This is a continuation of Allies and Rivals, my first fic, as is clearly indicated by the title. I strongly recommend reading the first story before proceeding with this one, as there would be many things that would be unexplained or not understood if this one is read by its own. However, if you want to read this one without reading the first, just ask questions in the review and I'll be glad to answer it next time I post a chapter.

And I apologize if the RRB characters are off mark from that of the new episodes in the show. I started the story back in August, before the release of the new RRB episodes.

Please read and review.

P.S. I don't own the Powerpuff Girls, or any of the characters of this story, except Dr. Edwards.

Allies and Rivals II

By Tonifranz

Chapter 1 - First Day of School

The city of Townsville, and it was September 4, the first day of school.

"Wow!" Bubbles said with her mouth wide open and staring. "Pokey Oakes elementary is so big! Not like Pokey Oakes kindergarten."

"Yeah, it's as if we went to another planet!" Buttercup added. "Look at all those kids!"

"Pokey Oakes kindergarten had never this many kids," Blossom remarked.

"That's because not only most of the kids of Towsville's suburbs come here, but also kids of different ages, all the way from the first to the sixth grade," the Professor exclaimed. "And I've already explained to the principal your job as superheroes, and he agreed to excuse you from school every time the hotline rings."

"Gee, thanks Professor, but what about us being grounded for what we've done?" asked Bubbles.

"Well, you Bubbles aren't grounded anymore because you've served your three day sentence," said the Professor. "As for you two," turning to Blossom and Buttercup, "you would limit your superheroing stuff to school hours, and only in odd numbered days after it. The boys would take over at even numbered days."

"Yes professor," said Blossom.

"Okay," the professor said. "I have to go now! See you later! Hope you make lots of friends!" He then went back to his car and drove away.

"I wonder if the boys will be going to school too?" wondered Bubbles.

"Of course they will! You saw the results of the exam yourself!" Buttercup shouted.

"Don't remind me!" Blossom said.

"Why, still upset over the exam results?" teased Buttercup.

"Ah, don't fess about it!" Bubbles said cheerily. "You got the second spot, and you're only behind by a tiny point!"

"But I studied very hard to get the top spot!" Blossom complained. "And I ended up losing to somebody who never had gone to school a day in his life!"

"So what?" Buttercup countered. "We also studied for it, yet we didn't expect to get those high scores. Frankly, I don't get what the big stuff is about. So you're number 2 on the entrance exam. Big deal!"

"You don't understand, Buttercup," Blossom replied. "I've always been number one at academics, and never number two. It's a matter of pride that I should always be on top!"

"Bubbles, Buttercup, Blossom!" Robyn Snyder suddenly called from afar, running towards them.

"Robyn!" the three sisters shouted, running, or rather flying towards her, forgetting Blossom's tantrum in the process.

Meanwhile…

"So this is a school!" said Butch in wonder as he gazed upon the building and its many people.

"It would have been great if it weren't for all the people," Brick remarked.

"Yeah, it's so crowded," Boomer added.

"Well, they better not mess with us, or they're going to get it," Butch declared.

"Now boys, remember what I told you," Dr. Edwards said as he fetched his boys out his car. "Don't get into any kind of trouble or I'll be very disappointed with you."

"Don't worry, we won't!" Boomer said.

Both Butch and Brick groaned, because they thought that half the fun was gone by this prohibition. But unlike other kids, they won't even think of disobeying their father when they could help it. Their greatest fear would be that their father would be disappointed with them, and their greatest joy is when he praises them and tell them he's proud. But this loyalty is what changed the boys, and restrained their generally rowdy behavior.

"Good!" Dr. Edwards said. "Now, I want you to go out there and be the best that you could be! Always aim to be number one. Remember, you are much smarter than the other kids. And don't forget what I've thought you in the past month! Watch your mouth. Try to be in friendly, or give the impression to be friendly. You've got better chances of reaching the top if you are in friendly terms with the kids here and the people. Or at least if you're not hated."

"Yes Dad," the three said, hanging on every word of their father.

"And don't worry about doing superhero stuff," Dr. Edwards said. "I've talked with Principal Albertson, and he agreed to excuse you three from class everytime my voice is heard on your communicator-watches."

"Awesome! You're really great Dad!" Brick said.

"I know. Remember, you're my sons, a member of the Edwards family, and as such, you must aim at nothing short than being the first in everything. Always be the greatest!"

"Yes Dad," all three said.

"Okay, I'll be seeing you later," said the doctor as he went back to his car and drove to his office.

The trio looked at the school, and slowly began walking towards the building. Soon, a boy, about their age with brown hair, began running towards them.

"Hey guys, can I hang out with you?" he asked.

"And you are?" asked Butch.

"Mitch Mitchellson!" he said.

"Why would you want to hang out with us?" asked a suspicious Brick.

"Because you're the greatest superheroes to come to this city, and I would be honored just to be friends with you," Mitch Mitchellson declared.

Brick laser-eyed the ground near Mitch's feet, causing him to jump.

"Now, why do you really want to join us?" asked Brick.

Mitch was shaking, but he recovered his composure.

"Well, I want to hang out with you because it would make me cool among the kids here and would make me more popular."

"And why would I want you to hang out with us?" asked Brick.

"Because, like you, I hate the Powerpuff Girls, and I know them long enough to give you some dirt on them," said Mitch. "And I know this school, and I could give you tips to help you around. I'm also a jerk and very good at pranks!"

"Well, that seems good enough," Brick replied. "Sure, you can hang out with us, but don't ever screw us, or else!"

"Yes Brick," Mitch replied.

The three then continued walking towards the school building, followed closely by Mitch.

Soon, another boy, like Mitch, with brown hair, and the same age, ran towards them.

"Finally, I've been able to catch up with you. I'm your biggest fan! You're my heroes, the Rowdyruff Boys! Can we please be friends?"

"And you are?" asked Boomer.

"Mike Believe!" the boy responded. "And I very much want to hang out with you."

"Why should we let you?" asked a sceptical Brick.

"Because, well, please! I don't have many friends, so please let me be your friend?"

"Hey, aren't you the kid who thought he had a make-believe friend?" Mitch asked.

"Yes, except that he wasn't so imaginary, and he was not nice at all" said Mike Believe. "Good thing the Powerpuff Girls saved us all."

Brick and Butch was about to tell him off, but Boomer preempted them.

"Why not?" he said. "Sure, you could hang out with us!"

"Really!" he exclaimed. "That is the coolest, most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me." He then began jumping and running around in circles. After a few seconds, he realized what he's doing, and being the shy type he is, stopped.

"Oh sorry," he said, plainly embarrassed.

"Just don't do it again, or I'll say I don't know you," Boomer replied. "Come on!"

"Are you crazy?" Butch whispered to Boomer. "Why would let him be friends with us."

"Because," Boomer whispered back, "Dad said that we must be friendly or seem to be friendly to the people here."

"Yeah," Brick interrupted. "But what use is he to us?"

"Well, I'm sure we can find a use for him. But let's keep him in the meantime," Boomer whispered. "It's better this way."

"Okay, but it's your fault if he messes up and he turns kinda useless!" Brick replied sharply, though still in whispers to avoid being heard by the other students.

"Thanks Brick," said Boomer.

Soon, the three "superheroes" and their two new "friends" Mike Believe and Mitch Mitchellson (who by the way, don't like each other) walked towards the main school building. Soon, the kids in the playground playing stopped and looked at the five kids.

Meanwhile…

The four friends, Blossom, Buttercup, Bubbles and Robyn were discussing old times when a crowd of kids began forming a circle around them.

"It's the Powerpuff Girls!" one of them proclaimed, and they began cheering.

The girls began bowing in response, and Blossom decided to give one of her standard speeches.

"Kids of Townsville," she began, "Thanks for your support, and I promise you, as long as we are here, the Powerpuff Girls will always save the day!"

"What a ham!" Buttercup whispered to Bubbles.

"Hey, it's the Rowdyruff Boys!" one of the kids around them shouted.

Soon, they all ran towards where the boys were, leaving the Powerpuff Girls in the dust. Even Robyn joined the bandwagon.

"Where are you going?" asked Buttercup.

"To see the Rowdyruff Boys!" she said. "I haven't seen them!"

Soon, all they see was the back of kids who where too busy trying to take a glimpse of the Rowdyruff Boys.

"What the heck?" Buttercup said. "Why are they cheering for those jerks?"

"Yeah, why did they suddenly abandon us just because those three showed up?" Blossom bitterly and jealously asked.

"Because, silly," Bubbles replied, "the boys are new, and they haven't seen them yet. Most of them knew us and they already met us, but not the boys. Remember when we first became superheroes?"

"I remember, they reacted to us pretty much the same way they are currently reacting to the boys," Blossom conceded.

"So there isn't anything to worry about," said Bubbles.

"I guess, but that doesn't mean I don't like it," Buttercup declared in a huff.

In the meantime…

The five boys (including Mike and Mitch) were amazed at the crowed gathered in front of them. They were a diverse bunch, both male and female, ranging from first to sixth grade with faculty and staff. They soon erupted into cheers and clapping. Mitch and Mike were delighted, seeing as their popularity with the kids would increase, while Boomer didn't mind. Butch was disgusted, however, and Brick shared his green brother's sentiment.

"Aw sh-" Butch was about to say, but Brick fortunately slapped his hand over his mouth.

"Shut up, you fool," Brick whispered to his brother. "Remember what Dad said? Now, I want you two to at least pretend to like these people, or at least don't tell them what you really feel? Got it? Good. Now let's act hypocritically!"

Brick then forced himself into a smirk and waved back, though unlike Blossom he didn't give a speech. Boomer grinned as wide as he could and waved heartily, clearly enjoying this. Butch just crossed his arms and kept wore a frown in his face. Mitch and Mike, though aware that those cheers wasn't for them, nevertheless waved and smiled for all they're worth.

Soon, the bell rang and the kids stampeded towards their rooms.

"Well, I guess class begins this minute," Boomer remarked as he floated towards the building. "Hope we don't get those girls as classmates!"

"Yeah," Butch added. "Going to school with them is bad enough, but being classmates with them is enough to make me puke!"

"Ah the girls aren't so bad," Mike Believe interjected.

"Yes they are!" Boomer answered passionately. "And you don't know the half of what they did!"

Mike then realized he hit a nerve when he said that, so he decided not to compliment the girls in front of his new friends. He remembered the last fight that was shown on television, and realized that they were still bitter about it.

A minute later, they arrived at their classroom. The teacher wasn't around yet. The kids were rowdy. Some were throwing pieces of paper at each other, others were crying for their mommy, others were drawing on their tables, while others were sleeping, drooling on their desks as they did so. The sole exception is Blossom, who sat on her chair straight and proper, as if the teacher was already there, while Bubbles was just behind her drawing with her crayons. Buttercup was among those people throwing pieces of paper at other kids.

The five boys (except Mike) jumped at the scene like fish to water. Butch took out the gum from his mouth and threw it at one of the hair girls chatting (not the PPG) and she did not see him. He then began tore pages from his notebook, crumpled it, and threw it at his classmates. Of course, the paper thrown had extra impact. He merely laughed at those who complained, then repeated it. Boomer began making paper planes and flew it around the classroom. Brick calmly went to an empty seat of his choice, tore a piece of paper, rolled it into a kind of drinking straw, tore small pieces of paper and began using it as blowdart, with the paper as ammunition. He began targeting Blossom, whose proper sitting made her a perfect target. Besides, despite the forgiveness thing, he was still sore at Blossom.

"Hey!" Blossom complained as she turned.

Brick quickly turned towards Mike and pretended to have a conversation. As a result, the leader of the Powerpuff Girls was none the wiser. He repeated it, and when Blossom turned her head, he quickly hid it and resumed his conversation.

Blossom was getting suspicious when another large piece of paper hit her in the head.

"Got you!" Butch said, laughing.

Blossom thought about retaliating but decided it's not worth it. 'I won't go down to their level. I'll just tell the teacher.'

Their other classmates include Robyn Snyder and Princess Morebucks.

A few seconds later, their adviser, Miss Mary Cartwright. The class quieted down when she arrived.

"Hello. I'm Miss Cartwright, your adviser, and Science teacher. Now, I want you to introduce yourselves."

She then saw one red haired girl with a big bow raising her hand.

"You can go first," she said.

"Um, Miss Cartwright, I would like to tell you that Butch was being mean and he threw pieces of paper at me and all of the class were very rambunctious, throwing paper, chewing gum and being noisy!"

"Well, I'll see to the matter. But please, I told you to introduce yourself to me, not play tattle-tail," Miss Cartwright replied.

"Um sorry," Blossom said. "Anyway, I'm Blossom Utonium, the leader of the Powerpuff Girls and saviors of Townsville."

She was met by a stunning silence, not a few kids glaring at her for ratting on them.

"Tattle Tail!" Butch said.

'Way to go, Blossom,' Brick thought as he smirked. 'Now Butch will hate you even more.'

"Young man, your next," she said to Butch.

Butch went up front and simply said, "I'm Butch Edwards and the toughest Rowdyruff. Don't mess with me or I'll kick you butt," he simply said and went back to his seat.

'Smooth, Butch, real smooth,' Brick thought.

"Okay, your next," she then pointed to another red-headed girl.

"I'm Princess Morebucks and my Daddy is the richest man in Town!" she said, then went back to her seat.

"I'm William Bricker Edwards Jr., but you can call me Brick," he said next, his tone concealing his contempt. "And Mr. Morebucks is a tramp compared to my Dad, Dr. William Edwards. By the way, I'm the leader of the Rowdyruff Boys."

That remark infuriated Princess. "Why you little-"

"Princess, please calm down. I'm sure he is just teasing," Miss Cartwright said.

'You'll pay for that!' Princess thought. 'Wait a minute, did he say he's Dr. Edwards' son? I know, I'll marry one of them and get all of his wealth. And I'll become even richer, and Dad's competitor will disappear. Oh Daddy will be so proud of me!'

The Powerpuff Girls themselves were pleased that Princess was annoyed, even if Brick was the person to do that.

Buttercup was next. "I'm Buttercup Utonium, and I'm tougher than Butch!"

"Thanks Buttercup, now-"

"Boys, a monster is approaching the city from the beach!" Dr. Edwards' voice suddenly said from the communicator watches of the three.

"Wow cool!" Mike and Mitch and the rest of the kids said.

"Um, could we…" Brick asked.

"Sure, just be back as soon as you can," Miss Cartwright said.

Soon, the three boys were off to fight the monster.

"Teacher, could we go and fight the monster too?" asked Blossom.

"Sorry girls, but your hotline hasn't rang," said the teacher. "I can only excuse you if there was a call from the hotline."

"But…" Buttercup began.

"No buts," Ms. Cartwright said. "Wait for the hotline to ring."

Sot the girls waited.

Fifteen minutes later, the hotline finally rang.

"I'll get it," Blossom said. "Hello?"

"Powerpuff Girls, help! A monster is attacking Townsville at the beach!" shouted the mayor.

"Um, teacher, could we…" Bubbles began.

"Go ahead. And good luck!" said Miss Cartwright.

The girls scooted out of the building towards the beach, but were surprised by what they saw.

Instead of a rampaging monster fighting the Rowdyruff Boys, they only saw its corpse by the beach. The city itself was undamaged, since the monster was killed before it reached the city proper.

"What happened," asked Blossom to Police Chief Alexander Grulp, who is busy directing the police in cleaning up the mess.

"Hi girls. Well, the Rowdyruff Boys took care of this problem. They just left a minute ago. The rest of the police arrived just before the monster was killed. Looks like you're a little late!"

"Well, at least the town is safer with those boys around," said Blossom. "See you around!"

The girls, except Bubbles, were grumpy.

"Those boys are gonna steal our jobs!" Buttercup complained.

"No they're not," Bubbles countered. "They're just helping us. And besides, it'll make our job easier."

They soon arrived at the classroom with Miss Cartwright teaching science.

"Oh hi girls. The boys just came in a few minutes ago," she said then resumed her teaching.

Brick's smirk was its widest looking at the girls, and it is in a verge of breaking into a grin. Of course, it's a mocking smirk, and it for some reason, nearly cost Blossom to lose her cool. Normally, like before, she would just be irritated, but circumstances made her boil. She glared at the leader of the Rowdyruffs, who just went back listening to the teacher. Butch just looked at her with contempt, while looking at his counterparts with less aversion. Boomer just ignored them.

Soon, the bell rang and Miss Cartwright left, but before the kids could act up, a very familiar teacher entered the room.

"Ms. Keane!" shouted the Powerpuff Girls.

"Hi Girls," she greeted. "Hi. I'm Miss Sandra Keane and I'm going to be your Math teacher. Since I…"

Soon, Dr. Edwards's voice on the RRB's communicator again. "Boys, the first national bank is being robbed!"

"We're on it!" Brick said. "Miss Keane…"

"Of course. Just don't take too long!"

Soon, the boys were off towards the first national bank.

"Miss Keane, could we go and stop the robbers from robbing the first national bank?" Blossom asked.

"Well, you'll have to wait for the hotline to ring before I could excuse you. Rules are rules, you know."

"Yes Ms. Keane…" said the three girls dejectedly. So they waited…and waited…and waited….while Ms. Keane continued her math lessons. After ten minutes, the hotline rang.

Blossom immediately got the phone. "Hello mayor…the first national bank you say…we're on it!"

"Miss Keane?" asked the girls.

"Go ahead," she said.

Soon the girls left. Three minutes later the boys arrived triumphantly. Five minutes later, the girls returned dejectedly.

This happened one more time that same day, when the Gang Green Gang went on a rampage. The boys got the first call from Dr. Edwards, the hotline rang minutes later, but when the girls flew to the problem, it had already been taken care of by the boys.

That afternoon, as the girls were flying towards home…

"Of all the rotten luck!" Buttercup shouted. "If the police aren't so incompetent, then we would have given those boys a run for their money!"

"Guys, I think…" Bubbles began but was interrupted by Buttercup.

"I got it! Why don't we ask the professor to invent those watch thingies that those boys use?"

"It won't solve our problems, Buttercup. We still have the police to inform us of the crimes, and we don't have Dr. Edwards' sources," Blossom replied.

"Oh this sucks!" Buttercup said.

"Guys…"

"This is bad," Blossom said, again interrupting Bubbles. "We're going to lose our superhero status all because we'll always be late—we'll be useless."

"No! Maybe if we join forces with the boys, we won't have a problem at all!" Bubbles suggested.

"Are you crazy?" Buttercup shouted. "Joining them would be worse than always being too late!"

"Well, Bubbles' right," Blossom said, remembering her earlier promise. "Even if I hate to admit it, we need them to remain viable superheroes. I mean we need to have their efficiency, and we can't have it without having an alliance with them."

"I still think it's a bad idea," Buttercup said.

"No it's not!" Bubbles said. "It's brilliant! And we would have an easier time being friends with them. "

"Who wants to be friends with them?" said Buttercup.

"I do!" Bubbles said, raising her hand. "And I know Blossom does to. Remember that promise?"

"Yes I do!" Blossom said.

"See!" Bubbles exclaimed.

"You're both crazy!" Buttercup replied.

"As much as I hate to admit it," Blossom began, "we need an alliance with the boys if we want to keep saving the day. It's our duty and responsibility—we can't take into account our personal feelings about them."