DEMANDING EXPLANATIONS.
"RONALD! I should have known he was faking! That back-stabber… Hold on, Mary, I'm on my way!" Hillary said furiously, and prepared to jump into the bushes, where the fight was clearly heard. However, Shirley stopped her with her telekinetic abilities.
"Like, wait, Hillary. I'm not sensing any aggressive impulses coming from them! We can be wrong!" Shirley said. Hillary glared at the loon.
"The only one wrong here is you if you don't allow me to move, girl! Release me from your magic mumbo-jumbo, Shirley! Don't you see Mary can be eaten?" Hillary snapped. However, before she or Shirley could react, a little tornado came out from the bushes; Mary and Ronald's growls and grunts were heard coming from the inside, as well as many scratching and hitting noises.
The combatants stopped spinning for a moment, showing Mary keeping Ronald on a head lock. They returned to the tornado's movement again, and stopped to show Ronald holding Mary on a Nelson (a wrestling movement); the scene repeated a number of times, with them spinning as a tornado, and stopping to show one of them dominating the other.
Tornado…
Mary was punching Ronald's face at a high speed…
Tornado…
Ronald was biting Mary's leg…
Tornado…
Mary made a judo movement, throwing Ronald over her shoulder…
Tornado…
Ronald was on top of Mary, with his claws extended, while the girl made her best to keep them away from her face…
Tornado…
Mary was sitting on Ron's back while twisting one of his legs…
Tornado…
They were both dancing ballet…
Tornado…
They were thumb-wrestling…
Tornado…
Mary grabbed Ron by his tail, and made him spin around her, in a classic Olympic throwing movement. Once he had enough speed, Mary released her grip, sending him flying against a tree. Ronald, totally dizzy, handled to take a white flag out from his body's pocket, and wave it.
Hillary and Shirley watched at the scene in amazement. What surprised them the most, however, was the fact Ronald then returned back to his feet, smiling to Mary, who returned the smile and helped him dusting off. The hyena and the loon walked out from their hiding place, and directed to them.
"Okay, what was that? Training for Wrestlemania?" Hillary asked, raising an eyebrow. Ronald and Mary finally noticed them, and Mary answered.
"Hey, we didn't saw you. No, Hillary, Ronald is just helping me with a scene I have to play for the class of "Classic Scenes"; you don't have it this semester. I'm gonna perform a Tarzan's classic, you know, fighting a wild animal. I was thinking about asking Dizzy to help me, but Ronald fits better." Mary explained. Then, she made a spin-change into a bikini outfit; it had a leopard-like pattern. She was also wearing a fake-leather belt with a stone knife hanging from it, and her bow had the same pattern of the bikini.
"When doing the real thing, I'll be wearing this one. I hadn't decided if calling myself Melody of the Jungle, or Mary of the Toons." Mary told the other girls while posing with her fists on the hips.
"I like the two titles, Mary." Ron said. Then, he directed to Hillary and Shirley. "Even if I'm not taking that class either, it helps me to have some extra credits, and is a good way to prepare for next semester, when we'll have it as well." Ron finished, directing to Hillary. The hyena gave Shirley a regretful look, and sighed.
"I owe you an apology, Shirley. I shouldn't have yelled at you." Hillary said. The loon smiled at the hyena.
"No harm done. It was an honest mistake. If I hadn't felt that they weren't on a real fight, I would have alarmed as well. Well, I guess Mary and I should leave you and Ronald like, alone, or some junk." Shirley said, and, after Mary returned to her normal outfit, motioned her to leave. Mary shrugged, and directed to Hillary and Ronald.
"Don't eat each other's heads, okay? See you guys tomorrow. Thanks again, Ron." Mary waved bye, and she and Shirley left. Ronald then looked at Hillary, with a quizzical expression.
"Wait… you want to talk to me?" Ronald asked. Hillary nodded.
"Yes…well, you see…man, this isn't going to be easy. Well, I just want to… apologize to you, Lion-O. I hadn't been exactly a nice classmate since we met, and you don't deserve it. You even helped me with Arnold a while ago, and now you agreed to allow Mary to beat you on purpose to help her with a class. Guess I misjudged you." Hillary said while rubbing her left arm. Ronald smiled at her.
"Well, maybe I misjudged you as well. I thought you were a really nasty girl for treating me like dirt for no reason…but it seems you can accept your mistakes. If you really regret it, then I'll have no problems accepting your apology." Ronald extended his paw.
"So…friends?" Ron asked. Hillary saw the paw in front of her, and smiled, shaking it as well.
"Friends." Hillary looked at Ronald's face, and her smile grew wider. He was actually a nice guy, and maybe befriending a lion wouldn't be such a bad idea; she was running out of wild cats' names to call him anyway.
"You know, maybe I can help you and Mary with that routine. I know plenty of wrestling moves, and I'm sure you can learn a couple." Hillary said, still holding paws with Ronald.
"Hey, good idea. What kind of movements do you know?" Ron asked. Hillary smirked, and, without any warning, twisted the guy's arm, and made him spin on the air, sending him against the ground, right over his back.
"Lesson number one, pal, is never accepting a handshake from your wrestling opponent." Hillary laughed. Ron smirked, and since she hadn't released him, pulled the hyena to the ground as well, rolling with her. Hillary was surprised, and, before she could notice, Ronald was on top of her, pinning the hyena to the ground.
"Hey, that was fast! Who taught you that stuff?" Hillary asked, impressed.
"My parents. My mom is quite good with street fighting, and my dad just loves to roll on the lawn, and is pretty strong, so I'm a natural." Ronald replied. Then, they stared at each other for a moment. Hillary chuckled.
"Are you planning to keep me down here all day?" Hillary said with a smirk. Ronald released his grip, and rubbed his neck, while moving apart.
"Sorry. You aren't hurt, right?" Ronald asked. Hillary gave him a good natured punch on his shoulder, and both toons stood up.
"I'm not that weak, Mufasa. Come on, I'll allow you to invite me a milkshake at the Weenie Burger. Be a nice guy, and next time I'll possibly pay." Hillary replied. Ronald chuckled, and then both toons walked away to have their first real peaceful snack together.
Much later, that night, Hillary was with her parents in the park. Since it was a full moon's night, many animals that liked to howl at it were present there; the park was a common place, because that way the animals wouldn't disturb the people with the noise.
Minerva and Ronald, on their apartment, were at the place's balcony, looking at the sky; they didn't like to howl, but enjoyed watching the full moon as well. It was a cloudy night, so the moon would take a while to appear.
Meanwhile, at Acme Looniversity, two figures were sitting on top of the clock's tower. One was a duck with a dark disguise, resembling a bat, and the other a pig with a colorful outfit.
"I don't know, Plucky… I mean, Batduck. I still think we shouldn't be here. We can be in trouble for sneaking into the Loo at this time of the night." Hamton, on his Decoy's identity, directed to Batduck.
"Don't worry, Decoy. We'll not enter the place if not needed. We'll just stay up here, with the night vision's binoculars. I'm sure Wally is hiding something, and this way, if anyone arrives or leaves tonight, we'll be the first ones to know." Batduck replied. Then, both toons started searching from their watch's spot, looking for anything suspicious.
A few moments later, the moon was now visible, and the animals at the park started howling. The hyenas were particularly noticed, since their howling was a mixture of howling and laughter.
HAAAWWWWLLLHAARHAAR!
At the Loo, both Plucky and Hamton could hear them clearly. They didn't notice a shadow moving next to them, and the shadow didn't notice them as well. Suddenly…
HHOOOOOOOWWWWWLLLLL!
"YIKES!" Batduck and Decoy screamed and jumped at a time, scared by the howling sound behind them. They were near the tower's edge, so they fell to the ground at high speed.
Before they could reach the ground, a red and yellow blur dashed at one side of the tower, and started running in circles behind them, creating a tornado. The wind caught Batduck and Decoy, and, softly, deposited them safely on the ground. The blur then stopped, revealing Wally using a red one-pieced disguise, with lots of yellow lightning marks on it, including a big one with a white circle behind it on the middle of his chest. Plucky and Hamton opened their eyes in awe.
"Wolflash. The Fastest Mutt Alive." Wally chuckled, and spin-changed back to his normal self. "Nice disguises, guys. Sorry for scaring you; I climbed to the tower to have a best view of the moon, and didn't notice you were there. What were you guys doing up there, anyway?" Wally asked. Plucky then talked, using a story he already had prepared in case anyone discovered them.
"Well, as you can see, we are practicing some tricks for a routine. We are having "Superheroes" this semester, and wanted to be ready for next week's class. I heard Bugs is inviting Darkwing Duck as a guest lecturer for a season." Plucky informed; the last part was true, as Daffy confirmed to his pupil that morning. Wally wide opened his eyes.
"No way! I'm a great fan of that duck's work! I even have a good impersonation of him. Look." Wally spin-changed, and re-appeared wearing the classic DW's outfit (grey fedora, blue turtleneck, purple jacket, mask and cape), and talked in a dramatic tone. "I'm the Hunter that Howls in the Night. I'm the Fang that chews Evil. I, am DarkPaw Wolf!" Wally wide opened his cape, making an heroic posture. Even Plucky had to admit he looked good, and Hamton clapped his friend's work.
"I'm sure Darkwing is gonna like it, Wally." Hamton said. Wally changed back to normal, and thanked him.
"Yes, it was nice. Well, Hammy, we'll better leave so Wally can rest. See you tomorrow, buddy." The duck said while grabbing Hamton's arm, and waved bye to the wolf. Plucky thought that, now that Wally had discovered them, he would be alert all the night, so decided leaving was the best option.
Once Plucky and Hamton were gone, Wally spin-changed back to his Darkwing-like outfit, and took a grappling gun out from his body's pocket. Spin-changing into super-powered toons, like The Flash, could be really exhausting, and Wally decided it would be faster and easier to return to the tower this way. He shot to the tower's upper part, and once the hook was secure, activated the gun's mechanism to retrieve the cable, pulling him up to the tower. Once there, he changed back to normal again.
"That was close. Those two almost ruin everything." A female hidden in the shadows, the same one that Wally helped to go into the Loo the previous day, talked to the wolf.
"Yes. Finding them was a major surprise. Good thing I could save them from smashing against the ground. And I'm glad they didn't saw you." Wally paused, and gave a long look to his companion.
"Can I say you look great with the moon shining over you?" Wally said, blushing slightly. The female chuckled.
"You are the only guy I know that can be so nice without sounding corny, you know that?" The female said. Wally and her kissed then for a few moments, and then turned to see the moon. For one more night at least, they were undiscovered.