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 6 of Allies and Rivals III.
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 9
Sneaking Out
The City of Townsville, and the Rowdyruffs and Powerpuffs were driven to the dance by their respective parents…
The cars arrived outside the Dance Hall at the school. The boys first went out of the car with dreadful expressions on their faces, while the girls were grinning (Bubbles) to smiling (Blossom) to smirking (Buttercup).
Bubbles seemed genuinely happy to go with Boomer to the dance, while Blossom was happy to go to the dance, but gave the impression that she'd rather have anybody but Brick as a date. Buttercup was not happy at all to be going to the dance, but love one-upping both Princess and the boys. But all were happy about one thing. They thought they had bested and beat the boys, and they had won their point with Princess that they can drag boys with them to the dance.
The boys had grim expressions in their faces, and their hands were buried in their pockets. However, all of them had some hope, as they anticipated that they will still get out of this mess.
"Well, have fun boys! Don't worry, it's not terrible!" said Dr. Edwards. "It's very very very terrible! Be very afraid!"
The boys shook with fright.
"William! Stop scaring them!" the Professor and Ms. Keane scolded.
"Doctor!" the girls also said.
Dr. Edwards chuckled. Then laughed. "Oh I'm sorry! I just couldn't resist. Sorry for that. Boys, aw, don't worry, I'm just kidding! Go and have some fun! But be back by 10:15, a good quarter-hour after the dance, okay?"
"Yes Dad," said the boys.
"Well, we'll go home now," said the Professor. "Unlike the other kids who needed their parents to fetch after the dance, I think you six can go home on your own."
"Yes, Professor," said the girls.
"And have fun," said Ms. Keane.
Then the adults went home, in contrast to other parents who accompanied their kids to the dance hall, then went home, intending to come back to fetch them home after a few hours. Guards were posted at the doors to ensure no intruders would come in the middle of the dance.
"Hi Blossom, hi Bubbles, hi Buttercup," said Robyn Snyder after they enter the dance hall, who was also wearing a fancy party dress, said, waving at the three girls. Besides her is a smiling Mike Believe, wearing a brown suit and black tie.
"Hi Robyn," said the girls.
"Hi boys," greeted Robyn to the boys.
They only nodded, as each of the Powerpuff Girls went and stood besides their counterparts.
There were numerous other kids, both boys and girls, going to the dance hall.
"I told you those girls will get you," said Mitch, with Princess, to the three sullen faced boys.
"Yeah, we were wrong! Those girls were everywhere," said Brick.
"Well, I won the bet!" said Mitch.
"Yeah, yeah," said Brick as he took his wallet and gave him a $20 bill.
"Holy Molly! How the heck did you get $20?" asked a pleasantly surprised Mitch.
"Well, a couple of days ago, we spotted an All You Can Eat Restaurant for only $10.Before we can dig in, the proprietor each paid us $50 not to take the offer," said Boomer.
Mitch greedily took the money, while Princess regarded it as small change to the money she was presently carrying.
"So it was all a bet?" asked Bubbles.
"Yup! We bet that we could avoid getting asked for the Dance by any girl. We could have just stayed home, but since there is the possibility that the you might search every inch of the city, we arranged to get out of town until the dance was over," Butch said.
"And we hunted you down like a fox!" boasted Buttercup.
The girls were more triumphant in talking with Princess.
"And Princess, ha, we not only bagged us boys, but the most powerful boys in the world too!" Buttercup boasted. "And you didn't get Brick, like you boasted, only a snivelling brat like Mitch. Then again, it would suit you, since you Princess, is a snivelling brat yourself!"
"Oh take that back!" said Princess, peeved.
"Make me!" said Buttercup.
"Yes I will make you take it back—later!" Princess huffed. "Come on Mitch, we're going to leave these losers!"
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Meanwhile…
"So, you only tried to avoid us because of the bet, not because you really didn't like to go do the dance with us?" asked Bubbles.
"Hell no! Heck, we really didn't want to go," said Brick. "As if! No, the deal is part of it, not the other way around. Besides, Blossom, you're an ugly annoying depressing girl! Why would I want to go with you?"
"Well, the same reason that I want to go with a pig-headed, stupid, evil boy like you! Because I can, and because it's so sweet to beat you in our game!" said Blossom. "Besides, it would do a great deal for our reputation if we got the Rowdyruff Boys!"
"Oh shut up," Brick mumbled.
"Ha, well, see the horror," said Mitch. "I thought that I'd get away, but Princess was pretty quick!"
"Well, we'll get away! We'll sneak out as soon as we get the chance," said Boomer to Mitch.
"You'll try to sneak out? Well, we'll make sure that won't happen!" said Blossom, who heard Boomer.
"Oh crap," said Boomer when he realized his mistake.
"Boomer you idiot! You gave away our plan!" said Butch.
Brick only shook his head in dismay.
"Come on Mitch, we're going to leave these losers!" Princess suddenly said, and pulled Mitch from the six.
"So, you are going to sneak away from us, aren't you?" asked Blossom.
"Oh, don't listen to them! They're just hallucinating!" Brick said, trying up to cover-up the mistakes of his brothers.
"Don't take us for fools," said Blossom. "Bubbles, Buttercup, can you please make sure that the boys won't be able to sneak out?"
"Oh I know!" said Bubbles, and she quickly grabbed Boomer by the hand and tightly held it. It looked like they were just holding hands to the observer, but in fact Bubbles' grip was unintentionally unbreakable, and Boomer can't remove his hand from Bubbles
"Oh no!" said Boomer as he realized there was no way he could wiggle free of Bubbles' grip.
Blossom then grabbed Brick by the hand, gripping it tightly. However, Brick pulled, and slipped off his hand from Blossom's grip. Blossom was surprised, and again grabbed Brick's hand. Brick tried pulling, and his hand popped out of Blossom's. She gritted her teeth, and once more gripped his hand.
"Brick, I demand that you not slip your hand from my grip," said Blossom, with gritted teeth, and an annoyed countenance.
Brick looked at her without removing his hand, smiled, then burst laughing. "Whatever you say, your ugliness," he said while chuckling, but he didn't remove his hand from Blossom's hand.
Buttercup took hold of Butch's wrist, careful to hold him by the sleeves of his coat, not his actual hand. Butch didn't even try to remove his hand but just sulked.
Most of the other kids either talked, or simply played games like tag or hide or seek or similarly. Most of the boys congregated on one the left part of the dance hall, while that of the girls on the right. There was some music, but the kids who attended, most of whom were six and seven-year-olds, simply weren't interested in dancing, and some boys (like the RRB) don't have any idea what dancing was all about. The other children quickly congregated around the Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys to congratulate them or to thank them, (though none dare insult them, since the boys were known to pummel anyone who does not apologize for it, and the six have sharp tongues.). After that, the kids dispersed again throughout the hall, with various individuals asking for favors from the Ruff-Puff Alliance.
Most of the kids were waiting for the adults in the raised platform at the end of the hall to give them instructions. The adults were talking among themselves, while letting the kids play.
By this time, the six kids were bored listening to praises and flattery from other kids, some genuine, some sycophantic. They were even more bored from kids who simply went to ask favors, like help from a bully, a loan, or some other things.
The Rowdyruff Boys wanted to separate from the Powerpuff Girls, but the girls, fully aware that they might sneak out on them, kept a tight grip on them.
"I think I need to pee," said Boomer, and headed towards the boys bathroom.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to," said Brick.
"Since you two are going, I might as well," said Butch.
The boys then went to the door of the boy's bathroom, the girls not letting go yet.
"Will you please let go of our hands? Unless you want to go to the Boy's room with us," said Brick.
"Okay, but we'll be waiting for you outside, by the door," said Blossom.
"Okay," said the boys, and they went in.
The girls then stood outside the door and waited for the boys to come out.
The boys immediately flew and opened the small ventilation window near the ceiling. It was small enough for the ruffs to slip through. They then quickly flew out into the forest at Townsville Central Park.
"So what do we do?" asked Butch.
"Or more importantly, where do we go?" asked Boomer.
"Well, we can't go home. It'd be too early, and Dad would be asking too many questions," said Brick. "We better sit it out here."
"Hey, we have enough money! Why don't we eat at McDonald's!" said Boomer.
"Nah, someone's bound to recognize us," said Butch. "And we don't want others to know we really sneaked out."
"But I'm hungry! I mean, we haven't eaten supper yet!" Boomer said.
"Me too! But we have no choice. We must not be seen by anyone!" said Brick.
"So where do we go?" asked Butch.
"Well, there's no one else here, so we might as well stay here," said Brick.
"But what do we do here?" asked Butch.
"I don't know? Maybe we can tell each other jokes or tell stories? Ha, or try to imagine the look on the girls' faces when we didn't return?" said Boomer. "Then see the look on their faces when we return five minutes before the Dance is over and tell them that all along we were there and they just can't find us among the crowd!"
"Works for me!" said Butch.
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Meanwhile…
"Hi Girls," said Ashley Dinkins, one of the girls' friends and classmates of the Powerpuff Girls.
"Hi Ashley," said Bubbles.
"Why are you standing next to the boys' bathroom?"
"Oh we're waiting for the Rowdyruff Boys," said Buttercup.
"Well, I just saw them sneaking out the window and taking off from here,"' said Ashley.
"What? Why those dirty rotten no good brats!" Buttercup ranted.
"Well, we better go find them," said Blossom.
"But how?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, with this," said Blossom, grabbing a small device from the skirt of her long dress. It's like a pocket calculator, but with a whole screen at the top and a couple of buttons with numbers on it. "I knew those boys would try to sneak out, so I prepared."
"What's that?" asked Bubbles.
"Only the latest invention of the Professor!" said Blossom proudly. Blossom pressed the 'On' button and a map of Townsville appeared on the screen. "It tracks anyone who has a communicator watch invented by Dr. Edwards." She then took a paper with the names of the members of the RPA and with numbers besides it. She punched the numbers of the Rowdyruff Boys, pressed enter, and soon, three dots appeared in the map, at Townsville Central Park, at the woods. "And there are the boys!"
"Brilliant!" said Buttercup. "Well, what are we waiting for?"
"Let's get 'em," said Blossom, and all three girls, to the amazement of the rest of the people in the hall, left in a huff.
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It was six-forty-five…
"Look, the girls!" said Brick at three beams in the sky coming towards them.
"What the hell? How in God's name did they find us?" asked a surprised Butch.
"That's not important now," said Brick. "They're here, and it appears they haven't seen us—yet. If they see us, it's over. Let's hide."
They then went to a tree with a large hollow trunk and hid in there, hoping the girls won't spot them, or it would be all over indeed and they would have been dragged back to the dance.
"So, where are they?" asked Buttercup.
"Somewhere in the vicinity," said Blossom. "Let's split up. If anybody sees them, shout, okay? We meet here after five minutes."
"Okay," said Bubbles.
"Sure Red," said Buttercup and they split up.
Blossom searched the forest, while Bubbles and Buttercup searched around it.
Four minutes later, Blossom was carefully looking at where the boys could have hid, and saw a tree with a hollow trunk. Curious, she takes a look inside, and saw the boys.
"Gotcha!" she said, and Blossom was about to call for her sisters, when out of panic, Brick and Boomer suddenly grabbed her, wrapping their arms around her pinning her arms to her sides, and Boomer covering her mouth, muffling her shouts.
However, more panic set in as the boys realized they've been busted, and since they have nothing to tie Blossom up with, they would have to let go of her sooner or later, or they would be found by her sisters. And Blossom knew it too.
"Busted!" whispered Butch dejectedly.
"Yeah, but maybe her sisters wouldn't find us?" Boomer suggested.
"No, that won't happen," said Brick.
"So what are we going to do?" Butch asked. "Let her go and allow them to find us?"
"Well, we just wait, and hope it would take a long time for them to find her," said Brick. "Then when they do, we'd simply go back with them to the Dance Hall, since we don't have a choice, and we're in big trouble already. Maybe we can plead with them not to tell Dad about our escapade?"
Their plan was now wrecked.
Blossom simply waited for them to be found, and didn't attempt to get out of Brick's bear hug, as she knew that the boys were going to be in big trouble. And she knows she's going to have fun when the boys asked she and her sisters to keep hush about it.
Her plan was to keep quiet about it, and not tell their father, but for a price from the boys.
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The girls met up one minute later.
"Where's Blossom?" asked Bubbles.
"I don't know," said Buttercup. "Blossom!" she called.
"Blossom!" shouted Bubbles.
"I think we better look for her," said Bubbles, and Buttercup nodded.
They went to the forest, and made a quick search, and found the empty tree trunk.
"You go on, I'll wait here," said Buttercup.
So Bubbles approached it to see if there was anyone inside.
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 PinkPuff514, yeah, the kids were really funny in this chapter. Well, the boys nearly got away, but will soon be busted.
To Scotty-Boyo, yup, given the relationship of the boys and girls in this timeline, it's really funny how Blossom could in such a way, but as it would freak out Brick, I can't see why not?
To shadowedstar213, I agree, Buwahahaha!
To Hairy Gregory, and he divulged a second time, this time to Blossom! Well, Dr. Edwards did complement the girls on being good-looking after the makeover done by Ms. Keane, and he probably just wanted to compliment the Professor with his neat camcorder.
To The Ultramind, yup, it's now a last ditch effort for the boys.
To Tones, well, the Powerpuff Girls wore dresses when fighting criminals and monsters, so why wouldn't they wear one in a Dance?
They did make it out successfully, but I don't think they'll stay out for long, but you never know what might happen.
To Runa, well, here's another chapter!
To Moonjava, thanks.
To Lynx Sarnage, ah, so now, it's Scotty Boyo, Lynx Sarnage and The Ultramind for the boys v. BrYtt BRatt and Hairy Gregory for the girls!
To BrYtt BRatt, LOL! You really must have a terrible singing voice for all the UYA weapons to self-destruct.
And who knows? I might even make another tie-up scene in the future! You can never know!
Then you might really become crazy! Muhahahahaha!
J/k
To Dooly, unless the bathroom is large enough that several people could pee.
To Kezzer, yup, too bad the girls (except Bubbles) don't use it too often!
To Lil Fang, okay.
1. Well, the girls simply used it on their own, because they see adults using it. Because no one else in the Utonium house is using make-up, then the Professor would have no reason to forbid the girls from using it. And since they have already attempted it, I think it would be best to let someone do it who knows what they are really doing.
Well, I know some parents who put make-up on their little girls if they have to perform on stage, or go to some really formal party or such.
2. Agreed.
3. Yes. The reason I had the Powerpuff Girls wore dresses is simply because they wore dresses while fighting monsters and villains, so it would make sense that they use dresses to look fancy in a party. Besides, in Octi Gone,during a formal party of the Professor, they also wore dresses.
4 and 5. Okay.
To Scotty Boyo, well, as for tying-up, I think BrYtt BRatt would have a heart attack if I made another scene in this fic. LOL!
As for tickling, I've tried it lots of times before, though it certainly is worth looking at. Well, if you haven't read my other fics, try The Date where Butch and Buttercup ties up Blossom and tickles her to force her to reveal where Brick is hiding, or in Allies and Rivals II, first in Chapter 17, where Blossom punishes Buttercup and Boomer for disobeying orders by tying the up then relentlessly tickling them, or in Chapter 43, where Blossom and Brick get revenge on Bubbles and Buttercup by again tying them up and tickling them. In my fics, being tied and tickled is some sort of playful punishment that they do to each other.
To John, thanks.