Jenseits von Gut und Bose
Disclaimer: Standard Disclaimer applies; also, I do not own Bellatrix! Blossom does! Or maybe my good friend, Secret Murderer, I dunno, you decide. Oh yeah, and SM (Your pen name was too long, sorry) don't kill me if she's a little OOC, I tried my best, but I need more info.
Episode 10: Insane Rage
Blossom was at her school as usual, although now they were slightly older and attended elementary.
Yet, she couldn't concentrate, after the battle with Biarce, which left everyone in shock, the Rowdyruff Boys were quick to make their escape, without leaving a trace, and now, a week had gone by since then, and the boys mysteriously disappeared from Townsville.
It was her chance, and Brick managed to slither past her yet again, she sighed as she looked at the infinite blue sky…
The Astral Plane…
Bellatrix was watching her good friend sit through another boring session in her class, but she had more pressing matters to address, most importantly, Biarce's sudden appearance and disappearance, she could sense that Biarce was an extremely powerful opponent, for so far, neither the Power Puff Girls nor the Rowdy Ruff Boys have been able to defeat him.
"Biarce is an extremely powerful opponent, but his skills and powers could have only been gained through years of intense training and a lifetime of battle, which is, theoretically, impossible" said Bella as she watched and replayed all of the battles fought against Biarce so far.
Suddenly, she sensed a powerful, yet benevolent, presence enter her realm, she turned and saw a swirl of lightning and blue vapor materialize into her crystal forest, a small opening into another realm had opened, and out emerged a young lad, clad in black baggy long-pants with a purple trench coat lined with black accents appeared, Bellatrix recognized this person: it was her old friend Blader, who, one of many rare, if not, unlikely occasions, helped her on a few of her more extreme favors, where outside help was often necessitated so as to avoid any extreme accidents.
"Blader… what brings you all the way here?" asked Bellatrix.
"Well, Bellatrix, I've come for a very serious favor I need to ask of you" replied Blader with a smile.
"A favor? Well, that's a surprise, because I'd usually ask a favor from you" said Bellatrix.
"Yeah, I know" and Blader laughed heartily for a while, until he stopped and put up a serious face.
"It appears that she has decided to make one big comeback" said Blader in a slightly serious tone.
"SHE? That bitch is gonna comeback? But you…"
"There's no denying it, and as for that favor, I want you to keep the Power Puff Girls 'under protection' 'cause they may have a part to play in this whole affair, a large one at that, and I recommend you also keep them 'ill-informed' in this too" said Blader.
"And how, pray-tell, am I suppose to protect them, without letting them know?" asked Bellatrix.
Blader than tossed her his Ziz Blade, "Use your imagination" said Blader with a smile, he then turned and was about to leave, but he stopped and turned to see Bellatrix one more time.
"By the way, I recommend you keep that White One under careful watch" said Blader.
"You mean Biarce's love interest?" asked Bellatrix.
"Yes, she possesses something which could possibly be the biggest thing that will happen" said Blader.
"And you, what will you do?" asked Bellatrix.
"The boys will be the first to know, and I need to help them in my next endeavor, besides, 'The Boss' will be wanting to get rid of them first, and they need someone who knows The Boss from a personal perspective to protect them, and besides, I also think I know where Bragel could be" said Blader.
"Your old mentor?" said Bellatrix.
"Yes, it's time the old boys got back to action" said Blader, as he walked off into the portal from whence he came.
"Indeed they do" remarked Bellatrix. She then turned to watching Blossom again.
It turns out Blossom's classes had finished and was now on her way home.
Townsville…
Bubbles was drawing Boomer at the Power Puff Bedroom, Buttercup was outside playing with her football, Blossom was tired, she was thinking of Brick too much, or rather, how to catch him, mind you.
Thinking too much was bad for her head, so she fell asleep on the living room couch.
The Astral Plane…
Blossom woke up to find herself in her good friend, Bellatrix's, crystal forest.
"Hello Blossom" said a voice nearby, it was Bellatrix.
"Bella, what are you here for?" asked Blossom.
"I came… to warn you about something" said Bellatrix.
"What about?" asked Blossom.
"Well, something dangerous is going on in the world, and… I really want you to be a little more… alert than usual" said Bellatrix.
"Hey, with all the goings on, I'd better be" said Blossom.
"Anyway, I recommend you keep away from that rascal, the Black Ruff, from all appearances, I seriously doubt I'd want to have the pleasure of meeting him" said Bellatrix.
"You mean Biarce? Well, you're lucky you'll never have to meet him" said Blossom.
"Yes well… not yet anyway" said Bellatrix.
"What do you mean, not yet?" asked Blossom.
"It's… no, it's nothing, you should be up now" said Bellatrix as Blossom woke up from the couch. "What was that about, it's not like her to be so slipshod" remarked Blossom.
Daemon Bastion…
"Bloodshot, we need to get rid of those Power Puff brats, why don't you send Kurei to go and deal with them?" said Prince.
"Of course, Prince, but whatever for?" asked Bloodshot.
"Oh come now!" snapped Prince impatiently, "I don't need another problem when all this passes by, it's bad enough we lost The Pain!" exclaimed Prince.
Bloodshot bowed and went to fetch Kurei.
Meanwhile, Prince was leaning against the walls of the Bastion's long hallways.
"You may remember my old tricks, Blader, but like you, I can easily see through yours as well" said Prince, with a mocking smile on his lips.
Townsville…
Blossom was out for her usual patrol around the city, Buttercup and Bubbles decided to stay at home for the meantime.
She went to the park, and looked at her reflection on a puddle of water. She then recalled Mojo's mean joke to wet their bed and make them think they had an ACCIDENT.
(A/N: ACCIDENT- Keyword!)
She sat down on one of the benches, tired and exhausted, she needed to take a breather, after all, ever since the Black Ruff appeared, this was one of those rare moments of rest and relaxation.
But it was not to be…
Blossom immediately heard the sound of screams and the crackling of fire across the distance, and she immediately went to investigate.
Across the distance, a pale-skinned man with long red robes, and a white ceramic mask: Kurei, was devastating Townsville using purple, ghost flames generated from a series of wrist-rings on his left arm.
"Burn! All of this must burn!" he chanted insanely.
Blossom got to the location of where the fires were coming from.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" shouted Blossom towards the mysterious pyromaniac.
Kurei turned his attention towards Blossom. "No, NO! You can't be here!" Suddenly, he raised his hand towards her, and hurled a volley of his spirit fire at her.
Luckily, Blossom easily dodged it, "Are you insane!" Blossom shouted, as she saw that Kurei had set fire to a local convenience store, a pharmacy, and an apartment.
Kurei then ignited with his fire engulfing his body, and slowly walked towards Blossom, "I am Kurei!" he said, "The flames of my rage will incinerate you!" he paused, then continued "I came back from Hell, and as I returned, I had one vision: The world set ablaze! And do you know what I saw there?" he paused again, and set fire to all the buildings parallel to the street they were on, "Fury. A great and terrible fury at being alive! Now, you too will suffer the same horrible heat from that scorching hot blackness!"
Then, a phoenix-like shape made of spirit fire emerged from behind him. And he launched it at Blossom, who easily dodged it, but it turned and continued to charge for her, in order to stop it, Blossom breathed in heavily, and unleashed the largest mist of ice breath ever seen. Fortunately, it was enough to freeze the phoenix solid, but then it dissolved into mist as the intense heat of the phoenix, started to melt itself and its ice encasing.
The heavy mist clouded her vision, and she could barely see a thing. Suddenly, Kurei's spirit fires appeared, and sparks of them surrounded her everywhere. Suddenly, a fast haze of red passed her, and she fell to the ground unbalanced, she was about to get up, until another haze swept her by, another still, and another still, until she could stand no more.
"Even when my flames will not be the ones too burn your flesh, my rage is still hotter than all the fires of Tartarus!" he said in a rage that sounded completely moronic. Even though Blossom knew this guy was a wacko, he was incredibly strong, not to mention fast.
Blossom slowly stood up, closing her eyes, and listened intently to the sounds of the crackling spirit fires. Until she could make out the sound of the wind changing abnormally.
She continued to wait, until she heard the wind directed towards her, about, to the left.
Blossom then unleashed a bolt of her pink energy at Kurei, sending him flying and crashing into a wall.
It was at this moment that the spirit fires dispersed and the mist was cleared, giving her a look of all the mayhem, everything was still on fire, and Kurei had been buried under some rubble. Suddenly, the rubble ignited with his spirit fire again.
"What the-!" but before Blossom could react, she was being beaten down by piping hot fire emitted from the rubble.
"ANGER IS ETERNAL! NO ONE CAN STOP MY FIRES OF RAGE!" Kurei shouted as he exploded out of the rubble.
"Darn, this guy is incredible!" thought Blossom as she flew out of the fires range.
"Hmm… maybe I'll try a more speed-based approach" thought Blossom, seeing that she needed to outrun Kurei and land a hit at his vital vulnerabilities.
Blossom went out into the open again, and dashed for Kurei. "So, you wanna feel what Hell is really like!" Kurei shouted.
"I don't want the pleasure!" said Blossom, and changed direction as she dodged Kurei's blast. Kurei tried to hit her again, but Blossom rebounded the wall, and Kurei tried another time, but Blossom still managed to kick off another wall and hit him with her strongest punch, followed by a kick, and an elbow blow that sent him making a crater in the middle of the street.
Blossom thought it was over, but Kurei burst out yet again!
"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! YOU WILL NEVER STOP MY FURY!" he shouted insanely before unleashing his massive phoenix again.
Blossom looked at it for a while, until she got fed up, and just punched the phoenix as it charged her with all the strength she could absorb, and the phoenix changed it's course and slammed into Kurei instead.
"WWWHHHHHAAAATTTT! AAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!" he shouted as he got consumed by his own fire.
When the explosion finally died, Kurei could be seen still standing, but struggling on his feet, and his clothes were almost burned, "Boss, this is the end for me… I'm off, to join the Pain" he said before crouching down on his knees.
Suddenly, the fires set on the buildings and surrounding backgrounds flew and were sucked into Kurei's body, Kurei let out a scream before saying "Behold! The Flames of Fury! The fires of Hell shall purge me clean!"
All the fires that engulfed Townsville earlier were extinguished, and returned into Kurei's body. Kurei staggered back to his feet, and looked up into the sky, "I see it! I see it all, it burns, IT BURNS!" suddenly, he fell on his back, and exploded, but not before leaving two angry fire spirits to pursue Blossom.
One of them had Kurei's unmasked face with the fire, the other, was in the form of his ceramic mask.
One flew around and circled around Blossom, then it slammed into a nearby building and some rubble was about to fall on Blossom's head, but she dodged it. The next one, the mask spirit, was going to hit her head-on, and Blossom couldn't react in time.
"FURY!" It shouted, before hitting Blossom and causing an explosion.
Later…
Blossom found herself on a hospital bed. "What happened?"
"You're in the hospital after taking a serious beatdown" said a voice, it was the Professor.
"Oww… he must have been that tough, huh?" asked Blossom.
"Yeah, but you totally kicked his butt good!" said Buttercup, who was nearby.
"I sure did…" said Blossom, who examined the room and realized it was Brick's hospital bedroom.
Elsewhere…
"Well, that was a close one" said Bellatrix.
"Too close for comfort" said Blader, who was nearby.
"By the way, I checked on your White Puff" said Bellatrix.
"And…?" asked Blader.
"There's something… unnatural about her, I can smell it."
"Well, keep her under check, who knows what the Daemon Guild might see in her."
"Are you sure you're telling me everything?"
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not"
End of Chapter