Allies and Rivals
To Hairy Gregory, well, it (the empty space at the bottom) was a mistake. I'm very sorry about the extra space at the bottom. Anyway, I hope you like this. I was planning on placing the entire fight in one chapter, but it was too long, so I divided it into two. Any, you should have a review award, for it seemed every story here has a review from you. Well, keep it up! And thanks for finding time for my story.
Anyway, you should read two stories that you seemed you did not review, mainly the Gauntlet Series by Cap'n Chryssalid. Trust me, it's one of the best stories that I've ever read. Don't forget the Powerpuff League by Crystal Fenix. It's a good fic too.
To Ud the Imp. I'm very sorry about the extra space. I hope this chapter will correct it, but if it doesn't, then sorry again. But thanks for reading my story.
To firehottie, thanks for reading it. I hope you like this chapter.
To TJ Rose, well, thanks for reviewing almost everyone of my chapters. Believe me, it means a lot to me.
To FireStarter10388, thanks. And yeah, about Bubbles and Boomer, I agree, given their personalities, those two have the greatest chance of becoming friends, but whether or not they will be, I won't tell. You'll just have to read the rest.
To Uncle Sam, thanks. And I agree, that was a big mistake of Bubbles. Thanks for reviewing from the beginning.
Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter 7
The Second Clash: Tactics
The City of Townsville, and in the forest at the edge Townsville, another fight between the Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys was about to begin.
The boys were able to see the girls coming, although they didn't have time to react as Blossom punched Brick hard in the stomach, causing him to be thrown backward while spinning. Buttercup kicked Butch in the stomach too and sent him reeling backwards, while Bubbles used her head to ram Boomer in the tummy, also sending him reeling back.
"When did they become so strong and fast?" Boomer whined as he righted himself up in the air.
"Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!" Blossom said. "And don't bother with the stances boys, we can take you on even at your strongest!"
"Hey, what's the big idea attacking us!" Brick complained.
"Yeah, we didn't do anything," Boomer complained.
"Don't play innocent! I heard you and Mojo talk about taking over Townsville," Bubbles asserted.
"Yes, all the while you pretend to be good, but the truth is, you're nothing more than mere phonies," Buttercup said. "You're just another Major Man!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Boomer said. "Brick, these girls have been staying under the sun for too long. They're nuts!"
"Nutty as a fruitcake," Brick seconded. "Girls, when you're done hallucinating, you could—"
"Of course we would take over Townsville with Mojo," Butch suddenly said, drawing the stares of his brothers. "But we would destroy you first."
"What the heck are you talking about, Butch, we didn't—" Brick protested.
"Brick, we shouldn't hide it. It's too obvious. The girls are so smart they figured it out," Butch said. He then, unnoticed by the girls, winked at both his brothers.
Brick decided to go along. 'I hope you know what you're doing, Butch. Because if you don't, I'm going to kick your Gluteus Maximus several times over,' he thought. "Well, since it's out in the open, we might as well admit it, we're going to take over Townsville with Mojo Jojo, and there's nothing you could do about it!"
Boomer was still confused by his brothers' actions but decided to play along, trusting his brothers' instincts. 'I have a bad feeling about this,' he thought. "Yeah, we were just doing the stuff, you know about being heroes and stuff, to hide our true intentions."
"Well, it's nice of you to come clean, but fortunately, your mastermind is unavailable," Blossom confidently said, smirking and never taking her eyes off Brick.
"Mojo's in jail? Well, we'll just have to bust him out," Butch asserted.
"You'll have to go through us first," Bubbles replied, frowning, "you big bully you!"
"These girls are asking for it!" Butch said.
"So as I said before, why don't we serve it up," Brick said with a smirk. "Let's play with them before finishing them off. Attack at SGAF stance!"
The three boys attacked the girls, lowering their fighting level to the previous level that they have fought the girls at their level. They were expecting the girls to be much weaker, dismissing the first punches as flukes due to them being surprised. They were wrong. And they were surprised. Extremely surprised.
Butch attacked Buttercup head on. He punched left and right, but Buttercup suddenly became faster. None of his punches hit her. He then flew up in the sky, then with full force fell on Buttercup with his feet hitting her head. Buttercup tilted her head slightly and the kick was deflected.
"Well, since you're so slow, I'll pick up the pace," Buttercup said as she grabbed Butch's feet and spun him. "Take this for making me ache for hours on end," she then threw her into the mountain, slamming him hard against the hard surface.
"Why you little…you'll pay for that!" Butch shouted. The arrogant smirk was gone, to be replaced by an angry frown. 'How did she get so strong? No matter, I'll finish her yet,' he thought. He took a boulder as large as a ten-wheeler truck that was detached as a result of his collision, and threw it as hard as his fighting stance would permit. Buttercup just stood there and waited for the rock to collide.
'That's it, stupid, let that boulder hit you and cry!'
But she didn't cry, in fact she didn't even flinch when the boulder hit her. She just stood there, crossing her arms as if nothing had hit her. "Is that the best you can do?" Buttercup arrogantly asked.
"In fact, it's not!" Butch said as he launched an all-out assault that his stance would permit him. He attempted a kick, and Buttercup effortlessly dodged it. He tried laser-eyes, he missed her the first time, the second it didn't, but aside from a few embers, she didn't have a scratch.
"Give it up, green boy, you'll never beat me," Buttercup mocked, and began a merciless assault. She began a barrage of kicks and punches that hit every target with deadly force and accuracy. Of course, Butch wasn't defending with his true strength yet, so it wasn't as painful as it should be, but irritating enough to throw him off balance and anger him.
Buttercup finished by throwing him to the forest below. Butch hit a rock, and he stayed in the ground trying to get his senses right.
'Now to finish him off,' Buttercup thought as she grabbed a tree, used her eyes and strength to sharpen its tip, and threw it at Butch, intending to impale him.
Butch saw the stake but it was too late. It crashed into his body—
—and its sharp tip broke into many pieces on contact with his skin. It was only wood after all and he was the toughest Rowdyruff. It nevertheless ruined his shirt.
"Hey, you ruined my shirt!" Butch said at the hole the size of a penny on his shirt, the point where the stake collided with his body. "You'll pay for that!" Butch's body was bruised several places. But he still stood proudly and defiantly. Several trees around him were uprooted.
"When I'm finished with you, your shirt will be the least of your worries," Buttercup replied. However, she was apprehensive when she saw the stake shatter. 'Geez Louise he's tough. How can anybody survive being impaled, let alone crack a stake when an attempt was made? He should have been skewered, well unless you're a Powerpuff that is. Well, I'm tougher so there isn't anything to worry about,' she thought. She then dove towards him, arms forward. Butch then soared towards his green adversary.
They crashed mid-air, and Butch fell to the ground again. Buttercup stopped after sending her adversary down again. The toughest powerpuff just stood there and watched her counterpart fall.
"Brick this isn't working," Boomer shouted. "Let's change stance to Double A."
"Yeah Brick. They're much stronger than before. We'll get creamed if we don't do it," Butch added. 'Good thing we didn't start off at HB Stand.'
Meanwhile…
Boomer attacked Bubbles. Bubbles was just waiting for the blond ruff to attack, and when he was close enough, she grabbed his head. Boomer was too surprised to react. Bubbles then planted a big wet one on his lips. She then released Boomer to see his reaction.
Boomer then began spitting. "I have cooties! I have cooties!" he panicked and began running around like he was crazy. He went to the lake, and drank some water, gargled, and spit it. Not content, he got some pebbles, put it into his mouth, gargled some more, and spit it all out. "Get it out! Get it out! Get it out! I'm gonna explode! I'm gonna explode! Oh no, this is the end!" he flew above the lake and pulling his hair.
Bubbles was laughing so hard at her counterpart that she fell to the ground and clutched her stomach in pain. "This is too much, can't breathe! You're so funny, Boomer!"
He then dived in the lake, stayed there for as long as he can hold his breath, and rose to the surface, and dived again. He then rose again, wiped his mouth so much that it was almost torn off his mouth, then waited for the inevitable destruction. He waited… and waited…and waited…and he didn't explode.
"Hey, I didn't explode! That kissing doesn't work for us anymore," Boomer exclaimed, regaining his confidence. "But yuck, I have cooties. I have cooties," he said in near panic. But it quickly turned to anger. "But you'll pay for what you did."
Bubbles was still on the ground, rolling in laughter.
"Stop laughing!" Boomer said as he flew towards Bubbles was laughing, and kicked her as hard as he could. She was thrown into a boulder, and that stopped her laughter.
"You big bully," she said. "But can I help it, you were so funny, you know, flying all around, pulling your hair, eating stones—"
"Alright already, I get your point," Boomer protested, his face red with embarrassment. Lucky for him, both of his brothers and Bubbles' sisters were too busy fighting each other to notice his actions.
'Too bad the girls are too busy fighting to see this, oh well, I'll just tell them about it later.' "And to think that our secret weapon doesn't work anymore," Bubbles said.
Boomer then attacked as hard as his SGAF stance would permit.
And his barrage of kicks and punches didn't land a single hit. Bubbles was too fast and she nimbly dodged them all. 'How did she get so fast in just over a week? Last time we fought, we were even at SGAF, and now, it's me who can't keep up with her.' "Bubbles," asked Boomer as he attempted another punch at his blonde counterpart.
"Yes," she answered politely.
"Are you fighting at full strength, or are you just playing?" Boomer asked.
"Of course I'm fighting at full strength. We never play at fighting, and we always fight at our best," Bubbles said as she dodged another kick and another punch to her left.
"Now it's my turn," she said as she quickly elbowed Boomer in the neck, sending him crashing into the forest, uprooting not a few trees in the process.
He rose from the ground and Bubbles laser-eyed her, sending him back to the ground. He then rose again and Bubbles used her sonic voice to throw him down again. "Two can play at that game," Boomer said as he used his own sonic voice. "Sonic Boom," he said, as he shouted at levels permissible under SGAF. Unlike Bubbles' soprano voice when using her weapon, Boomer was low and bass, but still as deadly. It was not at full force however, so Bubbles was only thrown a few feet off. Holding her ears, she retaliated by another Sonic Voice, completely drowning out the Sonic Boom in the process. The force of the voice deepened the crater and irritated him. After the sonic voice, he charged, and was met with a kick by Bubbles. He then was again thrown to the ground.
"Brick this isn't working," Boomer said. "Let's change stance to Double A."
"Yeah Brick. They're much stronger than before. We'll get creamed if we don't do it," Butch added.
Meanwhile…
Brick attacked Blossom. Brick first began kicking, expecting about half of it to get through. So Brick was definitely surprised to find that he was not keeping up with Blossom's movements.
'How could she be so fast,' Brick said to himself. He then somehow managed to punch her in the stomach, but it didn't faze her a bit. And it seemed that Blossom deliberately let herself be hit. 'And much stronger too. Less than two weeks ago, a hit like that would send her reeling back, but this didn't even make her flinch,' he thought.
As if she was reading her mind, she said, "Wondering why we're so fast and strong all of a sudden? If you're smart, I'll change your fighting stance to Aggressive Attack from Stand Ground and Fight. This fight is so boring. You're not even an eight of a challenge the way you were more than a week ago," Blossom mockingly said.
"Hey, how did you know the meaning of the stances?" asked Brick.
"Oh please, it's so obvious. And I have my methods," Blossom said.
"Well, it won't help you," Brick said as he iced-breathed Blossom. Blossom was caught in it, but in just a second, she broke through it, not even shivering.
"You call that an ice breathe? Now this is ice breathe," Blossom said as she ice breathed Brick. Soon, Brick was covered in a block of ice, and fell to the ground. Brick broke through the ice soon after, but was shivering. Seconds later, he was hit by laser eyes. He was angry.
'How could they have gotten much stronger in just over one week?' he asked himself. 'Well, that doesn't matter now.' He then launched another attack.
Blossom just waited for Brick, then sidestepped and grabbed Brick from behind. She wrapped her arms under his shoulder so that his arms were dangling in the sides. He finished it by wrapping her legs around his waist.
"Remember this?" Blossom said.
"Take your filthy hands off me!" Brick shouted.
"Well, unless you surrender and kneel and beg our forgiveness, maybe, just maybe I'll consider," Blossom said as she tightened her grip. Brick wiggled, trying to get free, but to no avail. Unless he changed his stance, then he would be stuck.
Blossom then laser-eyed Brick repeatedly in the back of the head. Brick could only scream. After several laser attacks, Blossom judged him weak enough and threw him in the air. She then kicked him towards the lake. Soon, he was underwater.
Brick emerged from the lake, dripping.
'Okay, one more,' he thought as he charged Blossom. Blossom dodged to the right to avoid his ramming head, but Brick anticipated it and swerved towards Blossom. Seconds before his head would have collided with Blossom's side, she disappeared and appeared above Brick and laser-eyed him. Soon, he was falling again to the lake. He righted himself up just before he plunged into the blue.
He then looked at Blossom high above. He smirked, and made a huge iceberg using his ice-breath, and flung it as hard as he could at Blossom. 'That's too big to dodge,' Brick thought, 'and even she wouldn't be able to take it.'
Blossom made no attempt to dodge it. Instead, she quickly made another iceberg, smaller than the iceberg Brick threw at her, and threw it as hard as she could at the iceberg Brick threw at her. The two icebergs collided, causing the larger one to explode into a million pieces, causing the forest to be covered with ice. The smaller one was reduced in size, but even after colliding, the core continued on towards Brick, and hit him square in the face. It broke into a million pieces, but the impact was such that it made Brick dizzy.
Before he could recover, Blossom was on him. She balled her fists, and slammed it at his head, and he fell to the ground, though not quite unconscious. She then took his hand, and flew him to the mountain. She repeatedly slammed him on the mountain, cracking its side. She then threw him to the air, got a big boulder, and threw it at Brick. It slammed on impact.
However, Brick was not down. In fact, he didn't even fall. When all the dust settled down, he looked down at Blossom defiantly. His face was bruised, his lip was cut, his clothes were torn at several places. He straightened his cap, smirked, and folded his arms.
"I got to give it you, Miss Utonium, you did get stronger than before," Brick said. Suddenly, both his brothers yelled at him.
"Brick this isn't working," Boomer said. "Let's change stance to Double A."
"Yeah Brick. They're much stronger than before. We'll get creamed if we don't do it," Butch added.
"I think it's time to find out how much they've really improved," Brick replied. "Change stance to Double A."
"Now that's more like it," Butch beamed.
"Yeah, let's show those girls what us guys are really made of!"
Butch attacked Buttercup, quickening his speed, and catching Buttercup off guard. Charging from the ground, one hand forward with a clenched fist, he struck Buttercup at the stomach, throwing her off balance. Buttercup, dazed, quickly recovered and kicked Butch in the face. Butch was slightly thrown back, but flipped and kicked Buttercup in the back. Buttercup fell but flew before she hit the ground and laser-eyed Butch.
Though outside an example of ferocity, inside, he was confused. 'How could she keep up with me? I'm much stronger than her, if the last fight was any indication. So why am I not wiping the floor with her right now? I just need to put more effort into it.'
And he did put more effort into it, in fact, he fought to his maximum speed and strength.
Buttercup followed up her laser-eye attack by gathering another large rock and throwing it at Butch. She then followed behind the boulder.
Butch saw the boulder coming at him. 'What does she think of me, stupid?' he thought in contempt. He waited proudly for the boulder and smashed it with one punch. He didn't see Buttercup immediately because of all the rubble, and she went right at Butch. Soon, Butch was subjected to a left, a right, a couple of kicks, some laser eye attacks, and another kick. Butch was psychologically thrown off, but he didn't show it outside. Soon, anger became the dominant emotion consuming him. 'Why am I loosing to her? It can't be! No, I won't let it, I am stronger to her and I won't loose to a sissy like her.' The thought gave Butch much needed confidence and he quickly counter-attacked. He gave Buttercup as good as he received from her, but not much more. In fact, the fight was so even that neither got much, or any, advantage. Both were fighting at full strength and speed. Butch and Buttercup had underestimated the strength and speed of each other.
For Boomer, the psychological effect was the opposite.
'Oh no, they're much stronger than before! I'll bet that they'll wipe me on the floor even if I fight at full strength!' he thought, though he showed nothing on the outside. He was thought by Brick never to show weakness to an opponent during a fight, and always show your strength. 'Alright, Brick, you told me never to show that you're afraid, even if you are, because your opponent will take advantage over it. Unless of course it is deliberate to fool your enemy into thinking you are much weaker than you really are, like we did the last time.'
Bubbles was examining her opponent. 'Oh boy, he's now fighting at full strength. I bet I'll get beaten up just like last time,' she thought, shuddering at the memory. 'And look at him, he's so tough.' And for two whole minutes, they just stared at each other, with the mistaken belief that they're much weaker than the other.
'Heck! I might as well fight than stare all day, even if I'll just get creamed,' Boomer thought, and attacked. He aimed a kick at Bubbles' head, and to his surprise, it connected. Bubbles was thrown to the side, while Boomer chased her and laser-eyed her.
Bubbles' worst fears were just confirmed. 'Oh no, I'm done for! Oh well, but if I'm going down, it won't be without a fight,' she thought. She righted herself up after being laser-eyed, and laser-eyed him in return. To Bubbles pleasant surprise, it hit, and she began kicking Boomer.
Both combatants had their confidence up, and a fierce fight ensued.
'So Bubbles is not much stronger than I am,' Boomer thought.
'So I'm not weaker that much anymore,' Bubbles thought.
Boomer slammed his fist at Bubbles' head. Bubbles fell, but retaliated by kicking his back. Boomer screamed, and kneed her in the gut. Bubbles slumped over, but she used that to her advantage by ramming Boomer's tummy with her head. The blue ruff then took her hand and threw her to the ground, but before she landed, she righted herself up and shouted at Boomer, but it was not really a shout. It was her Sonic Voice.
"Oh yeah? Two can play at that game! Sonic Boom!"
And the two giant voice attacks clashed, and neither gave way. Both were straining to gain advantage, ignoring the pain in their ears, hoping for the other to give out before he/she did. But after two minutes, both ran out of breath, and stopped.
They caught their breath, stared at each other for a few moments, and charged towards each other.
Brick and Blossom, unlike their siblings, didn't commit the same mistakes.
'They were definitely stronger,' Brick said as soon as he gave the order to change stances. 'Now the question is how strong. They couldn't have overtaken us in strength in a little more than one week, unless…'
'So he's fighting at his full strength now? I better watch my back,' she thought, remembering their last fights. 'I don't know if more than one week of intense training is enough, but I can only hope. The fate of Townsville is hanging by the balance. We can't lose. If we do, then Mojo Jojo will take over Townsville with these guys.'
Blossom made the first move. She lunged at Brick, but Brick swerved back then laser-eyed her. He then followed it up by punching her hard in the stomach. Blossom drew back and kicked Brick in the face. She threw him towards the ground.
Brick halted just as he was about to hit the tops of the trees. 'Looks like we're about even. I don't know how they caught up with us in just over a week, but they did,' he thought. 'I think I'll use a different tactic.'
"Hey Leader girl, let's how good a seeker you are! Catch me if you can, that is, if you can find me!" Brick shouted, and at once flew down at the forest and disappeared among the vegetation.
'What is he doing? Why is he running away when it's obvious I don't have any overwhelming advantage over him? That training wasn't enough to be stronger than them, that's for sure, but at least, they don't have any advantage. So if I know him, and I don't, he's planning something. But what? Well, there's only one way to find out,' she thought.
"Brick, you can run, but you can't hide!" Blossom shouted. She then looked at the forest and saw no sign of Brick, 'Well you can hide,' Blossom thought. She then descended just above the canopy of trees, straining her eyes to look for Brick. Suddenly, a laser-eye attacked emerged from below and hit her. When Blossom recovered, she looked down and saw nothing.
Blossom continued scanning just above the canopy, straining her eyes just to look for Brick under the brush. Suddenly, a boy zoomed in from above, punched her in the jaw, and then disappeared again in the forest.
By this time, Blossom was getting peeved. She then began using X-ray vision to locate Brick. She saw some squirrels, some deer, some wolves, but no Brick.
Suddenly, the red ruff rose from the forest, kicked her in the head, stuck out his tongue at her, and before she could retaliated, disappeared again in the forest. Those attacks didn't do serious damage, but it did annoy her.
"That's it!" she shouted. She then descended to the forest floor and began to look for the leader of the Rowdyruff Boys.
He again disappeared. A minute later he emerged from one of the bushes, struck Blossom in the face, then attempted to hide.
"Oh no you don't," Blossom said, quickly recovering. "You're not going to get away that easy." She quickly took off to where she saw Brick go.
Brick saw that he was being followed by Blossom. 'Heck, enough of this hiding', he thought. "Hey Blossom, catch me if you can!" he taunted, before running off at full speed at the forest floor.
"Run! Run like the coward that you are, but you won't get away from me!" Blossom shouted, and began chasing him.
They chased each other through the forest floor, on top of the lake (they flew), and through the other side of the lake. They were so even in speed that Brick wasn't able to leave Blossom in the dust and Blossom wasn't able to catch Brick. They looked more like kids playing tag than supposedly fighting for Townsville's future.
Brick suddenly swerved and run right for Blossom. But before they collided, he again swerved and run past Blossom.
'Hm, that Brick's going on a curved path. I'll just cut him off,' she thought as she reversed the direction of her run. She at first followed him in the top of the lake, but quickly changed direction.
Soon, Brick was in the forest, still running in a curved path. 'Guess I'm too fast for her,' Brick thought. Suddenly, from his side, Blossom shoulder slammed him in the side, throwing him violently to the side. His momentum caused several trees to be uprooted as he crashed into tree after tree after tree. 'Where did she come from?' he thought in surprise. 'Of course, I was going in a curve, and she just went straight.'
Blossom followed him and as soon as he landed, he iced him. Brick was soon frozen in a block of ice. Blossom then laser-eyed him. It melted the ice but as soon as it was melted, zapped him. Brick was extremely angry at this point, and struck her in the face. Blossom fell, as Brick froze her. He then kicked him high in the air then laser-eyed her. Blossom quickly recovered and attacked Brick.
And so, the next two hours were nothing but a series of fights between the two sets of kids with equal strength, power and speed. Nobody gained any advantage, and they were soon exhausted.
Two hours into the fight…
"Let's call five-minute truce," Brick suggested, panting and wiping the sweat off his brow. "I'm bushed, and I'm sure you are too."
"Am not, you're just…actually, you do have a point. Why don't we call our siblings and call it off for the next hour instead?" the pink leader suggested.
"Well, okay," Brick agreed. "Now, I have here a stopwatch. I'll time it so that we fight in exactly one hour."
"Agreed," she said to her counterpart. "Buttercup, Bubbles, stop it! We'll rest for one hour, then we fight again!"
"Boomer, Butch, that's enough. We have a one-hour break!"
Their siblings were relieved at the break. All of them were extremely exhausted. Soon, they were on opposite sides of the bank of the lake, enjoying the view, and talking to each other.
"That was the toughest fight I have had so far, tougher than even the last fight with those guys," Buttercup commented. "And I thought that our training was enough. Instead, it only made us equals, however much I hate to admit it."
"I was afraid that our training wasn't enough!" Bubbles said, adding her two cents. "Boy, was I relieved when I found out he wasn't any stronger than I am! Though Buttercup's right about it being the toughest fight. Well, Boomer's kind of nice. If they weren't bent of taking over Townsville and destroying us maybe we six can all be friends?"
"No way! Those boys are evil, however way you look at it," Blossom declared as she stared at the boys at the other end of the bank. "We're even, alright. I just hope that we win before we die from exhaustion. Hey, we haven't tried kissing them yet!"
"Actually, I tried, and it didn't work," Bubbles said.
The boys were having a card game.
"Man, how did they get so strong?" Butch asked in bewilderment.
"They trained," Brick simply said.
"But we trained for a month, and we got so much stronger than they are," Boomer replied. "But after only a week? How could they get so strong all of a sudden and catch up with us?"
"I have been giving a lot of thought about that," Brick said as he picked a card from the deck. "Remember what Dad said before? When we we're recreated? Well he said something about the girls being much stronger than us that it would be suicide to take them on right away. Well, he's right, the girls got stronger after the very first encounter, and if we didn't train, we'd have our butts kick last week."
"But how could they get so strong?" Butch asked.
"I initially thought that Dad had overestimated the strength of the girls," Brick continued. "After all, we creamed them in the last fight. But our advantage, I realized now, wasn't that great. Sure, we were much stronger, but the difference was nothing compared to the girls total strength and speed and power. The difference gave us an extreme advantage, but it was a small difference still. So it wasn't impossible that they could easily catch up to us in just over a week."
Both of his brothers were just listening, hanging on to his every word.
"Now, I have a plan…"
"Who needs a plan to defeat them? All we need is to punch harder and faster and wham, they'll all be crying like little babies," Butch said.
"Well, if you want to fight until both of you drop, that'll do," Brick replied sarcastically. "Look here, we're even, so no matter how hard you punch, she'll be able to take it and give you a punch just as hard. Now, do you want us to win quickly, or do you want us to fight until you're too old to lift your hands?"
"To win," Butch replied.
"Good. Now do you remember the fighting moves, formations and tactics that I devised when we were training?" Brick asked.
"You mean the fancy movements?" asked Boomer.
"The same one. Now, do you still remember how to do it?"
Both brothers nodded.
"Do you still remember the code names?"
They nodded again.
"Good. Just follow my orders when we start the fight and the battle should be over in no time at all," Brick said.
"How can you be sure it'll work?" Butch challenged.
"I'm not," Brick replied. "But do you have a better plan?"
Butch didn't reply, but just shook his head. "Okay, I'll follow your orders," he finally said.
A few minutes later, Buttercup, and Bubbles were asleep, and so were Boomer and Butch. Blossom and Brick remained awake, counting the seconds before the hour was over, and watching each other in case any made a wrong move.
Soon, the hour was over. Brick and Blossom awakened their respective siblings, and they stared at each other. They stared at each other, and attacked. The second part of the second clash has begun.