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"Come and get me!" The monster taunted.

Blossom scowled, dodging a punch. She had been wondering where her sisters were. Probably not answering their phone. Figures that only the leader of the group had to always finish the job when her sisters weren't in the mood to fight any monster. Bubbles and Buttercup could be so self-centered sometimes. She was always forced to be the leader, merely because she took crime fighting seriously. She wasn't ever slacking off like her sisters were. The city of Townsville was in trouble and they were nowhere in sight.

"You asked for it!" Blossom aimed at the monsters eyes and shot them with her laser eyes.

The monster was huge and ugly. It had three, big, purple eyes, all three were glowing; his teeth were sharp, but week; it had shiny, green scales; the monster 's belly was oozing with some kind of sticky stuff. Blossom really wished that Buttercup was here. She was better with the slimy monsters. Plus, she lived for getting down and dirty, while Blossom loved being clean.

Brick watched the fight from behind a tall tree. He was amused about the amount of bruises the poor girl was getting all over arms. To see that pink geek getting hurt made Brick chuckled. There was no way that Blossom could beat this monster all by herself. She was bound to need some sort of help, and he was going to be there to do the job, hopefully, making her believe that he and his brothers actually had changed and became good. Ha! Yeah, right!

"Ah!" the monster screamed with horror. "Now you've done it!" He took a swing at the tired Blossom. He happened to hit her on the head, knocking her unconscious.

She slowly started falling backward into the air. Blossom was so high up that as soon as she hit the ground, she would surely die. Brick rolled his eyes thinking about whether or not he should just let her fall. And he really, really, really did not want to be the one to save her, but he had to. He quickly flew up and caught her. He looked at the monster that punched her and gave him a good punch on the chin. The big monster glared and decided to go back where he came. He could always eat another city.

Blossom groaned softly. Brick couldn't help, but smile down at her. He could silently admit that she was cute when she was sleeping. The Rowdyruff Boys' leader was kind of glad to have Blossom as he worthy opponent. She was strong, brave, and smart. Maybe if they hadn't been enemies, Brick would like her more and hate her less. It was his mission in life to destroy Blossom and the rest of the Powerpuff Girls. To do that would give him great satisfaction, but to destroy them was an even better idea. He smirked at the thought. "Don't worry, Blossom, you'll soon be dead. Just give it time."

He finally landed on the earth, trying to find somewhere to lay her down. Brick spotted a steal bench nearby. The red-eyed male walked over to it and laid Blossom down gently. Her eyes fluttered open beautiful. "You saved me," she stated.

Brick smirked down in an I-told-you-so way. His attitude soon became more humble, thinking that maybe she'd figure him out. "Uh, it was nothing."

She sat up on the bench, looking Brick up and down. He still had his red baseball cap after all these years. She found it to be quite adorable to know that he cherished the thing so much, just as she loved her red ribbon tied in a bow in her red hair. Blossom didn't know what to say to Brick now. He saved her when he could have just let her fall into the concrete. He was a villain and he must have been up to something. Did he really need her alive for whatever plan he had schemed up? Where was the logic?

Blossom looked away from Brick, frowning. "Thank you," she whispered.

"What?" Brick asked, purposely trying to make Blossom say those two words louder.

Blossom gulped hardly. "Thank you for saving me, Brick."

Brick blinked in disbelief. He had actually made her repeat herself. At this rate, Brick would soon make her bend over backwards. "You're welcome." He sat on the bench next. "Blossom, I know you hate me, but I really am good now. Or at least I want to be. So do my brothers. Maybe if you give me the chance, I can prove to you that I'm not that boy you kissed anymore. I've grown up."

Don't do it! Her head screamed loudly. Brick and his brothers was her enemy. She couldn't just forgive him for trying to kill her. Blossom was seriously starting to get nervous. But you like him. Her heart said. Brick had saved her when Buttercup and Bubbles were nowhere to be found during the battle. She needed a good ally like him. Brick seemed to be telling the truth about himself, but how could Blossom be so sure? Villains were good at lying.

From the other end of this conversation, Brick could feel his heart thumping, begging for Blossom to believe him, only because deep down, he wanted to be good, too. Yes, Brick was indeed was the owner of a heart, and it longed for Blossom's. Maybe if Brick hadn't been so hard-headed, he would be good. Alas, brain power overpowered the strength of his heart. Brick was never meant to be good and there wasn't a single soul that could save him from that, except for his counterpart, just as the only person that could turn Blossom evil was Brick.

"I'm afraid to trust you, Brick. Maybe I'd be more convinced if my head wasn't saying the opposite of my heart, but they seem to be disagreeing at the moment." Blossom spoke with such grace. She found it hard to resist Brick's obvious charm, and the smile that he was giving her made her heart melt. Still, she found it hard to get out those three simple words.

Brick tilted her chin upward, so that her pink orbs met his red ones. "Blossom, I would never ever do anything to hurt you." A part of him wanted to assure of this with something other than a lie, but it could not be done. "I can't make you believe me, but I want to."

Blossom sighed in defeat. "I trust you," she finally said.

He smiled gently. Brick scratched the back of his head nervously. "We better get back to school or something."

"Um, Brick, could we not? It's been so long I've seen you, and I want to really see if you have changed. Maybe we could go somewhere and just talk?" Blossom questioned.

Brick shrugged. "Sure, Bloss."