At home in Bubblina's room, Jerry and Bubblina were still trying to comprehend everything they had witnessed after their date. On the way back into Sugar Rush, the couple had seen Barry ready to duke it out with an old enemy he had never spoken to them about, Minty Sakura. Bubblina's head was spinning the most between her and Jerry. Who was this girl? What did she have against Barry or her? Why was she a killer more than a racer? What was going to happen to them?

Barry entered the room where his sister was sitting on her bed, playing with a plushie that looked like Jerry while the real racer sat beside her. "Barry, can you tell us about that girl now?" Bubblina asked him, looking up from her doll.

"Minty Sakura. My greatest challenge in any story I've ever been in." Barry began, leaning against the wall of Bubblina's bedroom. It was true that Bubblina hadn't been around when Barry first met the Japanese avatar. One part of his backstory involved sending Bubblina away using his wristband to an alternate universe in someone else's fanfic. However, after the blue OC had saved the game, he was eventually able to bring his sister back. "Where do I begin? I guess maybe her backstory. And you, in front of your computer or phone screen, pay attention. This is headcanon exposition." Barry pointed to the reader.

Bubblina and Jerry gave him a slightly confused look. "Barry, are you okay?" His sister asked him with a slight bit of concern.

But he just shook his head and started on. "My creator has a head canon of Sakura as a fighter, and one of the fiercest at that. She may not have any particular skills on the track, but combat? HO BOY, that's a whole different story. She was trained by the super soldier, Slade Wilson." Barry explained who she was to his sister.

The couple exchanged a look of confusion. "Who?" They both replied at the same time. Neither of them had heard that name before.

"Slade "Deathstroke" Wilson; He's a DC universe super soldier from one or two of the Batman games." Barry enlightened them, getting off of the wall and joining them on Bubblina's bed. "He's a highly trained assassin with skills that are virtually unmatched in combat. It is a scientific fact that most humans only use about ten percent of their brain's full potential a day. Slade uses one hundred percent constantly." The blue boy continued about the mercenary's capabilities.

Both of them exchanged a concerned look. "What exactly does that mean?" Jerry asked Barry as he told the story.

"This means that he can strategize in the heat of battle in an instance notice to adapt to any attack before his opponent even considers it." Barry went on about the person Sakura had gotten her skills from.

Bubblina's eyes widened in fear. "And all of those things are what that Sakura girl has?" She asked, hoping he would say no. Barry just nodded his head, as much as she didn't want him to. "If she hadn't been so focused on scaring the crepe out of me, Jerry wouldn't be here right now." Bubblina said to herself.

"Yeah, and the fact that she spoke so calmly really sent chills through my code." Jerry added as he started to brush Bubblina's hair.

Barry agreed with Jerry completely on that one. The way the pocky fighter spoke made it seem like she was completely unfazed by the most horrific things. She could talk about murder and doing terrible things to people like it was no big deal. He decided to change the subject to something happier. "So, aside from the ending, how was your date?" Barry asked them, getting up off the bed.

This seemed to do the trick as Bubblina began to smile brightly. "Oh, it was awesome! Yuni taught us all kinds of cool moves, and then the dancers did a really big dance show, and I bought a new Jerry plushie! This one is Kung Fu Jerry!" She said, hugging her plushie with glee.

"I still don't get why my plushies are so popular." The gummy racer wondered as Bubblina kept playing with it joyfully, making it do a few fighting poses. This just got a chuckle from her older brother as she continued to play innocently. Barry then looked at the clock and saw how late it was; late enough for Jerry to leave and Bubbles to take her pill.

Jerry realized this too as Barry hopped off of his sister's bed. "Well, I think it's getting to be bedtime for all of us. Plus, it's time for a certain someone to get ready to take their medicine." He stretched his arms and yawned, hinting for Bubblina to come take her pill.

Her boyfriend got to his feet and got his jacket on, but Bubblina just sat on the bed and crossed her arms. "You're not the boss of me." She quietly said to Barry, pouting a little bit.

Barry sighed when he saw his sister was going to be like this again. "Bubbles, don't do this again." He told his sister in a soft yet stern tone. He turned to her boyfriend in hopes that he could help convince her this time. "Jerry, help me talk to her." He asked.

However, Jerry just shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Sorry, buddy. I'm a sucker for the puppy dog eyes, unlike you." He told Barry while Bubblina smiled proudly because of her talent.

Barry shook his head and turned back to his sister. "I hate to have to put this on you, but if you don't come and take your pill, you won't be able to go out with Jerry for a week." He threatened to ground his little sister. The blue brother hated doing this, but it might be the only thing that would get Bubblina to cooperate.

She was immediately off of her bed and begging Barry to reconsider. "That's not fair! Me and Jerry already have another date planned next week!" She protested. He couldn't keep her from being with her boyfriend. She turned to Jerry for help, but he just shook his head too.

Jerry didn't like the idea of not being able to see Bubblina as much as she didn't like not being able to see him, but he knew why Barry was doing it and didn't interfere. "I'm sorry, Bubbles. I'm only doing this because I love you. Now come on." He told her, gesturing to the door.

Bubblina's face scrunched up in sadness. "NO! You can't do that to me!" She yelled at her brother as her eyes welled up with tears. She then pushed past Barry and Jerry and ran out of the room, breaking into sobs.

The two boys exchanged a look of concern as her cries could be heard from down the hall. "Wow, she's fast." Was all Jerry could say after she had left. "I still don't understand why she hates taking that pill in the first place." He said, as he turned to Barry.

"It has to do with her backstory. Even though it technically never happened, we're both programmed like it did." He turned to Jerry and explained. Both of them stopped to listen to the continuous cries of Barry's heartbroken sister. Barry decided to let Jerry try and talk his sister down as they exited the room.

Meanwhile, at the kitchen table, Bubblina sat with her face buried in her folded arms. The tears kept coming after what Barry had said would happen if she didn't take the pill. But she couldn't; not with what it reminded her of every time she took it. "S-Stupid k-k-kids. I wish they n-never bullied m-me." Bubblina said sadly to herself as she rested her head on the table.

Just then, she felt a hand place itself on her shoulder. Bubbles looked up to see Jerry, giving her a concerned look. "Sweety, I know it's just programmed into you, but it never really happened." Jerry said, trying to calm her down. "If you take these pills, you'll be proving to those bullies that they aren't a weakness, and are helping you live healthy."

Bubblina just shook her head sadly. "You don't understand, Gummy Bear. I really wouldn't mind taking those pills, but every time I look at them, I'm just reminded of what those idiots did to me." She explained to him. Jerry just wrapped her up in a hug and sat with her till she calmed down a bit more. Barry watched from the kitchen door, hoping she'd forgive him and understand why he'd been so harsh.

"It's going to be alright, Bubbles. Barry's just trying to do what's right because he loves you. Will you take those pills for me?" Jerry asked, hoping he could convince her to listen to her brother. He turned to Barry, who nodded back while smiling.

Bubblina sat up and looked at Jerry for a moment before giving him a playful smile. "Oh, alright, fine; I'll do it just this ONE time, for you." She told her gummy boyfriend who laughed a little.

After Bubblina had gotten ready for bed, she and Barry made up after their disagreement. He said that he wouldn't ground her and that she was free to date Jerry outside of Sugar Rush for their next date. They hugged, said their apologies, and waved Jerry off for the night. After he was gone, Bubblina took her pill with no more complaining and went off to bed.

Later that night, Bubblina was lying sound asleep in her bed, cuddling with her Jerry plushie. She smiled as she hugged it, dreaming about her gummy bear. All of a sudden, she was awoken by a faint sound. Bubblina stirred in her slumber and groggily sat up, only half awake. She looked around for what the noise could have been, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

Then she turned her head to see that her bedroom window was open. "That's strange. I never left that window open." Bubblina tiredly pondered. She slowly got out of bed and started to walk over to the window. However, she failed to her the very faint sound of footsteps following her. As Bubbles approached the window, a hand suddenly cupped over her mouth, silencing her surprised shouts.

Bubblina tried to scream out for Barry, but found she couldn't. Her voice only came out a quiet whimper because of the mysterious hand. She then tried kicking and punch her captor, but found that the other hand had her arms restraint while one leg was wrapped around hers to keep her from kicking back. Just then, the invader leaned in a whispered something to Bubblina.

"No one said I was above kidnapping the sister of the one I seek revenge on."

Bubbles quickly recognized the calm voice as Sakura's because to the slight Japanese accent it carried. Thinking this was her only hope, she bit into Sakura hand, which got her to take her hand off for a second. Using this opportunity, she screamed out to her brother at the top of her lungs. "BARRY! HELP! SOMEONE"S TRYI-MMPH MMPH!" Her voice was silenced half way through as a cloth was pulled across her mouth and knotted it tightly.

"I was hoping I'd have a little more time to intimidate you, but that can come later." Sakura told the terrified girl. Knowing she was now short on time, the fighter pulled out what looked like a playing card that had Japanese words writing on it in chocolate. It was one of her prayer slips, her calling card. She threw it at the bedroom door, jamming it so she could escape with her captive.

Sakura threw Bubbles to the floor on her stomach and pulled out some twizzler ropes. She got on top of Bubblina and grabbed both her wrist before she could pull her gag off. Before she could put up any sort of struggle, Sakura had bound Bubblina's wrist behind her.

The next thing was for the pocky girl to restrain her feet to keep her from kicking or running. She turned to her legs and started tying her ankles together as they both heard Barry banging on the bedroom door.

Once she was completely immobilized, Sakura picked up Bubblina and turned to see her still terrified face. She kept shouting into her gag, as if asking who or what she was. Sakura decided to answer that herself. "Oh, Bubblina, you will soon find out." She explained in her eerily calm voice as the bedroom door kept being banged on by her brother. "I am the fear that keeps you up at night. I am the evil that haunts every darkened corner of your mind. I will never, ever, rest…and neither will you." She smiled evilly.

Sakura then pulled out one of her metals fans, causing Bubblina to go wide eyed at what might happen to her. The little mercenary grabbed some her blond hair, used her fan to cut a part of it off, ignoring her captive's muffled grunts, and planted it and a letter on Bubblina's bed together and lifted the bound and gagged girl over her shoulder.

As the Japanese girl hopped out the window Bubblina gave one last cry out. "MMPH MMPH!" She screamed as loud as she could in hopes that she would be heard over the cloth silencing her. But she wasn't. Sakura jumped out the window and ran off just as Barry broke through the jammed door and into his sister's now deserted room.

Barry looked around to find, to his dismay, that he was too late. Someone had kidnapped his sister; someone apparently had a death wish to try such a thing. He was about to look around the room for any evidence of who it might be when he looked to the floor and got all the evidence he needed. On the floor in front of him, he saw a prayer slip, the calling card of only one girl in Sugar Rush.

Sakura

A/N: Hey guys, just a quick note. A lot of you seemed to like this version of Sakura, so I thought i'd leave a note about her. My main inspirations for her are Slade from Teen Titans (which is the main one), Frieza from DragonBall Z, and a pinch of Bane. But after seeing Justice Leage: Crisis on Two Earths, I kinda want to incorporate a little bit of Owlman into her.