Allies and Rivals
Author thanks:Thanks to DL23400, Hairy Gregory, and Uncle Sam for the reviews.
ToDL23400:Chemical X was not caused or created by Mojo. Jojo the monkey's naughtiness caused the Professor to accidentally mix the chemical X to the mixture of sugar, spice and everything nice. Professor had already Chemical X, but he didn't intend to mix it to create the perfect little girls. The accident is to mix it with the Powerpuff Girls, simultaneously creating Mojo Jojo from Jojo the monkey.
Now, Professor Utonium already had Chemical X before he ever intended to create the girls. It was probably lying in some shelf somewhere all this years or he just recently created it. The show didn't explain how he got it, so I took the liberty of explaining how. But he didn't intend in the first place to use it to create the perfect little girls. He probably didn't know the effects of Chemical X, so why should he risk mutilating his girls by mixing it with an unknown chemical? It was the Professor's carelessness in placing Chemical X above the formula and Mojo's clumsiness that caused the mixing of sugar, spice and everything nice with Chemical X.
So it was not Chemical X that was accidentally caused by Jojo the lab monkey, rather it was the accidental mixing of Chemical X and sugar, spice and everything nice that was caused by Mojo Jojo.
I hope this clears all questions.
Chapter 4
The First Clash
The City of Townsville, and the fight between the two products of Chemical X was about to begin.
The first fight between the Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys after the Boys were accidentally brought back by Dr. Edwards were full of ironies. The Rowdyruff Boys planned the attack on the girls, yet when the fight actually began, the first shot or hit was fired by one of the Powerpuff Girls. It was the boys who were initially surprised by the attack.
In other words, neither of the combatants planned the attack that day and place.
The Girls charged at the Rowdyruff boys, who at the moment had their back turned towards the girls.
'Look, they're so arrogant that they didn't even bother to check whether or not we recovered from the hit,' Blossom thought as they approached.
Soon, Buttercup with all her force slammed into Butch's back, causing him to fall. If it wasn't for the fact that he has super strength, she would have broken his back. "Take that you jerk!" she shouted.
Bubbles quickly took the middle part of the building away from Boomer and Brick and tossed it as far as she could towards the ocean.
"Huh, what?" Brick said, confused by all that was happening. Before he could further react, he was punched hard in the gut, causing him to bend over. His assailant, Blossom, then hit him near the base of his neck, sending him crashing to the ground.
"What the heck is going on here?" Boomer wondered as he witnessed both of his brother's pounding. Seconds later, it was his turn as Bubbles, who just threw the building away, punched him in the face, blacking one of his eyes and nearly putting him out of commission. She then took him by his feet and she spun Boomer around, releasing him as he accelerated to the ground. Seconds later, he joined his brothers as his silhouette was etched on the asphalt road.
"So you're back," Blossom said. "Don't worry, we won't have to kiss you to finish you off. We've grown much stronger since the last fight we had. We'll beat you till you cry uncle, and we'll destroy you."
"Ha, you wish," Brick said as he angrily emerged from the rubble. "Butch, Boomer, use stance HB," he shouted.
"What? Are you crazy or something Brick? They're those Powerpuff sissies!" Butch protested.
"I know, but just do it. You'll see," Brick confidently replied. "We'll give you a surprise that will cause you to come crying back to your mother," he said to the girls, and with that the three launched an attack on them.
"So, you boys want to play, ha?" Buttercup commented, eagerly awaiting the fight.
Brick Edwards charged at Blossom from below. However, his charge was too slow, and Blossom merely sidestepped to the left. She then grabbed his foot, and spun Brick around. After spinning him a few times, she punched him a few times in the gut. She then tossed him high in the air.
At the very same second, Butch charged in a similarly blind fashion towards Buttercup. She avoided the charge and punched him in the jaw, sending him high in the sky. Soon, Brick and Butch collided in the air. But Brick and Butch were still standing and flying. Straightening themselves up, brushing off the dirt from the ground, wiping out the blood from their lips, they looked defiantly at the girls.
"Is that the best you can do?" Bricked mocked.
"I heard you're the best! Well if that's the case, then the superheroes of Townsville is as weak as that Major Man," Butch taunted.
"You're the one to talk," Buttercup retorted. "It's your butt that's being kicked right now. You should be on your knees begging for mercy."
"Ha, sissies like you shouldn't even be here fighting. When we're through with you, you'll be worrying a lot more than just your broken nails!" Bricked teased.
"Oh really? Buttercup, these boys are asking for a major beating. Let's give it to them," Blossom said right after she charged the boys.
"Hey, are you finished with your speech there, Brick, because I like to kick some butt!" Boomer shouted from the asphalt ground. He was about to join his brothers when he was blocked by Bubbles.
"You're not going anywhere without going through me first," Bubbles sternly said.
"Oh look if it isn't the crybaby," Boomer taunted. "Well I've got bad news for you, sissy, I'm a lot tougher than you so get ready to meet your maker!"
"Oh yeah!" she shouted, inadvertently causing her to use her sonic boom. Boomer covered his ears, but the vibrations caused him to be pushed back.
"Take that, you meanie," Bubbles said as she raced towards Boomer. She punched him in the cheek, "and this," punching him at the other cheek, "and this," at the gut, "and this," at the back, "and this is for making me kiss you the last time," Bubbles spun him around, tossed him around, and laser-eyed him in the air.
Brick and Blossom were fighting hand to hand. All of Blossom's punches went through, while none of Brick's hits registered. He soon flew just a few inches away from Blossom and laser-eyed her but Blossom dodged to the left avoiding it just in time. Blossom then laser-eyed Brick which hit him dead on, after which she used ice breath to freeze Brick. She then started punching him while he was in freeze state, then she laser-eyed Brick again. The laser-eye melted the frozen Brick, but it didn't help the red ruff a bit. Blossom resumed her assault, punching him in the gut, chest, face, back repeatedly. Brick was not able to make even one punch at Blossom. Yet, a smirk could be found in his face.
In the meantime, Butch was getting his body badly beaten by Buttercup. She kicked him in the face that sent him flying backwards. Butch came back and tried to laser-eye Buttercup, but he could not see her. Instead, she grabbed him from behind.
"Let go me!" Butch shouted.
"Well, let me think? I think I like holding on to you like this," she teased as she tightened her grip on Butch. She then laser-eyed the back of Butch's head. He shouted at the top of his voice, and an explosion happened.
The explosion caused Buttercup to release Butch. Soon, there was nothing but thick smoke.
"One down, two to go," Buttercup said in triumph. "Hey, you two, I've destroyed the green boy."
"Well, don't be too sure," Brick shouted.
"Well, the only thing you could be sure of is your destruction," Blossom retorted, as she kneed him into the gut.
"Well, aren't we a little boastful," a voice from the smoke suddenly said. "You should make sure I'm really dead before you celebrate."
Buttercup quickly turned to where she thought she had destroyed Butch. The smoke slowly rose, and it revealed Butch in fighting position, with face slightly covered in soot, but otherwise in fine condition. He was wearing a large smirk on his face.
"Well, at least you're quiet," Butch said at the gaping Buttercup, who couldn't believe her eyes.
"Hey Brick, could we change our fighting stand now?" Butch shouted to Brick. "Getting the snot beaten out of me is not my idea of fun."
"That's stance, Butch. Fighting stance. Anyway, trust me, just a little longer. Then they'll see the stuff we're made of."
"This sucks!" Butch complained, but nevertheless did not change his fighting stance.
In the meantime, Boomer was standing in the air after being laser-eyed by Bubbles. "It's that all you can do, sissie?" challenged Boomer.
"As a matter of fact, no!" Bubbles shouted as she slammed her head to Boomer's tummy. She then punched Boomer to the left and to the right cheek, then finished with a kick to the head that ended up with Boomer falling rapidly to the ground. Bubbles then followed up her attack with another laser-eye attack on Boomer.
'That ought to take him out for hours,' Bubbles thought as she looked in the hole in the road where Boomer had crashed and Bubbles had laser-eyed him.
Seconds later, however, Boomer quickly rose to the sky.
"Not bad, Bubbles, not bad," Boomer commented. "Now it's my turn."
'How could that be?' Bubbles thought. 'I gave everything I got and still he won't stay down. He's so tough.' She found herself blushing at the thought.
Boomer attacked, but his attack was so clumsily done that Bubbles dodged every one of them. "Stay still," complained the blue Rowdyruff.
"Well if you say please," Bubbles teased. She then landed a powerful punch of her own to his gut. "Well, that's what you get for not being polite to ladies like me!" She then laser-eyed Boomer again.
Brick got better at dodging Blossom, but still, none of his attacks got through to her. He made, like Boomer, an attack so clumsy that Blossom did not even exert any effort in avoiding those attacks.
Brick made one last lunge at Blossom. Blossom laser-eyed Brick before he even got close. Blossom then punched him in the gut again, then kicked his side. She then grabbed his foot and spun him around before throwing him to the ground. 'That should leave him out cold. They probably were surprised that we're very much stronger than the last fight. Serves him right.'
But Brick was still not out, for he slowly floated towards his red counterpart, smirking, never taking out his eyes from his red adversary. His straightened out his cap, and wiped out the blood from his lip.
"This can't be…how could you survive? You should have been unconscious by now or wallowing in the rubble! How could you have gotten so strong?" Blossom said, stammering.
"Rule number one, Blossom, is that you must always assume your enemy to be in the strongest state that is factually possible. Never assume him to be weak, for if you're wrong, then your victory will go up in smoke."
"Okay, so we underestimated your tenacity! It doesn't matter, since it's only a matter of time until your body would give out since we can beat you all we want, and you couldn't even land a punch on us," Blossom taunted.
"Enjoy your momentary triumph, my dear Blossom, for we will prevail, and thrash you in the process," Brick replied.
"Ha, you're the one to talk. Why don't you put your money where your mouth is, my dear Brick," Blossom contemptuously said.
"Maybe we will," Brick replied, accepting the challenge. "Maybe we will. Butch, Boomer change fighting stance from HB to SGAF right now," he shouted to his brothers.
Buttercup and Bubbles were still beating Butch and Boomer. When they heard their brother's order, Boomer and Butch breathe a sigh of relief. Buttercup and Bubbles drew back to see what their new stance would be. They were not concerned about the consequences, since, if the fight were any indication, any change in fighting stance would make no difference.
"It's about time," Butch grumbled. "Why not the Double A stance instead."
"Well, SGAF is better than HB. At least we won't let ourselves be beaten this time," Boomer replied.
"You always have a way of taking things at the bright side, don't you," Butch replied.
"Well that's what makes Boomer, Boomer," his blond brother cheerfully said.
"Are you going to fight or are you planning to yap all day. We don't have all day you know," Buttercup shouted, bored.
"Yeah, are you going to do this scarf thing or what?" Bubbles said.
"It's SGAF, Bubbles, SGAF," Boomer corrected.
"Whatever," Bubbles said.
Boomer and Butch lunged at Bubbles and Buttercup. Butch quickly was able to hit Buttercup in the stomach, followed by a kick in the side of the head. Buttercup was disoriented at Butch's sudden show of speed, strength and skill that she wasn't able to counterattack immediately. Butch followed his attack by laser-eyeing Buttercup.
"Oh you're asking for it!" Buttercup said, with a deep scowl decorating her face. "You were just toying with us a while ago!" She then charged at Butch like there was no tomorrow. Butch sidestepped but at the last moment, Buttercup changed her direction to the left smashing into Butch. Butch was surprised but he quickly recovered, balled his fists together and hit her into the back, sending Buttercup down. The green puff was able to grab her counterpart's feet, which sent him crashing down along with Buttercup. When they were near the ground, Buttercup swung Butch causing him to crash to the ground. Buttercup intended Butch to break her fall, but Butch at the last minute, kicked Buttercup as she neared the ground sending her high in the air. Butch then followed up the attack by laser-eyeing her in the air.
Buttercup was now definitely angry. She flew straight at Butch and struck him at the cheek. In doing so, she left her tummy undefended, which Butch took advantage of with a right punch. Buttercup, although in pain, then slammed her head into Butch's back, causing him to fall. He flipped however, causing him to land on his back instead of on his stomach, and as he did, he kicked Buttercup again, causing her to back away.
"Had enough?" Butch asked as he stood up.
"With your kind of power? All you'd be is my personal punching bag, and a pathetic one at that!" Buttercup replied.
"Well you'll see that some punching bags fight back!" Butch said as he lunged at Buttercup. This time, he was so fast that Buttercup wasn't able to dodge in time. Buttercup was punched hard in the stomach, again. Butch then followed up with a laser eye attack.
"A punching bag, huh? And a power such as mine?" he scorned, then laughed so hard he fell to the ground.
"Stop laughing!" Buttercup angrily said. She then laser-eyed Butch, who was still on the ground, laughing. She then started kicking him on the ground. Butch was too busy laughing to resist at first, and Buttercup gave him no chance to fight back. After a couple of dozen kicks to his side, she tossed him in the air, grabbed a nearby empty car and tossed it at Butch with all her might. It collided with Butch, causing the car to explode.
"Yup, you're just a pathetic punching bag," said Buttercup smirking.
Butch however, emerged from the explosion, still smirking. He then launched a powerful attack on Buttercup. He successively gave Buttercup a left, a right, an uppercut, a left kick on the side, a right kick on the side, two kicks in the head, and capped it with a laser eye attack. He then tossed Buttercup high in the air and tossed a large piece of rubble at Buttercup. Buttercup was hit head on.
Buttercup emerged angrier than ever. However, instead of fighting, both Buttercup and Butch just stared at each other for the next few minutes.
In the meantime…
Boomer and Bubbles were staring at each other, both wearing large smiles on their faces.
"Why are you smiling?" Bubbles asked Boomer.
"Well, I'm thinking that we're finally going to win," Boomer said.
"Well, the fight's not over yet," she said in a sweet tone.
"You're right. But it soon will," Boomer assured her.
"Boomer?"
"Uh yes?" Boomer said, surprised that Bubbles had not lunged at him yet.
"Could we end this fight without one of us beating the other up?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, it could if you surrender right away, get on your knees and plead for mercy, we could," Boomer jokingly said.
"Really?" Bubbles said excited. Before and Boomer could react, Bubbles took Boomer's hand, and led him to the ground. There, Bubbles suddenly got on her knees in front of a surprised Boomer.
"I surrender," Bubbles said, "have mercy on me and my sister and don't hurt us." It was a superb performance, complete with tears and pleading eyes. Suddenly, Bubbles stood up.
"There, I've done it. Now can we stop fighting?"
To say Boomer was astounded would be an understatement. "I was only joking. This fight could never end unless one of us is defeated," Boomer said in a serious tone.
"Why? Can't we be friends?"
"Because I have to. My soul can never rest until me and my brothers got our revenge and our pride back as a family. You couldn't possibly understand, Bubbles. The Rowdyruff Boys and the Powerpuff Girls can never be friends!" Boomer replied. "So defend yourself, for once I start, I wouldn't stop."
"Revenge? For what?" Bubbles asked.
"Don't act dumb. You'll pay for kissing me!" Boomer said with a seriousness that would remove any idea that it is a joke.
"Oh that. I thought it was destroying you," Bubbles said, first quietly giggling, then laughing very hard. "I thought you like it."
Boomer blushed, then protested. "That kiss destroyed us you sissy! No I do not like the kiss! Besides, you're a girl, and girls have cooties!"
"Girls do not have cooties!" Bubbles shouted, her laughter stopping. "It's only boys that have them!"
"Yes they do and no we don't. Anyway, prepare for your defeat, for Boomer will crush you," he said in a childish way, pointing his finger at Bubbels.
"Well, if that's the way it has to be, then I'll fight," Bubbles said. Then to the surprise of Boomer, Bubbles made the first move.
Bubbles lunged at Boomer and punched Boomer at the left cheek. She followed it up with a kick to his head. Boomer was hit but quickly recovered and kicked Bubbles in the stomach. He then laser-eyed Bubbles and then tossed her in the air. He followed her then hurled her to the ground again. Boomer was about to slam into Bubbles but she laser-eyed Boomer. Bubbles then got up and rammed her head on Boomer's stomach. Boomer was thrown high up in the air, but he stopped his ascent and stared at his adversary, waiting for Bubbles to attack.
Bubbles stood up from the asphalt and stared back at Boomer. She too was preparing for his assault.
"So, you were just playing possum," Bubbles accused.
"Well, I didn't say I wasn't!" Boomer defended himself. "Besides, everything is fair in love and war, and this is war!"
"I guess you're right," Bubbles said, more to herself than to Boomer.
"Well, defend yourself," he said as he began using Bubbles as target practice for his laser-eyes. "Wow, this is almost as fun as video games! Just like Mario Brothers!"
Bubbles was at the ground, dodging Boomer's blast. It was too quick for her to do anything than dodge Boomer's attacks. 'Oh no, he's too fast that I can't think of anything,' she thought.
'Anytime now, she'll tire and I'll show Butch I can be tough too,' Boomer thought to himself as he attempted to try to hit Bubbles. 'I'll show her for destroying us and kissing me.' He cringed at the thought. Every time he remembers it, he would be disgusted and contemptuous of himself for letting himself be kissed. 'And the nerve of that Bubbles! Suggesting that I liked that kiss! Ew! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!' At that thought, he intensified his laser eye assault.
'Oh, I can't take it!' Bubbles thought as she realized the increasing difficulty in which she continued her dodging. 'What to do? What to do? What to do!' she worriedly said. 'I can't attack him, because if I do, I might be hit, but if I don't, sooner or later I'll get hit! What to do? What to do? I can't take it anymore.'
Just as Bubbles was about to give up, he remembered the Professor's words. 'You can do anything if you put your mind into it, Bubbles, no matter how hard or impossible it seems.'
That memory gave Bubbles renewed hope and strength. "Yes I can!" she shouted. She then flew at Boomer, nimbly dodging the blasts, in a speed that amazed her adversary.
'How did she get so fast.' Boomer thought. 'A second earlier, she could barely avoid my blasts. Now she's avoiding it like it was nothing. How…' his thoughts were interrupted when Bubbles' fist suddenly smashed his jaw.
Bubbles by pure adrenaline had managed to fly up to Boomer at the same time avoiding all the laser eye hits from him.
"Take that you meanie!" Bubbles said as she gave Boomer a hit on the head.
Bubbles then lost herself into a flurry of punches, kicks and laser eye attacks. However, not all of them hit their mark. Boomer by skill and luck was able to dodge half of them, but the half that struck still hurt. As a result, he wasn't for a time able to retaliate, and for a full minute, was the receiving end of Bubbles furious assault.
Boomer then backed away as soon as he can, then struck Bubbles very hard. Bubbles was thrown back and did not stop until she hit Blossom…
In the meantime…
Blossom and Brick were staring at each other.
"Brick, I thought you were smarter than that. Changing tactics and fighting stances are useless if one side has an overwhelming preponderance in power, strength, and skill," Blossom patronizingly said at her opponent.
"True, Blossom, true," Brick replied. "But remember, forces which have inferior strength and power had won against far stronger enemies through superior tactics and strategy. Besides, who said that you have such overwhelming preponderance in strength and power? The way I see it, if there is someone who has superior strength and power as to make tactics and stances of the enemy useless, it is we. So prepare to be defeated."
"Don't count on it," Blossom replied. "You will join the long list of villains that have attempted and failed to defeat us. You will just be a footnote in Townsville History."
"You know Blossom, I've always wondered if I'm going to meet someone more arrogant than me. I guess I've just met her," said Brick before he launched his attack.
Blossom expected the attack to be as clumsy as before, so she was definitely surprised that he was able to hit her. Brick, with a speed and finesse that surprised her, was able to elbow her cheek, and then kick her in the jaw, causing her to spin. Brick then clamped his fist together, and then hit her from the top causing her to stop spinning and to fall rapidly into the ground.
Blossom however was able to recover and managed to land on her feet instead of her back or her head. She went up to where Brick was and punched him in the gut. She followed it up by grabbing his hand and tossing him higher in the air. She then made a large block of ice using her ice breath and threw it at Brick.
Brick saw the block of ice just in time. He stopped his ascent, and used laser eyes to melt the block of ice.
"So, you want to play with ice, huh?" Brick sneered.
He then zigzagged his way towards Blossom. Blossom was confused at where he was really going, and was surprised when Brick suddenly punched her in the stomach with his left fist. He followed it up with a right on her face. He then laser-eyed Blossom. The hits were so fast that Blossom was not able to mount an effective defense.
Blossom was still disconcerted from the laser attack when she suddenly felt Brick grab her from behind. He wrapped his arms under her shoulder so that her arms were dangling in the sides. He finished it by wrapping his legs around her waist.
"Gotcha!" Brick said triumphantly.
"Let go of me!" Blossom responded. She tried to wiggle her way out, but his grip on her was too tight and too secure for it to be effective.
"Not a chance, unless you surrender!"
"Never!" Blossom defiantly said. She then began slamming her back, and Brick with it, to the ground. Brick was repeatedly slammed to the asphalt road, but he never wavered and only caused him to tightened his grip.
Blossom soon found out that she had lost considerable freedom of movement. Her arms were useless because they couldn't reach Brick at her back. Her feet was equally useless, since Brick was out of range from her kicks. She could only move her body from place to place, and even at that, it was extremely difficult. At such a situation, her powers are useless.
For the next few minutes, they remained like that. Brick grip tightened, and Blossom's attempts to get free were futile. She occasionally was able to slam him to the ground, but considering that Brick was a Rowdyruff, it didn't loosen his grip.
"How did you get so strong?" asked Blossom, temporarily giving up her attempts to get free. "A few minutes ago we were beating you silly and now, you are matching us blow for blow!"
"You're the leader and the smart one, aren't you? The answer is too simple and I wouldn't want to insult your intelligence by answering you, would I?" Brick said in a mocking tone.
"Hey, you're just pretending to be weak?" Blossom said.
"And Blossom here answered the $64,000 question!" Brick said. "Seriously though, you're not that smart! After all, it took you too long to answer what was so obvious!"
"Get off me!"
"Not until I'm done with you!" Brick replied.
"What do you mean?" asked Blossom. "And why are you three fighting us?"
"Isn't it clear? We're evil!" Brick replied.
"Don't give me that! I know you're evil, but what is the real reason?"
"Not so smart now, huh? Well, revenge!" Brick said.
"For what? Oh yes, I remember when we kicked your butt the last time!" Blossom said as she slammed her back with Brick as a cushion against the asphalt road. It was unsuccessful in prying off Brick.
"Oh really? I remember we left you unconscious in the road, so you had to cheat to win," Brick bitterly said, unconsciously further tightening his grip. "Now, take this!"
He then blew at Blossom's hair, which is adjacent to his mouth.
"What are you doing to my hair?" Blossom said, annoyed. She then began to feel a slight chill in her hair and the back of her neck, then it became ice cold.
"You've got ice breath!" Blossom said as she realized what Brick was doing.
But Brick can't talk because he's too busy freezing Blossom. Seconds later, Blossom was in a frozen block of ice.
At the last moment, Brick let go, letting the iced Blossom to fall. The ice cracked on impact, but Blossom, though shivering because of the cold, was basically fine. She was a Powerpuff after all and survived far worse things. Still, it teed her off.
"You're going to pay for that!" Blossom said, very angry.
She then flew at Brick at an incredible speed and slammed her fist so hard that Brick was thrown further up the sky. She then followed him and laser eyed Brick. Soon, Brick was smoking, but Blossom was not satisfied. She made another large block of ice and threw it at Brick. Brick was hit dead on, instantly smashing the block of ice into a million pieces. Brick began to fall as a result. Blossom went to a place where she expected Brick to fall, but Brick recovered just in time.
Brick saw Blossom waiting for him. He decided to let himself fall down. Closing his eyes, he opened it at the last moment and laser-eyed Blossom. He then landed on his feet and gave Blossom a right on the cheek, then a left on her jaw. He then kicked her in the leg, causing her to fall on her stomach. He then began kicking her while she was down.
However, Blossom rolled and got out of the way. She got up to her feet, and charged like a ranging bull at Rowdyruff leader. Brick, however, merely side-stepped and tripped Blossom. Soon, Blossom was rolling in the ground as a result. Brick laughed at her.
Soon, Blossom was able to stand, and Brick stopped laughing. They then stared at each other, slowly rising in the air as they did. When they were high enough in the air, Bubbles slammed into Blossom.
"Watch it, I'm fighting you know," Blossom said Bubbles.
"Sorry Blossom," she said as Boomer pursued her. Bubbles then waited for Boomer, and when he arrived, she grabbed his hand, and threw him towards Brick.
Brick was able to avoid Boomer. He sidestepped to avoid his brother, grabbed his hand and slowly steadied him.
"Wait Boomer, not yet," Brick ordered.
"What do you mean?" asked a Boomer eager to fight Bubbles.
"Let's get out of here. Let's go to the forest to finish the fight!" Brick said.
"But it would look like we're running away!" Boomer protested.
"I don't care!" Brick said. "Besides, at this rate, one of Dad's properties would be destroyed, and I don't want to go and say that one of his factories or stores are gone!"
"Well, if you put it that way, let's go!" Boomer said, obviously afraid of his father if something happened to one of his properties.
"Butch, follow us!" Brick shouted.
"What? Are you crazy? We haven't even beaten them yet!" Butch, who was still on a staring contest with Buttercup, shouted back.
"Just do it!" ordered Brick. "I'll explain on the way. Or do you want to face all three by yourself, alone? Or do you want to explain to Dad why you accidentally destroyed his property because you won't follow us?"
"Fine!" Butch said.
"Okay," and soon, Boomer and Brick flew at top speed towards the forest, with Butch following close behind.
"Ha, run you cowards!" Buttercup shouted at their retreating forms, thinking that they had won.
"You can run, but you can't hide!" Bubbles shouted, obviously relishing their 'win'.
"You're just a bunch of fraidy cats. Sissies! Losers!" Buttercup shouted. "Come, let's chase them and finish them off!"
"Wait a minute you guys!" Blossom said.
"What is it, leader girl?" Buttercup said. "Afraid those boys will make you cry?"
"No." Blossom said. "I just think we should leave it at that. They did give us a pretty hard time you know. We should go back home and make ourselves stronger."
"Wrong answer Blossom!" Buttercup replied. "Why did they run away? Because they knew they were beat! They'll just call us chickens if we don't chase them. So come on." Buttercup then flew to pursue the retreating Rowdyruffs.
"Bubbles?" asked Blossom.
"Sorry Blossom, I think Buttercup's right," she said as she followed Buttercup.
"Buttercup, I hope you're right," Blossom said to herself, and flew to follow her sisters.
On the ground, Dr. Edwards observed every aspect of the fight. He happened to bring a camcorder and was able to record most of it. He at first was worried that his boys would be defeated, but his confidence in his boys grew at every moment. He had only one gripe. 'Why are they toying with them? Why don't they finish the fight so we can all go home? Where are they going? I better follow them.' He quickly went to his car and drove to the direction where his boys flew.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" asked Butch.
Brick explained his reasons for retreating into the forest. "If they're smart, they'll cut their losses and proclaim a victory and train harder. But their pride will lead them to chase us, and when they do, we'll give them a welcome they won't forget!"
And a minute later, Buttercup, then Bubbles and finally Blossom arrived above the middle of the forest.
"Thought you could get away from us, huh?" Buttercup said.
"You should know that no evildoer is able to escape from us!" Blossom replied.
"We'll put an end to your evil!" Bubbles said.
"Oh really?" Brick said. "Men, it's time to end this fight. Change stance to Double A!"
"Yeah! Those girls will eat grass after we're done with them!"
"Now you're talking!" Butch said, barely hiding his excitement.
"Big deal! Changing stances won't save you!" Buttercup said.
"We'll see! We'll see!" Brick said. "Attack!"
The Rowdyruff Boys attacked.
Buttercup confidently awaited the attack, expecting it to be like the last one. Butch quickly punched Buttercup in the stomach so hard that it made Buttercup keel over.
'When did Butch's punch get so strong?' Buttercup wondered.
Butch kicked Buttercup in the side of the head, and the force of the kick caused her to crash into the ground causing a crater twelve feet deep. Butch followed up his attack by following Buttercup and punching her relentlessly in the face and body. After a full minute, he backed away and laser-eyed Buttercup.
Buttercup struggled to stand up. "How did you get so strong?" Butch's punches, unlike before, did serious damage. Her body was aching, she had a black eye and had a lip cut. She was also smoking due to the laser attack and her knees were shaking. And unlike before, she couldn't just brush these off, as these were very serious. Before, the pain was small and disappeared after a few seconds. Now, it was agonizing and constant. Nevertheless, she still stood defiant.
Summoning the rest of her strength in a supreme example of unbroken will, she charged Butch. She started to punch, but none hit its target. Buttercup first tried a right at his cheek, but at the last second, his head veered to the left. She tried a left, but just as it seems her fists would make contact, it would disappear and appear quickly on the right as if by magic. Buttercup then began to punch faster, but Butch became even faster, and not one of her punches got through.
"And they say you're the toughest!" Butch mocked. "You can't even land a decent punch, heck, you couldn't even land any punch at all! A 100 year old grandmother would have landed a tougher punch than yours!"
"Shut up!" was all Buttercup could say. She couldn't stand being mocked on the 'toughest' issue, but she couldn't' do anything other than try harder. She tried to hit Butch, but all her efforts were futile. Soon, she exhausted herself.
"Now it's time to end this!" he said. He made a devastating counterattack, hitting her everywhere with the greatest force. Buttercup's last reserves of strength gave way, and soon, she could barely stand. Her body was full of aching.
She gathered what as the last of her strength, and made one last desperate attack. It utterly failed, and Butch struck her at the back of the head. Buttercup mercifully drifted into unconsciousness.
Meanwhile…
Boomer suddenly appeared in front of Bubbles.
"Boo!" Boomer said.
Bubbles screamed of fright. "How'd you get there so fast?"
"Well, what can I say? I'm just faster than you," he said. After that he began his assault.
Boomer first kneed Bubbles on her stomach, and she keeled over. Boomer then clamped his fist together, and punched Bubbles back with it, causing her to fall to the ground. Boomer however raced her to the ground, and was able to reach it before Bubbles hit the ground. When Bubbles was only a few feet from the ground, he kicked Bubbles upward much like a football.
At this point, Bubbles was able to stop her ascent to the sky and righted herself. This time, she noticed, the pain from the blows didn't just go away, as it did a few minutes ago. Her body was now aching in the places where Boomer had hit her.
'Oh no, we're going to lose,' she realized. 'Well, I'm not going down easy!'
Bubbles then attacked Boomer. But Bubbles was no match against his faster and stronger adversary. She tried punching him and kicking him in a fast pace, but Boomer seemed faster, and with a grace that no one suspected of him, skilfully and beautifully avoided every attack. She tried using laser eyes, but he dodged every attack.
"Well, give up?" Boomer asked.
"I'm not yet out of this fight!" Bubbles said, then grabbed his head and attempted to kiss him.
"Oh no you don't!" Boomer said. Before Bubbles lips could make contact, he laser-eyed Bubbles and quickly backed away. "You're not going to do that trick again!"
Boomer then began his final attack on his counterpart. It was devastating. Blow upon deadly blow was thrown at Bubbles, and at each, Bubbles was weakened considerably. Bubbles backed away and gathered the remnants of her energy to fend off the attack of the blue ruff and absorb the blows. Boomer floated up the sky.
"Remember this game?" asked Boomer. He then began hitting Bubbles in the ground using his laser-eyes from high in the sky.
This time, Bubbles was too weak to avoid the blasts. Soon, she was being hit by laser-blast after laser-blast.
"Hey, my aim's better now at Double A than SGAF," he said as he made another hit at Bubbles.
After a minute, he descended to where Bubbles was standing weakly. Her legs were barely able to support her, and she was covered with soot from the blasts. Unlike the previous laser-attacks, these ones were able to weaken her. And the futile efforts to avoid them exhausted what remained of her energy.
"Sweet dreams, Bubbles," he said that. With that, he punched Bubbles in the face. Bubbles was now unconscious.
Meanwhile…
Blossom was confidently awaiting Brick's attack. She felt that she could take whatever Brick can throw at her.
Brick, in a speed she hadn't noticed before, quickly punched Blossom very hard in the face, giving the Powerpuff leader a black eye, and nearly throwing her to the ground. Brick then kicked her in the back, this time plowing her into the ground. Brick then made a large block of ice, and threw it at Blossom.
The ice exploded on impact, and Blossom emerged wounded, bruised and hurt. The three blows effectively damaged her body enough to reduce her strength. However, she was still strong enough to attack and dodge. She was just not as powerful as before.
Blossom shouted and with a war-cry, charged Brick with one hand extended intending to ram him with it. Brick, however, managed to block it with his arms. Like her sisters, she then tried a flurry of punches and kicks which were all ineffective since Brick was too fast.
Blossom drew back, and to her amazement, she noticed that she has an extremely difficult time, and that a large part of her strength was gone. She then noticed that much of her body was in pain. 'No! This cant' be!'
At that moment, Brick charged, and punched Blossom in the face. Blossom was thrown back, but still conscious. Brick then kicked her in the side, after which he punched her in the stomach. Still, Blossom was standing. To finish her, he laser-eyed her. Still, she was standing, but much weaker than before.
Blossom was still full of defiance. She decided to go for one last try. Gathering the last of her energy, power and strength, she charged Brick. Like her earlier efforts, however, it did not succeed.
"Any last words?"
"Just one. Why did you pretend to be weaker than we were at the beginning of the fight? Why didn't you just finish us at the start?"
"Well Blossom, it's fun to give your enemies confidence that they will win, and take it away in the last minute. It's fun to give them hope, and crush it when they most needed it. Look at their faces when they realized that all the hope they had crumbled like a cookie. All the confidence that they will gain at the start of the fight will be tossed into the dirt at the end of it. You should have seen your faces when you learned first that we were no mere pushovers, and after that, that we were much superior than you," he explained. After that, he hit her head with his own, and Blossom was out of it.
The Rowdyruff Boys had won the first fight.
They were floating together at the sky, staring at the unconscious forms of their counterparts.
"You should have seen me! I was punching and kicking and…" Boomer suddenly said, breaking the silence.
"My fight was even better!" Butch replied. "I was…"
"Dad!" Brick said upon seeing his father upon the side of the forest road. "Did you see our fight? Did we do good? Looked, we've beaten them, we've beaten them!" He began shouting and jumping up and down like the six year old that he is. "Yahoo! Victory is ours! We got our revenge!"
"Yeah, we won! Dad, did you see me. I was great!" Butch boasted while doing a victory jig.
"We won! We won! And no kisses this time!" Boomer proclaimed, slapping his palm on Brick's back. "And I haven't had so much fun! And yeah, we were avenged!"
Soon, all three were acting like kids who just won a video game.
"Boys," Dr. Edwards' voice suddenly interrupted.
All three stopped celebrating.
"Yes?" all three said simultaneously.
"I'm proud of you. You really did train hard, and for that, we're going to celebrate."
"Yeah!"
"But first, I'll check how much damage they've got," Dr. Edwards said, and took out various kinds of portable medical equipment.
The boys looked at each other, and began to fear that they may have accidentally maimed one of the girls for life.
After about a half hour, the doctor finished.
"How are they?" asked Brick.
"Well, thanks to their super-healing abilities, tomorrow, they will be back in shape. However, they need lots of rest and relaxation. Their wounds and bruises will heal in a few hours at the very least and two days at the most. But they will remain unconscious for the next two hours or so. Anyway, you three boys go on home. I'll make sure these girls get to their home safely."
"Okay! See you later Dad!" Boomer said. With that, the boys flew at top speed to their house, while Dr. Edwards loaded the girls in his car and began to drive towards the home of one of his childhood friends, Sandra Keane.