Well, we're nearing the end of this act, so what better way to end this with another world... OK, I have no idea what to do for another world during this time. Seriously, this era is more about comedy than action... and I can be wrong about that, and I don't know HOW many shows there were back in the Nineties...
Look, the more important matter is that I forgot to do the keyhole back on Townsville and it's my responsibility to have that keyhole seal by the end of this story. Wait, why am I saying that it's my responsibility? And then again... did I really forget to add the keyhole back in Chapter Four? Well, at least I can redo Townsville, only this time... I get to do something big. And I mean literally big.
Legal Stuff: I DO NOT own Ed, Edd n Eddy, anything within Kingdom Hearts, or anything else. The Eds belongs and are copyrighted by the great Danny Antonucci and his team at AKA Studios, the Kingdom Hearts series belong to Square Enix, and anything else belongs to their retrospective creators. I do, however, own any original content mention in this story.
Chapter Seven – Return to Townsville
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With three worlds down and two keyholes sealed, the Eds are now toting one of the cul-de-sac children with them in their journey across the universe. Luckily, Rolf is in the guest room of the Midnight Hummer, meaning that he will not be a nuisance to the piloting Eds and not irritate Ed beyond breaking point. It is nice to have someone joining them on their journey, but Rolf has a limit for everything that Eds need to do. And there are many things that the Eds can list, but rather not say it in front of him.
"So Eddy, I notice that we have done three worlds, but we sealed two-thirds of these worlds," said Double D.
"Why are you using math?" asked the greedy Ed.
"If you must know, we're missing Townsville's keyhole, and I know we'd missed it. We need to go back and seal the lock there."
"But what about Rolf? We can't drag him along with us. He'll only slow us down."
"I have an idea," said Ed.
"Please Ed, I don't want to hear it," replied Double D. "If it involves you thinking of a plan, it is not going to be a good one."
"Especially out here," added Eddy. "Who knows what can happen, even without your magic."
"Aw, come on guys!" Ed whines. "I have a good idea that can keep Rolf busy while we're gone! Please, Eddy!"
Ed continues to whine, which is getting on both Eds' nerves. "All right, what do you have in mind?" asked the small Ed.
Ed backs away from the others and he raises a finger to point straight up. The boys wait for Ed to say something, but nothing is coming out of his empty head. His hat even decides to use the tip of his form to give Ed a few taps, but not even the zipper tip is fazing this Ed. For about a minute or so, Ed is standing there like the lump that he is, until he finally decides to open his mouth and let loose whatever he is plotting.
"Clones!"
Double D and Eddy stare blankly at their tall friend, knowing that his plan is obviously obscure. "Uh Ed... how exactly are we going to make clones?" asked the smart Ed.
"We need to get ourselves a cloning machine, and we need to extract something from our bodies so that we can use for our DNA, insert that into the machine and..."
"Ed, we don't have a cloning machine on this ship," Eddy blurted.
"And that, I doubt Dexter is going to have a cloning machine himself, let alone using it and sending the clones in space," Double D added. "We need something else that can keep Rolf busy while we are away."
"I actually like this boy's idea of clones," said Normadomus. "Since you learned Light, then why not do a Distraction."
"A Distraction?" parroted Double D.
"A Distraction is a Limit Break that allows the user to cast Light and temporary create an image of something, usually the caster of the spell, in order to distract his opponent."
"And how do I perform this?"
"Well all you need to do is swipe your Keyblade while doing Light," explained the hat. "It's not that hard to pull off. It's more like pulling off a magic trick with a sleight of a hand."
With that in mind, the Keyblade wielding Ed decides to try this out for himself. He got up from his seat and calls out his Keyblade. Gripping onto it, he raises his weapon up to him and allows some Light magic to form on the shaft. With a quick slash in the air, nothing seem to happen during those few seconds, only until after Double D puts his Keyblade away that he notices himself standing right in front of him. The duplicate is exactly like him and he is mirroring the same actions as Double D. Ed begins to laugh as the two Double D's move about the cockpit mimicking each exact movement, and Eddy got a few laughs in as Double D struggles with his double.
"And that's a Distraction," said Normadomus. "It'll be some time before you get use to it, but once you nail it, it'll be second nature to you."
The radar begins to beep and everyone focus on the device to notice a world is coming into view. As the Eds are approaching the world that houses Townsville, two blips flashes on the radar, indicating that there are two more children on this world. "Well, at least we have someone new to find," said Double D. "I wonder who it will be this time."
"I swear it better not be the Kankers or Sarah and Jimmy, especially Sarah," said Eddy. "For all that I care, there's no way that I want to deal with her this entire time while we're out here in space."
"You say Sarah's out here?" asked Ed, getting himself in on the conversation. "We need to go rescue her!"
"Ed, we're uncertain that Sarah is going to be in Townsville once we arrive," Double D answered. "For all we know, it can be the other children of the cul-de-sac, including the, heaven forbids, Kanker sisters."
"Eddy, we need to rescue Sarah! She might get eaten by the Heartless!"
"I don't see how that's a bad thing," mumbles Eddy.
"Eddy!"
"What?"
"Look, Ed misses his sister, and you have to go say that her getting eating by the Heartless is going to make us happy?"
"But Sarah has been mean to us nearly all the time! She deserves this more than anything that I can think of."
"But Eddy, she's my sister," Ed whines.
"And who knows Eddy, we might not see Sarah there at all," said Double D.
Eddy hesitates to say something, so he lets out a stream of breath. "All right, but if it does turns out to be Sarah and Jimmy and Sarah's starts shouting at us for no apparent reason, I'm gonna cry."
With that set, the smart Ed got his hands on the controls and he pilots the Midnight Hummer towards Townsville, with another chance to view this world and go get the keyhole seal.
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The city of Townsville is still in its peaceful state as when they were previously here, as they know the Powerpuff Girls are protecting the fair town. With Mojo lock up in jail, there is no threat of him terrorizing the town and that means the Eds have their work cut out for them. The Eds got the Midnight Hummer over the over the suburbs and got the ship to come in for a landing, knowing that it is safe for them to land here after getting the girls' word on it. Once on the ground, the door opens up and the Eds walk out to take their steps back into Townsville.
"You know Double D, I don't understand why you were worrying about messing with other worlds' affairs," said Eddy.
"I said meddling, not messing," the smart Ed said, correcting Eddy's mistake. "And we should be worry. Who knows who can be watching us?"
Ed steps out of the Gummi ship and he raises a finger. "That's disturbing."
"I think the same thing Ed," said Double D. "This can lead into the getting the suspicion of being watch and finding out that we are being watch."
Eddy takes the moment to check around his surroundings. "Do you feel a strange breeze or anything?" he asked, before realizing what he is saying. "Let's not worry about that. So Sock-head, since you clearly felt the keyhole last time, can you feel anything now?"
Double D is standing still, feeling the air around him, in hopes that he can sense the keyhole nearby. But sadly, there is nothing. This is strange to him, as he clearly felt the keyhole nearby in this exact area, but there is nothing here. In fact, he remembers feeling the presence of the keyhole coming from the girls' home, but why is this feeling not here? Is it perhaps that the keyhole is not revealing itself as of yet?
"Hey, what's taking so long?"
"Eddy, relax!" snapped Double D. He went back to his pose. "I am trying to find it, but I can't feel anything at all."
"You aren't feeling anything? But aren't you certain that you felt something before?"
"Yes, and it was coming from the girl's home, but..." his sentence trails off as he looks at the girls' home. "It is, as if, it resets itself when we left this world."
"What! It got reset!" barked Eddy. "Does that mean we have to go back to those other worlds and reseal those?"
"No it doesn't," answered Normadomus in a calm voice. "Once a keyhole is seal, those seals have a long time to hold before coming undone. We don't need to worry about heading back to those worlds unless we want to go see the people again."
"By what about here?" asked the smart Ed.
"Well, if my guess is right, I say it has to do with a boss within the area."
"A boss?" echoed Ed. "You mean like the monkey, the brain guy and the cat?"
"Yes, and their Heartless as well. You see, Heartless are normally uncontrollable by themselves and will go after anyone with a heart beating in their chest. However, it is possible to control them, but you must have a strong heart and willing to lead them to your whim. This will only set you on a course towards the darkness..."
"But how does this relate to the keyholes?" whines Eddy.
"In order to uncover the keyhole, we need a strong heart to fall and a location or item that is symbolic to this world to reveal the location of this world's heart," the hat explained. "The Heartless will go after a person with a strong heart and they will consider that person their boss, and if we take that heart down, then that can reveal the path to the keyhole."
"So this means that we need to take down another villain," said Double D. "But isn't that chimpanzee locked up in jail?"
"You don't need to use the same person over again to reveal the location of the keyhole. But then, there is always the factor of time that comes into play. I figure that if we stay here long enough, the keyhole will reveal itself again and we should be set to seal it."
"So now, we have time to worry about and another villain for us to fight," said Eddy. "I am getting sick of this constant fighting, but at least killing time is a good option."
The boy decide to head towards the girls' home to see that they are home and stay for a bit. As they are walking up to the door, they can hear the girls flying above their heads and they notice three streaks of light heading right through the windows of the white house. The Eds are standing there for a moment, staring how three little girls can fly through the windows without colliding with glass before realizing that there is no glass in the first place.
The Eds continue their walking and they got up to the door to allow Double D to take the lead and give a few raps on the door. Once he is done, he backs away and waits with his friends for someone to answer the door. After some time, the door cracks open and the Eds peer inside to see who is behind the doors. Upon seeing the large bug eyes of the girls, the three open the door and they are floating off of the ground with excitement on their faces.
"Well, isn't this a surprise," said Blossom.
"What are you three doing back here?" asked Bubbles.
"Oh we were in the neighborhood and we decided that to come in to visit you girls," answered Double D.
"Well isn't that sweet," said Bubbles. "Please, come in."
The Eds take up on this offer and enter the Powerpuff Girl's home. Once they are inside, the girls escort them into the living room, where there is a couch fit for seating three people, a lounging chair, a coffee table and a large cabinet with a television set sitting on one of the shelves. The boys take a good look around this room, as the girls behind them zip off to find whoever they are shouting.
Each Ed got themselves settle down on the couch and the chair, with Eddy and Ed taking the couch and Double D the chair. Ed notices the remote sitting on the coffee table and he picks it up to turn the television on and see what is on in this world. As the screen is warming up, they can hear the sound of can laughter and the sound of two voice actor slurring out obviously lame puns dealing with the word "bonk."
"Is this really entertainment?" asked the greedy Ed.
"I'm sure it is to those of the younger generation," replied the smart Ed.
The tall Ed is processing the image that is being display on the screen in his head. "... I think that this is being funny," is his answer.
As the Eds are watching the television, they hear the girls coming into the room and they turn around to notice that they are accompanied by someone else. He is a man resembling much like a fatherly figure, but he is dress more like an older Dexter. He sports a lab coat suited for whatever science he is in, along with a pair of black suit pants and black shoes. However, his head is very square in design, with a cobble pipe in his mouth and combed jet black hair similar to Buttercup.
The man steps into the living room with a hand to his face, mainly to grab his pipe, and he studies the Eds with a straight face. "So, you three are the Eds I've been hearing about," said the man.
"Yes we are," replied Double D.
"Well, please to meet you," the man stated, extending his free hand. "I'm Professor Utonium, the girls' father."
"A professor, eh? Tell me, what field of science do you partake in?"
"Oh well I am not much into a certain profession, but I have done some work with chemistry."
Eddy lets out a groan, loud enough for everyone to hear. "Are we going to have this going all day?"
"No Eddy, we're not," Double D responded, sounding agitated. "I am sorry about that. Eddy doesn't like anything relating to school, so if we want to continue our discussion elsewhere..."
"No, no, there's no need," said Utonium. "If your friend wants
"Say, if you're the girls' father, then where's the mother?" asked Ed, noting a key figure missing in this family.
"Yeah, about that... we don't have a mother," said Bubbles.
"Oh dear," said Double D, sounding sad about hearing this.
"You see, I was the one that created the girls in the first place," answered Utonium.
The smart Ed throws the professor a baffle look. "You... made three girls?"
"Correct. I always wanted to have some girls of my own, so I decided to create them in my lab using the key ingredients to make three perfect little girls: sugar, spice and everything nice."
"Then what makes me up?" asked Ed.
"If I remember correctly, it should be some hair, snails, and puppy dog tails," answered Normadomus.
"I think Ed here is made up of gravy and buttered toast," snickers Eddy.
"Now after mixing the ingredients, my old lab monkey got into a fit and pushed me into some Chemical X, which spilled into the mix and then I got the girls," the professor finished.
The Eds are looking at each other, the professor and the girls, with each boy giving a confuse look about what they just heard. If it is possible for one man to take such ingredients as everyday spice, some processed sugar and everything that girls enjoy, throw them together into a pot and mix them to form a blend, and adding one extra chemical to make three super powerful girls with abilities similar to that of a typical superhero. Double D is starting to break down the process and get a true answer about this, Eddy skips the thought all together, and Ed is grinning ear to ear about this thought all while skipping the science part.
Yes anything is possible, even if the Eds can not truly grasp this concept of creation.
As the Eds are pondering over this, they can hear the sound of beeping coming from down the hallway and the girls zip down to stop the beeping. After a few seconds, the girls zip right by the living room and out into the open, where the males can see the streaks of light crossing the sky as the girls head to Townsville to fight whatever evil is terrorizing the city.
"Does this happen often?" asked Normadomus.
"It does. This is what you get when you're the father of three superpower girls," replied Utonium. After answering the question, the professor shifts his attention towards the asker. "Excuse me, but may I see your hat?"
Ed takes a look up at the brim of his hat and he places both of his hands onto Normadomus. Lifting the hat off of his head, the Ed hands the wizard over to the professor and the man takes the hat to give it a full examination. Utonium looks over Normadomus at every angle, checking every stitch that makes up this hat, and even looking inside to notice the zipper that makes Normadomus' mouth.
"Interesting. I have never seen such a hat that has the ability to talk and have a face," the professor said.
"Well have you ever met one that can do magic as well?"
Utonium shakes his head in response. "Thought so," said Normadomus. "A man of science like you shouldn't believe in magic in the first place. That is, if you can figure out how things are done."
"What are you saying?"
"I need your brain power to help figure out how I became a hat and if there is anyway that I can turn back into a human," the hat answered, using the tip to point at Utonium's head.
Utonium tilts his head to the side, looking over Normadomus to look at the Eds before shifting his head back on Normadomus. "Are you sure you boys don't mind keeping this hat for the time being?" he asked.
"We're fine without him," answered Eddy. "We can handle anything those Heartless throw at us."
"Are you sure?" this time Normadomus asked. "You know that I am the only one that knows Cure, and I fear that the boy I'm resting on is going to go crazy with his magic."
"There's nothing to worry about," said Ed. "I'll use my powers for good."
"And we'll make sure of it," said Double D, adding that trustworthy sentence in.
Utonium and Normadomus look at each other before giving the Eds a final look, reassuring that they can be truthful about their word and not get into anything serious without the hat. "All right then, I'll be off," said Utonium. "I'll give you a shout in case I come across anything."
The professor gives the Eds a wave goodbye as the man heads off to the basement and begins doing his research. As the boys got to settle down back in their previous positions, they can hear the sound of crashing outside so they rush to the window to spot several Heartless outside. A group of Large Bodies are going about doing some destruction, along with a few Grey Caprices, Shadows, and Hot Rods.
"Finally, we got ourselves some action," said Eddy.
"So if the Heartless are a link to a boss, then that means we can find that person nearby," mutters Double D, remembering what Normadomus said earlier.
"Can you guys call me a Sage?" pitched Ed.
The others look at him briefly before brushing off the idea and heading outside to take on the Heartless wave. Once out, Eddy jumps onto his shield and skids his way down to allow the Jumbo Jawbreaker to take down a few Shadows. Double D summons Joker's Wild to his side and starts to face off against two Hot Rods, who are making donuts around the Ed, and he unleashes his new Fire spell on the two cars. Ed got his staff twirling, crackling lightning for a Thundara spell, and he unleashes that on the surrounding Grey Caprices and Large Bodies.
With a few down, Eddy takes his shield and tosses it down the way, cutting through the Shadows before returning to his hand, slicing right through the backs of Large Bodies on the way back. Ed is having no trouble launching fireballs at the Grey Caprices, as the surviving members dance about and launch a few Space spells to counter Ed's magic. For Double D, he is squaring off against a few Hot Rods and one red car, which is similar in design to the Hot Rod but has a red body instead of blue. The cars speed right towards the smart Ed, and the boy decides to use his new skill against these Heartless, taking his Keyblade to cast one Distraction and cause the Heartless cars to stop dead in their tracks.
For the illusion, the cars are seeing is a large brick wall in which, if it were to be real, will allow the Heartless to crash into and be turn into scrap metal. That is, if they were real cars to begin with. But the Heartless stop in time before they can crash, looking over the wall to make sure that this is not a trick, and the caster of the Limit Break appears stealthily behind the Heartless to use another Fire spell. Once the flames close in on the Heartless, the cars disappear and their hearts float up into the heavens, and Double D takes his Keyblade to give it a good twirl.
"Nice going Sock-head," said Eddy, "but can you help me out over here?"
"Right away Eddy."
Double D got over to where the small Ed is and got to work dealing with the Large Body, who is trying to take a bite at Eddy, but Double D got in the middle in time to prevent the Heartless from getting at the greedy Ed's heart. The Large Body struggles with the Keyblade bearing Ed as Eddy takes this opportunity to get behind the Heartless and take it down. However, a Grey Caprice got into a view and cast a Space spell on the small Ed, causing him to feel distorted before getting blown back by the spell. Ed can hear Eddy coming towards him and he takes his staff to bat the flying Ed right back towards the Grey Caprice and take it down.
After some struggling, Double D breaks free from his stalemate with the Large Body, only to get behind the being and defeat it. Once the heart is sent up, the boys check around their surroundings, noting that they clear every Heartless that is in the area, all without the help of the Powerpuff Girls. But they can feel that the girls need some help and they are all the way in town, which is quite a walk from where they are.
"So you have any idea on how we're getting there?" asked Eddy.
"We can take our ship and fly over there," said Double D.
"But where are we going to park it? The last time we did that we got it on top of that one building!"
"True, but all we need to do is find a location that allows helicopter landings and..."
"Your idea is boring," said Eddy. "Can't we find a faster way to get into town, say a motorcycle?"
"Oh sure Eddy, and allow me to use my Keyblade to do that as well," Double D sarcastically stated.
"You can do that?" Ed asked excitedly.
"No Ed, I can't. I don't know if my Keyblade can allow me to do that."
"Then how about you put your money where your mouth is," said Eddy. "If you can make your Keyblade into a motorcycle, I'll clean all of your hats when we get home."
"And what if I don't succeed?"
"Then..." Eddy trails off as he tries to figure out a good deal. There is something that he wants to do, but he knows that his plans are not that humiliating.
"How about you wear my clothes for a whole week?" pitched Ed. "I haven't washed them since school got out for winter break, and—"
"Ed, that's disgusting!"
"Well, if you can't do that, how's about telling us about who've you been dating?" said Eddy, now liking where this is going.
Double D exchanges nervous glances between Eddy and Ed, knowing that the greedy Ed got him into a spot where he cannot refuse spilling everything he knows and to the tall Ed about how he is wearing the same clothes since he got... Now wait a minute. To the smart Ed, he knows for certain that Ed's clothes are at least fresh when they got into Traverse Town and it has been some time since they have been wondering space and planet hopping to where Ed's clothing are not that repulsive as they were home.
Bolstering his confident, Double D turns to face Eddy with a determine face and he gives the greedy Ed a nod in response. Holding up Joker's Wild, the smart Ed concentrates on how to get his Keyblade to shape-shift into a motorcycle for them to use. The seconds pass by, following by minutes, as Double D is standing there with a white forming fist and sweat dribbling down his face. The other Eds watch in anticipation, wondering if that Double D can really pull this off.
"Is he alive?" whispered Ed.
"Why don't you give him a poke with your staff?" Eddy replied, also whispering.
Ed nods to this and he takes the joystick end of his staff to give Double D a few light pokes in the back of the head. With nothing succeeding, he twirls his staff around to allow the sphere to knock on the smart Ed's capped hat a few times. After a few knocks, a light emits from the Keyblade and both Ed and Eddy back away as they notice Joker's Wild glowing a bright white light. The light consumes Double D and once it dims, the others notice that the Keyblade is gone, only to replace it with the said motorcycle that Eddy wanted.
For this motorcycle, the design is very similar to Joker's Wild's guard, with the color scheme alternating between red and blue. The body has a slick design, with plenty of curves all over, and there is no sign of an engine block to power this machine. Instead, there is a glowing energy sphere encase inside of a clear box right underneath where Double D is sitting. As for the Ed, he is sitting on a dark grey leather seat the Keyblade made for him, along with another seat to sit another Ed, and the boy is gripping onto the silvery handles that makes the shaft of the Keyblade. There is a tall silver spoiler rising up behind the passenger seat and there is only wheel on this motorcycle, with the back wheel on and the front to be replaced with a hovering device.
Eddy lets out a whistle in excitement, looking over the beauty of the motorcycle, and he quickly remembers his bet with the knowledge that he has to clean Double D's ski hats of they ever get home. As Eddy is glooming over the lost of their bet, Ed walks up to Double D and ask if he can ride behind him. With a nod, the tall Ed jumps up onto the passenger seat and he got himself comfortable, and Double D got a feel on his motorcycle as he revs the engine a bit.
"Want a ride?" asked the smart Ed.
Eddy looks up from his gloom to notice that Double D is heading into town without him. With no room for him to fit, an idea went off in his head and he digs around in his pockets to find his yo-yo's. Sure enough, they are still with him and he takes out one of them to use on the spoiler, wrapping the toy around and getting a good grip on the string. Once he is sure about his means of transportation, he got his shield off his back and plants it on the ground to get his feet onto his weapon.
"Let it rip!" shouted Eddy as he takes his goggles and place them over his eyes. "Get this bad boy into high gear and roll out!"
"Will do Eddy," replied Double D, as he revs the engine some more getting into motion. With the Joker Hovercycle speeding down the road and Eddy tailing right behind, the Eds ride down the street towards their way to Townsville in hopes of helping the Powerpuff Girls in whatever they need.
OOO
Outside of Townsville, even outside of the world's dimension lays home to a sort of being that rests peacefully, say to that if this being does not have a grudge against the Powerpuff Girls. For whatever lives within this dimension, this being lives in a grand style, with grand furniture that will make a wealthy family envy this being's wealth, despite having no true means of exiting and entering the dimension, only except teleportation. There sits all luxuries of a fine quality chair, plush carpeting, a fireplace and a bathtub.
Along with the furniture, in the air dance Heartless that look very similar to each other but are different by their design. Two are which very similar by being red and sporting an orange cap on their heads, but their armless bodies has different patterns on them, with one having yellow curves on a red body and the other being gray with two orange stripes going along the top and bottom edges. And the other Heartless is different in colors, with its hat a brown with a white radial pattern and its body as dark as its inky black skin. However, all three share the same coming pattern of bearing the emblem on their bodies.
Along with the Heartless in the air, there are also Heartless on the ground with only two different types, and these two are nothing like each other. The first Heartless is a bouncing creature with no arms or legs and it is red all over, with its head resembling like a music note and a mouth that takes shape of a trumpet. The second Heartless resembles much like a dog, but looks goofier than a typical dog with it having bigger forelegs and its hind legs, a crooked tail, a spiked collar going around its short body instead of its neck, and a smile similar to Prankster's own.
There sleeps two dogs in the room, both evenly space between each other as if they are guarding one side of a door, while the Heartless in the air are dancing to the beat of the musical Heartless plays a few notes out of their mouths. With the music playing, there is the sound of water splashing in the background, as the being that calls this home is lounging inside of this tub as the commotion is going on before it. With one Heartless hopping towards the tub, a claw latches out and a snap around the Heartless' neck, hoisting it up and brought forth to the being's face.
"Now my dear Heartless, is there any need to be playing that same tune over and over again?" the being asked in a calm, hypnotic tone.
The Heartless can only squeak a few notes. "I see. Well, if you don't stop, I may as well tear that horn off of your face!" the being roared, changing its tone from calm to aggravated.
The red Heartless lets out a squeak in fear, flailing back in forth in the being's grip in hopes of breaking free. With such a thought running through its head, the being decides to let the Heartless go by dropping it over the edge and down onto the dry floor below. The being is not much of acting cruel; it is more hatred that fuels this being into wanting to see the Powerpuff Girls defeated in such a humiliating way anyone can think of. Killing off one Heartless is not going to do this being justice if it wants to beat the girls.
With the water splashing, a cold black eye wanders to the left to notice another being waiting in the room. "So Blitzer, what brings you to my domain at this time? Came to check up on my progress?"
The wolf returns a nod. "I'm guessing that your hunt has been unsuccessful, yes?"
"Of course. How can I, the almighty Him, go about and find this Keyblade and a Pure Hearted? I do have an all access over Townsville, but those two items you and Father are seeking are painfully annoying to find."
"Well I can assure you that you can find both the Keyblade and the Pure Hearted in one location," said Blitzer. "The Pure Hearted is located in the city, fighting the Heartless you sent there, and the Keyblade is going to the exact location of that battle."
The being in the tub leans over the edge and takes a hand to form a cloud with the images of a battle taking place. In the view, the two can see the three Powerpuff Girls taking on the same Heartless that are in this room, along with the other Heartless that roams the streets of Townsville.
"You're saying that one of the girls is a Pure Hearted?"
"Yes."
"But taking one of them isn't that easy," said the being. "Sure it is possible, but for someone like me..."
"You're a demon!" growls Blitzer. "You can easily take those girls down with your eyes close! How can you say that they aren't easy to catch?"
The being stares at the Unversed a bit before flashing a smile. "Now there's a reason why I like you. You have the confidence to bolster anyone up, and yet you're just as dimwitted as that ghost boy that is with you."
"Dimwitted?"
"Now, now Blitzer, do you want me to send you back to Father in a doggy bag?"
Blitzer can only snarl at this, knowing that fighting a demon like this one will beat him in no time flat. "You can try all you want, but you have no idea what I am capable of."
"And why do you say that? An Unversed like yourself is made out of the negativity of other people's emotions, while your friends are made out of the darkness of people's hearts and the empty shell that is their bodies. You are capable of emotions because you are emotions, while your Heartless friend is only insane with the darkness flowing through him and your Nobody friend is incapable of emotions whatsoever. You should use your abilities to your advantage. Who knows? You may come into a situation where you need to use your negativity against your opponent in battle."
Blitzer begins to take note of what the demon is trying to say, processing the data as he begins to come up with methods to use if he ever gets into combat. Using your negativity against your opponent? Why has not he thought of that yet? This demon knows what he is talking about, and this will come as an advantage in case Blitzer needs to win a battle.
As the Unversed is juggling the idea in his head, the demon decides to get out of the bathtub and show off its body to the wolf. As it is getting out of the tub, the bubbles that are part of the bath cling onto the demon's body and each one slowly pop to reveal a dress underneath. What remains of the bubbles a form into a boa for the demon, topping off the being's more sensual design. This demon is wearing a one piece top with a black belt going around its waist, a pair of long black stiletto boots, and the pink boa. For hands, the demon is sporting of crab-like claws in which were used to grab the Heartless from earlier. And the demon looks very much like a male figure, with its head sporting black hair with the top of its head combed back and having a curl goatee on its chin, pointed ears, and yet there are no signs of horns on this demon.
It is no wonder why the demon calls itself Him.
As Him is walking away from the tub, it walks up to the Unversed to stroke his fur. "Now Blitzer, is there anything that I need to know about the Keyblade?"
"Well, there are a few things. One, the boy wielding it currently possesses the ability to use Light magic, which is far superior to the other magic types. Two, he is a very fast learner meaning he can learn something on the fly if needed. And three, don't allow that boy to use that Keyblade's Break."
"I understand," said Him. "You are free to go. I'll make sure to bring you the Keyblade and the girls like you ordered."
Blitzer nods in response and he makes his ways to where the two dog Heartless are sleeping. The Heartless wake up from their sleep and growl at the approaching wolf, and Blitzer returns with a snarl and a snap of his jaw, scaring both of the Heartless as the Unversed approach the wall. Blitzer turns his head back to face Him, only to notice the demon has a smile on its face, and the wolf lets out a smirk as he jumps through the wall to return to the real world.
Him watches as Unversed disappears and turns to face the viewing globe that is showing the battle taking place. With no signs of the Ed boys around and the girls getting beaten by the Heartless, Him can only smile as its plan is coming together flawlessly. "Now my Heartless dears, we are heading to Townsville to capture ourselves some Powerpuff Girls!" it stated excitedly in its more demonic tone.
OOO
Back in Townsville, the Powerpuff Girls are truly getting the beating of a lifetime, as the Heartless they were previously beating has somehow gain in numbers and gotten stronger. With only three of them and thirty of each Heartless, the girls are clearly outnumber, but they do like the odds. With each taking on ten a piece, the three girls split up to tackle the set, hoping that they can clear this batch before moving on to the next wave that is attacking the city.
Blossom flies towards where a Large Body is pulling up a telephone pole and it takes a swing with it, only for the redhead to catch it and reverse the effect on the Large Body. With the pole in hand, Blossom swings around to take out a few Hot Rods and its red counterpart, the Mad Bumpers, but another Large Body steps in to block the swinging. The two strong beings are pushing against the pole, using all of their strength against its wooden body before the pressure finally snaps the pole in two, breaking the telephone in two and allowing Blossom to use her end to defeat the Large Body.
Bubbles is dealing with the smaller Heartless that comprise of the Grey Caprices, the orange Scarlet Tangos, the red Crimson Jazzes, and the dark Black Ballades. She is admiring the cuteness of all of these Heartless, but the little ones are not as please of seeing her. The Grey Caprices let out a Space spell, which Bubbles dodges effortlessly, and a Black Ballade begins to dance around the girl as it makes copies of itself. The blonde knows that choosing the wrong copy will result in getting a shocking, so she waits for the real one to move and strike, causing the clones to disappear and Bubbles to charge at the other Heartless.
Buttercup, however, is dealing with an annoying set of Heartless, with her taking on Shadows, Mad Bumpers, the dogs known as Bully Dogs and bouncing trumpets call Flare Notes. The girl growls under her breath, knowing that the Flare Notes are very annoying and must be dealt with right away or otherwise she is going to be facing off against the same Heartless she took down before. With an idea in her head, she lifts up a street light from the ground and whips the pole around, taking down several Heartless in one swing but missing the Flare Notes. One of them begins to bounce around, all while playing a trumpeting noise, and Buttercup grits her teeth at this music.
"Oh shut up, will ya?" she shouted, chucking the metal pole at the singing Flare Note.
The other Flare Notes quickly react and shoot out fireballs from their mouths at the pole, in hopes of melting the pole before it can kill its comrade. However, the flames are not that hot enough to melt the pole in time and the pole pierces right through the singing Flare Note, causing it to disappear and Buttercup to wipe her hands in success. But her victory comes short as she notice the Heartless she previously taken down by the pole, and she mumbles to herself how it is a pain to take down the same Heartless all over again.
As the green Powerpuff is taking down the Heartless, she can hear the sound of an engine coming down the street and she twists her head away to catch a glimpse of the Eds approaching the battle. They are still riding on the motorcycle Double D summoned with his Keyblade, but it appears that vehicle itself is jerking all over. The smart Ed is having a time keeping the motorcycle from falling, Ed is clutching onto his seat for his dear life and Eddy is feeling the vibrations from the motorcycle through his yo-yo's string.
"Hey, can you keep this thing straight!" shouted Eddy.
"I'm trying, but remember that I just summon this thing," Double D replied. "I don't know how long the spell lasts nor how much more this motorcycle can..."
The Ed could not finish his sentence, as he collides with the metal pole Buttercup tossed and the motorcycle tilts up like catapult firing. The pole is big enough to prevent the boys from advancing, which is all that is needed to send the three boys flying across the street. Double D and Ed are sent only a few feet, with Double D arching slightly while towing the motorcycle in hand and Ed going farther to land on his face, skid across the asphalt and flips forward to remove his scraped face off the pavement. Double D lands hard on the ground with his hand still on the handle and he looks up to notice the vehicle falling down right up top of him, only to see the motorcycle change back into the Keyblade.
Eddy, however, is sent flying from the crash. With a foot dragging his shield, the boy is sailing over the street at a fast pace, going over the battle of Buttercup in a heartbeat. Eddy looks to see where he is heading, seeing only a front door as his target, and he tries to get his shield up in time to prevent a devastating blow. However, Eddy collides with the door and enters the home by storm, causing some damage inside of the apartment to distract the girls away from the battle.
Double D and Ed quickly recover from their fall and they race up to where Eddy is, dodging the Heartless as they made their way up to the apartment. Once they got up to the stairs, they notice the small Ed stumbling all the way out of the building, his eyes rolling and his movements swaying back and forth as he moves.
"Mommy, can you butter me up a bedtime story?" Eddy asked in a daze, before collapsing onto the floor.
The body slides the stairs and the others check up on him, seeing that he is all right, besides the hit to the head, from his crash. From behind, they can hear the girls wrapping up their fight with the Heartless, taking down one final Mad Bumper before turning their attention on the Ed boys.
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Blossom. "We thought you three were back at the house."
"Well, we decided that, with the Heartless and all, you girls may need some help in taking these things down," replied Double D. "Also, we're in search of some friends we know of. Perhaps you girls can help us out."
"We love to," answered Bubbles. "What do they look like?"
The two conscious Eds look at each other and the two begin to think about who can be on this world. They know for certain that there are two people on this world that belongs with them, but they are not certain on whom exactly. There is a chance of the two being two of the three Kanker sisters or Sarah and Jimmy, but there is a chance of it being Nazz and Kevin. As for Jonny... the boys know that it is impossible seeing him with anyone else after his little stunt he pulled on the Eds.
Double D gives the girls all of the descriptions of each child, explaining every little detail from how they look to how they behave around other people. The girls nod to everything that the Ed is saying, with the occasional slip of Ed's tongue about some random fact about the children. Once Double D wraps his speech, the girls look at each other and give each other nods upon getting every single detail store into their brains. With that, the girls fly off in a streak of light in search of the missing cul-de-sac children so that the Eds can take care of that while they are here in Townsville.
"Oh look here May, guess who I found?"
Ed and Double D tense up upon hearing the chilling voice. The look in the direction of where the voice came from, and Eddy begins to get up from his crash landing. "Oh man, what did I hit?" he groaned, rubbing his temple with one hand. He looks up to notice his friends jabbering something but he can not understand what the two Eds are saying. "Hey, mind telling me what's going on here?"
"E-Ed-d-d-y... K-K-K-K-K-K-K—"
"Who? What? Spill it Sock-head!"
The said Ed points forward to where the voice came from and Eddy quickly realizes who is standing before them. Coming up to them are two girls about the same as them, with one with a curly bed of red hair on top of her head that is covering her eyes, a white shirt with red polka dot spots, blue jeans, and some jewelry on her wrists and ears. The other girl is a blonde with two buck teeth sticking out of her mouth, and she is wearing a grey shirt and a pair of red pants. The Eds are cowering in fear as the two girls got closer to them, fearing of what these two can do with them.
"K-K-KANKERS!" shouted Eddy at the top of his lungs.
"Well ain't that cute. He still remembers us," the redhead joked. "Nice to see you too, Ed boys."
"Lee? May? What are you two doing here?" asked Double D, getting some confidence to ask that question.
"How the heck we should know?" replied the blonde. "We were sleeping in our trailer for most of the day until we heard a crash, and then we woke up here."
"So you girls have no idea how you got here?"
The two Kankers shake their heads no in response. "And to say, we also have no idea where Marie is. We checked all over this stinking city and we couldn't find a single trace of the girl," said the redhead Lee.
"You think that she may have found someone in this town to replace Double D?" asked the blonde May.
Lee returns the response with a raspberry. "Knowing her, she'll rather crawl on her knees to be with Double D than be with someone else."
The smart Ed can only let out a nervous laugh, now getting the eyes of Ed and Eddy staring him down. "But who knows?" continues Lee. "She may have found someone else and may be enjoying her life."
"I hope so, because that's one less Kanker to deal with," said Eddy.
"What did you say about Marie?" snapped May.
"Uh..."
"Look here Shorty, only we can diss our sister anyway we want," Lee growls, picking the small Ed by his collar. "You have no right to be talking that way about Marie or any of us if one of us is missing like her!"
"Who are you calling Shorty?" barked Eddy, breaking free from the redhead's grip. "I'll have you know that Double D here wields a sword that can cut through anything."
"A lightsaber?"
"No Ed," said Double D. He takes his best hand and summons Joker's Wild in his grip, allowing the Kankers to see what he wields. Once the light is gone and the girls can see it, the two of them start to crack up upon recognizing the shape of the Keyblade.
"Oh man, are you serious?" gasped Lee in-between laughs. "That is your sword?"
The Keyblade Ed takes his weapon and slightly blushes for his embarrassment. "I have yet to cut through everything, and I don't know what else this can do. I was given this without warning and I am still learning every secret that makes this thing up."
Eddy, however, is fuming how the Kankers are not impressed by what Double D is wielding in his hands. It is time for a chance of tactics. "Oh yeah, well Ed here got this flesh-eating hat that'll tear up your skin if you aggravate Ed here."
The Kankers stop their laughing to notice the said hat is missing from Ed's head. "What hat?" asked May.
"Oh you're lucky that his hat isn't with us," the greedy Ed said, continuing with his lie. "If he was here with us, you two wouldn't be laughing your behinds off right now."
"But Eddy, my hat doesn't do any of—"
Eddy slaps a hand over Ed's mouth to prevent the tall boy from saying anything farther on the topic. "Don't listen to him, he's doesn't really know that he has full control over his crazy hat," the greedy Ed said. That line got Ed's eyes to shine brightly and a large smile to grow behind Eddy's hand. "Yeah, Ed here has full control of his hat and if you are not careful, the hat will come here and will eat you alive!"
"You're bluffing," Lee stated. "There's no way that Ed can control a hat that can eat us alive."
"Fear me, ol' mighty demons of the Netherworld," stated Ed proudly. "I, Ed the Sage, command the all-mighty onslaught that is my hat. From the darkest pits of Hades, I rule my hat with an iron will and my hat shall rule over all the non..."
This time Ed is cut off by the sound of crashing coming from right behind them and everyone turns to notice that a long crater craved right down the middle of the streets. The Eds look at the end of the crater to notice the body of Buttercup lying unconscious from her blow, in which they figure that the blow was strong enough to knock the wind out of the girl.
"Look, you girls need to get out of here before you get caught up in this mess," Double D quickly stated.
"And why should we?" replied Lee.
To answer that response, another sound of crashing is right behind them, this time Bubbles is in the same crater as her sister. The Eds and the Kankers look at the crater with a worry look, knowing that they have gotten themselves in the middle of a battle and they can be wound up as the next target.
"OK, I think you have a point," said Lee. "But where do we go?"
"We have a ship in the suburbs. All you need to do is head in that direction and look for a two story building with three round windows," explained Double D. "You can't miss it."
"And what about you?" asked May.
"We got it cover..."
Yet another crash cuts off another Ed, this time Eddy, as the last of the Powerpuff Girls enter the crater to join her sisters. With no time to explain, the Kankers split away from the Eds as the rush over to check up on the unconscious girls. Double D feels each girl for a pulse and sure enough, the girls are still alive but they are not moving. As the Eds back away from the crater, they turn around to see the source that caused the girls to fall: the demon that is Him.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" the demon said in its charming tone. "It appears that I may have not won this battle as of yet."
"What battle are you talking about?" asked Eddy. "We haven't fought you yet."
"Yes, not yet, but you will be," said Him. "You may know of my source Blitzer, correct?"
"We may have," Double D replied.
"Well according to him, he states that you have the Keyblade that he and Father are seeking, along with one of the Powerpuff Girls being a Pure Hearted."
The Eds take a few steps back in shock after hearing what the demon is saying. They look into the crater to stare at the unconscious girls, with the words of Him echoing in their heads. The girls, one of them is a Pure Hearted? Sure, they can easily agree that Buttercup can be rule out, since she does not show any true quality of being pure hearted, which leaves only Blossom and Bubbles. They turn around to notice that Him is closer to them now, along with some Scarlet Tangos hovering over the demon's shoulders.
"Now, if you will be kind as to let me through so that I can retrieve the girls?" Him asked.
"No way!" shouted all three Eds, getting their weapons out in defense.
"We're not allowing you to lay a single... claw on the girls!" stated Double D, realizing his previous sentence will be useless since Him's hands are crab claws.
"Oh really now? Well, since you can't allow me to have the girls, I guess I shall take you down," the demon said, jumping away from the Eds to allow them some distance. "I am in the mood to fight someone different and you three will provide me with that."
"Then take this!" shouted Ed, launching a Thundara spell.
The lightning bolt streaks down from the sky and heads straight for Him, but a Scarlet Tango intercepts with the strike and takes the damage for him. However, a little bit of the electricity did travel down to hit Him, but the full force of the Thundara is sent into the little Heartless. Static appear over Him's body, but it is not enough to even give the demon a slight tingle thanks to his body.
Ed tries to use a Fire spell, shooting a moderate size fireball at Him, but it takes a claw and snaps it shut on the fireball to cancel the attack. All three Eds' jaws drop upon seeing how just one being is easily taking down their attacks, only through his demonic strengths and the Heartless surrounding... An idea went off inside of Double D's head and he quickly whispers the details to each Ed. Once said, the Eds charge at Him but they are focusing their attack on the surrounding Heartless so that they have a better shot of landing their attacks.
However, Him intercepts this plan by running up and starts fighting back, with small dents forming in the street from the blows Him is dealing to the defending Eds. Each Ed use their weapons to block every last of Him's attacks, but one good roundhouse kick sent all three Eds sailing across the street and where the girls are. The boys recover quickly from the blow and they try again at attacking Him, but the same result plays over with a kick and a trip across the street knock the air out of all three Eds.
"OK, so maybe fighting without Ed's hat is a bad idea," moans Eddy.
"Oh really Eddy?" replied Double D sarcastically. "It isn't like we are giving our best on this demon in the first place!"
"Double D, you can see the health of others right?" asked Ed.
"Yes Ed, why?"
"You should see his health, right?"
"I should. I don't see why I shouldn't anyway."
Double D got up on his feet and he concentrates real hard on Him, straining his eyes as he tries to discover how much health this demon has. Thanks to Joker's Wild, Double D can see the health of the surrounding people and Heartless, so figuring out how much health Him has will not be a problem for Double D. However, after a minute, he comes to a shocking revelation and he starts to shake all over after he relaxes his eyes.
"What's wrong?" asked the small Ed.
"His... his health..."
"What about his health?"
"I... I can't explain it, but it is double than what we were previously fighting, possibly triple," responded the smart Ed.
"So what you are saying is that it is going to take twice as long to take this guy down?" shouted Eddy, now furious about the turn of events.
The Eds can hear the sound of moaning coming from the crater and they notice the Powerpuff Girls slowly rising up from their graves. With some injuries to their bodies, the girls struggle for a bit to stand up before fighting back the urge to fall back down. The Eds did offer to help the girls out, but they pull out a few bottles with a green liquid and they drink only a quarter of the bottles to reenergize them.
"All right Him, you are not getting away with whatever scheme you are up to!" stated Blossom.
"Him? Him who?" asked Eddy.
"Him," said Bubbles.
"Him?" Eddy repeated.
"Yes, Him."
"So what you are saying is that person's name is Him," said Double D.
"Pretty much," replied Buttercup. "I'm surprised it took you that long to figure that out."
"That's pretty lame for a name," said Eddy. "It sounds too confusing."
"You can say that again," the black-haired girl said.
"Look, it doesn't matter what I am called," Him stated. "All that matters to me is capturing one of you to be ship off to Father and that I can get my hands of that Keyblade."
"Well Him, you'll just have to get through us if you want to get what you want," said Blossom.
"I was hoping you will say that."
Him orders for the surrounding Heartless to gather around him and to build up over his body. As more and more Heartless jump onto the demon, a black figure starts to grow bigger and taller as the Eds and the Powerpuff Girls back away as the demon is growing. With the addition of the Heartless, Him is adding its own power to the mix, only to make the demon grow much faster as it surpasses the tallest buildings in the city and reach up to the skies above.
The Eds and the girls are craning their necks to see up to where Him is, and they can clearly see a giant version of the Heartless emblem printed on the demon's top.
"Well, it looks like we're screwed," said Eddy.
"No, we can take down Him," said Blossom. "I'm sure you guys can help us, will you?"
"Are you serious? We don't have the same firepower as you girls, plus we can't fly!" Eddy shouted.
A giant pincer clamps down on all six of them, trapping them in the claw as they are brought up close to Him's face. The demon laughs at them, mocking them for how puny they look, and it tosses all six back down at the ground. Hard. The crater is much larger from when the girl crashed, with the addition of the Eds joining in on the mix and the fact that the force they were going at is indeed enough to make such a reasonable size hole in the ground.
The six of them slowly climb out of the crater and lay down on the street, panting very heavily as the pain is overcoming their bodies. The girls reach for the bottles they use earlier and they take a drink, healing their wounds very fast as they hand the bottles over to the Eds. The boys take the bottles and decide to take a drink as well, with the green liquid flowing down their throats and their wounds healing as if they are using Cure. After drinking enough, the boys hand the bottles back over to the girls and they wipe their mouths off in unison.
"So, what was that?" asked Double D.
"Oh, those were a couple of Hi-Potions," answered Bubbles. "We never go into fights without them."
The Eds are staring at each other blankly, now knowing that they could have avoided all of their injuries if they have any potions on them. All three smack their heads in unison, with such a thought as the girls had the one source they need to heal them up without waiting for Normadomus. Each one let out a sigh and they got up on their feet to take a look at Him.
"OK, if we get off this planet, we need to get some Potions," said Eddy.
"I couldn't agree with you more," replied Double D.
"But what are we going to do about Him?" asked Ed.
"Well, we need to focus on attacking him from two spots," explained Blossom. "We'll fly up and attack Him in the face, while you three stay down here and focus on the feet. If we can weaken Him just enough, that should give us the chance to combine together and launch a super attack on him."
"And how exactly is that going to work?" the greedy Ed asked.
"We have our own special attack formations that we use sometimes to take down our bad guys," said Bubbles. "I'm sure that we can combine our moves with yours."
"But all we have is Double D's Keyblade, my lame shield and Lumpy's magic," said Eddy. "What can we possibly have that can be useful to you?"
A thunderous crash rings out in front of them and a cloud of dust is coming towards them. The six of them look towards where the crashing is coming from, only to realize that Him is on the move and the demon has its sight on the group. "Less talking, more beating," stated Buttercup.
The Eds nod to this and they charge forward to the feet as the girls to take the demon on in the skies. Once up at the demon's head, the Powerpuff Girls give Him everything they have to take this monster down, using all sorts of attacks from punches, kicks, thrown objects, improvised weapons, the works. Even the girls use their abilities to take Him on, but all of those moves are useless to the demon. Him takes a claw and swats the girls, knocking them away before they recover from the blow to try once again.
On the ground, the Eds are coming into a snag in their plan, as the surrounding area is litter with Heartless. A group of Flare Notes are jumping about, singing their reviving song as hundreds of Shadows, Mad Bumpers, Bully Dogs and Grey Caprices, and once the trumpets have stop they turn their attentions on shooting the Eds with fireballs. With this roadblock in the way, the boys decide to use this opportunity to take on these annoyances while dealing whatever kind of pain they can inflict on the demon Him. If this plan works, not only will they defeat the Heartless, they will inflict some damage to Him.
With that in motion, the first part is to deal with the Flare Notes. As noted, these Heartless can not only shoot fireballs but also heal Heartless and or revive them if fallen. Since that is going to be a problem to the Eds, this is the most important factor to this mission as fighting the same enemy over and over again will tire them out. With only a few quick blows, the Eds finish off the Flare Notes and then got to work on dealing with the rest of the Heartless and Him's legs.
Double D is keeping his eyes focus on not only the Heartless but Him as he needs to see if there is any change to the demon's health if they attack it. When they did, he notices that there is little to no damage to his health. Why is that? He is not sure, but there has to be a weak spot on him but the real question is where. Where on this body is that... a Mad Bumper tries to sneak up on the Ed, but Ed got to it by shooting the car with a Fire spell.
"Thanks Ed," breathes the smart Ed.
"Hey, what's up with you?" asked Eddy. "You're blanking out in the middle of the battle!"
"I'm sorry Eddy, but I am trying to figure out where could Him's weak spot could be, as that may provide us the chance to deal some damage to Him."
"What makes you say that?" A Shadow makes an attempt to jump onto Eddy but he blocks it with his shield.
"You know how Large Bodies have a weak spot on their backs."
"Yeah?"
"Well, if there is a spot where we can strike to deal damage, then we can turn the tables for this battle and we can deliver a devastating final blow!"
"Double D, you're a genius! But..." Eddy's sentence trails off as he tries to figure out what to say next.
"We need to go up," said Ed, pointing straight up at Him's large claws.
The other Eds look up to see what Ed is trying to say. "You're saying that his weak spot is his hands?" Eddy questioned, baffled by the idea. "That's pretty stupid for a weak spot."
"Actually hands are good weak spots considering that crippling them will make them useless in battle," the smart Ed explained. "Since Him is a giant, if he has to rely on his feet to defend himself, he can easily dodge that since that takes some time for him to move them from our perspective."
"And there's a reason why you're so smart," said Ed. "I wish I have your brain."
"And I am afraid of what kind of mischief you can cause with my brain."
"Still, how are we going to get up there?" said Eddy. "In case you don't know, we don't have our ship, we can't fly up there like the girls, and I'm not going to ruin my hair by making it spin."
"We can use Double D and his balloon hat!" Ed stated excitedly.
"Oh no Ed, I am not going to have your lips on mine so that you can blow hot air into my head to inflate my hat like a balloon," Double D protested. "There's no way that you are going to make me go through that episode again. I had to go through several tubes of toothpaste after that moment."
"But there has to be some..."
With yet another crash coming from behind, the Eds flinch in fear of getting hit by the girls. As the dust clears, they can hear the girls groaning in pain before rushing over to help them out. After getting them out of the new crater, Double D takes out the bottles of Hi-Potion and gives them to each girl, using every last drop to heal them up. The green liquid quickly heals the girls back up and they are back on their feet to realize where they are.
"On second thought... girls, we'll take up on your offer," said Eddy.
"What offer?" asked Buttercup.
"You know about us teaming up to combine our moves with yours to take down Him."
"What about it?"
"Well, I just figured out that if we can take down Him's weak spots, he'll be vulnerable to any attack we throw at him," explained Double D, "thus giving us the winning edge in this battle."
"So what do you boys have in mind?" asked Blossom. "For what I am thinking, we can split up into three groups, one of us and one of you, and we can go after these weak spots and defeat Him once and for all."
"That sounds like a plan to me!" Double D stated excitedly.
"Then you are coming with me," the redhead said, grabbing onto the smart Ed's arm to drag him up into the sky.
"And I like you Ed," said Bubbles. "Want to tag up with me?"
Ed returns a nod and the blonde lets out a giggle as she tugs on the tall Ed's arm to fly him up with the first duo. What remains of the Eds and the Powerpuff Girls are Eddy and Buttercup, who are eyeing the flying duos before shifting to each other.
"Nuh-uh, no way am I teaming up with you!" shouted both children. "Why should I be with you? Stop mimicking me!"
"All right, if we want to do this the right way, we need to suck it up and just get this over with," Buttercup sighs, pinching her face.
"I can't agree with you any more," Eddy replied, covering his eyes as he lets out a sigh as well.
The two of them nod to each other and Buttercup lifts up Eddy by placing both of her arms under Eddy's armpits. The duo is flying towards Him's stomach, where as Blossom and Double D are heading for Him's right claw and Bubbles and Ed are heading for Him's left claw. Once they have their targets in sight, the Eds got their weapons ready as the girls break away to begin their attack.
"Now what are you going to do?" the demon asked.
"All right girls, let's administrate attack formation Double Trinity!" stated Blossom.
"Right!" is everybody's response as Him readies itself for whatever attack the six are planning.
Blossom is the first to move as she releases Double D from her grip and performs an elongated backflip to head underneath Him's claw. As the demon's attention is focus on the fallen Ed, the said Ed begins to read the movement of the claw as he prepares his Keyblade to attack. With the claw open for attack, Double D takes the swing and delivers a powerful batting blow to knock the claw straight down on top of Blossom, only for the girl to knock the hand with a single blow. The two trade blows as they bounce the claw between each other, all while rendering Him's right arm useless as they near the end of his claw's health, in which they close in on the claw to deliver one final blow.
"Calculative Timing!" shouted both Double D and Blossom as they pound their way through Him's right claw.
On the other side of the demon, Bubbles whisper her plans as to taking down the left side and Ed is nodding to every detail that the girl is saying. Though he has no true clue as to what the girl is saying, all that matters is taking down this side so that Eddy and Buttercup can do some heavy damage to the demon's stomach. With that said, Ed lets out a few Thundara calls to shock the claw and Bubbles drops Ed to allow her to attack. With some powerful blows, she flies away so that she can charge up a spinning drill move as Ed is spinning down towards the claw.
"I am Ed the Sage!" the tall Ed shouted on the top of his lungs. "Fear my hidden lasagna fury!"
"Cuckooland Surprise!" is the call of Bubbles and Ed as they collide with the claw.
Him is stumbling back from taking on damage to both of its claws, all while dealing damage to the city below. The demon is now furious that it is being beaten by four mere children. Well, two children that are completely normal and two that have superpowers no normal little girl should ever have. While it is distracted by its thoughts, Buttercup and Eddy fly towards the stomach of the demon, each with a determining goal of bringing Him down to a crashing defeat.
Buttercup starts to go into a backflip as she loops Eddy around with her. As she continues to spin, the two gain the speed to where their clothing made them appear to be a green and yellow ball. Then the black-haired girl unleashes the small Ed, allowing him to rocket right at the demon's stomach as Eddy fires his shield at Him to cause some pain to that area. As Eddy draws near his shield and got his feet ready to stamp his shield, Buttercup closes in on where she is going to strike and she prepares a fist for a punch.
"Take this, you vile fiend!" shouted Buttercup as she got closer.
"Powerhouse Bruising!" both Buttercup and Eddy yelled in unison.
They both deliver their blows in unison, causing Him to recoil in pain as the two send tremendous amount of body-numbing pain throughout the demon's body. Him stumbles back, trying to recover from the three hit blow, but the demon is losing energy after that attack. Even in this form Him has taken some damage when it was on the ground fighting the girls, but it never expected to have the girls team up with three unknown boys with extraordinary powers.
The demon lets out a roar and tries to reach for anyone in the air, but the Powerpuff Girls grab onto the Eds before they can fall to their dooms. In three streaks of light, the girls sail away from Him while toting the Eds in hand, all to get some distance between them and the demon so that they can strategize out a plan to defeat Him once and for all. After some talking and some shouting, the girls pull off a 180 turn to face Him once again, and they got themselves evenly space for whatever they are going to do next.
"All right, this will be the final blow, so we better give it everything we got!" stated Blossom. "Get yourselves ready girls!"
Both Buttercup and Bubbles tighten their grips on the Ed they are holding on to as they prepare to spin. They slowly rotate all around before gaining speed and light consuming them to form a red, green, blue and yellow ball of spinning energy. Him slowly got up from its fall to notice the attack that is approaching it, only to notice a Trinity spell formation on the circle of the attack as the girls and Ed quickly approach the demon.
"Omega Trinity Formation!" shouted all six of them.
The attack hits Him at full force, colliding in the face as Him struggles to defend itself from the attack's force. However, with all the combine powers of the girls and the Eds, the damage is too strong and Him is sent crashing down to the streets below. The demon begins its descent to the ground, taking down chunks of the buildings that surround the area where Him is crashing down. A large cloud of dust billows up into the air, signaling that the demon is done and the girls drop the Eds down on of a roof that Him did not destroy.
Once the smoke clears, the six look down upon the crash site to see several hearts floating up into the heavens, which means that the Heartless that were apart of Him were crushed from the fall, and they can see a large heart floating up as well. There in the very middle of the epicenter is the body of the fallen demon, lying there perfectly still after taking substantial amount from the Omega Trinity Formation. Moaning in defeat, Him tries to move an arm but could not lift it as its movement is stiffened by the pain, so it remains still until it can feel no pain whatsoever.
Meanwhile, the six are celebrating over the latest victory...
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"Well, that's another exciting adventure," said Blossom.
"It sure was," replied Double D. "I don't believe that we ever have that much fun before."
"But what about the other worlds we've been to?" asked Eddy.
"Other worlds?" Bubbles asked curiously.
The greedy Ed realizes his mistake upon saying that and he smacks himself in the head. Ed also does the favor of bonking Eddy on the head with his staff, adding more pain to the small Ed's head.
"Still, it wouldn't match what we experienced today and it's a pleasure meeting you girls," said Double D.
"And it's a pleasure meeting you," said Blossom.
"Hey boys, when are we leaving?" Lee shouted from the ship.
"We'll be leaving shortly!" barked the short Ed. "We need to take care of some business first!"
"What kind of business?" May asked.
"We need to find the keyhole to this world and seal that," said Double D, only not answering to the blonde's question.
"And I need to get my hat back from the professor guy," Ed said, pointing to his empty head.
"So let's head inside, shall we?" the smart Ed said, with all of them heading inside of the Powerpuff Girls' home.
Double D can now feel the sensation of the keyhole nearby as he walks around in the house, going down the hallways before coming to the door that is giving off the strongest vibes. The Ed opens the door and he begins to walk down the stairs, noticing the lab that is before him, and he can feel the keyhole's presence strong here. Once setting his foot on the final step, he looks over to a beaker that is on a counter, noting the black liquid that is inside of this beaker.
At this moment, light begin to collect onto the beaker to take shape of the keyhole. Double D knows that this is his last chance to get this keyhole seal as he and the others do not want to be here again to fight whatever this world has in store. Taking out his Keyblade, the Ed aims at the hole and shoots out a beam of light to enter into the world's heart and seal it shut for now. With a click, the keyhole disappears from the beaker and the smart Ed breathes a sigh of relief now knowing that they finally taken care of this world once and for all.
Double D makes his way out of the lab, only to notice the other Eds and the girls waiting for him outside. The Ed nods to his friends, telling them that the world's heart is finally seal and Eddy lets out a joyful cry. As the boys are celebrating over their latest accomplishment, Professor Utonium storms down the hallway and places the hat Normadomus back into Ed's hands.
"I came across... I came across..." panted the professor.
"You came across what Professor?" asked Blossom.
"This has to be important," said Buttercup.
"I came across an important find in how this hat came to be," the professor said, getting in a good breath of fresh air.
"Well, spill it!" snapped Eddy.
"As you recall, I said I was transformed into this form by an unknown source," said Normadomus.
"Well, it appears that it is some curse spell that was inflicted by a powerful dark lord," said Utonium. "The thing is that this seal is lined with magic that either science or any kind of magic can break."
"But... a professor like you shouldn't believe in magic, correct?" asked Double D.
"That's true, but there's nothing I have ever seen that was compare to this. It is strikes a fancy in me and I want to know more about it, especially when helping the girls out with the Heartless."
"That's nice Professor," said Blossom, "but we got it cover when we fight the Heartless."
"But is there anything that can help me turn back to normal?" asked the hat.
"There is one thing, and from what I am getting, you need to find the source of this spell and try to convince that person into undoing the seal. But there is one thing that concerns me..."
"What?" everybody asked at once.
"When I was looking at this seal, I caught a glimpse of a dark man with a glowing outline. But this was different from what I see on the news. This man was no one I have ever seen before, with his appearance completely surrounded by the shadows and a purple outline. He had this wide, wicked smile on his face, as if he is smiling about how the hat is suffering."
"Shadows... outline... wouldn't that person be Father?" asked Blossom.
"No, he had a purple outline, not red," replied Utonium.
"But then, who is this..."
"Hey, where's Bubbles?"
As Double D was trying to finish his sentence, Buttercup's statement got everyone's attention right away and they all notice one little blonde missing from the group. The girls and the Eds move about the room in search of the missing Bubbles, only to find no traces of the girl. They turn their attention to the front door, which is swinging wide open, and everyone runs outside to see if they can find Bubbles outside anywhere.
Sadly, the little girl is missing.
"Where did she go?" asked Buttercup, sounding worry.
"This isn't like Bubbles," said Blossom. "Since when can she run off without telling us?"
"I don't know about this, but my gut is telling me something is up," said Eddy. "We better get moving."
"Yes, as we need to drop the others off at Traverse Town and continue with our search for the others," said Double D. "If we come across Bubbles, we'll inform you girls on the information."
The remaining Powerpuff Girls return a nod, assuring that the Eds will keep their word about finding their sister and bringing her back safely. With that, the Eds board their ship and got themselves ready for liftoff, now toting the two Kanker sisters they acquired back in town. The doors close and the engine roars to life, and the Midnight Hummer is back off of the ground to take to the skies and head back to Traverse Town.
In the distance, Blitzer is standing on the rooftop, toting a struggling Bubbles on his back, and he lets a wolf smile grow. "Don't worry my dear," he said. "Once I ship you off to Father, I will take care of the Ed boys and acquire their Keyblade so that our mission will be closer to completion."
Limit Break(s) introduced:
Distraction – a Light-based magic move that has Double D creating a clone of himself or other items to distract an enemy
Double Trinity – The Eds and the Powerpuff Girls unify and use three separate attacks – Calculative Timing, Powerhouse Bruising and Cuckooland Surprise – before combining together to form Omega Trinity Formation.
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Oh boy, what's going on here? It seems like we got ourselves a bit of a plot twist there.
So, I have Blitzer taking Bubbles away, without anyone knowing! Now is this cruel of me, or do I have a bigger intention? I think it'll be the latter, as you can probably figure it out that this is Kingdom Hearts we are talking about here. Of course I am following the basis, not the formula of the original game. I do want to make things different in telling this story, but I do want to be true to the original source, even if I am tearing it up. But like I said, I do want to keep the basis in tact and try to keep it that way from Point A to Point B.
And this is similar to when you went back to the worlds for a second time and learning a bit, plus training, before getting to Hollow Bastion and then the End of the World. I think that this chapter was necessary since that I, when I was writing this, wrote Chapter Five before anything else and I decide not to add the keyhole back in Chapter Four for when I decide to write this chapter to have the Eds go back here and seal it up. Oh, and praise for me to add the devil himself... Him. Man that sounds weird.
Meh, I don't care. All I care about is making a good story. At least you people are happy and that's all I care about.
And allow me to note: the Keyblade does have transformation powers similar to that of Birth by Sleep, only I decided to make the Keyblade (limitedly) change into a cycle instead of a ship. And what I mean by limitedly... it isn't going to happen often.
So once again, I like for you to review, thank you very much. Up next will bring the end of the act and the first major boss battle of this story.
