DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DEMASHITAA! POWERPUFF GIRLS Z OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS!

INSPIRED BY: marinav92

Me: I apologize for the fact that I took so long with the epilogue. I haven't been feeling well these days, actually, so I never got into the mood of writing, especially with school coming around the corner.

Kaoru: ...So can I come out now?

Me: I said at the end of the epilogue, Kaoru! D:

Kaoru =_=

Butch: -chuckles-

Kaoru: Butch...SHUT UP.

Butch: And just how do you plan on doing that? -smirks-

Kaoru: ...JUST SHUT UP!

Me: Well, anyway, enjoy the epilogue~.

EPILOGUE:

Many months have passed since that day and it was already summer vacation. The Professor somehow had gotten the boys enrolled at Tokyo University when they awoke from their long slumber. Momoko, Miyako, and I pretty much plan going to Tokyo University as well, so when we finished our final year in high school, well, you could say that we were pretty ecstatic.

Nonetheless, right now, I was walking around town by myself. Butch and his brothers had to do a year's worth of community service because of what they did to my high school. The principal was seriously not happy about the fact that the girls and I were dating them, either, but it was all right. He was only worried about us, after all, unlike most stuck-up principals.

Momoko went job hunting. She's pretty much trying to get a job at any store that sells any sweets. Miyako, on the other hand, was helping out her grandmother around the house. So all in all, I was pretty much on my own for the day.

Sighing heavily, I continued to walk on the sidewalk, looking at the sky. Well, that is until someone bumped into me and I ended up falling down.

Glaring, I quickly stood up and yelled, "Watch where you're going, will you?!"

"Hey, I'm in a rush, okay?"

I blinked a couple of times and then narrowed my eyes at the person before me. When the person looked at me, my eyes went even wider as I yelled, "Dai?!"

He blinked back at me. "Kaoru?"

"W-What the hell?! I thought you were busy throughout the entire year!"

"Yeah, but we get a week off, so…" He grinned at me, winking. "Figured I may as well visit my family, since they must've missed me."

I rolled my eyes, but grinned nonetheless. "Mom's gonna be psyched that you're back. Same with Dad and Sho."

He then pat my head a couple of times while grinning. The two of us then started walking the other way, with his arm hung around my shoulder. "So, Kaoru," he began while grinning still. "Anything interesting happen while I was gone?"

I blinked a couple of times and it was then my eyes went wide. Wait, he doesn't know about Butch! Oh, crap! I already have Dad on my case about it still!

We stopped at a stop sign, waiting for the cars to pass on by before we continued walking even more. When I glanced at him, he was raising an eyebrow at me, but that questioning look soon turned into one that was full of suspicion.

Narrowing his eyes, he stated, "Kaoru…"

"Uh, lots of things happened," I muttered while clearing my voice awkwardly.

"Meaning?"

When I glanced at him, he was raising an eyebrow at me even more. I really don't wanna tell him now…

"Well…" My voice trailed off as he continued to stare at me suspiciously while we walked down the street. Oh, that's right! Clearing my voice, I stated calmly, "We have a pet dog now."

"Seriously?" Dai asked, raising an eyebrow.

I nodded in response, grinning. And you have no idea how much trouble that actually caused…

"And that's it?" Dai asked, still raising an eyebrow.

I quickly nodded in my head, still grinning.

He frowned slightly in response, but shrugged it off. "Whatever. So what's the dog's name?"

"Takeshi."

"Who came up with it?"

"Sho."

Dai snickered slightly. "Well, as long as the little brat's happy, it's all good."

Chuckling, I replied, "Takeshi's not that bad, you know."

"I know."

"How can you know if you haven't met him yet?"

"'Cause dogs are cool. Period."

I found myself laughing at my older brother's lame reason, but hell, it was nice for him to be back. Plus, Butch wouldn't be around today, so he wouldn't have to find out about Butch and all. Before I knew it, the two of us ended up before the house and just as I was about to grab my keys, someone already opened the door.

My eyes went wide at the person that opened it.

"Hey, Kaoru-chan~!"

I blinked a couple of times in response, staring at none other than Butch. Glancing at Dai's arm, I inwardly flinched.

He looked at Dai and frowned, seeing of how his arm was slung around my shoulder. "Who the hell are you and what do you think you're doing to my Kaoru?"

Yup, I was expecting this. Oh, jeez…

"Your Kaoru?" Dai asked, narrowing his eyes at Butch. All of a sudden, Dai started stepping forward and grabbed Butch by his collar. "And just what exactly gives you the right to call her that?"

Butch smirked.

I, on the other hand, flinched. I'm screwed.

"I'm her boyfriend, asshole," Butch replied, smirking still as he glared darkly at Dai.

Scoffing, Dai stated darkly back, "Boyfriend? Please. As if Kaoru would go out with someone like you."

Dai somewhat has a point, I thought, grinning nervously. Normally, I wouldn't go out with someone like that, but this is Butch we're talking about here… The Butch of the RowdyRuff Boys Z.

Clearing my voice, I stated, "Dai, look—"

"No, it's fine, Kaoru," Dai interrupted, still glaring darkly at Butch. "I got this. Just leave it to me."

"But, Dai—"

"I got this. Just trust me."

Dai, I do trust you! It's just… This is Butch we're talking about here! He might kill you, damn it! If you value your freaking life, you should be trying to listen to me!

"Oh, so the asshole thinks he can beat me, huh?" Butch stated darkly, tilting his head slightly. He had somewhat of a sadistic grin on his face, which made me flinch.

"Asshole? Oh, no, I think you're the asshole here, pretty boy," Dai replied, his stare becoming darker by the minute.

"Pretty boy? You're gonna have to do better than that."

"At least I try to stay away from using vulgar language."

"Says the hypocrite that cursed just less than a minute ago."

"I was merely restating what you had just said and, as a result, I just happened to insult you in the process—twice, if I may add."

I sighed heavily at these two while they suddenly started staring at each other intensely. Glancing back and forth between the two, I merely rolled my eyes before shaking my head. Pushing Butch out of the way, which caused the both of them to suddenly lose their composure, if I may add, I headed up the stairs while ignoring them calling out my name.

Shaking my head in disbelief, I then sighed heavily once more before frowning. "Men."

"KAORU!" I heard them yell once I went into my room. All of a sudden, I heard footsteps going up the stairs, so it merely made me sigh in exasperation once they opened my door.

"Have you two ever heard of knocking first?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at them.

"Kaoru, seriously, who is this asshole and why the hell did he have his arm around you?!" Butch exclaimed while narrowing his eyes at Dai.

"Says the pretty boy that answered the door and is in our very house," Dai retorted, scowling.

"Our?"

"Yes, our!"

"Why you—"

"Takeshi!" I yelled, narrowing my eyes at Butch. He and his brothers still used their aliases, since they couldn't really use their RowdyRuff names in public. When the two of them finally looked at me, I then stated while nodding towards Dai, "Takeshi, meet my brother, Dai." Sighing heavily, I continued while rolling my eyes, "Dai, meet Takeshi, my idiotic jackass of a boyfriend."

The two of them looked at each other and then back at me before yelling, "WAIT, SO HE'S—"

I quickly glared at the two, silencing them completely.

"So…" Butch began, blinking his eyes a couple of times before pointing at Dai. "Is he my brother-in-law now?"

My eyes went wide and at once, I felt flustered. In fact, I think my cheeks grew hot, but even so, I yelled, "No, he's not your brother-in-law! He's my older brother, damn it!"

"Exactly! So he's my brother-in-law!"

"No, he's not! We're not freaking married, you idiot!"

"Wait, back up," Dai interrupted. "So this pretty boy over here actually is your boyfriend."

I nodded.

"No lie?"

I nodded again.

Dai frowned. "I thought you weren't into pretty boys."

"He's a jackass of a pretty boy," I replied, while rolling my eyes. "An annoying one, too."

"My point, exactly. Why are you going out with a guy like him?" Dai then scowled while looking at Butch.

I shrugged, feeling a bit awkward. "Uh, how we got together is a bit…complicated."

"I'm all ears."

"Maybe for another time!" I exclaimed before pushing Dai out of my room.

Of course, he protested and was about to try to get back in before I slammed the door in his face and locked it. I heard him yelling at me to open the door, but eventually, he gave up and threatened Butch if he did anything to me while the two of us were in here. Once I heard his footsteps going down the stairs, I sighed in relief.

Glaring at Butch, I asked angrily, "And just why the hell were you in my house when you answered the door?"

"My brothers and I finished our day's worth of community service," he replied, grinning. He then sat down on my bed before sighing in exasperation. "Jeez… And we're already piled with university crap as it is."

"It's your fault for vandalizing the school," I retorted, rolling my eyes. "When did you three even have the time to do that?"

He then smirked, having that mischievous glint appear in his eyes. "It was before I ended up at the pound. We got bored one night and we just decided to do it for the hell of it. The three of us never thought that school was the one you girls were enrolled at."

I merely rolled my eyes in response as I leaned against the door.

"Still, I didn't think that guy was your brother," Butch stated, frowning slightly.

"Remember those shorts you wore?" I replied, raising an eyebrow while silently adding the fact that he stole them in my head. "Those were his lucky shorts."

"Why were they in your room?"

I rolled my eyes. "You're asking a tomboy that question, you know."

"True," I heard him say while I was looking out at the ceiling. Looking down at him, I saw of how he was standing up. Smirking, he walked over to me without another word.

Raising an eyebrow at him, I asked, "What the hell are you thinking?"

He merely leaned down, trapping me against the door entirely and that trademark of a smirk was still apparent on his face. It was obvious what he was planning, so I merely frowned, despite the fact that I felt my cheeks feeling a bit warm from the proximity. Seeing his smirk grow even more, I glared at him, not even bothering to say a word. Before I knew it, his lips were brushing against mine softly and I felt his tongue lightly lick against my bottom lip, causing my cheeks to grow even hotter, if that was possible.

At once, there was a huge thump coming from the door and I heard Dai yell, "Hey, pretty boy! You better not be doing anything to my baby sister!"

I sighed slightly and yelled back, "Dai, you know as well as I do that I'm not a baby anymore!" I felt my breath hitch slightly once Butch immediately pulled me away from the door and pinned me against a nearby wall, hoisting me up and attacking my neck with a trail of kisses. He was kissing that one spot—that very spot that was making me bite my lower lip as I wrapped my arms around his neck. I felt his hands travel towards my bottom and once realizing that he was squeezing them, I felt my cheeks grow even hotter as I let my legs wrap around him.

"Baby or not, you're still my baby sister!" I heard Dai yell angrily.

I felt myself hesitate because if Dai came in here, well, we'd be screwed—period. Hell, I know I locked the door, but knowing Dai, he probably had some sort of paper clip or something, for crying out loud!

Butch must've known that I was panicking, so I heard him shush me softly near my ear before I felt him squeeze my bottom again.

"Stop touching my ass, damn it," I whispered angrily, feeling my cheeks burn up even more.

Although I couldn't see his face, I knew very well that he was smirking. He then replied softly, "Just listen."

"Damn it!" I heard Dai yell before some more thumps could be heard against the door. "That's it! I'm coming—"

"Dai Matsubara!"

A slight pause. "Yeah, Mom?"

"Come down here this instant, young man!"

"But Mom—"

"I SAID TO COME DOWN HERE!"

Once again, a slight pause before I heard Dai reply, "Fine…" Immediately, I heard his footsteps heading down the stairs once more.

Sighing in relief, I stated, "For once, I'm actually thankful that my mother interfered."

Butch's response was, of course, none other than kissing my neck lightly while grunting softly.

I merely narrowed my eyes at this, feeling my breath hitch as he started kissing that spot once more. "Shouldn't you be working on…" My voice trailed off once he pulled himself closer, now kissing near my ears.

"On what, dear?"

If we weren't in this situation, I would've kicked his ass by now, I swear, I thought angrily in frustration. Seeing of how I didn't respond, I felt his light kisses on my skin starting again. They felt strangely hot and at once, I shook my head before stating, "You need to work on your university stuff?"

He pulled away, but still hoisting me up. His trademark of a smirk was there as he mocked, "'Stuff?'"

I glared at him. "Yeah, 'stuff.'"

"For your information, I finished all of that long ago," he replied. Before I could respond, though, I was suddenly pinned against my bed. How he did it so quickly, I didn't know, but he was now hovering over me, still smirking. Leaning down, he whispered, "Besides, this could count as part of my studying."

I glared at him. "What kind of studying?"

Immediately, I felt him give me a light peck on the lips before pulling away slightly. Lowering his voice, he stated huskily, "Studying the female human anatomy."

I scoffed softly before muttering, "Pervert…"

I didn't bother to protest from that point on. Then again, how could I? The boy's lips were on mine the entire time, so anything I'd say would be completely muffled. Well, not that I'm complaining, of course. As much as I hated to admit it, I was actually enjoying it.

"So…" he stated suddenly after pulling away. "Dai's my brother-in-law now."

"I already told you that we're not married, you idiot," I replied, narrowing my eyes.

Smirking at me, he then winked. "Not yet, we're not."

I felt my cheeks turn completely hot before he started attacking my neck, leaving light kisses everywhere. My response to this was sighing in content before his lips captured mine once more.

Looks like the two of us are definitely going to be stuck together for a long time.

Me: THE END! 8D

Kaoru: Great. Now, LET ME OUT OF HERE! =_=

Me: ...Fine. -dashes to the door, opens it, and hides behind couch-

- silence -

Me: ... -peeks head out- o-o ?

- door suddenly slams shut -

Me: O_O What the hell?! -dashes over and tries opening it, but realizes that it's locked-

Butch: We need the alone time~.

Me: ...AND YOU CAN'T LET ME SEE IT?!

Butch: I said "alone time," Dejiko. Clearly, I'm referring to me and Kaoru-chan here~.

Kaoru: YOU FREAKING JACKASS! =_=

Butch: Love you, too c:

Me: ...I repeat: AND YOU CAN'T LET ME SEE IT?! D8 I'M THE BUTCHxKAORU/BUTTERCUP FANGIRL HERE. COME ON!

- silence -

Me: ...Well, at least I know that they're doing something... -grins- Well, anyway, thanks to everyone that's supported this fanfic for...wow, almost four years o_o -just checked- Although I can't give all of you my individual thanks (because frankly, that would be very time-consuming for me and I don't want to spam everyone's inbox with my thanks), I'd like to thank all of those that actually took their time to review, favorite, and follow this fanfic - not to mention, actually read it as well.

Again, thank you for all of the support, and thank you for so many reviews! To be honest, when I first started this fanfic, I didn't really think this would end up being so popular, haha. Anyway, again, thank you all so much (for...like the fifth time, probably, pffft)! And in case you're wondering, no, this won't have a sequel, but I will be working on other (and future) fanfics!

Bye everyone, and thanks for reading: "Takeshi Matsubara: Boy or Dog?" c: