KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam! – Chp. 14: The New Recruits All Around
KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam! – Chp. 14: "The New Recruits All Around"
KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam!
Chapter 14: "The New Recruits All Around"
A/N: Welcome back to another chapter of Sailor Space Jam!, ladies and gentlemen! Now that Jimmy Butler has become familiarized with the Tune Squad's opponents for the upcoming Ultimate Game in Looney Tune Land, he knows he has to step up in his role as the new player-coach / co-captain for the Tune Squad. One of the jobs that a player-coach for the Tune Squad needs to know how to do is to help the Looney Tunes get into basketball mode, but it seems that the Tunes' skills have gotten rusty since they last played in the original Ultimate Game back in 1996. While the Tune Squad becomes entranced with three new recruits for their team, Swackhammer has a devious scheme in store involving evil counterparts to the MonStars, which leaves the Witches 5 and Kaolinite feeling conflicted about continuing their association with him.
Chapter Synopsis: In this chapter, Swackhammer gives the Witches 5 and Kaolinite a sneak preview at what he has in store for the Tune Squad when they lose the Ultimate Game to the Witches 5, which may be seen as impressive at first, but leaves the girls conflicted as to whether or not they should continue with their plan as it is. Meanwhile, the Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians all engage in their first practice session with Jimmy Butler, but the Tunes themselves still have a long way to go for being ready to bring their skills to the court. Luckily, the new recruits to the Tune Squad finally arrive in Looney Tune Land, but will their skills be enough to give the Tune Squad extra leverage over the Witches 5 and their new recruits?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Looney Tunes or Sailor Moon characters who appear in this story as they appear under the ownership of their respective companies, Warner Bros. Animation and Toei Animation. Also, the story will be set in the year of 2016, 20 years after the release of the original Space Jam.
Dedication: A tip of the hat to NBA legend and the basketball GOAT Michael Jordan; Bugs Bunny as his Jordan Brand alter-ego, Hare Jordan; and the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Warner Bros. sports-comedy classic, Space Jam.
KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam! – Chapter 14: The New Recruits All Around!
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 – Moron Mountain Intergalactic Universe / Swackhammer's Main Office – Moron Mountain, Outer Space
The next day, while the Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians prepared for their first training session under Jimmy Butler, the Witches 5 and Kaolinite decided to report back up to Moron Mountain to give Swackhammer an update on the latest in terms of Tune Squad news. Just as they made their way to the main office of the head honcho of Moron Mountain, Swackhammer was busy coming up with blueprints for these superpowered robots that would be used to capture the Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians after they win the Ultimate Game. Swackhammer was already predicting what life would be like once the Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians became the new top-of-the-line attractions for Moron Mountain, entertaining the guests for hours on end with no possible breaks, even having them serve the roles that the Nerdlucks used to serve when they were his underlings and putting them in humiliating situations.
While Swackhammer was envisioning the endless success of the newly-rejuvenated Moron Mountain, he snapped out of his fantasy as he heard the Witches 5 and Kaolinite enter his main office, turning to them as he said, "Well, well, ladies! Back so soon? Did you girls manage to win the big game against those Looney Tunes and Sailor Guardians yet?"
"Cool your jets, Swacky," Kaolinite said with a smirk, brushing off Swackhammer's questioning with a wave of her hands. "We only came back up here to see what you have been up to while we were staying down at Looney Tune Land."
"Oh, I see," Swackhammer said as he led the Witches 5 and Kaolinite to a different room in the primary Moron Mountain building where he revealed his latest creation. "Well, while you girls were making yourselves known to the Looney Tunes, I have been coming up with a group of superpowered clone counterparts to the MonStars that could easily incapacitate the Looney Tunes and Sailor Guardians once they go out there and actually take on the Tune Squad themselves on the court! Ladies, say hello to your new teammates, the SwackStars!"
Swackhammer then pulled out a remote and used it to open the mechanical doors that introduced the CloneStars, who happened to be similar to the MonStars, but they were even more powerful and a lot more bloodthirsty, willing to do whatever it takes to win a basketball game. While Swackhammer was amazed by the competitive nature of the SwackStars, the Witches 5 and Kaolinite actually felt a little concerned by how unstable these guys were compared to the original MonStars. Ignoring the concerns from the Witches 5 and Kaolinite, Swackhammer smirked deviously as he said to the SwackStars, "Well, well, fellas, what do you think? Are you guys ready for the big leagues?"
"Oh, you know how we do, Swackhammer!" The Nawt clone said, jumping around excitedly as Swackhammer had to grab him by his neck to cool him down.
"They may be the clones of the MonStars, but they seem to be a lot more unstable," Eudial whispered to Viluy.
"Hey, you don't have to tell me twice, sister," Viluy whispered back in response.
"Alright, before we have you guys train with the Witches 5, I will have to give you all your new names: the Pound clone, you will be named Zilchtastic; Bang clone, you will be christened Busta Buss; Bupkus clone, you are going to be known as Bupkazoid; Blanko clone, you are Blanked Out; and, finally, the Nawt clone, you will be known as ... Wild Sauce!"
"Wild Sauce? Oh, I get it, just like that game from Wild 'N Out, huh?" Wild Sauce said as he nodded rapidly.
However, Zilchtastic stepped up and quickly shut Wild Sauce up as he said, "Listen, brutha, maybe you should save that energy for the big game—maybe do so when we get to beat those Looney Tunes and Sailor Guardians to a pulp ..."
Hearing the comments from Zilchtastic, the Witches 5 and Kaolinite were shocked to hear that the SwackStars actually had plans and ideas that went beyond just playing an intense basketball game against the Tune Squad. Hoping to alleviate those fears, Eudial rushed up to Swackhammer and said, "Whoa, wait a minute here! Swackhammer, we were just going to play a regular basketball game against the Tune Squad, right? You weren't thinking of using these guys to ... you know ..."
Swackhammer just brushed off Eudial's concerns, saying behind a fake-enthusiastic smile, "What? Oh, no, you don't have to worry about a thing, Eudial! These guys are just going to knock some sense into the Tune Squad when I allow them to sub in for some of you during the later part of the Ultimate Game."
"By that, you mean you are going to sic these guys on the Tune Squad and beat them up as brutally as they can, so we could get the upper hand and win the Ultimate Game?" Eudial said, raising an eyebrow in suspicion while putting her hands on her hips.
"Oh, Eudial, this suspicion you have for your new boss is so beneath you!" Swackhammer said in a faux-dramatic tone, acting offended that Eudial would come to these conclusions about him. "I thought you would know better than that, seeing as you are the leader of the Witches 5."
"Well, yes, but—" Eudial began to say before she was interrupted by Swackhammer.
"So, what do you have to worry about?" Swackhammer said as he pushed her back over to the other members of the Witches 5 and Kaolinite. "Just trust me on this one, Eudial, these guys won't hurt the Tune Squad too badly. C'mon with me, fellas, you all have some training to do."
"Right on it, boss!" The SwackStars all said as they rushed out of the door.
Swackhammer held the door for the Witches 5 and Kaolinite as he said to them, "Ladies, don't you all have to catch a ride back down to Looney Tune Land or something?"
The Witches 5 stood there, motionless, but Kaolinite spoke up for the girls, saying, "Listen, Swackhammer, I think the girls and I need some time to discuss this latest update to our team roster."
Swackhammer was surprised by this, but he just shrugged his shoulders as he said, "Eh, whatever floats your boat."
As Swackhammer left the room, the Witches 5 and Kaolinite started to talk to each other about the possibility of the Ultimate Game going off the rails because of the presence of the SwackStars. Gathering into a huddle, Eudial said to Kaolinite, "Alright, so now that we have to deal with the SwackStars being our new teammates, what are we going to do now?"
"Well, we could just lie to the SwackStars about the day of the Ultimate Game and lead them to a different basketball game," Mimete said, giving a sheepish smile afterwards.
However, the other girls and Kaolinite did not think that idea would work as Viluy sighed heatedly and said to Mimete in a sarcastic tone, "As brilliant as that sounds, Mimete, I highly doubt that the SwackStars would fall for something that blatantly obvious."
"Well, at least it's something, Viluy!" Mimete said in a defensive tone.
"Alright, alright, girls, cool your jets here!" Kaolinite said, then she gave a sad sigh as she said to the Witches 5, "Listen, ladies, when the night of the Ultimate Game comes around, just play to the best of your abilities—that way, Swackhammer might forget about letting the SwackStars come in and battle against the Tune Squad, thereby saving them from an impending doom and leaving them to their own devices."
"Well, how are we going to keep the same level of energy for the entire game?" Tellu said while raising an eyebrow. "Eventually, Swackhammer would want to make some substitutions!"
"Don't worry about a thing, girls," Kaolinite said in a reassuring tone. "I happen to have a few tricks up my sleeve that could convince Swackhammer to ... see things my way ..."
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 – Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Basketball Courts – Sherman Oaks, California
The next day, the NBA stars that were affected by the recent talent crisis struggled to get back into normalcy as people did not know them as the stars they knew and love, but thought that they were impostors. The situation would inevitably happen to King James, who was walking past the basketball courts in Sherman Oaks. Walking past one of the courts, he noticed that a basketball game was occurring with two groups of young women. As one of the girls made her way to catch the ball again, she was amazed to see King James in person, saying in amazement, "Wait ... you're King James?"
As King James nodded his head, the young woman called her friends over as she said, "Girls, come on over here! Hurry up! Look, it's King James!"
"Hey, can I play with y'all?" King James asked.
As the girls agreed enthusiastically, King James smiled in response as he took part in the girls' basketball game. However, he ended up making a fool of himself on the court as he couldn't catch any passes, perform the slam dunks that know the world over and actually had one of the girls block his shot. The girls' excitement led way to cynicism as the young woman said, "You know what I think? You're not really King James, but you're just a wannabe who happens to look like him. Sorry, but you have to bounce. Shouldn't even be up here with us, so get on somewhere, wannabe! Be gone, wannabe!"
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – The Van Nuys Central Medical Center / Van Nuys Psychiatric Center – Van Nuys, California
The next day after King James' embarrassing situation at the Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Basketball Courts, KD, Beastbrook, Sir SlamMarcus and High Griffinition were all at a local hospital, getting a check-up that would explain why they haven't been playing to the best of their abilities in recent NBA games. However, while they were getting this explanation, KD, Sir SlamMarcus and High Griffinition ended up hitting the top part on a set of double doors, leaving Beastbrook unscathed.
At a nearby psychiatric center, King James was relaying his embarrassing situation at the Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Basketball Courts, making a fool out of himself in front of a group of young women, saying, "... then, this girl, 5'0, went up and blocked my shot with ease."
"When did you start having this dream, Mr. James?" The therapist said.
"It wasn't a dream, it really happened!" King James said in a defensive tone.
Over the next couple of hours, the various NBA stars rotated between having a check-up with one of the doctors and speaking with the resident psychiatrist. As far as King James was concerned, he was at a local church, praying for the return of his NBA skills, saying, "I promise I'll never get another technical, I'll never switch from team to team to chase an NBA title, I'll stop the sports analysts from trash-talking my colleagues ..."
Back with the other NBA stars, High Griffinition and Beastbrook were in rotation in terms of visiting the psychiatrist. However, even with the check-ups and visits to the psychiatrist, nothing gave them a clear answer as to what could be wrong with them and what had happened to their basketball skills ... much to the disappointment of KD, who said in an annoyed tone, "All these check-ups and still didn't find anything wrong with us!"
"Hey, maybe there's really nothing wrong with us after all," Beastbrook said in a reassuring tone.
"That's right, Beastbrook!" Sir SlamMarcus said, pointing to his head as he said, "Maybe this whole thing is just in our heads."
"Hey, we're actually fine," Beastbrook said. "I guess it has something to do with some sort of psychosemantic deal or even something to do with the alignment of the planets."
Back with King James, his final prayer for the return of his basketball skills? "I'll never go out with Rihanna again."
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – The Golf Course at the Birmingham Pines Country Club – Los Angeles, California
Back at the golf course at the Birmingham Pines Country Club, Jasmine was starting to dig at the golf hole where Jimmy was sucked down in on Monday, which caught the attention of one of the workers at the country club, looking at the publicist in concern as he said, "What are you doing?"
"Oh, uh ... I'm just fixing a divot," Jasmine said, giving a sheepish smile in response.
Luckily for her, the worker actually bought her excuse as he walked away from her while saying to another worker, "Oh, okay. Hey, don't worry about a thing! She's just fixing a divot!"
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – The Schlesinger Gym – Looney Tune Land, Animation Multiverse
Although the MonStars and the Sailor Guardians had continued their one-on-one practice sessions in the days leading up to the Ultimate Game, the Looney Tunes' own basketball skills might have gotten a little rusty since the last Ultimate Game 20 years ago. Actually, 'rusty' was an understatement as the Looney Tunes were literally engaging in their classic cartoon antics as they usually would. Apparently, this had been happening since yesterday, but Bugs and Lola at least proved to Jimmy and the others that they still had their Space Jam skills. During this practice session, Yosemite Sam was shooting his pistols at one of the basketballs, Pepé Le Pew was chasing Penelope Pussycat all over the gymnasium, the Warners were busy annoying the other Looney Tunes in the gym, Foghorn Leghorn was beating the Barnyard Dawg's behind with a paddle and Taz was spinning around as usual.
Apparently, while Marvin the Martian was blasting his laser pistols at his basketball, one of his shots ended up hitting Daffy's behind, causing him to crash-land on the court and the basketball to subsequently land on his head. The basketball then ended up in Wile E. Coyote's hands, leaving the genius coyote confused as he saw the Road Runner run up to him and run away with the basketball, giving way to a mini-chase as the Road Runner ran out of one end of the gym. Wile E. was even more confused, but decided to give chase as he went after the Road Runner, but ended up slamming into the wall, revealing that the hole in the wall was just a background painting.
Jimmy just glanced at Bugs and Lola with a worried explanation while the Sailor Guardians just shook their heads, Rei becoming a little frustrated as she said, "Alright, guys, it is only the second day that you all have started your own practice sessions and you are losing your touch! Bugs, where are those new recruits that you called for?"
Bugs took a look at his watch, then he smirked at Rei and said, "Well, I think they should be coming in right about ... now."
Before the new recruits came in, Jimmy looked at the Tunes and said, "Have any of y'all ever played basketball as of late?"
However, the sounds of the doors opening in the gym caught everyone's attention as a familiar female voice said, "Hey, do you guys need any help beating those witches?"
The Tune Squad was surprised by the appearance of three females who happened to also be allies of the Sailor Guardians. The first of the girls, who was also the leader of the group, had long, hip-length raven hair tied into a low ponytail and was wearing a baseball cap, a baby blue basketball jersey, dark blue basketball shorts that went a little past her knees and black sneakers; the second of the girls, who served as the brains of the group, had long brown hair tied into a a low ponytail and wore a sleeveless orange hoodie, purple basketball shorts and red sneakers; and the last of the girls, who happened to have the most edge and attitude about herself, had long white hair tied into a low ponytail and wore a snow white baseball cap, a white basketball jersey that also served as a midriff, light grey basketball shorts and white basketball sneakers. Compared to the other girls of the group, this girl had her arms crossed, sporting a scowl on her face.
As the girls made their way to the co-captains of the Tune Squad, the raven-haired girl said while bouncing a basketball, "We'd like to try out for the team if you all needed any help."
The Sailor Guardians were surprised to see that the Sailor Starlights actually answered Bugs' call for new recruits, but they were also happy to see their old friends once again, especially considering that they had never expected to see them again after their last encounter in 1997. Usagi seemed to be the most-excited of the girls' return as she rushed up to them and got them all in a big hug, saying, "Oh, my gosh, it's the Sailor Starlights! What are you girls doing here? Are you really going to help us battle the Witches 5 in this basketball game?"
The brown-haired girl strained a bit in Usagi's hug, but she smiled a bit as she said, "Well, we happened to get a call from Marvin the Martian, telling us that the Witches 5 happened to be stirring up trouble in their world, so we decided to come down here and see what was going on."
"How did Marvin manage to get in contact with you guys?" Makoto said curiously. "From what I could tell, it doesn't seem like it would be easy to get in contact with any of you."
The girls all looked at Marvin, who patted a satellite remote stuck on his side as he said, "Well, let's just say that I had an interesting way of contacting the Sailor Starlights, ladies."
Before Makoto could ask Marvin what he meant by his statement, the white-haired girl decided to get to the matter at hand, saying, "Listen, Usagi, I don't want to be rude here, but who are the team captains of this Tune Squad?"
"The team captains? Oh, you mean Bugs and Jimmy!" Usagi said, pointing over to Jimmy and Bugs. "They're right over there!"
The girls were surprised to see that the Tune Squad managed to get Jimmy Butler into Looney Tune Land right before they had arrived, but they thought it was better for them to be timely than to wait at the last minute. The three girls proceeded to walk up to Bugs and Jimmy, then shook hands with the two team captains of the Tune Squad as the leader of the trio said with a smile, "Well, it's an honor to meet such a legendary cartoon character like you, Bugs Bunny. The name's Seiya Kou, and these ladies with me are Taiki Kou and Yaten Kou."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, ladies," Bugs said with a smile, shaking hands with Seiya. "Are you girls ... sisters or something?"
The Sailor Starlights shot confused glances at each other in response to Bugs' question, then the three girls giggled as Seiya said to Bugs, "Well, not exactly, Bugs. We're actually part of a popular idol singing group in Tokyo, known as the Three Lights."
"Wait a minute? The 'Three Lights'?" Daffy said, popping up in between Seiya and Bugs. "I thought the Three Lights were—"
However, before Daffy could finish his insinuation about the Sailor Starlights, Bugs quickly covered his mouth as he said, "Eh, just ignore your future teammate's antics for a moment. What can you ladies bring to the table for this team?"
The Sailor Starlights all exchanged smirks with each other as they made their way to the court while Yaten said in a playful tone, "Well, why don't you step out on the court and we'll show you how we do it ... Bugs?"
Before Bugs could walk out on the court, Lola quickly stopped him and said with a playful smirk, "Bugs, I hope you know what you are about to get into before you play against these three recruits? You remember what happened last time when I played against you when I tried out for the Tune Squad?"
"Come on, Lola, I know exactly what I'm doing this time around," Bugs said in a reassuring and confident tone as he proceeded to walk out on the court.
Once Bugs walked over to where the Sailor Starlights were waiting for him on the court, he decided to play some defense against Seiya, who just gave a smirk in response as she said, "Are you ready for this?"
"Try me, doc," Bugs said as Seiya proceeded to perform a crossover move on the rabbit.
After performing said crossover move, Seiya passed the ball to Taiki, who took this opportunity to pull some tricks on Bugs, but the rabbit was still standing strong as Taiki then passed the ball to Yaten. However, compared to the other two, Yaten managed to one-up the Looney Tunes star as she whizzed past Bugs, then ran up to the hoop and performed an impressive slam dunk.
The other members of the Tune Squad were all impressed by the moves of the Sailor Starlights, especially Jimmy as he said in amazement, "Those girls have got some skills!"
While Bugs was trying to untangle himself after that crossover move by Yaten, the Sailor Starlights all walked up to him as Seiya said with a smirk, "So, Bugs, did we make the cut or what?"
"Well, after that virtuoso basketball performance I saw from the three of you while we were on the court, all I have to say about that is ... congratulations, you girls have made the Tune Squad!" Bugs said with a smile.
The Sailor Starlights all cheered and exchanged high-fives with each other as Yaten knelt down to Bugs' level and said, "Y'know, I was a little apprehensive at first, but I gotta say: you're a really cool bunny!"
When Yaten gave Bugs a quick kiss on his cheek, Bugs suddenly detangled himself as he said, just as his body fell to the floor like a piece of wood, "Checkmate!"
Before the Sailor Starlights could leave the gymnasium, Lola called out to them, "Hey, girls! Wait a minute! You all did so great in your tryout session today, why not practice with us for the rest of the week?"
"Really?" Seiya said as she turned to see Lola, eyebrows raising with interest.
"Of course, we could use the extra talent on the court when we finally battle the Witches 5 on November 15th," Bugs said as he dusted himself off and stretched for a bit. "Would you girls like to stick around and know what's what?"
Taiki and Yaten were surprised to know that the Tune Squad were really impressed with their skills on the court, thought they were only getting started with proving what they could bring to the Tune Squad. However, they were also interested in joining the team as Seiya said, "Well, count me in."
"I guess I'm in, too," Taiki said with a smile while shrugging her shoulders.
"Why not? I'm always up for a good game of basketball," Yaten said as she proceeded to spin the basketball on her finger.
While the other members of the Tune Squad cheered, Lola pointed them over to Granny and Witch Hazel sitting at one of the benches as she said to the Sailor Starlights, "Alright, ladies, why don't you girls go check with Granny and Witch Hazel, so they could measure you for your team uniforms?"
As the Sailor Starlights walked up to Granny and Witch Hazel, Jimmy looked at Bugs, smirking a bit as he said, "Real smooth, casa-blunder."
"Eh, what can I say, doc?" Bugs said with a smirk. "They obviously know that I'm quite the charmer."
"Yeah, obviously," Jimmy said sarcastically, rolling his eyes for good measure.
Pepé Le Pew then picked up the basketball and sighed as he said lovingly, "Mais oui."
As Pepé passed the ball to Jimmy after the Sailor Starlights got their measurements taken, Jimmy looked at the players of the Tune Squad as he said, "Alright, ladies and gentlemen, let's do some drills."
However, before he could engage in another practice session of the day, Jimmy noticed that his golf cleats were stuck on one of the boards of the basketball court. Although he tried his best to avoid falling on the court, he ended up slamming on the court, looking up at his teammates and asked, "Could anyone lend me a pair of sneakers?"
"Uh ... sneakers?" Bugs asked curiously as he looked down to see that he was not wearing any shoes.
The other Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians all looked down to see that they weren't wearing sneakers of any kind—the MonStars were wearing sneakers, but they didn't have a spare pair for Jimmy to wear—with Tweety wiggling his foot as he said, "Sowwy."
"Well, someone's gotta go up to my house and pick up my basketball gear," Jimmy said with a sigh.
"Wait a minute, to your house ... in 3D Land?" Daffy asked in surprise, spitting at the screen for good measure.
Jimmy then got up from the floor as he said, "Yeah, and whatever you do, don't forget my Marquette University shorts."
"Your shorts ... from college?" Daffy asked in an increasingly-incredulous tone.
"I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game," Jimmy said, leading to disgusted reactions from his own teammates, but he had to remind them that he knows how to keep it clean, saying in a defensive tone, "Hey! I washed them after every game."
However, the Tune Squad still didn't believe him as they brushed off his comment, laughing it off as Jimmy still tried to defend himself in vain.
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – Warner Bros. Rucker Park – Looney Tune Land, Animation Multiverse
Later that evening, Bugs and Daffy were making preparations to travel up to the Real World to get Jimmy's Marquette University basketball gear from his house. While they were getting their supplies in order, Bugs noticed that Daffy did not have the gym bag where they would stick the clothes. Noting that Daffy had everything else but the bag, Bugs asked the duck, "Eh, Daffy, what did you do with the gym bag?"
"What are you talking about, Bugs? It's right h—" Daffy began to say until he realized that the bag was not in his possession, then he said in a surprised tone, "What the? Where's the bag at?! I could swear I had it in my hands a few moments ago!"
"Daffy, you didn't sell it to Rocky and Mugsy again, did ya?" Bugs asked, raising an eyebrow in suspicion.
Daffy slowly broke out in a cold sweat as he said, "Well, uh, heh-heh—uh, no, of course not! After that time Rocky tried to force me to lay tons of golden eggs after laying one for Porky, I did not want any associate with him or any of his reckless goons again for the rest of my animated life!"
Before Bugs could call Daffy's bluff, however, the gym bag suddenly appeared in Daffy's hands, surprising both Bugs and Daffy as a voice said, "Maybe it would be best for you to not leave your bag in the possession of Elmer Fudd while you guys get ready to go up into the Real World."
Bugs and Daffy both turned to see it was Usagi and Rei who had found the gym bag they were looking for. Shaking off their initial surprise, Bugs walked up to the girls and said, "Eh, thanks for the help, ladies. What are you two doing here this late?"
"We heard that you guys were going to pick up Jimmy's basketball gear, so we thought that we would give you guys a helping hand," Rei explained with a smile.
"I don't know about that, Rei," Daffy said in a tone of uncertainty. "I mean, this mission is actually more dangerous than what you would like to believe."
"How so?" Rei asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, uh ... we have to deal with these super-scary monsters who would willingly beat you up, mangle you, tangle you up and—" Daffy said before he was interrupted by Bugs.
"Don't fall for Daffy's crazy conspiracy theory, girls," Bugs said in a reassuring tone. "Daffy's just saying all that because he had a bad experience against Michael Jordan's bulldog, Charles, the last time we had to do something like this."
Usagi and Rei both giggled in response as Daffy glared at Bugs and said, "Way to suck out all the tension from the mission, Bugs."
"Hey, better that than just relying on an exaggerated view of it, doc," Bugs said as he took a bite from his carrot.
"You're despicable!" Daffy said in an annoyed tone, inciting more giggling from Usagi and Rei.
Ignoring the aura of cynicism coming from Daffy, Bugs turned back to Usagi and Rei, asking them, "Say, did you girls want to help us with this mission?"
Usagi's eyes beamed with delight as she said, "Of course, I'm a sucker for missions of this type!"
Bugs, Daffy and Rei just stared at Usagi confusingly, who just blushed in response as she shyly said, "I just love missions like this, you know?"
Well, it looks like things are looking up for the Tune Squad! Not only do they have their new recruits in the form of the Sailor Starlights, but they are even more confident in their abilities to defeat the Witches 5 on the night of the Ultimate Game! Of course, as is Space Jam tradition, Bugs and Daffy have to travel up into the Real World to pick up Jimmy's basketball gear for the next round of training sessions, but this time around, Usagi and Rei are going to accompany them for this mission. However, once they make their return to the Real World, they will end up running into a familiar problem that Bugs and Daffy themselves had when they tried to do the same thing for Michael Jordan back in 1996.
Meanwhile, the Witches 5 and Kaolinite seem to be personally conflicted after seeing Swackhammer's introduction of the SwackStars, who happen to be the evil and even more demented counterparts of the MonStars. Although Swackhammer claims that nothing will go wrong between them and the Tune Squad on the night of the Ultimate Game, the girls seem to think that Swackhammer knows more than he is telling. While they understand that the show must go on in order to determine the fate of the Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians, even they are aware of the consequences of what happens when things go a little too far.
What will happen with Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei once they make it to Jimmy's house in the Real World? How will Kaolinite respond to Swackhammer's latest plan for them in the lead-up to the Ultimate Game? Well, as always, "Stay Tooned" for the next chapter to find out, folks!