(Chapter 3): We are Powerpuff Z

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"And now, for yer training!" Ace replied as he was loading up an old vehicle behind the scenery of Academy Flowers and Rose Bushes as well as different kinds of environments that every regional hero would require.

Simply put, this is like collecting Pokémon. Except in human form.

"I gotcha lots of batches of difficulty in Training you can be!" Said Ace. " Normal, Hard, Expert Master, and Insane! Let's start off with Easy… How about the North American League?"

"I want something hard to beat!" Buttercup whined. "Don't chicken out on me!"

"Sorry pal, unless you can unlock material for your powers, I'd say… NO!" Ace replied loudly while Buttercup grumbled. "Now let's begin!"

Out came one hero who was a teen man who wielded two revolvers that shoot rubber bullets. Quirk: Gunslinger. The second one was simply a teen woman with a shotgun. Quirk: Huntress. And the final one was an off of rarity, but he was a Mexican Mariachi man with a guitar that used the power of Sound to break glass and BITES ears! Quirk: Frequency.

"Be advised, they're real people simulated in this machine! Play nice and dirty!" Ace smirked.

"Now we're talking!" Buttercup flew over and swung her fist onto the Cowboy, who countered with 6 rubber bullets that punched Buttercup with many fists of pain!

Bubbles looked over at the Huntress. She seemed nice, until she aimed her shotgun at Bubbles and fired, which Bubbles dodged by flying up.

"Hey!" Buttercup shouted. "Why are they so hard?!"

"Fight back, you nitwits!" Ace growled. "Do a Tornado Attack or something!"

"We don't do that!" Blossom replied.

"What the heck?!" Buttercup was shot by the Cowboy again, and she felt l8ke she nearly wanted to pass out. 6 after 6 bullets for 2 seconds apart, she felt like caving in. Until… "ENOUGH!"

Buttercup bursted with rage and shot lasers out of her eyes at the cowboy. Hurting him.

"How did you do that?" Asked Blossom.

"Easy!" Replied Buttercup, "Just squint as hard as you can!"

"Let's go!" Blossom replied as she tried firing lasers of her own. Until the trio of practice enemies were nothing but kicked dust.

"Alright! We won!" Said the girls.

"Nice try, but you only got a C Minus…" Ace shook his head. "Maybe tomorrow we can break the limits of the firstborn shell, ya hear?"

"No fair!" Blossom pouted. "They're people we haven't known!"

"And imagine fighting someone stronger and with a much more valuable rarity…" Ace replied with a sigh.

"Tell us how to become more powerful!" Bubbles begged Ace.

"Fine, but first, we need a team of 10 to upgrade to more than just heroes…" Replied Ace.

"By the way, what's with the Box with nice colors?"asked Blossom. "Oh, you know, a box of heroes I made to recruit. Everyone gets one to recruit their favorites. My favorites are Mickey, Jack, Tsuyu, Midoriya and lots more I cannot list. But unfortunately, the class with low remarks became even more valuable. AND EVEN SO, I can't get my hands on that Quirkless Kid… So I need a new one…"

"Well, what can we do?" Asked Bubbles.

"We'll wait until Christmas for the event of Unlocking characters." Replied Ace. "And so, let's keep training... little by little!"

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And so, our heroes trained and trained until they mastered Easy Mode.

(To be continued)