Kaoru's POV

Today was one of the most important days of my life. More important than seeing the next soccer game, more important than one of my dad's wrestling matches, and even more than pummeling the RowdyRuff Boys the next time we see them. That's because today was soccer tryouts.

Waking up in the morning, I made sure I packed everything. My gym clothes. Check. Cleats. Check. My lucky socks. Check. As my anxiety spiked my palms started to get sweaty while I changed into my gear.

"C'mon Kaoru. You risk your life fighting villains everyday. Tryouts should be easy." I mumbled to myself as I changed into my gear. I went to the mirror and splashed some water in my face. I encouraged myself even more before stepping out onto the field.

"Good luck Kaoru!" I hear Momoko and Miyako yell before sitting in the stands, probably going to talk about girly things as usual. Lina sits with them as well and gives me thumbs up and I give her one back and she smiles back.

I stretch a bit before I hear a shrill whistle blow through the air, and everybody stops what they're doing. The Coach walks out in the field, and the older players line up on the sidelines. The newcomers, me included, follow their example and wait for the coach. There are a lot of us, some people I do know from my old team in middle school. Some are students from other areas that moved here from another school, and some I know from Dai bringing girls home he used to date. His most recent crush, Aiko, was the team's sweeper.

"Good Afternoon ladies, for those who don't know me I'm Kamoshida" He gives us a big smile that was mostly covered by his thick mustache. "Our program dedicates itself to pushing your boundaries so you can be the best student athletes you can be. However." He pauses giving us a serious look. "Today, there are a lot of you, and not all of you will make it. I will not be biased and only the best will be picked, so Good Luck."

His speech makes my palms get sweaty a bit, but at the same time I'm elated. This is what I've always wanted to do since I was five. This is my dream, and I've worked hard for it. I was going to fight for this position with everything I got.


Sweat was dripping down my back as I dribbled down the field. There was only a few minutes left of tryouts, and this was our final test. A full field scrimmage, and so far no one had scored which made this game very tense. The first defensive player, who's name I couldn't remember, came in front of me, but I was easily able to fake right and go left and dribble straight ahead of her.

"Kaoru over here!" Kassidy, who had been on my last team called over to me. I gave her a pass, and she trapped it, faked out her defender before passing it back to me at the box. I got the pass and was about to shoot when Aiko appeared in front of me. She jabbed for the ball while not leaving any openings for me to get past her. I then pulled back as she jabbed spun around her tapped it forward and shot it into the goal.

My teammates cheered and applauded as we finally scored a goal, and the coach blew the whistle.

"Nice shot." Aiko came over and congratulated me with a bright smile. "I guess I underestimated you, but that was a perfect shot."

"Thanks." My face got red from embarrassment from getting a compliment from an upper class men. "I didn't even think I could get around you to be honest."

We all lined up and the coach stood in front of us. "Great work out there ladies. I have made a decision based on the performances you showed to us this afternoon. Tomorrow, the list will posted on the door to the locker room." And with that the tryouts were over.

It wasn't even 5 seconds after I stepped off the field that Momoko and Miyako tackles me out of nowhere while Lina grins from above us. "Oh my god Kaoru, you did amazing out there!" Momoko squealed loudly in my ear. "Ugh, but your all sweaty." She then commented and let go of me.

"Yeah, that's what happens when you exercise for like, two hours." I grabbed a rag from the bench and wiped the sweat from my face. "But thanks."

"We're so sure you made the team. You worked very hard." Miyako smiles at me.

"Anyway, shouldn't we be going to the Professors lab?" Lina asks as she stares at the tree behind me. I wave my hands in front of her for a bit before she blinks and regains her focus.

"Yeah, but let me change first." I walk inside the locker room and dress in my dark green sweatpants and a simple black shirt. I switch out of my cleats, grab my hat and skateboard and in under 5 minutes I'm out of the door. "Let's go talk to the professor now."

Miyako's POV

"Hello girls." Professor greeted us as we entered the lab, already waiting for our arrival.

"Hello Professor." We all said in unison except for Lina who was caught in another trance as she gaped at the machinery. I grabbed her hand gently as I lead her over to the couch, our usual lounging area.

"Bubbles!" A shrill high pitched voice called as it tackled me onto the couch causing me to fall on Lina.

"Poochie, what's wrong?" I petted the Poochie as he hung onto my body as if his life depended on it.

"I thought you were a goner. I'm so glad you're alright." The robot dog continued to cry in my lap.

"Yep, I'm here now, and you don't have to worry about me. I promise I won't let you all go through that pain again." Poochie finally looked up at me, wiped at his eyes, although there was no tears, and smiled happily.

"Especially since Kaoru is such a crybaby." Momoko snickered as she chewed on a Twizzler.

"I'm NOT!" Buttercup yelled. "There was something in my eye. I knew she was still alive because Miyako would never die on us."

"You took her away. The kindest, nicest, and most generous person ever." Momoko mimicked Buttercup's voice as she laughed even more. I giggle silently as well at Momoko's impersonation.

"Why you..!" Kaoru face went red from embarrassment as she tackled Momoko into a choke hold.

"I give! I give." Momoko surrendered quickly as her face was getting red from the laughing and lack of air until Kaoru released her.

"Me too.." A voice from behind me rasped causing me to jump up. It was Lina, who had been under me the whole time. She took a big breath in, and then exhaled as her circulation came back.

"Sorry Lina. Forgot you were there." Sometimes I think I'm too slow for my own good. I sit back on the couch beside Lina.

"It's ok. I'm fine." Lina up righted herself on the couch. "But why do they want to destroy you anyway?"

I gave her a puzzled look before realizing she meant the RowdyRuff Boys. "Oh, I'm not really sure. They're villains, I guess if we're gone they get to do whatever they want. Before they couldn't really fight back, so they had to pull nasty tricks to get away." I thought of the time they would flip our skirts and, most recently, Boomer's fake acting.

"Exactly, so you girls can't take them lightly anymore." Professor turned towards us with a grim expression. "After researching a bit, I believe that the Rays have properties of the White Z rays, that hit Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, and properties of the Black Z rays that hit most of the villains."

"So what does all of that mean?" Momoko asked with a confused expression. I was glad I wasn't the only one not getting what the Professor was trying to say.

"It means that like you, they can transform from their normal state to more powered states and now they carry weapons. I'm also concluding that, since they have properties of Black Z rays, if their emotional state becomes unstable, they either will lose control of their powers or will gain a stronger temporary form. That means you must take caution the next time you fight the Ruffs. It's best if we capture them and extract the Grey Z-Rays before they cause any more harm."

"So in short, if you make them angry they might become stronger, so be careful how you deal with them." Ken says, and the Professor nods.

"Ugh! Just my luck." Momoko groans loudly. "Of course I have to fight the most bipolar Rowdyruff."

"Yeah, Brick is probably the most problematic out of the three, or should I say four, so take caution Momoko." I comfort her a bit as she pouts.

"Then what about me?" Lina eyes were wide,almost like she's trying to understand everything. "I got hit with the ray as well…"

"Sorry Lina, we will have to do more research. Since we know so little, we can hope that you won't lose control. The best outcome out of the two is that you will gain new strength." Professor tells her plainly.

"Well, you won't lose control because we'll be there helping you along the way, and if you do, we will snap you back to your senses." Kaoru says with confidence.

"Yeah… I guess you're right." Lina laughs a bit and smiles happily. "With friends like you all, I guess I shouldn't worry about the what-ifs."

"Oh, Lina. Do you know what your weapon is?" Ken asks breaking the moment.

"Wait, we get weapons?" Lina gaped at us, and we all nodded at her. She then stood up and smiled as she transformed."Screeching Blare!" Once again, Lina transformed into her black and yellow Powerpuff uniform. "Ok, so how do I summon it?"

"Well, do you have any idea what it could be?" asked Momoko. "Usually it's easier to do when you know what it is."

"Hmm." Lina closed her eyes in thought, and after a while, her hands started to shimmer as a mini harp materialized. It was almost bronze in color but a bit brighter, had only had four strings, and had music notes decorated on its side.

"Wow, it's so cute!" I exclaimed as I admired the handiwork of the instrument.

"Yeah, it's cute, but she needs a weapon that can deal some kind of danger." Kaoru crossed her arms and sweatdropped. "Ow!"

Momoko elbowed her in her sides. "Well, we don't know if its entirely harmless yet, Lina. Especially since someone's counterpart had a instrument that looked harmless, but wasn't"

"Well, how was I supposed to know it would actually do something?" Kaoru huffed.

"Girls!" I said a little bit louder than usual and gave Lina an apologetic look, and she nodded as she strummed the string closest to her body and a small musical note shot out and struck the wall across from her.

"Look see." Momoko stuck her tongue out childishly at Kaoru, who responded by mumbling.

Lina then struck the second closest string, which shot out another note, but this time when it hit the wall, it let out a very deep bass which caused the building to rumble. The next string was a person sized note, however it moved very slowly, hit the wall and did nothing. The last string, was a bit smaller than the last, however it didn't move and just floated in front of Lina before disappearing.

Lina smiled brightly as she held the harp in her hand. "This is so cool." She caressed it softly before de-transforming. "Now I can help you fight, I won't let you down."

Brick's POV

"Brick…. Brick.. Brick!" I shoot right up as my head connects with someone else's making us both reel back in pain. I rub my head before glaring at the person who decided to wake me up.

"Ow.." Boomer pouted as he rubbed his head before turning his attention back to me. "It's time to get up. It's our first day of school." Although it was early in the morning, Boomer looked totally refreshed as if this was a normal time to get up in the morning, well maybe because out of all of us, he always wake up the earliest.

"Ugh, who decided that school should start so early in the morning." I groaned as I looked at the watch on my wrist only to see it was only 6:15. "What the hell Boomer, we have like forty-five minutes to get there." I throw the covers back over me.

"Well, we have to dress, eat breakfast, and then walk there, which will take about." He paused. "Forty-five minutes." He then grabs the sheets from my bed and pull on them.

"Fine, but why are we walking when we can fly."

"I'm pretty sure everyone would spot us if we flew to school. So again, it will take forty-five minutes." Boomer said.

"Fine. Give me five more minutes."

"Alright, but I'm going to wake up Bane now. If he does anything to the food or to you, it's not my fault." Boomer walks out of my room and closes my door.

"This is to beat the PowerPuffs." I say to myself as I get up and walk downstairs. For breakfast, I had leftover pizza from last night, which I ate with eggs that Boomer made on the table, which wasn't a bad combination. A little while after, Bane comes down, takes his share and then sprinkles hot-sauce on the leftovers, before eating his own share, making me glad that I woke up before Bane.

I look at him questioningly, but he just grins widely at me while all his chewed food was still in his mouth. I shrug and go back to eating, happy that I wasn't eating whatever was left. Finally, I hear rumbling from upstairs, signaling that Boomer is trying to wake Butch.

"What's going up there?" Bane asks still shoveling food in his mouth.

Boomer is probably trying to wake Butch up, out of all of us, he is the farthest from a morning person, and he gets cranky when woken up early." I finish the food and yawn. "He's pretty scary in the morning, that's why I let Boomer wake everybody."

"Wow, so wise Brick." Bane eyes shines with admiration. "But how comes you didn't ask me to have wake-up duty?"

"Well, that's pretty obvious." I signal to the hot sauce and the food left on the table.

"I already hate this plan." Butch comes down the stairs and sits at the table. He glares at the table before eating his share of the food. Out of the corner of my eyes, I see Bane smile in anticipation before frowning a bit after seeing Butch have no reaction the food.

"Butch has a high tolerance for spicy foods." I whisper in his ears snickering while he pouts. I then get up, and go up the stairs and back in my room searching for the contacts we "borrowed" yesterday. After much difficulty, I'm finally able to get the stupid things in, and look into the mirror .

Although the only thing I changed was my eye color, I looked like a totally different person. I looked less menacing, and my hair appeared as if I actually cared which way it was styled. It looked neater and complimented my eyes.

"Woah, dude." Boomer gaped at me. He then shook out of his trance. "Anyway we should get going before Butch falls asleep again." Boomer jokes.


When we started walking, it was only 6:40. After 10 minutes, the building was still at least another 10 minutes away. Although flying would've blown our cover, I think I'd prefer that than walking. I don't know how other people could stand it.

"Are we there yet?" Bane asked.

"Obviously not." I glared at him which he responded by grinning.

"How about now?" He asked about one minute later. I groaned in frustration, as I was the only one dealing with it. Butch was trailing far behind us in a slump, while Boomer was up ahead walking a fast pace. "

"Bane"

"Kiiro." He interrupted.

"Kiiro." I corrected myself. "Why don't you help Madoka catch up to us?" I asked him politely as I could, a part of me wondering if he could make Butch walk faster. We were almost at the highschool too, when a bell rung making us all stop in our tracks.

"Did they figure it was us?" Boomer walked back to us.

"Move out the way!" An overly gruff voice said from behind us. It was a guy in brown cargo pants, a light green shirt and dark spiky hair. He was riding the skateboard at an incredibly fast pace and rammed into Butch, sending both of them crashing to the pavement.

Butch growled in frustration, obviously upset, and I thought I was the one with anger issues. Butch was about to say something, when two girls, one with long orange hair in a pink sweatshirt and black skinny jeans and the other with blonde pigtails in a plain white dress shirt and plaid skirt followed behind her.

"Kaoru, we told you to slow down." The red hair huffed. "Look, now we're going to be later than we usually are."

"Thanks for making sure I was ok." Kaoru grumbled sarcastically before standing up. "Sorry about that." He turned to Butch and held out a hand to help him up, but Butch ignored him.

I thought Kaoru was about to yell because of how red his face became, but the blonde jumped in. "Kaoru, we have to go." She smiled at us before dragging her friend away, who was protesting the whole way till they reached the school. "Sorry again."

It was our turn to act concerned, as we turned to Butch. "Dude you got destroyed." I laughed and held out a hand to him. He grabbed it this time and stood up.

"Well, at least I got a souvenir." Butch pulled out a dark green skateboard, the same board Kaoru was riding, from his back seemingly like magic and laid it on the ground and started to ride it.

"Woah, cool!" Bane and Boomer admired it. Butch then hopped off, and hid it in the bushes beside the school. I gave him a confused look.

"It seems that guy goes to the same school as us, so it's best I don't caught with it." He shrugged. "Anyway, I think that bells tells when we're late so, we should get going." Butch went back to being tired as he slowly walked up the stairs and we followed.

I enjoyed writing this chapter, and it's pretty lengthy. I hope you all enjoy it as well. I'm also working on the plot for my Vamp-Fic, but I'm unsure if anyone would like to read it.I would have to revise my past chapters, but I will continue if people request. Anyway, thanks for reading Rate & Review.