DISCLAIMER: I don't own the anime/manga called: Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z and any of its characters used in this fanfic.

INSPIRED BY: marinav92

Me: HI PEOPLE! It's been a while, hasn't it? I know I should be working on my other fanfics, but I feel like this fanfic should have a weekly update, so all I can say is: LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAYS!

Kaoru: WHY? JUST WHY?

Me: ...Would you prefer that I worked on "Takeshi Matsubara: Boy of Dog?" then?

Kaoru: -points at Butch- Only if he ends up dying =_=

Butch: D: Kaoru-chan, you're so mean! Why do you have to be in denial about us?

Kaoru: SHUT UP, DAMMIT!

Me: Anyway, since it's been two weeks, I'll try to work on the second chapter of this. Right now, I'm focusing on my other fanfics, especially since one of them is almost DONE, so I'm just really excited at the fact that I FINALLY get to finish something over the summer 8D. Oh, and I might go into an updating spree~.

Kaoru: ...Oh, God, no.

Me: Oh, God, YES 8D. Now, without further delay, here's chapter one of "Secretive Curse"!

CHAPTER 1:

"Kaoru."

The black haired girl known as Kaoru laying in bed merely groaned in response before pulling her blanket above her head, covering her body completely. She curled her body somewhat into a ball in order to make herself feel even more comfortable, not wanting to wake up just yet.

Standing beside her bed was none other than a teenage boy, probably around the age of seventeen. His hair was completely and naturally spiked up, giving emphasis to his pale skin and his dark green piercing eyes that were looking at the girl in exasperation. Setting his backpack down on the floor, he sighed before muttering softly, "This girl…"

Kaoru once again shifted under her blanket, making soft groaning sounds as she shifted into a different position.

Scratching his head, the boy raised an eyebrow before going towards the window and opening the curtains. Walking straight back to the girl's bed, he stated once more, "Kaoru." Of course, he had gotten no response to that, so he merely sighed before quickly pulling the blanket off of the girl.

Immediately, Kaoru groaned loudly and tried searching for her blanket by moving her hand around, still somewhat curled into a ball.

The teenage boy merely started to tap his foot, raising an eyebrow at Kaoru in the process as he stared at her figure.

After a couple of seconds, Kaoru reluctantly opened her eyes, revealing them to be light green. Still looking half-asleep, she yawned softly as she sat up and glanced at the unknown and blurry figure before her. Blinking a couple of times and rubbing her eyes, it revealed to none other than her boyfriend: Takeshi Takashi.

Grinning at her, Takeshi stated, "It's about time you woke up."

Kaoru blinked a couple of times, still somewhat half-asleep. "What time is it?"

"It's already six-thirty in the morning. You don't want to be late on the first day back now, do you?"

Narrowing her eyes, Kaoru stated angrily, "You woke me up at six-thirty."

Takeshi nodded eagerly, grinning even more. "Well, you were late last year. You don't wanna make a bad impression on your teachers for this year, do you?"

"I don't give a damn about them," Kaoru replied bluntly. "All I want to do is to sleep. That's it." Kaoru blinked a couple of times before flinching and yelling, "Wait, how the hell are you in my room?!"

As if on cue, both Kaoru's mother and father could be heard from what seems to be the kitchen, judging by the aroma of food.

"HE'S WHAT?!"

"Calm down, dear!"

"BUT HE'S IN—"

"I SAID TO CALM DOWN!"

Silence ensued.

"Yes, dear…"

"Does that answer your question, Kaoru?" Takeshi asked, smirking slightly. "Your mother let me up here while your father was still asleep, so…yeah."

Kaoru merely frowned and rolled her eyes. She really just wanted to go back to sleep right now.

Just as Kaoru was about to fall backwards onto her bed, Takeshi quickly stated while smirking, "If you go back to sleep, I'll drag you to the shower, strip you, and bathe you myself."

Kaoru's eyes went wide at this before she quickly narrowed her eyes at him. "Over my dead body."

Before Takeshi could retort, Kaoru's mother yelled out, "Kaoru, if you don't wake up, I'll have to use that on you!"

Kaoru's eyes immediately went wide open and before anything else could be said, she quickly dashed off to get ready for school and went down the stairs.

At this, Takeshi merely stared at his girlfriend while raising an eyebrow. Shaking his head, he picked his backpack off of the floor before slinging it over his shoulder and heading down the stairs. Just as soon as he got off of the last step, Kaoru grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the door with her. Not even bothering to lock the door, the two dashed off down the street with a slice of bread in Kaoru's mouth.

Kaoru's father's yells could be heard from their distance and at this, Takeshi merely stifled a laugh. When the two found themselves before a crosswalk, Kaoru let go of his hand quickly as she panted to catch her breath.

Takeshi, on the other hand, was raising an eyebrow at his girlfriend in amusement. "Tired already?"

"Shut up," Kaoru retorted, narrowing her eyes at him between her panting.

He chuckled in response and grabbed her hand. As if on cue, the light turned green and Takeshi pulled her along with him so the two would cross the street. Kaoru had finally caught her breath after they crossed it and immediately, she pulled her hand away from his, feeling her face burn up as she headed off to towards in the direction to school.

Takeshi, of course, saw her blush and merely smirked as he went to catch up to her. After doing so, he quickly grabbed a hold of her hand and whispered, "I'm not letting you escape so easily this time, you know."

Kaoru narrowed her eyes at him, fully aware that her cheeks felt completely hot to her. As she felt him tighten his grip, she felt her cheeks grow even hotter and glancing out of the corner of her eye, she saw him smirk even more. Frowning, she silently cursed him out in her head.

The two continued to walk down the sidewalk until Takeshi suddenly stopped. Kaoru stopped as well and looked at him, seeing that his head was fully turned towards a window to his right. Looking at the window as well, she found that it belonged to a shop that sold televisions and that many were on display. Apparently, all of them were on the news.

Kaoru blinked a couple of times and she let go of Takeshi's hand as she went closer to the window. There, a man around in his mid-thirties was sitting and he had his hands folded together, staring intently at the screen.

Sighing gravely, the man stated, "It seems that last night, five male teenagers died on the outskirts of Tokyo City. So far, it seems that there aren't any suspects since the police cannot get any kind of fingerprints whatsoever in order to determine the culprit. Detectives are currently working in order to find the culprit—or possibly culprits, as the detectives suggested—that may have done this. Families are currently being contacted as we speak. For now, we can only hope the best for these families and may those boys rest in peace." The screen then quickly showed pictures of each of the boys individually that showed all of them grinning or smiling.

Kaoru felt her eyes cloud heavily with pity as she continued to look at the screen. Not wanting to see anymore of it, she sighed and turned her head away. Looking at Takeshi, she found that he was staring at the screen with a stern look. Hesitating, she gently tugged on his sleeve and after getting his attention, she stated softly, "Come on. Let's go before Momoko calls me and yells at me to get to school already."

Takeshi grinned back at her and nodded. "But on one condition." When Kaoru raised an eyebrow at him, he grinned even more and added, "Only if you give me a kiss."

His response was none other than Kaoru hitting him hard on the head before stomping off in anger. However, that didn't hide the fact that she was blushing still, so that merely made Takeshi smirk even more. As his girlfriend stomped off into the distance, he turned his head back towards the televisions that continued to show the same anchorman from earlier, who was still talking about the recent deaths of the five teenage boys on the outskirts of Tokyo City.

"We have just received news from the police department. As of now, it seems to be impossible for the police and detectives to solve the mystery of the culprit—or perhaps culprits—that caused the deaths of these poor, innocent teenage boys. This may unfortunately cause the case to be closed. For now, we can only hope that there won't be any more tragic deaths of teenagers such as these in the future."

Takeshi merely narrowed his eyes at the man before muttering softly, "Deaths, huh?" Sighing, he frowned before running off in order to catch up with Kaoru.

Eventually, the two arrived at their high school. Well, actually, it was more like Kaoru was running away from Takeshi, despite their surroundings. In fact, they were currently running around on campus with Takeshi chasing after Kaoru still. Normally, the teachers would intervene, but considering the fact that it was the first day, none of them—students and teachers alike—didn't really want to do anything, considering the fact that summer had officially ended.

"Get away from me, damn it!"

"Kaoru-chan, I just asked for a simple kiss, though!"

"DON'T YOU DARE ADD THAT SUFFIX TO MY NAME!"

"Why not?"

"It makes me sound…cute."

"Well, you're cute to me!"

"Shut up and get away from me!"

"Is that seriously something you should say to your own boyfriend?"

"Considering you're it, then yes!"

Meanwhile, a certain orange haired girl with bright pink eyes was staring at the two in disbelief before gently slapping her forehead with the palm of her hand. Her orange hair was tied up in a very high ponytail, which was actually quite long since it reached all the way to her hips and contrasted her pale skin greatly. Sighing, she muttered to herself, "And you'd think that they'd change over the summer…"

"Well, Momoko-san, this is Kaoru-san we're talking about here," a blonde haired girl with light blue eyes stated calmly, even though she too was somewhat in disbelief. Her hair was tied up in twin pig tails that were somewhat curled at their ends, emphasizing her pale skin.

"I know, but I was hoping to see Kaoru's feminine side!" The pink-eyed redhead whined. Sighing, she muttered, "Maybe we should spy on one of their dates, Miyako…"

"Momoko-san, I don't think that's a good idea…"

"Why not?"

Miyako pointed behind them, smiling sheepishly.

Turning around, Momoko flinched immediately, finding that the person that stood before them was none other than Kaoru Matsubara.

Narrowing her eyes at them, Kaoru stated angrily, "Momoko…"

"Hey, you don't show us your feminine side that often!" Momoko quickly replied, holding up her arms in defense. Before she knew it, the redhead felt someone wrap something around her waist. Of course, she was about to yell at the person, but the minute she turned around, she found none other than Takeo Takashi.

Having that trademark of a red cap placed backwards on his cap emphasized the grin apparent on his face. His short orange hair reached to his shoulders and was spiky as ever, having some parts of it come out of the hole in the back of his cap. That tan skin of his was a perfect shade to easily match his hair and his crimson red eyes. Overall, others would obviously view this boy as someone handsome.

Momoko merely smiled even more and wrapped her arms around the boy's neck. "Morning, Takeo-kun!"

Chuckling, Takeo replied, "Morning, my dear Momoko."

Momoko couldn't help but blush and giggle softly at this.

Kaoru, though, merely gagged at it, which caused Miyako to giggle softly as well. Her eye then began to twitch the minute she saw that Miyako's boyfriend, Takumi Takashi, intertwine his fingers with hers.

His blonde hair was as messy as ever and even though Miyako helped straightened out his bangs so his hair wouldn't appear quite as messy, it still looked that way nonetheless. Takumi chuckled, having his eyes lit up with amusement and his response was none other than a pouting Miyako. Though his skin was nowhere near as tan as Takeo's, it was certainly a darker shade than Takeshi's, since he was the palest out of the three. Although Takumi had freckles upon each of his cheeks, that didn't deny the fact that he was also handsome, especially with those blue eyes of his.

"Did you sleep well last night, beautiful?" Takumi asked before chuckling as Miyako continued to pout slightly at him. Receiving a nod for a response, he merely smiled before placing a kiss upon Miyako's forehead.

At this, Kaoru gagged even louder and exclaimed, "You people need to get a freaking room!" Before she could say even more, though, she felt something quickly and gently press against her cheek. Though it was for just a couple of seconds, Kaoru eventually realized what happened and glared darkly, while blushing, of course, at the culprit: Takeshi Takashi—her own boyfriend.

Just like his brothers, Takeo and Takumi, he was handsome. However, his black spiky hair completely contrasted his pale skin, adding a lot of emphasis to his piercing dark green eyes. As much as Kaoru hated to admit it, he was good-looking, but, of course, she'd never admit that to him. If she did, he'd only tease her about it and get even more arrogant, if that was even possible.

Covering her right cheek with the palm of her hand, Kaoru quickly yelled, "Takeshi, what the hell is wrong with you?!"

"Well, you wouldn't give me a kiss, so I gave you one instead," Takeshi replied casually, shrugging as he grinned.

Kaoru narrowed her eyes at him. "That doesn't give you the right to kiss me in public!"

Takeshi pouted slightly and whined, "Not even on the cheek?"

"No!"

Immediately, Takeshi grinned before asking, "So I should kiss you somewhere else then?"

At this, Kaoru flinched and quickly shook her head. Grabbing Momoko and Miyako's hands, she dragged the two off in the opposite direction, yelling at the three brothers that they needed to get their schedules.

Takeshi watched as his girlfriend dragged his brothers' girlfriends with them and couldn't help but laugh at her response. On the other hand, his two brothers, Takeo and Takumi, reacted a bit differently compared to their black haired brother. Takeo was merely shaking his head as he was grinning, clearly showing that he was amused by the scene while Takumi simply snickered softly to himself.

After calming down, Takeshi turned his head in order to face his brothers, having a solemn look on his face. "So, what should we do?"

Immediately, both Takeo and Takumi had grave looks upon their faces. All traces of amusement and laughter were completely gone by now. The two glanced at each other before glancing back at their black haired brother.

"Personally, I don't think it's that big of a problem," Takumi stated, sighing. "For all we know, that could've been some an act of revenge."

"How would you know that?" Takeshi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I did my research. All of those boys just happened to be from the same high school—and not just any high school. It was one of those private high schools that wealthy people go to. One of them was actually quite a bit of a…player and angered a lot of people, so I wouldn't be surprised at the fact that revenge was the reason."

"Plus, those guys seemed to have been involved with a bunch of other things as well," Takeo added, sighing. "So if anything, it's not really our problem, but…" Immediately, Takeo started narrowing his eyes as he looked at the sky. "Ever since last night, I've been getting a bad feeling, so I don't know if this was just some act of revenge." Facing his brothers once more, he lowered his voice so only his brothers would hear and stated, "Besides, I really doubt anyone would go to the extent of murdering, especially with that amount of people."

"That is a good point," Takeshi muttered.

Takumi then nodded. "Since only one of them caused a lot of people to probably have grudges against him, I really don't think that they'd also go after the others that he hung out with. If you ask me, that's just unnecessary bloodshed."

"And too much work," Takeshi also added, rolling his eyes.

Takeo's eyes then suddenly went wide and his head snapped back down before narrowing his eyes at the ground.

"Dude, what's wrong?" Takeshi asked, raising an eyebrow.

Takumi nodded in agreement. "Yeah, what's the matter?"

"You guys didn't feel that just now?" Takeo stated to them in a low voice.

The other two brothers shook their heads and looked at each other. Immediately, their eyes went wide and they snapped their heads back towards their orange haired brother, frowning immensely.

"It looks like I was right," Takeo muttered. Sighing, he then added, "Look, I'm gonna go find Momoko. You two go find the others and stay with them no matter what." Without even letting a chance for his brothers to reply, he ran off to find his orange haired girlfriend.

Takeshi scoffed and muttered, "He doesn't need to tell me twice." Immediately, his face broke out into a wide grin and he started yelling out Kaoru's name while running off as he tried to look for her.

Takumi, on the other hand, turned around to stare at the gates of the school, finding that everything there seemed normal. Everyone was currently catching up with each other and already, there were groups all around. He glanced around, trying to see if anything seemed abnormal, but having no luck, he frowned slightly in frustration. Sighing, he then ran off to find none other than his girlfriend by the name of Miyako.