Blissful Memories

Monitamon: Welcome back-moni. Lunar Wave doesn't own PPGZ, Kaarii Shiimasutou (cakedecorator), Amy Armstrong (The Cat Whispurrer, Bleedman, Josh/Super Deviation, j8d), Luke Armstrong, (The Cat Whispurrer), and finally, Josh Jones (Super Bash).

Lunar: Ok, one person had their identity revealed. I wonder who will react a bit over the top. BTW, I'm going with the most obvious and least controversial parent to freak out.

Momoko: My guess, it's mine.

Lunar: … Let's just do this.

Memory 11: Revelation of Identity

(Shiimasutou Residence, Afternoon)

"Can I let down my hair for a while, dad?" Bridgette moaned. "It's really annoying for me to have my hair in a French Braid."

"For a second there, I thought you were Kaarii." Melvin laughed as Bridgette released her hair from the braid.

"Just a second?" Bridgette grinned. "I thought I was making a great impression of being Kaarii. After all, we have the exact same personality."

"Hmm? Exact? Don't use such misleading words, Bridgette. No two people's personality can be entirely the same." Melvin told the girl.

"You're right, dad. Now I'll be saying the following statement without contradicting yours." Bridgette said confidently. "I'm pretty sure we DO have the EXACT same personality."

"Well your choice of words is exactly the same, that's for sure." Melvin shrugged. "But that's impossible! No two people can be exactly the same!"

"… Who knows? Curiosity, a thirst for knowledge, uses swords, hates having hair up; don't those traits ring any bells?" Bridgette asked.

"… No way… You're Kaarii, aren't you?" Melvin eyes blinked as Bridgette grinned. Bridgette reverted to her original self.

"Took you a while." Kaarii grinned. "Guess lawyers DO live for needless procedures."

"… That's what that boy meant by you being at home even though you weren't supposed to be with us."

"Yup, dad." Kaarii laughed. "Why don't we spend this afternoon discussing everything?"

"Sure, Kaarii." Melvin grinned. Then he recalled a previous conversation. "So THIS is what you meant by you joining the most popular team of friends on this side of the world."

"Also explains my belt's appearance and my katana key chain's disappearance." Kaarii nodded.

"Looks like we'll have a very informative afternoon." Melvin nodded.

(Jones Residence, Afternoon)

"One question, Bash. How did you gain powers?" Hector asked.

"First of all, how did you know that I gained powers and did not simply have them from the beginning?" Bash avoided the question.

"I'm an archeologist, Bash. What I do is uncover the truth in history." Hector smirked. "Even if it's recent history, I'd like to know that much." Hector nodded. "And if there's one thing I know, powers don't just HAPPEN without even a slight reason. Especially not if the powers were not reported when you were born."

"Alright. I didn't gain powers immediately." Bash said. Then he went into a dramatic narrative. "There just happened to be a boy named Josh Jones."

"My son?" Hector raised his eyebrow.

"It just happens that the Powerpuff Girls Z are in trouble." Bash continued. "He made friends with the Powerpuff Z beforehand."

"Explains a lot." Hector laughed.

"The rest of the story is up to you. Guess right, and you'll find out the whole truth within 5 seconds." Bash said, challenging his own father. Hector Jones eyes suddenly brightened.

"You shouldn't talk to your own father like that," Hector laughed and continued the sentence, "Josh." Bash grinned and turned back into Josh.

"That was fun." Josh laughed. "So I'm guessing you figured everything out?"

"If my guess is correct, I think I can." Hector grinned at the challenge.

"Well, we can handle the details at the lab tomorrow." Josh grinned. "Hopefully, the others got their hints through."

(Ayukai Residence, Afternoon)

"Now is the moment of truth." Baron breathed out. While he appeared tough for his friends, he is still a bit of a coward and fears what his parents will say. He was one of the only PPZ that planned to just go ahead and revert right in front of them and just hope for the best. He just hoped that it will go well.

(Matsubara Residence, Afternoon)

"Let me on!" Shou walked towards his sister, though he didn't know that fact yet. Buttercup had spent most of her afternoon on the couch, cheering for her favorite soccer team. Buttercup shoved the boy lightly, to prevent him from the remote.

"… If it weren't for her clothes, I could've sworn that Buttercup was Kaoru." Dai said. Buttercup's ears perked at the last three words.

"I can tell why the lab assigned Buttercup to our house." Tokio laughed. Buttercup cringed. She was almost at her limit. She isn't exactly one for patience of waiting for her parents to notice who she is through the hints. And her hints are actually pretty big.

"Yup, I can clearly see their similarities. Except for one small thing." Mitsu smiled. "Buttercup's wearing a skirt."

"I don't like wearing a skirt if i can help it!" Buttercup called to them.

"Then why is your suit with a skirt?" Dai asked.

"If you get a skirt as part of the Powerpuff Girl Z costume, you'd have to wear it too. It's not like I wanted it." Buttercup huffed.

"OK, Buttercup. You could wear Kaoru's clothes in the meantime." Mitsu nodded. Buttercup is at her limit.

"Sure. I can wear Kaoru's clothes?" Buttercup stood up. Then she reverted, right in front of them. Kaoru smiled, satisfied at the bewilderment of her parents and siblings.

"You're… Kaoru?" Tokio's eyes bulged as Kaoru grinned.

"So… Now, can you teach me some wrestling moves, Dad?" Kaoru smirked. It felt great for Kaoru as a lot of load was relieved from her chest. It didn't matter how many things she has to explain to her family, she'll just tell them the truth. There's nothing to hide, after all.

(Akatsutsumi Residence, Dinnertime)

"… Blossom. Can you please tell us what you are planning by doing this?" Hachizou finally had the nerve to say. They were just finishing up dinner.

"… We told you why." Blossom said, gulping her drink down. She was just finished, and she somehow can't eat any more than what she had.

"But you keep twisting your words." Hachizou said. "You say someone said you need to have a normal life. But is that really your plan? I know a lying child when I see one, Blossom." Hachizou ended his short speech with a very ironic statement in Blossom's point of view. She could tell them all about running out to eat a cake at the cake shop. They never noticed that she was actually going to save the world, or at least, the city.

"So what are you hiding?" Kakiko ventured, smiling at both. Bullet couldn't resist and answered.

"Oh, that we're your daughters." Bullet grinned. Blossom sighed.

'So much for breaking it into them slowly.' Blossom feared what her how her parents will react to this. Kakiko blinked slowly as she stared at the two.

"Well, the charade's up." Blossom sighed and reverted into Momoko. Bullet nodded and reverted back into Kuriko. The two parents' eyes briefly looked at each other, then to Kuriko, then finally to Momoko. Momoko sighed. She knew she will be grounded for life for this.

"Momoko…" Hachizou said slowly. After that, not a single voice was heard in the room for a minute or so. Momoko closed her eyes, in fear of what is to happen.

(Ayukai Residence)

"Ok, Mom, Dad." Baron breathed out. He then reverted back into Takaaki.

"… What's… going on… Takaaki?" Mrs. Ayukai trembled in his position.

"… I'm Baron of the Powerpuff Z now…" Takaaki said with a small smile.

"DON'T JOKE WITH ME!" Mr. Ayukai yelled, causing Takaaki to cower slightly. "You're SICK! You shouldn't be around and saving the world!"

"You should worry for yourself, Takaaki…" Mrs. Ayukai said, still trembling. "You just got out of the hospital!"

"I'm gonna complain to that Professor immediately!" Mr. Ayukai stood up and made for the door, but Takaaki jumped and put his hand on his father's shoulder, to which his father shoved him violently on to the floor. Realizing his mistake, Mr. Ayukai rushed to his son's aid, along with his wife.

"... Don't, dad…" Takaaki said to his father. "If you do that… What will happen to the Powerpuff Z? Can't it wait till tomorrow? If you barge in there suddenly… Our identities are revealed and we'll become too famous for our liking."

"… Find, son. But this is not a simple matter. I'd like to hear the circumstances of the event, please." Mr. Ayukai sighed. Takaaki nodded. This will be a bit hard, but Takaaki will definitely try.

(Akatsutsumi Residence)

"… Momoko… Why didn't you tell us of this earlier?" Hachizou said. Momoko looked away.

"It's not because it's simple to tell you… I… was… afraid…" Momoko whimpered.

"… Get here, our little hero." Hachizou spread his arms and hugged his daughter. "Is this why you hang out at that lab? I never knew…"

"Maybe if you had told us of this earlier, maybe we could have reconsidered our decision." Kakiko said quietly. Momoko smiled.

"What? No love for your youngest daughter?" Kuriko jumped into Kakiko's arms, smiling.

"Just please… Momoko… Take care of Kuriko, okay?" Kakiko told her eldest. Momoko nodded.

"You can go to your room for a bit, Momoko, Kuriko. Mom and dad have something to discuss with each other first." The two nodded and went back into their room. Soon, Hachizou and Kakiko were left alone in the dining room. Hachizou was reading the newspaper while Kakiko was washing the dishes.

"… Are you okay with this, Hachi?" Kakiko asked her husband.

"You've seen how Blossom can handle herself." Hachizou nodded. "I don't see the problem in this."

"But we grounded her last summer because she hanged out at that lab."

"I don't need to regret that decision, Kakiko." Hachizou answered. "That was simply the best decision I can make at the time."

"I know." Kakiko nodded.

"It looks like we will have a lot to discuss with the professor tomorrow." Hachizou nodded. A knock in the door was heard and Hachizou pulled it open to find a horde of reporters.

"What do you want?" Hachizou said impatiently.

"We heard that two of the Powerpuff Z was residing here for the night." One reporter immediately said. "Would you mind to give us your name?"

"Akatsutsumi Hachizou." Hachizou sighed. He then pointed to the aproned mother walking towards the door. "And this will be my wife, Kakiko."

"Who are the Powerpuffs that is currently residing here?" A reporter asked.

"That would be Blossom and Bullet, kind sirs." Hachizou said, though he could think of plenty to describe them besides kind sir. Something around nosy, troublesome, and very annoying. Kakiko walked back in to talk to her daughters about the surprise appearance of the press.

"It was Blossom's idea to create this event, correct?" Another reporter said.

"Considering that Blade, the eldest of the current PPZ, is a novice hero, it would be safe to assume that Blossom is the leader for the moment." Hachizou said. "She has her crafty ideas here and there."

"Dad, you really shouldn't talk as though Blade will be usurping my position yet." Blossom walked out of the room.

"Did you just call Akatsutsumi Hachizou your dad?" A reporter jumped on to the topic.

"The parents of the ones we replaced for the night is considered our parents for the moment." Blossom said.

"You mean you replaced another person?"

"Kindly leave the topic alone and just rely on your investigations. We had a long day of having a bit of fun." Blossom yawned.

"Wait! Why is Blade and Bell left out?"

"Because there is no one appropriate to replace them with." Blossom said. "Good night."

"Why?" The reporter immediately said.

"They're in charge of the patrols. I doubt Mojo hadn't heard about this little fun." Blossom said, closing the door, without another word.

"You get used to this a bit too much, Blossom?" Hachizou teased.

"It's all experience." Blossom grinned. Then she looked at her parents. "What did you guys talk about?"

"A secret we are not telling you." Hachizou smiled.

"Eh? But we told you our secret!" Blossom pouted. "No fair!"

"Things get into unfair once in a while." Kakiko smiled.

"Tomorrow… We will be talking with the professor." Bullet said. "I hope the others got through to their parents yet…"

(October 21, 2035, Sunday, National Research and Science Lab)

The families have gathered in the room, including Kaoru's siblings. Blade and Bell didn't revert, as they found it unnecessary.

"Now that we have all gathered…" Professor Utonium sighed. He could tell that every one of the parents (plus two siblings) had discovered the truth. And he could also tell who the ones who had reacted a bit violently were. Though, it wasn't as he expected. The Akatsutsumi Family seems quiet and seems to understand the situation, when compared to just last July, when they reacted a bit over the top. But it was the Ayukai family that seems to be in the hate side. The father was glaring quite intensely at him. Takaaki sighed at his incompetence, while Miyako just smiled sympathetically to him.

"First of all," Takaaki's father said. "Why did you allow a sickly child, like Takaaki, to be part of this group?"

"I didn't ask him to be part of the Powerpuff Z, Mr. Ayukai." Prof. Utonium said defensively.

"Well then, get rid of his powers!" Mr. Ayukai snarled. Ken was grateful that the lab was completely sealed off from any reporters. He even scanned the whole lab for bugs. The Mayor was present personally, and so is Ms. Bellum.

"I'm afraid, even if we wanted to…" Prof. Utonium sighed. "It isn't possible."

"Surely, it's just a matter of removing the Kennaium?" Melvin said.

"Removing the Kennaium? It isn't as simple as that." Prof. Utonium smiled. "We had once done the same to the original trio, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, during the battle against Kare. The Kennaium inside them was released, that's for sure, but for some reason, their powers remained." Professor Utonium explained.

"Therefore, we had concluded that somehow, their bodies had accepted the Kennaium, and is reproducing it in a similar way as blood." Ken said.

"Which explains why my power stayed the same after Kaarii got some out of me." Momoko nodded.

"And explains why we didn't feel weaker last Wednesday." Kaarii nodded.

"So, our powers are…" Bell said.

"They'll never disappear." Peach nodded. "No matter what we do to the amount of Kennaium in your body, it will continually increase till you're full of Kennaium."

"But that doesn't explain Peach." Kaoru said.

"Oh it does." Ken replied. "Peach can intake food like a human, remember?"

"Somehow, Peach gained an ability to produce Kennaium as well. Otherwise…" Prof. Utonium said.

"It could be that the Kennaium in Peach's body is stored energy from you." Ken finished.

"However, the Kennaium of the original PPGZ don't match Peach's." Blade said. "You told me that yourself."

"What?" Josh blinked.

"You see, each of the 7 original Kennaium has a distinct trait. Kind of like fingerprints." Prof. Utonium said.

"So… what about the duplicated Kennaium Blade and the others have?" Momoko asked.

"They're, as you say, duplicates. Interestingly, Blade's Kennaium is very similar to yours, Momoko." Prof. Utonium grinned.

"What?" Momoko's eyes widened. Blade's eyes mirrored her reaction.

"You didn't tell me of this earlier!" Blade's mouth twitched.

"Let's see, Miyako's Kennaium is similar to Takaaki's. Bell got hers from Kaoru, and finally Kuriko got it from Peach."

"My Kennaium's ancestor is a robot dog?" Kuriko sweat dropped.

"Momoko's Kennaium is similar to the following's Kennaium." Prof. Utonium said. "Kaarii."

"Naturally." Kaarii said with her eyes closed. "My Kennaium came straight from hers."

"Josh." Ken said. Kaarii's eyes opened in interest.

"What?" Josh looked at both Kaarii and Momoko.

"And as stated before, Blade." Prof. Utonium finished. "Quite interesting to be honest, for three people to descend from yours, Momoko."

"It's a simple matter." Kaarii interjected. "I got mine from Momoko way before last Wednesday."

"Then you and Momoko shared another burst of Kennaium to Josh and Blade, respectively." Ken said, catching Kaarii, Momoko, Josh, Blade, and their parents' attention.

"Hold on." Kaarii interjected. "How are you sure that Josh got his Kennaium from me?"

"Hm?" Prof. Utonium thought for a few seconds. "Because it's much more romantic that way?"

Momoko, Blade, Kaarii, and Josh yelled loudly in defiance. "STOP THINKING OF ROMANCE!" Their parents each looked at their children with interest.

"Woah, woah, woah." Kaoru said. "Even if I'm a tomboy, I'm still a girl. Don't pair me up with Bell!"

"This love thing is stupid!" Bell said. "Don't make conclusions because it's better."

"I was just joking!" Prof. Utonium chuckled. "It was simply the composition of the Kennaium we extracted from each of you. There were slight differences, but when compared, Josh's Kennaium is the most unrelated from Momoko's Kennaium if in comparison to Blade and Kaarii's."

"Say that earlier." Josh mumbled.

"Okay!" Mr. Ayukai entered the conversation. "Back into topic. So you're saying you can't get rid of the Kennaium in Takaaki."

"Yes." Prof. Utonium sighed. He was just enjoying his talk.

"Can you please not let Takaaki join into this?" Mrs. Ayukai said.

"Well... That's Takaaki's decision." Momoko stood up.

"Silence, child." Mr. Ayukai said.

"This child is the current leader of the Powerpuff Z, of which Baron or Takaaki is part of." Momoko said in defiance. Then she smiled in Takaaki's direction. "And I say that it's Takaaki's choice." Then she sat down, fully confident that she had just beat the adult's decision. Blade smiled with great respect at Momoko. Even though she doesn't show it much, she is still the group's leader. It will be a bit too hard for Luke if he was ever asked whether he was to replace Momoko as leader. She was much more used to it.

"Too bad, Mr. Ayukai." Ms. Bellum smiled. "But I am in support of Momoko's decision."

"Me too." Miyako smiled. "It's Takaaki's choice whether he wants to fight or not."

"I guess you're right." Mr. Ayukai sighed.

"… I want to fight." Takaaki nodded. "It's that simple. I want to help protect our city."

"That's just the way things are." The Mayor nodded.

"… I understand…" Mr. Ayukai nodded.

"But rest assured; I will find a way so that not everyone would need to fight monsters." Prof. Utonium said. "After all, the PPZ is a group of 9. Surely we only need three to fight, don't you think?"

"I guess everything's settled." Melvin nodded. "Do we have anything else we need to discuss?"

"There is one question." Tokio nodded. "Why did they go with such a plan?"

The Eight PPZ pointed towards Momoko. "Don't ask me, ask Momoko.", they said simultaneously. Momoko felt as though their eyes can pierce through her body.

"Thanks a lot, you guys." Momoko mumbled. The eight looked away, whistling. Momoko sighed. "It's a simple matter of a child fearing their parents' reactions."

"…" The nine parents looked at each other, as though that simple sentence had pierced each of their hearts.

"Sorry…" Hachizou mumbled. "… Is it about the time when I grounded you for one month?"

"Technically, counting the quarantine, six weeks." Momoko corrected, smiling. The others were at a loss on how she can say that without even flinching.

"Sorry about that." Hachizou mumbled.

"It's fine." Momoko said. "It's not like I had any problems during that time period."

"Or so you claim…" Kuriko mumbled. Kaarii's ears perked, but she didn't recognize the words, but Bell seems to have.

"… Is there something wrong about Momoko?" Bell whispered.

"Well…" Kuriko hesitated. "Never mind."

"Are we now done with this little discussion?" Blade asked. "We do have our patrols to do."

"I guess we're done with this little task." Ken sighed. "But you seven need to walk back home with your parents, or the press will add two and two."

"No problem." Momoko nodded.

(Midnight, October 22, 2035, National Science and Research Lab)

Smoke rose from the distance, but no fire can be seen. However, Prof. Utonium seemed to not have noticed. In fact, he is still sleeping

A boy panted as he stood in front of the National Science and Research Lab. He was badly bruised. With him were two boys, sleeping and equally scratched all over. The boy gasped as he looked around, searching for something. But soon, fatigue came over, causing the boy to faint. His red cap fell to the ground.

Chapter End

Momoko: No way… It's Brick!

Miyako: And that means it's the Rowdyruffs! Boomer and Butch was with him!

Kaoru: And what's with the smoke? That sounds dangerous!

Lunar: All this in the next Chapter! Memory 12: Explanations

Monitamon: Sakuteki! Scouting for enemy data!

Name: Akatsutsumi Kuriko/ Rushing Bullet

Age: 11

Weapon: Skates. (Attached to her booster shoes)

Attack/s: Axle Spin, Blader Slice, Bullet Rush, Skater Blast

Lunar Wave: Thank you for doing it. Review!