By Kevin Larry Ivy
I don't own the Powerpuff girls or any related characters. I do own Leviathan, Sezu, Kisu, Delu, Glyja, Beelzebub, and the six dark puffs.
In a flash of fire, Blaze appears in her home in the deepest part of Hell. She turns and shrieks, seeing her sisters standing there waiting for her. They both look incredibly annoyed, almost disappointed. Blitz has her arms crossed and glances away from Blaze every few moments. Blood has her hands clenched into fists at her sides, glaring dangers at Blaze. Blaze gulps and opens her mouth to start apologizing. That's when they hear footsteps approaching. They all turn in the direction and see Leviathan walk into the room. Blood growls under her breath, and Blitz takes to glaring at the floor. Blaze looks at her father, confused by her sisters just standing there and not making fun of her, or something worse. Leviathan grins and stops in front of Blaze. From a distance this is a sight to behold. Blaze is an infant compared to Leviathan, who easily stands well over 8 feet tall. Blaze can't help but tremble under the gaze of her father's blood red eyes.
"Well Blaze…I must say I'm impressed with your performance today," Blaze nearly dies from relief and shock hearing this. As long as she could remember, her father had never praised her. "In fact, you left your sisters gaping in shock when they saw you." Blaze nervously looks at Blitz and Blood, who are looking anywhere but at Leviathan or Blaze. "However…" Blaze snaps back and looks at Leviathan. However always meant she'd done something wrong. And she was going to be in big trouble for it. Leviathan leans down, now face to face with her. "I told you to kill the Powerpuff Girls." Blaze gulps and stares into his eyes, falling as quickly under their spell as anyone else. "But due to your impressive performance today, I'm going to let you off the hook," Blaze jumps at Leviathan and wraps her arms around his neck before she can control herself.
"Thank you Daddy!" Leviathan continues grinning, although there is something in his eyes that reflects his wanting Blaze to let go of him very quickly. Blaze lets go and smiles up at Leviathan. She is happy; no she's darned jovial. This was the first time in her entire life her father had ever been remotely proud of her. She can feel Blood and Blitz's glares burning a hole in her back, so she looks back at Leviathan, who gives lazy gesture that she's free to go. Blaze speed walks past Blood and Blitz and to her room. Leviathan laughs to himself and turns around to leave.
"Blitz, I want you to try your hand against Belial tonight." Blitz stares at his back for a few moments, and then grins evilly.
"No problem Father, I'll tear her apart," Leviathan laughs again and walks back to his throne room. Blood turns to Blitz and crosses her arms.
"You'd better not let her cheat and beat you…I don't want you to have to go through her sick little game like I did," Blitz grabs Blood in a headlock and messes her hair up.
"Oh believe me, Belial is going to find that I don't have that pathetic weakness. Her sick little game won't work on me," Blood yanks herself from Blitz's grip and punches her in the shoulder.
"Well, be careful all the same. I don't want that bitch to be able to say she beat all of us." Blitz grins and black lightning begins crackling around her body.
"Oh don't worry. Like I said, she CAN'T beat me that way!"
TownsvilleA sheet of harsh, cold rain has begun to pour down on Townsville quenching the remaining flames from Blaze's explosion. The Townsville citizens are still partially wandering around in a daze, not quite sure what had just happened. Suddenly someone screams, waking everyone from their stupor. They all gather near the tremendous crater, peering down inside. The girls lie deep within the crater, unconscious, battered, burned, and beaten. Faintly someone can be heard at the top of the crater telling someone to call Professor Utonium. While the citizens gather themselves, the girls once more find one of their powers working on its own accord. Their ability to share dreams…is it a dream? They say there's a thin line between dreams and a memory…
Three pretty young girls lie in an endless field of green grass and beautiful flowers. They all appear to be around seven or eight years old. One of them has long, beautiful orange hair and wears only a pink tunic. Another has pretty blonde hair that comes down just barely past her shoulders and is also only clothed in a tunic, though hers is blue. The third girl has shoulder length raven hair, and wears only a green tunic. They all doze peacefully in the warm light, as a refreshing breeze blows through this endless field. There is really no way to describe the place they are in…just simply Paradise. They all open their eyes, which are pink, blue, and green respectively, at the sound of footsteps approaching. A boy, older than they are by several years with spiky red hair and greenish-blue eyes leans over the orange haired girl and grins at her.
"Are you three really going to spend eternity just lazing around? Come on Sezu, I'd expect at least you doing something productive." The orange haired girl giggles and grins at the boy.
"Like you're much better Glyja," She sits up, still looking up at him and grinning. Glyja rolls his eyes and plops down on the grass. The other two girls are now sitting up as well, watching the usual verbal exchange between Glyja and Sezu.
"I happen to be much better. I'm better looking, a better fighter, and a much better dresser." The blonde begins giggling at his argument. "And I'm a much better musician," Sezu rolls her eyes, while the blonde continues giggling.
"Oh wow, you're sooo productive. Come on Glyja, this is Paradise. All we're supposed to do is laze around and have fun! Besides, I'm way better looking than you," She sticks her tongue out at him. Glyja in turn sticks his tongue out at Sezu. The black-haired girl rolls her eyes then begins snickering at them. Sezu snorts and crosses her arms. "Besides, we all know I'm the strongest," Glyja lies down and grunts.
"Stupid more powerful little sisters…" Sezu giggles at him and lies back down as well. The black-haired girl grins and tickles Sezu's foot. Sezu shoots up and begins laughing, but doesn't pull her foot away.
"Cut it out Delu!" she says between laughs. The blonde tackles Delu and begins tickling her sides. Delu bursts into squeals and giggles.
"Kisu! Stop it!" Sezu jumps at Kisu and begins tickling her underarms. At the same time Delu grabs Sezu's foot and begins tickling her again. The three fall to the ground in a heap of laughs and giggles as they continue tickling each other. Glyja listens to them and smiles. While he stares up at the endless sky his smile fades away, and his eyes seem to lose their youthful shine. The girls finish their tickle fight and lies side by side on the grass, still giggling. Delu pushes herself up on her elbows, and stops smiling when she sees Glyja just lying there. Kisu sits up and pulls her legs up to her chest and also stares at Glyja. Sezu sits up and stretches her legs out.
"Hey Glyja, are you okay?" asks Kisu, scared by her own voice. None of them could ever remember a time when they weren't playing or lying around talking and enjoying each other's company. This was the first time in their eons of existence that they'd ever had to deal with something serious…and it was scary. Glyja yawns and waves his hand in a lazy gesture.
"It's nothing really…"
"You're lying Glyja…lying is wrong you know," says Delu. Glyja snorts…then looks away from the sky.
"…"
"Come on Glyja, you know you can tell us anything." Says Sezu. Kisu and Delu nod in agreement. Glyja feels his breath catch in his throat, and then he sighs and sits up, staring at the ground.
"…It's just…remember that sometimes you need to lose to win," The girls look at each other, confused by Glyja's statement.
In the Girls' Room
The girls are all sleeping peacefully. The dream they'd been having has ended, but their weary bodies continue to rebuild the strength they'll need in the upcoming days.
In Citysville
Blitz walks down the garbage filled streets of Citysville. She had decided that she'd much rather fight Belial here, where there is less chance of interruption. Plus, Townsville was the city Malebolgia and his daughters used as their link to the mortal world. Fighting Belial there was like giving her home court advantage. Blitz stops in the heart of the city, just as the world around her begins changing. The skies turn red and the clouds turn black. The ground turns black and splits open in many places. The buildings turn into giant stone columns. Blitz's breathing has sped up slightly, but despite the entire nightmare around her she manages to keep her cool. She looks around but can't find the person she knows is causing this.
"Come out and fight me you coward. Or are you afraid of me kicking the shit out of you?" She hears an evil laugh ring out nearby, and turns to see a staticy outline of a figure. She grins and lunges at the outline. The figure immediately stops laughing and dodges, solidifying and becoming Belial. Belial grins at Blitz.
"So I guess you're going to be a little harder than your sisters," Blitz crosses her arms and sneers at Belial.
"You can fool my eyes all you want. I can sense the electricity you give off just by living." Belial stands up and brushes her bangs out of her eyes.
"Then I guess I'll have to try a little harder than usual." Blitz flies at Belial and punches her across the face, sending her back a few steps. Belial rubs her cheek and loses her cocky expression. She lunges at Blitz and throws a flurry of punches at her. Blitz grins and begins to dodge Belial's assault. She smacks Belial's hand away and begins her own assault, which puts Belial on the defensive. Belial backs up slowly from the fury of Blitz's attack. Soon her back is pressed against a stone pillar. She continues dodging Blitz's insanely fast assault, which busts through the rock behind her leaving craters and holes in the wall. Belial drops and sweeps Blitz's feet out from under her. Blitz spins in midair and tries to land a kick on the back of Belial's head. Belial rolls out of the way and fires her eyebeams at Blitz. Blitz dodges them and stands up, cracking her knuckles.
"Is this all you've got? You're gonna have to try harder if you want to beat me bitch," says Blitz in a cocky, condescending tone. Belial growls and becomes a staticy outline. She appears behind Blitz, who turns and throws several kicks at her head. Belial returns to normal and begins another furious assault against Blitz. Blitz grins and jumps back. Black lightning sparks around her hands, which she thrusts forward, sending a wave of electricity at Belial. Belial dodges and fires her eyebeams at Blitz. Blitz crosses her arms and an electrical field surrounds her, reflecting the eyebeams. Blitz then throws a ball of black energy with electricity dancing around it at her. Belial kicks it and sends it flying into the air. When she lands, she is promptly nailed in the stomach by Blitz. Blitz nails her in the face, and then in the stomach, next in the throat, then finally roundhouse kicks her into a stone pillar. Belial stands up and wipes some blood from her lip.
"Damnit, she's stronger than I thought she was. ARGH! Why does she have to be so difficult? Damned electro-sense. I don't know how to manipulate that one." Belial's train of thought is broken by Blitz's fist, which slams into the pillar next to her. Belial punches Blitz in the face and is nailed in the stomach before she can continue her attack. Blitz grabs Belial's leg and swings her around before throwing her into another stone pillar. Belial stands up, still dizzy from the spinning, and fires her eyebeams at Blitz. They whiz past Blitz's head, which doesn't make Blitz so much as flinch. Blitz throws another Dancing Electro at Belial, who rolls out of the way. Belial comes up and begins firing her eyebeams at Blitz in short bursts while she walks toward her. Blitz is too heavily focused on dodging Belial's eyebeams that she doesn't notice how close Belial is getting until her legs are kicked out from under her. Belial slams her fist into Blitz's stomach, making her lose her breath. Blitz kicks Belial's legs out and jumps up. She kicks Belial in the stomach while she's falling then punches her and sends her spiraling along the street. Belial stands up, battle worn but still going fairly strong. Blitz growls under her breath, but keeps her expression calm.
"Damn, she's not going down! This'll take forever if I keep fighting like this. She may even weaken me enough to beat me…I'll just have to finish her off now!" Blitz floats into the air and raises her arms above her. Belial grins, marking Blitz's first mistake. Blitz then creates a small black energy ball, which begins growing in size. Soon it fills the skies, blocking out any light that remained. Belial's grin becomes deadlier, marking Blitz's second mistake. She vanishes, becoming an outline to Blitz, and appears in front of Blitz. She grins at her and puts an arm around her shoulders. Blitz growls at her and begins powering the ball up more. Her entire body is tensed and hard as steel from the energy. Belial could beat on her all day and wouldn't do any damage. Belial leans against Blitz and draws little circles with her fingernail in Blitz's bare armpit. Blitz snorts and grins at Belial.
"That won't work on me bitch! I'm not ticklish!" Belial drags her finger along Blitz's neck; up her cheek then back down to under her chin.
"Oh dear, however can I beat you?" Blitz snarls at Belial's comment and begins pouring more power into the orb. Suddenly she feels her arms lock up, and her legs do the same. She is now completely immobilized in the air. And she can't dispel this energy ball to get rid of it. It's way too powerful for that to happen. Belial runs the fingers on her right hand up and down Blitz's rib cage. Blitz growls at her.
"I TOLD YOU THAT WON'T WORK!" Belial floats in front of Blitz and continues attempting to tickle her ribs with that same cocky smirk on her face. Blitz just gets angrier and tries to fire her eyebeams at Belial. However, she can't feel them powering up in her eyes. She continues trying but gets the same effect. Somehow her powers had stopped working! Well aside from her ability to fly and this energy ball. She sneers at Belial, "You can keep it up all night and you won't make me laugh. I told you I'm not ticklish!" Belial looks up at her, a mischievous expression on her face.
"Really? Wow, that has to suck for me. I mean, with that big energy ball you're packing there's no way I can beat you if I 'play fair'. " Belial grabs the side of Blitz's shirt and tears it so that her stomach is now completely bare. Blitz shivers when a breeze blows across her now bare stomach, but keeps glaring at Belial.
"That was one of my best shirts!" She growls…but is quickly cut off by a squeal that leaps from her throat. Belial is slowly drawing little circles around Blitz's belly button. Blitz begins trying to squirm, trying to fight, trying to do anything to get rid of this feeling of helplessness. How the hell did Belial know her stomach was ticklish when Blitz herself didn't know about it? Belial sits cross-legged and floats in front of Blitz's stomach. She slowly scratches around Blitz's defenseless belly. Blitz caves almost instantly and begins squealing and giggling uncontrollably. Belial grins and continues dragging her nails around Blitz's tummy.
"It's ironic isn't it? You told me you weren't ticklish…but guess what? Next to Battle, you're probably the most ticklish girl I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Too bad you're only ticklish on your belly. If you were like Battle, we'd have a hell of a time!" She adds two more fingers, now tickling all over Blitz's belly with four fingers total. Blitz is now red in the face and laughing fast and hard. If she could move her body to thrash, odds are she'd be thrashing like crazy. Belial adds two more fingers and lightly blows across Blitz's belly. Blitz screams and laughs harder. The only part of her body she can still move is her head, which is thrashing from side to side trying to ward off the tickling. Her hair has come out of its double-helix ponytail. Belial adds another two fingers and moves closer to Blitz. Blitz is now crying hard and has lost her voice, leaving her only capable of gasping with silent laughter.
Belial sneers and adds her thumbs, now going full force on Blitz's belly. Blitz screams and laughs even harder than before, still just painful silence coming from her gaping mouth. Belial continues this for longer than Blitz's tormented mind could ever hope to comprehend. To Blitz, it feels like days, weeks, even months have flown by. Finally Belial moves in for the kill. She continues tickling Blitz's tummy with her fingers, but she leans forward and closes the gap between her mouth and Blitz's belly button. Her tongue dips into Blitz's belly button and sends her into a whole new level of Hell. What feels like hours upon hours fly by with nothing occupying Blitz's mind but the maddening scratching of Belial's fingers across her poor belly, and the even eviler slippery tickling of her experienced tongue in her belly button. Just when Blitz is about to pass out, while she's just hanging in between consciousness and unconsciousness, her body suddenly unlocks. Blitz's first instinct takes control, and she quickly wraps her arms around her waist. Belial grins and vanishes, just as the energy ball Blitz had been holding falls. Blitz sees it and quickly manages to get her brain to register a command. Only a moment before it would have hit her, Blitz vanishes. The ball continues falling, consuming the whole of Citysville. When the silent explosion ends…Citysville is nothing but a colossal crater, crackling with unholy electricity.
Blitz's Room
Blitz appears in her room, which is completely dark, landing on her bed thanks to her precision teleporting and a crapload of luck. She lies there for a few moments, still giggling slightly, and still crying softly. She pulls her pillow over her head and begins whispering to herself over and over again.
"She's going to pay. I swear I'm going to make her pay. She's going to pay, I swear I'll make her pay,"