It's time for Insanity! YAAAAAY! (Author runs around in circles with his hands in the air)

Jerry: What if that was the opening for the Tom and Jerry Show? Where they show us running around in circles with our hands in the air while screaming madly…

That would be funny, wouldn't it?

Tom: No it wouldn't. It would just make that show dumber than it already is.

Tom! Don't insult your own show! The Tom and Jerry Show isn't terrible (though I will admit that some of the episodes make it seem like the writers weren't even trying to come up with a good plot). But some of the episodes are funny. But enough about that! It's time for…

Everyone: INSANITY!

I give partial credit to brb-out-ferreting for helping to contribute some ideas. And thanks to Dark Fox Tailz for helping me come up with this idea in the first place…

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Insanity Chapter 12: Family Reunion Part 2

Spike was happy to have the house to himself. Well, sure Tuffy and Tyke were there with him, but since they were in Tyke's room upstairs playing games or whatever it was that youngsters did these days, Spike was, more or less, by himself.

He wasn't sad in the slightest about missing out on a family reunion. His idea of fun wasn't watching a family of strangers meeting together and talking about their daily lives while he sat around and did nothing. Why Jerry wanted to go was a mystery to him.

Still, it was a blessing as Spike got a lot more peace and quiet around here. Well, as quiet as it could possibly get with two kids running about upstairs. Still, nothing he couldn't handle.

He hoped.

Spike grabbed the smoothie he was holding and he drank it, savoring the strawberry taste.

"Mm Mm Hm" Spike hummed to himself as he stretched out and relaxed.

He plugged two ear-phones into his ears as he turned on Butch's iPod. Apparently, Butch had forgot to take his iPod and left it on the table. This was a miracle in itself as Butch never went anywhere without his iPod. He wouldn't be caught dead without it.

Still, that doesn't change the fact that he left it and Spike was sure that Butch wouldn't mind if he used it.

He held up the newspaper and read it silently.

This was the life. The kids were busy in Tyke's room. There was no Jerry, no Butch, and most importantly… No Tom.

That in itself made this one of the best days in Spike's life.

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Butch drove the car as they made their way to their old house, where the reunion will be taking place. Butch was at the wheel, with Tom in the passenger seat. Jerry was in the back seat.

"The weather's pretty nice today." Butch commented as he looked out the window.

"Strange, considering how its late fall. Winter is almost coming up, so the weather is unusual." Tom said.

"Will you stop being so negative-?!"

"I wasn't being negative, fool! I was just making an observation." Tom said.

Jerry shook his head.

"I just can't believe that winter is almost coming! We're already in late fall and Thanksgiving will be coming this week. Soon, it will be Christmas" Jerry said.

"Humph, I hate the holidays…" Tom grumbled.

"Tom, you hate everything." Jerry said.

"Not everything…" Tom thought about it, "Alright, everything."

Butch spoke up.

"Speaking of Christmas, I heard that Warner Brothers is going to make a Tom and Jerry Christmas movie this year." the black cat said.

Tom groaned.

"Great, another film of garbage that we have to act in. What's it going to be this time? A Santa Claus story?" Tom asked.

Butch shook his head.

"Ever heard of the Nutcracker?" Butch asked.

Jerry brightened up.

"You mean the ballet that depicts the dream of a young girl during which her nutcracker turns into a handsome prince who leads her to the magical realm of the Sugar Plum Fairy? That ballet?"

Butch looked surprised.

"How the heck do you know so much about it?"

"I'm a big fan. I go to see the ballet with Nibbles every December. It's one of my favorite ballets of all time!" Jerry said.

"Um… right. Well, anyway, I heard that Warner Brothers is going to do a Christmas special based on it which means that we'll all have to act out some Nutcracker parody or something like that. I'm not sure, but I think the name is supposed to be Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale." Butch said.

Tom grimaced in disgust at the thought of doing such a cheesy parody. Jerry's reaction was different, however, as he nearly leaped for joy.

"YES! That news just made my day! I can't wait for winter to come now!" Jerry said.

"Are you serious? We have to spend a perfectly good winter acting out stupid scenes for a stupid movie in a stupid studio?" Tom asked in despair, his day growing worse and worse.

"Don't feel too bad, sibling. We're not the only ones. Lots of people have to act out in Christmas stories this time of year. Tootles was speaking with Daffy Duck earlier and she said that Daffy was going to be the star of a Looney Tunes Christmas movie called 'Bah, Humduck' or something like that. Not to mention the other characters who act out in Christmas specials for TV shows and movies." Butch pointed out.

"At least we're not the only ones who have to suffer through this inane nonsense." Tom said.

Things grew quiet as the car got closer to the old Cat Household. Buildings began to disappear as they drove out into the country.

Jerry looked at all the land around him. Being a city boy, it wasn't often that he got to see so much space with only a few buildings in sight. Tom and Butch were used to it though since they grew up here, and they didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to the lack of buildings.

It was just one of the things about the country.

There was lots of space and room to breathe, unlike the cluttered and crowded city life that Jerry went through when he was growing up.

Butch rolled the window down and sighed happily as he breathed in the fresh, unpolluted country air.

"Ah, the Country. Brings back memories, doesn't it Tom?" Butch asked.

"Ugh"

"I'll take that as a 'yes'." Butch smirked.

"Don't remind me. I'm trying to forget the torment that I went through when I grew up with you and my other pitiful siblings."

"It wasn't that bad. We often had tons of fun together. Remember?" Butch said.

"Says you. What you call 'fun', I call 'torment'." Tom said.

"Funny you should say that when your idea of fun is tormenting others and surrounding everyone in a blanket of misery" Butch said.

"You're exaggerating."

"Am not!"

"Are too."

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"I am NOT exaggerating! You were the fourth worst behaved kid in the house. Second only to the Cat Triplets."

"Please. I'm nothing like the Triplets and you know it."

"Now, THAT is a lie and you know it! You may not have gotten into trouble often, I admit that. I also admit that the Triplets got into WAY more trouble than you on a daily basis-"

"See?" Tom interrupted.

"BUT-" Butch started, "When you did get into trouble, it was ten times worse than the Triplets."

"How much trouble would that be, exactly?" Jerry asked.

"Enough trouble for him to have been put in prison, had he been caught!"

"Please. Name one time." Tom said.

"What about the time when you poisoned Old Man Jenkins and pinned the blame on that crab and that plankton guy? (Ooh, SpongeBob reference)"

"Please. The old fool had to be put out of his misery. Besides, he didn't die. He still lived after that."

"He still suffered." Butch pointed out.

"No he didn't."

"Yes, he did and you know it!" Butch said.

"I can assure you that the miserable fool didn't suffer at all. At least, not at my hand." Tom said.

"What do you mean?"

"Apparently, that Krabs guy and that Plankton guy had offered him a burger that they made from scratch. The burger was so awful that Old Man Jenkins passed out and went into a coma due to the awfulness of the burger. True they discovered the poison in his system. But they chalked it up to the effects of the burger. They never realized it was me (So THAT'S how Jenkins was poisoned in the Friend or Foe SpongeBob special! Mr. Krabs and Plankton didn't poison him. It was Tom who did it!). Besides, they got the poison out of his system before it could do any harm." Tom said.

"Well, you poisoned him regardless, and he was put in the hospital. I wouldn't be surprised if you had broken into his house and stole his items while he was away in the hospital." Butch said.

Tom smirked.

"Why are you…?" Butch stopped, "Oh no. Please don't tell me that you actually broke into that dude's house and stole his stuff."

"I didn't take much…"

"Ugh! I should have known! You are so utterly hopeless-"

"I am not hapless!"

"I said hopeless if you were listening, you dumb cow!"

"Like you should talk, you ugly slug"

"I ought to punch you in your smug little face!" Butch said.

They continued to banter back and forth but Jerry had stopped listening a long time ago, preferring to look out the window at all the land so he could breathe the country air (oops. I just remembered. Mr. Krabs and Plankton live under water. Tom couldn't have been there unless he was drowning. Oh well, just consider this as a continuity error. Lord knows that there is already a bunch of them in this fanfic.)

Eventually, Jerry looked up as the car drove closer to a very big house. Judging by the number of cats that were around the area, Jerry knew they couldn't be anywhere else.

They had made it.

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Eventually, Spike had dozed off and his head was lying on the table on top of the newspaper.

Upstairs, Tyke was in his room and he was busy playing Super Smash Bros. Melee on his Game Cube with Tuffy.

Tuffy never stood a chance as Tyke's character (Pikachu) knocked Tuffy's character (Link) into a KO.

Tuffy sighed and rubbed his tummy.

"So, when do we get to eat? I'm hungry." Tuffy asked.

"You already ate something 30 minutes ago." Tyke pointed out.

"I know. But that was just a small snack." Tuffy said.

Tyke shrugged. Personally, he didn't think 12 cheeseburgers, 2 pizzas, a chicken sandwich, and a whole box of donuts qualified as a 'small snack', but Tyke didn't care.

He was kind of hungry himself.

And there were leftover chilidogs from five weeks ago in the fridge…

"Okay, let's go!" Tyke said.

After putting a pause to their game, the two best friends left Tyke's room and journeyed downstairs.

Little did Tyke realize that he was being watched by an evil figure…

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"Hey, wait for me. Slow down!" Butch said as he ran after Tom. Jerry was also trying to catch up.

Tom finally stopped in front of the big house, waiting for Butch and Jerry.

Butch was panting by the time he caught up to Tom.

"What's the matter, Butch? Out of breath already?" Tom taunted.

"You wouldn't have outrun me if you hadn't cheated. What was that, anyway? You just took off before I could even park the car. By the time the car was parked, you were halfway across the road to the house!" Butch said.

Tom shrugged.

"Consider it revenge for that prank you pulled a week ago when you drove to the Studio and left me in the dust." Tom said.

"I already said sorry!" Butch said.

"Saying sorry doesn't help me get my revenge."

"You're such a jerk, Tom" Butch said.

The black cat crossed his arms in a pout.

"Good morning, guys. It's great to see you both! I'm surprised you showed up, Tom." a female voice said.

They turned to see a blond female cat that was wearing a blue shirt and jean shorts.

Tom crossed his arms.

"Humph. If you must know Ariel, I was dragged here against my own free will" Tom said.

"Lies! You came here willingly and you know it!" Butch said.

"You threatened me." Tom said.

"So? You would have came anyway and you know it." Butch said.

"No, I wouldn't."

"Say what you like. But I know better." Butch said.

"Well, regardless of whether you came here willingly or not, I'm glad to see you both." Ariel said.

"Thanks. Oh yeah, Ariel, I would like you to meet Jerry Mouse. I'm sure you already know who he is." Butch said.

Jerry shook Ariel's hand.

"So, you're the famous Jerry, huh? I've heard a lot about you." Ariel said.

"You're Ariel, right? Butch told me about you." Jerry said.

"I see. Anyway, I hope you make yourself home here at Insanity Manor. Speaking of which, I better go inside and help Mother. Later, guys" Ariel said before walking back in the house.

Tom, Butch, and Jerry went inside.

The inside of the house was very big. It wasn't anywhere near as enormous and grand as the Tom and Jerry Mansion, but it was still pretty big compared to the standard house.

The tiled floor had red carpets on them and the wall was covered in blue wallpaper. Surrounding the room were cats of every shape and size. Jerry instinctively gulped and found himself immensely glad that cartoon cats didn't have a hunger for mice like real cats (even though the cat and mouse cartoon shows suggest otherwise).

Soon, Jerry decided to wander off by himself and look around, leaving Tom and Butch by themselves.

"Tom! Butch!" came a voice.

The Cat Brothers turned their heads.

"Oh look. The Nanny-Squad." Tom said.

"Tom, be nice" Butch said.

Meathead and Lightning walked up to them.

"What's up, guys? Long time no see." Lightning said.

"Not nearly long enough." Tom said.

"Still the same old Tom I see. I guess that kiddy cartoon show that you act in hasn't made you soft" Meathead said.

"Well, at least I got rich off of that 'kiddy cartoon show'. And you're still frying burgers at McDonalds aren't you?" Tom said.

"Nah. I quit that job now. I work in a hardware store these days." Meathead said.

"Stop lying," Lightning said, "You didn't quit. You were fired and forcefully kicked out of the building because you accidentally poisoned a customer."

Butch laughed and even Tom cracked a grin.

"Well, it's not my fault!" Meathead said, "I meant to put ketchup on that burger. I didn't mean to accidentally switch the ketchup with rat poison! Why the freak would anyone put rat poison in a restaurant anyway?!"

"Uh, so they can keep the rats out?" Butch said.

"Doofus" Tom said.

"I kind of feel sorry for the customer, though. All he wanted was some fast food for his lunch break, and he ended up getting put in the hospital because he needed to get his stomach pumped because apparently, someone put Rat Poison in his burger!" Butch said.

Meathead held up his hands.

"Alright, alright, so I screwed up. But at least I got a new job now." Meathead said.

"Let me guess. You're a cashier?" Butch asked.

"Well, no, I'm a janitor." Meathead said.

Tom looked at Meathead warily.

"Remember what happened the last time you were a janitor?" he asked.

"Of course I do!" Meathead said.

"Wait? What's he talking about? What happened?" inquired Butch.

Tom turned to him.

"Oh? You don't remember? You have a worse memory than I do."

"That's not true! It's just that Meathead has had like 60 jobs in the past five years. It's kind of hard to keep track of them all."

"You're making up excuses."

"No, I'm NOT! Now, will you please just tell me what happened?" Butch said.

"Well," Lightning started before Tom could say anything, "Meathead had once gotten a job as a janitor for Bigley Industries. As you can imagine, he was very happy to get that job, even if he was just a janitor. So, anyway, he was mopping the floor with a wet mop. Then, Mr. Bigley himself came walking down the hallway. Unfortunately for him, Meathead forgot to put a 'Wet Floor' sign on the floor. Mr. Bigley slipped and fell all the way down the stairs and nearly broke his neck."

"Ouch. That had to hurt." Butch said.

"Yeah. He still lived though (It's true. He would later be getting a part in the movie 'Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure'). As you can imagine, he fired Meathead immediately after that" Lightning said.

Meathead spoke up.

"Well, I actually-"

He was interrupted when a monkey scurried up to Lightning. The cat reached down and petted him.

"Who's this?" Tom asked.

"My new pet monkey. His name's Chimp." Lightning said.

"Oh, how cute. I happen to have a pet turtle at home named Stewie." Butch said.

"Stewie?"

"It's short for Stewart." Butch said.

Chimp the monkey was licking his lips as he sat down.

"Oh, it looks like Chimp just finished eating something." Lightning said.

"How can you tell?" Butch asked.

"Because he's usually very active and can't stop running around. The only times he stops to sit down is after he's eaten." Lightning said.

"What does he eat?"

"Mostly bananas. Though he also eats fruits and nuts. He also eats other… 'strange' things. Sometimes he eats twigs, sometimes he eats trash, and there was one time when we caught him eating toilet paper!" Lightning said.

"Ugh"

"He also eats living things too. Like, gophers and hamsters and mice"

"Wait… did you say 'mice'?" Butch asked.

"Yeah."

"Cartoon mice or Real mice?"

"Both. Why?" Lightning said.

Suddenly, the monkey stood up as its… um… "behind"… spat out a familiar brown mouse that was covered in monkey poop.

The monkey ran off.

The Cat siblings looked down at Jerry. The mouse was covered in poop and was feeling less than sane.

"I just got eaten by a monkey!" Jerry said with a shaky voice.

"A friend of yours?" Lightning asked.

"I got eaten by a monkey!" Jerry said desperately.

"Yeah. Let me introduce you to Jeremiah Mouse. We call him Jerry for short." Butch said.

"I got eaten by a monkey!"

"I already know who he is. He's Tom's co-star, right?"

"I got eaten by a monkey!"

"Well, duh. The show's called 'Tom and Jerry' so it's not hard to figure out"

"I got eaten by a monkey!"

"Okay, Jerry. Chill. It's not that serious." Butch said.

"What part of 'I just got eaten' don't you understand?!" Jerry said, his grip on his sanity was rapidly slipping.

Now don't blame him, you'd go crazy too if you were in the inside of a monkey's stomach, swept through it's digestive system, and spat out through it's behind…

"Don't be a baby. It's was nothing serious." Tom said.

Jerry looked at him incredulously.

"WHAT?! If it was you, you would've been so mad that you would've took your gun and fired at everything in the room in anger!" Jerry yelled.

"I wouldn't." Tom said.

"Actually, you would. You have a REALLY bad temper" Butch said.

"Humph, whatever." Tom said.

Lightning took a paper towel and gave it to Jerry.

"What's this for?!" he asked, still not recovering from getting eaten.

"Oh, I thought that you might want to get all that poop off of you…" he said.

Jerry looked down at himself and gasped as he just now noticed that he was covered in monkey poop.

"EWWW!" Jerry said as he rapidly scrubbed himself clean.

Tom laughed at Jerry's misfortune.

Jerry growled.

"I hate all of you!" he declared, sounding frightening similar to Tom.

"Right…" Meathead said.

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Meanwhile, an elf was busy looking in the window of this particular house.

Looking very much like a super spy, the elf had sneaked his way to the top of the building and stayed out of sight. He took out a hi-tech wristwatch and activated it.

"Boss. I'm here. I have followed Tom and Jerry to a house in Section 237 Alpha. Radars show that there are others in the building. Shall I proceed?" the elf spy asked.

"No. Just make sure that they don't leave that building. All I need is for them to be away from their Mansion so that I'll have less people to deal with. After all, I have a score to settle with a certain Tyke Bulldog and his father. I'm already at the Mansion and soon I'll be ready to strike. For now, stick to the plan unless I call you and tell you otherwise" a radio voice said.

"Your wish is my command… Master Santa."

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Oh no!

Santa Claus is back. And it seems he wants vengeance for his defeat at the hands of Tyke. Heh, heh, I was going to make this chapter longer and put in a fight scene between several characters.

The chapter was getting too long though, so I ended it here, despite the fact that I had to cut the size of the chapter in half. But there WILL be a fight. Actually, there will be several fights now that I think about it but more on that later.

Not to mention the fact that I still didn't introduce Tom's mom and the Triplets but oh well. Next chapter for sure.

Anyway, Insanity has hit 12 chapters and it is still ongoing. I don't know when I'll stop it. I'm not sure if it ever will be stopped. So long as I still continue to get good ideas and inspiration, this may turn out to be one of those stories that just keeps going on… and on… and on… and on.

You get the picture.

Anyway, this is a completely unimportant and random question but I've decided to ask it anyway.

What's your favorite chapter of this story so far? I'm just curious. You don't have to answer if you don't want to. My favorite chapter is Tyke Must Be Stopped…

PS: Shuichiryuzaki is translating this story into... um... Vietnamese, I think. If you're interested, the link is on chapter 1.