Chapter 11:
In the morning the Girls and the Professor were in the kitchen eating breakfast. "I was thinking maybe today we could go to the beach," Utonium suggested. Before the Girls could enthusiastically shout their aggreement the doorbell rang and their father got up to answer it. He opened the door and the sisters could hear him greet in a nervous voice, "Oh! Hello Black..."
The Powerpuff Girls froze in their spots, they slowly rose from their seats and flew behind the Professor. They could see Black was standing on the front porch, and his brothers were sitting on the lawn behind him with a grouchy expression on each of their faces.
"Good morning, Mr. Utonium!" the boy greeted back, "We were wondering if the Girls could play with us and the Gangreen Gang." Brick did a facepalm and he shouted at his brother,
"You're supposed to say 'hang out!' Were you born yesterday?"
"Wasn't he born last month?" Boomer pointed out. The leader of the RRBs' face grew red and without warning he punched his blond brother. Brick and Boomer began wrestling each other to the ground and Butch eagerly joined the brawl. The Professor stared at the fighting boys, speechless, with his mouth open.
"Will...Mojo or HIM be with you?" he was finally able to ask.
"No," stated Black, "If you're worried the Gang will make them do something bad, I'd be happy to punch them for you!" The Professor's eyes widened.
"I-I don't think that'll be needed..." he chuckled. "Could you wait for a minute? I have to discuss this with the Girls." The green-skinned boy nodded and the Professor closed the door. He faced his daughters with an irritated expression on his face. "I don't know what that boy's thinking! There's no way I'd let you spend time with the Gangreen Gang without adult supervision!" he whispered through gritted teeth.
"I think we should go with the Rowdyruff Boys," Blossom stated.
"Are you crazy?!" Bubbles and Buttercup exclaimed.
"We could see for ourselves if the Gang looks like they could be a part of the truce..." the pink-shirted PPG pointed out. The others looked thoughtful, but still uncertain. Blossom added, "Ace shouldn't be with them. Without him they don't really know what to do, and if they threaten us we can easily take care of them, right Professor?" Utonium sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"I guess... when you put it that way... it doesn't sound so bad,"
"As long as Ace isn't there, I'll be fine," Buttercup said.
"And Black will punch them if they misbehave!" Bubbles giggled.
"You probably don't want me to come with you," the Professor guessed. Blossom nodded. "Are you scared I'll embarrass you?" Utonium asked in a playful tone.
"Well..." the Professor gave her a friendly poke on the belly and opened the door again.
"They've agreed to go with you," he informed Black, "You'll have to wait a few minutes for them to get dressed." Black smiled but behind him his brothers, who had stopped fighting, groaned. "Would you boys like an ice pack?" asked Utonium.
"NO!" the Rowdyruff Boys answered rudely while rubbing the bruises on their faces. The sisters hurriedly finished their breakfast and dashed into their room to put on their regular clothes. When they came back to the kitchen their father was putting some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into plastic bags which he then put into the girls' lunch boxes. He handed them the boxes and gave Blossom a 10 dollar bill.
"They said you'd all be going to the arcade," the Professor explained. Each of the girls hugged their father and said goodbye.
"Don't worry, we'll be careful!" Bubbles reassured Utonium, who opened the front door once again.
"Have fun! Girls, I'll check up on you around noon!" he called out as the seven children rose up in the air and flew away from the house.
"The Gang said they'd have a suprise for us when we get there," Black told the sisters.
"I don't like the sound of that!" Buttercup stated.
"Why, do you think it's it's a bomb or something?" Brick snickered. The seven flew into the city, looking downward trying to find the arcade. Upon finding the arcade they landed at the entrance and walked inside. Inside hanging around the consoles were Snake, Big Billy, Lil' Arturo, and Grubber of the Gangreen Gang. When they saw the Powerpuff Girls they didn't say anything but gave them cold stares. However, when they saw the Rowdyruff Boys the Gang ran to them and gave them high-fives.
"HIM and Mojo said you guys were with us when we were sick!" Boomer greeted cheerfully. The Gang nodded their heads.
"I didn't notice you at all!" Butch said almost quietly. Billy looked in Black's direction, and Black waved at him shyly.
"Hey! It's that green kid again!" Billy shouted in a confused voice.
"That'sss Black. He'sss their new brother, remember?" Snake explained.
"So, what's the suprise?" Brick asked.
"He should be here any moment now!" Arturo informed the red-shirted boy. Before the girls could ask who they were talking about, someone walked through the door.