The shadow of a girl flittered across the wall to meet a companion. "Have you heard? Have you heard? Sugar. Spice. And everything nice." "These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls." "But Student Council Treasurer Arisugawa accidentally added another ingredient to the mix... surrealism." "Oh, my. Surely nothing good could come of that." Thus... well, you know the drill. * Revolutionary Powerpuff Girl Utena Created by Scott Schimmel Episode 3: Curry Worry Written by The Eternal Lost Lurker * The town of Whoville... Wait. That's not the right script. The city of... Oh, okay, let's go right to where the action is happening. The Home Economics room of Pokey Ohtori. Every day, students gather here to train in the classic art of preparing edible culinary delights, and with any luck, avoid poisoning themselves and their teachers in the process. Utena, Anthy, and Miki were busily working on their cooking assignments for the day. Suddenly, Miki blinked. "Hey, aren't we in different grades?" Utena shrugged. "I don't think it matters--OOF!" Utena wobbled around and flailed her arms as a girl with a huge onion for a head clung to her back, giggling. "Utena! Utena! Wai wai wai!" Utena flung the onion girl gently across the room. "Sorry, Wakaba, but I'm awfully busy." Anthy giggled as she dumped a huge bowl of curry powder into a pot. "Do you think this will be enough spice, Utena-sama?" Utena sweatdropped. "Ummm...yeah, Anthy. Sure." A rose-shaped phone started to buzz and flash, and Utena answered it. "Mr. President, what is it? Uh-huh...yeah? Really? Okay, we're on it!" She motioned to the other two. "Big bee monster in the rose garden. Let's go!" As the Powerpuff Girls Plus One Guy flew out the window, the onion-headed Wakaba popped up over their cooking area, grinning evilly. "Anthy doesn't know anything about how to please my dear Utena. I'll have to work on her curry a little bit..." Chuckling nastily, she dropped a glowing green onion into the simmering pot of muddy curry. The pot began to steam ominously... * "Do you know? Do you know? Have you heard the news?" "The onion girl tampered with the curry!" "What's it doing? What's it doing? I'm getting sick with worry!" "I don't know! I don't know! But it couldn't be good!" "Please, Powerpuff Girls, get back to class in a hurry!" * "Whew! That bee sure was tough!" "Yeah, but you kicked its stinger, Utena-sama!" "We all kicked its stinger," Utena said, smiling. Miki clicked his stopwatch, possibly to find out how long the scene break lasted. The trio wandered over to the curry pot, which was now bubbling. "Mmm. Smells good," Miki said. Utena eyed it warily. "Doesn't it look a little funny to you?" Anthy smiled. "It just needs to cook faster. I'll turn up the heat..." As Anthy cranked the knob from "Fast Boil" to "Nuclear Reactor", the curry began to vibrate..and exploded! "Everyone, clear the room!" Utena shouted. The volcanic curry erupted from the pot, pouring into a puddle in the center of the room, where it began to quiver ominously...before expanding upwards into a 15-foot-tall, boiling, spicy monstrocity. "This wasn't in the recipe..." Anthy said. Miki clicked his stopwatch, noting it had taken 3.784 seconds for the Curry Monster to rise. "Roar," said the Curry Monster. Utena flew forward and punched it. ">_<" she said, as her hand caught fire. Miki fired eye lasers at it. It launched a glob of curry at him, which exploded, charring him. A typical action sequence ensued. Miki's stopwatch clocked it at lasting 18.32387 seconds. At the end, the Powerpuff Girls (and one unmarketable guy) were lying in craters in the courtyard, and the Curry Monster was towering over them, laughing. "It's too strong!" Utena shouted. "It's not very nice at all. Whatever shall we do?" Anthy asked. "We need a plan," Miki said. 5.999 seconds later, they had one. "There's only one way to take the burn out of spicy food," Utena said. "Water?" Anthy guessed. "A fire extinguisher?" Miki echoed. Utena grinned. "Nope! Everyone, follow me!" Utena took off in a blaze of pink light. Anthy and Miki followed, trailing purple and blue light. The Curry Monster rumbled laughter, and continued trashing and burning the school campus. Moments later, Utena, Anthy, and Miki returned, each carrying a large, vaguely surprised cow. "This is a strange plan," Miki said. "Are you sure this is going to work, Utena-sama?" Anthy asked. "I hope so," Utena said. "Okay...everyone! Man your battle udders!" The Curry Monster blinked at the Powerpuff Girls (and one...ah, forget it.) "Ready! Aim! ...MILK!" Three cows mooed in shock and horror. Six streams of carefully aimed milk hosed down the Curry Monster, sending up clouds of steam. "Roar! Roar, roar!" the monster said. 22.772 seconds later, the Curry Monster was nothing but a messy puddle of muddy ruined food. "We did it!" Anthy cheered. "So much for that monster!" Utena said. The home ec teacher showed up. "Thanks for saving the school from the monster, Powerpuff Girls. Unfortunately...I'm gonna have to give you an F on your project." "Awwww," two voices whined. A third muttered, "I'm not a girl." * "The day is saved! The day is saved! Once again, the day is saved!" "Thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!" "And one guy!" "We know, we know, how could we not know?" * Author's Notes: E flat, C flat, D.