Blossom finished doing her hair and tied it off with her bow. Bubbles put up her pigtails and donned her bracelet. Buttercup just threw on the same old dress she wore every day. It had been three days since the Abomination's defeat, three days of their friends and acquaintances teasing and "congratulating" them for their relationships with the Rowdyruff Boys. Having a third-rate tabloid reporter asking about those rumors was bad enough, but leave it to Bubbles to yank the mic away from Blossom and confirm everything. Naturally, Townsville's three literal power couples were the only thing anyone talked about afterwards.

That aside, the Powerpuff Girls had been looking forward to this day all week. All three of them had dates with the Boys. And beyond that, it looked like things would be relatively quiet for the time being. Mojo, Fuzzy, Sedusa and the Gangreen Gang were all in jail, Princess had switched sides, and the Amoeba Boys were still as hopelessly incompetent as ever. Of course, HIM was still out there somewhere, but even he wouldn't be crazy enough to take them on right after they just defeated him. With most of their rogues' gallery accounted for, hopefully the team would be able to take it easy and enjoy life for a while.

Blossom picked up her chess set. "Well, I'm off. See you girls later."

"You and Brick are gonna play chess?" Buttercup snickered. "You guys are such dorks."

"Well, what are you and Butch doing?" Blossom asked.

"Oh, he and I have a little score to settle." Buttercup cracked her nonexistent knuckles.

"You would." Bubbles said. "I'm going to the park. Boomer said he had a surprise for me."

"Who asked you?" Buttercup responded.

The three girls each floated up to the bedroom windows. Just before they left, they heard a knock on their door. Bubbles opened it to let the Professor in. "Hi, girls. I know you're about to head out, and I won't keep you long. It's just… be careful around those boys, okay?"

"Professor, you worry too much." Bubbles replied.

"Well, I'm your father. I can't help it."

"We'll be fine." Blossom assured him. "See you later, Professor."

"See you, girls." With that, the Powerpuff Girls flew out the windows while their father stood there and waved goodbye. Once they were gone, he let out a big, long sigh. "I need to go lie down."

The Rowdyruff Boys finished unpacking their things and setting up their room. Last night while he and Blossom discussed the terms of Princess' probation with her, Brick let it slip that he and his brothers were basically homeless. Princess offered to let them stay at Morbucks Manor, which they accepted. Living with her would be grating, but it was a small price to pay to be on Easy Street. Now that they were settled in, they began getting ready for their dates with the Powerpuff Girls when Princess floated by their room. "How you guys like it here?"

"It's amazing!" Butch replied.

"Eh, it's okay." Boomer shrugged, still disappointed that he couldn't stay with Bubbles.

"I could get used to it." Brick said. "By the way, what's your Wi-Fi password?"

"DiePPGs#66." Princess replied. "I should probably change that."

"Yeah, you probably should." Brick agreed while begrudgingly typing the password into his laptop. He then opened his browser to look up the place Blossom wanted to meet at.

"So… the Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys, huh?" Princess said. "Honestly, I never would've guessed. Though in retrospect it was probably bound to happen."

"Are you going somewhere with this?" Brick asked, not bothering to look up from his computer.

"I just figured I should thank you guys. You and your hormones ended up giving me everything I ever wanted. After all these years, I'm finally a Powerpuff Girl!"

"A probationary Powerpuff Girl." Brick corrected her.

"You're welcome." Butch said sarcastically. "Next time you need us to freeze you solid and blow you up, just ask."

"You know I can kick you out any time, right?"

"Shutting up."

Princess snickered, then turned to Boomer. "Carmichael's ready at the front gate."

"Got it." Boomer got up and left through the door.

"I'm outta here. Wish me luck." Butch flew out the window. Brick followed shortly after, leaving Princess alone.

"I suppose I should get ready for my thing, too."

Blossom arrived at Antelope Coffee to find Brick sitting outside waiting for her. Once she touched down, Brick got up and floated up next to her. "How's it goin'?" He touched her cheek and leaned in for a kiss. Blossom pulled back before their lips made contact.

"Brick, we're in public."

"So? Everyone in town already knows."

Blossom sighed. "Yeah, I guess they do." I'm gonna kill you in your sleep, Bubbles! She put down her chess set, then leaned in and kissed Brick. The other coffee shop patrons averted their gaze while the couple went inside to order. After getting their drinks, they moved back outside and Blossom set up the chessboard. Brick took a minute before starting the game to admire the craftsmanship of the pieces.

"Man, what I wouldn't give for a set this nice."

"Yeah. It's great to finally get some use out of it."

"Shame you're gonna lose. How 'bout we make this interesting? Loser buys lunch."

"You're on. I was in the mood for some sushi." Blossom took the first turn as Brick gagged, moving one of her pawns two spaces. "So how's life at Morbucks Manor?"

"It's pretty good, all things considered." Brick moved his knight. "Did you ever think things would turn out this way?"

"No, I never saw it coming." Blossom moved another pawn. "Seems like everyone else did, though."

"Everyone except Mojo." Brick moved one of his pawns. "I wonder what's going through his big empty head right now."

"Knowing him, the irony's probably driving him insane." Blossom deployed her bishop. "Well, more insane than usual."

"Yeah. The boys he created to destroy the Powerpuff Girls ended up dating the Powerpuff Girls." Brick captured one of Blossom's pawns with his knight. He then did his best Mojo Jojo impression. "'It was me. It was me. It was me. It was me…'"

Blossom laughed. "Nice one." She moved her other bishop. "To be honest, Princess joining the team feels even weirder."

Brick deployed his queen. "Is she really that bad?" As if on cue, the two of them heard some music and paused their game. They looked down the street to see a marching band followed by Princess' limousine and two elephants walking behind it. Each elephant wore a purple caparison with 'Introducing: the Powerpuff Princess' embroidered onto it in yellow, while two of Princess' servants rode the elephants and tossed confetti around. Princess herself was floating just above the limo, smiling and waving at everyone on the sidewalk. Blossom and Brick froze up trying to process the sheer ridiculousness of what they were seeing. Princess noticed the red heroes and called out to them.

"Hey, Blossom! Thanks again for making me a Powerpuff Girl!" she shouted as she passed by. Blossom and Brick simply stared at her in shock. Once the parade was out of earshot, they resumed their conversation.

"That answer your question?" Blossom captured Brick's knight with her rook.

"This is gonna be a long six months." Brick captured Blossom's rook with his bishop. "At least you're not living with her."

"Thank goodness for that." Blossom moved her knight, then shot Brick a dirty look. "Don't get too friendly with her."

"Who, whoa, whoa, take it easy! I don't even…!" Brick noticed Blossom smirking and giggling at him. "Okay, you got me." He captured one of Blossom's pawns with his queen.

"Now we're even." Blossom moved her rook.

"Well, try to keep your jealousy under control." Brick moved his queen. "We're gonna need her if we wanna use the Glorious Shining Dragon again."

"The Glorious Shining Dragon?" Blossom moved another pawn.

"I'm still working on names." Brick moved his bishop. "Checkmate."

"What?!" Blossom scoured the board with her eyes. After looking over everything for a solid minute, it was clear that Brick had in fact checkmated her. "One more game! Double or nothing!"

"Double or nothing on lunch?"

"Loser buys lunch and dinner." Blossom said. Before Brick could accept her challenge, both their phones started ringing.

"Looks like that'll have to wait." Brick picked up his phone and answered. "What is it, Mayor?"

Bubbles sat impatiently on a bench in Townsville Park. What was taking Boomer so long? He should've gotten here ten minutes ago. Did he forget he could fly or something? As much as Bubbles loved him, she couldn't just ignore how stupid he could be sometimes. But he'd never be so stupid as to stand her up. Bubbles took out her phone to call him, but then she suddenly dropped it and gasped.

Boomer had arrived in a carriage drawn by a beautiful white horse. The carriage was white and spherical, like something out of a fairy tale, and was driven by Princess' servant Carmichael dressed in a tuxedo and a top hat. Boomer exited the carriage, then floated down next to Bubbles. "I thought we'd ride around town in this thing. You like it?"

"I love you, Boomer." Bubbles replied, picking up her phone and staring in awe at his grand romantic gesture.

"I'll take that as a yes." Boomer took Bubbles' hand. "Your carriage awaits, my lady." He opened the door and the two of them floated inside. Carmichael took the reins and the horse started walking. Bubbles and Boomer sat down and Boomer put his arm around Bubbles' shoulders as they enjoyed the ride.

"Where'd you get this?" Bubbles asked.

"I borrowed it from Princess." Boomer gestured forward. "That one's her favorite horse. Her name's Powerpuff."

"Obsessed much?" Bubbles giggled, then sighed. "I still can't believe you're staying at her house after what she did to you."

"That's only 'cause Brick and Butch outvoted me. But she did let me use this carriage, so I guess I can forgive her. I'd still rather be living with you, though."

"Forget it. The Professor would never let that happen." Bubbles reminded him. Boomer thought back to three days ago when the Girls and the Boys returned to the Utonium house after the press conference. All the Rowdyruff Boys did was return the suits and pick up their stuff before leaving, but apparently the Professor had seen the live broadcast. That look on his face as the Boys left would be permanently etched into their retinas. Boomer shuddered just thinking about it.

"You had to know he'd be watching. Why'd you have to tell the whole world about us like that?"

"Because I've wanted to for years."

Aw, man! Here comes the guilt again. Boomer fell silent for a moment before asking her something he'd wondered ever since he confessed to her. "What'd you ever see in me? I mean, I was so horrible to you."

"Well, I always thought you were cute." Bubbles began. "But I think it was after that day I pretended to be you. I saw how Brick and Butch treated you and I just felt sorry for you. Then there was that time you kissed me…"

"You know I was trying to make you explode, right?"

"Yeah, but still." Bubbles closed her eyes and rested on Boomer's shoulder. "Oh, it doesn't matter. We're together now. I'm happier than I've ever been in my life."

"Yeah, me too." Boomer grabbed Bubbles' chin and she looked up. As the two of them leaned in for a kiss, their phones went off. Both of them groaned as they picked up and answered. "What is it, mayor?" Boomer grumbled.

Buttercup stood still in the middle of Townsville Junkyard. She closed her eyes, listening intently for even the slightest disturbance. After several minutes, her eyes shot open as Butch flew in from behind like a meteor. Buttercup dodged to the left as Butch struck the ground where she was standing. He quickly got up and threw a punch and Buttercup, who blocked it and countered with a punch of her own, which hit Butch squarely in the chest. He tumbled back as she followed up with another punch, but Butch kicked her in the stomach before she could land it, launching her into a pile of wrecked cars. As he advanced on her, she picked up a car and threw it at him, which he dodged by flying upward. Buttercup picked up another car and took to the sky.

"Using weapons? Pathetic." Butch taunted. Buttercup ignored him and attempted to slam the car onto his head. Butch looked up and used his laser eyes to cut the car in half. That proved to be all the distraction Buttercup needed to fly straight at him and tackle him to the ground. Once they touched down, the two of them wailed on each other until Buttercup pinned Butch down. He wiggled his arm free and grabbed a clump of dirt, hoping to rub it in Buttercup's face, but she quickly smacked it out of his hand.

"I know your stupid tricks."

"Do you know this one?" Butch activated his forcefield, which pushed Buttercup off of him. He then punched her in the face and knocked her back. Buttercup retaliated with a barrage of lasers. Butch put up his shield to deflect them, but quickly realized his mistake. Before he could drop it, Buttercup slammed into him at full speed, shattering the shield. The force of the blow put Butch in a momentary daze, which Buttercup took advantage of by knocking him to the ground face-down and grabbing his arm and holding it behind his back.

"Say it!" Buttercup yelled

"I'll never…" Buttercup twisted Butch's arm. "Gah!"

"I said say it!"

"Grr… uncle." Butch surrendered and Buttercup let him go. The two of them stood up and faced each other, panting heavily.

"Second-best fighter, huh?"

"Next time, Buttercup. Next time." Butch smiled at her and Buttercup smiled back. With that, the green heroes embraced each other and kissed.

"Not your typical first date, huh?"

"Can't think of anything else I'd rather do. Except maybe…" Before Butch could finish, his and Buttercup's phones rang. Buttercup was first to answer.

"What is it, Mayor?"

"Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, help! There's a gigantic lobster destroying Townsville! Hurry and save us!"

"I'm on my way." Princess hung up her phone. "Everyone, stop!" she yelled to the marching band. "I have to go save the day!" With that, she flew off to join her teammates. The parade paused and awaited her return.

After a minute, the Powerpuff Girls, the Rowdyruff Boys and Princess Morbucks all met up in the sky above downtown Townsville. Their enemy was smashing buildings nearby, then looked to them and roared, beckoning them to challenge it.

"Can we make this quick? I have a parade to get back to." Princess said. The others scowled at her.

"We're gonna have to talk about that later." Blossom replied.

"Oh, come on! I've been planning that since I was six. Can't I just have a little fun?"

"Just leave it for now." Brick intervened. "We've gotta deal with this overgrown crayfish."

"Alright, then." Blossom agreed. "Team Powerpuff, attack!"

As the seven heroes flew in to save the day, the Narrator said his final piece. "So once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls! And the Rowdyruff Boys!"

"Ahem!"

"And, yeah, Princess helped too, I guess."

THE END