Chapter 2: A New, Loving Family

Feeling himself being carried again, Tahitii woke up, finding himself in a gray rabbit's arms. He was being taken into Wile E's lab for examination.

"We got him, doc." The rabbit said. A brown coyote turned towards him and walked up to him. Tahitii was startled a little as the coyote's face came up close to him.

"Well, well, well." Wile E. started. "Looks like we have a living legend in our hands here."

Living legend? Tahitii thought. Why would they call me a 'living legend'?

"A livin' legend, huh? Do ya know some tings about him or somethin'?" The rabbit asked.

"I know it all, Bugs."

Bugs? (gasps) Oh! Bugs Bunny! I must be with Looney Tunes. Tahitii's voice said in his mind.

"Ya do?" Bugs asked.

"Yes. I've been studying many legends since my past time and he was most interesting of all… and still is today." Wile E. replied.

"What? Is he rare?"

"'Rare'? Why don't you take a good look at him?"

Bugs did so. He lifted Tahitii up a little and noticed that he had no tail.

"A tailless dragon? But how?"

"He must've been anxious to see the outside world. He hatched so early that he didn't give his tail a chance to develop inside the egg… and it was the last to develop, too."

"He's not gonna die as he gets older, is he?"

"That I can fix…" Wile E. paused as he pulled out a needle filled with a blue liquid. This made Tahitii shiver.

I already had two needles stuck inside me before I arrived at the shelter! Tahitii's thoughts spoke again. Why the fuck do I need another one?

"…with this handy vaccination I just created and tested on one of my lab rats." Wile E. finished. "It makes him live the age he is now… forever. By the way, how old is he… in dragon years?"

"Looks like he's 3."

"3? Perfect! He'll be living a happy, young life from this day foreward." That was the last thing he said before he started dabbing Tahitii's right back leg with alcohol. Then, slowly stuck the needle into the dabbed leg. Tahitii cringed a little at the pinching pain of the needle. Bugs held on to him tight.

"Dere, dere, little fella. I know needles aren't fun, doc." He said to the dragon, trying to calm him down.

Sure, it's painful, Tahitii's thoughts started. But, it's a very helping vaccination. It allows me to live as a 3 year old forever? Talk about pure genius!

"There. All done." Wile E. finally said after 10 seconds of draining the vaccination into the baby dragon's bloodstream. He placed a small, waterproof bandage on the needle wound as Tahitii sighed.

"Heh, heh. I love dis dragon, doc. You oughta meet da rest of my friends." Bugs said in a relieved tone as he kept his loving grip on Tahitii on the way out of Wile E.'s lab. He met up with the rest of his fellow Looneys and they were astonished to see Tahitii, except for a beautiful, blonde and tan rabbit with sea green eyes. She just smiled.

"Wile E. just finished examinin' dis little guy." Bugs said to everybody as he sat on the couch next to a black duck.

"And?" The duck asked.

"He's a livin' legend!"

"WHAT?" Everybody exclaimed.

"Yep. Here's da reason why…" Bugs held Tahitii up and showed everybody his tailless figure. "…no tail."

"That'sth crazthy!" The duck spoke again. "You mustht be kidding. No dragon on thisth damn planet hasth no tail!"

"But, dis guy does! Wile E. suspect dat he was gonna die, due to this tailless issue. So, he inserted a special vaccination in his blood dat allows him to be 3 and stay 3."

"That's cool." The female rabbit commented.

"I hope that needle didn't give him any sthide effectsth." The duck complained.

"Daffy! Don't say dat, doc!" Bugs yelled.

"You probably hurt the little guy'sth feelingsth!" A black and white cat with a red nose agreed.

Actually, I don't mind. Tahitii's thoughts spoke again. I understand that this duck has sentimental issues. But, who's the sexy-as-hell chick sitting on the other side of Bugs? She looks hot!

Tahitii's thoughts began to show as he squealed with affection as he was staring at the female rabbit, nearly drooling.

"Hey, now." Bugs said in a smooth voice. "Looks like someone has a little crush on Lola."

Lola? That's not enough for a name. I'll be satisfied when I know her whole name. Tahitii's thoughts rang again as he was handed to her by Bugs.

"Hey, Tahitii." She greeted to the lovestruck dragon. "You have a crush on me already, do you?"

Tahitii replied by a frantic nod.

"I can tell. You want my full name, right?" Tahitii nodded again. "Well, my name is Lola Jean Bunny."

Daaaamn! Lola Jean Bunny! Now, that's a name! His thoughts purred.

He squealed in response as he heard her name. He, all of a sudden, got himself comfortable in Lola's arms and sighed with passion.

"Aw! You're so cute!" She looked up to face Bugs while rubbing the dragon's tummy. "So, the vaccination will make him immortal, too, right?"

"Exactly!" Wile E. replied as he walked out of his secret lab door, which was disguised as a wall in the kitchen. "Not only will it make him live as a 3-year-old forever, but I'll also make him immortal as well."

"You neva told me dat, doc." Bugs said.

"Some things I know are some things you don't know, Bugs. I was just reading more about Tahitii in my legend book. It says: 'Tahitii's tailless life has been in vain since his birth, but now he finds a better living with frendilier folk.' Heh, heh. That's us. Anyway, 'Scientists believe that since Tahitii's a legendary dragon, full of activeness and self-esteem, he seems to have special functions that other dragons don't. They suggest a small test of these mysterious skills this baby dragon has in his system. The list of tests are as follows and should be tested in this order:

1.) Test of speed and endurance

2.) Test of strength

3.) Test of knowledge and thinking skills

4.) Test of experimentations

5.) Test of love and friendship to one another

6.) Test of swimming and 'self-fishing'

7.) Test of fighting skills

As soon as he meets these standards within a high score from the testing scientist, his special abilities have been revealed.' Whew! That's a lot of reading, but that's how it works." Wile E. explained.

"Well, sthtartin' tomorrow, we're gonna testht histh natural, but sthpecial abilitiesth." The cat replied.

"That's right, Sylvester. Now, foist, Tahitii shall have his foist dinna wit us." Bugs said to the dragon.

Later…

The dinner table was set up for the night. They had a large plate full of chicken, fried and baked, fried fish, and fried shrimp. There was side salads for Bugs and Lola, of course. Tahitii sat in an old baby seat that was re-polished for a good luster detail. It was sitting at the right side of the table, between Bugs and Sylvester.

"Looks like he'll enjoy our meaty platter." Wile E. said as he served Tahitii a plate of 5 pieces of baked chicken, 2 pieces of fried fish, and 20 pieces of shrimp with cocktail sauce on the side. As soon as the plate was settled, the hungry dragon started grubbing like crazy.

"Good God!" Daffy exclaimed. "I never knew a sthmall dragon would have such a huge appitite!"

"Dat's Tahitii for ya." Bugs agreed as he took his first bite of his tossed salad with fat free French dressing. Lola's had Ranch.

"He must be hungry." Lola said as she swollowed her forkful of her salad. "I know animal shelters and the one he was at didn't care much about those innocent animals. They just left them starving."

"Dat's a shame because who would want to adopt a pet who's nearly showin' just skin and bones?"

"I get your point." Wile E. agreed.

"Sthame here." Sylvester agreed as well. "I wonder where Tahitii came from."

"The book said that he came from Kyoto, Japan. There's some kind of magical place in that city where dragons, tailless or not, live in peace and prosperity."

'Peace and prosperity'? Wrong! Tahitii's thoughts exclaimed as he was eating. How the hell do live in peace and proeperity if you're the only dragon that's tailless and other dragons tease you for it! To me, that's just a bunch of bullshit!

Tahitii growled in response as he heard Wile E.'s explanation. That made everybody turn towards him.

"What is it, Tahitii?" Lola asked. The angry dragon started growling as if he was extremely pissed. Wile E. held his chin in his hand in thought.

"Hmmm. I think it's about what I said about the 'peace and prosperity' part. He must've lived in complete torture before he was taken to the Burbank Shelter. Isn't that right?" He explained as he stared at Tahitii, who nodded in response.

Hell yeah, genius! Tahitii's thought agreed. There wasn't any 'peace and prosperity' around my time. Every dragon, except my blessed father and mother, treated me like a motherfuckin' bastard! How's that for peace?

"My goodness! I must be right. Whatever happened to him must've given him a bad experience." Wile E. finished. "Tahitii, I'm sorry I've made you upset. You can finish eating now."

Tahitii nodded in a calm way as he continued to eat. That moment made the Looneys concerned. Luckily, they were already finished. They just had to keep the baby dragon company until he was done.

Hours later…

Tahitii was having his good time playing SSX 3 on the PS2. He was in Bugs and Lola's bedroom. The two bunnies were laying in their bed behind him, under the covers.

"I sure hope dese tests will toin tings around for lil' Tahitii. Even though he was living a bad life back at his homeplace, he's not feeling too depressed." Bugs said to his wife.

"I hope so, too." Lola agreed. She looked over at their digital clock and saw that it was almost 11:00 pm. "Tahitii, it's getting late. You better get some sleep now."

Tahitii sighed as he saved his game and turned it off along with the tv. He crawled into his personal bed with his name on it. It had a fleece inside, but a checkered designed outside. It also had a pillow settling in the fleece. He got comfortable on the bed and went to sleep. Bugs fell asleep as well before Lola blew a kiss at the dragon and said:

"Good luck on the tests tomorrow, little prince." Then, she laid her head down on her pillow and fell asleep with a smile, knowing that Tahitii will have loads of fun tomorrow.

To be continued…