NOTE: Still in the FUTURE. This chapter is quite long. There may or may not be typos. I'm too lazy to check.

Chapter 9:

Buttercup looked at the spot where the fireball was supposed to hit, but no one was there. She looked at the building behind that spot. It was covered in flames. That's when she heard voices. She turned to that direction and saw Blossom, safely with Bubbles, the professor, and what appeared to be her and Blossom's future selves. She ran and hugged Bubbles and Professor Utonium. Bubbles was relieved, but still scared of what her future self had become. The future Bubbles, however, seemed happy that everybody was in one place at once.

"Oh, this is just perfect. Now I can kill all of you at once. This is going to be real fun!" She began to power up, but felt a slight tug on the back of her dress. It was little Bubbles. She looked at her with teary eyes.

"Don't do this, Bubbles," she began, "I know I would never want to hurt my sisters or the Professor. Please don't." The future bubbles glared at Bubbles and began to swing her arm at her. Bubbles covered her eyes and screamed. She opened her eyes. The future Bubbles was holding on to her arm, resisting to hit her past self. Everyone gasped in shock.

"There still is some good in her," Buttercup gasped. Her heart had new hope in it that everything would be okay once again. Bubbles knew the best way to make people feel better. She floated to the upper part of the future Bubbles and, to everybody's suprise, hugged her. The future Bubbles didn't understand what was going on. She had never felt so much love like she was right now. The future Bubbles held her head, screaming. The younger Bubbles let go and her future self walked towards the middle of the road. She fell to her knees and began to glow. A brilliant blue flash blinded everyone. After the flash began to dim, they no longer saw an evil Bubbles , but saw a new Bubbles lying unconcious on the ground. She had now beautiful shining hair that crept down to her knees and a light blue dress with the black Powerpuff belt on it. Everyone was at first scared to get closer to her, but they began to get closer. Soon, everyone was gathered around her limp body.

"Is she--" The younger Blossom didn't continue. The professor checked her pulse.

"She's fine. I think she's just worn out." The younger Buttercup jumped around.

"Bubbles youdid it!" She didn't see Bubbles anywhere. She looked around, "Bubbles?"

"I'm over here," came a muffled voice from in-between two buildings on that street. All the girls flew to the buildings and saw Bubbles waving at her sisters.

"Look who I found." It was the future Professor Utonium. He looked the same as before except he was graying on the sides of his hair. The future Blossom and Buttercup hugged him tightly.

"I knew you were still alive," the future Blossom said. Both girls cried tears of joy. The professor smiled.

"Maybe we should go home." Buttercup and Blossom got tense.

"Well, actually, Bubbles tore that down, too," Blossom said. She looked at the professor, ut he seemed to understand. He walked out of the alley and noticed the past Profeeor and the future Bubbles on the street. He smiled.

***LATER***

Bubbles had woken up and her limbs felt sore. The girls had to help her walk, but after a while she began to walk on her own. She decided to tell her family what happened to her from her point of view.

"I had run away from home and had nowhere to go. It began to rain and I decided the bast place for shelter would be in the forest. I ran in there, getting scraped and bruised by the branches of the trees. I was frightened, and I heared footspteps behind me, although I may have just been hearing things. I tripped and hit my head hard on a stump and was cvompletely knocked out. The rest is a blur to me. I don't know what happened, and I'm really sorry." She huged her sisters and began to sob on Buttercup's shoulders. The younger professor had a different subject on his mind.

"How are we going to get back to our time?" he asked. Just then, the earth began to shake.

"AHHH! It's an earthquake," the past Bubbles screamed.

"No, it's not, " Blossom said, "look!" She pointed at a large robot walking towards them. Inside was Mojoj Jojo. He bent the robot down and walked out.

"Look, if you want a fight, Mojo, we're all too tired," the future Buttercup said.

"I'm not looking for a fight. I came to help you out," he said to the younger Powerpuff Girls. "I hid my newly-built Robo Jojo with a time- machine equpped on it so Bubbles wouldn't destroy it. It seems that it payed off, after all. Consider this a once-in-a-lifetime favor," He powered up the machine and the Powerpuff Girls and the Professor gathered together.

"Wait," Blossom protested, "what if this is some kind of trick!"

"You'll just have to trust me." He pushed the button, and the family found themself in Downtown Townsville.

"Are we back in our own time?" They looked around. Everything was exactly the way it was before. All the buildings were intact, the sky was clear, and people were everywhere. They girls exchanged smiles, and all four of them started home.