Over the next week, Kano and Kaoru became great friends. They would meet on the field after school just about every day to play soccer. Kano met new people mostly by being introduced to them by Kaoru, who seemed to know just about everyone in the entire school. The two greens got into all sorts of trouble, earning them detentions just about every lunch period. They would laugh it off, and use the time to plan their next prank. Kano was glad to have found such a great guy in Tokyo.

But he also noticed Kaoru's random excuses. He would make up some stupid excuse, like "my spleen just exploded, I need to get makeup!" and run out of the room, and not return for hours. Kano smirked. He'd have to figure out a way to join this class-cutting revolution. He heard about two other girls that did the same thing, skipping class all the time.

Hm... Matsubara must have some lady friends... He grinned. He definitely needed to join in, then. How long had it been since he'd gone on a date? Too long... and a few of the girls here aren't that bad...

He also heard about the amazing Power Puff Girls Z that saved Tokyo from dangerous monsters and certain impending doom. He figured the girls must have gotten their powers the same way he had acquired his. Kano wasn't going to say anything, because that would only force him to reveal his identity. He wasn't going to do that for just anybody. Maybe only for someone special.

Kano gazed out the window of his English class, observing the rain and the way the single droplets ran down so gracefully. He smiled. He and Kaoru were going to have a blast playing soccer today. There wasn't anything he could look forward to more, right now, then getting out of this boring class.

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Kano walked outside, his bag dragging on the wet ground as the rain pummeled down. It was raining much harder than he thought. Of course, that wasn't going to stop him from his game! He headed towards the field, meeting up with Kaoru as she exited the 300 building.

"Hey, dude."

"Hey... Kano, maybe we should just go home today."

Kano was alarmed. "Why?! Soccer is fun in the rain, you know that!"

"Yeah, but it's so hard, I mean, I can barely see you!"

"Well, that means it'll be a high scoring game!"

"But... I mean... what if we get hurt...?"

Kano chuckled. His best friend could be so girly sometimes.

"Relax, Matsubara, relax. Nobody's going to get hurt! Besides, it's Friday, what else do ya got to do?"

He heard Kaoru's reluctant sigh, but she continued to walk by his side.

"You owe me, you know. For playing in the rain with you."

"Oh? Do I, now?"

"Yep." Kaoru pulled a soccer ball from their storage place, a hollow in a random tree. "Ready?"

"Of course I am, Matsubara. Bring it on!!"

So the two began their game, getting soaked to the skin and covered in mud. They couldn't see anything, and ended up colliding with each other countless times. They stepped on each other. They each got hit it the face with the ball a few times. Yet they still were having a great time, until Kaoru lost her footing and slipped, the back of her head slamming against a rock jetting out from the ground. At first, Kano thought nothing of it because they each had fallen many times due to the rain. But when Kaoru didn't respond to him after a few seconds, he couldn't help but get worried. He could barely see, and the rain showed no sign of letting up. In fact, it seemed to be getting worse, as lighting began to strike in the distance.

"MATSUBARA! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Kano shouted, becoming panicked for his friend.

Damn it, where the hell is he!?!

Kano eventually stumbled upon Kaoru's unconscious body. He bent down in the rain to take a pulse.

Damn it, damn it, DAMN IT!!! Why didn't I just listen to him, for once?!

"But... I mean... what if we get hurt...?"

He was relieved that Kaoru had a pulse, as well as she was breathing. But as Kano leaned closer in to look for injury, there was nothing he could find. No blood, no nothing. But as Kano watched her shiver, he knew he had to get her somewhere dry and warm. He tried to remember where Kaoru lived, but Kaoru never had mentioned it to him. So he decided to take her with him.

He slung her bag as well as his over his shoulders, and then went to pick up his friend. He grimaced, as the weight of the bags and her body was just too heavy for him to carry that far. He sighed, and transformed into Butch. He lifted Kaoru's body and the two bags and soared off towards his home, praying that Kaoru would be okay.