Author's note: I actually forgot something else, too. Bell her appearance is all based from DJ-BLU3Z, more specifically 'PPGZ: Platina Bell'. Also, I know that you can easily guess who the two nex Puffs are going to be, but what do you think should I do for their counterparts? I have an idea for Bell, but Bliss is still a bit vague...

Anyways, I'm rambling now. Enjoy the chapter! Warning, feels at the near-end. Be prepared with tissues!

Discliamer: I do not own the PPGZ, nor any of the OC's besides Delvin. Any new OC's I will mention in the future.

-New Tokyo District, Tokyo City; Japan- Time: 13:24, Date: 25th November

"You're sure it's alright for you to keep an eye on the girls? I don't want to be a bother."

"But of course not, dear! Just enjoy your walk through town, and be back for diner." Came Delvin's grandmother's voice from the other side of the phone in his hand. He sighed, rubbing his temple to hold the headache back from forming.

"If you say so. Just don't let them play with anything dangerous. They're only six years old." He said, and the chuckle at the other side of the line told him that his Grandma was amused.

"You're even worse than your aunt. Now, enjoy your walk!" And the line cut off. He checked his phone, and was right to guess she had hung up on him. He sighed, shaking his head as he put his smartphone back in his pocket.

'Always the one to put your family before yourself, Grandma.' He mused with some amusement as he walked through the streets of the New Tokyo District. New and modern buildings were everywhere around him. In the distance you could see the damage done by the attack more than a week ago now. An office where workers were still busy replacing the windows. The old panels had shattered to pieces thanks to the shockwave.

He heard a few people shouting things, and a couple of pedestrians pointed into the sky. Puzzled, he followed their gaze, and his eyes widened as he saw three streaks going through the sky. 'The PowerPuff Girls Z!'

They passed over the street, but their presence had caught the attention of a glassworker, and the man accidentally dropped a pane of glass. It fell down through the air, and Devlin was too late to register the danger. He braced himself for impact, and waited.

Waited.

Nothing came?

Opening his eyes, he was perplexed to see that the panel was in the hands of a blonde girl wearing a completely blue-colored outfit. She had blonde hair with curled twin-tails, and was floating in the air, the panel in her hands only a few inches away from his head.

"Everything okay?"

"…Y-yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for,… uh, the rescue." He answered, still a little awestruck. But, there is something strange about her… Something… Familiar…

"No problem! But try to look out next time, okay?" Bubbles said with a sweet voice, but somehow putting a stern look in the mix. He nodded, his mouth not working properly anymore. She smiled at him and brought the panel back to the glassworker, who also received a lesson before she flew off, a blue streak following after her.

'Bubbles. A PowerPuff Girl. And, somehow, she feels familiar, but from where?' He racked his brain, not really so sure where she seemed so familiar from. And the way she talked to him, like she knew him… Did he know her? Or, at least who she was in the past? He honestly wasn't so sure.

'Yet, I know I remember her from somewhere…'

Sighing, he shook his head, and instead started walking again, going through town with eyes fixated more on the sky than the buildings.

But, in his head, he vowed to find out why she seems so familiar.

Bubbles quickly rejoined her friends as they did a fly-over of the city. Ever since the attack over a week ago, they've been patrolling the air to make sure they were able to react fast and in time.

She finally caught up with them again, and Blossom noticed their team-mate rejoining them.

"What happened, Bubbles?"

"I had to save Onii-chan from a glass panel falling." She answered over the wind flying past them. Their leader seemed to understand, as she nodded and focused back on their task. Buttercup gave a sideways glance to the blonde, and she knew why.

Blossom had become a lot more serious ever since the attack. No one can blame her, she lost her father in the explosion… They guessed she wanted to prevent something like that from happening again. And they agreed with her full-heartedly, but sometimes she seemed a little stiff. Less enthusiastic, and almost... Boring.

After a round through the new district, they headed back to the lab. Buttercup seemed to be getting exhausted from the long fly, and Bubbles had to admit she was growing tired herself too. Yet, Blossom didn't even seem to sweat. Finally, they reached the lab, and landed inside through the large open window. As soon as they touched down, Buttercup collapsed to the ground with a sigh of relief.

"Finally, ground."

Blossom huffed, and walked to the couch, transforming back into Momoko. Bubbles frowned as she transformed back as well, Buttercup last. They walked up to her, and she opened her eyes to regard them.

"Momoko, what's the matter?" Miyako asked with concern as she sat down next to the ginger-head. She sighed, and looked away before answering.

"I'm… I'm scared. Scared that we might not be in time to stop something from happening again. We… We were too late to stop the attack, and, it just… I feel like it's all my fault!"

"Seriously? That's the problem? How do you think I feel?" Kaoru spoke up, crossing her arms. Both girl turned to look at her, and she sighed, hating herself for speaking up in the first place. "I-I… I admit, I feel like we should have been able to prevent that from happening."

"I know what you mean, girls. But, there isn't anything we could have done. Like Onii-chan told me many years ago, 'the past is the past, you must focus on the future'." Miyako stated, surprising her friends with how mature she sometimes can be. Momoko managed a small smile, and sighed to herself.

"He's right. We should focus on tomorrow, not yesterday."

"What is suddenly wrong with you? Where is this sudden spark of wisdom coming from?" Kaoru asked with slight shock. The two girls shared a look, and shrugged. The raven girl sighed, slapping her forehead with her hand before letting it drag down over her face. "You guys are unbelievable."

"Tell me about it."

Three heads turned to look at the newcomer in the room. Ken Kitazawa was standing in the opening of the door leading inside. Poochi, the robotic dog, jumped from the black-heads arms and ran up to the girls, a concerned look on his face.

"Poochi?"

"I'm picking up strong black aura's, but the strange thing is that I also register white aura's coming from the exact same spot." The robo-puppy explained as he paced around on all fours. The trio shared confused looks before looking back at the robotic puppy.

"You sure?"

"He's right, I used the new scanner Pa-… Professor Utonium made, and I'm picking up the same signatures." Ken assured in Poochi's place. The girls nodded, and already were off the couch and ready. Ken and Poochi watched as the girls transformed.

"Rolling Bubbles!"

"Hyper Blossom!"

"Powered Buttercup!"

Transformation done, they gave a quick salute to the black-haired boy before taking off, the wind they leave behind themselves kicking up a few papers. The two quickly caught the papers, and Ken his eyes widened as he read a paper with the symbol of the Japanese Space-Agency on the back.

In the meantime, the girls were following the GPS on their compacts, and the signature lead them to a far-off district of Tokyo City. The old Industrial Zone.

They landed in front of an old warehouse, unaware of the hidden camera's zoning in on the three girls. From inside a well-hidden white van, scientists were looking at the displays, and screen were showing all kinds of data and information.

"Do it." A sjuited man ordered from the back of the van, and a much scrawnier guy nodded before pressing a button.

The girls were investigating the area when the large and rusty garage-door of the warehouse was blasted to pieces. Shielding themselves from the debris and dust, they waited for the dust-cloud to dissipate. When it finally did, the couldn't stop themselves from gasping in shock at the sight.

Standing in the blasted hole, were the RowdyRuff Boys. But they looked anything but how they used too!

Firstly, they were older. Now sixteen from first glance. Their eyes were closed, bangs creating a shadow over them as well.

Secondly, they were dressed differently. They were wearing shirts of their respective colors, a black jacket with their respective colors worked in, black pants and shoes with their signature colors as well. Their jackets had a yellow R on the side and back, and the look was completed with a black belt, compacts in the middle with an R and their signature color.

"What happened to the Rowdies?" Buttercup asked as she looked them over another time. And, fight it as she might, her mind somehow found Butch looking almost… Hot? 'Oh no, I'm going insane!'

"Are they older?" Blossom asked as she noticed the sudden older appearance of the boys. Bubbles had her hands together in front of herself, a really bad feeling coming over her.

"Maybe we should just leave them be…"

Suddenly, the boys opened their eyes, and instead of the normal colored eyes, red glowing eyes stared deep into those of the girls. A shiver ran down their spines at the pure dark and evil looks the boys had on their faces. 'What happened to them?'

Brick reached behind himself, and pulled out a bow from seemingly nowhere. He aimed, and as he pulled the string back, an arrow made of pure dark-red energy formed. The girls were so shocked that they were unaware of the impending danger. The ginger-boy fired the arrow, and it just missed Blossom by a few hairs. Her eyes dilated to dots as she realized this was serious.

"Look out!"

Buttercup was the first to react, avoiding a razor-edged boomerang that was flung from Butch, his face emotionless. She flipped through the air, and was smart enough to stay out of the path of the boomerang as it returned before being caught in Butch's hand.

Bubbles shrieked as Boomer was suddenly in front of her, a sheeted sword in his hand. Right when he swung down she kicked herself back, and the sheet crashed into the ground, kicking up dust and pieces of stone from the pavement. He looked up, red eyes declaring her death.

"What's wrong with them?!" Blossom asked before avoiding another arrow from Brick. She was darting forwards to attack, jo-jo in her hand all ready.

"Where did they learn to fight like this?!" Buttercup yelled as she dodged the boomerang as it returned again. She was trying to get closer, but that thing was posing a real threat.

"What's wrong with their eyes?!" Bubbles asked with hysteria in her voice before shrieking, jumping out of the way as Boomer came crashing down from the air, his sword imbedding itself in the ground.

All three the girls quickly nodded to each other before taking to the air, hoping to have more of an advantage from there.

To their pure shock, the boys flew up into the air as well, and continued their assault. Blossom and Buttercup were able to dodge much easier in the air, though, and Blossom was the first to reach her counterpart. She flung her jo-jo at Brick, knocking him in the stomach. He flinched, but his hand grabbed the string of the jo-jo, and pulled back, pulling Blossom along with it. She shrieked in surprise before suddenly receiving a blow in her stomach from the bow.

"Blossom!" Bubbles yelled in fear before suddenly being struck in the side. She hurdled through the air, dazed, before stopping, hand clutching her side in pain.

Buttercup dodged the boomerang again and when it was caught in Butch's hand, he was suddenly struck in the side by the raven-girl's hammer. He swung around a little, but quickly recovered, and returned the act in double, his boomerang slicing across her body. A deep cut was sliced in her stomach, and a small one graced her cheek. She yelled in pain and lost focus enough to come crashing down to the ground. She impacted, and formed a small crater in the stone pavement.

"Buttercup!" The blonde girl screamed, and another hit struck her in the side. This time it directed her to crash in the metal bars of an old crane. She struggled to open her eyes, and faced Boomer hovering above her. His sword was in both hands, and as he grabbed the hilt with one and the sheet with the other. Pulling the sheet away, it revealed the diamond-colored blade, the light shimmering in the reflective surface menacingly. Her eyes dilated as she knew what he was going to do. She tried to get out of the mess of bended metal bars, but didn't find the strength.

'No, this can't be how it ends…!' Her thoughts stopped as the sword came hurdling down. Closing her eyes, she prayed to the heavens and saw images of everyone she knew passing in front of her closed eyes.

But…

The strike never came.

She opened one hesitant eye, and the other quickly followed as she saw the blade of the sword mere inches away from her. Boomer his entire body was shaking, and when he opened an eye, she finally saw those familiar blue eyes.

"Bubbles… Please… R-Run…!" He hissed through clenched teeth, and before she could ask anything, a painfully scream erupted from the boy his throat, hand grasping his head as his eyes flickered from blue to red.

Suddenly, something gave, and his eyes turned red again. Looking back with the emotionless expression, Boomer's eyes widened as he found an empty spot where Bubbles was supposed to be.

Back with Blossom, she crawled out of a destroyed wall of the warehouse, clutching her bleeding shoulder. She had been hit by Brick's arrow, and it felt painful. She hissed as her arm moved slightly, agitating the burning wound.

Brick landed in front of her, and an arrow shot from his bow, hitting her in the leg. She screamed in clear pain before collapsing to one knee, her hand grasping the sliced part of her leg. She looked up through squinted eyes, and Brick was standing right in front of her, bow pulled back and a black arrow this time charged inside. She braced herself for impact, her entire life flashing before her eyes. 'I'm dying before I ever found true love…'

But the impact never came. She looked up, and was surprised to see Brick clutching his head with one hand, the other shaking heavily with the bow clutched in it. His entire body seemed to be shaking, and as his eyes shot open, she saw those real red eyes, hints of pink in them. He looked at her, and the strained emotion told her this was the real Brick.

"Blo-Blossom… Get… Out of… Here!" He struggled between gritting teeth. She gasped, and a few tears glinted in her eyes, but before she could say anything to him, he clutched his head hard, and when his eyes opened again, they were that same emotionless red from before. He aimed his bow, but instead of Blossom in front of him, there was only an empty hole in the wall, and splatters of blood on the ground.

Buttercup was crawling out of the crater she had formed, hand clutching her stomach as blood seeped through her fingers. She looked up from the ground, and paled at the sight of Butch looming over her. His eyes were shadowed over, his hand holding his boomerang high in the air. She glared at him, not willing to show weakness now. 'Do it, you piece of crap.'

But, instead of the weapon crashing down and finishing the job, it stopped mid-swing, and his entire body started shaking. He stumbled a bit on his feet, hands holding his head as his eyes flashed red and green. Green seemed to win out for a moment, and they darted to her, causing the raven-girl to gasp in shock.

"Bu-Buttercu-cup… Get… Away! R-r-run…!" Butch managed to utter before his teeth clamped shut, and his eyes flashed. They turned red, and when he tossed his boomerang, it instead imbedded itself in the ground, the spot where Buttercup was now empty.

The three boys yelled in anger and rage, and from inside the van the man in suit slammed a fist on a panel, starling a few of the researchers.

"Make sure that this doesn't happen again!" He declared with fury before exiting the vehicle. The scientist shared a few worried glanced, but knew this was a bittersweet moment.

Their plan has failed, but at least they saw the boys in action. And they have enough data on the girls for now.

But now, to prepare for the next one.

-Tokyo Science Laboratory, Tokyo City; Japan- Time: 17:12, Date: 25th November

The Professor rubbed his temple, trying to hold back the headache from forming. He looked back to the couch, and sighed.

The girls were each recovering from their injuries. Koaru was holding her stomach, a faint green glow underneath her hand. She was trying to use the healing ability she discovered she has around a year ago to heal the wound, but her own energy was low after helping the girls. The worst damage had been repaired, but their injuries were still bandaged up. At least Miyako wasn't walking around with three broken ribs anymore.

"What do you think happened to the boys, Professor?" Ken asked with worry, his eyes fixated on the girls, but his thoughts elsewhere. His father sighed, rubbing his head to get his brain properly thinking again. 'Not the time to panic.'

"Someone must have used some kind of chemical to make the boys stronger and more powerful. The question is, who?"

"Mojo Jojo?" Poochi guessed, but both black-heads shook their head.

"He might be smart, but this goes far beyond his proper knowledge. Not even I can fully understand what happened to the RowdyRuff Boys." The Professor explained as he rummaged through a few papers on his desk. He sighed, not finding what he was looking for.

"You think they'll attack again?"

"Without a doubt." The man said with slight hesitation. They looked back at the girls, and felt bad for them.

"They were completely unprepared." Ken sighed, his head drooping as he walked away from the computer his dad was working at. He grabbed a bottle of water from the table and poured three glasses, handing one each to the girls, who smiled at him gratefully, although a bit tiredly as well.

"We'll have to keep an eye out for them." Professor Utonium deduced as he shut the computer off, not finding anything on his newest scanner. He turned on his chair, and frowned. If this is the result of the first fight, and if what the girls said is true, then they'll have it very difficult next time there is an attack.

The girls nodded, seeing merit in the idea. Kaoru hissed as she moved a bit to sudden, her wound burning a bit at the movement.

They were all sure of one thing: This will not be as easy as the rest they've done for the past years.

-Suburbs, Tokyo City; Japan- Time: 19:00, Date: 25th November

Miyako closed the door behind her. She stopped herself from hissing at the sting in her side, and walked through her house into the living room. She looked around, and was surprised to find Delvin to be the only one in the room. He was seated cross-legged on the floor, a cup of tea in his hands. He sipped before opening his eyes, and beckoned for his cousin to sit down.

She did, and for a moment a heavy silence hung over them. The only sound was the old grandfather's clock in the hall ticking and the occasional sip from Delvin.

Finally, he put the cup down, and addressed his cousin.

"You were late for diner."

"I'm sorry. The girls and I were very busy, and lost sight of time." She lied to him, and surprised herself with how easy it seemed to come out. He sighed, and decided to answer her unspoken question.

"Grandma and the twins are shopping."

Miyako nodded, and another silence fell over them. Delvin had his eyes closed, but after recollecting his thoughts, he opened them, and when he locked eyes with his cousin, she saw a whole mixture of emotions in them. But a few were very much present.

Betrayal. Hurt. Pain.

He saw in her own eyes on his turn the confusion, but also the hidden guilt and regret, and a hint of pain. He sighed, rubbing his hands on his knees.

"Miyako. Or, should I rather say, Bubbles?"

She flinched, and hung her head, finally realizing what this is all about.

"When were you going to tell me? Or grandmother? When were you going to tell us about your double-life as one of Tokyo's heroes?"

She didn't answer, so he continued.

"It wasn't easy, I admit, finding out the truth. But, I should have known. You look so much like her, and the way you acted... I only found out the truth when I checked your room, and accidentally came across a picture you and the girls had taken in your outfits. I can presume that Momoko and Kaoru are Blossom and Buttercup, no?"

She didn't answer, but the sudden widening of her eyes and slight flinch told him he was right. He sighed, rubbing his forehead to keep a headache from coming up.

"You know you're risking your life out there right? Fighting those villains, saving people. Sure, you can fight back, but how long until something goes wrong, how long until you make a mistake, a fatal mistake?!"

She hung her head even lower, and as he read her expression, a horrified look came to his face.

"You had one of those moments, haven't you?"

She didn't answer. He stood up from his spot, walked over to her, and grabbed her by the arm. He pulled her up, but she didn't fight it, and the sudden flinch at the sting in her side made her grasp the spot. He pulled her hand away, and lifted her shirt enough to see the bruise on her side. He growled in his throat, and let her go, walking away before he could do something wrong.

"You're risking your life, day in, day out. And no one will know why their daughter, grand-daughter or cousin didn't come home this time! Or will ever come back home afterwards! Did you ever even consider the risks, the chances? Is this some kind of game to you?!"

"I know the risks!" Miyako yelled back, having had enough with this. He reminded her of every choice she ever made, every time she lied to her grandmother or her parents, to some of her friends. And she had enough!

"Then why do you still fight?!"

"Because who will if we don't?!" She retaliated. Delvin wanted to shout, to yell, to… To…

He gritted his teeth, and balled his fists. He had it, this was the drop!

SLAP!

The sound echoed through the empty house. Time seemed to have frozen, Devlin with his flat hand a few inches away from Miyako her face, a red spot on her cheek. She slowly reached for the spot where the palm of his hand had struck her. Tears threatened to appear in her eyes. 'He, he slapped me…'

"Did you ever even think about how we would feel?! How we would feel if you just up and vanished?! What would Grandma think?! WHAT would your parents think?! WHAT would I think?! You're family, Miyako, and I'm not losing you! Not after my dad! Not after Alvin!"

The blonde her eyes widened as the last part registered. Tear-stung eyes met her blue ones, and she saw the small streams going down her cousin's cheeks. He never dared to mention Alvin. His younger brother. Her younger cousin, who died in a car-crash that he and his mother survived.

And yet, here he mentioned his name, right in front of her. Does he really think so much of her?

"Delvin…"

"I don't want to lose you, Mi! Not after my dad, not after Alvin. I lost too much family, I don't… I don't want to lose my little sister, I don't want to lose you…" He said, tears streaming from his eyes now. She let her cheek go, and instead cupped his own. He held her hands in his own hands, sobs escaping him. Slowly, she helped him down on his knees. He sobbed as she pulled him in a hug.

"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" She said, feeling tears coming from her own eyes. He held her close, letting himself pour his emotions out. She's the only one he would ever trust with such raw display of himself. With such raw emotion from the normally very collected boy.

"I'm sorry."

And she knew that he only wanted her to be safe.

-Downtown, Tokyo City; Japan- Time: 23:25, Date: 25th November

The moon shone down over the illuminated cityscape. People that spent their time at night walked over the street or drove across the road. Stores were open here and there, the most closed though.

On top of a tall office-building. A figure watched the city bellow. It craned its neck to look up, and spotted the drone that was flying through the air, camouflaged thanks to its dark color. It had to squint in order to spot the machine flying through the air.

It walked out into the light, revealing her electric-blue hair and purple outfit. She glared at the drone, and silently took off into the sky.

She used the fact the drone wasn't looking up to sneak up. Her hair started charging, and she collected blue electric energy in her hand. She aimed, and with a toss, she threw the ball of energy into a collision course with the drone.

It impacted, the machine going up in a small ball of fire and smoke. She smirked to herself, unaware of the drone appearing behind her.

Suddenly, an electric charge flowed through her body. She bit her lip, and slowly absorbed the energy. Turning around, she faced the drone, that had a stick sparking with electricity out. She growled in her throat, feeling the spot where it hit her on the back stinging.

"Never attack someone with electric powers with an electric attack."

She charged her hand and grabbed the drone, overloading its circuits. The machine sparked and sputtered, and as she let go it fell down and crashed harmlessly on a flat rooftop. "For the fair finder."

She looked around, and spotted two more drones heading her way. She rubbed her hands, electricity sparking between her fingers. Before the drones could attack her, she shot lightning from her hands, zapping the drones and frying them on the spot. They exploded, the power too much for their systems to handle.

"Is that all you've got?" She asked as she turned around, and true to her guess, a strange helicopter with silent blades at the side came hovering down, appearing from seemingly nowhere thanks to special invisibility. The side opened, revealing a suited man holding a special blaster in his hands. He fired, and a net appeared from inside. She dodged, and it flew through the air before clamping on the side of a building.

"You'll need better aim than that."

The man growled to the tease, and fired again. This time she barely dodged the net, ad it attached to another building.

"Warmer!"

He fired again, an she dodged again. She flew up to be at eye-level with them, arms crossed.

"Three times failed," She held her hand up, sparks flying from her fingers. The blue-haired girl glared back at them, and the man gulped, already seeing what's going to happen. He shouted for the pilot to steer them away. "You lose."

She fired a lighting attack that zapped the entire helicopter. Its blades seemed to sputter, and the entire things slowly came down, until it crashed on the top of a large office. The people inside crawled out, and the girl landed on the rooftop, eyes glaring daggers at the suited man.

"Game, set and match."

She fired a ball of energy, and when it hit the man he yelled in agonizing pain before dropping down. Another man quickly tried to help the suited person up, but when he felt at the neck, his eyes closed.

No pulse.

"Remember," The girl spoke up, getting their attention. She walked up to the edge of the roof, turning back to give them a final glance. "Never mess with Bliss."

Bliss jumped from the edge, and cascaded down the side of the building before flying up and away from the scene. She had a neutral expression on her face, but inside she was twisting and turning with turmoil.

No one should ever have to kill in order to survive. No one.

Author's note: And that is the reason for the M-Rating. No, don't expect me to create any bedroom-scenes any time soon. And even if I did, I'll still keep it dignified.

Anyways, on a quick side-note: Does anyone think I'm going a bit too far? If so, please do tell me. I'm trying to keep the story good, and know I can go a bit overboard. Also, if anyone wants to know the idea for the boys their new looks, consult BiPinkBunny on Deviantart, it should be called 'Teen! RRBZ'.

With that mentioned, remember to review, fav and follow! Until next chapter!