UA Multiverse Peek

Chapter 44

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

I do want to do some other stories, but I know that people are waiting for me to finish this story and move on to the next. Though the next I want to do after this chapter is more of Sly 2. So still cartoon crime focused, just not this one. So on with the show.

(No POV)

"I wonder what Mid- I mean Nemuri Rabbit is there to talk with Shorty?" Izuku thought aloud. There were a few different thoughts around. The lead one being that she was going full feme fatale and trying to get her husband caught. Ochaco though was the lead one in thinking that she really did want to find and help her husband. "We don't know for sure. We've not seen them interacting with each other so far." Momo noted with a shrug.

For Midnight and Aizawa though, they were uncomfortable with the implications of what could happen next. 'Please don't do it! Please don't pull a homewrecker moment!' Midnight was chanting in her head. And Aizawa's eye had started twitching at what will probably happen. Mic wanted to say something too, but he was cut off by the screen lighting up once more.

As Nemuri Rabbit sauntered into Shorty Valiant's office, the man was coming out of the shower. Having to clean up after getting covered in paint thanks to some of the toons. "Mr. Valiant? You've got the wrong idea about me Mr. Valiant." Nemuri says sultrily while looking in a mirror. Noting that she was a pawn in the whole scheme. "Just like Roger. Can you help me find him?"

Most of the boys seemed uncomfortable as the toon woman was moving around and speaking. Each trying to keep any showing of their arousal hidden. The adult men weren't much better, but they were maintaining their composure at some level. Nezu being the exception as he was still appalled at what his counterpart might have had a hand in. With the girls there was a consistent gaze of jealousy directed at the red haired sexy toon. Though there were a few who were getting as aroused as any of the boys.

Shorty narrows his eyes at that while adjusting his pants. The lady toon offers to pay any price but the detective isn't buying it. "You gotta have the rabbit to make the scam work!" he accuses but Nemuri denies what he's saying. "No, no! I love my husband! You've got me all wrong! You don't know how hard it is. Being a woman looking the way I do." Nemuri says while walking away. Her hips swaying all the while.

The human detective gulps before saying, "yeah well…. You don't know how hard it is being a man…. Looking at a woman the way you do." Nemuri gently closes her eyes before turning back towards Shorty. Giving him a half-lidded look and saying, "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

The look the toon woman gives the detective on screen and the camera sends most of the audience over again. With Mineta, Kaminari, Kosei, and Awase clutching their groins before faceplanting. Setsuna, Yui, and Jiro were also covering their crotches, but at least stayed in their seats. Most of the other teens had various reactions to the lady as well but kept themselves in check. Aizawa meanwhile was twitching from the way his counterpart was interacting with his friend's counterpart. And their Nemuri was biting her lip and imaging the ways to punish (or be punished) her other self for "being bad".

Shorty shakes out of his stupor from looking at the toon and goes to pick up his shirt. "Weren't you the one I caught playing patty cake with old man Acme?" he asked while putting his shirt on. Nemuri gives him a light smirk before saying, "you didn't catch me Mr. Valiant. You were set up to take those pictures."

Nezu's ears perk up at that as do those for some of the more contemplative students. Ida hummed and said, "so it was a set up? A ploy to get some dirt on Acme?" Nezu nodded and said, "it does seem to be the case. But it still seems odd to do all of that for Toon Town."

This makes Shorty do a double take and asks what she was talking about. "Maroon wanted to blackmail Acme. I didn't want anything to do with it, but he said if I didn't pose for those patty cake pictures, Roger would never work in this town again!" Nemuri defends and said she couldn't let it happen. "I'd do anything for my husband Mr. Valiant," she says while walking up to the slightly shorter man. And as she says "anything" again, she presses her breasts against the man's chest and hands on his shoulders.

"And thus our assumptions were confirmed. And for quite the sad reason." Nezu said. Thinking about how many women in the past were similar types of victims. Being forced to do…. Unsavory things to protect their family in one way or another. Aizawa's eye twitch had relaxed for the moment as he considered the likely situation. But it returned as the next scene started.

The detective is slightly slack jawed as she says and does this before uttering, "what a wife." Shorty grabs her wrists gently and pushes them back as she says, "I'm desperate Mr. Valiant. Can't you see I need you~." As he was pushing her back though, Shorty had dropped his pants. And just in time for Emi to walk in and see/hear all of this. Snarking (after a clearing of her throat) "dabbling in watercolors Shorty?"

Aizawa's eye twitch had reached near supersonic levels as he saw the events taking place. A number of the boys were wishing that could either be standing in Valiant's place or wishing they were Roger themselves. 'Hamina, hamina…. I can't even blame my counterpart now!' Nezu thought to himself while gulping.

For the women and girls….. well it was a mix of either feeling jealous because of the reactions from the male side, wishing they had Nemuri Rabbit's assets, wishing they could be pressed into said assets, and respecting how far she was willing to go for her husband. 'Though how worth it is he?' Midnight was questioning and interested to see how the two would interact eventually.

His eyes go wide as he realizes how compromising his situation is. Nervously laughing before bending down to pull up his pants. But as he's coming up, his head bumps into Nemuri's very bountiful chest. Making them bounce and sway for a moment. "Sorry." Shorty says quickly.

That got a number of noses to burst in blood from the men and the women. But most kept their composure as well as they could. With only a trickle coming from Aizawa's nose and a bit more from Mic. Midnight meanwhile had no shame and was feeling up her crotch and chest. Wishing that she could get bust to bust with her counterpart.

"Goodbye Shorty. My offer stands firm. Think about it." Nemuri Rabbit says before blowing him a kiss. Which actually flew towards the man and smacked him in the face. He shook out of more of his stupor but it wasn't enough to avoid the anger from Emi as she glared at Nemuri sauntering away.

She stormed up to Shorty and rips the lipstick mark off his face. Demanding to know, "what she was doing with her arms around you!?" Shorty's face drops and he says, "probably looking for a good place to stick a knife!" Emi just has a sad angry face as she shouts about the fact that he had his pants down with the toon and storms off. "Emi! Wait!" Shorty says before pulling up his pants and following her out.

"It's not….. the only… firm thing…. in that… room…." Mineta rasped out as his nose kept bleeding. Finally coming out of it as the argument between Shorty and Emi was starting. "Well that kills the mood." Kaminari said while dealing with his own bleeding face. Jiro tried to cover her own bit of bleeding, while Yui and Setsuna just asked Momo for tissues.

Shorty tries to defend himself and noted that Nemuri was only after Roger. He tries to placate her by saying they'd go to the beach again and he was close to wrapping up the case. "No, you're not Shouta. That's what I came to tell you. I stopped by the probate. Maroon's not after Toon Town like you thought. It's Cloverleaf that wants to get their hands on Toon Town. They put in the highest bid!" she says while helping to fix Shorty's state of dress. All the while confusing the man.

Izuku has a moment where he wants to try and rationalize the situation but he is just as lost as Shorty appears to be. "You're not the only one confused Deku. I don't see the point either." Bakugo noted as he'd been trying to piece together the purpose as well. Even Nezu was a bit stumped after hearing the Cloverleaf conglomerate was the one buying. 'What is the connection here?' he thought while taking a sip of tea.

"And unless Mr. Acme's will shows up by midnight tonight, Cloverleaf is going to own Toon Town," she says before gesturing to the Cloverleaf sign. "What?" Shorty asks while walking towards said sign. "First they buy the Red Car. Then they want to get their hands on Toon Town… I don't get it." Shorty says before noticing that there was a very unlikely song coming from Emi's bar. Merry Go Round Broke Down.

"At least we're not the only ones confused." Ida commented before hearing the music come on. Mic's face puckered slightly at hearing his counterpart singing when he was supposed to be laying low. Facepalming as he realized what was going on. "He just couldn't resist could he," he muttered in annoyance. "No. No you couldn't." Aizawa said while facepalming and feeling sympathy for his counterpart.

The two run to the bar, while from a manhole the Weasels come out. The boss telling the rest to call Judge Doom. In the bar, Roger was dancing and singing on the counter. "Nice shirt! Who's your tailor? Quasimodo?!" he says before starting on his next made up verse. Making fun of Shorty while also saying he'd make him less of a sourpuss. Then spinning the toupee of Angelo before sliding down the bar. Making everyone laugh as he kept going.

Eri starts dancing around as the toon is having his fun and bringing smiles and happiness to the ones in the bar. Even as annoyed as he was with his counterpart, Mic couldn't help but quietly dance along as well. And Aizawa's eye twitch was back in full force.

For the last performance, Roger was demonstrating that there was no pain as she smashed a plate against his head. The only problem was the record was skipping at that same point. She he smashed 6 plates on his head. Luckily Shorty noticed and quickly pulled the needle off the record (though not without knocking over even more plates). Making Roger freeze mid-smack before being picked up by his ears and tossed back into the rotgut room.

Snorts of laughter were had at Roger's actions from most of the audience. At least until the plates started being smashed. And both Aizawa and Mic were facepalming. "Thanks for stopping me. No problem, but I need a favor. What is it? Knock me out," the two friends quip back and forth and gets even more laughs from the teens and from their coworkers.

"Hey who turned out the lights!? I can't see a thing!" Roger says as his head had gotten stuck inside of a bucket. As Shorty closes the wall, he starts laying into Roger about him performing while he was risking a number of things to figure out what was going on. "But I'm a toon! Toons are supposed to make people laugh!" Roger defends before Shorty yells at him to sit down.

"You don't understand! Those people needed to laugh." Roger explains as he sits on a soap box. "Yeah and when they're done laughing they'll call the cops! That guy Angelo would rat on you out for a nickel!" Shorty shouts while pacing in the room. Roger noted that they wouldn't because he made them laugh. "A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why sometimes in life, it's the only weapon we have."

"That is all too true Rabbit-san. It's why I act as I did back when I was the number one. Because you can't fix all problems if all heads are hanging low. And if there is no hope or happiness." All Might says wistfully. Aizawa sighed before saying, "true. I remember the stories from my dad and relatives. How before you came around every day was basically another part of the town getting destroyed. Even with pro heroes, it was never enough."

The former number one is surprised to hear this. Especially as Aizawa continues by saying, "you gave people hope. Helped them see the potential heroes could have. Definitely refined our careers. And made it a good place for these kids." All of the students were surprised as well but glad to see the normally prickly hero complimenting the former number one.

As he was about to start again, a red light was going off in the room. Shorty silenced the toon while out in the bar Emi was pressing the button as Judge Doom walked in. "I'm looking for a murderer." Doom said as he and the weasels walked in. The humans moved out of the judge's way as he was asking for Roger. Pushing down a dwarf man to illustrate how tall the rabbit should be. And then offering a reward to anyone who would tell him where Roger was. But not before pulling a one armed veteran's sleeve out to clean the chalk board.

At first everyone was just as intimidated by Judge Doom, but it quickly changed to outrage and anger at the way the man treated those around him. Especially the man who lost his arm. "I know they said he bought the election, but still. Who is agreeing to let this guy stay a judge?!" Mina said with anger flashing in her yellow eyes.

The judge then squeakily wrote "Rabbit" up on the board next to the "Dip" from "French Dip". Making everyone around wince at the sounds as he wrote $5000 as the reward. Angelo whistled at the number offered and said, "Hey! I seen a rabbit." Doom steps forward as Shorty tells off Roger. Noting that he was correct about Angelo.

"Oh no." Mic said with a gulp to match his counterpart. Aizawa though was hoping that his own counterpart was wrong and that Angelo was just going to misdirect the judge and his crew of toons.

The other patrons look like they want to stop him, but are too intimidated by Doom to do anything. "He's right here in the bar." Angelo says as the Judge moves closer. And then he surprises everyone by moving his right hand up. As if grasping onto a shoulder before saying, "say hello. Harvey!" Getting laughs from everyone and angering Doom.

All Might had a snort of laughter while the rest of the audience looked at him funny. "Oh sorry. It's uh, a classic movie called Harvey. I found it once while I was in America. The premise is about an invisible giant rabbit with special powers helping a man and some others in town." All Might's explanation didn't really help, but the rest were willing to shrug and move on.

Roger lets out a breath and smiles before saying, "I told ya so!" to Shorty. Doom gives Angelo an annoyed smile before turning to look around more. Noticing the record on the player. "Merry Go Round Broke Down…. Quite the Looney selection for a group of drunken reprobates." Doom says and makes the patrons turn down in some shame. He sniffs the record once before happily declaring, "he's here!" Throwing the record at the weasels and lodging it in the mouth of the beenie hat wearing weasel.

Now everyone was laughing as the weasels started to laugh as well. "I know it's not the best comedy, but slapstick is still funny!" Sero says with a chuckle at the clumsy actions of the toons.

As the weasels start laughing, Doom stops them by smacking the boss weasel. "Have you forgotten what happened last time!? If you don't stop this laughing, you're gonna end up dead! Just like your idiot hyena cousins!" Shorty watching from the spy hole as the lead weasel stands and offers to disassemble the bar.

"And now it's less funny." Sero says while everyone's laughter stops. "Can that really happen Lemillion?" Eri asked with a tilt of her head. The older teen smiled but on the inside he was sweating. "Uh….. Well…. It'll make sense when you're older. But for now, there's nothing wrong with having a good laugh!"

"No sergeant. Disassembling the place won't be necessary. The rabbit is going to come right to me!" Doom says before walking to the bar. He then takes out his cane and raps it on the counter. A quick set of taps, du dudud dun dun. He does this a few times around the bar. "No toon can resist the old "Shave and a haircut!" trick," he says while tapping around.

Shorty snorts before trying to close the spy hole. "I don't know who's toonier. You or Doom," he says before looking back at Roger. And he looks like he's tweaking or freaking out from something. His ears twisted, his eye bugging out. Shivering like he's cold or terrified of something.

All Might and Nezu initially snort at the "shave and a haircut" part. "I remember those from old American cartoons. One of the silliest gags." Nezu noted while All Might had a little chuckle too. The others in the audience though were just confused. That confusion though was lost as they all saw what was happening with Roger as the tapping continued.

"Roger!" Shorty says before realizing he was stuck because of his suit jacket being caught on the hinge for the spy hole. As Doom keeps going around, Roger's spasming gets worse. "Shave and a haircut…." Doom says with a smile as he taps out the rhythm with his cane. Roger then burst through the wall and sings out "TWO BITTTTSSSS!" Only to be grabbed by the neck by Doom.

Everyone facepalms upon seeing Roger burst through the wall of the bar and expose himself. Eri was a little slow but she copied what the others were doing and gave a light "ow" from it. "He blew his own cover. What an idiot." Kamakiri noted while shaking his head. "Not gonna deny it!" Mic said while his own red palm mark was fading.

"Hey Judge? What should we do with the wallflower?" the boss weasel asks as he and the green zoot suited weasel have their knives pointed at Shorty. "We'll see to him later! Right now I feel like dispensing some justice!" Doom says before ordering the weasels to bring a barrel of Dip. Popping the steaming can of green liquid open and terrifying Roger.

"Meep." Mic said upon seeing what was about to befall his counterpart. "There's gotta be a way out!" Izuku said with a nervous tapping of his feet. Ochaco and most of his classmates were thinking the same and hoping that an option would show itself. Nezu though has an idea and chuckles to himself about "how convenient" it was where they were.

Judge Doom offers to let Roger speak before he gets dipped, but the tight hold on the rabbit's throat prevents any speaking. "Emi. Bourbon. And make it a double." Shorty says while subtly handing the woman a glass. She had just been watching in pity and fear, but now she was annoyed again. "Fine time for a drink Shorty! Maybe you'd like a bowl of pretzels to go with it!" she says with some venom. "Just pour the drink Emi!" Shorty insists.

Aizawa lets out a little snort of laughter. To the surprise of himself and even from some of the teens. "Oh~. Do you prefer the idea of Ms. Joke being snarky Aizawa-sensei?" Mina and Toru say with big smiles on their faces and waggling their eyebrows. The man clears his throat and doesn't dignify the matter with a response. Izuku meanwhile realized what Shorty was up to. "I forgot about that problem. Or power? Trick? What would you call it here?"

She reluctantly does while Roger tries to keep from being dipped. Using his ears to brace against Doom pushing. "Hey judge! Doesn't a dying rabbit deserve a last request!" Shorty says as the drink is poured. "Yeah! Nose plugs would be nice!" Roger says.

"I think you, want a drink." Shorty says before holding the double shot forward. Smiling with a raise of his eyebrows. "How bout it judge?" he asks semi genially. Doom ponders a moment before saying, "well why not. I don't mind prolonging the execution." Shorty then hold the drink to Roger and tells him "happy trails!" But Roger doesn't want it. "I'm trying to cut down!"

"Not the time to cut down!" Mic shouts while panicking about what could happen. "Good save Aizawa or Valiant. Keep the hubby bunny safe for a bit longer." Midnight says with bated breath as the events unfold. The other contemplative students though figured out what was going to happen next. "Lucky he's in a bar." Jurota said with a flat look.

The detective's face turns irate and he says "drink the drink!" But Roger refuses again and Doom corroborates that statement. That's when the back and forth starts with Roger and Shorty. "He does! I don't! You do! I don't! You do! I don't! You don't! I do! You don't! I do! You don't! Listen! When I say I do! That means I do!" Roger tosses back the whole glass, spilling a bit to his side but still sending enough down. And it begins.

A few snorts of laughter were had at the back and forth between Shorty and Roger. "I might need to remember that one. Could be useful in time." Shinso says with snort of laughter. Imagining how he could trick some people into doing what he said just by using clever wordplay. 'Doesn't always have to be about my quirk.'

His eyes bug out, his fur changes a bunch of colors, his bowtie spins. Roger starts spasming all over and shaking in Doom's hand. Shorty meanwhile starts back up until he's next to Emi. Ducking down to avoid the blast. And protecting her by grabbing the front of her shirt to pull her down as well. And then Roger lets out a massive shout like a steam whistle. Knocking Doom back into the other patrons, shattering bottles, and sending the tables flying.

The audience cover their ears as the shout started and watched as the chaos unfolded. "I'm really glad he's weak to booze!" Mic said while also realizing that could be the reason they were counterparts. Not just because of their general demeanor and love of entertaining.

Shorty rolls over the bar and fights the weasels. Punching the green suited one in the face and then knocking the dim witted one into Doom and the other barflies. Kicking the straitjacket weasel in the chin and bashing the chain smoker over the head with a chair. The boss weasel though is a bit tougher, and he kicks Shorty in the crotch before punching him in the chin. As the toon was pulling out his knife, Shorty reached over the bar and grabbed one of the bottles of beer. Smashing it across the weasel's face.

"Nice! Showing he's still a fighter!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu said while Valiant knocks some heads. Even though they winced at seeing the kick in the nuts one got. Aizawa meanwhile complimented his counterpart on smartly using his surroundings. "It's one factor I'm less trained in. Knowing how to turn the surroundings to my advantage," he admitted. Nezu hummed before saying, "or he's just a cunning fighter and used to bar fighting."

At the end of Roger's alcohol reaction, Shorty caught him just short of the barrel of dip. "Gotcha kid!" he says before knocking it over and across the floor. With Judge Doom backing away from the green liquid. They both ran out of the bar and tried to find a way to get further from the Toon Patrol. Though not without Roger talking a bunch of nonsense.

Izuku tilted his head to the side upon seeing Doom backing away from the Dip. "Did that seem odd to anyone?" he asked. "No. I mean the other humans backed away too." Bakugo said flatly. Ida, Momo, and Jurota agreed before chuckling at Roger's babbling. Nezu though noted it as well. 'Did the others back away because he did? Or just because they didn't want to get covered in the Dip?' he questioned before focusing on the matters at hand.

The detective grabs Roger by his ears and pulls him back to the Toon Patrol car. Intending to use it for a getaway. But the keys weren't inside. Something else was though. "Benny is that you!?" Roger asks and the response he gets is "No it's Elenor Roosevelt! C'mon Roger! Get me out of here!"

The toon squeezes in the back and asks that Shorty open the doors. And once he does, a toon car drives out. "Ah that's better! I can't believe they locked me up for driving on the sidewalk! It was just a couple of miles!" Benny the Cab says as Shorty get in the vehicle.

"Convenient." Aizawa said with a half-lidded glare. "Not really the time to be complaining!" Mic noted as their counterparts were hurrying off. "Of course you should be locked up for driving on the sidewalk! That is incredibly dangerous for even a block! Let alone doing it for miles!" Ida shouted upon hearing Benny's defense and complaints.

Shorty and Roger argue that each wants to drive, but Benny reminds them that he's the cab. Taking off to get as far away from the Toon Patrol as he can. Needed as the weasels had recovered and were now following the cab. Who was swerving in between traffic as best he can. "I'm gonna blow his head off!" the boss weasel says while taking aim with his pistol. Firing a few shots at Benny and this passengers.

Everyone in the audience started leaning from side to side as the screen showed the car chase. Feeling as though they were swerving with the toons trying to get away. "Oh shit!" Mineta said as gunshots were fired, and more swerving was needed.

"Benny look out for the Red Car!" Roger shouts as the trolley rolls into the road. Benny swerves just in time to turn around. While the Toon Patrol ends up stopping and then smacking each other's heads and they bounce from the recoil. A pair of police on motorcycles drive up and start following the cab. But he promises to lose them. Backing into an alley to evade.

The teens had a laugh at the Toon Patrol goons knocking their heads together. Bakugo and Kamakiri barking the loudest while Ida and Jurota were more subdued. "Oh great. Now we're on the run from the police even more!" Aizawa noted as the motorcycles started chasing Benny.

Roger and Shorty fight for the steering wheel for a moment but all it does is make Benny jump into the air and spin to have him driving away from the cops. "The cops are right on our tail!" Roger shouts and Shorty responds with, "I know the cops are on our tail!"

And their problems are compounded by the Toon Patrol car coming at them down the same alley. "Pull the lever!" Benny shouts. And the two riding just ask which one while looking around. "Which on?!" the cab says before a sign pops out of his dashboard and points to the Up and Down lever.

Aizawa had a flat look as his counterpart and Mic's were fighting. A look Mic mirrored but it shifted to a chuckle at seeing how it turned out. "Uh, does the Toon Force protect against car crashes? Even with real cars?" Rin asked All Might as the toon cab was caught between three normal vehicles. "I'm…. not sure, but I don't think it'll be a problem. You'll see soon enough!" All Might said with a hopeful smirk.

Shorty grabs it as the weasels try to ram them. Pulling it and making Benny's wheels extend up on an accordion-looking set of springs. Letting them evade the Toon Patrol and police. While also making them crash into one another and send the officers flying. "I'm getting too old for this!" Benny shouts as his wheels still have him high above the ground and over the other cars.

Most of the audience's jaws were on the ground but they quickly recovered and had good laughs at the slapstick. "Though I wouldn't say it's great for those officers!" Ida said with a laugh and quietly wishing he could do something similar to Benny at times. Noting it would be easier to make turns at times that way.

The toon rabbit was happy about them getting away, but Benny noticed a new problem. "Hey Roger, what do you call the middle of a song!?" he asked and Roger thought for a moment before noticing they were coming to a bridge. The rabbit and human screamed as Benny jumped up and retracted his wheels. Getting them up on the higher point and crashing through the median barrier. Benny offers to drop the pair wherever they need to be. That being a place to hide while also offering to give them a lift if they "stick out your thumb!" and the screen cuts to black.

"Well good to know they have a way to get away fast! I wonder where they'll hide out? Maybe out of town? But then they can't figure out whoever is behind this. Yeah and it'll lead to trouble for Toon Town." The teens voice these thoughts while the screen stays black for a minute or two.

All Might meanwhile was just enjoying the fun of watching what seemed like a classic cartoon show. With a bit of human intrigue added to the story. Mic, Midnight, and Aizawa though were drained by everything their counterparts had been involved in or dealing with this chapter. "Think we'll get a break?" Mic asked as the screen light up again.

The screen showed Sly Izuku Cooper hopping around the roofs of a neighborhood in Paris. One with an impressive building that had a peacock sign out front. Narrowing his eyes at it before running towards another building. One he entered to meet his friends and team.

"Cool! We're getting to see Cooper again!" Mina said with some intrigue at the suave gentleman thief version of Izuku. "Paris! Ma patrie!" Aoyama noted with excitement at what could be coming. Only to be uneasy about the possibility of who could be the character Cooper and his team could be up against. Before excusing himself to get a drink.

Look sorry, but I just can't do these film ones back to back the same way. I can have a bit more fun and short hand some of the game stuff though. So I'm going to do either the entirety of The Black Chateau or maybe half of it. I'll see where it goes after I write it. Please review!