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Dreams of an Absolution	By : DeusExProcella Category: +M through R > PowerPuff Girls Views: 9670 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"I used to wonder what friendship could be
Until you all shared its magic with me
Big adventure, tons of fun
A beautiful heart, faithful and strong
Sharing kindness, it's an easy feat,
and magic makes it all complete,"
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Dreams of an Absolution
Chapter 24
"I understand there were rumors floating about regarding his absence, but I can assure you,"
The students of class A11-21 sat and stared at their principal in wide-eyed disbelief. The man behind her stood with his hands folded behind his back. Every so often, he would open one of his eyes and give the room a quick glance over. Those moments were the only times they dared to look away. Not one of them could meet the monster's fiery stare... that is, not one of the human students could meet his stare. There were three pairs of eyes that never wavered whenever he scanned the room.
The first, a pair of angry green eyes, hardened, as if challenging the monster to try anything.
The second, a pair of trembling blue eyes, flinched only in the slightest when his gaze met hers.
The last, a pair of bright, rosy pink eyes, lit up. Whenever their eyes met, a smile found its way to her lips. She alone could see the subtle twitch at the corner of his lips, hiding his own pleased smirk.
"None of them are true. Mr. Uka has complied with the Department of Meta-Human Regulation. He will be returning as your instructor effective immediately." Principal Durry finished, looking around at the students. There were several who looked ready to protest. There were more who looked ready to wet themselves. Then, there were the Powerpuff Girls, torn between fight, flight, and fancy. She smiled at Mr. Uka, a smile that only she, Uka, and Blossom realized was more than just professional.
"Well then, Uka-san, I'll leave you to your class," and just like that, with a click of the door, Uka-sensei, the monstrous first grade teacher, was returned to his seat of power. Uka-sensei paced in front of the class, momentarily stopping to pick up the syllabus from the desk.
"Barthandelus has told me much of your progress...and though it pains me to say so," the air grew tense. Uka-sensei turned his gaze on them with a dangerous glint in his eye, "You've fallen even further behind than I anticipated." There was no charade, half the class groaned, cried, or otherwise voiced their complaints. Uka-sensei's eyes twitched, but the smirk on his lips belied his irritation.
"I have the utmost respect for Barthandelus Green...however, he was far too lenient with you. We will pick up your lessons where I expected you to be. Turn to chapter twenty-eight in your math books," Someone slammed their hands on their desk in a fury. Her classmates turned to see who was about to be struck down by the monster. Thankfully, it was Buttercup.
"That's stupid! We're only on chapter twenty!" Uka-sensei continued to wear that same irritating smirk. Blossom had to admit, it was quickly winning the contest for her favorite expression of his. She could only imagine the rest of the class was learning to fear it more than his deadliest leer.
"Well then, child, it would seem you have extra studying to do on the side." There was another explosion of protest from the students. Unaffected, Uka-sensei began writing on the board. Completing his notes, he glanced at his book then nodded.
"SILENCE!" The resulting quiet was deafening. To be sure, Blossom rubbed her ears. Sure enough, she could still hear several rapid-fire heartbeats pounding in the room. She could hear the frantic, almost silent breathing of her terrified peers. Most importantly, she could hear Buttercup's teeth grinding. Uka-sensei had quite an effect on people, even those who believed him...restricted.
"Now...you, Beware, begin reading," Molly swallowed and looked down at her book. Her cheeks got red and, with a sudden surge of courage, she stood up, glaring at Uka-sensei.
"Why do I always have to read? You only ever pick me!" Without missing a beat, Uka-sensei waved his hand dismissively.
"Your peers names have failed to make an impression on Uka, he simply does not remember them," he paused and gave Molly a glare, "it is easy enough to recall the name of a student whose mother has made a fool of herself," Molly's face turned even redder. There were a few snickers, but they were cut off by Uka-sensei's claws hitting his desk.
"That is enough, now read." Trembling with fury, Molly read through clenched teeth for the rest of the lesson. Uka-sensei followed along, paying more attention than Blossom could ever recall before. He even stopped Molly to clarify points in the text—Blossom was impressed.
Molly had finished reading, and the room was filled with the sound of pencils flying across paper, doing their best to keep up with the monster's impossibly quick writing. He stopped just long enough to spin around, pointing randomly.
"You, answer question six. Quickly now, there will be unpleasant repercussions should I be required to ask Blossom to assist you," The pink-eyed Powerpuff girl only giggled. Burning glares drilled into her back, while insulting names flew around the room on whispered breaths. It was nice to have things back to the way they used to be.
"Uh...maybe it's five?" Uka-sensei pinched the bridge of his nose. Slowly, he opened his eyes and glared torrents of flame at the student. He swallowed and tried to redo the math, "Um...seven?" Uka dropped his fist to his desk, cracking the wood. As he slowly, methodically pulled each of his fingers from the holes left behind in the surface, he explained each step to solving the equation. He lifted his now freed hand and flexed his fingers. He hadn't blinked through the entire explanation.
"Now then...give Uka an intelligent answer," Gary Stephens swallowed and ran his hands through his coal black hair. He ran through the equation again, trying his hardest to see where he'd gone wrong. Swallowing, he wrote a new answer down and looked up. Gary gasped: Uka-sensei was now right in front of him, blocking out the fluorescent lights with his tall frame. He looked like a shadow with blazing red eyes.
"F...four?" Uka slowly snatched Gary's notebook and lifted it. Without warning, he dropped it back on Gary's desk and sulked back to the board. Uka suddenly snatched a marker, his strokes flying across the board in broad, dramatic thrusts of his arm. Wearing the same glare, he turned to the students, who stared in shock and awe. Uka set down the marker, and slowly smirked. There was a large, red four written on the board.
"That is correct...next question,"
Blossom was so overjoyed to have Uka-sensei back, she couldn't even feign taking notes. She leaned on her desk, watching him with a warm blush on her cheeks. Every sharp comment, every subtle insult, every outburst...things were how they should be.
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"So...it was the best day ever?" Boomer asked again, biting the end of his pencil. Blossom giggled and nodded, grabbing his hand in both of hers. Boomer laughed sheepishly as the older man sitting next to Blossom suddenly became darker, and his eyebrows burst into flames.
"Definitely! The only way it would have been better is if you were there to see it! Uka-sensei was amazing!" She turned to Uka-sensei, his flames flickering out the moment he saw her cheerful smile. He returned it with a toothy grin of his own.
"Well, child, after what we discussed, I felt it only necessary that I...erm...lighten up, as you put it. That is the phrase, is it not?" Blossom nodded, returning to the notes she and Boomer were comparing.
"That's right," Boomer scratched his head. His pencil flicked up and down in his mouth as he spoke.
"But...isn't that more weirder? If he's nice now," Blossom and Uka-sensei both laughed. Boomer blinked, though couldn't help laughing too.
"Uka is no nicer than he ever was. He simply uses...humor to diffuse his previously biting remarks," Boomer stared at Uka-sensei. Uka-sensei narrowed his eyes, "You haven't a clue what Uka means, have you?" Boomer chuckled and shook his head.
"Nope, sorry!" he admitted. Blossom grabbed their arms, so happy she could ignore Uka-sensei picking on her best friend.
"He means, he is funnier about it," Boomer gave a loud "Oh!" and laughed out loud, as if he had been there. Blossom laughed too, suddenly remembering their English lesson. Uka-sensei crossed his arms and shook his head.
"You children, I will never understand you," The trio tapered off into silence, while the kids worked on their homework. Blossom couldn't help dwelling on that last statement. Did that mean Aku would never understand her? Maybe there was a way she could fix that. Some way to help them understand each other better.
"Uka-sensei...you're right, you don't understand us, do you?" Uka-sensei blinked and stared incredulously at Blossom. He chuckled and scratched his head.
"Well, child, I am an immortal deity, it can't be helped that I am unfamiliar with childhood, as I never had one," Blossom nodded. An idea was forming. A way that they could spend more time together, without dragging Boomer around with them. Much as she liked Boomer, she felt guilty about using him as cover. And...to be honest, there were times she wanted to be alone with Aku.
"Maybe we can fix that..." Uka-sensei and Boomer both looked up in confusion. Blossom laughed, "I'll explain later," she happened to glance at Boomer's tablet. It wasn't the first time, but something about it seemed to strike her as more...strange? No, not strange, just curiosity getting the best of her.
"Why do all of your school supplies have bananas on them?" Boomer chuckled and wrote down the answer to the next problem. Blossom was proud to see it was correct without her help.
"Oh, Dad bought me these," Blossom cocked her head.
"Your...Dad?" Boomer grinned and nodded.
"Yeah! He got these for me and didn't buy Butch or Brick nothing!" His dad...did he mean Mojo Jojo? Blossom had wondered what had happened to Mojo. Apparently, he'd fought her sisters just before their day of judgment. He'd somehow lost, and hadn't even tried to escape from prison since that day.
"Do you talk to him often? You're living with your Coordinating Officer, aren't you?" she asked. Boomer nodded.
"Yeah, Ms. Honeydew is cool, but someone has to visit Dad. Besides, he always wants to know how you're doing, so it has to be me to talk to him, right?" Blossom was shocked. Mojo asked about her? What did he want to know? What did Boomer tell him? Just...what happened to him? Her thoughts were interrupted when Uka-sensei joined Boomer, trying to get her attention.
"Hey, did you hear me?"
"Child, answer him so he'll finally shut up," Blossom gave Uka-sensei a playful glare, then turned to Boomer again.
"I'm sorry, Boomer, what did you need? Which problem?" Boomer blinked, then shook his head.
"Oh, it's not that. I just wanted to know what happened to you. You know, so I can tell Dad." There it was, Blossom thought. She sighed and rubbed her left arm. It hadn't hurt at all since last Friday. It was amazing to think it had ever hurt to begin with.
"That again..." Uka-sensei sat upright, catching Blossom's attention. She blinked and giggled, grinning at the two, "Alright...I guess I can tell you. You're my boyfriend and you're my best friend, right?" Uka-sensei and Boomer both nodded. Tapping her lips, Blossom gathered up her books. The other two followed suit and followed her to the back of the library.
Once there, Blossom took a deep breath and cleared her thoughts. She held out her left arm and stared at it. Uka-sensei and Boomer watched carefully. Blossom narrowed her eyes. She couldn't do it, she realized. It must have been the stress, but here, her life in no immediate danger, she couldn't find it again.
"I can't show you, I thought I could," She dropped her arm and sighed, "He shot me," Uka-sensei and Boomer both nodded. That much they'd been told by various sources—Boomer's brothers and Uka-sensei's co-workers. Blossom didn't stop with that, though, "He shot me and...I blacked out. I didn't lose consciousness, everything just became...blacker." Realizing that her knees were shaking, Blossom lowered herself into the nearest chair. In a flash, Boomer was sitting by her feet and Uka-sensei was leaning on the back of the chair.
"I suddenly felt...my power rising. My arm couldn't stop bleeding, I should have blacked out or died. But, instead...I became even more powerful. Before I knew what was happening, I was beating him. It felt incredible, I haven't felt so strong since...that day!" Boomer and Uka-sensei nodded, "Then...he shot again. I was so mad. He kept trying to kill me! He killed those girls, he blamed me for it! He tried to say he was sent by God! He. Made. Me. FURIOUS!"
There was a chorus of shushing from around the library. The three were so far in the back, though, that none of the others could see her. Uka-sensei and Boomer stared in shock. Blossom clenched her fists tighter, clenched her eyes harder. She could feel it deep inside her. Her true power.
"My arms changed...I cut him to pieces. I tore him apart..." Blossom was only faintly aware of the grin spreading across her face, of the burning in her belly remembering the scene. She shifted in her seat, shuddering when she felt Uka-sensei's fingers on her shoulder. Blossom opened her eyes, her grin now spread clear across her face.
"It's inside me, Boomer...Aku...the power to become a goddess again, is here inside me!" She was breathing heavily. It was fading now, she was losing it. But just feeling it again, that was enough! Enough to erase her worries, enough to answer all the doubts she had before!
"You mean..." Boomer trailed off. He watched Uka-sensei touch Blossom's other shoulder. With a determined frown, he sat up, leaning forward on her lap.
"Did you help her?" Boomer asked Uka-sensei. He swallowed and shook his head, kneeling down beside the chair. Blossom looked up at him, her smile growing still.
"You really didn't? It was...all mine?" Uka-sensei nodded, wearing his own proud smile. Blossom fell back in the chair and covered her face. Boomer blinked and leaned closer. She was laughing, even though there were tears in her eyes.
Blossom was doing her best to keep it quiet, but she couldn't stop laughing. It felt better than a good joke! It was more exciting than any kind of tickle! It was...truth, at long last. After so many months of uncertainty, of self-doubt, of denial. She finally knew the truth! She could finally admit it to herself!
"I...am...a goddess!"
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