DISCLAIMER: Rhubella is now attending Acme Looniversity, thanks to her new boyfriend. Check out how this happened.

Hello, everybody! (Aloooooha!) Babs, why are you saying "Aloha"? We're just presenting the story. (Hey, "Aloha" means both "Hello" and "Good-Bye", you know?) Good point.

Anyway, language lessons aside, if you guys had read my previous story, "The New Students", you already know Rhubella Rat had left Perfecto Prep, and became one of the Looniversity's new students. (Yep. I still feel a little freaked for that, but she's not that bad. And has a nice voice.) Maybe because the same actress voiced both of you? (Is a possibility.) Whatever. Well, in this story we'll show you how Ruby ended up with her current boyfriend, but first, we need a disclaimer. Babs, your turn.

(Sure. DISCLAIMER. Ramiro doesn't own The Empire State, The Grand Canyon, or Tiny Toon Adventures' characters.) Babs, what do that building and the canyon have to do with the story? (Nothing, but you don't own them, right? Okay, Ramiro doesn't own the characters portrayed on this fic, since we are all copyrighted by Warner Brothers, except the ones he might invent for the story, or the possible cameos from another series.)

I also want to thank Nightw2 and mammal-mage for contributing with their OC, and The J..A.M for allowing me to use his OC plus giving some ideas.

Now, another author note. A good part of this story will be narrated by Rhubella herself. Her narrative will be presented in italics, to avoid confusion.

(And now, go for your sandwich, your favorite soda, and... ON WITH THE SHOW!)

The Rat from Perfecto.

A TTA fanfic by Acosta Pérez José Ramiro.

CLASS DAY AND SLEEPOVER.

"Nice spin-change, Skippy! Excellent cowboy outfit." Minerva Mink, the new Spin-Changing teacher congratulated one of his students, and old friend, Skippy Squirrel, who now was using a white cowboy hat, black shirt, a red bandana around his neck, blue jeans, and Texan boots.

Minerva started teaching this class about one month ago. To help her male students to concentrate on the performing instead of drooling over her, the mink usually attended the school with more conservative clothing, even using fake glasses and long skirts, and wore her long hair in a bun. Of course, this only helped a little, because the gorgeous toon could look beautiful on any kind of outfit.

Skippy changed back to normal, and returned to his seat. This wasn't the Advanced Class, that only the best spin-changers or, at least, above the average, attended (like Babs and Mary Melody), but the Basic, for toons that could only do the most simple changes, including Skippy, Fifi, and Ronald (Minerva's almost-brother), and those who just recently started performing them, like Gosalyn Mallard (a newcomer from Saint Canard), and the former Perfecto Prep's star student, Rhubella Rat.

"Okay, now, to finish today's class, we'll continue with the classic American History's outfits. I want all of you to stand up on your seats, and spin-change into Native Americans. Like this." Minerva instructed her class, and then made a spin-change herself. When she ended, the mink looked like a blond version of Pokahontas. Of course, this caused a few males of the class to start whistling, but were silenced by Ronald's glare. The cat-dog hybrid with lion-like look was very protective with Minerva, since she was like an older sister for him.

"Now, everybody, on position." Minkahontas directed to the students. Everybody stood up on their seats, and started spinning.

Ronald was the first one to finish his change. He was wearing dark brown vest, boots, and short, and a red head-band. Skippy and Calamity were the next ones, with apache-like pants, and head-bands with red feathers on them. Gosalyn was the next, and she was very proud of herself, since she had only started learning this trick a month ago, and yet she looked great (a multicolored poncho, a head-band with blue feathers, and war painting to complete the outfit); the rest of the class ended with similar results. After a minute or so, Ruby was the only one who was still spinning.

"Eh... Ruby, you can stop spinning now." Minerva pointed to the rat.

"Is... a ... request...or...a...questioooon?" Ruby's dizzy voice came from the little tornado. Obviously, she was having problems to stop spinning. Ronald jumped down from his seat, and moved next to the rat. Then, in a fast action, he extended his arms, and grabbed the tornado, stopping the spinning rat. She was using an outfit similar to Gosalyn's, but, instead of the expected war painting, her fur and face were totally green.

"Hey, nice painting, Ruby!" Gosalyn pointed to the rat. From the first week both girls attended the Loo, they became fast friends, despite the fact the avian was two years younger than the rodent.

"Who's using painting? GLUUURK!" Ruby said, stunned, and then covered her mouth with both paws. Ronald quickly carried her next to Minerva, who was now holding a large sick bag, and allowed Ruby to introduce her head inside.

"P.U." Skippy said, with a nauseating look. Fowlmouth and Vinnie started chuckling, but were silenced by Fifi and Gosalyn's glares.

A minute later, everybody was back into their regular outfits, and Minerva ended the class. Everybody rushed outside, except Ronald, Gosalyn, and, of course, Rhubella, who was still a little dizzy, but with her usual color. Minerva offered her a mouth-wash, and then a sea-sick medication she always brought to the school for this kind of problem.

"Hey, feeling better, rat girl?" Gosalyn asked. The duckette was a little tomboyish, always wearing a blue soccer shirt, and two pigtails on her red hair, besides a white mini-skirt and red sneakers, but she had become a very attractive young girl.

"Yes... but now I know how it feels to be a supermodel. No offense, Teacher." Rhubella said, half-joking, and directing to Minerva at the last part. The mink chuckled; Ruby sometimes kept calling her by her title instead of by her first name, like every other student on the Loo does with his/her teachers, because of her previous time as a Perfecto.

"None taken. And don't worry, Ruby. Look, I know the whole spin-changing stuff can be a little hard for someone that had never done it. If you want a few pointers, just remember to drink a little of the sea-sick medicine before the class, and don't have a heavy breakfast the days we have it. I had noticed that, when you can control the dizziness, you can do pretty decent changes." Minerva said to the rodent. Rhubella sighed.

"I know, but... I was used to be the top student in my old school, and here I most start from zero. Is kind of frustrating at times." Rhubella admitted.

"Hey, just remember to enjoy yourself when doing it. That's why I like this class so much... well, this, and Superheroes, and Cartoon Violence, of course." Gos said, causing everyone to chuckle. Actually, one of the reasons Gosalyn learned the spin-changing so fast was the fact she was Darkwing Duck's daughter, so was used to be on high-speed's vehicles.

"Yes, Ruby. Gosalyn is right. I know you want to be a very good spin-changer, but relax. You know Wally loves you anyway." Ronald said to the rat. Ruby sighed; her boyfriend was the reason she left Perfecto, and was extremely happy for that, but he was one of the school's best spin-changers, so she wanted to be as good as possible on this class to impress him.

"Fine. I'll try to relax a little... and to do what you said, Tea...I mean, Minerva. Thanks." Ruby said, smiling. Minerva looked at her watch, and motioned the youngsters to go to their next class. Before leaving, Ronald gave Minerva a fast brotherly kiss, and then knocked twice on her desk.

"We are leaving now, Newt. You can go out, and remember to behave, okay?" Ronald said to the desk, in a half joking, half menacing tone. The hybrid left the classroom, and, a second later, a surprised blue dog emerged from under the desk.

"How did he knew I was there? I swear, Minerva, your "brother" must have a radar, or something! Now that I think about it, his mother's ears look a lot like a bat's." Newt commented to the mink. Minerva giggled; Newt and her started formally dating about two weeks ago, and Ronald was now a little more tolerant with the dog, plus he knew Newt wouldn't do anything with Minerva unless she agreed to do it, but still liked to scare his almost-brother-in-lawonce in a while.

"Oh, he is just being a little protective, as usual. We love each other a lot, so he cares about my welfare." Minerva shrugged. Newt gave her a fond look.

"Well... that's something we have in common." The dog said, blushing. Minerva gave him a fond look as well, and removed her glasses, while passing her free paw through her hair to loose it.

"My next class is in one hour, Newt. Want me to give you a "private" lesson?" Minerva said in a flirty tone. Newt gulped, but smiled widely after a second, and dashed to the door, closing it from the inside. Then, he directed to the readers.

"Sorry, folks, but, since we want to keep a family-like rating on this story, I guess you guys will need to move to next scene." Newt informed, and then he and Minerva started making out.

On the outside, Rhubella and Gosalyn were having some fun riding on Ronald's back, while going to their next class.

"Hey, this is funny, Ron, but Hillary will not feel jealous?" Gos asked the hybrid. Ronald chuckled.

"Nah. She knows I love her more than my life.Besides, I am transporting two girls, not just one; that's her own personal privilege.Plus, Wally asked me to keep an eye on both of you when he isn't around." Ronald informed. Besides being Ruby's boyfriend, Wally was a great fan of Gosalyn's father, and he had asked the young toon to keep an eye on Gos while she attended the Looniversity.

"And speaking about the devil..." Rhubella joked when spotting her favorite toon. She jumped down from Ronald's back to receive a huge kiss and a hug from a young black wolf wearing a cap and a T-shirt. Gos rolled her eyes, and jumped down from Ronald's back as well. Ron stood on his back legs, and chuckled a little. His girlfriend, Hillary Hyena, appeared next to him, and, after giving him her usual salute (a friendly punch on the shoulder), they both kissed a few seconds as well.

"Hey, Muscle Boy, why were you chuckling a moment ago?" Hillary asked. Ronald whispered on her ear, explaining her about what happened on the class, and Hill chuckled as well, trying to decide about telling Wally where his girl had placed her head a few minutes ago, and why.

"Hey, Big Bad Wolf, cool down! You are going to eat her if you guys continue with that!" Gosalyn said to Wally and Rhubella in a joking tone. They finally broke the kiss, blushing.

"Can I escort you inside the learning facilities, my dear Marquesita?" Wally asked in a ceremonious tone. Ruby giggled.

"If that means you want to link arms with me, and walk inside the classroom, sure. Oh, and Wally, don't be so ceremonial with me. I have enough of that with my parents' friends." Rhubella said to the wolf. He chuckled a little, and then they entered the classroom, linking arms. It was the Superheroes classroom, but the new teacher, who was supposed to take Daffy and Bugs' place, was a little late, so the students could chat a little; Hillary and Ronald didn't had that class this day, so they went to Stalking, taught by Pepe Le Pew.

Inside the classroom, the girls sat together for a little chat, while the boys were doing the same. Rhubella and Gos sometimes felt a little out of place, since Ruby used to be an enemy of these girls, and Gosalyn was still the newest student. However, this was about to change.

"Like, remember girls, don't eat a lot today, because we are having the sleepover in Mary's house, or some junk." Shirley reminded her classmates.

"Cool! I have never had a girls night before, and now I'll do it with older girls." Gosalyn exclaimed, really happy. Back at home, she had almost no female friends of her age, plus she usually spent her nights either training to be a heroine, or assisting his dad on his patrols (most of the time without his consent), so this would be her first sleepover party ever.

"Or you can spend the dadgum night with me, if you want." Fowlmouth said to Gos in a flirting tone, entering the conversation. All the girls rolled their eyes; since Shirley and Plucky became an official item, FM had been trying to make her jealous (without any success) by flirting with another girls, and since Gos was a very attractive avian, she became one of the chicken's targets.

"Fowlmouth, cool down, okay? I had already told you that I have a boyfriend at home." Gosalyn reminded the chicken. FM, of course, understood no reasons.

"So? He is in Saint Canard, and you're here. How do you know he isn't having some dadgum fun with another dadgum girl while we are talking?" FM insisted. Gosalyn was about to give him a little lesson of Quack-Fu, but decided to stop the problem once and for all using a different tactic.

"First, he was my best friend for many years before we became an item. Second, he is caring, nice, and a little shy, so I doubt he had even thought about cheating on me. And last, I see him almost every day." Gosalyn said while taking a little black ball out from her body's pocket.

"Hey, what's that?" Babs asked. Shirley's eyes started glowing.

"That's like, a magical limited transportation device, or some junk! Where did you got it?" Shirley asked, surprised. Gosalyn shrugged.

"My dad's best friend is Darkwing's sidekick, remember? And he is dating a sorceress. She gave me this as a gift to communicate with my dad and my boyfriendwhenever I want. Look." Gos explained, and then concentrated on the ball. A second later, it became a little bigger, and the image of a nerdy goose, with big glasses, but very cute looking, appeared inside. He was reading something, and seemed to be in a library.

"Hey, Honker! Is my imagination, or every time I call you, you have the beak inside a book?" Gosalyn joked. Honker made a double take, but smiled when discovered who was calling him.

"Gosalyn! Nice to see you! I'm having my free hour. How are you? Need help with your math, or something? Or you just miss me as much as I miss you?" Honker said, blushing a little at the last part. Gosalyn and the other girls giggled (Honker couldn't see the rest of the girls), while Fowlmouth rolled his eyes.

"Well, answering your questions... I'm fine, and I'll go to a sleepover tonight; yes, I might use some of your help with these equations; and, of course, I miss you a lot, Honk." Gosalyn smiled fondly at him at the last part. Then, she approached the ball to her beak, while Honker made a kissing gesture; a moment later, they were both kissing through the ball. Despite the fact they were separated by many miles, it felt as good as if they were next to each other.

"I guess that's my dadgum cue to leave, right?" FM said, groaning. Wally appeared next to him, and motioned the chicken to go to his seat.

"Okay, Gos, better turn that thing off. I'm hearing Foggy´s voice coming from the corridor, and I think he is chatting with the new teacher." Wally told the little avian while sitting next to Rhubella. Gos and Honker broke the kiss.

"Call me tomorrow so I can help you with the math's stuff, Gosalyn. Oh, and remember to call your dad too. Love you." Honker said to the duckette. Gos nodded.

"Sure, Honk. Love you too." Gosalyn replied, and, a moment later, the image disappeared, and the ball returned to its normal size.

"That thing surely beats a cell phone. I could had used one of those during the last semester." Ruby said, sighing a little at the last part. Babs, Fifi, Sweetie, Gos, and Shirley gave her a puzzled look. Wally gave Ruby a fond look, knowing what she was talking about.

"I'll explain you in the sleepover, okay? Now, I guess the rooster is going to start his yakking." Ruby pointed to the girls. At that moment, Foggy entered the classroom, leading the new teacher inside. He was a nerdy looking boy, with an oversized gray jacket.

"I say, I mean, I say, students, he is your new Superheroes' teacher, Mister Dexter Douglas. He is from Washington, the capital, I mean, and he'll be here only at the mornings because every night he must return home, I say. Well, I'll better go to my own class, I mean, class, so the kids are all yours, son." Foggy said to the students and to the new teacher. The rooster left, and, before Dexter could say a thing, Plucky raised his hand/wing.

"Excuse me, but, why are you going to teach us about heroes? What makes you an expert?" The duck asked. Dexter and a few other students chuckled.

"Oh, I'll tell you, and when you discover it, you will... FREAK OUT!" Dexter said loudly, and, a second later, he exploded in lightning; then, in front of the class, instead of the nerd, there was a big blue guy with a huge and dark hairdo, with lightning marks on the sides, dressed in red tights.

"Cool! Freakazoid!" Gosalyn exclaimed.

"That's right, kids! Most of my enemies are jailed in a special prison in France, so I'm having some free time; that's why the rabbit in charge asked me to teach you. Of course, with my speed and my Freakmobile, I can go to Washington and back here in a few minutes, plus Huntsman and Lord Bravery are there as well to cover me, so I have no problem coming to work. Okay, let's start the class." The blue hero explained with a smile, and started giving his lesson.

Rhubella was as eager on improving in this class as she was with the Spin-Changing one, but those were the most difficult classes for her. Besides those two, she was doing a very good job in the other classes, including Gym (she was a terrific basketball player), Cartoon Violence, and Home Economics; she enjoyed this last one a lot because it was the first time she cooked on a regular basis, and found she was actually good doing it, plus giving her the chance to make a delicious lunch for her and Wally once in a while.

Much later that day, Rhubella was driving her car towards Mary's house after making a quick stop at Mallard Mansion to pick up Gosalyn. Margot, Rhubella's best friend from Perfecto, and Gos' adoptive father were cousins, and, ironically, Gosalyn entered the Loo about the same time Margot moved to Saint Canard to finish her studies there, so Gos was staying with Margot's parents. They had to do a few adjustments, since Gosalyn wasn't exactly the delicate and formal girl the Mallards expected, but, since Drake, her father, was doing them a favor by keeping an eye on Margot, and Gos, despite being very hyperactive (she preferred the term "enabled with lots of spirit") could behave herself most of the time, the family actually started enjoying having her around.

By the time Ruby and Gos arrived, Mary and Sweetie were finished with the preparations. A moment later, Fifi, whose lived on the same neighborhood, arrived as well, carrying her sleeping bag and a few snacks. Babs arrived by tunneling, and Shirley by levitation. Hillary arrived the last; since she had spent most of the afternoon with Ronald's family, and they lived closely, she didn't need to run or take the bus.

The night started the usual way, with a scary movie. Since Gosalyn was the newcomer, the other girls agreed on letting her chose the film; they had second thoughts about this when they realized Gosalyn loved horror movies, and had chosen a movie so scary, it was forbidden in Transylvania. After almost two hours of screams and popcorn jumping all around Mary's living room, the movie ended. Gos was extremely excited; Hillary and Babs, after a few moments, relaxed, and started chuckling, making the rest of the girls to laugh as well.

After this, the girls had a pillows' fight. At first, they made bands; the Amazing Three and Sweetie versus Mary and the newest girls, but, when Mary hit Rhubella by accident, the rat attacked her back, and then it became a "one versus everyone" battle. Once they finished, Sweetie, Shirley and Gosalyn laughed at their classmates; for once, the birds weren't the only ones covered by feathers.

After a fast cleaning (thanks to enhanced toon speed), Mary ordered some pizzas. Little Beeper arrived in two seconds with her order. Then, the girl placed the boxes on the table. She had considered all the girls' different tastes for the occasion.

"Okay, we have one with meat and mushrooms, a vegetarian one, and one with spinach and Rochefort cheese." Mary said while opening the boxes. Hillary sniffed the pizzas, hungrily.

"That's fine for me, but what are you girls going to eat?" Hillary said, half joking. The other girls rolled their eyes, and chuckled. They knew the hyena sometimes could eat as much as Dizzy, and still keep a good figure.

"Tell you what, Hill. Allow us to eat as well, and you can have all my leftovers and whatever you want from the dumpster." Mary said to the hyena, placing a hand on her shoulder. Hillary laughed; even if she hated to be called "scavenger", she couldn't deny how much she liked to eat whatever the other people left.

The girls started eating, and Babs remembered about Ruby's comment that day at classes.

"Hey, Rhubella, you said you were about to explain us about that comment at Math, remember?" The rabbit pointed before biting her slice of vegetarian pizza. Ruby sighed.

"Well... is kind of a long story. But I have no problems about telling you, if you want to know how Wally and I became a couple as well." Ruby said, holding her spinach and cheese pizza's slice.

"Oh, oui! Zhat sounds inzeresting! Is a love szory!" Fifi, always the romantic one, exclaimed. The other girls nodded, even Gos, who wasn't very fond on romance stuff, besides her own, of course.

"Okay, then, I'll start. But first... hey, the guy that handles the effects! We need a flashback here!" Ruby said, directing to the people in charge.

"GROWLFRAZZA! Taz hates flashbacks!" The voice of the Tasmanian devil was heard.

"Man, who gave that job to Taz?" Sweetie said, slapping her forehead.

"The author wanted to use that line. Okay, Taz, start the flashback!" Babs shouted. Some grumbling was heard, and then the whole scene started turning blurry, while Rhubella started her story.