Chapter 7: One of the Superheroes

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from The Powerpuff Girls!

Note: Yes, I decided to change the title…

February 2002

Boomer continued to visit the Powerpuff Girls for the past three weeks in secret for his training to be able to fight on their side. Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles had made up a test per week for him to see how well he was succeeding in the "course". The first test was simple; that being based on good wits. Boomer was given three sets of questions. Let's see how those training sessions went, shall we?

"Alright, Boomer. Welcome to your first day of training to fight along side the one and only Powerpuff Girls. Though your tasks may not always be easy, it will be worth it all in the end," Blossom announced, pacing back and forth on the bed like a stage. It was currently raining outside (1), so the four kids were in the girls' room. Bubbles and Buttercup stood a little behind their sister, watching the blue Ruff carefully. He was seated on the floor with a bunch of stuffed animals, the audience.

Boomer raised his hand excitedly.

Blossom stopped pacing and looked down at him, "Yes, Boomer?"

"What do I have to do?" He asked.

"I'll get to that. We will be starting with using your knowledge. My sisters and I will each ask you a multiple choice question and you have to answer them correctly. However, if you fail to answer correctly then you lose a point. You will start with three points. For every point you earn, the greater the chance of succeeding to the next level which we will focus on next time. Understand?"

"Yes. But what if I lose all my points?"

Blossom gazed over at her sisters, and shared a nod.

"Well, then you'll be kicked out. You will never be able to fight on our team. So do your best if this is really what you want."

"I will," He smiled and waited for the next moves.

"Very good. Now, my sisters and I will each be asking you a question that has to do with the job of being a superhero. Natural born superheroes like us don't need to think these modern situations through, but a beginner like you might. Here's the first scenario: You are flying around the city of Townsville during the daytime. A cry for help catches your attention. You fly over and see an old lady crying out for her kitten that is stuck on a tree. What do you do? A) Leave the lady to get her cat on her own. B) Scream at the cat to get down. C) Kindly talk to the kitten and pick it up gently, then hand it back to the lady."

Boomer squeezed his eyes shut and tapped his temple a few times, "Uh… C?"

"Yes! That's right! That was an easy one, though. You get a point," Blossom walked over to the chalkboard and put down a fourth point under Boomer's name.

"Alright, Rowdyruff. It's my turn," Buttercup floated in front of Boomer and gave him a fixed gaze. He gulped and kept silent.

"Here's the scenario: The mayor calls and says there's a bank robbery going on in town. You go over and catch the crook in action. He's constantly apologizing but you see him sneaking a wad of cash into his pocket. What do you do? A) Take the cash from him, give it back to its rightful owners and throw him in jail. B) Pretend to not notice the cash and beat him up anyways. C) Take the cash from him and put it in your pocket when no one's looking."

Boomer pouted, "As much as B and C sound the most fun, I'm gonna have to go with A."

"Hey hey, that's right. But in real life you can't let those wrong answers cross your mind or you'll be taking a trip to prison along with the thieves," Buttercup added a fifth point across the four.

"Ready for my question?" Bubbles smiled down at him.

"Yes."

"Here's the scenario: During a very busy task, the mayor calls you to his office. With hesitation, you go over anyways because you want to get the job done so you can get back to what you were doing immediately. When you arrive, you realize that he only called you to get his pickle jar open. What do you do? A) Scream at the mayor and leave. B) Push your anger away and open the jar for him. C) Grab the jar and throw it on his desk so he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of uncapping the lid again."

"It's B," He called out a little too quickly.

"What? How did you know?" Bubbles frowned.

"Well, your sisters' answers were already A and C so the last one left was B."

Buttercup smacked her forehead and glared, "Boomer, this isn't a guessing game! You're suppose to use your whole brain, for crying out loud, not a piece of your brain."

Blossom took a deep breath and sighed, "Alright. Since you got the answer so quickly, mind explaining why you think the answer is B?"

"W-well…" Boomer actually tried to think hard, "If you're a superhero, then that means you're expected to have a tight schedule."

Blossom nodded, "Continue."

"It's expected to be called at unpredictable times."

"Mhm…"

"And you have to control your anger and get the job done without causing any more trouble!"

"That's right! You passed this week's test. You may leave," Blossom opened a window for him as he zipped through.

"Thanks for everything. Next week again, right?"

"Yes. Bye!" The girls shut their window and started to plan for his next test.

A week later, the blue Ruff came back again. He did not know what the girls had planned this week, but he was ready and excited for it. Brick and Butch said it was okay for him to leave and go wherever he needed to go. Although Brick was becoming quite suspicious being the exact same time as last week, he let him go anyways.

"Welcome back, Boomer. I hope you're ready for today's lesson," The pink clad Puff opened the door for him and lead him into the lab. When she flipped the switch on, he was amazed.

"Wow, the lab looks so cool."

"You've been here before, though," She rolled her eyes and went straight to another room.

"Oh, yeah." Blossom turned the lights on again and her sisters were already seated by the controls.

"Hi, Boomer!" Bubbles waved frantically at him. He saluted back shyly.

"You get to use this baby today," Buttercup smirked, leaning against the entrance of it.

"What is it?" He gasped.

"This, my friend, is the simulator. It's a training room," Buttercup motioned him to the doors.

"Training? But I can already fight," Boomer crossed his arms.

"Of course you can. But can you fight the ones who you once shared sides with?" Bubbles whispered eerily.

"Go on in. Nothing bad is going to happen," Blossom closed the door after he floated in. Then, she looked to her sisters, "What level shall we put it at?"

Buttercup rubbed her hands together and let her eyes greedily wash over the controls, "Since it's a test for him, let's try level… 5."

"Can I choose the villains?" Bubbles volunteered.

"Sure," Blossom nodded. The blonde went over to the touch screen and scrolled through the villains. She selected Mojo Jojo and Fuzzy Lumpkins. Then she gave Mojo a laser gun and Fuzzy a huge machine gun. After she hit 'Start', they appeared into the room with Boomer. The room faded off and formed into a desert. Boomer got into fighting stance and lifted himself a few feet above the ground.

"Aye, get down here, you!" Fuzzy looked through the target and went right for Boomer's forehead. He shot round after round, following the blue Rowdyruff for every speck of air he flew at.

"Hold still, you little runt! And by hold still, I mean stay in your position! You shall not move from where you are!" Mojo shot huge blobs of acid, but missed. Some landed on nearby cactuses which caused them to quickly dissolve.

"Woah, great choice of weapon, Bubbles!" Boomer yelled, still dashing away from the danger.

"No problem!" Bubbles sang, not minding the sarcasm dripping off his tone. Boomer stopped in mid air and gave a hard stare to Mojo and Fuzzy. He began to vibrate, then faded away (2).

"Aye! Where'd that lil lad go?" Fuzzy growled and pointed his gun to the place where Boomer disappeared, but grew confused when the bullets went right through.

"Keep your ears open, Fuzzy! As in liste-"

"I know what that means!" He snapped, threatening to shoot Mojo.

"Over here!" A dark blue streak was hurdling towards them, so the villains followed it until it crossed right between them. Mojo and Fuzzy shot right when Boomer passed them, then they exploded into thin air as the blob and bullets made contact with their mistaken targets. The desert morphed back into the simulator room and Boomer flew out through the door happily.

"That was a very smart way to defeat them," Blossom smiled.

"Yeah, but you were suppose to actually beat them," Buttercup pouted, upset that she didn't really see him kick some butt.

"Buttercup's right. You just made them kill each other!" Bubbles moaned.

"Sorry," He grumbled, scratching his head.

"It's fine. That was the work for today. You can go home now," The girls lead him back to the front door and said their goodbyes.

"See you three next time!" He dashed away with a smile on his lips.

And now this week, Boomer was coming back for his last lesson. He grabbed a light coat and reached for the doorknob. Right when he placed his hand on it, one of his older brothers' voice haulted him.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

"Shoot," He muttered, turning around in defeat.

Brick had his arms crossed and floated just a few feet away from him, "Well?"

"I'm going out."

"Where?"

"Why do you care?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Since when?"

Brick opened his mouth to speak, but stopped himself and waved his youngest brother off, "Whatever. Never mind. Make sure you get back before dark."

"Right…" Boomer opened the door awkwardly and slipped through. He continued on his way to the girls' house and knocked on the door gently. This time, it was Buttercup who was the one to answer his knock.

"Hey, Blue. You're just in time," She stepped aside to let him through. Blossom and Bubbles were already in their little hoodies sitting in the living room. Buttercup went to get hers, then they all went to the lab.

"Why did you just put a hoodie on if we're staying inside?" Boomer asked Buttercup.

"We're not. It's a nice day out, and we will be here for a while so we can explain today's task for you," Blossom replied instead. She floated over to a large screen and began typing some stuff down. A scene of the docks appeared on the screen, which was surrounded by a large mass of water. Faint straight lines marched through the screen horizontally, indicating that they were looking through a camera that was located in the outskirts of Townsville. The surface of the water began bubbling, then out came a slimey turquoise monster with slanted red eyes, and a sideways mouth.

"You see that monster, Boomer? He's going to start attacking town and we're going to hear the hotline ring any minute now," Bubbles elbowed him lightly.

"Yep, so let's get ready!" Blossom grinned, turning the screen off. The hotline began to beep from upstairs, so the girls went to answer it.

"Yes, mayor… No problem, we'll be there right away!"

"Now you follow our lead," Buttercup ordered. He nodded and trailed after the girls towards the lake. They stopped in the air when they saw the monster attacking.

"This is the fun part!" Bubbles squealed in joy.

"We've done crime fighting with big monsters many times and we would be able to take this guy out in less than a minute. So, we're going to let you have the honour of beating him for us," Blossom smirked and sat on top of a building near the scene.

"Alone?" Boomer frowned.

"Hey, if you're going to complain, you can leave and we'll get the monster for ya. But, that would probably make you look bad if people saw you running away from a simple fight," Buttercup teased. He groaned and looked towards it.

"By the way, don't actually beat the monster senseless. When you see that he can't defend himself anymore, stop. Throw him back in the lake. You got that?" Bubbles instructed.

"Yes. I'm ready," He stood straight and began to attack.

Brick watched the blue streak fade away from the window. He scowled to himself and walked into his brother's room where Butch's head was hanging off the foot of his bed, controller in hand.

"Butch, get dressed. We're going into town."

Butch made an unattractive groan, "Why?"

"I noticed that Boomer has been leaving every Saturday at 4:00 PM. It's kind of suspicious of you ask me," He muttered, leaning on the doorframe.

"So, we're going to spy on him?"

"If that's how you wanna call it, then yeah."

"Alright. Give me a sec," Brick nodded and turned to go downstairs. He peeked through another window and stared hard on the direction his youngest brother went off to. Just where on earth did that little twat go?

"Okay, I'm done. Let's go," Butch called out as he ran down the stairs.

"Come on," Brick and Butch flew towards the more urban area and found a big white house that stood out from the rest of the houses in the neighbourhood.

"That place looks familiar," Butch pointed out.

"I remember it, too. We were captured here by the blue Powerpuff, remember?"

"Oh, that's where I remember it from."

"I have a feeling this is where Boomer went," Brick grinned.

"Went to see his girlfriend," Butch smirked.

"Okay, without getting too close let's see if he's really there. Use x ray vision!" The two Ruffs landed onto a tree branch and searched throughout the house. They scanned the underground level and saw four short figures.

"Yeah that's definitely all of them. The Powerpuffs and Boomer," Butch glared, "What are we going to do, Brick?"

"We're going to wait out here and see what happens."

After about fifteen minutes, the four figures went to the main floor and they burst through the front door. Brick and Butch watched closely and began to withdraw from the branch. The Puffs and Boomer flew out and went high into the sky towards the city.

"What is he doing with them?" Butch grumbled, cracking his knuckles.

"I think he is doing something he should not be doing. Let's go after them, but we'll go on foot."

The green Ruff obeyed and jumped down after his brother. They ran down the sidewalks that lead to the city. For each hundred meters they covered, the boys began to gain speed until their streaks were beginning to grow visible. Brick looked up and saw that they were going at the exact speed the group was going. They slowly grew closer until they stopped in mid air, so the boys slowed down as well. It looked like they were having a small conversation, because the girls faced the Ruff. Soon, the girls floated away and sat on a nearby building.

"What the heck is happening?" The green Ruff asked impatiently.

"Let's get closer," Brick and Butch floated close to the ground, their curious eyes glued to Boomer.

Butch gasped, "Hey Brick, look! He's going to beat that monster up!" He pointed to a huge blob monster that was eating buildings.

"What the- why!?"

"I don't freaking know, but should we stop him?"

Brick didn't say anything. Instead, he just flew towards the blonde who had already begun to attack the monster. Butch followed to watch what his older brother was going to do.

"Boomer."

The blue Ruff's eyes flickered to the side, and widened in shock at the sight of his brother. He pretended to not notice, so he sped to the other side of the monster and continued to use his powers against it.

"Uh, oh… Looks like Brick and Butch saw Boomer!" Blossom gaped up at the scene just as Bubbles and Buttercup did.

"Wh-what do you think is going to happen?" Bubbles whimpered.

"I don't know, but those boys better not start a fight. They've already interfered with Boomer's task!" Buttercup glared at them.

"Boomer," Brick growled at the blonde, not accepting the fact that he was just ignored.

"Boooomer?" Butch sang, forming an energy ball in his hand.

"He's flat out giving us the cold shoulder!" Brick turned his cap around so it was hiding his eyes in the shadow it was creating.

"Can I please hit him?" Butch's shoulders drooped, giving the eldest Ruff his best puppy look.

"Go for it."

"All right!" The green eyed boy smirked and threw the lime green ball at the back of Boomer's head. However, it was smacked away by another energy ball before it hit the target, but it was a much lighter green.

"What the!?" Brick began, his eyes widening slightly. In front of him appeared an annoyed Blossom, who had her arms spread as if she was protecting something.

"Not right now, Brick."

"And you, mister, have to watch where you're aiming your attacks," Buttercup also stood in Butch's way, her arms crossed.

"Whatever," They mumbled, peeking over slightly to watch Boomer.

After tons of brutal blows, he finally got the monster down on its "knees". The monster had been whispering insults to Boomer during the battle, trying to get the best out of him. Of course, it worked. Boomer was just about to form his final attack until Bubbles appeared in front of him. She had a small smile on her face and shook her head.

"You have to learn to show mercy, Boomer. Look, he can no longer defend himself. Remember what I said. So pick him up and toss him back into the lake."

Boomer let the energy cease, and sighed, "Right…" He grabbed the monster by the "hand" and dragged him over to the docks leaving a snail like trail and carefully dipped him back where he came from.

"Great job. You've passed all the tests. You're free to fight with us now," Bubbles smiled and reached out to give him a sweet hug. Boomer laughed nervously and hugged back lightly.

"I'm glad."

"Thanks, Steve!" Bubbles yelled towards the lake.

"Steve?"

"Yeah. That monster was our friend Steve. We got him to show up so you can fight him," Bubbles shrugged.

Brick and Butch turned to their respective counterparts, "What tests?" Brick raised a brow.

Blossom kept the same expression, "Look. A few weeks ago your brother came to our house and practically begged us to fight on our team. We knew he would be a big help, so we agreed. My sisters and I created some activities for him that he had to pass to prove that he was worthy to fight crime. Every Saturday he came in the afternoon and successfully passed. Today was the last test and he passed."

"Didn't I say he wasn't allowed to?" Brick began to steam up.

"You're his brother, Brick. Not his boss! Just because you're older it doesn't mean you can boss him around like that. He's human of free will, you know."

The redhead forced himself to calm down and took a deep breath, "You know what? Fine. Do whatever the heck you want with him. He's no use to us anyways." And with that, Brick commanded Butch to leave before he exploded.

"See ya, Butterball," Butch grinned and flew off.

"I guess he's no longer a Rowdyruff. Keep him," Brick huffed and flew away after Butch.

The girls turned back to look at Boomer, who's eyes were threatening to spill any moment. Blossom and Buttercup floated towards the Blues.

"Hey, Boomer. Don't listen to Brick. He was probably just in a bad mood and didn't mean what he said," Blossom said softly.

"Yeah, you don't need someone who only wants you to be their dog," Buttercup smiled.

"Brick just kicked me out. What the heck am I gonna do?" He cried, his head hanging low.

"You should live with us till you guys make up!" Bubbles suggested.

"How are we going to 'make up'?" Boomer frowned.

"Blossom and Buttercup will figure that out," Bubbles retorted.

"What!?" They exclaimed.

"Uh, yeah! You two can talk to Brick and Butch; just convince them to forgive Boomer."

"Umm…" Buttercup rolled her eyes.

"We'll try," Blossom smiled.

"Great! Let's go home. Do you guys think the Professor would mind Boomer staying for a while?"

Blossom and Buttercup eyed each other, "He'll understand."

March 2002

Indeed, the Professor was fine with Boomer staying for as long as he needed to. He told the girls to explain the rules around the house, which the Ruff gladly followed. Boomer stayed with the girls for about two weeks now, and he felt really bad about always taking up space even though he had his very own guest room. Blossom and Buttercup tried convincing Brick and Butch, but either Brick ignored Blossom or Butch changed the subject with Buttercup. They didn't even bother looking at their own brother, and Boomer was growing worried more and more each day. At school, the two Ruffs no longer sat with the girls, so they went back to their old table of isolation.

"This is hopeless! My own brothers hate me!" Boomer mumbled, burying his face in his arms on the table.

"They don't! They're just probably speechless at the fact you went against them," Bubbles offered silently.

"I might have an idea," Everyone turned to look at Buttercup in surprise.

"What is it?" Blossom asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Boomer, what do your brothers like that we can use to get them?"

"Uhh… What do you mean?"

"They like candy, right?"

"Yeah."

"We can use that as a bait!" She grinned widely.

"Oh, I know where you're getting to. Remember when the mayor had this jar of candy that was so good? We can go fight crime together and ask for candy as a reward. Then, your brothers would grow jealous and try to get that candy," Blossom beamed.

"Sounds like a plan," Bubbles smiled.

"What good is going to happen if you're trying to make them want the candy? They can just go in and take it," Boomer stated in a puzzled manner.

"No, stealing is a crime. They obviously don't do crime anymore. So they're just going to have to beg to join us and get that candy!" Bubbles exclaimed.

"Let's do it!" Buttercup announced, racing to the sky.

Monday

Beep beep beep! Blossom shot up from the couch and held the phone to her ear, "Yes, mayor… The Amoeba Boys? We're on our way!" She slammed the phone down and called out, "Everyone, move out! There's a robbery at the Townsville museum!"

The four streaks took into the sky and landed just a few feet away. Buttercup, Bubbles and Boomer turned to Blossom for their jobs.

"Buttercup, you and I will get the criminals. Bubbles and Boomer, you two make sure that whatever they stole doesn't get damaged in any way. Go!"

Blossom and Buttercup flew towards the Amoeba Boys and punched them hard – making sure they let go of the rare diamonds and crowns. On cue, Bubbles and Boomer caught them just in time and handed them back to the museum workers.

"Amoeba boys, you're going to prison for attempting to steal irreplaceable treasures!" Blossom floated down to them.

"Well, at least we tried," Bossman muttered.

"Yeah, at least we tried," Junior repeated.

"Uhh… Are you taking us to jail?" Slim mumbled lazily.

"Ugh, duh! Blossom just said that!" Buttercup slapped her forehead.

"Let's just get these guys," Bubbles whispered to her counterpart. He nodded and picked up each of them and hurled them towards Townsville jail where they crashed through the roof.

"Good job, everyone!" Blossom smiled.

"So, is there a crime happening often?" Boomer asked.

"If we're lucky," Buttercup grinned.

"How is that lucky?" Bubbles frowned.

"Who doesn't love a good fight?" The green Puff began punching the air with great speed.

"To answer your question Boomer, yes. There are crimes happening quite a few times a week. How did you like your very first time of fighting crime?" Blossom ignored her sister's nonsense.

"Well… I kind of expected it to be more fun. Those Amoeba Boys can be single-handedly taken down by a two year old!" He scoffed and smirked.

"That's true. We should wait a bit till a better criminal comes along," Bubbles nodded.

Tuesday

"What is it, Mayor? The Gangreen Gang? Okay."

The heroes flew out and headed towards Townsville Pizza (3). They pushed past the doors to see each member of the gang eating peoples' pizzas and throwing their leftovers all over the place.

"Stop right there, Gangreen Gang!" The girls yelled out. Boomer stayed quiet and only had his arms crossed.

"The Powerpuff Girls!" Lil Arturo gasped.

"Powerpuffs?" Snake hissed.

"Pa wa paf gals?" Big Billy slurred.

Grubber only blew a raspberry.

"Powerpuff Girls! And… A Rowdyruff?" Ace lowered his sunglasses and smirked, "What is the little boy doing in a girly group?" The gang began laughing and pointing at the steaming Ruff.

"Seriously though. What's your name again? Boomer? Right. Well little kid, where are your brothers? Shouldn't you be with the-" Ace was cut off when a quick punch found its way to his cheek.

"You need to learn to shut up."

Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles stared wide eyed, then gazed at each other before smiling and sitting back to watch their job be done without having to break a sweat. As Boomer was bringing the gang down, Buttercup smirked.

"Hey, Blue! Leave Ace for me if you don't mind!" The Ruff didn't even look back, he swung the leader towards the eager Puff as she got ready to kick him off. One by one, he threw each member of the group towards her as she either punched or kicked them out of the little restaurant.

"Wow Boomer, that was amazing!" Bubbles squealed, throwing her hands in the air.

"Oh, it was nothing, really," He smiled innocently.

Wednesday

The team was seated on the floor of the girls' bedroom playing Spongebob monopoly. Bubbles rolled the dice and got a four. She moved her character, Sandy, and landed in a jail spot.

"Haha, you go to jail again, Bubbles!" Buttercup stuck her tongue out and smirked.

"Not fair," She cried.

"My turn," Buttercup got three and moved Squidward into the box where her older sister bought, so she had to pay Blossom $200.

"Me next," Boomer grinned. He got five and moved Patrick down where he passed by the start and earned $200.

"Finally," Blossom muttered, rolling the dice. It landed on a two, but before she could pick Gary up, the hotline rang. Buttercup, being the closest to the hotline, held the phone to her ear.

"Buttercup speaking… Oh, alright," Buttercup placed the phone back down, "Sedusa's causing trouble at the jewelry store."

"Okay. Let's go," Bubbles sighed and quickly cleaned up the game before trailing after her sisters and Boomer.

In a matter of time, they dashed into the store and scanned the area. A dark figure caught Blossom's eye, "There!" She yelled.

"Put the valuables down, Sedusa!" Buttercup growled.

"Oh, I was wondering when you'd show up, gir-" Sedusa scowled and realized that there were four people in front of her, instead of the usual three. However, the fourth member was not a girl, "Girls and boy." She corrected herself.

"You know we show up right on time," Bubbles pointed.

"Yeah well," She stepped back and held the bag tightly, "That little boy there is a villain, isn't he?"

"Not anymore," Boomer sighed angrily, then used his outstanding speed to reach out for the bag and grabbed it, then ran back to the girls' side in less than a second.

"What the!? Hey, give that back!" She screeched, jumping towards them.

"No! It doesn't belong to you." Blossom stepped forward and tripped her, then Buttercup punched her through the doors, and Bubbles kicked her towards the police car.

"That takes care of that!" Buttercup sniggered, dusting her hands together. They walked out of the place and handed the bag back to the employees. Before they were about to fly off, the mayor's limousine pulled up to the entrance of the store. The window rolled down and the mayor smiled up at them.

"Hello, Powerpuff Girls. I see you've been stopping crimes for three days straight! What lovely souls. Come by my office, I've got a surprise for you!" The window rolled back up and the car sped away.

"Well, what are we waiting for!? Let's go!" Buttercup followed the direction of the vehicle with her sisters and Boomer not far behind.

"Hey, Bubbles."

She turned, "Yes, Boomer?"

"I don't think the mayor realized I was with you guys."

"The mayor doesn't realize many things," She snorted.

Finally, they went into his office and floated towards his desk where he was already sitting. The mayor smiled down at them and took out a big jar of multicoloured round candies.

"I recently got these after nearly two weeks of waiting! Since you've been so good, I think you should all try one," He took out a pink, light blue and light green one. First, he handed one to Buttercup, then Blossom, and Bubbles. Finally, the mayor narrowed his eyes, "Wait a minute… Isn't there only three Powerpuff Girls?" He pointed at each of them, "One, two, three… Four…?"

"Oh, yes. This is Boomer; one of the Rowdyruff Boys. He's been fighting crime with us since the beginning of this week," Blossom informed.

"Well, what do you know. Another helper for the team. You deserve a reward as well," Mayor fished out a medium blue coloured candy and handed it to him, "Here you go, Boomer!"

Boomer reached up for it, "Wow, thanks!"

"This is probably going to be the best tasting candy you've ever tried, I promise you," Buttercup winked, then tossed it into her mouth. The rest raised their candies to their mouths and began to savour it's brilliant flavours. Their eyelids lowered in glee as they began to start giggling dreamily.

"Wow, this is good," He mumbled.

"But, too bad he's not going to let us have more unless we stop more crimes," Bubbles pouted.

"Yeah, but oh well. Let's go home," Blossom said.

Brick and Butch saw their brother and the girls take off towards Townsville City Hall. Being curious, they followed. From one of the less obvious windows, they peeked through to see the mayor whipping out a jar of sweets. The boys' mouths began to water; since none of them could resist candy. The mayor unscrewed the lid and gave each one of them a piece of candy. Brick heard Butch whimper, but he shook his head.

"Butch, it's just candy. We can get that any time!" He whispered.

"Yeah, but I don't want to steal it and have everyone hate us all over again and get beaten up by those Powerpuffs!" He whined.

Brick raised a brow, "And just how are you going to get your hands on that candy jar?" A small smirk appeared on Butch's face.

"Oh, no. No, no. You aren't going to join the Puffs like our stupid brother, are you?" Brick groaned.

Butch rolled his eyes and focused his hearing from the conversation inside.

"Let's go home," A leader like voice suggested. Before any of them could take off, the attention of five were directed towards the window that just broke. The green clad Ruff popped out and his eyes were wide as dinner plates.

"I wanna be a Powder Fluff too if that means I can have that candy!" He pointed to the jar that was in the mayor's trembling hands.

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup gave one another a victory glance as soon as that phrase came out of Butch's mouth. After a few seconds, a scowling Brick with folded arms floated into the office through the broken window calmly.

"Is that what you really all you want?" Bubbles giggled.

"Well… Yeah," Butch shrugged.

"Then no," Buttercup stuck her tongue out and grinned.

"But-"

"No buts, mister. You can't just be on our team just for the candy. It's a lot of responsibility. The candy is only a reward. You have to be willing to do whatever it takes if you want that reward. Isn't that right, Mayor?" Blossom winked.

"Yes! So if you want some of this candy, you have to have some requirements. One, you must be a superhero on the girls' side. And two, you need to be successful in saving Townsville from monsters or crime! No exceptions," Mayor yelled with enthusiasm.

Butch's half lidded eyes stared at the wall with frustration. Why do I have to do everything the hard way? He wondered to himself.

"Do I have to?" He whined.

"You don't have to do any that," Blossom replied.

"Really?" Butch's eyes lit up.

"Yes. But you won't be getting the candy."

Butch slouched again and crossed his arms. He looked over to his eldest brother who was just floating in one spot with no expression whatsoever.

"Whatever. That was probably just some cheap candy I can get anywhere," Butch grumbled.

"Actually, this candy is specially made just for people who are offered of it. The mayor is one of the few people in the world who can get access to it," Boomer answered flatly. Unfortunately, Butch still didn't look convinced and turned to the window. The girls gave Boomer a panicked glare, and he quickly thought of an idea, "They've got green apple," Boomer chanted quietly, smirking to himself in triumph as Butch turned around with a desperate look playing in his eyes.

"Okay, fine. You have my attention. I'll join your stupid team. I've been dying to kick monster butt for months anyways," He admitted.

"Wow..." They all turned to face Brick, who only left his red streak that shot through the broken window.

Somewhere close by

"I cannot believe this is happening! If Brick joins in as well, then we are going to have to get rid of all six of them!"

"Agreed. All we must do is wait for the time being."

(1) Funfact: It was actually raining when I wrote that part. :D

(2) I actually got that idea from the episode "Nuthin Special", and I decided that the girls and guys can have identical abilities in the story.

(3) I highly doubt that place actually exists in Townsville, so I made it up when the Gangreen Gang said these lines in "Live and Let Dynamo":

Lil Arturo: Hey, I found a phone!

Snake: Let's order pizza!

All: Yeah!