Note: The plots of my previous humor stories ("MJOTS" and "Disgraced Invaders") were loosely based on episodes of Urusei Yatsura. This, however, is my own original idea! Yay, me!

Summary: If special superpowers were for sale, and you could have a 20-minute free sample of each one, what would Buttercup buy?

Chapter 1

Nothin' Special

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"The City of Townsville, a peaceful town where all the people are enjoying their Saturday afternoon!"

"Shh!" a few citizens shushed while facing the screen.

"What?" asked the narrator. "I'm just saying that it's a beautiful day where nothing can go wrong."

"Shh!" the citizens shushed again.

"What are you shushing me for?"

BOOM!!

"Too late," a man said. "The universe heard you."

Once again, a simple afternoon in Townsville was interrupted by a monster attack. This time, it was a giant lizard seemingly made from lava that burst from the side of Townsville Central Park's volcano. Its scales were plates of lava rock and the cracks between them glowed orange of magma. People screamed and ran in terror as the lizard spewed hot molten lava out of its mouth, causing everything it touched to burst into flames!

Luckily, the Powerpuff Girls arrived to put this monster out.

"Okay girls," Blossom said. "We can't get too close or we'll get burned! Keep your distance!"

Bubbles and Buttercup nodded. The girls assembled and shot their hand beams right into the lizard's face. But the monster didn't even feel it. Blossom thought hard for a plan, but then noticed Buttercup zooming off to a tall building.

"Buttercup! Where are you going?" Blossom called.

Buttercup pulled a large metal billboard off the building's roof and charged right for the monster, ignoring the radiating heat. Realizing what she was going to do, Blossom shouted out.

"Buttercup! No!"

In a swift and powerful swing, Buttercup used the billboard as an axe and sliced the monster in half. It was so fast that the board had no time to burn and the monster had no time to react.

A second passed, and the monster fell apart. As the stone exterior fell to the ground, the lava interior burst out and began to flow like a raging river!

Buttercup gasped. "Oh no!"

Blossom flew up over the river of magma and took a big breath. She blew out her ice and managed to cool and harden the lava before it could reach the city people. The city was saved.

"Hooray for the Powerpuff Girls!" everyone cheered. As usual, the newscast took pictures of the girls in their victory to post up on the front page in tomorrow's papers.

But Sunday…

"What the…? 'Buttercup Screws Up'?!"

"You shouldn't be that surprised, Buttercup," Blossom said in a haughty tone. "After all, it's true."

"Did they just forget that I was the one who destroyed that volcano monster?"

"No, they didn't. But the city also could have been destroyed because of your incompetence and insubordination. If you didn't run off and just stuck with my plan instead…"

"Plan? What plan?!" Buttercup retorted. "You were just standing there and letting the giant lizard wreak havoc! At least I stepped in and did something about it!"

"Hey! If it weren't for me with my special ice breath ability, Townsville could have been the next Pompeii!"

"Girls, that's enough," Professor Utonium interrupted. "I won't let your squabbling ruin our weekend. Now hurry up and get ready to go to the beach."

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At the seashore, the Powerpuffs and the Professor were having the time of their lives. In fact, Blossom and Buttercup seemed to have forgotten all about their argument.

All seemed well until an ominous rumbling was heard from the ocean. A giant blue alligator-like creature rose out of the sea! The citizens on the beach panicked and scrambled out of the water.

"Let's go girls!" Blossom exclaimed. And they took off.

Buttercup came in first and landed a powerful punch to the monster's chin, then a roundhouse kick to its side. The monster growled and roared, like the mayor when somebody else wears his hat.

Blossom was ready with a battle plan this time. "Okay girls. Let's do…"

"Wait," Bubbles interrupted. She flew up to the monster and roared at it.

The monster roared back and soon enough Bubbles and the monster were having a loud and rather earsplitting conversation. Everyone covered their ears tightly and clenched their teeth.

Finally, Bubbles and the monster were finished. Bubbles pointed in a certain direction towards sea. Then the monster turned and walked off in that direction, causing mini earthquakes with each step.

"What just happened there?" asked the Professor.

"That monster was just asking how to get to Monster Island," Bubbles explained. "He said he just came to ask for directions. But then he was attacked by a mad killer butch-girl."

Blossom tried not to laugh at the image of Buttercup wearing a spiked collar, and her hair curled in a way that it looked like demon horns. Even though it seemed pretty accurate to her.

"I apologized and explained it was all a misunderstanding, then I told him which way was Monster Island," Bubbles finished.

Blossom, Buttercup and the Professor nodded in understanding. "I see," the Professor said. "Boy, if you couldn't speak monster, then things could have gotten really bad."

"Yeah," Buttercup muttered. "Thank the universe for your special power."

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Monday…

"'Oops!… She Did It Again!' Where the heck do people come up with those lame headlines?" Buttercup said. She was obviously irritated.

Of course, who wouldn't be upset if the front page of the newspaper was about your mistakes for the second time in two days?

"Oh come on, Buttercup," Blossom said. "You know the media is only interested in making money. So they often just write about what's interesting."

"Yeah," Bubbles agreed. "Besides, I don't think anyone in school will be talking about it."

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Bubbles just had to jinx it.

Floyd and Lloyd Floyjoydsen were mercilessly pestering Buttercup about the news. They sang while laughing and doing a sloppy ring-around-the-rosy.

"Ah, put a sock in it, you two!" Buttercup snapped.

She walked over to join her sisters in their game of Jenga while they were talking with Robin Schneider.

"So you each have unique superpowers?" Robin asked in fascination.

"Yup," Blossom replied. "I have ice breath, and Bubbles can speak Spanish, Japanese, squirrel, monster and just about any other language."

"What's Buttercup's special superpower?"

"She doesn't have one. Well, she does have a special ability, but it's not a superpower."

Buttercup pulled a block out of the Jenga stack. "Yeah, all I can do is this," she said and rolled her tongue.

"But you should have seen how proud she was that time she first realized she could do that," Blossom said. "She was ecstatic. Like she was Number 1."

"Speaking of Number one, excuse me," Buttercup said. She got up and – oh, purely accidentally – bumped the edge of the table with her hip, causing all the Jenga pieces to fall apart.

"Hey! It was my turn!" Blossom shouted.

"Whatever," Buttercup said as she strode over to the girls' bathroom.

"Was it something she ate?" asked Blossom.

Actually, Blossom, it was something you said.

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After school, the girls were flying home. Buttercup was lagging behind her sisters and sighed.

"For the past two days, Blossom and Bubbles were the ones who saved the day, thanks to their special abilities. If only I had a special superpower of my own," she murmured to herself.

"That can be arranged," a voice called from below.

"Huh? Who said that?"

"I did. Down here."

Buttercup looked down and saw a girl who looked Japanese and about 16 years of age. She had shoulder-length dark brown hair and wore a white lab coat similar to the Professor's. Instead of boots like the Professor's, however, she wore black jeans and tennis shoes.

The girl waved up at Buttercup, proving that it was her who was calling. Buttercup looked ahead to see her sisters who still haven't noticed she wasn't with them.

Buttercup floated down to the girl and asked her, "Who are you?"

The girl smiled. "You can call me Professor Bratt. I heard you saying you wanted a unique ability of your own. Well, I can take care of that."

(To be continued…)

A/N: Well, there's the first chapter. I'm trying to develop a better sense of humor. (Only 2 out of 5 of my jokes are even remotely funny.)