The Date

By Tonifranz


Summary: Bubbles wants to go to the amusement park, but her sisters are too "busy" to go. To help Bubbles, Blossom made a deal with Brick. But the boys have something up their sleeve.


Long Summary:Brick and Blossom arranged for Bubbles and Boomer to go on an amusement park one day. Buttercup was annoyed by the two leaders' arrogant attitude and tried, with Butch, to teach the redheads a lesson, but it slipped away. Will Boomer enjoy his date? Will Brick and Blossom get what they want out of the deal? Will Buttercup succeed in teaching the two readheads a lesson? And what is Mitch Mitchelson doing here?


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

Things Get Interesting


The City of Townsville…

"Wonder what those two are talking about? Plotting about us doing something no doubt," Buttercup said, referring to Blossom and Brick in the room alone.

"For all I care, Brick and his girlfriend are smooching with each other!" Butch said. "I don't give a damn, and neither should you. It ain't our business!"

"Oh c'mon Butch, don't you want to get nosy?" asked a hopeful Buttercup. "You know, those two are alone—together!

"No," Butch said. "Now—"

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Butch opened the door. It was Mitch.

"Hey Butch, is Brick there?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Hey Buttercup! Is Blossom there too?"

"Yeah, those two are in some room upstairs talking about God knows what! Why?"

"Nothing," Mitch said. "Just tell them I want to talk to them."

"Well, you have to tell me first," Butch said.

"Na-ah! I've got to tell Blossom and Brick first. By the way, what the heck are those two doing there alone?" asked Mitch.

"You mean Brick and his girlfriend?" said Butch derisively.

"Blossom is Brick's girlfriend?" asked a surprised Mitch.

"Not really," Butch replied, "I'm just getting under my brother's skin. Though the way he kowtows to Blossom is disgusting!"

"Nah, those two, are, you know," Buttercup stated, having a wide grin in her face. "No, they aren't a couple, but you could help us in blackmailing them?"

"Hey, I want no part in this!" Butch protested.

"Anyway Mitch, could you take pictures of those two together? I know that they wouldn't want anyone else to see them, so if we have those pictures, we can—"

"Blackmail them?" Mitch asked in surprise.

"Exactly! I'm sick and tired of Blossom and Brick being so bossy and all," Buttercup complained, "so it wouldn't be a bad idea to turn the tables on them."

"What's on your mind?" asked Butch.

"Well, we can force them to have a date you know, just like they did to Bubbles and Boomer for no good reason at all!"

"So that's why Boomer's acting so funny. He was forced to have a date with Bubbles," Mitch said.

"You saw them?"

"Yup! Was Bubbles forced too?"

"Technically no. She was more manipulated than forced. She didn't actually plan on going to a date with Boomer, she just wants someone to accompany her. Blossom then made sure that nobody but Boomer would be available to take her," Buttercup explained.

"So that's why Blossom called me and asked me not to take Bubbles," Mitch pondered. "I wasn't going to anyway, so it wasn't a problem."

"So I'm supposed to take a picture of them and you'll use it as blackmail?"

"That's the plan," Buttercup said. "Hurry, they might end their one-on-one session and you might miss your chance."

However, it was too late as Brick suddenly left the room. Three or four steps behind him was Blossom.

"What?" asked Brick.

"I have something that you might find interesting," Mitch said. Mitch then gave him the picture to Brick.

"What's that?" asked Blossom, who caught up with Brick.

It was the picture of Boomer and Bubbles in the date, complete with them holding hands, in formal clothes.

"I'm willing to give it to you, Brick, for two dollars," Mitch said.

"I'll take it for three dollars," Blossom countered.

"I think you should both take a look at it first," Mitch said, and gave the picture to Blossom and Brick. They couldn't decide who'll hold it, so they decided to hold it together, with Brick holding the left part of it and Blossom the right part of it. Brick smirked at the picture, trying his hardest not to laugh, while Blossom grinned, thinking of ways she could tease Bubbles with the picture.

Meanwhile, Mitch moved a little bit backwards, and suddenly snapped a picture of the two. Soon, a picture popped out of the camera.

Brick immediately grabbed Mitch by the shirt with one hand, grabbed the photo with the other hand, and looked at it.

"Hey!" Mitch protested.

The picture was of the two of them that seem smiling, and looking at the picture. The picture itself is very revealing, and it made Brick blush as he realized the implications of the picture.

"Don't you know it's not smart to blackmail me, especially using a picture with that ugly girl? People might get the wrong impression that she's my girlfriend, which is a disgusting, revolting thought," Brick said. He then opened the camera. He took the film out.

"Hey, I'm not ugly, you big jerk!" Blossom shouted. "Hey, what's that on the picture?" She then grabbed the picture from Brick and saw it.

"I'm not going to blackmail you!" protested Mitch.

"Oh come now, don't take me for a fool!" Brick said.

Brick grabbed it back, folded it and pocketed it.

Buttercup slapped her head when she saw all of this, with Butch giving her a mocking smirk. 'That idiot! Why the heck did you take the picture in front of them? That was a great picture, only you made it so obvious. You should have taken that picture when they wouldn't notice.' Her plans were unravelled the moment Brick took the picture from Mitch.

"Any other pictures in this film?" asked Brick.

"None, except the one with Bubbles and Boomer, and you and Blossom," Mitch answered.

"Good," Brick said. Then using his laser eyes, he destroyed the roll of film. "And if you are by any chance holding some, and spread it out, rest assured that your body would be so beat up your mother won't recognize you, and even if you're my friend, you know I'll do it."

"Me? I wouldn't dream of spreading around pictures," Mitch said, wilting under Brick's intense glare.

"Here," Brick said, giving him some money. "Go buy yourself a new one."

Mitch took the money. "Hey, aren't you going to buy this picture?" asked Mitch.

"Sell it to someone who cares," Brick said, irritated. "Blossom, you tell both of them what we've talked about. I'm going to lock myself in the room and spend the rest of the day reading those comics you sold me."

With that, Brick left the others and locked himself in the room.

"Hey, how much for that picture of Bubbles and Boomer?" asked Blossom.

"Three dollars," said Mitch.

Blossom then paid for the picture using the money Brick earlier paid for the comic books. She then looked at the picture in delight

'Well, plan A didn't work out. But there's more than one way to force a date,' Buttercup thought. 'Time for plan B.' She then quietly sneaked behind Blossom. As soon as Blossom pocketed the picture, she suddenly grabbed Blossom from the back, tackling her to the floor. She quickly took one of her arms and twisted it behind her, and wrapped her other arm around her.

Blossom was completely surprised and she easily fell, but she soon began to fight back. But since Buttercup was behind her and already grabbed one of her arms, she was at a disadvantage, while Buttercup held a firm hold on her arm, and sat on her legs to keep her from kicking.

"What are you doing? Let go of me!" Blossom shouted.

"Why, wrestling you," Buttercup said. "Why, too weak to get out of your own?"

"You'll eat your words, Buttercup," Blossom said, and she began thrashing wildly. Buttercup then began to lose her grip on Blossom. But the fact that Buttercup was the toughest one, was behind the pink puff, and held one arm made it difficult for Blossom to pry herself away from her toughest sister.

"Butch, help me! I'm losing my grip on her," she shouted.

Butch and Mitch just watched the entire time, amused. They didn't want to get involved.

"Why?" asked Butch.

"I have a plan!" Buttercup said.

"Ha, you a plan?" Blossom said. "That's new. Let go of me!"

"Oh shut up Red!" Buttercup said.

"Oh I don't know what you're up to, Buttercup, but I'm curious enough to find out," Butch said, and he intervened in the side of Buttercup. That ended Blossom's struggles as she had no chance against the two toughest members of the Ruff-Puff Alliance alone. Blossom realized that she was helpless but didn't give up anyway. She thought of laser-eyeing one of them but decided not to when she realized she would only give the others the excuse to laser-eye her too.

'Maybe if I shout and shout, they'll have to let me go!' She started shouting. "Let go of me, you jerks! Let go, Let go! Help! You're going to get it when I'm through with you!"

"Will all of you shut up? Don't play so loud!" they heard Brick shout from his room. "I'm trying to read here you know!"

"Yeah, shut up," Butch said, and use on of his hands to cover her mouth, muffling most of her shouts.

"Now that's better," Brick shouted when most of the sounds went quiet. He had no idea of what was happening, and just thought they were just playing louder than usual.

"Now what?" Butch asked a grinning Buttercup.

"You'll see," Buttercup said. "And don't worry, Blossom, we won't hurt you. You know us long enough to know that! You'll soon have lots of fun. You'll just get a little taste of your own medicine!"

'Might as well find out what Buttercup's up to,' Blossom thought. 'As if I had any choice.' Still, she kept looking for ways to escape the grip of her sister and her sister's counterpart. 'And they'll eventually tire out holding me, so they would have to let me go.'

But that was a mistaken assumption of Blossom.

Mitch was just stunned, looking at it all, but enjoying every bit of it. "Go Buttercup, Go Blossom!" he cheered. "Shut her up, Butch!" 'Boy I wish I had my camcorder, this would have been great footage!'


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In the meantime…

'Why the hell couldn't they keep quiet?' Brick thought. 'Well, off to the tree house then! At least nobody would find me and bother me!'

He then turned off his watch, grabbed his comic books and flew to the middle of the forest so he can read his comic books in peace. 'Nobody but me knows of this place, so nobody will find me!'


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In the meantime…

Boomer and Bubbles had just finished their ride in the Barney tunnel.

"Isn't it great?" Bubbles exclaimed.

"I suppose," Boomer answered.

"Want to ride it again?" asked Bubbles.

"Not really," Boomer said. "Let's go to the other rides instead."

"Let's go to the merry-go-round," Bubbles suggested.

"Okay," Boomer said. 'At least it won't drive me crazy like that Barney did.'

They soon went to the merry-go-round. Unfortunately, only one ride was left. However, the conductor decided to let them ride together in the last one since they're so cute.

"No, I think I should wait for you here," Boomer suggested.

"Aw, could you just ride with me this time?" Bubbles asked. "Please?"

"No," Boomer replied. He tried to draw away from her, but Bubbles still has her iron grip on Boomer's hand, so he failed.

"But I want to!"

"Bubbles, I don't—"

"I'll kiss you if you don't, Boomie," Bubbles threatened.

"Oh no, not that! You know I hate to be kissed by a girl! Yuck! I'll get cooties!" Boomer protested. "Okay then, I'll ride with you."

What was worse for Boomer was that the only remaining horse was not actually a horse, but a pink pony that looks very girlish and has lots of frills on it. Boomer reluctantly rode with Bubbles, behind her, and he clutched the pole to avoid touching Bubbles. Boomer was red-faced from nervousness and he was sweating, although there was a cold wind blowing. And what was worse, the ride was agonizingly slow. He wanted to destroy the merry-go-round to get it over with, but he can't, because he would have to answer to his Dad if he did.

He was getting very uncomfortable, wishing it to end, when, to make it worse, he saw some of his classmates. 'Oh no! I'll be dead if they see me. I know! I hope this works,' Boomer thought. He then buried his face in the back of Bubbles' frilly dress. 'I hate doing this, but it'll be worse if someone sees me! I wish I had Brick's cap.' He then used his right arm to cover the rest of his face.

Bubbles felt Boomer bury his face at her back. "Boomie, what are you doing?"

"Hiding!" Boomer said.

"Huh? From who?"

"Our classmates, Jim, Billy and Bob. I don't want to see them. Please don't tell them I'm the one riding behind you!"

"Why?" asked Bubbles.

"Just do it!" Boomer snapped.

"Okay," Bubbles said.

"Hi Bubbles!" Jim shouted. "Who's that wuss behind you?"

"Oh, it's ahh, um, Jerry Hood, my second cousin thrice removed, who came to visit this weekend!"

"Ha, I thought it was Boomer," Billy said. "Boy, would that be the news of the century if it was Boomer. James Boomer Edwards, Rowdyruff Boys, one of the toughest, riding a pink frilly pony in a Merry-go-round. That's rich! Well, I was wrong, it wasn't Boomer."

Boomer was angry, but also afraid. 'Please don't let them see me,' Boomer thought. He further buried his face at Bubbles back to take less chances. 'Oh, if I wasn't in this situation, I'll pound them to dust!' But he knew he can't do anything.

'Those boys are so mean to Boomer,' Bubbles thought.

"Hey, um what's your name," Bob shouted.

"It's Perry Hood!" Bubbles said.

"I thought it was Jerry?" asked Billy.

"Um yeah, Perry is just a nickname," Bubbles lamely explained.

"That's weird," Bob said. "Hey Jerry, what kind of a sissy are you, riding in a pink pony! You're such a sissy!"

Billy then took a rubber ball the size of a marble and threw it at Boomer. It hit him square at the back of the head.

'Ouch,' Boomer thought, but he didn't dare shout, since the boys might recognize his voice, though he was using all his will power not to rip open the boys bodies and pull out all the entrails. Butch would have lost control a long time ago. Basically, Boomer valued his reputation.

"That's mean!" Bubbles said, becoming angry. "Stop that!"

"Okay, we won't hit your friend. We'll just make him miserable! Hey, Jerry, you should've been the one wearing Bubbles' dress! What next? You're going to play tea party?"

They all laughed. Bubbles was beginning to get angry. "Come on, let's leave this two alone!" After which, they left and went to do other things.

The ride itself lasted twenty more torturous minutes for Boomer.


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After the ride…

"Where now?" asked Bubbles.

"I don't know," Boomer asked.

"How about the arcade?"

"Um, okay," Bubbles said.

So they went to the arcade.

"Hey, let's play whack the bunny!" Boomer proposed. "Watch and learn." He then took a mallet, and began whacking a toy bunny as soon as it reared its head. "Basically, all you have to do is whack the bunny as it pops out, and you'll get points!"

"Oh Boomer, stop that! Poor bunnies, poor poor bunnies, don't whack it!" Bubbles suddenly said, grabbing it and whacking Boomer in the head with it.

"What was that for?" asked a peeved Bubbles.

"For whacking the bunnies," Bubbles said. "Let's go, I have a better idea where to spend the rest of the day. Let's go to the movie theatre and we'll watch what you want."

So they went. There are two shows showing, Action Hank the Movie, and Cinderella.

Both scanned the posters. Boomer was delighted at Action Hank the Movie. 'Wow, Bubbles did say we'll watch what I want. Finally, some real fun!' he thought, and went in the line for Action Hank tickets.

"What are you doing there?" asked Bubbles.

"Getting in line to buy tickets," Boomer replied.

"Silly Boomer, I already bought the tickets," Bubbles declared.

"You did?"

"Yup. I was a little guilty that you paid for all we did, so I decided the movie's my treat," Bubbles said.

"That's great! Let me see the tickets!" Boomer enthusiastically said.

Boomer's expression changed when he saw the tickets.

"Cinderella!" Boomer said, not believing his eyes.

"I knew since you didn't object to going to this theater that you would want to watch Cinderella," Bubbles declared. "Though I never knew that Action Hank was also here, but since you never said anything, I just bought the tickets to Cinderella, which I know you'll enjoy!"

'Why me? Why me? What did I do to deserve this kind of fate?' Boomer thought.

Boomer and Bubbles then went to the theater. After ten minutes, Boomer was bored, and after another five minutes, he fell asleep. However, he was repeatedly nudged by Bubbles, and he had to pretend to be paying attention to the movie. 'This is really stupid. I mean a fairly godmother, a glass slipper? Give me a break!'

"I want to see it again!" Bubbles shouted.

"But…"

"Or I'll kiss you if you don't want to!"

"Okay, you can watch it again," Boomer finally relented, looking at his watch. 'I am never going to a date with any female on this planet again! Never!'

So, they watched the movie again, with Boomer utterly bored. He was irritated by the constant song, especially that of the mice. He fell asleep a couple of times, only to be nudged awaked by Bubbles.

Finally, the movie ended. "Wow, that was great! I loved it!" Bubbles exclaimed. "Now that we went to a movie that you like, we'll go to the movie that I want to watch."

Boomer was too tired to answer, so he let Bubbles drag her to another Movie theatre. Then he saw the title of the movie.

Barney the Purple Dinosaur the Movie.

'Things couldn't get any worse than this,' Boomer thought.


Author Notes

This is a spin-off from my fic, Allies and Rivals and its sequel. As readers of that fic might note, they would find details in this fic that I mentioned in my other fic, as well as the characterizations.

This story happens between Chapter 21 (The Triumph of the Ruff Puff Alliance), and Chapter 22 (Brick's Challenge) of the 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.