Leave It To Loppy!

Chapter 1: Leave It to Lammy...For the Loss...

"This is gonna be our greatest show yet!" chimed Katy happily as her, Lammy, and Ma-San entered the school building. Exactly one week from today would be their next gig and they wanted it to be BIG! MilkCan was only an underground band known by a handful in Parappa Town and it was their hopes that this performance would get them better put out there. "Next Friday, we are gonna ROCK the house!"

"Next Friday? B-b-b-b-but that's only 7 days away!" stammered Lammy.

"! #^! (Duh!)" babbled Ma-San.

"Right, that's why we gotta keep practicing until the show." said Katy giving Lammy an assuring pat on the back.

"Hey guys!" called a friendly voice. The girls turned to see Parappa and PJ approaching them.

"H-h-h-hey, Parappa…."greeted Lammy shyly.

"Hey, so what's going on?"

"Oh we're just talking about next gig!" said Katy excitedly. Parappa's eyes widened.

"Wow…really?" he asked astounded. "Can we help?" he asked hopefully. Katy smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, of course!"

"Great! So what do you want us- oof!"

"Can you pass these out around school for us?" she asked shoving a large stack of flyers into the pup's arms.

" ! #$%^& (And around the city?) " added Ma-San. There was a sigh heard behind the flyers.

"I guess so…." came Parappa's muffled voice in a defeated tone. He turned to his friend who was munching on a doughnut. "Hey, do you think you can help me with these?" he asked. PJ took his time finishing his snack before taking more or less half the stack of flyers from Parappa. At least now he could see. "Phew. Thanks." He then noticed Lammy staring at the floor and trembling. "Hey Lammy, what's wrong?"

"She's just really nervous about our upcoming performance." Explained Katy placing a kind hand on Lammy's shoulder.

"Oh….well I'm sure you're all gonna do just fine!" he said smiling. "You gotta believe!"

"You see, Lammy? Everything's gonna be alright."

"I-I-I hope so." Answered the guitarist. Katy then looked up and then did a double take.

"Hey, who's that?" she asked looking down the hallway.

"Huh?" Parappa and PJ both carefully turned to look. Going through a locker near the water fountain was a lavender colored bunny. Her right ear was pierced and her clothing looked a bit…..punk-ish. "Oh! That's Loppy. She's new. She started school here yesterday."

"! #$^&*()*^%$#$^&# $^ (She's in my biology class). "added Ma-San.

"Oh….well this is my first time seeing her." Said Katy tilting her head to one side.

"Yeah..m-m-m-mine too." Said Lammy.

"Yeah well, we gotta get going. We'll see you guys at lunch." Said Parappa before both him and PJ went on their way.

"Lunch? I'll have a burger, fries, and a strawberry shake." Said PJ.

"No, no, no! Not yet!" corrected Parappa. The three girls then continued down the hallway to their lockers. Class was going to start shortly.

"Hey!" started Katy. "Maybe we should introduce ourselves to Loppy!" she suggested.

" ! $&&^%$^& !#$^*&^ (Maybe we can get her to come to our show!) "said Ma-San jumping up and down and flailing.

"She's g-g-g-gone!" pointed out Lammy.

"What?" Katy looked. Sure enough, the purple bunny girl was no longer there. "Hmm…she must have gone to class. That's ok we'll catch her later." They turned the corner to another hallway. About half way down it were the girls lockers which were conveniently all right next to each other. Unfortunately for Ma-San, they were all top lockers. She never seemed to end up getting assigned a bottom locker. The poor thing had to always climb into her locker to access it. "You know, we haven't really been practicing our new song as much as should." Said Katy opening her locker. "We really have to get down to business if we wanna be ready by next Friday. "

"Friday…."moaned Lammy with her head in her locker. Her voice echoing from inside it. Katy patted her friend on the back once again.

"Lammy, I promise you. Everything will turn out ok. It always does!" she assured. Lammy slowly pulled her head out of her locker and turned to her friend.

"R-r-r-really?"she asked hesitantly.

"Mmm-hmm! Remember, we are MilkCan! Nothing can possibly go wrong!" Lammy now felt a little better.

"Right." this was the first thing she had been able to say all morning without moaning or stammering. Lammy was so happy to have a good friend like Katy. All of the sudden, a surge of confidence came over the lamb. "Leave it to Lammy!" she cried slamming her locker shut. In response, an ear shattering shriek filled the entire school.

At the nurse's office, "! #$%^&*^#$^!#^&^%$#%^*&! (Way to go, you boob. Now what are we gonna do!?) " yelled Ma-San. Lammy cowered away at her friend's scolding.

"Ma-San! Don't yell at her. It was a complete accident." Defended Katy.

" $%&**&^%$! (And that accident shot next week's show!) "

"I-I-I-I'm s-s-s-so sorry…." Apologized the guitarist having one of her usual nervous breakdowns.

"It's alright, Lammy. You didn't mean it." She then turned to Ma-San who was turned away from the two with her arms crossed. "And the show is not shot! We'll just…find a support bassist." Due to this little incident, Katy was not going to be able to play bass for a while. Her hand was heavily bandaged and sore. They were going to need to find a skilled bassist. Fast.