At some point I will not only be done with this story, but Star Force Zero 3 as well. Once that's done I have an idea for another really good and dark Mario story, but I need to know if you guys think it's a good idea. Take the new poll on my account page and give me your opinion.

The last chapter turned out a lot better than I thought it would. For those who think I'm done with Blossom though, you are sadly mistaken.

Chapter 10

"I know, I know, I'm trying the best I can," Brick spoke into his cell phone, "She was suspended. Something to do with Princess I think," the person on the other end spoke, and Brick got annoyed, "How the hell should I know? Don't worry, I'm not giving up. Don't forget that I'm not just doing this for you. I get something out of this as well," with that Brick hung up and looked at the sky (he was on the roof of the school).

"I'm not going to let this stop me," he said to himself.

It had been a week since Blossom was suspended from school. She thought she would be bored or at a loss for what to do, but it was the exact opposite. She actually didn't want to do anything. All she did really was sit on her bed. She felt horrible, but not for attacking Princess, she felt she deserved that. She actually in a way felt bad that she didn't feel bad for what happened. She was beginning to feel a sense of vengeance against everyone who said mean things about her, gossiped about her, treated her like she was a bad person and shunned her.

Why did they do that? What was wrong with her? She tried to be nice, she tried to be helpful, but no one seemed to appreciate her. She was beginning to hate them all: Princess, Brick, her teachers, the other students, even Buttercup.

Buttercup was never helpful. In a way she was the worst one, because she was her sister. Blossom felt that Buttercup should have been there for her, but instead she joined in on the gossip and even called her names right to her face. Some sister she was.

And then there was Brick, who she just couldn't get out of her mind, and was still having horribly erotic dreams about. After the incident seven years ago he and the other Rowdyruffs vanished off the face of the earth, and now here he was trying to "make amends". Blossom couldn't believe him. Why on Earth would she believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Did he think he could just walk back into her life and-

There was a knock on her door. She knew Buttercup wouldn't dare enter her room, so that left Bubbles and the Professor.

"Come in," she said extremely softly as she hadn't spoken much in the entire week. Bubbles walked in, apparently shocked to see her sister in such disarray.

"Um, I just wanted to check on you before I get to school," Bubbles said slowly. There was silence for a few moments, "The marks on Princess' neck are gone now, just so you'll know," Blossom didn't have the heart to tell Bubbles how she really felt about that, "I'll talk to you after school then, okay?" Blossom nodded, and Bubbles finally left. It was sad that Blossom wasn't more down that she was gone.

The kids at school were still talking about it. Most of them were silently happy that Princess "got what was coming to her" as they put it, but there were a few who just felt that Blossom "finally cracked". To Bubbles it was annoying, and she called them on it on more than one occasion.

"How is she?" Jane asked Bubbles when they got to homeroom.

"She only comes out of her room for a few things," Bubbles said, "but for the most part she's really distant."

"Will she be coming back?"

"I hope so, but not while..." Bubbles looked over at two boys talking, and used her supersonic hearing to listen.

"Dude, I'm telling you, I was there! The look in her eyes was scary!"

"But murderous? I don't know."

"Well, I do. She wanted to kill Princess. That's probably why she's out now. She's a loose cannon, man."

Bubbles went over to the boys and tapped them on the shoulder. They jumped when they saw Bubbles there.

"Um, Bubbles," the first boy said.

"You do know that supersonic hearing is a family trait, right?" Bubbles asked.

"Oh, uh..."

"I can assure you that my sister isn't a loose cannon, and I'd appreciate it if you would stop calling her that. She will be returning to school at some point, and I'd like it if she didn't regret her coming back."

The eloquent way she expressed herself was too much for the two boys, so they had nothing to say. They just nodded and went back to their studies. Bubbles went back to her seat next to Jane, who was shaking her head as she approached.

"You can't police the entire school," Jane said.

"I know, that's the BC Brawlers' job," Bubbles replied as she sat down, "But I'm not just going to sit around and let people talk bad about my sister. I would be as bad as them."

"If that's what you feel," Jane said shrugging her shoulders. They were silent for the rest of homeroom, Bubbles still using her supersonic hearing to check on those two students to hear if they started talking about Blossom again. They didn't.

Bubbles shut her locker and was on her way to lunch, when she got the shock of her life. Chad ran up to her.

"Um, Chad," Bubbles said, fully aware of how red her face was turning.

"How's your sister? Is she still upset?" he asked.

"Yeah, sadly," Bubbles said looking down a bit.

"I wanted to apologize for what Princess did. That wasn't cool at all."

"I'm assuming you're going to tell me that she's sorry for what she did," Bubbles asked, wondering what Chad really felt. Was this just a ploy from Princess?

"Sadly, no," Chad said, shocking Bubbles, "I came here on my own. I just wanted you to know that not everyone thinks you sister is a spaz. I know how it is, and I always try to get Princess to be nicer to her."

"Oh, well, thanks Chad," Bubbles said. Chad gave a small smile and then walked into the cafeteria. Bubbles began walking into the cafeteria herself. Right when she reached the door she noticed Princess standing at a distance glaring at her. Did she see her talking to Chad?

And was it bad that Bubbles wanted her to?

Blossom and Bubbles weren't the only ones who had a boy on their mind. Buttercup found herself not able to get Ace out of her head after their last encounter. She was on the fence between hating how she felt, and loving it. She was trying to focus on finding Mojo Jojo, but as Ace entered her mind every other minute it was proving difficult. Maybe she should just give in to these feelings...

Wait... what? No! She couldn't do that! She had a reputation to uphold. She was Buttercup "BC" Utonium, known as "the tough one". She immediately pushed that thought aside and continued to her locker, trying to think about anything but Ace.

"Hey! Buttercup!" a male voice called out. All of Buttercup's male friends (and mostly everyone in the school besides her sisters) knew not to call her by her whole name, so whoever it was either knew her extremely well, or planned on going to the hospital. She turned around and was surprised to see Brick running up to her.

"Um, can I help you?" Buttercup asked, not as mean as Blossom would be (strange how they were beginning to switch places) but still cold.

"How's Blossom? Is she alright?" Brick asked, looking genuinely concerned. Buttercup was a little taken aback by how sincere he looked.

"She's..." Buttercup began slowly, "still not talking to anyone. She doesn't leave her room hardly at all. She's eating at least... Why?" she asked.

Brick didn't answer that. He looked down seriously, and then walked off. Buttercup shrugged and closed her locker. School was about to let out, and she had to get going as soon as possible if she was going to find Mojo Jojo's base.

Bubbles was making sure Blossom got her homework. Completely on her request by the way. She was on her way to Blossom's first class to get her homework, but got a shock instead.

"Someone else got her assignment?" Bubbles asked Blossom's math teacher.

"Yes, that new boy, Brick I believe."

"Brick? Why?"

"I don't know. He said that it was just really important to him. Is that okay?"

Truth was, Bubbles wasn't sure whether or not it was okay, but there wasn't anything she could do about it. Besides, this meant she could make it to cheerleading practice, "Yes, it's fine. I'll have to thank him next time I see him," she bowed to her teacher and then walked out of the classroom, wondering what Brick was thinking.

"Why are you acting like this?" she asked herself, "Maybe he really has changed."

Brick rang Professor Utonium's doorbell, glad that the Professor was the one who answered. This lessened the chances of getting the door slammed in his face.

"Oh, Brick," the Professor said, apparently shocked to see Brick.

"Good afternoon... s, sir," Brick said slowly. He still wasn't used to being polite, but he had to try.

"Is something wrong?" Prof. Utonium asked.

"Um, I wanted to give Blossom her homework for the day," he said. He noticed that Blossom stepped out of her room and was standing at the stairs fully dressed staring at him, but her expression was difficult to read.

"Thank you Brick," the Professor said taking the assignments from him, "I'm curious though, Bubbles usually does this. Why are you doing it this time?"

"Oh, I didn't know Bubbles did it usually. I was just trying to be nice. I figured Blossom didn't want to be left behind so I just..." Brick said looking down. His heart was racing right now. What would Blossom think? She was still standing right there.

"Well, that was very nice of you Brick. Thank you," the Professor said with a smile. Brick gave a small smile and walked off. Blossom still looked really upset, which Brick thought was strange. Sure, Princess was a bitch for what she did, but that was a week ago. What else was making her hurt?

Brick flew off, resolving to try and learn more about her. He had a plan, but he needed Blossom to come out of the house in order for it to work.

After Brick left, the Professor turned to Blossom, who was still standing at the stairs.

"That was nice of him," the Professor said, "I'm surprised how polite he's become."

"He's still a Rowdyruff," Blossom said harshly. She walked down, grabbed the assignments, and walked back to her room. Professor Utonium shook his head watching her. She was getting so dark and bitter from all this hatred, and he was starting to think it was time she tried to forgive.

After practice, Bubbles decided to go right home in order to check on Blossom. She was in the locker room getting changed when the door opened and closed again.

"You think your real cute, don't you Utonium?" Princess said from behind Bubbles. Bubbles smiled as she turned around. She was hoping this moment would come all day.

"I have no idea what your talking about," Bubbles said innocently, but Princess wasn't hearing it.

"You know, all three of you are incredible," Princess said looking down with an evil smirk, "Blossom is a bitch, Buttercup is a thug, and your a man stealing whore."

Bubbles couldn't hold in her laugh when she heard that, "You walk around with those coconuts you call boobs hanging out, and you call me a whore? About my sisters, Buttercup is tough, but she isn't fake like someone I know, and don't think I'm going to tolerate you treating my sister like you do."

"You see what she does to other students, and she doesn't have any friends. All those people around me that day agreed with me."

"Yeah, well, I didn't, and I don't think you learned your lesson yet. I look at you, and I see who the real bitch in this school is, and trust me, it's no one with the last name Utonium," Bubbles was walking up to Princess now, "You have all this popularity, all these people who worship the ground you walk on, and you don't deserve any of it."

At this point Princess and Bubbles were slowly walking toward each other. This was obviously the face off both of them had been waiting for, "And just what do you plan to do about it? Are you going to hit me like your monster of a sister?"

Hearing that made Bubbles want to, but she had other plans, "Trust me Princess," Bubbles said with a laugh, "That would be way too easy for me and you know it. No, I'm just going to ruin you."

"Ha! Ruin me?"

"Yes Princess, I want it all. I want your fame, I want your popularity, and yes, I'll even take your boyfriend."

"That's quite a challenge Utonium. But are you sure you can really go through with that little plan? I mean, I worked hard to get to where I am in this school today. Are you sure you can rise to that level?"

"Oh I'm sure Princess," Bubbles said, "Only I'm not going to have to resort to blackmail and being a bitch to get there?"

Princess gave her high pitched laugh, "That's a good joke Utonium, you should go into comedy."

"I'm serious Princess. I'm tired of you pushing Blossom around and doing everything you can to make my life miserable. I'm taking action. When I'm through with you, you'll be begging for my attention."

By now Princess and Bubbles were right in front of each other. Bubbles had no idea where any of this was coming from, and her heart was racing, but she liked this feeling.

"Let me spell it out for you," Princess said, "You are never going to be at my level. You and your family of freaks won't ever be anything except that."

"Oh really?" Bubbles said, "Watch me."