Chapter 1- Remembering



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Buttercup sat on her bed, playing her green guitar. She had gotten it for free after Bubbles and them defeated Mr. Mime...It had been a week.

"BUUUTTERCUUUUUUUUUUPP!!!!" Bubble's high-pitched voice squealed. "IT'S DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNER TIIIIIIIIIIIMMME!!!!!!!!"

Buttercup ignored the call and kept playing the green guitar.

"BBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTERCCCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bubbles screamed again.

Buttercup walked over to the speaker her electric guitar was plugged into and turned the volume up to it's highest...Actually, there was no highest. She just turned the knob until she started to feel annoyed of turning it so much. Buttercup walked back to her bed. Yes, her bed. She hated sharing and would call anything she had to share with her sisters hers. Even the N64 (Nintendo 64) was hers, yet it was called "theirs". Who was the one who picked it out? Who was the one who raised all her allowance to buy it? Who surprised everyone with it when she took it home? Buttercup. No questions asked, no credit received. Buttercup began to strum the guitar as hard and as loud as she could.

"BBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUTTTEEEEEEEERRRRCCCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bubbles squealed. Blossom had joined in the call.

Buttercup ignored the cries and kept strumming on the guitar. She could hear the angry yelling of other people, the sound of cars screeching to a stop...Although it was her duty to fight crime, it was also a hobby of hers to commit it. Every time she strummed on her guitar as hard as this, her fingers would keep moving as her mind started to wander...One week...One full week...Ever since-

"Buttercup-" a voice called. There was a creak to hint the door was being opened.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Buttercup yelled at the top of her lungs. "DON'T YOU PEOPLE GET IT?!?! WHEN THE DOOR'S CLOSED, IT STAYS THAT WAY!!!! WHY DON'T YOU EVER KNOCK?!?!?! I CAN'T GET ANY DAMN PRIVACY IN THIS GODFORSAKEN HOUSE!!! I'M BETTER OFF ON THE STREETS!!! DO ME A FAVOR AND SHUT THE FUCK UUUUUUUUPP!!!!!!!!!"

Silence. Buttercup opened her eyes to see who she was releasing her short temper to. Professor Utonium stood at the doorway, a stern, partial-angry look on his face.

"Eh heh heh..." Buttercup forced a laugh. "Oops?"



Bubbles and Blossom sat at the table as they heard the professor's muffled lecture coming from upstairs. They looked at each other.

"She'll be sent to bed without any dinner, she'll have to take out the garbage for a week, and she'll be grounded from not fighting, but parties for two weeks." Blossom predicted. She had memorized all of the professor's punishments for what.



"But, Professor!" Buttercup complained.

"No 'but's. You're only four and you know those words already?" Professor Utonium stated. "For that, young lady, you have to go to sleep now. No dinner. Starting tomorrow, you will have to take the trash out for week and you'll be grounded. Not from fighting though, from parties."



Blossom smiled at Bubbles.

"I told you so." she said.



Buttercup let out a frustrated groan as the door closed, throwing herself on her bed.

"This ain't fair..." Buttercup muttered into her pillow. She pulled out her green blanket and cuddled it. "I'm a good fighter...I never cry...I'm the toughest Powerpuff who ever lived..."

Then, it came back to her. It had passed one week...One week...Buttercup shook her head madly.

stop thinking about it! Buttercup scolded herself. i can't believe you actually counted how many days passed after it! ugh...i guess i'm losing mah edge...can't blame it. no crimes ever since that day. no crimes in one week...

"AAAAGGHH!!!" Buttercup yelled out. "Will you forget about what happened?! So what if it happened?! Those guys are gone and ain't never comin' back!...Will they?"

Now, Buttercup and the other Powerpuffs have always came through, no matter what...But then, they came.

~~~FLASHBACK~~~

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" a voice mocked.

Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup turned. Blossom and Bubbles gasped. There stood three boys their age, maybe just a little older...But, who were they?

"We're the Rowdyruff Boys!" the three boys announced, finishing at different times.

"And we wanna fight!" the one in red finished off.

~~~END~~~

That was a surprise...To meet your counterpart...Your exact equal. Your reflection. And that, well that fact got under Buttercup's skin. To her, the message meant she'd never emerge as the strongest. She and the one in dark green could go on fighting. Both would live or both would die. None would win. Sure, Buttercup had defeated the boy who wore dark green once...But it was cheat. At least to her. That win said that she wasn't stronger than him, it said she was more romantic. And romantic was the last thing she wanted to be. In fact, a small peck on the cheek would still give her damage. She was, after all, the tomboy of the crew. But since she was one of the feminine, she was naturally resistant to full damage unlike guys... Buttercup blinked. She shook her head.

i'm not scarerd o' those retards... Buttercup thought. i'm not afraid of anything!



Buttercup lay on the left side of the bed...She knew why. It was logical. They say some people walk the left-hand path. She had been told many times she was a "left-hand path-walker". It usually meant that you were a little..."out there" and "more"...Something like that. Buttercup sat up. She gazed upon her two sisters. Bubbles lay on the right side while Blossom lay in the middle. Bubbles...The sweet, innocent, soft one. Blossom...The bright, bossy, perky one. Buttercup...The tough, distant, short-tempered one. Exactly. Buttercup was a millisecond older than Bubbles, but a millisecond younger than Blossom. She was a middle sibling. They say middle siblings are the ones that get the hardest on them... Buttercup lay back in bed. If she was the middle sibling, the boy in dark green was a middle sibling...

i don't even know any of their names... Buttercup reminded herself. not that i could care less!

Soon, the Powerpuff fell fast asleep.

~~~FLASHBACK~~~

"Yeah?!" Buttercup yelled. "Well, they're askin' for it!"

She tackled the boy in red into a dumpster and start punching him. The other two were stunned by a "girl"'s strength, but soon recovered. Buttercup was pulled off and thrown to the ground where she was kicked and beaten. Blossom and Bubbles came to her aid by knocking the two boys away. Blossom stood straight. Bubbles helped Buttercup up. The three glared at the three boys.

"Hey, what's wrong with you girls?" the boy in red demanded. "You're suppose to start crying when we hit you!"

"What are you guys, new?" Blossom asked.

"We're the Powerpuff Girls!" Bubbles claimed proudly.

"And it takes more than some cheap-shots ta make us cry." Buttercup growled, spreading her legs in fighting stance, both her feet an inch in front of her sisters.

~~~END~~~

Buttercup stirred in her sleep. Her fists moving to every punch.

~~~FLASHBACK~~~

The boy's had done their team attack. It was the girl's turn.

"Acrab-Attack!" Blossom commanded.

The three cart-wheeled down the street laving a trail of baby blue, light pink, and pale green. Buttercup was first. Just before she cart-wheeled into the boy in green, she double-kicked him into the air just as her sisters did. She flew into the air and grabbed his hands, swung around so her feet were facing the sky, and stomped down, sending the boy in green into the ground.

~~~END~~~

Buttercup turned onto her side.

~~~FLASHBACK~~~

Buttercup and her sisters flew away from the town for the people's sake. If there were no people, Buttercup would just go and kick their asses so hard they kiss the moon (I know! that's from Chrono Cross). Blossom looked behind them.

"They're catching up fast!" she cried, trying to speed up.

Buttercup turned and caught eye contact with the boy in dark green...He didn't seem to talk much.

"Time to kick up the Afterburner!" the one in red called.

The next thing she knew, Buttercup was surrounded in smoke.

"I can't see!" Buttercup cursed.

"I can't breathe!" Bubbles cried.

The three plummeted to the ground. A white, silent explosion followed after they hit the ground.

~~~END~~

Buttercup let out a grunt and almost woke up, but stayed asleep.

~~~FLASHBACK~~~

The boys landed in front of the girls.

"WHAT?!?!" all the boys gasped.

Buttercup slowly opened her eyes. She HATED this! As in "hate" in black letters surrounded by flames. She didn't know why the girls had talked her into this...She had her arms crossed and she was the only girl frowning. Blossom went first. She slowly floated towards the boy in red...and kissed him. Buttercup had a good urge to yell at the top of her lungs, burst out laughing, and then kill a monster, but held it in. Bubbles followed suit and slowly floated towards the boy in dark blue...and kissed him. The same feeling washed over Buttercup. She waited a few extra seconds after Bubbles. She finally concluded she would never do this stupid-ass thing again. She floated towards the boy in dark green. Slowly...More slower than the other two. She kept her eyes closed...Her lips fell on the target. On his cheek.

~~~END~~~

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Buttercup yelled at the top of her lungs.

She flew to the bathroom and brushed her teeth non-stop.

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