Chapter 5: Sony and Yarniki's Friendship History

Things became wild with Sony around. Lola found him and now, he found his only friend since he was an even smaller cub. As soon as the Looneys settled down, Sony and Yarniki were playing with each other on the PS2. They were playing Namco Museum. The Looneys were all watching and they loved every moment of it.

"Aw! They must be friends for real." Lola exclaimed. Kavasia nodded in agreement.

"Yeah." She agreed. "But, does Sony really know that croc really well?"

"Looks like he does. Speaking of which, I'm gonna call the zoo." Lola stood up and walked up to a telephone. Bugs gasped at the sound of that.

"What?" He asked. "Lola callin' da zoo? You are gonna tell them that you have Sony, right?"

"Not yet… "Lola bowed her head with sadness. "…well, actually I am."

Sony paused the game with surprise as he heard this and meowed in question. Lola nodded.

"Yeah. I've gotta do this… for my sake." She slowly picked up the phone and was about to dial the number, but Sony came out of nowhere and bit her hand hard. "OW! Sony, I have to call them and tell them! I know you don't wanna leave us, but I have to do this!" She picked up the desperate cub by the frill of his neck and placed him on the floor gently. She picked up the receiver and dialed the number. The other line picked up.

"Hello, ACME Zoo." A male voice called. Lola sighed.

"Hi. This is Lola Bunny." She spoke back.

"Hello, Lola. How may I help ya?"

"I was wondering how much money we earn if we return the white tiger cub."

"20 million dollars. Why?"

"Oooh. (clears throat) Well, I happen to have him right here."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I named him Sony."

"Nice name, but he already has a name."

"What is it?"

"Tanka."

"Oh. When can I return him?"

"As soon as we get Yarniki the white crocodile back as well."

"Which we have with us as well."

"OH! Well, now. You got both of them critters. You wanna know about their friendship history?"

"Yeah. How about this: You tell us about their history and I'll give them both back."

"Sounds like a plan. So, you want me to come over or do ya wanna come over to the zoo?"

"You coming over is just fine." Lola was on the verge of tears at this moment. She sniffled a little, but luckily the zookeeper on the other line didn't hear. Sony noticed and he began to whimper.

"A'ight. See ya then. Bye." The line clicked off. Lola hung up the receiver and wiped another tear. Bugs felt sorrowful for her and embraced her gently.

"I had to do it, Bugs." She whined between tears. "I just had to."

"Shhh." Bugs whispered. "It's gonna be alright, Lo. Calm down." He patted her on the back softly. Sylvester started to tiptoe away while this was happening. Daffy noticed.

"Sthly, where are you going?"He asked, disturbing the bunnies from their emotional moment.

"Me?" Sylvester asked nervously. "I was justht… um… uh… going to the… um… the bathroom. Yeah! That'sth it. Heh, heh." Bugs became suspicious.

"Are ya sure, doc?" He asked with a little anger in his voice. Lola grew scared.

"Bugs, there's something I have to tell you…" She started with confidence. "Sylvester and I… we… you know…"

"You and Sylvester what?" Bugs asked, turning red.

"LOLA AND I MADE LOVE THE OTHER DAY!" Sylvester yelled really fast, but Bugs still caught it.

"You and Lola did what?" The gray rabbit ran up to the black & white cat and dove for a punch. Sony growled as he offered to help stop this massive fight. He tugged on Bugs' ear as he tried to pull him off, but Bugs reached back and grabbed the small cub by his neck.

"DIS WAS ALL YOUR FAULT, DAMN IT!" He yelled at the cub, who whimpered fearfully.

"Bugs, stop it!" Lola yelled. Yarniki just laid down as he covered his eyes with his tail, shivering. Daffy couldn't take it anymore and ran up to Bugs and picked him up fron his neck. Then, gave the angry rabbit an extremely hard punch that made everybody freeze and become silent, including the zookeeper who just walked in. Kavasia gasped as she covered her mouth with horror. The zookeeper finally broke the silence.

"Goddamn, Daffy. That was one hell of a punch!" He exclaimed in a country voice.

Bugs was also shocked at how powerful the punch was. He covered his mouth in pain as he cringed.

"That'sth for beating up my friend!" Daffy yelled. "You didin't even give Sthylvesthter or Lola enough time to apologizthe!"

"Apologize? For what?" The zookeeper asked as he slowly walked inside, closing the door behind him.

"For makin' love with Lola the other day." Sylvester replied weakly as he slowly sat up. The zookeeper offered a hand to him and he pulled the exhausted cat up. "She couldn't resthistht."

"I see. By da way, my name's Frank."

"Pleasure." Lola greeted as she took his hand. "I suppose you're here to pick up Sony… I mean, Tanka and Yarniki."

"After I tell y'all about their friendship history."

Minutes later…

Everybody settled down and gathered around Frank so they could hear his story.

"Now, even thought I was a teenager when they became friends, I was quite impressed with their friendship." Frank started. "That was when Yarniki and Tanka were just born."

"But, shouldn't those two be grown up by now?" Bugs asked, holding a white cloth near his mouth.

"Yeah, they should… but, listen to this. Their friendship is what made them stay babies forever."

"Huh?" Everybody asked surprisingly.

"Yep. It all started back when I had my first job as a zookeeper. I was 17."

(Flashback)

Frank was walking around the zoo, checking up on every animal. When he came to the main office, he saw a female white tiger and a female white crocodile laying in one corner of their own. Frank's father, George, was the manager of the zoo. The young teenager walked up to his father with curiousity.

"What goin' on, Pop?" Frank asked, standing next to his dad.

"It looks like Korina and Tai are startin' to have babies. I didn't want them to have labor in there cages, so I settled them in here." Frank's father, Tony, replied.

"Which one is which again?"

"Korina's the White Crocodile and Tai's the White Tiger."

"I just noticed somethin'. They're both white animals."

Tony paused for a moment before he spoke. "Well, darn tootin'! They both ARE white! I never noticed dat. You have good eyes, son!"

"Thanks."

(Flashback)

"Korina and Tai?" Lola asked. "Those were Yarniki and Tanka's mothers?"

"Yep. They were good girls, too… before they were pregnant." Frank replied.

(Flashback)

By the time Tanka and Yarniki were 5 months old, Tai and Korina didn't care for them anymore somehow. Frank noticed and decided to raise them as his pets. Tony was shocked to hear that Tai and Korina weren't caring for them.

"How come they couldn't?" He asked his teenage son.

"Don't know, Pop. But, I gotta admit. It's a good thang they didn't care for 'em. I'm a pro at pet care. I'll take good care of them." Frank promised.

4 years later…

Frank was now 21 and Tanka and Yarniki were just turning 4. As soon as Frank came back from college, he found that Tanka and Yarniki weren't in their playpen at his house. He dropped his bags and ran all around the house, looking for the two babies. He accidently bumped into his mother, Yolanda.

"Frank, what seems ta be da matta, boy?" She asked in her country voice similar to Tony's.

"Tanka and Yarniki went missing!" Frank frantically replied. "Have you seen 'em, Ma?"

"Not since dis mornin', I'm afraid. Try askin' ya fatha."

He ran into the garage and found Tony working on a broken muffler in his Twin cab F-350 Super Duty. Frank ran up to him and was horrified.

"Pop, have ya seen Tanka and Yarniki anywhere?" He asked. Tony had a worried look on his face as well.

"I saw them playin' in da driveway just a few minutes ago. Somehow, they both disappeared. I did hear a terrified squeal before I saw them missin'." Tony replied. Frank gasped as he looked upon the driveway and saw a small spot of blood. He walked up to it and sniffed it a little.

"Dat's Yarniki's blood!" He exclaimed as he looked down and saw an open sewer hole in the middle of the driveway. He climbed down into the hole and looked for them. When he walked about 3 miles away from the ladder, he saw a white figure being waved around by a bigger, darker figure.

"Yarniki?" He called, but no reply. He got a little closer and saw a splash seconds later. He gasped as he finally made out who it was.

"Tanka!" He screamed as he ran up to the tiger cub's unconcious body. "Tanka, what happened?"

Since Tanka couldn't talk, he just meowed as he pointed his nose towards two large, green crocs being fought by Yarniki.

"Oh, shit!" Frank yelled as he watched the fight in a terrified position as he held Tanka tightly in his arms.

Yarniki was brave whilst fighting the crocs and Frank's frown soon became a smile as he saw this. He saw Yarniki's wound on his front left leg.

"That's how he got hurt. He got bitten tryin' to save Tanka." He said to himself.Tanka soon woke up and smiled weakly as Yarniki finally finished them off.

5 minutes later…

Frank walked back in the house just in time for dinner. Yolanda was already cooking while Tony was setting up the table. He carried the weak tiger and croc in his arms as he walked in. Yolanda was shocked as she gasped with horror right after she placed the pot roast in the oven.

"Oh, God!" She exclaimed as she picked up the animals. "What da hell happened?

"I found them in the sewer hole in our driveway and Tanka was attacked by a sewer croc while he was playing with Yarniki. Then, lil' Yarniki here fought bravely until those sewer crocs were out. Yarniki actually saved Tanka!" Frank explained. Tony walked up to them and shook his head.

"I don't believe it! They became friends. I could imagine a white tiger and a white crocodile being friends." He said as he picked up the two unconcious animals.

"We should take dese two to da vet while the roast is cookin'. There's only an hour left of bakin'." Yolanda suggested.

Later…

Yolanda, Frank, and Tony were all waiting anxiously for Tanka and Yarniki. Minutes later, a vet came up to them. This made Frank stand up fast.

"Well?" He asked. The vet nodded.

"The two animals are all better now." The vet replied as she looked down to show them the two healed animals. Frank cried happy tears as he picked them up.

"We've noticed that they've been good friends and to reward them, we inserted a special vaccination in their blood. It makes them the age they are now forever."

"Even for as long as 100 years?" Frank asked.

"Yes."

"Wow. They'll be 4 years old fo' life."

(Flashback)

"…and soon afta dat, we raised them in the zoo in the same cage, knowing dat they'll neva fight each other." Frank finished.

"Amazing." Lola commented. Kavasia was in tears as she felt Lola's pain. Lola then started to cry.

"Well, a bargain is a bargain. Tanka and Yarniki are yours." Lola continued as she wiped a tear. Frank picked up the two animals and walked towards the exit, but then stopped at the doorway for a moment.

"Oh! Almost forgot." He pulled out a large bag of money and tossed it to Daffy, who got smushed by it. "The 20 million dollars are yours." Then, he left.

Kavasia walked up to the sack of money and opened it. She pulled out the 7, 000 dollars she needed to pay for a new PSP and a new copy of Darkstalkers Chronicle for Lola.

"Thank you, Daffy." She said to the smushed duck, who just had his arm out and gave a thumbs up. Lola sat down on the floor with sadness. Bugs walked up to her and embraced her lovingly. Lola embraced back. Sylvester really felt bad for Lola finally returning Tanka and Yarniki. He walked up to the embracing bunnies and kneeled down towards them.

"Sthorry I made you pissthed about makin' love with Lola the other day. Like I sthaid before, she couldn't resthistht. Do you forgive me, Bugsy ol' pal?" He asked in an apologetic tone. Bugs slowly broke the embrace and then, hugged Sylvester.

"Yeah. I forgive ya, Sly. It was a modest mistake. I'm sorry for beatin' ya up." He replied.

"But… hee, hee! You sure pack one hell of a punch!"

"Tanks." They laughed together. Lola chuckled as Kavasia kneeled down beside her.

"You wanna finish Galaga Arrangement with me?" She asked in a calm voice. Lola turned to her best friend and smiled, drying the final tear.

"Not if we don't start over." She replied as she went to the PS2 and resetted the game. Kavasia came up beside her and grabbed her controller. Wile E. watched with Sylvester Jr. from the very back of the gym.

"Do you think Lola sthtill feelsth guilty about givin' up Sthony and Yarniki?" Sylvester Jr. asked. Wile E. shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe, but we'll hope for the best later on." Wile E. replied.

To be continued…