Here it is, at last: The 2nd Chapter of "Yakko's Date".
Yea, this and a few future chapters were already planned, but if you guys have any future suggestions I'm listening.
Anyway, enjoy.
(Yakko's Date, Chapter 2: Mr. Warner)
Outside of Burbank, California lies a small town called Acme Falls. Here in this town were local restaurants, a spoiled rich boy, a very dangerous (& possibly simple minded) little girl, and a local theatre.
Then, there is Acme Looniversity.
It is here that the youngest of toons go to learn how to hone their skills in order to become the future of cartoon history. Taught by legends of old including the likes of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, and several others, each toon entered the school then left with a higher knowledge and appreciation of what goes into the industry.
However, despite the years, the school always had their eye on 3 very particular toons from Burbank. The problem was: Due to their zaniness, they weren't allowed out of the studio. That being said, in recent years, with Plotz's 'disappearance', there was nothing keeping the Warner Siblings from being taken, yet up until now they were unable to bring the toons to the school.
For the most part, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot were always one step ahead of their predecessors.
Today, however, they got lucky.
With Yakko being separated from his siblings for reasons they weren't aware of, Wakko and Dot were easy pickings and were captured. That left Yakko to bring in. Unfortunately, this came at a moment where Yakko was on his date.
This lead us to now, as a blur made of dust ran through Acme Falls and right into the front doors of Acme Looniversity. As the dust began to dissipate, the figure revealed himself as Yakko Warner, still wearing his buttoned white shirt and traditional brown slacks from his date. "Here it is, Acme Looniversity" Yakko told no one in particular, as he added "The place for a higher education if you're a toon." Turning towards the camera, Yakko said "Lucky me, this toon doesn't need classes." Looking back towards the front doors, however, Yakko added "However, my sibs need me and if I must venture into the hollowed grounds of this school to save them, then venture I must." Taking a pose as if he were Superman, Yakko announced "For my sibs, I will face the legendary teachers of this school, save my sibs, and be back home in time to Netflix and Chill." With a determined face, Yakko began to walk towards the front door.
(Other side of the front door)
Waiting in front of the doors were an assortment of traps waiting for Yakko.
From a pitfall to toon proof nets, and from anvils to floors covered in overexaggerated-sized fly paper, every conceivable trap awaited him.
Yet the moment the front door opened, Yakko took a quick look at the hallway, then back towards the screen and said "Yea, I'm not falling for that." Reaching into his hammer space, Yakko pulled out a gold dollar coin and threw it into hallway. As the coin rolled through, Yakko turned towards the screen once more and said "Wait for it" as Daffy suddenly threw one of the doors opened and shouted "IT'S MINE! I SAW IT FIRST! DO YOU HEAR ME? IT'S ALL MINE! MINE" as he began chasing after the coin. As he did so, the coin suddenly stopped and began rolling in reverse, as Daffy accidentally began triggering each trap, resulting in his feet being stuck in fly-paper, his head pummeled by anvils, and almost getting trapped in the toon proof net yet leaving it now exposed on the floor before seemingly catching it. "HA!" Daffy announced, as he cradled the gold coin in his hand before adding "My precious. I'm so sorry it took me so long to…." Dafft suddenly stopped and realized something rather important as his foot tried to find something it was supposed to be touching.
Looking down, Daffy realized too little too late that he was standing on the pitfall.
"YAAAAAAAA…." Daffy screamed before falling into the pitfall while he accidentally threw the golden coin into the air and into the waiting hands of Yakko. Closing the door behind him, Yakko dusted the coin off and said "It always works" as he used Daffy's head as a stepping stone before getting on the other side of the hole before walking through the rest of the hallway uninterrupted while whistling. As he did so, Daffy turned to give Yakko the stink eye while muttering "You're despicable!"
(A Short Time Later)
"Could we get a magazine to read? Maybe some coffee?" Dot asked, apparently bored yet tied up in toon proof rope, as Wakko asked "Speaking of food, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?" Like Dot, he was also tied up in toon proof rope. Unfortunately for them, their captor was more patient, as he read a newspaper behind his desk with the headline "Slender Man tanks with critics, fans" while telling himself "Meh, these humans and their need to be scary yet unoriginal. No wonder that movie flopped." Hearing the door to his office open, Bugs Bunny put the newspaper down and saw the face of Yakko Warner as he asks "Meh, what's up doc?". Yakko, in turn, replies "I've come to chew bubble gum and get my sibs back, but I ran out of bubble gum." Reaching into his pocket, Yakko pulled out a packet of gum and he said "No wait, I still have" before putting it away. Turning towards their brother, Dot pouted and asked "What took you so long? We were so bored." Adding to it, Wakko said "And we're hungry." Turning towards Wakko, Dot told him "Speak for yourself" as Bugs cupped his hands and told Yakko "If we can get serious for a moment docs, we need to have a talk."
"As you know, Yakko" Bugs began before adding "Acme Looniversity has been interested in having you three here in our school for quite some time. However, thanks to Plotz and everyone at Warner Brothers studios, we've never been able to do so. Thanks to today's events, though, your younger siblings gave us an opportunity to have this little chat." Pondering for a moment, Yakko decided "No offense Bugs, but me and my sibs have been around since the 1930's. If anything, I don't think you really need us here." Getting up from his seat, Bugs walked around his table and told Yakko "Doc, maybe you don't understand the position you're in. Your siblings basically destroyed a movie theatre, and while nobody was hurt the damage they caused was more than enough for the studios to consider sealing you three back in the water-tower." Fazed by Bugs' statement, Dot suddenly stood up on her chair and said "But that's not fair. Why now? Plus, Yakko didn't do anything." Turning towards Dot, Bugs crossed his arms and said "I know, but it's because he wasn't there to stop you two that he's gonna be punished equally." As the three looked down, seemingly worried about their fate, Bugs suddenly announced "Unless…."
"Unless what?" Yakko asked, as Bugs finally says "Unless I tell the studios you and your siblings are working with us." Pointing at Yakko, he adds "Specifically, you Yakko." Dot huffed as Wakko seemed confused, asking "Wait, Yakko work with you? I thought we were all part of the same company." Turning towards Wakko, Bugs points out "We are Wakko, but here's what I'm proposing." Turning towards Yakko now, Bugs makes it clear "Simply put: You agree to be a teacher here at Acme Looniversity, and in return you and your sibs don't get locked away." Raising an eyebrow at Bugs, Yakko mockingly asks "You want me to be a teacher? Here? At your school?" Sitting back down on his chair, Bugs replies "Take it or leave it doc. It's the best offer you're gonna get." In that moment, Yakko was actually tempted to say 'No'. He was tempted to take his sibs into hiding and go somewhere far away. Somewhere no one could find them and they could live the rest of their days in peace. In fact, he was actually tempted to grab the biggest mallet he could get out of his hammer space and show Bugs what he thought about his offer.
Then, he realized, he and his siblings would always be in hiding. They would never be able to have fun, be zany, see any of their old cast & crew members, or do any of things they enjoy doing ever again.
He would never be able to see Minerva ever again, and he had promised to see her again for their second date.
He and his siblings, worse of all, wouldn't have the water tower as their home anymore. They would practically be living on the streets.
"Come on Yakko, forget his stupid deal" Dot said, as Wakko added "Let's go. If he's going to make you do this, then it's not worth it." At that moment, Dot and Wakko jumped off their chairs and walked towards the door. However, they noticed Yakko hadn't opened the door. "Um, Yakko, can you get the door?" Wakko asked, yet no response. "Hello, Yakko? Wakko asked if you could get the door" Dot said, yet again nothing was replied. Turning around, they saw Yakko not move so much as a muscle. If anything, it seemed to them he was actually thinking about it. Wakko and Dot, confused yet worried, attempted to reach him.
"Yakko, what are you thinking about?"
"You're not going to do what we think you're going to do, are you?"
Taking a deep breath, Yakko finally asked Bugs "If I agree to be a teacher, we don't get locked away for good, correct?" Looking at the eldest of the Warner siblings, Bugs nodded and replied "That's right". Yakko soon asked "And what's the catch?" Faking offense to the question, Bugs asked "Now what makes you think there's a catch?" as Yakko replied "Come on Bugs, I know there's a catch. What is it?" It was at that moment, for the first time in this entire conversation, Bugs chuckled and replied "Ok, you caught me. There's one small catch to the whole deal. Nothing big or serious." Seeing Yakko raise an eyebrow, Bugs announced "I'd like your siblings to start attending this school." At that moment, Wakko and Dot gave Bugs the stink eye and shouted "NO WAY!" Crossing his arms behind his back, Bugs made it perfectly clear "Hate to disappoint you two docs, but in the end it's not up to either one of you. Rather, it's up to him." Bugs looks over to Yakko, still in thought over his decision, before returning his glaze back to the younger Warner siblings and announcing "Look, I don't like this anymore than either of you, but this is a tough decision either way and it has to be made."
While they disagreed with Bugs, it was a tense moment for all 3 Warner Siblings as a decision needed to be made: Either free in school, or on the run. Finally, Yakko made his decision.
"I'll do it."
As Wakko and Dot turned towards Yakko, Bugs asked him "You'll do it?" Closing his eyes, Yakko sighed and said "Yea, I'll do it. I'll be a teacher as long as Wakko and Dot don't have to be students." Bugs crossed his eyes and said "I believe I already said they have to be" as Yakko made his case clear "You do know if they become students here, they'll bring the zaniness to whole new levels. Even the teachers wouldn't be able to handle them." Bugs pondered that for a moment, as Yakko added "And, if I'm a teacher I can't keep an eye on them while they're separated from me on school grounds." Scratching his chin, Bugs muttered "He thought that out well, but not well enough". Bugs soon asked "Well if they ain't in school mac, who's gonna keep an eye on them?" Crossing his arms, Yakko replied "I trust them. Don't you?" Bugs actually sighed for a moment, then hung his head down before rising it and announcing out loud "Alright then. Yakko…." Trailing off for a moment, Bugs extended a hand out to Yakko as he concluded "….I think we've got a deal."
(2 Days Later)
Making his way over towards the border between Burbank and Acme Falls, Yakko stopped running at toon speed in front of a Starbucks and turned towards the camera, telling the reader "Even a toon needs a pick me up" before stepping inside.
A few minutes later, Yakko stepped outside and took a sip of his coffee before hearing someone whistle. "Wonder who that was?" he wondered out loud, before hearing someone shout "Over here!" Turning to his left, Yakko saw Minerva waiving towards him while walking his way, apparently carrying a black purse while wearing an orange dress. "Well, look at you" Minerva playfully said, looking Yakko over. Unlike the last time she saw him, Yakko was wearing a blue suit and dress pants with a brown briefcase. "You look rather handsome today, Yakko" Minerva said, then asked "What's the special occasion?" Replying with a smile, Yakko said "First day of work. I got a teaching job." Minerva laughed, thinking he was simply joking before realizing he just raised an eyebrow as if annoyed. Finally stopping, she asked "Because of the movie theatre?" Yakko nodded and replied "Because of the movie theatre." Deciding to lighten the mood, Minerva smiled and walked towards Yakko, as she put her hands on his collar and began to adjust it. "I didn't know you like being so close these days." Yakko joked, yet a bead of sweet was apparent.
"Just helping you look a little more professional" Minerva said before suddenly placing a kiss on Yakko's cheek and adding "And a kiss for good luck." Taking a step back, Minerva took a quick glance at him before saying "Now, you're ready." Yakko smiled and replied "Thanks again, Minerva" and turned around to get going, but not before Minerva suddenly grabbed his arm and whispered "You forgot something." Turning back around to face her, Yakko suddenly found Minerva's lips against his for only the second time, yet this time it was much softer and brief as she just as quickly removed them. Shocked, Yakko asked "What was that for?" as Minerva smiled and replied "That's to remind you about Saturday." Pulling away and letting him go, Minerva winked and said "Good luck on your first day and see you later." With that, she finally turned and began her leave.
Watching her walk away, Yakko couldn't help but think to herself "I don't know why, but I feel like the luckiest toon in the world." At that moment, Yakko suddenly realized "I GONNA BE LATE" as he quickly ran at toon speed to Acme Falls.
(A Short time later at Acme Looniversity)
"Ok class, settle down!"
The students inside the classroom began to scream and speak incoherently as Bugs entered and told them to quiet down. Within moments, they stopped as Yakko entered. "Alright students, we've got a new teacher here today so I want you to show him the upmost respect" Bugs announced, though while most of them were quiet some still snickered as Bugs announced "Kids, this is Mr. Warner" as he waves them over to Yakko. Raising an eyebrow, Yakko turns to Bugs and asks "Mr. Warner?" Bugs could only shrug his shoulders and reply "It was the best I could come up with. Now then, Mr. Warner…" he emphasized before continuing "…the class is all yours." Walking towards the door, Bugs watched on as Yakko cleared his throat and asked "Alright everyone, before we get started, does anyone have any questions?" One of the kids raised a hand and asked "Were you on Animaniacs?" Yakko chuckled before replying "Yea I was. Probably will again when the show reboots." Another child raised their hand and asks "What was it like?" Smiling, Yakko sat down on the table and replied "Well, let me tell you all about it."
For the remainder of the day, Yakko told them stories from his days on the show before the day ended.
(Later that day)
Making his way back to Burbank, Yakko carried a jacket over his shoulder with his briefcase in one hand as he stopped running at toon speed and begun walking home. "Who knew teaching kids was so rewarding?" Yakko thought out loud before walking by a mall and noticing some people beginning to run out. Turning to the reader, Yakko said "That's either my sibs or people walking out of a viewing of The Nun." Looking on, Yakko soon shrugged his shoulders and decided "Eh, why not?" as he ran into the mall to join in on the fun.
What he wasn't expecting was to come….
To Be Continued!
(Wheel of Morality Segment)
Like before, the Warners ran into the park before skidding to a stop as Yakko announced "Hold on sibs, it's that time again." Once again wondering what time it was, Wakko and Dot asked the following:
"Is it adventure time?"
"Is it time to complain to millions of people on the internet?
Yakko raised an eyebrow, as Dot said "What? People do that all the time." Shrugging, Wakko added "To be fair, she's not wrong." Yakko could only shake his head before replying "No sibs, it's time to learn today's lesson. And with that, we bring out the Wheel of Morality." Going off screen and dragging said object into the scene, Yakko spun the wheel and chanted "Wheel of Morality, turn turn turn. Tell us the lesson that we should learn."
Stopping at a 7, a piece of paper was printed out as Yakko ripped it from the printer and read "And the moral of today's story is: Take responsibility for your actions." At that moment, Wakko and Dot rolled on the floor laughing as Yakko raised his eyebrow yet again and asked "What's so funny?" The two continued to laugh as Yakko asked once more "No seriously, what's so funny?" Stopping for a moment, Wakko replied "We didn't even do that in today's story. How does that relate to us?"
At that moment, an extra sheet was printed from the Wheel of Morality as Yakko turned to it and said "That's never happened before." Ripping the paper out, he read "Tell Wakko and Dot that they will in the next chapter. Signed, the author."
At that moment, Wakko and Dot stopped laughing.
The very next moment, they heard a whistle blown as the three ran for it while Ralph the Guard resumed his chase after them.
Oh, I have something special planned for next chapter. Sorry if this one was a little shorter than the last, but I wanted to try and build up for what was to come.
Next time: Yakko's 2nd Date (In the not too distant mall...)