The Dance
by Tonifranz
This fic happens after What is Buttercup's Plan. But reading that fic and my other fics is not necessary for understanding or enjoying this fic. There are references to my other fics, notably Allies and Rivals and Allies and Rivals II. However, the only thing that needs to be understood in this was that a certain Dr William Edwards was the one who recreated the Rowdyruff Boys, not Him, after they were first destroyed by the girls by being kissed, and under his guidance, they were not evil anymore. And they were in alliance with the girls, called the Ruff Puff Alliance, with Blossom as leader.
Short Summary: Pokey Oakes elementary has an annual school dance for its first graders. Sounds good. The catch is, the girls are the one who invite the boys, and the boys, according to school rules, can't refuse the girl who first asked them.
Long Summary: This is a story about a Sadie Hawkins Dance, where the girls ask the boys, and the boy has to take the first girl to ask him to the dance, or else! The boys conjure ways to get out from being asked, and going to the dance, while the girls, as a result of a combination of events, were left with only the Rowdyruffs to ask. Will the Rowdyruff Boys escape from the terrors of the dance? Or will the Powerpuff Girls manage to get the boys to the Dance? And what does Princess Morebucks have to do with all of this?
Announcement: I've just updated chapter 2 of Allies and Rivals III to readers of this fic who also reads my other fic.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Powerpuff Girls or their characters. The Powerpuff Girls are owned by Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. I only own my own characters, the most prominent of which is Dr Edwards.
Chapter 5
The Chase
In a farm far far away from the City of Townsville…
"What in tarnation!" shouted Mr. Fish as he felt a gush of wind blow against him.
"What the—" Dr. Edwards said as he saw his sons abruptly fly away. He then saw the girls chase after them. "Oh, never mind," he chuckled.
"What's going on?" asked Mr. Fish.
"Ha, ha, the Powerpuff Girls are chasing the Rowdyruff Boys," said Dr. Edwards, "and I think I know why."
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The boys flew as fast as they could from the girls.
"Shit! How the hell did they find us?" asked Butch in surprise.
"I don't know! I mean, I didn't even expect that they would even be that desperate as to chase us across the country," Boomer added as they flew. "I mean, it's as if we're the last boys on earth!"
"Damn! I think all the mess we made, though fun, had made our tracks so clear that all it needs to be more obvious is a big flashing neon sign!" said Brick. "I thought that they would give up when they find out that we're out of town. Guess I was wrong."
"Well, we better not let them catch us," said Butch.
"Yeah, or it will be curtains for us!" Boomer added.
"Ha, those rowdyruffs thought that they could get away from us!" Buttercup said as they pursued the boys. "Well, nobody can get away from the Powerpuff Girls, not villains, not criminals, and certainly not smelly disgusting boys!"
"And to think that a dance could cause us so much trouble," said Blossom. "Well, those boys won't get away, that's for sure. And they'll pay for making us chase them halfway across the country!"
"I wonder what their reaction will be when we catch them?" Bubbles wondered.
The boys flew at top speed, trying their best to outrun and out-fly the girls, but the girls themselves flew as fast as the boys, so they were not able to shake them off. Conversely, the girls were not fast enough to catch them, so the chase went on, and on, and on.
The boys flew across the plains, over the mountains, through the valleys and the girls wouldn't let up on them. They were just equally matched in speed that they simply couldn't gain any advantage over the other.
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An hour and two thousand miles later…
"I'm getting tired of this," said Butch.
"Me too! But we can't let them get us! Who knows what horrors they'll inflict on us if they catch us?" Boomer frightfully said.
"Well, I know a way we can ditch them. Go to the forest below. Maybe we can hide there," said Brick.
The boys immediately dove to the forest below.
"Look, the boys went to the forest," Bubbles observed.
"Well, follow them," ordered Blossom.
"Way ahead of you, Red," said Buttercup as she went first.
When the three girls arrived at forest floor, they can find no sign of the boys in the thick woods.
"Huh! Where are they?" asked Bubbles.
The girls scanned the area, but they can't find their quarries.
"Well, we better search them," said Blossom. "They're hiding."
"I think we better split up, so we can cover a larger area," suggested Buttercup.
"I agree. Bubbles, you go on that direction," Blossom ordered, pointing in one direction, "Buttercup, you go there," pointing in another direction, "and I'll go there. After twenty minutes, if we haven't found them yet, we'll meet here. If you find them, call us using your watch. Now go!"
The three girls then split up, covering every inch of the forest. Everywhere, they searched as fast as they could, leaving no stone unturned, but they just couldn't find them.
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Meanwhile…
The boys were resting on braches deep in the top canopy of tall pine tree. They were completely covered by the leaves of the tree.
"You think this is a good enough hiding place?" asked Butch.
"Well, we'll see," said Brick. "Look down!"
They saw Bubbles fly towards the tree they were hiding.
"Remember, not a word, you here?" whispered Brick.
Both of his brothers nodded.
Bubbles suddenly stopped a few feet below them, scanned the area, including the thick canopy, then went on.
"Ha! Nobody can find us here, not even the girls," said Boomer. "It's as if we're invisible. Did you see her eyes when she looked at us? We saw her, but she didn't see us!"
"Yup, they can't find us here," said Butch.
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Twenty minutes later…
"You found them yet?" asked Blossom through their communicator watches.
"Nope! Haven't found any signs of those boys," said Buttercup.
"Me too," said Bubbles. "I can't find any of them!
"Let's go back to the meeting place," said Blossom with a heavy voice.
Bubbles then went back to where their prearranged meeting place.
"Look, it's Bubbles!" whispered Boomer, as he saw his counterpart float to the base of their tree.
"Not a word," Brick whispered back.
However, a needle leaf soon drifted up to Butch's nose. "Atchoo," he sneezed quite loudly.
"Huh?" said Bubbles as she suddenly halted when she heard a boy's sneeze.
Brick glared at his raven haired brother, who just made a pathetic smile in reply.
Bubbles glanced up to see the tree where she heard the sneeze. At first, all she saw was leaves. Curiously, she flew to the canopy and entered it, and saw the three boys sitting on the branches with a look of horror in their staring eyes.
"Hi boys!" Greeted Bubbles cheerily. "Hi Boomer. Boomer, would you mmpphh!"
But before she could ask him, Boomer suddenly grabbed her and covered her mouth with his hand.
"Whew! That was close!" said Boomer.
"So what do we do with her?" asked Butch.
Bubbles simply giggled into Boomer's hand as his face got became red with nervousness and he began to sweat as he held Bubbles. He wanted to take his hands off her, but he was afraid to take his hand from her mouth and give her the opportunity to ask him. Of course, as all of them knew, once Bubbles asked, he can't refuse.
"Well, we can tie her and gag her," suggested Butch.
"Well, that would have worked perfectly, except that we don't have any rope, or duct tape, or handkerchiefs, you idiot!" replied Brick.
"Please think of something. I'm really starting to get uncomfortable holding her," said Boomer as Bubbles giggled non-stop as she felt Boomer's discomfort.
"Okay. I'll count to three. At three, you Boomer, let go of her, and we run like hell out of here, okay? So one, two, three, now!"
At that, Boomer pushed Bubbles down and all three boys flew upwards as high as they could. Bubbles was unable to ask Boomer again as he was so far away in just a few seconds.
"Girls, I found them! Look up in the sky!" said Bubbles excitedly to her watch.
Both Blossom and Buttercup looked up in the sky, and saw the three boys heading towards the sky.
"Great!" said Blossom with delight as she and Buttercup saw the boys going high up in the air. Both girls, and Bubbles, went after the boys.
"Great!" said Brick with an annoyed tone as he and his brothers flew higher in the air. He glanced down and saw that the girls were coming after them in three directions. "Yeah, really great! Boomer, Butch, put on your shades, and just follow me."
The boys put their shades on. Brick suddenly stopped, as did his brothers. He then a small ball from his pocket, pressed a button, and tossed it in the air.
Buttercup gasped. "The sunball!" But before anyone of them could do anything, they were forced to cover their eyes as a blinding brightness filled the air.
Brick and his brothers then went back to the forest.
"Girls, your shades," Blossom directed.
"Yeah Red, I know," said Buttercup as she got her shades from her pocket and wore them. Her sisters did the same. They then looked for the boys, but the Rowdyruff Boys disappeared.
"We had them this close," said Buttercup frustratingly.
"Where are they now?" asked Bubbles.
"In the forest," said Blossom.
"Maybe they had flown away to someplace else?" Buttercup
"No, it only took as a couple of seconds for us to wear the shades. If they left the forest, we should have seen them flying away in the sky," said Blossom. "Let's go! We're wasting time."
Buttercup didn't argue Blossom's point. Instead, she immediately followed both her sisters back to the forest.
The boys hid in a large clump of bushes, this time absolutely quiet. The three girls slowly descended towards the forest floor, and they quietly touched down on the dried leaves on the ground. By coincidence, they were just a few feet from the place the boys were hiding.
"So where do we look?" asked Bubbles.
"I don't know," said Blossom, "how 'bout we scan this area first before moving out?"
Suddenly, there was a voice from the bushes.
"Boys, what time are you coming back?" asked Dr. Edwards through their watches.
"Oh shit! Um Dad, before dark," said Brick.
"Ha, ha, there they are," said Bubbles.
"And we got them surrounded too!" said Buttercup as she noticed that the three of them were in three opposite sides of the bushes. The boys then floated over the bush that they were hiding in.
"Boys, would you take—" Blossom began.
"Before you say anything, listen to me! Look, I have no idea that you're going to follow us here! It just shows how desperate you are," Brick began. "Ha, ha, we nearly got away from you, and believe me, we're still going to get away from you! That's right! We won't fall that easily! No sir, I mean no Ma'am! Yup, we'll win! Ha, ha! You'll find out that the Rowdyruff Boys aren't that easy to take down, especially by the likes of girls like you three! Ha, ha, ha! It is proven throughout history, from the Sumerians, Babylonians, Israelites, Egyptians, Hittites, that we are right! From the Greeks to the Estrucans, to the Gauls, to the Ammonites, to the Persians, to the Allemani—"
"What are you trying to say?" asked Buttercup.
"I'm not finished yet!" snapped Brick. "So anyway, because it shows the superiority of the Romans over Hannibal, who despite his total decisive victory at Lake Trebia and Cannae and Capua's defection, still lost to Rome, thus ensuring…"
"What's Brick doing?" asked Boomer. "Why does he keep yakking on and on?"
"He's doing that so the girls won't have a chance to talk, and ask us to the dance," answered Butch.
"…Anyway, we can conclude that in terms of leadership, Commodus was horrible! His father, Marcus Aurelius certainly was better. And in the best way to get more money is to make sure that your profits exceed your expenses. Take for example, Worldcom, the reason for its bankruptcy is because it recorded loses as profits, to take Mr. Wilson's example. Anyway, to say that Alaska is the most important state in the Union—"
"Brick, you're not making any—" Blossom said.
"It will, just listen! As I was saying, Alaska is not the most important state! No state really is! That proves that Dan Rather and Mel Gibson are really twins of Mojo Jojo. Anyway, in 800, Charlemagne made an empire that was said at the time to be the reincarnation of the Western Roman Empire, and thus leading the pope to crown him Holy Roman Emperor, thus having Europe with two Roman Emperors, the other one in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. In other news, we can say that all things considered, we can say that Sesame Street is an overrated TV show, as was the channel Cartoon Network…"
For one hour, Brick talked continuously to the three girls, snapping at any one who might talk to them. This time, he wondered from history, politics, art, government, leadership, television programs, the latest baseball and foot ball games, to form the most incoherent rant that has come out from his mouth. He snapped when the girls tried to talk to any of the boys, saying to let him finish first before they could talk. Soon the girls were bored, and they were talking among themselves, and not otherwise minding the boys—waiting for Brick to run out of breath.
"…And that is to say, Fuzzy Lumpkins is an idiot because of his foolishly futile attacks, that it is shameful to call him a major villain. That is why it proves how great Thomas Edison really is! And we all know his greatest invention, that which changed the entire world, is the Electrical Vote Recorder, used in Congress to record the votes of our Representatives from the Aye and Nay votes of Congressmen, which is more important than the light bulb and the phonograph among his inventions. Boomer, Butch, now! Run!"
The boys immediately took off. The girls didn't even hear his orders to run because they weren't simply paying attention to the boys as they were put off by the ruff leader's incoherent rant. So when they took off, the Powerpuffs were surprised. They only took off when the boys were already so far away.
"Huh, I can't see them, but they went in that direction," said Bubbles, pointing towards the west.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go after them!" Buttercup declared.
"Wait! I have a better idea," said Blossom. "Follow me." Blossom them flew in the opposite direction to where the boys went, and her sisters followed her.
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"Suckers!" said Brick. "Those girls are suckers! Ha Ha! They should have listened to all that I was saying!"
"Well, what you're saying didn't make sense at all," said Butch. "It was gibberish!"
"Ah, don't you mean, pure unadulterated horseshit?" said Brick. "Ha, ha! I intended it to be that way so they'll be confused, and they won't know what hit them when we flew away!"
"Brilliant, Brick, just brilliant! But I think we better find some place to hide so we can really shake off those girls," said Boomer. "And I know just the place."
A few hours later…
The boys had been hiding in a cave on west side of the Rocky Mountains for the past few hours since they got away from the girls. The cave was dry, with the setting sun illuminating the place, while a cool breeze was blowing against the mouth. The boys were sitting on a flat hard surface playing the deck of cards that Boomer brought along and using small stones as chips.
"Ha, I win!" said Butch as he laid down his five cards. It was four queens and jack of spades.
"You lose," replied Brick with a smile, as he laid down four kings and jack of hearts.
"You too, Brick," said Boomer with an outsized grin as he laid down four aces and jack of clovers. "He, he, he. My dear brother, you maybe the smartest, the leader, the shrewder one, and Butch, you might be the toughest one, the strongest one, but I'm the greatest poker player in the world! Hahahaha!"
"Boys, where are you? Go home now! Here in Fish farm! It's nearly dark!" Dr. Edwards suddenly said through their watches.
"Yes Dad," said Brick. "Come on, you guys. Let's go."
"Right," said Boomer as he pocketed his deck of cards.
"Let's go," said Butch, and the three boys flew towards Fish Farm.
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When they arrived…
"Boys, what's going on?" Dr. Edwards sternly said outside the house as soon as they arrived. Though he's not angry, he's not happy either. "Why did the girls come after you here? And why are you running away from them? And why the hell did you just take off like that?"
"Well, Dad, uh, you see," Brick stuttered as he tried to explain their situation.
"Wait. Let's go to your room. It's getting dark, you know," said their father. "And you better have a good explanation!"
The boys hung their heads low while Brick tried thinking up a plausible excuse. They deliberately walked very slowly towards their assigned room in the second floor to buy them time.
Reaching their room, Butch opened the door, and the three boys and their father entered. Soon, the door closed. Boomer turned to see who closed the door. He gasped in shock.
It was Buttercup.
Brick and Butch also gasped. They saw Blossom and Bubbles in the room. Bubbles was sitting on the bed, with a big smile on her face, while Blossom was floating, her hands crossed, her mouth twisted into a smirk.
"Thought you can get away from us, huh?" said Blossom triumphantly.
"Boys, the girls came here a few hours after you took off," explained Dr. Edwards. "I asked them what they wanted, and told me that they have something to tell you. So, what's really going on?"
'We're doomed,' Boomer thought.
Author Notes
This fic, along with The Date, and What is Buttercup's Plan? happens between Chapter 21 (The Triumph of the Ruff Puff Alliance), and Chapter 22 (Brick's Challenge) of this story, Allies and Rivals II: Commander and the Leader. The kids already had rescued Prof Utonium and Dr Edwards from Ckracknow's first island. Ckracknow himself escaped, got some financing from Mr Morebucks, and unknown to the kids, was creating the five clones that will attack Citiesville. Blossom's still the undisputed leader of the Ruff Puff Alliance, but Brick was plotting to grab it from the pink puff leader.
To Celey, first of all, thanks for reviewing this fic of mine. Well, I'd like to say that every review is significant to authors, as it allows them to gauge the extent to which their fic is being read, as those without a paid account cannot see how many hits their stories are getting.
Anyway, thanks for reading my stories.
Yes, the boys were caught by the girls.
To PinkPuff 514, yup, the girls were lucky. And the boys were simply careless and sloppy in leaving trails. Well, the girls have the boys right where they wanted them.
To Divagurl277, well, they are the Rowdyruff Boys, and they certainly picked up some words from criminals and villains! And given their nature, it wouldn't be surprising that they chose to use it. Notice that only the boys use curse words, while the girls do not?
To Dooly, well, you know I usually reserve my overly long chapters to my main fics and use the short ones on fics like this. Well, it was fun for them, until they were caught.
To Moonjava, thanks.
To Hairy Gregory, yup, just like the robbers of Townsville have taken the girls seriously.
Yup, it was indeed lucky for the girls that Bubbles had left her marker, or they might have never have found the boys.
Looks like the Zerg Spray repellant has done wonders for the girls!
To Ud the Imp, well, the boys were simply careless and sloppy, and certainly were not masters of covering their tracks.
To BrYtt BRatt, yup, and for the boys, it did.
Yup, luckily, their chase went through uninhabited areas, so nobody was actually hurt.
To Nightglider, well now, they had them. Don't worry, I will finish this fic. quickly dodges kick from Nightglider-star, then eats the cookie given as a reward from great chapter
Thanks for the cookies! (munch, munch) It's really delicious.
To Lynx Sarnage, well, even though the boys are caught, as they say, it ain't over till it's over!
To Kim, well, the girls didn't outrun the boys. In fact, quite the opposite happened. The boys outrun and outsmarted the girls in the chase, but nevertheless, they walked into a trap.
To didygal, thanks for liking my story and reviewing.
To Tones, yup, those poor, naïve boys…
To John, well, the answer is at the end of this chapter!