Chapter 7
The One Formally Known as "Her"
Townsville Mall, Food Court
Today our heroes are spending their day off at the local mall where many events await them. Takechiro is this time joined by the Eds, the Power Puffs, and the Skull Girls who brought their own friends along too. "So Mandy um…who's your friend here?" Mandy's eyes rolled at Double D's question as right next to Mandy was a red headed boy who had a rather bigger than normal nose and was wearing a blue and white striped shirt with a red cap on the top of his head. With that aforementioned nose, he was picking it rather….excessively. Takechiro and Cassie both had wincing expressions trying to not look at the boy. "The idiot you see here is Billy. Why Mandy is friends wit' him I will never understand." Grim was sitting on the other side of Mandy, his scythe floating next to him. "I like him!" Ed stated.
"Yes Ed, he has the same pea-sized brain as you." Eddy bashed.
"Hey guys we're back with the grub~!" Steven called as he and Dib brought over everyone's food.
"Alright!"
"Man I'm starving!"
"Thanks Steven!" Everyone was giving out compliments as they dug into the varied types of food. Takechiro was slurping up some ramen while Cassie was eating some Thai curry while Buttercup was just having a simple hot dog.
Interrupting our heroes' lunch hour was a massive explosion coming from the jewelers' area of the mall. "What the heck was that?!" Dib fell over in his seat from the commotion as Buttercup stood up, "We're about to find out."
"Dib, you stay here with Cassie and the Eds and hold down the fort." Takechiro spoke. Dib nodded as everyone ran off towards the explosion.
Over at the jeweler stores, many of the places were broken into and all of the Jewels were stolen. "Looks like we got ourselves a good ol' fashioned thief on our hands." Buttercup smirked, pounding her fist into her other hand. Another explosion went off down the hall as everyone booked just to see a glimpse of a shadow running around a corner. "Crud, this thing is fast!" Josie yelled.
"Not as fast as us Power Puffs!" Buttercup taunted, flying off as Blossom and Bubbles followed after, leaving everyone behind. Takechiro looked down, still running as he seemed to be thinking, "I wonder…" He mumbled. Gaz looked over at Takechiro, "Sensei?" Takechiro closed his eyes and concentrated on the particles around him as they then lifted him up and jolted him ahead like he was flying, even past the Power Puffs. "Whoa! Silver guy is fast!" Buttercup awed as her hair flew forward from the force of Takechiro's flight. It didn't take long before Takechiro caught up with the thief and tackled him out of the flight.
"Ok buddy, cough up the jewels!" Takechiro threatened. When Takechiro got a glimpse of the thief's face though, he was completely shocked at what it was, his eyes widening as far as they could. The first thing that caught Takechiro's eyes was the thief's love of red clothing, which had white fur on the edges where the arms and head go through, so much that even the thief's skin was the same color. Another thing was that the thief was female. Finally, the thief's hands were…not hands at all. They were claws. "Wh-What are you?" The female creature leaned up to Takechiro and licked his lips, making Takechiro's face go completely red and his eyes completely white. This made his guard fall allowing her to slip her feet out from under him and kick him under his chin with her black, stiletto heels. She jumped back as the jewels she stole from the stores were hanging around her neck and she bolted off in the other direction leaving Takechiro with a still red, shocked face.
Blossom and the Power Puffs arrived seconds later to see Takechiro on his back. "Takechiro, what happened?" Blossom said, floating over Takechiro.
"I-I'd like to know the same thing…" Takechiro mumbled out. Buttercup then held Takechiro up by his as she sneered at him, "Oi Takechiro, where's the thief?" Takechiro pointed down the hall she ran off in. "Well, what did she look like so we won't be running around the mall looking like idiots?"
"W-Well she had these deep…black…mesmerizing eyes." Buttercup just stared at Takechiro with dotted, narrowed eyes as she began smacking the daylights out of him, "We need more than that you silver haired idiot!"
"Buttercup! Stop that!" Blossom grabbed Takechiro away as he had bumps all over his face. "Come on Takechiro work with us here. Did the thief have any unique features?"
"Well….she did have red skin." After Takechiro mentioned the thief's skin, Blossom dropped him by accident and her pupils shrunk. "R-Red skin?...Girls, double time!" Blossom and the others flew off at twice the speed as before. "Hey wait!" Takechiro flew off as well, catching up with them. "Who is this girl?!" Blossom stopped Takechiro as she placed Bubbles in front of him, "Bubbles, explain." She told as she flew off. When Bubbles was about to speak, Blossom took Bubbles and replaced her with Buttercup, "On second thought, Buttercup, you explain." Blossom flew off once again. As Buttercup was about to speak, Blossom took her place, "On second thought, it's better off if I explain."
"Will you make up your mind already?!" Takechiro snapped.
"Ok, have you ever heard of "Him"?" Takechiro stood there for a moment, thinking as a second later a giant question mark popped above his head. "I thought as much…" Blossom facepalmed. "Well you see, Him is one of mine and the girls' worst enemies up there with Mojo Jojo."
"Who?"
"Long story. Anyways, one time when me and the girls got into a battle with Him, I was taken prisoner by him,"
Four Years Ago, Him's Lair
Blossom was chained up against a wall as Him was over to the side at some kind of chemistry table. He was wearing strange red clothing almost something like a pimp would wear and it had pink fur where the head and arms go through, and as if keeping to the scenery he had on a white, lab coat. "Wh-What do you want with me Him?!" Blossom struggled. When Him spoke, it was very high pitched, it had an echo to it, even though nothing could in the room could make it echo, and very sneasy, "Well you see Blossom, I've realized something while I was sitting around, plotting your demise. I'm getting very, very old."
"Yeah, isn't that the turn of the century?" Blossom bashed.
"And you see, I just thought "Who would take over my reign of this world when I'm gone". Then you came to mind Blossom. You see, the professor was able to create three "perfect" little girls by just mixing the ingredients of an old nursery rhyme with a little bit of Chemical X. So I thought, what if I could have my own with its own little twist of evil. All I need is," Him then vaporated over to Blossom with a knife in his hand as he sliced her palm, "Aaah!" Blossom cried out.
"This." Him finished as on that last word, his voice changed from high pitched to a deep, demonic pitched.
He skipped on over to the chemistry as he dropped a little drop of blood into a gigantic cauldron that had magma looking chemicals in it. Once the drop landed in it, the magma began raging as it bubbled uncontrollably and soon a massive explosion occurred, causing smoke to run everywhere. When it cleared, a girl of around the same age as Blossom appeared from it, wearing a white dress that covered down to her knees and had raven black hair. "Him, wh-…wh-what did you…"
"Impressive isn't it Blossom. Who would've known what dark magic and science could do together." Him floated up to the girl as he spun, standing right beside her. "Blossom, meet your "daughter"…" He hissed out as Blossom's mouth hung open. "However, she has too much of her mother's liking to her…it's time I fixed that." He raised up a butcher knife, holding out the girl's hands as he sliced down.
Present time, Townsville Mall
Blossom was staring down at the floor as shadows hung over her eyes. "I…I had no idea." Takechiro looked down as well.
"Mimi…" Blossom spoke.
"P-Pardon?"
"Her name is Mimi (character ownership belongs to Snafu Comics and Grim Tales From Down Below)."
"I-I see." Takechiro rubbed the back of his neck.
"Sis!" Buttercup and Bubbles flew back, "She got away! She must've used that damn fire portal escape thing that Him always uses!"
"It's alright Buttercup…" Blossom glanced up at her sisters. "We'll get her another time…and keep her away from Him."
