The next day at Acme Loo, Cliff & Calamity were in the auditorium, with Calamity behind his drums & Cliff with his bass guitar.
It's currently 2nd period, and they, along with Furrball, would have a free period & take their time to practice a couple of songs.
However, Furrball hasn't showed up yet, and they've been waiting for around 20 minutes.
"Have you seen Lerxst around at all today?", Cliff asked Calamity.
"Nope", Calamity replied.
"What's taking him so long to get here? He's usually the first one here."
After a couple more moments of waiting, the auditorium doors opened, and Furrball ran up to the stage with a guitar case.
"Hey guys!", he called out, "I'm here!"
"It's about time", Calamity commented. "What kept ya?"
"Sorry. I overslept."
"Overslept?", Cliff repeated, "How did you end up oversleeping?"
"Well, it's because someone usually wakes me up every morning, but not today."
"You're talking about Fifi, right?", asked Calamity.
"No, it's Mr. Sunshine. Yes, I'm talking about Fifi!"
"Hey, don't get snappy towards me."
Furrball took a moment to realize how he's behaving & said, "I'm sorry. I'm kind of in a bad mood. I had a rough day yesterday."
Cliff then asked, "With Fifi breaking up with you & all that?"
"Yeah, but...then she kicked me out."
Calamity gasped upon hearing that last sentence, but Cliff did not.
"Somehow, I'm not surprised", Cliff commented.
"You're not living with her anymore?", Calamity asked.
"Nope. I spent the night in the alley last night. Just like many times before."
"Why did you go there? You could've come to my house & spent the night there."
"Same with my place", Cliff added, "How come you slept in the alley?"
"Well", Furrball started, "I thought you guys were asleep & I didn't want to wake you."
"Don't worry about it, buddy. My mom & I would've let you sleep with us. In fact, we would let you stay with us until you resolve things with Fifi."
"Heh, thanks", Furrball said with a smile, "I appreciate it."
Once Furrball put on his guitar, he went over & plugged it into the amp.
But as he did, he received a painful electric shock throughout his entire body. He yelled in pain as his bandmates looked on in worry & fear before the shock went away.
Furrball found himself with his fur completely charred & his eyes bloodshot.
"Why me?", he said, smoke coming out of his mouth. As Furrball took off his guitar & shook himself to restore his fur, he looked at the doorway & caught a glimpse of Fifi walking by.
"Hey, Fifi!", he called out as he jumped off the stage & ran to the door.
"Here we go again", Cliff mumbled as Calamity rolled his eyes. As Furrball exited the auditorium & entered the hall, he turned & left & right to find Fifi. Once he did, he ran after her.
"Fifi!", Furrball called out as Fifi walked into a classroom. "Wait!"
As Fifi closed the door behind her, totally unaware that Furrball's right behind her, the blue cat slammed right into the door, which made her jump in surprise.
Fifi turned & saw Furrball flat against the window of the door as he slid down to the floor. The blue cat then opened the door & stepped in.
"Oh for- what do you want?!", Fifi barked at Furrball.
"Fifi, we need to talk", Furrball said.
"Forget eet, I'm not interested."
"Fifi, would you just hear me out for, like, one second?"
"Non, now buzz off!"
"Fifi, please, just listen to me."
"What's goin' on here?", asked Yosemite Sam as he entered the classroom. "You don't belong in my class, you little varmint!"
Sam went up to Furrball & picked him up by the scruff of his neck.
"No, wait, Professor Sam!", Furrball quickly said, "I was talking to Fifi, she knows me! Wait, she knows me!"
Sam turned to the purple skunk & asked, "Do you know this little rodent?"
"Non", Fifi replied, "I have no idea who he eez."
Furrball was shocked upon hearing this. Sam then opened up the classroom door & lifted his foot back to kick Furrball out.
"This isn't over, Fifi", Furrball said, "I know you'll want me back! You need me! YOU NEED ME!"
WHAM!
Yosemite Sam kicked Furrball right in his rear, which sent him sailing down the hall, until he slammed head-first into someone else, before he fell to the ground.
The person he rammed into turned & faced the blue cat. He's a tall & bulky brown pitbull, wearing matching leather pants & jacket with a spiked collar around his neck, who looked down ferociously at Furrball.
"Who threw this piece of paper at me?", he growled at Furrball. The blue cat started sweating in fear & smiled nervously at the large dog in front of him.
"My, aren't you a big guy", Furrball said. The pitbull then grabbed Furrball by the neck, causing his eyes to bulge out of his head, and threw the blue cat into a locker. The massive dog slammed the door shut & walked away.
Furrball tried to open up the locker, but since there's no way of opening it from inside, the blue cat is locked in there.
"Hey! Let me out!", Furrball shouted. "Hello? Can anyone hear me? I'm trapped in here! Hello?"
A couple hours has passed, and Furrball is still trapped inside the locker. The blue cat sat there in silence, wondering when Fifi will be around to set him free.
He then heard someone walking by, humming. Furrball quickly stood & peeked through the vents, but he could see no one.
"Hey!", the blue cat called out, banging on the locker door, "Is someone out there?"
"Furrball?", a voice responded. Furrball then stopped his pounding.
"Sneezer? Is that you?"
"Yes", Sneezer answered, "What are you doing in there?"
"Don't ask stupid questions, just get me out of here!"
"Wha- what can I do?"
"Go get help, anyone but Elmyra."
Sneezer was about to run off for assistance, but then a thought struck him as a light bulb appeared over his head briefly.
"I have an idea!", Sneezer said, before the little mouse whistled. Sweetie then immediately appeared at his side.
"What's happening?", questioned Sweetie.
"Sweetie?", Furrball asked.
"Furrball? Is that you in there?"
"Yes, I'm trapped in here. Please, get me out.
"What do we do?", Sweetie asked Sneezer.
"Can you give me a lift?", Sneezer said.
"To where?"
"Up there." Sneezer pointed at the three little vents in the locker door.
"What do you want to go up there for?"
"Just squeeze me through one of those holes."
"What?"
"JUST DO IT!", Sneezer demanded in his demonic voice, which caused Sweetie to react in fright. Even Furrball raised his eyebrow in confusion, wondering how Sneezer is able to speak in that voice.
"Alright, alright!", Sweetie replied as she grabbed Sneezer with her feet & flew him up to the vents. Sneezer grabbed onto a vent & started squeezing his way in.
However, Sneezer got himself stuck, with his lower-half sticking out from the locker. Sweetie flew up & booted Sneezer in the rump, which pushed the mouse all the way in. Sweetie then flew up to the vents & listened to the conversation between Furrball & Sneezer.
"Sneezer, what are you doing in here?"
"Don't worry, Furrball. I'm gonna break you out of here."
"How are you gonna do that? What good is it with you in here with me? And...why are you brushing my tail against your nose?"
"Ah...ahhh..."
"Oh, I see."
"AH...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHOO!"
The force of the sneeze blew the locker door right off & into the opposite wall. Furrball jumped out of the locker, with Sneezer right behind him.
"Finally", Furrball commented, "free at last. Thanks for saving me...again."
"You're welcome", Sneezer giggled.
"Where's Sweetie?", Furrball asked, as he & Sneezer looked around for her.
The locker door then fell off the wall, revealing Sweetie behind it, flattened & bruised by the impact of the door slamming her against the wall.
"Ow", Sweetie said weakly, before she fell to the floor. Furrball then picked up the injured bird.
"Are you okay?", the blue cat asked Sweetie, who stood.
"I'm- OW!- fine", Sweetie replied, popping her back. Furrball then set the pink bird down next to Sneezer. The trio then started walking down the hall.
"Boy, it's been a rough day today", Furrball said.
"What happened?", questioned Sweetie, "How did you end up in that locker?"
"Well, I was trying to talk to Fifi, but Professor Sam kicked me out & some bully went & threw me into that locker."
"Well, that was a pretty brief explanation."
"What were you trying to talk to Fifi about?", Sneezer asked.
"Still trying to talk her into getting back together with me."
"Furrball", Sweetie started, "with the way you've been acting the past couple days, I don't think that's gonna happen."
"What are you talking about? Of course it will happen. It's one of those overused cliches, where the couple breaks apart & in the end they get back together. I know this is one of those cliches, and I'm pretty darn sure Fifi knows too."
"That's crazy talk!"
"It's not crazy talk! We WILL get back together!"
"Not until you apologize to her!"
"What- why do I have to apologize? I have nothing to be sorry for! She broke up with me because I was hanging out with Rita and-"
Sweetie then flew up to Furrball's ear & emitted an ear-piercing screech that stopped Furrball dead in his tracks. The blue cat felt his ears ringing & his heart pounding intensely.
The blue cat then dug his pinkie fingers into his ears, trying to get them to stop ringing, before he turned to Sweetie.
"Listen to yourself, Furrball", Sweetie started, "you're acting way out-of-character. Don't you see what you're doing to Fifi? You're giving her all the more reason to not get back together with you. You keep pushing her around, pestering her, not leaving her be, and you've been doing that ever since she split up with you. Plus, ever since Rita came here, you HAVE been ignoring Fifi, and I think that's why she broke up with you. And the way I see it, Furrball...I don't think she will ever get back together with you. She's really mad at you, Furrball. I bet she won't even love you anymore. I don't think there's a second chance for you."
Furrball took Sweetie's words & absorbed it all in, thinking about what he's done the past couple days. He then quickly realized that he was in the wrong this whole entire time, how he have been treating Fifi, and how he literally left Fifi alone to be with Rita.
The blue cat realized that everything he's done is preventing him from being with his girl again, and everything he's done is pushing her farther & farther away from him. He isn't entirely sure if he has crossed the line or not, but he feared that he already did.
"Furrball", Sweetie spoke up, "you realize that your actions brought you back into being homeless & unlucky again, right? And, as much as I hate to say it, but with the way you've been treating Fifi, with everything that happened to you...I think you deserved it. Consider it a punishment for mistreating Fifi & not apologizing for it."
Furrball's body filled with fear, thinking that his life with Fifi is over, that he's now back to his old unlucky life. But he hoped there's still a chance for him to set things right. Not just to avoid having bad luck again, but to be with his sweetheart again.
"You're right, Sweetie", Furrball said. "I was..."
"You were what?" Sweetie asked.
"I was wrong. Everything I did was all wrong. I don't know what the heck I was thinking."
"I don't think you were thinking at all, Furrball."
The blue cat then started wringing his tail nervously, thinking that it might be too late to set things right.
"What am I gonna do? I don't think Fifi will ever let me set things right with her. I don't think she'll ever forgive me."
"Not until you apologize."
Furrball thought for a moment, wondering if Fifi will ever let him apologize for his inappropriate behavior. He sees this as a very slim chance to right the wrongs & be with his girl again.
"You're right, Sweetie. Next time I see Fifi, I'm gonna-"
But his words were cut short as the bell rang, and the whole hall started trembling. The trio turned to see a stampede of students running up to them.
The trio screamed as they started running from them. Sweetie picked up Sneezer & flew off, but Furrball slipped & fell to the floor. Once he saw everyone coming closer to him, he screamed & stood, but he then felt himself getting trampled.
Sweetie & Sneezer looked on in fear as the blue cat was getting stomped on continuously until, after a few moments, the hall cleared. Furrball was nothing more than a flat, mangled heap of fur.
"Can't I ever catch a break?", he muttered.
In the cafeteria, Buster, Babs, and Plucky were sitting with the Warners, eating together & having a conversation. Buster then spoke up.
"Do you think kids nowadays will ever get a chance to see our shows on TV?"
"Yeah", Babs commented, "and see what life was like in the 90s, back when we didn't have cell phones, iPods, and DVDs?"
"Who knows?", Yakko replied. "But I do know that, as long as our shows are in syndication, we will always be shown on TV for years to come."
Buster then said, "Well, since you guys got a new show coming up, I wonder if we'll get to bring new material to TV as well."
"Like starring in our own individual show?", Plucky asked.
Babs chuckled & commented, "Yeah right. Remember how well the Plucky Duck Show went?"
"Oh, you think you can do better than me, Barbara Ann?"
Babs quickly got enraged upon hearing that, her face turning red. She hates being called 'Barbara Ann' more than anything.
"DON'T CALL ME BARBARA ANN!", she shouted as she pulled out a giant mallet & pulverized Plucky with it. Plucky started bouncing on his seat like an accordion as his head grew a bruise.
"Well", Buster said, "what do you have to say about THAT, Plucky?"
"No more for me, thanks. I'm driving", Plucky said in a dizzy tone, before he fell backwards, unconscious.
Yakko then raised a hand & asked, "Hey Babs, may I ask you something?"
"What is it?", Babs replied.
"Why do you hate being called 'Barbara Ann'? This is a serious question."
"It's like being called a doll."
"But your MY doll", Buster commented, "but in a good way."
"Hmph, well, I guess I can't argue with that."
"You know, Dot here has a similar reaction to a certain name", Wakko pointed out before he turned to his sister, "Right, Dottie?"
Just like Babs, Dot's face turned red with rage. "DON'T CALL ME DOTTIE!", she screamed as she pulled out a mallet & whacked Wakko on the head. He stood there with a goofy smile, with his teeth falling out one by one, before he fell backwards, unconscious, like Plucky.
Buster & Yakko then leaned closed to each other & talked in whispers.
"You notice how similar your girlfriend is to my sister?", asked Yakko.
"Yeah", Buster replied, "they both hate being called a certain name."
"Not only that, but they sound similar too."
"They do. It's almost like they're the same person."
Yakko & Buster looked to each other, thinking that Babs & Dot might be a bit too similar to each other.
Meanwhile, Furrball's waiting in line to get his lunch. He still has a headache from being run over by everyone in the hall.
He then spotted Fifi walking along with Cosette & Heather, each carrying their lunch to their table.
Furrball stepped out of line & ran up to Fifi, hoping to apologize to her for the way he's been acting the past couple of days.
"Hey Fifi", Furrball called out.
"Oh, sacre bleu", Fifi groaned as she heard Furrball's voice.
"Fifi, wait."
"Go away, Furrball", Fifi said in a demanding voice before she walked off, with Cosette & Heather following.
"Fifi, can we talk?"
"Non, now leave moi alone!"
"Fifi, please, just listen to me!"
But Fifi continued walking away from the blue cat, ignoring him. Furrball started feeling worried & dreadful; he knew that Fifi wouldn't give him a chance to apologize. This is the sign he didn't want to see, because he knew that Fifi won't let him set things right & give him a chance to be with her again.
Furrball turned back & tried to walk back in line, but Monty planted his hand on Furrball's chest, stopping him in his tracks.
"Hey!", Monty exclaimed, "No cutting in line, freak!"
"I'm not cutting!", Furrball replied, "I was standing right here!"
"End of the line!", Monty pointed behind him. Furrball looked & saw a ridiculously long line behind Monty, that continued out of the cafeteria doors.
"You've got to be kidding me", Furrball grumbled, flattening his ears, before he turned back to Monty. "I am not going all the way back there!"
"Beat it, bozo!" Monty then shoved Furrball back into the pitbull he encountered earlier. Furrball ended up knocking the pitbull's food into his chest, spilling it all over himself.
The pitbull looked down at Furrball & his eyes fumed with rage.
"Why you!", he snarled.
"You again?", Furrball said in fright. Next thing he knew, Furrball found himself picked up by the pitbull & thrown across the room, until he landed on a table & slid all the way down.
Several of the students were startled as the blue cat came to a stop at the end of the table, all covered in food.
This caught the attention of everyone in the cafeteria, including Fifi. Furrball then stood & started rubbing the food out of his eyes, but he ended up losing his balance & fell upside-down into a garbage can.
The can then fell over, spilling garbage on the floor. The blue cat then sat up, now covered in food & garbage. Then the whole cafeteria filled with laughter.
Everywhere Furrball turned, he saw people laughing & pointing at him. Only a few people were not laughing, including Buster & Babs, as well as the Warners. Plucky was laughing, but Buster smacked his shoulder & shot a mean glare at him, getting the green duck to stop.
Fifi, along with Cosette & Heather, were also not laughing. In fact, Fifi believes Furrball is just seeking attention.
However, Furrball continued looking around, taking in all the laughter painfully. He placed his hands on his head, feeling so humiliated, not only from being publicly embarrassed in front of everyone, but also from the fact that he had the perfect life with the perfect girl, and it has been taken from him in exchange of him being homeless & hopelessly unlucky. He spent all his time being patient with his life to get what he always wanted. But now it's been taken from him, and he no longer has the patience to go through it all again. He couldn't take it anymore.
Furrball finally snapped, as he grabbed his ears, pulled his head up, and screamed at the top of his lungs in anguish. Many of the people stopped laughing as the blue cat stood & started heading to the cafeteria exit. But then he stopped & turned to where Fifi was standing.
"Fifi!"
"What?!"
"I'm sorry!"
"Oh, now you're-"
"Wait, just let me finish!"
Fifi stood there with her arms folded after being interrupted, but she waited for the blue cat to continue.
"I know that I've been acting like a jerk to you for the past couple of days. I know I've been ignoring you since Rita got here. And I know I've been annoying you & making you angry. But I thought we would eventually get back together, because I thought- since you've always wanted a boyfriend, I thought you'd need me back, but I was wrong. I need you more than you need...I need you WAY more than you need me."
Furrball then started choking as he felt the inside of his throat swell up. He's about to burst into tears as he tried to continue speaking.
"I've always wanted to make you happy, Fifi, to be there for you. We were having such a wonderful life together, and I...I don't want us to lose that life, because I..."
Furrball then started stuttering as he felt the words now getting caught in his throat. He's having so much difficulty speaking, as he felt his eyes getting watery.
Even Fifi seemed to notice, as she made a face of concern & slowly unfolded her arms. Furrball tried his very hardest to continue speaking.
"I don't- I- I want- I'm- I'm-"
At that moment, Furrball covered his face with his hands & started sobbing. Everyone in the cafeteria looked on in worry & concern, especially Fifi. She's now beginning to feel Furrball's pain.
Furrball then uncovered his face & looked up to Fifi one last time.
"I'm sorry Fifi", Furrball said, before he turned around & stormed out through the exit doors, leaving the cafeteria. Everyone then turned from where Furrball left the room to Fifi, who stood there, feeling thunderstruck at what just happened.
She can now feel the pain Furrball is going through & how he's feeling right now. She's still mad at him for what he's done, but at the same time, she felt sorry for him, for leaving him out of her life to suffer.
Yakko then approached Fifi from behind & said, "Fifi? Do you want to go talk to Furrball?"
Fifi does want to talk to Furrball, but she also does not want to talk to him because she still upset about him.
"Non", Fifi answered. After a moment of silence, everyone else went back to eating their lunch, as Fifi still stood there, not knowing at the moment what to do.