Part VII

It took several days, during which Furrball returned to the full health. As soon as he got permission to leave the house, he knew where he needs to go. The blue toon along with his beloved Fifi and mentor Sylvester went to a nearby cemetery. The young cat wanted to come to the grave of his parents.

"It's here!", Sylvester said, pointing to a specific place in a row.

The three of them went to the grave. On the tombstone it was written 'Suzanne and Frank Bravenwoods'.

Furrball immediately took out a candle, lit its and put it on the tombstone. Fifi also put a fresh flowers bouquet.

Then the toons were plunged in prayer. But Furrball couldn't stop the grief, which he felt within himself. He fell to his knees and put his front paws on the tombstone.

"I'm... I'm sorry...", the blue cat began to cry. "I'm sorry! I always thought badly of you... I... I thought, that you never loved me... I thought, that... that I was the problem for you and you abandoned me... I'm so ashamed!"

Fifi's eyes filled with tears. Sylvester also was touched by the words of his favorite student. Meanwhile Furrball continued his repentance.

"Now I know, that you always loved me! You wanted me so much! You did everything that I should come into the world!", the blue toon put his face on the tombstoneand his tears began to run down on its. "Mommy! Daddy! I love you very much too! You were wonderful! I'm... I'm proud, that I'm your son! Please, forgive me my thoughts! Forgive me, I thought of you as the worst! Now I know the truth! Please, forgive me..."

After these words Furrball began to sob even louder. Fifi's heart was bleeding at this sight. The skunkette went to her fiancé, picked him up and hugged him.

"Fifi... Fifi... Do they... Do they forgive me?", the cat asked her, still crying.

"I think, that they never was angry at vous, mon amour!", the purple toon hugged her beloved even tighter.

"I think, that they are proud of you, Furrball!", Sylvester said to his student.

"Re- Really?", Furrball looked at his mentor.

"Really! Despite all the difficulties that you encountered, you will soon finish a good school, you have a fiancée and friends, good prospects for the future!", the tuxedo cat explained.

"That's true! Vous êtes very capable, mon tiger!", Fifi added, still hugging him.

"I hope you're right...", the blue cat began to calm down. "This was an important day for me. Thank you for coming with me."

"Vous can always count on moi!", his girlfriend said.

"And I hope, that now I won't only take care of the grave of your parents.", Sylvester said.

"Of course! I don't imagine other situation! This is going to be my duty!", Furrball announced.

The three of them intently prayed again over the grave of Furrball's parents and they left the cemetery.


March has passed and April began. The two months was remaining to graduation and wedding. Fifi, Babs and Shirley went to the wedding dress shop to choose the prettiest dress for the skunkette.

The purple toon stood on the catwalk at the store. She was wearing a white strapless dress. It was a long velvet dress. In addition, Fifi was wearing a veil on her head.

"Feef, you look insanely!", Shirley sighed with delight.

"Yes! This dress fits your face! You're beautiful!", Babs added.

"Merci!", the skunkette giggled. "Perhaps, indeed, this dress will be perfect..."

After these words, the purple toon began to search for a label on the dress. When she found her, she looked at the price and worried.

"...but... but it's too expensive!", the skunkette said.

"Too expensive?!," her friends screamed at the same time.

"Regardless, this is a wedding dress! She must be great regardless of price!", Babs said.

"Fifi, something happened or some junk?", Shirley said.

"I know... This dress is beautiful, but...", Fifi tried to explain to them. "But moi and Furrball can't spend so much money on it."

"Why?", the pink bunny asked.

"We have some financial problems. Nous need money not only for the wedding, but also for a new home. And nous didn't even have a permanent job...", the skunkette lowered her head.

"Is it so bad?", the loon asked.

"Moi and mon amour were already a number of meetings about renting an apartment. But we couldn't rent any of them.", the purple toon explained.

"Really? Why? Tell us!", Babs said.

"If vous want...", Fifi sighed. "Let moi tell vous about notre conversation about renting an apartment, which occurred last week..."


Fifi began her story. She and Furrball went inside the flat and went after the stairwell to the specific apartment.

"Do vous think, that everything goes well, mon amour?", the skunkette asked him.

"I hope so.", the cat replied.

They rang the door. After a while an elderly man welcomed them inside.

"So do you want to rent an apartment?", the landlord asked them.

"Yes, we would be interested, sir.", Furrball said, looking around the apartment.

It was a studio flat. A dining room and a living room are combined into one room. In addition, there were still a small bathroom, hallway and a small room, which can serve as a storeroom.

"A little small this apartment... do vous think the same way?", Fifi whispered to her fiancé.

"Yes. But it's bigger than my cardboard box.", he tried to amuse her. "And it will be okay for us. For now, we need a house."

"Vous êtes right", she clung to his arm.

"That's how you like this apartment?", their host asked them.

"Very nice. I think, that it's very cozy.", the blue cat said.

"So, can we go to the particulars?", the man in a suit sat down at the table.

"Sure!", Furrball said and he and Fifi sat down at the table too.

"For how long would you like to rent this apartment?", the owner asked.

"I don't know...", the cat began to wonder.

"Maybe, at the beginning, for one year, mon amour.", the skunkette whispered to him.

"Do you think so?", the blue toon asked her and she nodded. "We think, that we can rent this apartment for one year."

"One year?", the man repeated. "Good! I would to like you learned about the state of my rents."

He pulled the documents from a black case and gave them into their paws.

"Oh..." the cat groaned, looking at the prices. "Don't you could be a little lower its rates, sir? Although for the first few months?"

"Well... I'll have to think about it... I still have a few candidates for this apartment...", their host mused. "Besides, I still have a little matter to discuss. Are you married?"

"Why are you interested this?", Furrball was surprised.

"Please to answer my question.", the owner said.

Fifi looked at her lover and put her paw on his paw. He knew, that her sad eyes signified a request, that he doesn't upset.

"Me and Fifi are engaged. We're getting married in June.", the blue toon replied.

"So will you be married? Very good!", the man breathed a sigh of relief. "This flat is home to many older couples. They not tolerate modern relationships without marriage. And I don't want to lose my reputation."

"So that's what...", Furrball said.

"I ask again, just out of curiosity.", their host turned to the toons. "The mister certainly is a cat. But from which species is the lady? I don't fully recognize. Excuse me, are you a squirrel? Wolf?"

"I... I'm the skunk, monsieur...", Fifi said.

"Skunk?", the landlord was surprised. "Oh... That's what I wanted? Oh, I know! I'll call you, when I make the final decision on rental housing."

"Will you call us? How? You even don't know our phone number!", the blue cat was suspicious.

"Really? So, I will contact with you in a different way.", the man replied.

"Is the problem, that my beloved is a skunk? Just because don't you want to rent us this apartment?", Furrball got up from the table.

"Mon amour, please don't ...", Fifi tried to stop him.

"I didn't say that...", their host defended himself.

"Is it about your reputation? Is it about no one will want to have a skunk as a neighbor?", the blue cat approached him.

"You know, how hard you have to work on a good image... I mean... You're wrong!", he betrayed himself.

"Just as I thought!", Furrball nodded. "How can you say that about a woman? What does she..."

"Mon tiger, please!", the skunkette came over and hugged him. The blue toon calmed down.

"We're leaving, my kitty! We won't be renting an apartment here!", he said.

The toons were holding paws and together came out of the flat.


"And so is almost every time!", Fifi shed a tear. "No one wants to rent nous the apartment. Only because, that I'm a skunk.! It's mon fault!"

"Don't blame yourself!", Babs hugged her in a friendly way. "It's the fault of those heartless people!"

"Poor Furrball! He so desperately defending moi... He's wonderful! But I'm afraid, that he got himself in trouble because of moi!", the skunkette said.

"Don't worry! Can you finally find an apartment or some junk..." Shirley comforted her. "When do you go to the next conversation about renting an apartment?"

"Today. Furrball any moment will come here.", the purple toon replied.

"Feef, I'm here!", they heard a familiar voice. "Are you ready, my kitty?"

"This is mon amour!", Fifi screamed.

"Quick! He can't see you in the wedding dress!", the loon screamed and ran with her out to the dressing room .

At the same time, Furrball noticed Babs and came to her.

"Oh, Furrball! Don't you know, that the groom can't see his bride in her wedding dress before ceremony? It's a bad luck!", the pink bunny said to him.

"I haven't seen anything. Fortunately!", the blue cat smiled.

After a while, Fifi and Shirley came out of the dressing room.

"Mon petit pussycat of passion!", the skunkette clung to him and kissed his lips. "I missed vous!"

"Me too!", Furrball chuckled. "So, are we going?"

"Oui, of course!", the purple toon replied.

Fifi and Furrball said goodbye to Babs and Shirley and they left the store, holding paws.

"Aww, how sweet they look together!", the bunny sighed. "Fifi immediately became happy, when she saw Furrball!"

"But they have bigger problems than we thought...", the loon added.

"Do you know about our secret meeting at Calamity's home?" Babs asked her.

"Sure! It was supposed to begin shortly after Fifi and Furrball's leaving... So now! Hurry!", Shirley screamed.

Babs and Shirley ran out of the store and went toward the coyote's house.

END OF PART 7