Next evening:
"Ken, can you call Kaoru and ask her to come here today?" Professor asked.
Ken hesitated before nodding as he took the phone and dialed Kaoru.
Ken talked to Kaoru nervously, sometimes stuttering.
"Okay, bye." Ken switched off the phone and looked at professor.
"She said she would come here today to search for the voice recorder," Ken said.
Professor reassured Ken that everything will be alright and they both waited for Kaoru's arrival.
After waiting for a while, there doorbell rang and Kaoru entered the house. Professor noticed Kenta standing behind her. They both looked tensed.
Ken and professor looked at Kenta, wondering why he was with Kaoru.
"He will help me find the voice recorder," Kaoru replied to their unasked question.
"Oh" professor, Ken and Poochi replied staring at the two.
The three of them left the two of them to search for the voice recorder. As soon as they left the room, Kaoru and Kenta started searching for the voice recorder.
Professor led his sons into their old storage room. Ken and Poochi stood in front of the room, wondering what their dad was up to.
They entered small, cramped room. They saw old, torn sofas, broken chairs and toys inside in the small storage room. Professor led them to the other corner of the room.
On the other corner, they saw a table, chair, a computer and bottle of water.
Professor, Ken and Poochi cornered round the monitor and he turned on the speaker, letting them hear the conversation going between Kaoru and Kaoru. They watched the green go around searching for the voice recorder.
Ken looked at the voice recorder on the table, in front of Professor.
Kaoru sighed in frustration as she wiped her sweaty forehead.
'Dammit! I should've taken care of it properly.' Kaoru thought, angry at herself.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around.
"It's okay you know, it's not your fault," he said.
"But what if—"
"Prof, Ken or Poochi don't know where it is, so it's okay," Butch said, "They don't know what's inside the recorder."
Kaoru sighed in frustration.
"Let's search again," Butch said.
They both searched again for the recorder, hoping that this time that they will surely find it.
They flopped down on the couch, wondering what they will do.
Kaoru ran her fingers through her hair.
"I am sorry for troubling you," Butch apologized.
"No, I am sorry," Kaoru replied.
"You didn't do anything, Kaoru. You do know that you're risking your position as Buttercup?"
"But I lost the voice recorder. How will Prof react when he finds out that you are Butch from Rowdyruff boys and not the nice Kenta Yamamoto!" Kaoru said in a voice louder than she thought, "And how will he react when he finds out that Buttercup and Butch are working together to do destroy Himeko's plan?"
Butch chuckled. Kaoru raised her eyebrow and looked at him.
"What's with the 'nice Kenta Yamamoto'?" Butch asked.
"Well, you act all nice around everyone," Kaoru replied.
"Do I not act nice around you? How do I act around you?" Butch asked, propping his chin in his palm; looked at Kaoru.
Kaoru looked away, her face slightly red and mumbled something.
"Tell me, how do, I act around you?" he asked again, poking her cheek with his other finger.
"Butch stop teasing me!" Kaoru yelled, slapping his hand away from her cheek.
Kaoru got up and started walking. Butch chuckled and followed to see Professor, Ken and Poochi standing on the doorway.
They stopped. Kaoru looked at Butch.
'We are in trouble,' Kaoru said to Butch.
'You knew that one day that they would find out about the plan right?' Butch asked.
'Of course I know that! But not too soon'
They looked at Professor, an unreadable expression written on his face.
"Is Kenta-kun really Butch from Rowdyruff boys?" Poochi asked, breaking the tense silence.
"Yes"
Before Kaoru could answer, she heard Butch reply, without even hesitating.
Ken and Poochi looked at him, their eyes wide. Professor still had an unreadable expression written on his face.
"Are you playing a prank on us?" Ken asked shocked at what he heard.
Sitting in the small storage room, listening to their conversation between Kaoru and Kenta was shocking. He thought they saw the hidden camera.
"But to think that Kenta-ku—"
'Is he even Kenta?!' Ken thought his mouth wide open.
He was sure his jaw hit the floor.
"I need evidence," Professor said, finally talking.
He heard a sigh escape Butch's lips before Butch touched his belt, which was a green belt with an 'R' on it.
"Strong Butch!"
Ken, Poochi and Professor looked at Butch in front of them! The Butch from Rowdyruff boys!
A silence followed as Ken, Professor and Poochi looked at standing in front of them.
"Do Miyako and Momoko know about this?" Ken asked. He still couldn't compose himself.
"No, even Brick and Boomer doesn't know about this," Kaoru replied.
"Do you mean that Masashi and Daichi are…?" Ken asked, looking at them in shock.
Suddenly professor's phone rang.
"Hello"
They watched as his face turn into a frown. He quickly switched off the phone and turned his attention back to the kids in front of him.
"Who was that?" Ken asked, softly.
Before professor could answer, a loud bang on the door startled them. He went to the front door.
They heard the door open and professor's voice.
"What are you doing here?!" his voice was loud and angry.
They heard a woman's voice and Butch stitched his eyebrows, listening to her voice keenly. Kaoru looked at him confused.
"I have heard that voice somewhere," Butch whispered to Kaoru.
Butch turned to see a black hair and eyed woman in front of him. His mouth opened and his jaw fell to the door before saying, "Megumi!"
"Megumi?" the others asked, as professor entered the room.
"Oh! Hi Butch" She waved at him, pretending not to notice the atmosphere.
"You know him?" professor asked her as he entered the room.
"Of course, my little brother," Megumi said, her lips stretching to form a smile.
"Little brother?!"
"Weren't you supposed to be with 'Him'?" Butch asked finally.
"Him?" Ken asked, "You mean the 'Him'?"
"Yeah"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Kaoru said, interrupting the confusing conversation between them.
Everyone turned their attention to looked at her.
"So you mean say that 'Megumi' is Prof's older sister?" Kaoru said, emphasizing on Megumi with her fingers.
"Yes, she is my sister," professor replied.
Butch looked at Megumi, "Then why are you working for Him?"
Everyone now turned their attention to Megumi.
"Well…. After managing my power after two years," Megumi looked at her brother; smiled, "I read about PPGZ in the newspaper. After Him came from the space, I volunteered to help him to know about my brother's chemical X" Megumi replied.
"What power?" Ken asked, as he looked at his…..aunt.
Megumi looked at professor. Professor sighed.
"Before Ken was born, I invented the chemical X," he started, "Megumi was the first person to get hit by the chemical X. She couldn't control her powers," Professor said, looking at Megumi, "And one day, she disappeared without a trace."
"Didn't I kept a note that I will be coming back after I controlled my powers?" Megumi added.
"But you didn't!"
"Because I found out about Powerpuff girls," Megumi replied, "that's when Him came into the view. I decided to work with him to find out more about RRBZ and PPGZ."
She roamed around the room, finally turning around to ask, "Do you have popcorn?"
"Megumi!" professor shouted.
Noticing that she didn't reasoned to his cries, he went to the kitchen to come back with a bowl full of popcorn.
She took the popcorn, throwing the popcorn into her mouth one by one. Professor looked at her, expecting her to continue rather than eating the popcorn.
She sighed, "My little brother, you're sometimes very impatient."
"Why did you want to work with Him?" Poochi asked.
"To know how they controlled their powers," she looked at Kaoru, Butch and Poochi, "I actually wanted to talk to Mojo but couldn't. I mean he made superpower, human boys from chemical X." Megumi added.
"Also he made us grow older," Butch added.
"Only that he didn't use his mind properly. He could have become a hero," Megumi replied.
"So Megumi also her powers like us?" Kaoru asked.
Megumi nodded. Suddenly, white aura formed around her, Sakura petals dancing inside her aura.
Everyone looked at her, except professor, shock written on their face in bold letters.
"Wow, pretty~" Ken and Poochi said in unison.
"It took me 2 years to master this." She said proudly, folding her hand over her chest.
'Didn't we see sakura petals similar like this when we went to professor's house a few weeks ago?' Butch asked.
She looked at him before replying, 'Yeah, so, does that mean she was us….'
They both looked away and blushed. They looked at Megumi who saw their blushing face and smiled. They blushed harder.
"Should we tell this to Momoko and Miyako?" Ken asked. "And also Masa—err Brick and Boomer?" Ken asked.
"Yeah" Kaoru replied, sighing.
"But," professor said, catching everyone's attention, "How did you steal the chemical X?"
"I put sleeping portions in your cake and doughnut," Kaoru replied.
"What?"
"I made the sleeping portion and gave it to Kaoru," Butch said.
"Which Kaoru gave it to us?" Ken asked, shocked.
They both nodded, while Megumi munched on the popcorn. Professor looked at her.
She looked at him before nodding, "They did."
Kaoru and Butch looked at professor's face and before he could say anything, they quickly apologized, "We are sorry! We will tell others about everything!"
Professor looked at them, slightly dumfounded before nodding.
As the greens went out to call their friends, Ken looked at his dad.
"What were you going to ask them?"
"I wanted to ask, whether they knew where some of my apparatus were." He said, rubbing his back of his head, "I couldn't find some."
"Kaoru is this prank?" Momoko asked as she placed her hands on her hips.
Momoko was so concerned at Kaoru's 'prank' that she didn't notice Megumi sitting on the couch, licking her fingers.
Momoko looked at Kaoru. Why did she call them here? And also coming to her house to call them?
'Something is fishy,' Momoko thought.
Miyako looked at her, 'I have seen her before, but where?' she thought as she looked at Megumi sitting on the couch.
Realizing who the beautiful lady in front of her was, Miyako bowed down, "How are you Yamamoto-san?"
Miyako looked at Kaoru; smiled as Kaoru nodded at her.
Momoko's attention turned to Megumi as Momoko noticed Megumi. She quickly went beside Miyako before bowing, "How are you Yamamoto-san?"
"Who?" Kaoru asked.
"Kaoru don't you remember—"
Momoko stopped halfway through her sentence as she looked at a redhead standing behind Kaoru.
"Kaoru!" Momoko yelled, running in front of her black haired friend.
Momoko was about to touch her belt when Kaoru's hand stopped her.
Momoko looked at Kaoru, confused.
"What are you doing?" she muttered, glaring at Kaoru.
"This is not going to be easy," Kaoru muttered to herself, sighing.
"What?"
"Momoko are you doing here?" Brick asked as he looked at Momoko glaring at Kaoru.
"Hi!" Megumi said, waving her hand at Brick and Boomer.
"What are you doing here Megumi?" Boomer asked.
He looked at Miyako and a small smile formed on his lips.
Butch came into the room, standing next to his brothers.
"You didn't tell them?" Megumi asked.
"No" Kaoru replied.
"Okay Kaoru what is going on?"
"Okay Butch what is going on?"
'We are in trouble aren't we?' Butch asked, looking at Kaoru.
'We may not be alive, I know that for sure,' Kaoru replied.
"What?!"
"So what you're saying is that Megumi is professor's older sister and that Brick and Boomer are Masashi and Daichi?" Momoko asked, standing on her feet.
"Yeah" kaoru replied.
Momoko shifted her body to look at Miyako. Brick was scolding Butch and Boomer on the other side of the couch.
"Did you know about this?" Momoko asked.
Miyako nodded, "Kaoru told me before she came to your house."
Momoko swiftly turn t look at Kaoru. Kaoru closed her eyes tightly, hoping for Momoko to start lecturing her.
After few seconds passed without Momoko's lecture, Kaoru opened her eyes to see a tear filled girl in front of her.
"Momoko…?"
Momoko bit her lower lip, trying to hold back her tears. She ran out of the room, tears spilling out.
Kaoru stiffened. 'Did I make Momoko cry?'
Realizing what she did, Kaoru stood up to run after Momoko when Butch stopped her.
She looked at him. He inclined his head towards the door. Kaoru looked at the door, to find Brick running behind Momoko.
"Is she going to be alright?" Miyako asked.
"I hope so."
An uncomfortable silence followed as Kaoru looked at the door.
"Where is Megumi?" Boomer asked trying to break the awkward silence.
"She said she wanted to 'talk' with her younger brother," Butch replied.
"Oh"
Again an awkward silence followed.
Momoko's POV:
How could she?! She didn't even tell me!
I transformed into Blossom and flew to the one place that made me relaxed: The cherry circle.
I flew to the edge of the city, into the middle of the forest. Four strong cherry blossoms grew to form a cherry circle. I looked at it from above, my eyes blurry from my tears; I flew down into the middle of the cherry circle.
I looked around the cherry blossom. It was still the same. Grass blanketed the inside of the cherry circle. Pink petals showered, covering most of the grass.
I walked to one of the tree, each tree glowing bright with white chemical X. I clenched my fist, my tears spilling uncontrollably. I pressed my back against the cherry blossom tree as I slid down to sit on the floor. I laid there for some time, calming down.
"Momoko?"
No one's POV:
Momoko quickly stood on her feet, alarmed by the voice. She didn't want him to be here. She didn't want any one to be here.
Brick emerged from one of the cherry blossom tree. His red crimson eyes looked….soft.
He walked towards her as Momoko stood, a bit of fear written on her face. They stood face to face with each other. Brick wrapped his hands around her shoulder, pulling her into a hug.
Momoko let her tears spill out as she cried.
They stayed there, hugging each other; no words exchanged just hugging each other with love. Momoko subsided her crying.
"Momoko, I am sorry," Brick said, still hugging her.
Momoko pulled away, Brick hands wrapped around her waist and her hands on his chest.
Momoko shook her softly, "No, I am sorry for making a big commotion," Momoko replied, "I didn't notice that Kaoru and Butch were trying to help."
Her rose coloured eyes looked back at him.
"Momoko even if you're Blossom, even if we're supposed to be enemies," Brick whispered, "I will always love you."
The cherry blossom danced gracefully in the wind, falling softly on them and the floor.
Brick looked at her, wondering what she might say. Momoko's lips stretched to form a beautiful smile.
He smiled back at her before bringing his hand to her cheek, rubbing her cheek softly. His hand trailed to her lips. He traced her lips with his thumb, their forehead touching. His warm breathe fanned her lips.
Their lips touched, briefly kissing before pulling apart, their lips inches away from each other.
"I love you too"
Their lips met again. Brick's hand cupped her face, kissing her passionately. Momoko wrapped her arms around his neck.
Kaoru paced around the room, walking back and forth, sometimes even walking out of the room. She ran her fingers through her hair. Seeing Kaoru's worried face, Miyako took hold of her hand.
"Kaoru it's going to be okay," Miyako finally said.
"But aren't you mad at me?" Kaoru asked, looking at her still worried.
"No why?"
"Because of me—"
"No, it's also because of me," Butch interrupted Kaoru.
"Momoko's fine," Miyako replied, "She is just shocked."
"And I am sure Brick will take care of it," boomer added.
They both looked at their friends.
"Kaoru, no, both of you didn't do anything wrong," Miyako said, "What you did was… unexpected."
Momoko came back with Brick, her eyes slightly puffy from crying.
"I'm sorry, Momoko," Kaoru apologized.
"It's okay"
The smiled at each other and before long, they started chatting like nothing happened.
line
"Aw~" Megumi said, as they saw the couple cuddled together, sleeping.
Professor stood near her, "Are you sure it is going to be okay?"
"Yeah, it came out better than my predication."
"Its 11:30pm!" Ken shouted
The three couple ran around the room, taking their stuff and running out of the room, waving goodbye to Prof.
Butch came to professor when everyone left, only Kaoru waiting at the doorway.
"Umm…Prof, I forgot to give you something." Butch said taking out his apparatus he took from the lab.
Professor looked at him, "Where did you find this?"
"No actually, I 'borrowed' this from you lab," Butch replied quickly, "Without you knowing," he mumbled after a pause.
"Do you want more apparatus?"
"Huh?" Butch looked at him, confused. He expected to get a lecture.
"Well you seem to be good at lab work, or so I heard from Kaoru," professor replied, "You can come here any time and borrow my apparatus. With my permission, that is."
Butch smiled at professor as he thanked him and went. He heard professor say that he would be happy to work with him.
Kaoru and Butch walked around the park, the grin on Butch's face still present on his face.
They stopped near the park and Butch sat down on the swing while Kaoru leaned on the tree.
"Oh I forgot"
Butch turned around to look at Kaoru, who took out something from her bag.
"Here you go," Kaoru said, giving Butch a bottle containing a liquid.
"What is—" Butch eyes widened as he saw the content inside, "Honey!"
Before Kaoru could say anything, she felt Butch's hand wrap around her shoulder, pulling her into a hug. A tight hug which made her feet dangles in the air.
'I can't breathe!'
Soon enough, he placed her down, planting a kiss on her cheek. Kaoru blushed placing her hand on her cheek.
Realizing what he did, Butch blushed.
They looked away from each other, before Kaoru finally asked:
"Are you that happy?" she asked, her hand still on her cheek.
"Yeah! You are the best." Butch said, pulling her into a hug again.
Kaoru sighed but a small smile formed on her lips.
She waited, so she can place her feet on the ground. But too her surprise, he didn't leave.
They stayed in the hug for a long time before Kaoru muttered, "Butch?"
Butch didn't reply but only pulled away, his hands still on her shoulder. He looked at her.
Kaoru looked at him, eyebrow raised. His dark forest green eyes stared into hers. A light shade of pink spread across her face.
"What?"
"What were your other secrets?"
"Huh?" Kaoru asked, confused.
Kaoru thought for a while, realizing what he meant by.
"Oh that!"
"Yes"
"Well it was to get you some honey, since you where complaining that Mojo stole your jar of honey."
"Oh. Only that?" Butch asked.
Kaoru looked at him, eyebrows raised.
Butch pulled her closer, his forehead on her, "No other secret which include me?"
Kaoru blushed; looked away.
"N-n-no" she stuttered.
"Sure?"
"Yeah" Kaoru replied, still looking away.
"Then what would you do if I say that I like you?" Butch asked.
Kaoru looked at him, shocked. 'Is he joking right now?'
"No, I am not joking," Butch replied.
Butch felt nothing was going to happen if he didn't confess his feeling for Kaoru. Now he wondered whether he should have said it so bluntly.
Kaoru looked at him, her mouth slightly open.
"Kaoru close your mouth, files will get inside." Butch said, closing her mouth with his hand.
She still looked at him, her eyes wide.
An awkward silence followed.
"Um…um…" Kaoru looked away.
'I like you' Kaoru hoped she could say it aloud but found it difficult.
"Really?"
Kaoru brought her attention back to Butch who looked at her smiling. Kaoru blushed realizing that he read her mind.
She nodded, looking away from him.
Butch sighed in relief, his breathe fanning her lips. She felt butterflies in her stomach.
Butch locked his eyes on Kaoru. Kaoru felt her body warm up as Butch came closer towards her. They both held their breath as their nose slightly came in contact with each other.
They exhaled deeply, Butch's hands wrapped around her waist. Butch titled his head, brushing his lips on her.
He pressed his lips to hers. Their body heated as they kissed. Kaoru took a fistful of his shirt as she placed her hands on his chest.
They departed for few moments before kissing again.
There will be a epilogue.
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