Sorry this chapter took so long, but I have a valid excuse. My story is based on POWERPUFF GIRLS Z, which I don't own by the way, and it's hard to write about characters you know nothing about. We have seem little to no character development for the boys, making it hard to write. You guys are lucky I got this out at all. :P

Anyways, enjoy as usual. This was just one of those blahh chapters.

"Thank you, Puff/Ruff Z," The Mayor's voice sounded through Blossom's cell phone, "We all appreciate everything you do!"

"No problem Mayor," Blossom smiled to herself as she flew over Tokyo city and back towards Takino Onsen, "We're always ready to help the town!"

Brick rolled his eyes at the pink puff. How much worse could she get? She was obnoxious, stuck up, bratty, fake… The list could go on and on. He eventually shrugged it off and continuing to fly silently beside Momoko.

"Of course mayor…," Blossom laughed, "Oh no, we're all fine. Alright. Bye!"

She flipped her cell phone closed and sighed; she was beyond ready to get to that onsen. She could tell from her team's performance that they were all tired too. After Buttercup had smashed Ace to a pulp and flew back alone, the remaining five teens gathered up the rest of the Gangreen Gang and turned them in to the police. Honestly, the nerve of that girl to leave them!

"Blossom-San," Bubbles frowned as she increased her speed to glide beside Blossom, "Is Buttercup-San okay?"

Momoko just laughed and landed beside the inn where they had first transformed. As they touched the ground, the teen's outfits faded away to their normal street clothes. Miyako spotted Kaoru waiting for them by the inn's entrance looking somewhat bored and tired.

"What took you so long," Kaoru said apathetically as she unfolded her arms, "I almost fell asleep!"

Momoko stuck her tongue out and bonked her own head like she used to when she was younger.

"Gomen, Gomen," Momoko giggled, "You know how the police can be, always congratulating us and stuff!"

Kaoru sheepishly rolled her eyes. After making it back into the onsen foyer, they were once again greeted by the older woman.

"Sorry for keeping you, Miss," Miyako smiled and inclined her head in respect, "How much will it be for two rooms?"

"Please, call me Rika," chirped the inn owner as she flicked a strand of graying hair over her shoulder, "and two rooms would be sixty dollars."

Brick nodded and took out his wallet but he only had fifteen dollars. The others sighed, but reluctantly handed money over to help pay.

Rika Takino accepted the money and led the six down a long, narrow hallway. She stopped by a sliding door with butterflies painted on it.

"This is the girls room and…," Rika pointed to a door with a waterfall painted on it across the hall, "This is the boys. Sleep well and enjoy yourselves!"

And before any of the teens could even say thank you, Rika had already vanished from the hall.

"Right…," Boomer laughed as he slid open the door Rika had pointed out earlier, "She's odd."

"Don't be mean," Miyako frowned playfully, "We came here to relax!"

After setting their belongings in the respective rooms, the group grabbed the complimentary towels and left to go to the bath. But once they got there, the six where stunned as a large sign stood over them; the print in bold and a fiery red color.

"W-What's this," Momoko complained, "A rule board?"

Miyako and Momoko shared an uneasy glance before turning to read the board.

TAKINO ONSEN; MIXED BATH RESORT

1. NO clothing or bathing suits

2. NO food or drink

3. NO climbing on rocks or equipment

4. Make sure you are sanitary before enjoying bath

"Mixed bath...," Kaoru's words came out choked as she stared unbelievingly at the board, "Are you kidding me?!"

"No clothes…," Miyako blushed as she spoke mostly to herself, "Does that mean..?"

"No food!" Momoko whined and pulled out a stash of food and candy she had been hiding under her towel, "No fair!"

Brick rolled his eyes and continued inside. Honestly, what did they expect? It was a flipping onsen!

The three Puffs glanced at each other before walking through a bamboo door with a mountain scene painted on the sliding frame. The group found themselves in a hot spring like area, but it was enclosed by a tall bamboo fence. If you looked up, you could see the sky, but only that and the tips of trees.

"Alright..," Butch's eyes flickered at the friends' attire, "I guess we should change…"

Miyako nodded and turned her back to the boys. Momoko and Kaoru did the same. Brick grinned and the three boys turned around to face the other side as well. With their backs facing each other, they all stripped down to just a towel. The boys wrapped the towel around their waist and the girls, who had all fortunately chose longer towels, wrapped the assorted colored towels across their chest.

"Can we turn around now," Kaoru sneered, hating that the towel was so short on her, "We're done."

Without waiting for an answer, Kaoru turned around to find the boys staring at her. Butch was grinning, Brick was snickering, and Boomer was trying to look innocent but was failing horribly. After realizing what had happened, Kaoru turned a deep shade of red due to anger and embarrassment. She was literally shaking with anger.

"Nani," Momoko asked as she noticed Kaoru's shaking, "Are you alright?"

Momoko and Miyako both turned around to face the way Kaoru was looking. But before anyone could even blink, Kaoru screamed and transformed into Powered Buttercup. She instantly darted at the boys and swung her hammer.

"Graviton Drive! Graviton Drive! Hurricane Lutz!"

Being too shocked to move, the boys where hammered head on by Buttercup's assault. Boomer was only hit by the first attack and was sent flying into the hot spring, while Brick was hit by both Graviton drives and collided with a rock only a few meters away from Kaoru. But Butch was hit by all three. Butch was sent hurtling right through the bamboo fence surrounding the spring and into the forest outside. During this whole thing, Miyako and Momoko where wide eyed and confused.

"Kaoru-San," Miyako squeaked and examined the damage, "What's going on?!"

Buttercup transformed back to Kaoru with flash of green and growled, still fuming. Soon, Boomer resurfaced from the spring rubbing the back of his head which had a small lump forming. Momoko sighed and turned her attention to Brick who was leaning against the very rock he had been smashed into.

"Itai…," Brick muttered and returned to where he was originally standing beside Miyako, "What a bitch…"

Kaoru shot him a cold glare and that alone was enough to shut him up. After thirty seconds, Butch had yet to show up.

"Eto…Kaoru-San," Miyako awkwardly said, "Should we see if Butch-Kun is alright..?"

As if on cue, Butch came stumbling from behind the bamboo wall. His hair tie had been ripped out and his shoulder length hair was littered with leafs and twigs. Kaoru, Momoko, and Miyako stared at him in awe; it was the first time they had seen him with his hair down.

"…. Do any of you have an extra hair tie?"

Miyako Silently pulled one of her pigtails down and handed Butch a light blue rubber band. She pulled out the other one and set it on a nearby stone; so she wouldn't lose it.

"Thanks…"

Butch finger combed the vegetation from his hair before tying it in the usual style. Brick laughed and set his hat on the ground. Momoko followed in suit as she took off her red bow and set it beside Miyako's hair tie.

Kaoru didn't even wait for everyone else; she walked strait into the hot water and sat with her back against a rock. Butch and Boomer shrugged and followed her in. Brick grinned from behind Momoko and pushed her into the water. Butch didn't even notice Momoko fall on him because he was too busy watching Kaoru scowl at the water.

"Hey," Butch remarked apathetically and roughly pushed Momoko off of him, "What's wrong with you?"

Kaoru turned to face Butch and narrowed her eyes. Kaoru had many reasons why, but she chose the most obvious one to complain about. Why should she tell Butch, of all people, what was wrong?

"Would you like to wear this short towel?"

"No..," Butch laughed and slapped Kaoru's back, "But lighten up already! You're acting like Momoko, being all dramatic and stuff!"

Kaoru glared at the Ruff, who in turn quickly directed his attention to Momoko and Brick who where squabbling about what the best sweet in Tokyo City was. Miyako, who was sitting on the other side of Kaoru, sighed as she felt the water relax her sore muscles. She traced a scar on her thigh that had been given to her from one of Mojo jojo's robots with her finger. After a few minutes, everyone had settled in and gotten comfortable.

"Hey guys," Momoko exclaimed, "I can't wait until tomorrow!"

"Yeah," Miyako snapped out of her trance and giggled, "I'm excited too! How old will you be? Fifteen?"

Brick felt himself pale; He had forgotten completely that tomorrow was Momoko's birthday. He noticed how his brothers both shifted and had uncomfortable looks as well. Momoko was the second to last person to turn fifteen, Kaoru being the youngest.

"Yeah, I guess," Brick tried to keep his cool, "What about it?"

"I can't wait for you to see what I got you Momoko," Kaoru smirked, "I think you'll like it."

"Eh...Yeah," Boomer tried to smile and laugh at the same time, "Same…"

Miyako smiled and readjusted her towel that had become loose. The boys shared worried glances before making a mental note that they would sneak out later to buy gifts. Momoko blinked in confusion. She knew something was up with the boys but… what was it?

Butch grinned and rubbed his arm. Kaoru raised an eyebrow, but also remained silent. Then Kaoru realized why Butch was grinning. She looked down to her towel to see that it had been dangerously close to falling off. The knot she had tied had been loosened by Brick; who was standing behind her. Kaoru turned red and quickly retied the knot. The other three had been chatting among themselves but turned around at the silence.

"…Why you…"

Kaoru stood up, rather calm, and adjusted her towel to where it wouldn't fall off. Her face was expressionless, almost like she was bored. Then, to the horror or Brick and Butch, she picked up the rock she had been sitting against. It was two times as big as Kaoru and it scared the boys.

"Gomen," Brick squeaked, "We won't do it again!"

Kaoru stood in thought for a few minutes before setting the rock down, sighs of relief from Brick and Butch soon followed.

"Damn strait you won't," Kaoru threatened, "Because if you do, I'll kill you."

Kaoru smiled tauntingly as the two boys paled. She returned to her seat and sighed as the water warmed her again. The group sat there and talked for another half hour before Boomer yawned, signaling the group it was time to leave. The six split up as soon as they left the onsen; the girls went to the washroom while the boys went strait to their room.

"I can't believe we forgot," Boomer whined through his hands as he covered his face, "We are sooo dead!"

Brick sighed in frustration. The boys had been so caught up in saving the town, school, and the girls; they completely forgot to go shopping for Momoko's presents. The girls would get suspicious if they left, so the boys knew they would have to sneak out to buy gifts. Brick was mentally punching himself for forgetting all about it.

"Guys..," Boomer stated miserably, "Didn't we use the last of our money to rent the rooms?"

Brick felt crawling under a rock and dying. Butch didn't really care and Boomer was just upset. Worst part was, all three of them had already said they had bought her gifts.

"Well, Then we could stop by our rooms and grab more money," Butch explained as he examined his hand, "But we would have to transform because our room is on the third floor…

"Right…," Brick stood up, "Then its best we leave now."

Boomer nodded and the three quickly transformed into the Rowdyruff boys Z. Boomer then took a complimentary piece of paper and pen from the desk, both with the onsen's insignia, and wrote a small note to the girls; just so they didn't worry.

Going out for a walk, Be back in a few hours.

-RRB

"Hurry," Brick called from outside the window when Boomer set the pen back on the table, "We need to leave NOW!"

"Hai, Hai..."

Boomer jumped out the window his brothers had opened so they could sneak away as quietly as possible. As soon as Boomer's feet touched the ground outside, they rose into the air into the air in flashes of blue, red, and green.

"Boomer, what were you doing?"

"I was writing a note to the girls so if they notice we're gone, they won't worry!" Boomer explained, "I told them we were going out for a walk!"

Brick stopped flying and hovered in the air.

"You said we were doing WHAT?!" Brick yelled at the cowering Boomer, "The Rowdyruff boys DON'T take WALKS!"

"G-Gomen!" Boomer whimpered as he shielded his head, "I wasn't thinking!"

Brick slapped his forehead and returned to flying through the sky. He knew they needed all the time they had…

"Hey Red," Butch called to Brick, "What are you getting Pinkie?"

"How should I know," Brick snapped back, "I don't know what girls like..."

Boomer rolled his eyes at his brother's bickering. Boomer closed his eyes and sighed; he loved the feeling of soaring through the cool air. It was already 8:30 in the evening, so the air was cold and crisp.

"Blue, watch where you're going!"

Boomer opened his eyes again to see the dormitory building three inches from his nose. The boys then split up, Butch went to his room while Brick and Boomer went to theirs; forced to open the windows so they could sneak in. after grabbing their money, the boys caught up with each other. They nodded and off they flew to the mall.

The girls had decided to take a small shower after bathing in the onsen, just for good measure. Kaoru was the first to finish, then Momoko, then Miyako. The three decided it would be best just to go ahead and wear their pajamas.

"I wonder what the boys are up too," Momoko hummed as she dried her hair, "Didn't they say they were going to their room?"

"Yeah," Kaoru yawned and she pulled on her black boxers, "I wonder if their still there."

Miyako slipped on a white tank top and smiled.

"Well then, why don't we go see?"

Momoko nodded and the three girls left the washroom. On the way to the rooms, Momoko spotted Rika looking out a window. Her curiousness getting the better of her, Momoko silently approached her.

"Um...Ms.Rika," Momoko asked, "Have you seen our friends?"

Rika jumped a little at the sudden question but then tapped her chin in thought. Rika pondered for a moment before she blinked and nodded.

"I believe I saw them head out the front door," Rika said in a light tone, "Maybe you should see if they've come back, ne?"

Momoko thanked Rika and the girls entered the boy's room. They weren't there, but Miyako noticed a piece of paper on the desk. The blonde girl picked it off the desk and frowned.

"Going for a walk..," Miyako read aloud, "And won't be back for a few hours? Since when did they like walks…?"

"They don't," Kaoru stated as she set her cap on her head, "I bet you they ditched us."

Momoko rolled her eyes and sat on one of the three beds.

"I doubt it," Momoko yawned as she fell backwards from her sitting position to where she was lying on the bed, "It was Brick's idea to spend the night."

Miyako furrowed her brow and inspected the note. She could immediately tell it was Boomer's handwriting, but why had the three gone?

"Why don't we check out the sauna and spa;" Miyako wondered aloud, "I hear it's pretty good here."

Momoko's face lit up while Kaoru's darkened.

"That's a gre-!"

"There is NO WAY you two are making me go there…"

Brick groaned. He had returned to his human form and was currently waiting in a check out line. It was a Friday, so everyone was either on a date or shopping. He was tired, pissed off, and annoyed. Countless girls had tried to flirt with him, but it always ended up the same way of their boyfriend coming to 'talk' to Brick.

"This is SO not worth it…"

"I know," Boomer grumbled from behind him, "I wish we remembered earlier.."

Boomer and Brick took turns mumbling and grumbling while Butch just stood quietly. After the three had finally checked out, they once again went into another store; this time it was a store that sold soaps and lotions.

"I think Momoko wanted something from here…!" Boomer chirped; he had absolutely no idea what he was doing.

The blonde looked around the store nervously, his brothers following close behind. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something yellow.. Could it be? He looked closer and it was indeed his favorite scent, lemon. He practically skipped to the other end of the store to inspect the lemony products, leaving his disgusted brothers behind.

"Hmm, I'm sure Momo-Chan would like some lemon bath supplies!"

Boomer bought a variety of things at the store, even some for himself. Brick and Butch had decided that they might as well shop for themselves too. Brick bought two things, and Butch only bought one item. The boys where already exhausted, but they had only bought a quarter of the things needed. After fighting through unimaginable crowds, the boys eventually found themselves in a sports shop. The Ruffs actually felt comfortable in this store so they split up, promising to meat near the fishing poles in fifteen minutes.

"What would that sissy want," Butch asked himself as he searched the aisles, "Sporty stuff..."

Fifteen minutes was almost up and Butch began to panic. He quickly picked something off a random rack and paid for it. He sprinted to meet up with his brothers, both who had already paid.

"Hey leader," Butch yawned, "How much more time do we have?"

Brick rubbed his eyes and sighed, "It's about 10:30 now, so we have an hour and a half to finish up."

Boomer moaned and the sleep deprived boys shuffled out of the sports store to shop some more.

"Oooh," Kaoru exclaimed, "That feels good…"

Miyako and Momoko had finally gotten Kaoru to step into the spa. The girls had changed into think silk slips to enjoy their treatments to the fullest. Momoko and Kaoru where laying on separate massage tables and their backs were rubbed with oils and lotions while Miyako opted for a pedicure and manicure combination.

"Hey," Momoko mumbled with her eyes closed, "Do you think the boys are okay?"

"It's almost like..," Kaoru said drowsily, "That you like one of them or something… they're like all you ever talk about.."

Momoko hid her face with her arms and blushed. She remained silent, hoping that Kaoru would think she didn't hear her. After a few minutes of this, Momoko raised her head to see Kaoru snoring with her mouth wide open. Momoko breathed a sigh of relief and checked her watch. Six past twelve. Momoko was amazed at how long they had been here and began to panic.

"Miyako… Help me get Kaoru up."

Miyako stood up; having finished her treatment a few minutes ago.

"Kaoru-San," Miyako whispered as she tried to gently shake Kaoru awake, "Please wake up..!"

Kaoru subconsciously tried to swat Miyako away and lost her balance, tumbling from the massage table to the floor. Miyako gasped and Momoko instantly reached out to help her up.

"Gomen nasai, Kaoru-San," Miyako cried as she also dashed to help her friend, "Daijoubu desu ka..?"

Momoko and Miyako lifted Kaoru back onto the table with a bit of effort. Momoko sighed and slapped her forehead when she realized Kaoru has slept through the whole thing. Miyako blinked and slowly tapped Kaoru's shoulder.

"Kaoru-San..."

"I'm pretty sure she's still asleep," Momoko sighed as she lifted Kaoru off the table again, "Looks like we have to carry her back… Too bad we can't change her clothes."

Miyako whimpered from exhaustion and helped Momoko carry Kaoru out of the spa and back their room.

Butch collapsed backwards onto his bed and tried to search for sleep. The boys had survived the shopping trip and were sore and tired. He kicked his bags of presents under his bed and closed his eyes.

"I want to die…," Boomer moaned as he sat down in a chair beside the desk, "That was too much.."

"Boomer-Kun? Is that you?"

Brick's eyes widened and he quickly shoved all the bags and presents they had just bought under a nearby bed.

"H-Hai!"

Miyako poked her head through the open doorway. Boomer blinked and waved. He knew that he had to distract Miyako's attention away from the bed.

"Did you enjoy your walk?" Miyako smiled politely, "Hey, What's that under the bed..?"

"YeswedidBYENOW!"

Brick quickly exclaimed as he pushed Miyako out of the doorway slid the door shut. He turned around to face his brothers again with his hands in his pockets.

"…What?!"

"… And I asked was what was under the bed and then he pushed me out the door…"

Miyako frowned as she finished explaining why Momoko had found her sitting on the floor outside the boy's room. As soon as Miyako finished, Momoko stood and punched her fist into her palm.

"That settles it; we have to investigate..," Momoko yawned and pounced back onto her bed, "…Tomorrow.."

Miyako fell over anime style and laughed nervously.

"H-Hai.."

The next morning, the six friends assembled in the girl's room. The girls where wide awake, while the boys looked like the living dead; having had to stay up late wrapping Momoko's presents.

"Mou…," Momoko whined and stared at a pink box sitting beside her with longing, "Can we please eat the cake now?"

"Wrong!" Kaoru grinned as she leaned in to ruffle her friend's hair, "First you open presents!"

Miyako giggled softly and picked up a small box wrapped in silver wrapping foil and a silk light pink ribbon. Momoko pouted before having her lips spread out in a wide smile. Truthfully, she wanted to eat the cake right now, but presents were good too!

"Happy birthday Momoko-San," Miyako exclaimed and handed the present to Momoko, "Please accept this!"

Momoko grinned and carefully untied the ribbon and set it on the ground beside her, making a mental note to save it for later. She peeled the silver foil off and opened the box to see a light pink blouse with a single orange stripe going across it horizontally.

"Wai!" Momoko squealed as she hugged Miyako, "Thank you so much! It's sooo cute!"

Miyako smiled and Momoko moved on to the next present. It was a pair of white rollerblades with pink straps with a few stick-on bows decorating them.

"Thanks' Butch," Momoko teased, "I can see all the effort you put into wrapping it. I'll still beat you in a race though!"

Butch rolled his eyes playfully and crossed his arms. Momoko and everyone else in the room knew no one could beat either himself or Kaoru in a race. And when the two did race, it was always a tie.

"You couldn't beat me no matter how much you practice!" Butch laughed.

Momoko laughed and picked up a small magenta bag from Brick. She pulled out a white book with a red ribbon interlacing the hole punches. The cover had a single red heart. Momoko frowned in confusion as she flipped through the empty pages. After an awkward silence, Brick finally explained.

"It's a diary..."

Momoko suddenly realized it's purpose and glomped Brick.

"I'll use all of it!" Momoko exclaimed, "Thanks!"

"You're welcome.. Could you please get off?"

Momoko smiled sheepishly and returned to her presents. Next she went through a blue party bag with all sorts of goodies in it. Inside was a strawberry scented pen that wrote in pink, a bottle of perfume that smelled like cherry blossoms, a white jewelry box with different shades of green, pink, and blue polka dots, and a lemon scented bath set.

"Thanks Boomer," Momoko giggled as she gave Boomer a small hug, "How did you know that I love strawberry and lemon?"

Boomer grinned nervously and shrugged. He honestly just randomly picked things off the shelves.

Lastly, Kaoru had given Momoko and two hundred dollar gift certificate to the cheesecake factory.

"Kaoru…" Momoko sighed lustfully with stars in her eyes and just a bit of drool escaping from her mouth, "Thank you so… so much!"

"Hai hai, No big deal, Momoko-Chan!" Kaoru sweat dropped and waved her hand in font of the birthday girl's face.

"Cake time!" Boomer said in a song-song voice as he opened the pink box with a huge strawberry shortcake inside. Momoko gasped and her mouth began to water again. Butch grinned and cut out pieces of short cake for everyone, giving Momoko the biggest slice, and keeping the rest for later. After the six finished, they split up to pack and get ready to leave the onsen. The friends then pilled into Brick's jeep and were on their way back to the dorms.

"Ah, I wish we stayed longer…," Momoko sighed wishfully, "That spa was really great.."

"Ah, we still have to study for that big math test on Monday!," Brick cried, "I'm going to flunk!"

Momoko stuck her tongue out at the panicking boy and sighed as she reclined back in her seat. Butch just scoffed during this whole ordeal and turned up the radio.

A few days later…

Momoko's face clearly spelled excitement as her sensei explained today's lesson. She was excited for two reasons. The first being she would finally be able to cook in class and the second that they would all be divided into groups of two. Who was the person Momoko wanted to be partnered up with? Why, Natuki-Sempai of course!

"Miss. Akatsutsumi! Are you paying attention?!"

Momoko awoke from her daze and jumped from her seat, "H-Hai!"

Ms. Ichigo sighed in annoyance before continuing her speech, "I have already informed your second period teachers that you will not be attending their classes. Now for the partners…"

Momoko sheepishly returned to her seat and quickly glanced at Natuki. Momoko had been crushing on this one boy for the last five years and she would give literally anything just to be his partner.

"Meimei and Kimitori… Urawa and Akatsutsumi…"

Momoko immediately shot her head up to look at Natuki. The boy seemed to be smiling, but it was hard to tell at a profile. Momoko felt the need to spring into the air singing with joy and happiness.

"No, never mind. It's Urawa and Kimino..."

Momoko felt her heart shatter. She sighed and looked back down to her nails.

"Akatsutsumi…" The sensei started.

Momoko looked up with eyes full of hope. Who would it be? Sakamoto-Sempai? Naki-Sempai? Korono-Sempai?!

"…And Akeimi Brick."

Momoko wailed in despair and slammed her head onto her desk dramatically; Causing a third of the class to turn and stare at her. Brick, who was sitting beside her, said nothing and looked away. He was defiantly not happy about being stuck with such a bratty, love-sick girl.

"…I don't have time for this," Ms. Ichigo spat, "I'm going to be late to my date! The rest of you just partner up with who's beside you. Jaa!"

Momoko witnessed Kaoru trying to lunge at the franticly packing teacher while Butch tried to restrain her. She rolled her eyes and checked on Boomer and Miyako. Boomer looked uncomfortable as Miyako explained the assignment.

After packing up her papers, Ms. Ichigo high tailed out of the room, leaving a box full of assignments and her confused students alone.

"Right…"

Blossom stood and picked up a single assignment worksheet. The topic of today's class was to make full course meals in two hours with an assigned partner. Momoko frowned as she fell back into her seat and propped her head up with her hand as she looked over the assignment. She sure hoped Brick knew how to cook…

According to their paper, Momoko and Brick had been assigned a dessert course. Miyako and Boomer had a breakfast course and Kaoru and Butch had a lunch course. Momoko giggled with glee as she looked through all the desserts they could choose to make.

"Mou I can't decide!" Momoko sung out as she clapped her hands together, "They're all so good!"

"Here… Let me see."

Brick leaned in over Momoko's shoulder and grimaced. He really hoped Momoko knew how to cook. Best thing he ever made in his life was a bowl of Easy Mac. Yep… if you liked Easy Mac, Brick Akeimi was your guy. (AN: Quote stolen from Stacy:D)

A few minutes had passed and the red pair had finally decided on making fresh chocolate cookies, Strawberry swirl cheesecake, and a berry shortcake. Brick and Momoko began setting out the ingredients needed when a huge crash came from the other end of the room.

"You don't put tomatoes in a fruit salad!"

"Yes you do, idiot!"

"Is a tomato a fruit?! I didn't think so, fag!"

"Why you…" Butch smirked and threw an egg strait at Kaoru's face. The green puff easily side stepped the egg, causing it to hit the unsuspecting Miyako on the back of her head; Thus starting a messy food fight. Miyako shrieked and jumped in surprise, sending the bowl of waffle batter she was holding into Natuki's face.

"My hair!" Natuki whimpered and crawled under the table in fear of getting more things thrown at him.

By now, Momoko was officially pissed. First, she had been interrupted sneaking a bite of cake. Two, someone upset her precious Natuki!

"SHUT UP AND COOK ALREADY!" Momoko stomped her foot on the ground and screamed, instantly silencing the room. Brick rolled his eyes, already knowing why Momoko was upset and turned his head the other way.

"Are you okay Natuki-Sempai?" Momoko asked as she immediately rushed over to help the boy up.

Natuki heaved a dramatic sigh before trying to mop up his hair with a napkin. As an invisible light bulb appeared above Momoko's head, she ran over to her bag and pulled out a fluffy pink towel. She returned to Natuki and blushed while handing the towel to him.

"Thanks, Momo-Chan," Natuki gratefully accepted the towel and smiled, "I'll wash this and get it back to you tonight, okay?"

Momoko blushed and began to play with a lock of hair, "H-hai, that's fine…!"

"Hey, I know!" Natuki grinned, "Since I'm coming over anyways, Why don't we go out somewhere? Just you and me!"

"Sounds great!"

"It's a date!" Natuki winked at the puff before returning to his partner, "See you then!"

As Natuki started the assignment again, Momoko noticed how warm he cheeks were. She slowly lifted a hand to her now burning cheeks and mentally cursed at herself; She must have looked like an idiot! Negative thoughts were soon forgotten as Momoko remembered she now had a date with THE Natuki Urawa! Etoile high school's heartthrob!

At a different station, Miyako was busy making another bowl of waffle batter as Boomer attempted to squeeze oranges with his hands. Miyako soon noticed this and grew concerned.

"Boomer-Kun…Shouldn't you use a juicer?"

Boomer smiled stupidly as he momentarily forgot about the oranges, "Why would I do that when I could just use super stre--!!"

Miyako quickly set the bowl on a counter and covered Boomer's mouth with her hand, stopping him mid-sentence.

"Boomer-Kun!" She hissed as she leaned in closer so no one else would hear, "You know not to talk about THAT in public!"

Boomer's eyes widened with surprise but then softened his eyes in apology and sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. Miyako frowned playfully before returning to her batter. Things might have been going well for Boomer and Miyako… But for everyone else? …Not so much.

"So…Uh..," Momoko said sheepishly, "Right. I'll go start the shortcake!"

After Momoko left to collect fresh strawberries, Brick looked over the cheesecake recipe. But only after a few seconds did Brick come to a realization and hung his head low.

"I don't get it…"

And as he said that, a slender finger tapped his shoulder. Brick turned around to see crimson… No, blood red eyes staring right back at him. A tall girl with hair a tad bit messier and darker than Momoko smirked as Brick tried to make out the recipe.

"Having problems, Hun?"

Brick grinned as he leaned backwards as he supported himself on the counter.

"And what if I am, Berserk?"

The girl named Berserk blinked before twisting her face into a seductive smile and she started to twirl a crimson ribbon that cascaded down her hair with her finger.

"Maybe you should come by my place tonight and I could tutor you in cooking…"

"But wouldn't that disturb your roommate?" Brick grinned as he twirled a strand of Berserk's hair between his fingers.

"Brat?" Berserk scoffed, "That idiot? She would be out with Mitch!"

"Then I suppose I could drop by…," Brick leaned away from the girl and started laughing, "If I was interested in dating a slut like you."

Berserk's over powdered face set into a scowl, "Just you wait, Brick Akeimi! You'll be begging for me!"

Berserk rose her hand above of her head her head and swung it down, trying to slap Brick. As she did, her hand was caught by another's hand that drove their nails into her soft skin. Berserk screeched and whipped around to see who it was.

"Please stop harassing my partner." Momoko said bluntly.

Berserk fumed as she yanked her hand away from Momoko's and stormed back to her own partner, rubbing her now bleeding wrist. It was right there and then she decided that Momoko was her biggest enemy here; the only person who could get in the way between her and Brick.

"…When hell freezes over." Brick snickered to no one in particular as he watched Berserk literally abuse her poor nerd of a partner.

"What would happen when hell freezes over?" Momoko asked as she quickly chopped up strawberries and set them aside, "Did I miss something important?"

Nothing you need to worry about, Babe!" Brick joked as he prepared the cheesecake mix.

Momoko forced a grin but said nothing. She feared that if she opened her mouth, she might just accidentally bite Brick's head off. So what she did was focus all her anger into chopping assorted fruits into itsy bitsy pieces.

"What? You don't like me calling you Babe?" Brick teased as he pulled Momoko's bow loose out of boredom.

Feeling her face heat up with a mixture of rage and embarrassment, Momoko sneered and slapped his hand away. Brick's eyes widened with glee as he found a new game to play. He then moved his hand down to her hair and started playing with her hair. A dead silence hushed over the pair as Momoko apathetically lifted the fruit knife to Brick's face.

"I suggest you don't."

Even though Brick would never admit it, even if he was about to die, Momoko was damn scary when she was mad. He let his hand drop to his side and began to admire his fingernails.

"Whatever you say Bloss." He coolly remarked, knowing very well how pissed she was at him.

To his surprise, Momoko remained silent, once again taking her anger out by chopping fruit into tiny specs. It really hurt her that Brick would treat her the same way he treated Berserk, fondling her hair and such. He actually had the nerve to pretend she didn't see what was going on.

"There," Miyako said cheerfully as she set a heavy plate of waffles down on the counter, "I'm finished…How's the orange juice coming?"

Boomer flinched as he tried to hide the juice with a mixture of paper towels and frying pans.

"Uhm… Actually…"

Miyako groaned, already expecting the worse. Boomer shyly moved to the side, revealing half a cup of orange juice.

"That's great Boomer…," Miyako smiled as she inspected the perfectly squeezed juice, "Now where's the rest?"

"…That's all there is…"

The girl looked over their station trying to locate the missing oranges.

"Boomer-Kun," Miyako sighed as she peered under the counter, "You had 52 oranges. Where did they go?"

Boomer smiled sheepishly as he pointed to his own stomach. Miyako stared at him, finding it hard to believe that he had eaten them all himself. But then again, he was known to being able to eat a lot. Miyako frowned as she realized that she would have to go buy some more at the local grocery store herself. She tugged off her apron and turned off the oven.

"Nee, Boomer-Kun, Stay here while I go get some more oranges okay?"

"No, I'll go!" Boomer suddenly exclaimed as he blocked Miyako's exit, "I ate them, I'll get them... alright? I've been to that store millions of times with Brick and Butch!"

Miyako blushed and whispered, "Okay… just come back soon!"

Boomer grinned as he rushed out the classroom door, leaving Miyako to make the bacon and egg sandwiches by herself.

A few hours later…

"Finally done," Kaoru groaned and set the last sub sandwich on the table, "I've had enough. Back to Easy Mac for me…"

"Agreed." Butch grimaced as he set a pitcher of lemonade beside the sandwiches.

Kaoru glanced into the pitcher to see lemon peels swimming around the surface.

"You idiot…," She yawned as she let her head rest on the table, "You let the peel get in."

"Please, you act like I really care right now."

"True," Kaoru said groggily, "I'm ready to go home, eat some waffles, and go to b—"

"IEEEEEEEEEEK!"

A scream pierced through the tired room and Himeko danced around her table like a madman. Sakamoto was underneath the counter playing with a cockroach.

"Get that THING away from me!" Himeko screeched at the bug with pure loathing, "It's DISGUSTING!"

Sakamoto only grinned at Himeko's response and waved the bug in her face. It was a well known fact that Sakamoto loved seeing girls squirm, and showing your fear only made things worse.

"Stop it!" Himeko spat and started stepping backward, only to step on Sapphire's tail. Why was Sapphire there? Because Himeko insisted on bringing her everywhere.

Kaoru slammed her head on the counter and moaned as the princess transformed into her evil form.

"You have got to be kidding me."

The majority of kids left the room in fear, leaving the Puff/Ruff Z and Berserk to watch Sakamoto get pummeled with a chair.

"Berserk-San," Miyako frowned as she clutched her cell phone, "Don't you want to leave?"

"No way," Berserk sneered as she latched her arm into Brick's, "Not unless Bricky-Chan comes with me!"

Brick said nothing but gave his brother a 'help me' face. Butch cocked an eyebrow as he motioned to the door. Brick's mouth dropped to the floor, he wasn't serious was he? After Momoko gave him the same look, only colder, Brick sighed and led Berserk out of the room. Berserk grinned and looked back over her shoulder to give Momoko the middle finger.

"Alright." Momoko sighed, trying to forget about Berserk's motion, "Let's get this over with quickly."

After Buttercup smacked Princess over the head once or twice, the four quickly returned to normal. The kids returned to the classroom to finish their assignments.

"So what did I miss?"

Miyako turned around to find Boomer staring right back at her carrying eight bags of oranges.

"…."

"I was going to get nine bags," Boomer said, "But I thought that my super powers would be too obvious if I carried them all."

Brick smacked his forehead when he noticed the random girls huddled around the classroom window, trying to sneak a peak at the 'Macho man Boomer'.

"Oh yeah," Butch said with sarcasm dripping off his tongue, "Eight is so not obvious."

Momoko said nothing about the fight or Boomer but instead kept her eyes on Natuki, who was trying to brush some derbies out of his hair. Brick tried to follow Momoko's gaze but was always interrupted by Berserk making kissy faces and was forced to look the other way.

Yeah, I know. Sucky chapter. It's VERY hard to write for the RRB, but I hope it gets easier once episode 42 comes out.

Love ya! ;D

Leafy C: