KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam! – Chp. 15: The Great Shorts Escape
KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam! – Chp. 15: "The Great Shorts Escape"

KidsWBYungsta Presents Looney Tunes & Sailor Moon: Sailor Space Jam!
Chapter 15: "The Great Shorts Escape"

A/N: Another day, another new chapter of Sailor Space Jam!. Anyway, welcome back to the world of the Jam, ladies and gentlemen! Continuing from where the previous chapter left off, Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei are making their way to the Real World to pick up Jimmy's practice basketball gear from his house. While they made their way to his house, the group ended up running into a familiar problem that has befallen Bugs and Daffy when they tried to get Michael Jordan's gear back in the day. Will the four characters complete their mission in a timely manner? Well, let's "toon" back into the story and find out, folks!

Chapter Synopsis: Later that night, Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei make their way into the Real World to get Jimmy Butler's basketball gear to help him train better for the upcoming Ultimate Game. However, while they make their way to Jimmy's house, they end up running into a familiar problem that seems to hit most cartoon characters who enter the Real World: the angry guard dog. Although the four characters find themselves at the mercy of the guard dog, they find some unexpected help in the form of Jimmy's friends.

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 aftr 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 15: The Great Shorts Escape

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – Jimmy Butler's Home / The Serene Burbank Suburbs – Burbank, California

As evening had already fallen over the suburbs in Burbank, California, Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei were digging underground, making their way to Jimmy Butler's house while the rest of the Tune Squad continued their training sessions for the upcoming basketball game against the Witches 5. However, while they were making their way up to Jimmy's house, Daffy voiced his complaints of the digging conditions for the Tunes, saying, "Sheesh, Bugs! The view back here stinks!"

Suddenly, Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei finally stopped next to the sidewalk of Jimmy's house as Daffy asked Bugs, "What?"

"Alright, everyone, get ready," Bugs said to the group. "We're all right in front of Jimmy's house!"

"Well, I knew that, long ears," Daffy said in an indignant tone.

Rei then shushed Daffy as she said, "Alright, Bugs, what do you have in mind?"

"Well, I say let's go in this way," Bugs said, looking towards the direction of the house.

However, Daffy just scoffed at Bugs' suggestion as he looked at Rei and Usagi, then he said, "Don't listen to that screwy rabbit, ladies. Listen, Usagi, you go wherever Bugs is going because Rei and I are going to make our way that way!"

"Wait, what?" Rei said in a confused tone.

"Alright, Daffy, whatever you say," Usagi said, shrugging it off as she started to follow Bugs. "Lead the way, Bugs."

While the two groups of Toons started digging underground again in different directions, Bugs could only laugh to himself as he said to Usagi while digging up to Jimmy's house, "Y'know something, Usagi? If there's one thing I learned while working with Daffy Duck for all our years at Warner Bros., he just never learns."

Meanwhile, Daffy and Rei found themselves in a dark spot as Daffy said to Rei, "Okay, if my calculations are correct, we must be very, very close."

"How about I use my Fire Soul powers to see where we are?" Rei asked while sporting a devious smirk.

"Oh, sure, feel free to do that, R—" Daffy said sarcastically, then he was shocked when he heard Rei calling her attack, taking his comment at face value.

"Fire ... SOUL!" Rei said as she performed her Fire Soul attack, unintentionally blowing up the dog house.

While Daffy and Rei were both covered in soot, they ended up coming face-to-face with Jimmy's pet German Shepherd, Ace Charles, who was seemingly annoyed at the two for waking him up from his rest. As he growled angrily at the two, Rei just smiled sheepishly while giving a weak wave whereas Daffy just looked at the audience and croaked, "Mother ..."

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – Jimmy Butler's Home: The Interior – Burbank, California

While Daffy and Rei were becoming better "acquainted" with Ace Charles while trying to find another way inside the house, Bugs and Usagi managed to find their way into the house, unscathed as they both looked around and Bugs said with a smile, "Wow, what can I say? That Jimmy Butler really knows a thing or two about nice digs."

Suddenly, their amazement of Jimmy's house was interrupted by a timely knock on the door, which led to Bugs and Usagi walking up to answer it as Bugs said sarcastically, "Well, well, well ... I wonder who that could be?"

Once Bugs opened the door, it was revealed to be Daffy and Rei, both disheveled and left in a daze after their encounter with Ace Charles. After Daffy recited "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in a daze, Rei was shaken as Usagi rushed up to her and whispered, "Rei! Are you okay?"

"Usagi, just remind me of one thing: never let me follow the lead of one Daffy Duck," Rei said as she landed on the floor with a thud.

After both Daffy and Rei fell into the house with their respective thuds, Bugs shushed them as he closed the door and whispered, "Shh! Quiet, doc and doctress! Everyone's sleeping in here!"

As Daffy snapped out of his daze and got back to normal, he said in an indignant tone, "I knew that, rabbit."

However, Rei quelled the bickering of Bugs and Daffy as she snapped back to normal and said, "Alright, guys, cut the quarrel and let's get down to business! Remember, we have to find Jimmy's basketball stuff in one of these rooms in his house!"

As Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei looked in each of the different rooms in the house, they did not find anything or see anything that was related to basketball—though Daffy was impressed by the dinette set that Jimmy had in his possession. As Daffy was about to look into the living room, Bugs called for him as he said, "Come on, Daffy, let's see if we'll have better luck looking upstairs!"

"Yes, o' fearless leader," Daffy said sarcastically while giving a sarcastic salute.

While Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei were conversing among themselves about what Jimmy would need for his practice basketball uniform, they ended up walking into the room of Cleopatra Williams, who was sound asleep in her bed, where they saw her room filled with memorabilia of her favorite actors and musicians as well as some Looney Tunes-related merchandise and a few Sailor Moon plushies.

"Wow, this girl's room looks cooler than my room!" Usagi whispered in amazement. "I wonder if my mom would be able to redecorate my room into something like this."

However, Bugs and Daffy both rolled their eyes as Rei said while crossing her arms, "Usagi, please don't get any ideas. First, you think it's a good idea to clean up your room by trying to actually spit-shining it, now you want to decorate your room like this?"

"Well, it's worth a try, Rei!" Usagi whispered in response.

While investigating the room and the different products found inside, Daffy asked Bugs, "Sheesh, do you think this girl's got enough toys?"

"Speaking of toys, do you know about all of those mugs, T-shirts and lunchboxes with our pictures on 'em?" Bugs asked in response.

"Yeah, not to mention all of those video games, movies and cartoons that featured us over the years," Daffy said.

Unbeknownst to Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei, Cleopatra woke up upon hearing the voices of Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei as she saw their silhouettes on the wall next to her bed. Once she realized that it was actually the aforementioned characters themselves, she woke up to see them walking away from her room to continue their search.

"Did you ever see any money or any royalties from all of that stuff?" Bugs asked.

"Hate to say it, Bugs, but I still haven't seen a single cent," Daffy said in an annoyed tone with a sigh.

"Hmm ... me neither," Bugs said while shrugging his shoulders. "I bet even the Sailor Guardians have gotten some royalties from all of the merchandise they have generated during the original run of their series."

"I hate to tell you this, Bugs, but the girls and I haven't seen any royalties either," Usagi said. "Oh, and don't get us started on those supposed legal issues that have surrounded our franchise."

"Goodness gracious, it's a crying shame," Daffy said. "Listen, we have to hurry up and get some new agents! We're getting screwed enough as it is!"

As Cleopatra poked her head out from the door of her room, Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei walked into Jimmy's trophy room, where they would finally find the basketball gear they had been searching for.

"Well, what do you know?" Bugs said in amazement. "We have found the coupé de ville: the trophy room of Jimmy Butler! Alright, gang, go ahead, spread out and search the place!"

"Yes, General Bugs," Daffy said while giving another sarcastic salute as he, Usagi and Rei started searching the other areas of the room. "Sheesh! Here I am in the peak of my form—the height of my career, even—and I am still stuck playing second banana to a long-eared, buck-toothed, hare-brained, carrot-chomping, overbite-challenged ..."

However, Bugs just brushed off Daffy's complaints by saying, "Yap, yap, yap ..."

Suddenly, he found Jimmy's old college basketball jersey from Marquette University laying on a nearby chair as he said, "Ooh, what do you know? This could be useful; ah-ha!"

Meanwhile, Daffy was still looking through one of the drawers in the trophy room as he said to himself, still in the midst of his rant, "You know, if this was a union job, I'd—was? Oh, that's very nice ..."

Soon, Rei found another part of Jimmy's college basketball gear, which happened to be one of his shoes, saying in amazement, "Wow, one of his shoes!"

As Rei picked up the shoe, she passed the shoe to Bugs, who proceeded to place the shoe into the gym bag as he said to Rei, "Alright, Rei, where is that other shoe?"

While they were looking for the other shoe, Rei said in a sing-song voice, "Where are you?"

Suddenly, their question would be summarily answered by the other shoe being revealed to be on a stand above Jimmy's other basketball trophies as Bugs, Usagi and Rei said, "Eureka!"

Usagi decided to grab the next important piece of the college basketball practice gear as she pulled up a chair and said, "Don't worry about a thing, little shoe, come to mama."

As Usagi tried to reach for the other shoe, Cleopatra peeked into the trophy room to see Usagi trying to grab Jimmy's other basketball shoe, nearly slipping at one point as Rei walked up to her with the gym bag, saying in an indignant tone, "What a slick foot you have, Usagi. Goodness, girl, you are so clumsy!"

Luckily, Usagi managed to get to the other shoe as she slid it off of the stand while saying to Rei in a playful tone, "Just catch the shoe, hothead!"

Thankfully, Rei caught the shoe with the gym bag as she said while rolling her eyes, "Thanks."

Following that, Cleopatra closed the door to the trophy room and proceeded to walk down the hall to mention the situation to her other friends as Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei started to make their way towards the door while Bugs said with a smile, "Well, I guess it's time to go."

"Did we get everything?" Daffy said as he looked around the room.

Suddenly, they stopped dead in their tracks once it had dawned on the group that they did forget something as they all said in simultaneous shock and surprise, "The shorts!"

As they all turned to another door in the room, Usagi just asked, "Wait, in there?"

However, Daffy proceeded to walk up to the door himself as he said in a lightly-annoyed tone, "Alright, alright, I'll check."

However, once Daffy opened the door to find the shorts, he found himself looking face-to-face at Ace Charles once again, this time with the shorts in his mouth while growling at Daffy, causing the duck to quickly close the door as he said to the others, "Uh, guys, I found ... the shorts."

Suddenly, Ace Charles used all of his dog strength to burst through the door, causing the door to land on Daffy, leaving the poor duck struggling to break out from under the combined weight of the door and the dog as he said, "Oh, the pain! The a-gony!"

Ace Charles started to walk even closer as Daffy got up from under the door, then quickly hid behind Bugs as he said to the rabbit, "Don't worry about a thing, Bugs! I'm right behind ya, brother!"

"Eh, that's none too reassuring," Bugs said as he noticed Ace Charles coming closer to the group.

While the group tried to find something that would get the dog to calm down, Daffy pulled out a bone from out of nowhere as he said with a smile, "Nice puppy! Listen, how's about a bone?"

Ace Charles continued to growl at the group as Daffy looked at Bugs and said, "No dice, Bugs."

During this time, Cleopatra, Freestyle Vibrations and Darius Magnificent all looked inside the trophy room to see what all the commotion was about, seeing that Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei were having trouble trying to cool down Ace Charles. Bugs started to look a little nervous as he pulled out a holiday ham, saying, "Hey, calm down, Ace Charles! Listen, how about we give you a nice holiday ham?"

However, Ace Charles did not take the bait, so Rei began to take matters into her own hands by trying to use one of her attacks against him, saying, "Alright, Ace Charles, if you're not going to heed to our demands, I think I might have to deal with you the hard way ..."

Before Rei could transform into Sailor Mars, she was quickly stopped by Usagi, who was holding her back as she said, "Rei, stop! You can't hurt Ace Charles! That's Jimmy's dog and he'll definitely hurt us if he finds out we hurt his pet!"

"Fine, so how do you suppose we—" Rei began to say before she and Usagi were startled by Ace Charles growling at them even more, causing them to wrap up Bugs and Daffy in a giant hug.

"Guess your plan didn't work again, huh?" Daffy said while sporting a playful smirk.

"Oh, shut up, Daffy!" Rei said in an annoyed tone.

It seemed to be the end for Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei as Ace Charles was getting even more angrier while the Toons tried to reason with him, with Bugs saying, "Stop all that bickering for a minute, you two, we've got bigger problems on our hands! Listen, can't we talk this over, Rover?"

"Just roll over, Beethoven!" Daffy said in a nervous tone.

However, Bugs quickly shaped up and turned back to his cool-and-collected self upon seeing the three teens from afar as he said to the other group members, "Well, what do you know? It looks like the kids have arrived!"

To the sounds of a heroic tune, Cleopatra, Darius and Freestyle Vibrations all rushed into the trophy room to help Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei as Darius tried to get the shorts out of Ace Charles' mouth, saying while the dog was still holding onto the shorts, "Come on, Ace Charles! Give me the shorts!"

After a quick tug-of-war between Ace Charles and Darius, the latter finally managed to get the shorts out of the former's mouth, passing them to Bugs as he said while panting for a bit, "Here you go, Bugs."

"Eh, thanks, kid," Bugs said as he gave Darius a thumbs-up.

"Go on, shoo! Get outta here!" Freestyle Vibrations said as he gave the signal for Ace Charles to leave the room.

As Ace Charles whimpered while leaving the room, Daffy said in reference to the dog, "Bad dog! Okay, I am being serious this time: this is definitely the last time I am ever going to work with dogs, children or teenagers!"

However, Bugs just rolled his eyes as he made his way to the door while waving to the three teens and saying to them, "Well, buh-bye!"

"Wait, Bugs!" Cleopatra said, stopping Bugs in his tracks. "Where are you guys going? You all just got here."

"Well, you see, the Looney Tunes and the Sailor Guardians have a big basketball game coming up in Looney Tune Land and, eh, your best friend's gonna have the honor of playing with us," Bugs explained, much to the excitement of the three teens.

"Oh, that's so cool!" Cleopatra said as she jumped up in joy.

"Yeah, but promise me one thing: make sure you don't tell anybody," Bugs whispered as he, Daffy, Usagi and Rei left the room to return to Looney Tune Land.

Cleopatra nodded her head in response and winked at the four Toons as Bugs shut the door behind them.

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – Jimmy Butler's Home / The Serene Burbank Suburbs – Burbank, California

While Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei began to make preparations to return to the animated world that is Looney Tune Land, they were stopped in their tracks by Ace Charles once again. Although they were a bit uneasy at first, they noticed that he wasn't growling or even angry at them. Confused as to why the dog was just standing there, Usagi walked up to him, petting his head as she asked, "Aww, what's wrong, big dog? We ended up waking you up from your sleep? Is that why you were so mad at us?"

As Ace Charles whimpered for a bit, Bugs just pointed at Daffy and Rei, saying with a smirk, "Well, listen, I could understand why you were mad at the Gruesome Twosome right here, but why were you growling at us?"

"Hey, don't think he was going to exempt you and Usagi from this, rabbit!" Daffy said in an annoyed tone. "Oh, and what did you mean by that 'Gruesome Twosome' remark?"

Before Bugs could respond to Daffy's question, Usagi stopped them by saying, "Guys, I think it's because his doghouse was destroyed, so now he was nowhere else to sleep ..."

As Usagi, Bugs and Daffy turned their eyes toward Rei, the Shinto priestess just looked on in surprise as she said, "Oh, sure, go ahead and blame me! It's always me having to be the scapegoat!"

"Hey, it couldn't have been one of us, Rei," Bugs said. "You are the one with the fire powers, you know."

While Rei just rolled her eyes in response to Bugs' comment, Usagi just hugged the dog as she said, "Listen, Ace Charles, just stay here. I'll be right back ..."

As Usagi walked over to where Ace Charles' doghouse used to be, Bugs, Daffy and Rei just watched on as Usagi transformed into Sailor Moon and used her magic to produce a new state-of-the-art doghouse that would prove to be comfortable and befitting of Ace Charles' standards. Upon seeing the new doghouse, Ace Charles jumped for joy as he rushed up to Sailor Moon and jumped up on her, licking her face happily as Sailor Moon giggled and said, "Okay, okay, I get it, Ace Charles! I'm glad that you like your new doghouse!"

As Ace Charles got up from Sailor Moon, he whined apologetically, hoping that there were no hard feelings as to what had happened inside Jimmy's house, but, seeing as how Sailor Moon was not one for holding grudges, she knelt down and hugged him, saying in a sweet voice, "Aw, don't worry about a thing, Ace Charles. You just worry about getting yourself a good night's rest."

When Ace Charles turned to look at Bugs, Daffy and Rei, he smiled at the trio as they walked up and gave him a hug, too—well, at least Bugs and Rei did; Daffy just walked up to him and pet his head. After the quick hug, Ace Charles walked into his new doghouse and went back to sleep while Sailor Moon turned back into Usagi. As Usagi sighed sweetly upon seeing Ace Charles enjoying his new doghouse, Rei walked up to Usagi and placed a hand on her shoulder, saying to her, "You know, Usagi, for all of the arguments we've had with each other, you've got a really good heart."

Usagi smiled in response as she hugged Rei and said, "Thank you, Rei."

"Hey, I hate to interrupt the sweet, heartwarming moment here, but can we go ahead and get a move on?!" Daffy said in an annoyed tone. "I'm sure the rest of the Tune Squad is wondering where we are right now!"

As Daffy decided to make his way back to the golf course at the Birmingham Pines Country Club, Usagi and Rei just stood there dumbfounded as Bugs walked up to them and said in a reassuring tone, "Eh, don't worry about that quick outburst from Daffy, ladies. He always gets like this after dealing with a particularly stressful situation."

Phew! Finally, another chapter update for Sailor Space Jam! is in the books! I'll just make these closing notes short and sweet: it looks like Bugs, Daffy, Usagi and Rei have completed their mission of picking up the college basketball practice gear of Jimmy Butler, avoiding potential doom and gloom from his pet dog, Ace Charles. Luckily for them, Ace Charles is the type of dog that doesn't hold any grudges; he just did what any dog would do for their owner: ward off intruders that could possibly steal something from the house.

Now that they have finally caught his gear, they will unintentionally catch the attention of the agent Jasmine Shay, who finally realizes where Jimmy Butler has gone after that little mishap at the golf course of the Birmingham Pines Country Club on Monday.

What will happen when Jasmine Shay finally reunites with her client? Will the Tune Squad become a well-oiled basketball team, just in time for the Ultimate Game against the Witches 5? How will Swackhammer react to the level of star power found on the Tune Squad on game night? Well, as always, "Stay Tooned" for the next chapter to find out, folks!