"The Keyhole they seek is probably inside your house, Bubbles," Him intoned as he strolled across the front lawn of said house.
Bubbles and the Rowdyruff Boys hovered behind the demonic villain.
The effeminate nasty piece of work turned around, and flashed Bubbles a Cheshire Cat grin. "The Professor sent Blossom and Buttercup to search for you, meaning that he's all by himself. If you can help me find that mechanical arm he used to destroy the crystal……," he echoed, stroking his goatee, "……then, I can help you get to those other worlds your heart longs for."
"Hehehehehehe!!!" the Rowdyruff Boys snickered in unison.
Bubbles bit her lower lip nervously.
K-K-K-K-K-K
Sora, Ed, and Eddy had witnessed the five enter the rectangular house. The three junior heroes were standing atop the roof of a house opposite the abode.
"Who's that?" Eddy inquired, referring to Him.
"I don't know, Eddy," replied Sora, his Keyblade held over his shoulder. "And, is it me, or do those guys look like the girls, but…….are boys???"
"How about brothers??" Eddy suggested with a pulled face.
"Or boyfriends!" Ed added, raising a gigantic finger.
"Only in crappy fanfiction, Ed," Eddy told him. "Something tells me that they're the bad guys."
"And I have a hunch that that red guy is manipulating Bubbles into doing whatever he--"
"Or she!" Eddy was disgusted by Him's choice of clothing.
"--wants. We should go and see."
K-K-K-K-K-K
Inside the Powerpuff Girls' house, Him stood dominant, holing the bionic claw over his head. The Rowdyruff Boys hovered by his side, grinning psychotically.
"The mechanical arm is now mine!" exclaimed the villain.
In front of him, the Professor lay on the floor, slightly bruised from the brief fight that occurred beforehand. Bubbles stood by his side, shocked by what had just happened.
"And I couldn't have done it without you, Bubbles," Him winked at her.
"Him, no!" Bubbles exclaimed. "I didn't want this!!"
"Oh?" Him raised a thin eyebrow. "Why not? Aren't you tired of following your dear daddy's orders? Oh, yes. We had a deal, didn't we?" He licked his lips, "Time for a little journey--to the dark world of the Heartless!
"Uhhh, boss," Boomer sheepishly approached the demon. "We can't find the Keyhole………… It's not here…."
"WHAT?!?!?!" cackled Him. The house shook slightly on its foundations.
SLAM!!!
The front door was suddenly busted open by Sora. The Keyblade Master and Eddy filed in.
"Not so fast!" Sora ordered heroically. He held his Keyblade at the ready while Eddy's hands glowed with fire.
Him's frown turned upside-down, "Hmm, it looks like we have company."
"Should we get 'em? Huh? HUH????" Butch twitched eagerly.
"No need, boys; our work here is done." He waved with the metal claw, "Ta-ta!"
POOF!!!
Him and the Rowdyruff boys disappeared in a puff of red smoke.
Sora relaxed, lowering his weapon.
"Professor, are you alright?" Bubbles asked, leaning close to her father.
"I'm fine, Bubbles," replied the scientist. Sora offered him a gloved hand, which he took. Utonium stood up and brushed himself off. "We need to get my invention back."
"Why?" Sora asked. "What's so special about it?"
"I just told Buttercup and Blossom; I might as well tell you." The Professor cleared his throat, "That robotic claw utilizes both magic and science. I've been working on it for quite some time; a few days after I conductedsome research on the Heartless. In the right hands, it can vanquish darkness, and even seal this world's Keyhole."
And then, his expression changed to a grim one. It seemed as if a shadow had actually crept across his face.
"But in the wrong hands, the Keyhole can be revealed, allowing more Heartless into the world. Him has the power to absorb the claw's dark energy and gain large amounts of power. When you saw me destroy the crystal in that cave, you only got a glimpse of a tenth of its force."
He looked at Sora sternly.
"You must get it back before Him figures out how to use it……assuming he doesn't know how to use it, that is," he added with a hint of hope.
"……," Sora nodded. So did Eddy.
"I'm going with you," Bubbles hovered over to Sora's side. She gave the Professor a serious look that said 'May I?'.
Utonium sighed, "Alright, Bubbles. Regroup with your sisters, and go for it," he swayed a fist of encouragement.
Bubbles beamed, and hovered over to hug her father, "Thank you, Professor."
The scientist returned the affectionate gesture. He looked over his daughter's blonde head, and told Sora, "Bring her back in one piece, will you?"
Sora smiled boyishly, rubbing his nose, "You can count on it!"
K-K-K-K-K-K
"Huh?" Buttercup raised an eyebrow at Ed. "What are you still doing here?"
"Waiting," Ed answer bluntly, grinning wide.
Sora, Eddy, and Bubbles walked out the door.
"Bubbles, has something happened?" Blossom asked.
"Him came and stole the Professor's arm thingy!" exclaimed the blue-eyed girl. "We have to get it back!"
"Any idea where Him might be?" Sora asked.
At that, a black pillar of darkness suddenly shot upwards from within the heart of Townsville, startling them. The column of blackness could be seen from miles and miles away.
"Something's happened in Townsville," Blossom stated the obvious.
"Let's go," uttered Sora.
K-K-K-K-K-K
The dark pillar's base was in front of City Hall. Heartless were emerging from the column, and increasing by the second. The portal was being supported by none other than Him, who was perched on a rooftop. The diabolical baddie had his arm stretched out, concentrating on keeping the prosthetic limb glowing black. The Rowdyruff Boys stood behind him, waiting for some action.
"Hehehehehe!!!!" Him giggled, as always. "With all these Heartless at my command, I will find little trouble in locating this world's Keyhole!!!"
ZAP-POW!!!!!
A red laser beam came out of nowhere, and impacted the stolen arm. The black portal was suddenly closed, preventing more Heartless from passing through.
"AAGHH!!!" Him retracted the smoking limb, and inspected it. "Hmm, minimal damage. Nothing serious." He looked ahead, "Who dares interrupt me?!?!"
"We dare!!!" Blossom shouted, having been the one who had fired that laser beam.
Ed--held by Buttercup and Bubbles--Sora, and Eddy floated by her side, ready for battle.
Him grinned like a fox, "So nice of you to join us; you may have temporarily ceased my summoning of the Heartless, but I have enough to DESTROY YOU!!!!!"
Several shadow villains hovered around the group, brandishing their guns.
"Here's the deal," Him's voices said. "Get rid of every mindless drone; and you'll get to me."
POOF!!! Him and the boys disappeared in a puff of red smoke once again.
The six floated back-to-back, eyeing the Heartless. There were two new kinds now. One type was more or less like a shadow villain, but wielded bo-staffs instead of guns, and was taller and lankier.
The other kind was a big, fat Heartless head with two clawed feet sticking out from under it. It had the emblem in-between its big eyes, couldn't fly, and supported about six shadow villains on top of it. It was a fathead.
"Okay, guys," Blossom said. "Are you ready?"
"Just tell me when warm-up's over!" Buttercup said cockily.
"You're priceless, y'know."
"I know."
"ATTACK!!!!!"
Sora twirled his Keyblade, and flew into the fray of Heartless.
Eddy let out eight fireballs (one for each finger or thumb), and brought down lightening.
Buttercup and Bubbles let go of Ed, and attacked alongside Blossom.
Ed fell to the ground, creating a crater in his landing, squishing several villains in the process. The brute grabbed a handful of shadows, and tossed them at one of the fatheads.
The enemies collided, causing the fathead to topple over and squash more comrades.
"Rrrrghh!!!" Ed saw another fathead charging towards him, supporting six bo-staff'd shadow villains. He ran gorilla-style.
More Heartless hovered by the fathead's side, sending out dark energy from their weapons.
"Hrrrff!!!" Ed angled his gauntlets perfectly to deflect the shots. When he was close enough, he jumped up into the air, did a summersault, and sent his yellow fists crashing down. "AAAAA-OOOOOO-GAAAAA!!!!!!!"
The small Heartless atop the fathead scattered, but the big Heartless itself remained stationary and was too slow to move. However, Ed's massive arms didn't hit it; they smashed the tarmac on either side of it, destroying more Heartless in the process.
"HUG!!!!" Ed then wrapped his arms around the fathead, did a mad spin on his big toe, and let the giant fiend go like a bowling ball and crash into shadows like pins.
Ed stood on his hind legs, and beat his chest like King Kong.
"Hah-hah-hah-hah!!! I am too much for you!!!...Huh??" he noticed several shadows with bo-staffs sailing towards his form.
SLAAAASH!!!!!!
Before the Heartless could strike, they were bisected by Sora's sailing Keyblade. The caped crusader gave Ed a thumb's up.
Ed grinned and returned the gesture. He turned around to resume battle.
Sora spotted more shadow villains flying in his direction, armed with guns of darkness. He twirled his Keyblade expertly like a fan, and created a shield which managed to deflect every shot sent at him.
WHUMP!!!
"!!!!!" He was suddenly ploughed into from behind by a shadow. "Whoaaa!!!" he accidentally let go of his Keyblade, and fell ten feet to the ground. Thankfully, the magic from the transformation kept his bones together.
He sat up, and noticed his Keyblade a few yards away. He ran to grab it, but a shadow villain slid across the ground, and knocked the weapon further away.
Before he knew it, the spiky-haired teen was surrounded by bo-staff'd Heartless.
"…….," he smirked. "Alright; let's see that you guys got."
One approached from the front, bringing its staff downward.
"HAH!!" Sora brought out two mini-Keyblades, and held them over his head in crisscrossing formation.
CLANK!
The staff contacted the daggers.
"Nnnnghh!" Sora shoved against the Heartless, causing it to stumble backwards. "Take this!!!" he then shot a dagger, and contacted the shadow villain right between the goggled eyes. It disappeared, releasing a heart.
Two fiends came from both sides.
Sora sent two daggers to his left and right, impacting his foes in the chest.
Three came in a triangle formation.
Sora high-kicked the first one in the chin, sending it reeling back.
The other two swung their weapons horizontally.
Sara ducked under the swings, and shot up towards one of them, stabbing it in the head. It evaporated.
The other one received two daggers in its torso.
The first one from before was back, flanked by four other comrades. Two of them pole-vaulted over Sora.
Sora reached a gloved hand up, and grabbed one of them. "HYAAAA!!!!" he spun around, and let the dark fiend fly into the other one.
The other three Heartless formed a line, and sprinted to the Keyblader's position. Sora tossed two mini-Keyblades into two of them.
The surviving Heartless swung at him.
Sora caught the bo-staff in his hand. "I'll need to borrow this!" he snatched the weapon out from the shadow's claws, leaned back, shot forward, and impaled it with its own weapon.
He then spotted his Keyblade lying on the asphalt some feet away. "Ah-ha!" he smirked, and ran towards his fallen weapon.
Heartless were hot on his trail, spinning their bo-staffs.
Sora swung the stolen bo-staff left and right, smacking, bludgeoning, and batting any fiend that came too close.
Then, laser beams and fireballs came from above and annihilated all the villains in his way. This was the work of Bubbles and Eddy, who saluted Sora before resuming their own battle.
The mage and blue-eyed girl flew every which way, trailing fire and a blue streak. A black swarm of Heartless wasn't far behind, unleashing shot after shot of dark balls.
"This is too easy," Eddy uttered with a grin. "Watch this, Bubbles!"
They stopped flying away, remaining stationary in mid-air.
Eddy flicked his wrist, "Stop!!"
The shadows at the front line succumbed to the Stop spell, and froze in midair. This resulted in the ones flying behind them crashing into their frozen comrades, and falling into the path of Blossom's heat vision.
"Hahahaha! I kick major a--!! ULP!!!" Eddy was interrupted when a dark ball hit him right in the back.
Bubbles couldn't help but giggle.
Down below, a green mini-tornado, which was none other than Buttercup, was sucking up Heartless, and throwing them in every direction.
All in all, Sora, Ed, Eddy, Blossom, Bubble, and Buttercup were doing a great job at defeating every Heartless that opposed them. The number of dark fiends quickly dropped thanks to the punishment being dealt to them. Sora was whacking with his Keyblade, Buttercup was sucking with her tornado, Eddy was electrocuting with his magic, Blossom was denting with her punches, Ed was crushing with his fists, and Bubbles was frying with her heat vision.
The last Heartless was eliminated with a well-aimed fireball. The magical pink boy in question touched down on the road's tarmac, and looked at the closet person to him. "What now?"
"Him said that if we beat all those Heartless, we'd 'get to him'," Buttercup said, crossing her arms in thought.
Ed strolled over, chewing on a lamppost he had pulled out from the ground. Blossom, Sora, and Bubbles arrived, too.
"Uhhh," Sora looked at everyone with an unsure expression, "what now?"
"There," Blossom pointed. Everyone looked.
On the steps of Town Hall, a red, swirling portal had opened up, wide enough to let Ed through. Little fragments of nearby dust were being sucked into it. If one were to look into its centre, one would see a beckoning black spot; no doubt the entrance to Him's domain.
"We should hurry before the Professor's machine repairs itself," stated Blossom as the group marched towards the portal.
"What if it's a trap?" suggested Buttercup.
"We'll have to take that chance. Everyone ready?"
"Ready."
"I'm good."
"Yup!"
"Mmhmm."
"I was born ready."
"Then, let's go," Blossom was the first to approach the portal. She disappeared in the red swirls.
Sora nervously followed. Then came Ed, Eddy, Bubbles, and Buttercup.
The portal closed behind them, shrinking until it was nothing.
K-K-K-K-K-K
Blossom walked out from the corresponding portal, followed by everyone else. The magical entrance closed behind them. They were standing on a red platform that was just wide enough to fit all of them in.
Sora smiled, "Hey, Ed came along this time!"
"Yes, I did!" the behemoth pointed a thumb at himself.
"Hmm, that wasn't so bad," Eddy said. "I thought we'd be spinning around and covered in Ed's vomit, or something."
"Uhhh……ew?" Bubbles grimaced at him.
"Guys…..," Buttercup got everyone's attention, "….where, exactly, are we?"
"Welcome!" Him's voice echoed demonically, sending a shiver up everyone's spine.
The demon was standing on a larger platform that suddenly materialised in front of the group. There was a bubbling cauldron on the platform, too. The Rowdyruff Boys hovered by the villain's side, awaiting the moment when he'd give them the 'okay' to fight.
"So you came to fight your final battle," Him purred, arranging the pink fuzz around his neck. He sat girlishly on the edge of the large platform with his booted legs crossed. The bionic arm wasn't on his person. He gestured at the open white oblivion, "My realm will be the last place you ever see."
"Hand over the Professor's invention, Him!!" ordered Blossom, pointing a threatening stub of an arm.
"Yeah!!" Buttercup took a small step forward to her sister's side. "Do it if ya know what's good for ya'!!!!"
"And why are you teaming up with the Rowdyruff Boys?" Blossom looked at the three boys inquisitively.
Him smiled, "Go ahead and tell them, Brick."
The red capped boy spoke, "Ol' Him here promised us infinite power if we help him out."
"Yeah!" Boomer chirped. "We'll be able to destroy everything with more ease!"
"POWER!!!!!" Butch blurted, twitching madly. He just was about ready to drool.
"And you actually believed him?" Bubbles made an expression equivalent to raising an eyebrow. "The only reason he teamed up with you guys again is because he's too weak to do the job himself!!"
"HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!" Him glowered at the blue girl, grabbing everyone's attention before the Rowdyruff Boys could think about Bubbles' statement. "YOU'LL PAY FOR YOUR DISRESPECT!!!!" he reached into his belt, and pulled out a vial with some sort of green liquid. Holding it in his pincer, the villain walked over to the cauldron, and dropped the vial into it.
"Guys, Him draws power from that cauldron," Blossom stated. "We'll need to use magical spells in order to weaken him."
Eddy raised a finger, "True; I can feel the magic energy oozing from that cauldron."
"Eddy, you're the only member of the group capable of using magic," Sora said. "You're gonna have to attack the cauldron while we hold Him off."
Eddy nodded, flames dancing across his arms, "Got it."
"Are you all done plotting against me?!!" cackled Him, leaning against his cauldron, which was now glowing blue. He pointed a red pincer, "Get 'em, boys!!!"
"'Bout time!"
"Yay!!"
"Crush!!!!!"
The Rowdyruff Boys sprung into action, bearing psychotic grins.
"Pick an opponent, and move out!!" Blossom flew to Brick.
"Get 'em, everyone!!!" cheered the Narrator.
Buttercup flew to Butch.
Sora took to the air. Bubbles stayed by his side. They flew past Boomer; choosing to fight Him.
Ed hopped from the small platform and prepared to land on the larger platform.
"Hey, what about me?" Boomer asked no one in particular.
"What about you?" the Narrator retorted.
Him jumped back, missing being crushed under Ed's massive girth. The yellow brute swung a fist at the devil. Him gracefully ducked, and fired a magical projectile at the behemoth. Ed held his gauntlets up to deflect the magic.
Him saw Sora and Bubbles in his peripheral vision. He levitated out of harm's way; a set of flying daggers.
"We'll take care of Him, Ed," Sora said hastily as he flew past. "Get that blond kid behind us!!" he flew after the villain, flanked by Bubbles.
"Head's up!"
Ed looked to the side quizzically.
"YAAAAH!!!" Boomer crashed into him.
"Pffft, idiots," Eddy muttered, as he sauntered across the platform to the cauldron. He leaned over the edge, seeing his reflection in the white-blue liquid. "Needs fire," he pulsed flames through his right arm, aimed for the liquid, and sent plume after plume of fire into it. "This should be enough to mess up Him's fighting plan. Heh-heh."
Meanwhile, above the white bottomless-ness, a trail of pink and a trail of red crashed into one another, bounced off, and crashed again. The same went for two green trails some distance away. These were none other than Blossom and Brick, and Buttercup and Butch. Doing whatever they could to subdue their opponents, the girls put as much power as possible into fighting the boys in hopes that they wouldn't leave to aid their 'boss'……though it was highly unlikely since the boys were putting in the same amount of effort into winning.
It was a different story with Ed and Boomer, however.
"Nah-nah-n-naah-nah!!!" Boomer pulled faces as he flew just out of Ed's reach. "You can't catch me!! Plblblblblblblblblblblb!!!" he blew a raspberry.
Being the only one without the power of flight, Ed was at the biggest disadvantage in the entire fight. The behemoth had strength, but couldn't even so much as jump for fear of falling off the platform's edge.
Boomer sent a pair of laser beams at Ed.
Ed held up his gauntlets and deflected the attacks.
"Whoa!" Boomer ducked and evaded his own flying laser beam.
"RAAAG!!" Ed took this opportunity to reach out, and grabbed the boy's whole body in his big hand. "I have you now!!" Ed held the kid up at eye level.
"Let me go, you big dumby!!!" squealed Boomer.
"I am not a dumby!" retorted Ed, staring the Rowdyruff Boy down with big, unrealistic eyes.
"Are to!"
"Am not!"
"Are to!"
"Am not!"
Meanwhile…
"Hehehe," Him stretched both arms outward. His skinny limbs elongated. "Have some of this!!"
Bubbles uppercut the pincer that came for her, and flew past it. Sora curled into a ball and spun vertically, managing to deflect the onslaught of the pincer that came for him.
Him retracted his limbs, drifted backwards to avoid a punch and a Keyblade swipe, and swept one arm out horizontally.
Bubbles flew up. Sora fell down.
"RAAGH!!" Him cracked his arms like whips. This time, he managed to land two good strikes on the cape crusader and the blue-eyed girl.
"Aagh!" Sora fell to the ground with a loud thud. "Nnnghh!" he groaned and sat upwards.
Him drifted down to his level. The devil blew a kiss, and with that same pincer, sent it surging towards Sora's form.
At the exact same time Him threw the kiss, Eddy said grinned triumphantly and said, "Got it!"
Enough fire had been pulsed into the cauldron to send a powerful whirlwind outwards, and immobilize Him and the Rowdyruff Boys.
"Aaaagh!!!" Him screamed as his own magic backfired on him. He was knocked out by the surge of power from his cauldron. Likewise, the Rowdyruff Boys were also out of commission.
Buttercup questioned why. "Why are the boys also K.O.'d?" she asked, eyeing Butch and Brick on the floor and Boomer in Ed's fist.
"Don't forget, Buttercup," Blossom approached her and explained. "They were brought back by Him's powers. So, theoretically, this magical cauldron affects them just as much as Him."
"Uhh, guys," Sora called. "We have Him to deal with," he pointed a thumb over his shoulder, where Him floated in an unconscious state.
Everyone converged their attacks on Him. His body was smacked by a Keyblade, pounded by yellow fists and peach stubs, zapped by laser beams, and electrocuted by lightening.
Suddenly, the demon awoke. "AAAAAGH!!!!" he spun like a tornado, sending everyone backwards with his seemingly weak, but actually powerful, limbs. "Get up and fight!" he cast some sort of healing spell on the Rowdyruff Boys, awakening them.
"How much longer do we have to keep this up, Eddy?!" asked Sora, concentrating on the answer he expected and evading Him's attacks at the same time.
"One more will do!" replied Eddy, ducking under Butch's and Buttercup's fighting bodies as they almost collided with him.
The magician inspected the cauldron, which was now glowing red.
"Hmm, needs ice," Eddy used an ether to replenish his magic, before proceeding to pimp ice into the cauldron.
A few moments into battle later, Eddy came to realise that he didn't have enough Blizzara power to have an effect the cauldron.
He looked over his shoulder, "I need help over here! Need more ice!!"
Blossom must have overheard him. "I can help!!"
Eddy raised an eyebrow, "You can?"
"Sure!" she flew over. "Just take care of Brick!" she pointed behind her, when the capped Rowdyruff Boy was hot on her heels……if she even had any heels.
Blossom landed besides Eddy, took a deep breath, and blew forth a spray of ice breadth.
Eddy stared for a few seconds before saying incredulously, "Neat."
He was then ploughed into by Brick, who had acknowledged switching his opponent.
Eddy tumbled backwards, past the fight with Ed and Boomer. He fell off the edge of the platform. The mage held his breath, and made himself weightless. He rose up towards the platform with a scowl. Brick flew after the mage, a cheeky grin plastered across his face. Eddy was unaware of the pummelling he was about to receive.
Meanwhile…
"Why don't you just accept the fact that I'm going to win this?" beckoned Him, subsequent to avoiding a flying dagger. "Hee-hee-hee!!!"
Sora and Bubbles both hovered in front of Him. They were slightly bruised from the damage dealt by their demonic opponent between now and when he recovered from the backlash from his cauldron. Nevertheless, they had held their ground, and were prepared for anything.
"Even if you win," Sora began, pointing his Keyblade at the devil, "we're not gonna let that happen without giving it our all to stop you, Him!!"
"Yeah!!!" agreed Bubbles.
"Hmph," Him's green eyes pointed, "you mean when I win." He charged, "YAAAHH!!!!"
Bubbles flew like a missile. Him batted her away with an enlarged pincer, and sped towards Sora.
Sora pulled out a fan of mini-Keyblades, and sent them flying at the red-skinned fiend.
Him spun like a ballerina, avoiding the projectiles.
Bubbles sent a pair of laser beams from her eyes.
"AAAGH!!!" Him was zapped in the back. He shook all over, his body smoking.
"Nnn-RAAGH!!!" Sora's Keyblade sailed into the villain's side, sending him reeling.
Him regained his balance, and glared at the boy and girl, "You're going to pay for--What the…?!" he sensed a disturbance in his cauldron.
Blossom had just put in the last iota of ice breath needed for the violent chemical reaction to occur once more.
"NOT AGAIN!!!" cried Him, right before he was blasted by the backlash.
Likewise, the Rowdyruff Boys was out of commission, too.
Eddy--bleeding from every part in his body--healed himself. With Brick unconscious on the floor in front of him, the mage was finally given a chance to mend the damage caused to his animated body.
"Everyone on Him!" the mage cackled, pointing a finger at the villain. "I think we've weakened him enough!"
A few punches, magical spells, and Keyblade swipes later, Him came to. With an angry roar, he sent everyone back with his elongated arms, and brought the Rowdyruff Boys back, too.
The villain landed near his precious cauldron. "Get them!" Him pointed more at Sora than the others. "Make sure that they never see the light of day again!!" his two voices echoed.
"Pfft, nah," Brick said nonchalantly. His brothers stood on either side of him calmly. "We're done here."
Him took a moment to register what the red-eyed boy just said, "What?!"
"This is boring!" Boomer shouted, like a kid forced into waiting for his mother to collect money at the bank.
"B-But you're finally fighting the Powerpuff Girls!" Him answered. "I don't understabd!! Is this some kind of sick joke?!"
The six heroes all watched attentively, curious as to how the current situation would turn out.
Boomer shook his head, "No joke."
"It's not the same," Butch added, twitching as always.
"We shouldn't have teamed up with you," Brick added with a spiteful smirk. "Waste of fricken' time."
Him started to sweat, "But what about the power I promised you?!?!"
"Pfft," Brick waved him off, "we don't need more power; we can already kick butt." He nodded to his brothers, "And now, we're splitting."
"See ya!" Boomer waved excitedly.
Using the power that Him had given them, the boys opened a portal to the outside world. They waved once more, and passed though, leaving their former master alone with the superheroes.
"Wow!!!" the Narrator exclaimed. "In a bizarre and out-of-character turn of events, the Rowdyruff Boys have abandoned Him!!! Oh, if I were Him, I'd be shaking in my boots right about now!!"
"Give up, Him," Blossom ordered, and she and the others surrounded the villain. "You lost."
"We can do this the easy way or the painful way," Buttercup added.
Him was shaking, just as the Narrator had implied. There he was, outnumbered. After all the work he had put into his plan, we was about to lose to a group of little girls, two disfigured cartoon characters, and a live-action boy with a long key. It couldn't have ended like this. And that was when the devil remembered; he still had the Professor's invention. He had stored it in another dimension, so it would fix itself. He wasn't beaten yet.
The corners of Him's mouth moved upwards in a Cheshire Cat grin.
Sora's masked eyes twitched, "What are you smiling at?"
"Uh-oh! I don't like the way Him's smiling!!!"
"It's not over," Him girlishly placed a pincer under his chin. "It has just begun!!" and with that same pincer, he threw something to the ground. That something was some sort of smoke bomb, which created a red smokescreen.
"What the fu--?!" was all that Eddy could say, right before his lungs were irritated by the red smoke. He--like all the others--started coughing violently.
Buttercup summoned what amount of air she could, and blew the smokescreen away with all of her lung capacity (which was quite a lot). The smoke was gone, and so was Him.
"Over here!"
Everyone looked.
Him was standing by the portal the Rowdyruff Boys had created. He struck a sexy (to him, at least) pose, and said, "I admire your fighting skills, but I'm not done yet."
"What do you mean?!" Bubbles shot back, glaring daggers at the scoundrel.
"Come back to Townsville, and you'll see, my dear. Toodles!" and with that, he stepped through the portal.
"We can't waste any time!" Blossom was already flying towards the gateway back to the city. "Let's go!"
Everyone passed through the portal…
K-K-K-K-K-K
…and came out the other end in front of City Hall. The portal closed behind them.
"Alright, everybody," Blossom stood in front of the group, "we'll split up. Bubbles, you and--"
"Oh, I don't think that will be necessary."
"Huh???" Blossom turned around.
Everyone looked forth, and saw Him leaning against a lamppost. There was an air of smugness in his face, as he waved with the Professor's bionic arm.
"It's Him!" Buttercup exclaimed. "Let's get 'im!"
Blossom held a hand out to stop her overexcited sister, "No, Buttercup! We need to--!"
WHOOSH!!!
Buttercup flew past her.
"…think of a plan."
"Hand over the Professor's thingy!!" Buttercup ordered, growing closer and closer to the grinning villain.
POOF!!!
Him disappeared.
Buttercup slowed down her pace with a questionable face. "What the…?"
"BEHIND YOU!!!!" Bubbles called out.
Buttercup half-turned, "Huh?"
THWAM!!!
Him--who had materialized behind Buttercup--high-kicked the girl hard in the little torso with a well-aimed boot.
"Nngh!!" Buttercup went flying and crashed through a fifth-storey apartment's window.
Bubbles put her hands on her mouth in shock.
"Uhh……..that's gotta hurt," Ed suggested, scratching his head.
POOF!!!
Him was suddenly in the middle of the group.
"Subdue him!" Blossom exclaimed.
"Hee-hee-hee!" Him's bionic arm grew to extreme lengths. He swept his arm down low.
Everyone managed to dodge the robotic limb; everyone, except for Ed, who was tripped and fell on his back. "Ouch."
"HAAA!!!" Sora jumped in, his Keyblade held over his head, ready to clunk the devil.
Him caught the Keyblade in his bionic claw. He snatched it out of Sora's hand, and hit the boy in the stomach with the Blade's hilt. Sora fell over, hugging his belly in pain.
Blossom and Bubbles attacked side-by-side.
Him teleported to the side, and threw the Keyblade into Bubbles' head, knocking her out.
Blossom gasped, distracted; perfect for Him to grab her, and throw her in Eddy's direction.
The mage ducked, allowing the pink-eyed girl to fly head-on into an abandoned semi truck behind him.
Ed, who had got up, and Eddy were left. They stood on opposite sides of the red-faced fiend.
Ed raised a fist, ready to strike.
Eddy pointed two fingers, "Stop!"
The second Eddy pronounced the 'S' of 'Stop', Him disappeared in another puff of smoke, thus Ed was hit by the spell instead. The giant stood there in mid-blink, his fist halted in its first second of descent.
Eddy gasped, "…crap."
From behind…
POOF!!!
The next thing the mage knew, he was blinded after having his own wizard's hat pulled down on his head.
"Dah! Stupid hat!" his muffled voice cursed. Before he could rearrange the piece of headwear, he was kicked squarely in the back and sent crashing into the steps of Town Hall.
Ed was the only one left. He was still under the spell of Stop, though.
WHAM!!!
Him's pincer flew directly into Ed's crotch.
When Ed recovered, his eyes bulged and watered. He fell over in a foetal position, clutching his wounded gonads. "……g-grav-vy………..!"
Him giggled. "Hee-hee-hee!!"
He then clenched the bionic pincer. Dark sparks began to dance across the prosthetic arm, and then around his entire body. He started to grow taller and bigger. His legs and arms thickened, his pincers became sharper, and his tongue became forked.
"Oh dear!" exclaimed the frightened Narrator. "It seems that Him is absorbing the dark portion of Professor Utonium's invention to become stronger!!!!!"
The demon's eyes became sharper, lost their pupils, and turned solid yellow. He grew until he stood at several storeys. The giant let out an intimidating laugh.
"AHHH-Hahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!!" Him snapped his pincers, and stepped on a parked Volkswagen. "Yessssssss," he grinned at his new, slightly muscular arms. His eyes were wide open in an animalistic gaze as he licked his lips with a forked tongue. "Now, with this new power, THIS WORLD IS MINE TO CONTROL!!!!!!"
He looked down at the fallen heroes. They could feel the sickening warmth of his breath.
"And, before I destroy you, I'll give you the pleasure of witnessing me destroy Townsville to make room for my new empire!! HAHAHAHAA!!!!"
Next, he swayed his arm into the top three floors of a nearby apartment complex, destroying it. He then stomped away down the road, holding both arms out like a crucifix to crash through every building he passed by.
Blossom walked out from the wreckage of the semi she was thrown into. She rubbed her head, and gasped in horror at the sight of the giant Him and his path of destruction.
Buttercup and Eddy cussed silently under their breath.
Ed wiped a tear from his eye, and just gawked. "Wow……way big!"
Sora stumbled next to the yellow giant, rubbing his stomach.
Bubbles walked in, rubbing her blonde head.
They regrouped, forming a circle.
"Okay," Blossom started, "our problem just got worse," she pointed at the distant figure of Him.
Buttercup coolly folded her arms, "Doesn't look so bad; we've been through much, much worse."
"This is different," replied her sister with a stern look. "Him has this…….," she stopped to find the right words, "….aura……. Don't you feel it?"
"…..yeah," Buttercup admitted, looking away.
"It's like simply attacking won't do any good…"
Bubbles sniffed, "It's all my fault," her eyes watered, "if I hadn't agreed to help Him…th-this would n-never had happened."
"She's right," Eddy uttered, casually inspecting his nails.
Sora glared at him, "You're not helping, Eddy." He changed his expression to a soft one for Bubbles, "Him was probably manipulating you, Bubbles. Don't feel bad about it," he placed a comforting gloved hand on her head.
"He's right," Blossom stepped in. "We can't change the past; but moping about it isn't going to make the future any better. We need to stop Him, before he completely annihilates Townsville."
"What should we do?" questioned Ed.
"Swoop in, and kick the snot outta 'im! That's what!" Buttercup raised a 'fist'.
"I don't think just diving in will do any good," Blossom explained, closing her eyes and rubbing her chin in thought.
Eddy gave her a questionable look, "What do you suggest, then?"
Blossom opened her pink optics. She cast a glance at everyone before finally saying, "We need a plan."