Author's note: I'm glad that people have wanted me to carry on. I hope you enjoy this.
Blossom was doing her best to blank him out of her mind completely. Why was she getting so hot and bothered over a no good Rowdyruff. She hadn't told her sisters about how chocked up she was getting about it, she wouldn't dare. After all, she was supposed to be the smart one, and she did a dumb thing like falling for his tricks.
The next few weeks were hard for her. Her sisters could tell she was depressed but weren't entirely sure what about.
When she did battle the Rowdyruffs, she would either go for Butch or Boomer and leave her counterpart for a fellow Powerpuff to deal with, or battle with him, showing no mercy, making no eye contact or conversation. She'd just beat the hell out of him, letting her anger out.
They were in their high school. Blossom was in history, sitting next to Amber. By the way her and Sammy were acting, neither of them knew or found out about Brick and Bitch's horrible bet, and she intended it to stay that way.
Since the sleepover, Amber and Blossom had got quite close. They never really talked that much before hand. But now, they were more or less best friends.
Blossom heard a knock on the window, she looked out to see Buttercup and Bubbles flying by the window, pointing at the hotline signal in the air.
She started to get up, Sammy tugged her arm behind her.
"Hey looser, sleepover tomorrow night, you'd better come." She smiled when Blossom nodded.
Blossom excused herself and quickly flew out to join her sisters on their journey to the mayor's office.
"Powerpuff girls, the Rowdyruff boys and the Gangreen gang are fighting. Their causing a lot of havoc and people are in danger of getting hurt." They mayor said.
The mentioning of them made Blossom cringe, but she nodded and led the way.
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The girls found the fight straight away thanks to the noise of the crowds cheering them on, they were down in an alleyway, the fight was fully brutal.
Blossom tried to get rid of the crowd first, while her two sisters attempted to break up the argument.
Once the people had gone, Blossom assisted her sisters in breaking the two teams up.
She flew towards Brick, pushing him by his chest. She'd never seen him so angry.
Then she heard a scream, Ace had pulled a knife and was aiming it at Butch.
Buttercup flew forward trying to grab it, just as Ace plunged forward.
Buttercup gave a piercing scream as the knife went through her stomach. She fell towards the ground. Butch dove in and quickly caught her. Sitting on the ground, holding her head up, he glared up at Ace with a look that could easily be read, 'You're Dead!'
"Beat It Guys!" Ace yelled to his companions as he turned around to run.
Brick and Boomer had beaten him to it. They blocked the Gangreen gang's path. Blossom and Bubbles copied in the other direction and all attacked.
Brick flew for Ace, thumping his nose and then knocking him to the ground, he then proceeded to attack him on the floor.
Blossom went for Snake, knocking him out with one hard blow on the head, then turned her attention to Grubber, who was a much harder fight.
Boomer was dealing with Fat Billy using his weight against him.
Bubbles went for little Arturo. Aiming for his face in punch and kicking his stomach.
Butch sat on the floor, cradling Buttercup in his arms. Looking down at her, placing out of place hair behind her ear.
Buttercup was looking up at Butch, struggling to breathe properly. She clutched onto her stomach with her bloody hands, wishing, hoping, praying that the pain would go away.
Finally, the gangrene gang were defeated and both the Powerpuffs and the Rowdyruffs gathered around Butch and Buttercup.
Butch held Buttercup close as she breathed in pain.
"Buttercup, please don't go. Don't leave us, your sisters need you, we need you…I need you Buttercup! Please don't die." He whispered in her ear as he gently rocked her back and forth.
Buttercup looked at him in sorrow before taking a harsh breath and then stopping and remaining motionless, her eyes still open.
Butch sighed sadly and kissed her forehead, then lightly placed his fingertips on her eyelids to carefully close them.
"I'm sorry Buttercup." He whispered.
Buttercup and Bubbles ran forward to touch, hold onto and say goodbye to their sister.
Both girls were wailing for their loss. Crying for such a great fallen heroine.
Boomer and Butch stayed watching from a short distance, bowing their heads in sorrow.
Lightning crashed and rain pounded to the floor. Soaking all six of them in the first few seconds.
"Come on Girl's let's you out of the rain" Brick said, tugging at Blossom's arm.
"No, no, we can't leave her! She needs to be with the professor! He needs to see her!" Bubbles screamed, Boomer grabbed onto her waist to try and calm her, she collapsed into his arms for a tight hug.
"It's ok," Butch said softly, looking only at the brick wall in front of him. "We're taking her with us."
They all looked at him, he stood up, carefully picking up her body and took flight into the air. The others joined him and they flew slowly towards the Powerpuff's house.
The girls opened the door and let the three boys in.
"Professor! Professor!" Blossom and Bubbles yelled.
He came straight out of his lab, he scanned the two girls curiously and then scanned the Rowdyruffs, noticing Buttercup in Butch's arms.
His eyes widened and he ran towards them, taking Buttercup from Butch and holding her in his own arms.
He stayed holding her, gazing down at her for a fair while and then just burst into tears, falling on his knees. The Rowdyruffs decided that it was time to go and leave them in peace.
All three of them floated slowly out of the door, Butch looking back before sighing sadly and closing the door behind him.
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"Are you sure you'll be Ok?" Blossom said, packing her bag.
Bubbles nodded, sitting on the bed, hugging her knees.
"You need to get out. It'll do you good."
"You're really sure? I can ask if you could come if you like? Sammy won't mind." Blossom queried.
It was the day after Buttercup's death, and the first time since then that Blossom was about to leave Bubbles and the Professor on their own without her.
Bubbles shook her head. "Na, those kinds of sleepovers aren't my thing, anyway, I'd rather just have some time alone."
Blossom nodded her head and gave her sister a hug.
"Well if you need anything, just call me ok, I'll have my cell with me all the time."
Bubbles rolled her eyes and nodded.
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Blossom arrived at Sammy's house. Sammy opened the door and looked at her sympathetically.
She'd obviously heard about Buttercup, not that Blossom was surprised; it was already printed on the newspapers and being shown on every television channel.
"Hey," Sammy said softly, giving her a huge hug.
Blossom smiled and hugged back, grateful for Sammy's understanding.
Sammy then looked at her.
"You didn't have to come you know." Sammy said softly. "I know you have better things on your mind."
Blossom shook her head. "No, I needed my friends." She said, following Sammy into the living room.
There, she saw Jack, Adam, Amber and Brick silently sitting in the living room, looking at her sympathetically.
She smiled weakly, going in giving Amber a hug and sitting next to her.
"Ok, what are we going to play first?" Sammy asked. "I know, what about hide and seek?" She grinned and looked at Blossom.
She emptied her bottle and spun it on the floor, it landed on Jack.
"Well, you're it!" Sammy informed him.
They all got up as Jack counted, running around the room, trying to find the perfect spot.
They played this game for hours, followed by other games which Blossom recommended, such as blind mans bluff and murder in the dark. They all ended up having a lot of fun.
They were all sitting down in front of the TV, laughing, joking, and eating random snacks.
Then the news came on. They would all overreact about things that had happened, like the mayor couldn't open another jar of pickles, the amoeba boys had broken into jail and Miss Bellum was signing a partition about sexual harassment (What triggered that?).
Then a bulletin came on which silenced them all.
"And Townsville is currently in mourning as we lost one of our greatest Heroines, Buttercup Utonium, our beloved green Powerpuff girl. She was murd…"
Sammy turned off the television to try and stop Blossom from getting upset. But it was too late.
Blossom could feel everybody looking at her, she couldn't take it anymore.
"Just going for some fresh air." She said as she stood up and stepped out of the back door.
She leaned against the wall of the house, watching the ripples of the pool move and change when she heard footsteps come out of the door.
"Bloss," She turned to see Brick, who was looking at her kindly.
"Come here," he whispered and held out his arms.
She walked over and embraced him into a hug, bursting into tears.
She must have been soaking his jacket, which he once again put on before coming out, but he didn't seem to mind, he just held her silently. Giving her all of the comfort that she needed.
"Come on," He said, pulling her towards the swinging bench.
They both sat down and she cuddled back up to him.
"You finished?" He chuckled as she let go of him and sat up. She dried her eyes and looked at him, then smiled and nodded her head.
They both remained silent for a few more minutes.
"Will it never occur to you to wear thicker clothing?" Brick asked, noticing that once again, she was shivering and taking the wet jacket off him and putting it over her.
It wasn't just the cold making her shiver; it was the amount of crying that she had just done.
She smiled in gratitude and then gazed at the ripples in the water, fascinated by them.
"I'm so sorry Bloss," She heard Brick whisper. "If we weren't in that fight yesterday, she'd still be alive!"
Brick placed his head in his hands.
"No, if it wasn't you, Ace would've targeted someone else and it still would've ended like it did. In a way, I'm glad it was you who was there." She said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Brick looked up at her.
"Butch couldn't bear to come, man, I've never seen him so depressed." He said, Blossom could see that he was clearly worried about his brother.
"I always thought he hated her." She said, not even realizing until it had escaped her lips.
"Na."
"I always thought you hated me too."
Brick stayed silent for a while.
"Well, we did hate all three of you."
Blossom looked up, trying to figure out if he was going anywhere with that sentence.
"When Mojo created us, all we could feel was hate and anger. When Him brought us back. We could actually have feelings, emotions. All three of us stopped hating you a long time ago. In fact, we always caused trouble to fight you and get your attention."
Blossom smiled.
"What about the sleepover the other week? You made me feel like I was in love with you, then you treated me like dirt." She reminded him, her voice going harsher.
Brick glanced up at her.
"I don't know Bloss, I…I may be able to have emotions, but I'm still a Rowdyruff boy. I still get those feelings of hate that Mojo cursed us with. Sometimes, we just can't help ourselves."
She inhaled, trying to keep herself from yelling at him.
"When I said that to you the other day about you not being my type and that it was just the stupid bet…I just…Argh…It killed me when I saw you fly away so unhappy."
Blossom still failed to understand it. How could he be so sweet one minute and so horrible the next.
They both stayed quiet for another few minutes, neither of them was enjoying the awkward silence.
"You don't deserve a guy like me anyway Blossom. You deserve someone who will treat you like queen, you're a special girl Blossom, and don't you ever let anybody tell you different, you hear me?"
She nodded. She realized that he really did care for her, but was he just putting it on again?
"You deserve a good guy, brave, attractive. Everything I'm not"
She looked at him in astonishment.
"Brick, you helped protect Buttercup with all of your might yesterday, Ace could've killed you. But you stayed your ground. If that's not good and brave, I don't know what is. And come on, you know you're a heartthrob with your looks."
"Really?" Brick looked up at her.
Blossom nodded, placing her hand on his knee.
He held onto her hand and squeezed it lightly.
Then he looked up to her. She met eyes with him and moved forward, closer, and closer to him.
Their lips collided. Brick placed his hands on her face, Blossom wrapped her arms around his neck, running her fingers though his hair.
They stopped for air, looking lovingly at each other.
"This isn't another bet right?" Blossom whispered, panting for breath.
"Are you kidding me?" Brick chuckled back.
They kissed again. Tongues battling in each others mouths, as if it were a battle of possession of habitat.
They gradually stopped, gasping and panting. Brick looked at his watch, 4:30am.
"We'd better get to bed Pinky." Brick said.
"What? No all nighter?" Blossom asked playfully.
"Don't you know how bad that is for you?" Brick replied as they stood up.
Blossom tutted. "You're such a goody two shoes."
Brick hit her playfully and put his arm over her as they slowly walked back into the house. Everybody was already asleep when they walked in.
Blossom quietly found her place on the sofa and crept into her sleeping bag. Brick placed his in front of the sofa and slipped into his.
As she lay there, she reached a hand down and Brick clutched onto it. She smiled and fell asleep feeling comforted and very happy.
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She woke up quite late. Most of them were already awake, she could hear Amber and Sammy making breakfast in the kitchen.
She wondered what Brick would be like when she spoke to him. If he would blank her or make conversation with her,
Then she felt someone sit by her bed and a hand on her hip. The lips came down and met her forehead.
"Morning." Brick whispered into her ear.
She smiled knowing that he was being himself, and not letting hate and anger get the better of him.
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Brick decided to walk (Well, technically fly) her home. They held hands all the way and although she invited him in, he shook his head and gave her a kiss. Then went back to his own home.
She walked inside, greeting the professor with a hug and floating upstairs, where she could hear Bubbles' angry voice in their room.
"Boomer, stop being such an asshole! I called you to thankyou and tell you the funeral times but you just start yelling at me. You know what, forget it! I don't even want three hooligans there!" Bubbles slammed the phone down as Blossom walked in.
"You know Blossom, you really are right, love does stink." Bubbles said, sitting on the bed.
"It's not so bad Bubbles, sometimes it's better than you think." Blossom said joining her on the bed. A huge smile on her face.