Chapter 4: The Life of a Lost Cause

The next day was the day that Furrball is going to get expelled, and he already experienced a lot of pain back in the alley. He was seen on a stretcher, covered with bandages all around his body. Hello Nurse had just said that he needs at least 3 weeks in order to receive full recovery before he can walk again. The toonsters were in the hospital and were watching their friend get his treatment for his injuries.

"Gee," said Hamton. "I didn't know he had to suffer so much, even on the day he's going to leave."

"True." agreed Calamity. "He's our unlucky cat after all."

Fifi then exclaimed, "Oh, I weesh we could'ave done somezheeng when zis happened! We could'ave been weez heem, and then he wouldn't leave ze school in a wheelchair!"

"Well toonsters," Buster gloomingly said to the audience. "It's official that Furrball ss going to leave ACME Loo for good. Are there any few words from the fans that you can say before..."

"Hold on a second!" cried out a voice from the left. And in stepped in Pepito Le Peu.

"Did you say Furrball was going to leave?"

"Yes, that's right." said Babs.

"And how did he accomplish that?"

"Well," started Shirley. "Like, there was this group of pack rats that have been causing havoc throughout the school or some junk."

Lil Sneezer continued. "And Sylvester blamed it all on Furrball for not doing his job, and he called him a lost cause!"

Pepito was quite shocked when he heard what Furrball was called. "A LOST CAUSE?"

"Oui." replied Cosette sadly. "Sylvester says zat when Furrball was not doeeng heez

job because he got a new life, he caused a lot of trouble een zis school because of eet."

"And now, he's going to be expelled!" exclaimed Plucky.

"Wow!" Pepito was overwhelmed in hearing this since Furrball is his friend too, and it was because of the skunk that he helped the little blue cat win Fifi's heart. "That's a low blow right there." The other toons nodded. "Hmph. I bet he didn't cause so much trouble than others. Hmph, I would regret those times that I remember..."

"Wait, wait, wait." said Calamity shaking his own hand in disbelief. "Did you say YOU caused trouble at school too?"

"Yeah, hard to believe I can still remember like it was yesterday." The audience then sees a flashback when Pepito was in his school.

"You could say I was the kind of guy who girls usually go for, but there was one problem: I have a lack of self-discipline. I was the delinquent that was known to commit different crimes such as scooter thefts, phony field trips, and lunch bag lifting. The girls don't even say hi to me, they just turn away thinking I didn't exist. So it was for the rest of the students, they didn't trust me for all the things I did. Even the teachers are telling me I'm not doin' a very good job as a skunk. From then on, I was considered a lost cause in the school, and it was that one day, I wanted to prove them right.

It was on our New Year's Party and I recently found a few boxes of fireworks in the storage room. I lit up a few matches and dropped them into the three boxes. Then, I pushed them in the middle of the area just before the show started. You should've seen those guys running like crazy in the auditorium, and for me I ran out of the auditorium knowing it wasn't worth it."

When the story was finished, Buster then asked, "Then how exactly did you become from a juvenile delinquent to a master at dating?"

"Well," Pepito continued as one more flashback came along. "A few months after the New Year's incident, I got busted for cheat sheet scandaling. Who was able to find me out than the famous Pepe Le Pew himself. While sitting in detention, he came over and gave me a choice: either try to make things right at school or spend the rest of the year in where I'm sitting with no one to accept you for who you are. I accepted his offer and I wound up becoming someone to look up to. I even got more love than Cupid could've offered."

"You changed." said Hamton.

"Because someone like Pepe gave me a chance, something that Sylvester wasn't going to give Furrball, even though he could've done a lot more to make his teacher proud."

Sweetie then asked, "Then why did HE say it was his fault in the first place?"

"Because he wanted to prove you right."

Sweetie then began to think about when he first rejected his offer on being her friend and calling him untrustworthy. She even thought about how Furrball saved her and Sneezer's life, even though they didn't deserve it.

"Well, I had enough with trying to get Furrball out of my life. We gotta go find out who really was controlling those pack rats."

"Actually," began Pepito, thoughtfully rubbing his chin. "I think I already know who it was."

"You do?" asked Shirley. "But, like, you weren't at our school or some junk."

"True. But after hearing about what happened, I have a feeling that we are getting on to him now."

"But," began Fifi. "How are we supposed to find heem?" She was willing to do anything

to save her lover.

Pepito held up his lunch box and gave it to her. "Hold on to this, Cousin. I have a plan."