The Dance

by Tonifranz

This fic happens after What is Buttercup's Plan. But reading that fic and my other fics is not necessary for understanding or enjoying this fic. There are references to my other fics, notably Allies and Rivals and Allies and Rivals II. However, the only thing that needs to be understood in this was that a certain Dr William Edwards was the one who recreated the Rowdyruff Boys, not Him, after they were first destroyed by the girls by being kissed, and under his guidance, they were not evil anymore. And they were in alliance with the girls, called the Ruff Puff Alliance, with Blossom as leader.

Short Summary: Pokey Oakes elementary has an annual school dance for its first graders. Sounds good. The catch is, the girls are the one who invite the boys, and the boys, according to school rules, can't refuse the girl who first asked them.

Long Summary: This is a story about a Sadie Hawkins Dance, where the girls ask the boys, and the boy has to take the first girl to ask him to the dance, or else! The boys conjure ways to get out from being asked, and going to the dance, while the girls, as a result of a combination of events, were left with only the Rowdyruffs to ask. Will the Rowdyruff Boys escape from the terrors of the dance? Or will the Powerpuff Girls manage to get the boys to the Dance? And what does Princess Morebucks have to do with all of this?

Disclaimer: I don't own the Powerpuff Girls or their characters. The Powerpuff Girls are owned by Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. I only own my own characters, the most prominent of which is Dr Edwards.

Chapter 1

Announcement

The City of Townsville…

It was a pleasant Tuesday during autumn at Pokey Oakes elementary. The Powerpuff Girls, Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles, the Rowdyruff Boys, Brick, Butch and Boomer, plus a few of their friends, Robin Snyder, Mitch Mitchellson, and others, were classmates in the first grade.

"Boys, Girls, I have an announcement to make," said their Science teacher, Miss Cartwright. "On Saturday, there would be a school dance!"

The girls cheered, the boys groaned.

"I'm not finished," Miss Cartwright said. "According to school policy, it would be the girls who would get to invite the boys!"

The girls giggled, the boys groaned.

"Well, at least we could say no," one boy remarked.

"I'm not finished," Miss Cartwright said. "Boys, you can't refuse or say no to the girl that asked you first. I'm sorry, but according to school policy, boys who refuse to take the girl that asks him first would not pass this term."

"Yes Pete?"

"Um, what if nobody asks you? Are you excused?"

"Yes, but don't count on it. Two-thirds of the first-graders are girls," Miss Cartwright said. "And girls, don't ask now, the rules says that you can only begin asking tomorrow."

It is a known fact that little six-year-old boys hated to go to dances, and the Rowdyruffs were no exception.

"What's it all about?" asked Brick to Mitch. "What's so special about a dance?"

"Don't you know?" said Mitch. "It's a special torture device that girls inflict on us boys! Some wimps like Mike Believe would actually like to go to it, but red-blooded boys like us would hate it! My 8-year-old brother said that you would have to wear stiff clothes, act all polite, and try to make awkward steps by which they would step on your shoes while complaining if you did it to theirs. Then they would act all funny and make you awkward, play spin the bottle by which they would try to force you to kiss them! Play games by which they would embarrass you! I tell you its torture! They won't let you run around and have fun during the dance. You can't have a fight, you can't pig out, you can't have fun! It's hell for boys, I'm telling you!"

"It's that bad, huh?" Butch asked.

"Don't you know the story behind this dance?" Mitch said.

The three ruffs shook their heads.

"Well, the first dance was made a long time ago. According to my brother, the boys actually would be the one to invite the girls. However, us boys would have nothing to do with it. The girls complained that they didn't get invited at all, so the school, who was controlled by girls, said that the girls would have to invite the boys instead."

"Well, we could hide," Boomer said. "After all, if they can't find us, they can't invite us!"

"No you can't! My brother said that boys before tried that tact before, but you can't hide. Those girls are clever! First, you have to go to school tomorrow. And even if you stayed home, those girls will hunt you until they get you. They're relentless, they won't give up! And our mothers would help them!"

"What if you actually want to go?" asked Boomer.

"Then you're a wimp! If you're a man, you'll do everything to avoid being asked!" Mitch said. "Why, are you a wimp?"

"No!"

"But since those girls are so relentless, us boys instead are competing to who'll be asked last," Mitch continued.

"Well, I bet we could avoid being asked," Brick said.

"You're dreaming. Didn't you notice, most of the girls looked at you three when Miss Cartwright announced the dance!" Mitch said. "I'm going to bet, that tomorrow, all those girls would be in a mad stampede to ask you first!"

"Well, we could just float above," Butch said. "We can fly and have superpowers after all!"

"Yeah, but you can't fly forever! My brother said that they'll hunt you in your homes if you are absent. You can't hide for four days, you know! And besides, there are the Powerpuff Girls. They have superpowers too!"

"Well, I'm betting that we won't be invited," Brick asserted.

"No you can't!" Mitch said. "They're relentless!"

"You forget we're the Rowdyruff Boys!" Brick said. "I'm willing to bet two dollars that by Friday afternoon, nobody, including the Powerpuff Girls, would have invited us to the dance!"

"You got yourself a bet," Mitch said.

After that, Mitch turned his attention to other matters.

"Now listen, my brothers, here's my plan," Brick said, snickering.

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Meanwhile…

"Oh Blossom, who will you invite?" asked Robyn.

"I'll invite Boomer," Bubbles answered.

"Well, I don't know. I don't think I'm going to this dance!" Blossom replied.

"Yeah, it's only for sissies!" Buttercup said.

"Ha, the only reason you won't go is that you can't ask a boy to a dance because you're too stupid to do so!" Princess Morebucks said. "You won't be fast enough, because by the time you're gonna ask, all boys would have been taken!"

"Ha, you're wrong!" Blossom asserted. "We can invite a boy if we wanted to!"

"We'll see! You're the Powerpuff Girls, and you'd be the laughing stock of all the girls in this school if you can't invite them. You see, in this school, there are always more girls than boys, and those who can't invite a boy would be let's say, the object of ridicule for the rest of the year! Until at least next year's dance!"

"We'll see! I'll invite Tad Williams, or Pete Jaryinsky, or Ken Parker, just to show you we can do it!" Blossom said.

"I'll invite Mitch just to spite you!" Buttercup said. "Though I still think boys are gross!"

"Good luck," Princess said. "I'll invite Brick myself! And I've got two friends that would invite Boomer and Butch before you losers could!"

"You can keep those Rowdyruffs," Buttercup sneered. "As far as I'm concerned, those three, especially Butch, could crawl back into whatever hole they came from!"

"Yeah! And don't say a word about Brick! That arrogant jerk is enough to make my blood boil!" Blossom said. "He is blind, I tell you! Blind!"

"Hm, why is that?" asked Bubbles.

"He called me an ugly girl!" Blossom seethed. "Only a blind boy would ever call me ugly!"

"We'll, he certainly is honest" Princess said, laughing evilly. "At this rate, you three would be the wallflower of Saturday's dance!"

"Aw! They aren't so bad you know! After all, we all worked together to rescue the Professor and Dr. Edwards at that island, you know!" Bubbles said.

"Oh, you trust too much!" Buttercup snapped before she and Blossom stormed out.

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A few hours later…

"Boys, there are some criminals holding the mayor hostage in his office!" Dr. Edwards, the boys' father, said in the boys' communicator watch.

"Ok," Brick said. "Butch, it's our turn now!"

So Butch and Brick went to save the Mayor.

A few minutes later…

The crooks were tied up and the mayor was free.

"Thanks boys. Well, um, I know this is asking too much, but could you open this pickle jar for me?" the Mayor asked.

"Well, we could, if you do something for us," Brick said.

"Huh, I don't know—"

"Well, have fun opening you own pickle jar!" Butch said.

"Wait, wait! Okay, what is it you want?" the Mayor asked.

"Well, we won't demand much. Just excuse us for the next three days on school for rescuing you," Brick demanded.

"That seems too much—"

"Well, I'm sure you can open this pickle jar by yourself!" Brick suggested.

"Wait, okay, you're excused! Here's some papers saying you won't have to go to school for the next three days. Now could you open my pickle jar?" asked the Mayor.

"Okay," said the Brick. "We have a deal."

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A few minutes later…

Brick and Butch left the Mayor's with Brick holding the Excuse Slip from school in his hand. "Phase one complete. Now to phase two. Mitch will regret making that bet!" Brick said as he and his brothers flew towards school.

Author Notes

This fic, along with The Date, and What is Buttercup's Plan? happens between Chapter 21 (The Triumph of the Ruff Puff Alliance), and Chapter 22 (Brick's Challenge) of this story, Allies and Rivals II: Commander and the Leader. The kids already had rescued Prof Utonium and Dr Edwards from Ckracknow's first island. Ckracknow himself escaped, got some financing from Mr Morebucks, and unknown to the kids, was creating the five clones that will attack Citiesville. Blossom's still the undisputed leader of the Ruff Puff Alliance, but Brick was plotting to grab it from the pink puff leader.