well with her. She followed me to the steel steps and grabbed my arm, her neon green five inch nails digging into my triceps.

"Hey!" Brute hissed. "You can't just humiliate me-"

I wasn't in the mood. "Go back to your boy toy, Brute, we're through."

She paled, then her face became an ugly shade of red beneath her caked-on concealer. "Fuck you, Butch!" She slapped me, hard.

I probably shouldn't have but, I laughed and goaded, "I'd rather fuck myself than you."

She did it. I was lucky I was wearing my cup, cuz she kneed me in the groin, only to meet the solid steel web casing of the handy protector. She yelped and flew back a few feet, holding her knee.

After shrugging it off, she tried attacking again, only to meet the eyes of a very angry looking BC. When had she gotten here? I was wondering this even as I saw Asian Anonymous approach.

"Step off, banshee." Brute hissed.

BC simply took a martial arts pose. She looked undisturbed and totally in her element.

"Fine." Brute was a blur, coming at BC with vigor and fury as if she'd just been caught cheating.

Oddly enough, BC calmly dodged her fists and gave her a spin kick the the gut. "I'm trying not to leave bruises." BC warned.

Translation: she was minimizing evidence of assault.

She ended the littler fight with a severe looking arm twist. "Go back to cheerleading, Brutus. You couldn't match me even as a better counterfeit."

Brute was spitting fumes when BC shoved her away.

"Nice use of the Hidden Mantis style." Asian Anonymous stated proudly.

"Thank you, sensei." BC did that bow that martial arts pupils usually did to their instructors.

"BC!" Blossom hollered. "You dropped Bubbles'- Oh, what the atlas happened here?!" She took in the scene with the precision of a true leader. "Well, that was quick... I was wondering when you'd put her in her place, BC."

Brute reared up, face a little less than composed. "I know my place, b*tch. And I can't wait for BC to learn hers." With that ominous intone, she flew off- probably to go fix her makeup. As cheerleading captain, she couldn't very well go around looking like the field tried to rape her.

Normal POV:

Butch had an iced coffee in one hand and a pamphlet in the other. The title of this midmorning read? "How to Deal with a Psycho Girlfriend & Your Budding Feelings for Your Close Female Friend."

He watched as she trained, channeling her kata. Her sister sat meditating, creating energy orbs and then energy shapes with their eyes closed, as Asian Anonymous called them out.

"Bunny!" he demanded.

Blossom created a bunny of pale pink swirling energy in seconds.

Bubbles took a little longer, but came out with a cute cotton-tailed varmint.

"Tiger."

Blossom made her energy spiral into a tiger's visage, fierce and ready to pounce.

Bubbles made a full tiger, curled up for sleep, but unable to rest and glaring at the cause.

"Sparrow."

Butch went back to watching BC. She held her stance, eyes hardened, face impassive. "Hey, BC-"

"Silence in the dojo." Asian Anonymous snapped. "Karai is realigning her kata to absolute serenity; as it was the days before she faced her fears."

"Who the hell is Karai?" Butch asked, feeling lost. So the day before, in the Thai restaurant, she'd faced a fear? And that day before, at his house? What were those fears, he wanted to know.

After another half hour in position, BC broke stance by dropping to her knees, curling one hand over her fist. Her knees were pressed together even in the baggy white capris she was wearing to train in.

She closed her eyes and began meditation.

"Apple." Asian Anonymous said.

All three girls perfectly demonstrated it.

"Snake."

Again, a perfect energy-picture.

"Moving waves."

Blossom and Bubbles struggled with that one. Their energies pulsed once then winked into an mini explosion which pushed Blossom and Bubbles out of position.

Only BC remained. She made a perfect likeness to the waves in a brilliant subdued emerald shade.

"Break."

Blossom sighed. "I just can't stop strangling the energy..."

Bubbles pouted. "I let it go too freely."

BC opened her eyes and smirked. "You need to focus on it. My old sensei in the mountains said that 'defining the shape is good, but controlling it is never the way'."

Asian Anonymous nodded solemnly. "Karai is right. Once you give the energy a command as complex as this, you most step back and observe. Sakura, you tried to guide after commanding. Mizuna, you never gave a direct command."

Blossom nodded slowly. "We will try harder, Kai-sensei."

"I know you will, Sakura." He ruffled her hair like a brother does his younger sister. "Now run along. And our next session is Wednesday."

They all stood abruptly and bowed curtly to Asian Anon- Kai. Then, they all groaned. "The Giselle Stance is harder than you think..." Bubbles whimpered.

"I'm going to research medicinal herbs for phantom pains and athletic pulls." Blossom decided. "My neck is sore."

"Man, doing kata realignment is easy. Doing it on an empty stomach is killing me!" BC grimaced.

Butch jumped up. "We could go to Wanda's Grill."

BC looked ready to pounce on the idea of sizzling steak, with a half pound side of fries and frosty glass of root beer.

In fact, Blossom and Bubbles looked ready to cave in too.

And then BC turned to Kai. "You wanna go eat, Kai."

Kai paused in his collection of the kata maps. "It would be most pleasurable, as I have no groceries to cook with."

BC grinned. "Then lets all change and head out."

Blossom nodded. "Let's head home for a quick change."

"Can we walk?" Bubbles suggested.

"I'm way to sore to fly." BC voiced.

And so the five trekked through the Woods and into Townsville suburbs, which was conveniently behind it.

BC frowned at the tension Butch alone was exerting. She cut another piece of steak and swallowed it in ecstasy. "That hit the spot... Try it, Kai." She used his fork to stab a bit of the steak and pushed it into his mouth.

Kai frowned, as he swallowed. "This is good but... I have cooked better."

BC gulped down some of her root beer. "That is true. You make a mean barbecue."

Butch scoffed. She shot him a glare. He was acting like a sourpuss. Maybe he was a little beat up over Brute's betrayal.

"Well, if it isn't my favorite pair." Wanda G. Rilling waltzed up to them, tray of refills on her hip. "And you brought a friend. A vey cute friend..."

BC beamed up at Wanda. "Hey, Wannie. This is my teacher, Kai."

Kai stood to bow. "It is a great pleasure to meet you."

Wanda preened. If it was one thing Wanda loved, it was a guy with manners. "Well, it's a pleasure to find such a handsome teacher around. Who knows, I may just go back to school."

BC snickered. "He's not a school teacher, he's a martial arts teacher."

Wanda smiled even more. "Great; can you teach me how to do that high kick that the Karate Kid does?"

Kai seemed puzzled. "What?"

"He hasn't seen that movie yet. And he's Japanese. Not Chinese. He just knows varying types of material arts." BC explained.

Butch scoffed again, irking her even more. "Are you sure you want him teaching you. He's already dissed your steak."

Wanda gasped. "What's wrong with my steak?!"

BC kicked Butch under the table. "Nothing is... He just said..."

"That he could make a better one- Ow!" Butch glared at her.

BC snarled right back. "He was just making a general statement, Wannie."

Wanda frowned. "Well by all means, Mr. Kai. Come in the back and show me your 'amazing' steak..."

Kai didn't catch the sardonic tone. He simply walked off behind her.

Once they were gone, BC reached over and punch Butch in the shoulder, hard.

"Ow! Well that wasn't very serene or balanced. Maybe the great Kai-sensei isn't as great a teacher as you thought." That earned another punch from BC, on the other shoulder.

"How's that for balance." BC smirked. She settled back into the seat and popped a handful of fries into her mouth.

"Why are you so defensive of Kai anyways? Is he your boyfriend?" Butch sneered.

That earned him a free dumping of of root beer, on his head.

"Ew, how gross can you get?! Kai's my old mentor's grand-nephew; he came to live in Townsville. He's like ten years my senior!"

Butch seemed relieved. "I knew it was too good to be true..."

BC was irked again. "What's that supposed to mean?!"

"Nothing... Just I knew you couldn't have gotten a date with him anyways-"

"You're pushing it, Jojo..." BC warned. So she wasn't hot enough to turn Kai's head, in Butch's mind?

"I'm just saying, I was worried you were being taken advantage of. I mean, you're my best friend, BC. I didn't want to see you hurt."

BC stood up. "I don't have to sit here and take this."

"BC-"

"Only my friends can call me that, Butch Jojo. And as of today, you and I are done for."

She stalked out, and made halfway home. Blossom and Bubbles met her as they came. "Sorry we're- Hey, BC are you okay?"

"BC- Buttercup, wait! I didn't what I said!" Butch came up behind her, forest green eyes pleading. "I know you can get a guy."

Not ready to let her anger go just yet, she replied, "Yeah,"

"I just didn't think you could get Kai."

"Oh, no he didn't!" Bubbles sassed, imitating her friend Latiffany.

"BC, think before you-"

BC whirled around and decked him.

"Deck him..." Blossom finished.

Butch gaped up at her. "What'd I-"

She was so tired of it. Too tired to keep it at bay... She hauled him up by his shirt and kissed him. Deeply.

She barely heard her sisters gasp.

What the hell?! He was making out with his best friend! And he liked it...

He tried to deepen the kiss on his side, but just as her lips parted, she pulled back and let him fall.

Rubbing his sore ass, he stared up at her. She stared back down, her eyes full of something bittersweet.

"That's why we can't be friends anymore, a**hole..." she whispered, shaking her head. With that she flew off. And he was too stunned to follow.

AK: So, I owe all you fans an apology. I messed up Kai's origins, like a lot. First, yes, she met him through the exchange program. But no, he is not the sibling of some kid they know. He is the grand-nephew of the monk from the episode 'Make Zen to Me'. I'm so sorry. Also, only two more chapters after this. Who wants a Bubbles & Boomer one?