TIME FOR A CHANGE.

"Slappy, I know this is your class and all, but maybe you should stop this now, don't you think?" Minerva told the old squirrel.Slappy and thefemale mink, alongsideFreakazoid and the squirrel's class, were behind a thick bullet-proof glass, watching carefully at something happening the other side. Slappy agreed to have the other teachers on this particular class because the students might use tricks concerning Minerva and Freakazoid's classes.

"Relax, Minerva. They're toons, and this isn't a real fight, remember? They're not really hurting themselves." Slappy told the mink. A second later, everybody wide opened their eyes in surprise.

"Well, Slappy, toons or not, I'm sure that must hurt." Freakazoid told Slappy, without turning, since he didn't want to lose any detail. Slappy nodded.

"Guess you guys are right. Okay, kids, the exhibition is over!" Slappy shouted, and then pressed a button on her desk, activating a bell-like sound, stopping the action behind the transparent wall..

On this particular class, Slappy was working on the multi-participants' fight. For this, she made groups of three or four students, and made them to fight each other, using any style they decided. To avoid serious injuries, Slappy could end the fight the moment she decided, usually when the fighters were exhausted, or one was about to be really hurt, so the fights usually ended without a real winner.

The previous group consisted on Buster, Plucky, Calamity, and Fowlmouth; they fought each other in a Toons Props-style, using mallets, anvils, dynamite sticks, and so; they were now sitting next to their respective girlfriends, except FM, or course, who was sitting behind Shirley (to the chicken's anger, she allowed Plucky to place his arm/wing on her shoulder, and she wasn't complaining).

The group whose fight was stopped now consisted on the three largest male predators of the class, who decided to fight without any toon trick, in a Battle Royal-style. That was actually a good idea, because their trademark tricks could do a lot of damage (a extremely powerful roaring, a hurricane-like breath, and displays of speed and stealth that mimicked short-ranged teleporting), and they were already hurt by using their more normal skills.

"Can anyone remind me again why we had to do that?" The J.A.M. asked his companions, Ronald and Wally. The jaguar had some bruises on his face and arms, as well as bite marks on his tail.

"Because this isn't an optional class, but an obligatory one. By the way, sorry about the bites." Wally said, directing to the larger predators. He had a blackened eye, and some bruises as well.

"Don't worry. And I hope the last punch didn't hurt you that much." Ronald said, directing to the jaguar at the last part. The hybrid, besides having some bruises, as the other two toons, had a large scratch's mark on his shirt.

"I'll live. Maybe I exaggerated a little with the claws too." The J.A.M said while rubbing his chin. Truth be said, he was happy for thisnot being a real fight, because, besides not liking to fight unlessit was truly neccesary, there was the fact that,even if Ronaldcontained some of his strength, he almost brokesome of the jaguar's teeth with the last punch.

Slappy opened a hidden door, and walked next to the predators. Then, she took a large bricks' wall out from her purse.

"Okay, kids, this is a good chance to practice the Out-of-Scene Recovery. I want the three of you to pass behind the wall, and emerge the other side as good as new, or something close, okay?" Slappy told the predators. They nodded and obeyed; a couple of seconds later, they emerged, still with exhausted expressions, but without any bruise or scar, and their clothing intact. Slappy smiled at them, and then directed to the rest of the class..

"Okay, as you could see, they fought an old-fashioned battle, so it's a good chance to analyze their physical and tactical strengths. The J.A.M has the edge in the speed and agility's aspects, so he could evade and connect many good attacks. Ronald, since he is the largest, was the easiest target, and his size also limited his agility a little, but he can stand the most punishment, and deliver the strongest blows. Finally, Wally, despite being the shortest and least muscular of the trio, is the best balanced, because he is faster than Ronald, and has a little more stamina than J.A.M. On the technical aspect, well, they are perfectly matched; J.A.M has his own predator-based style, consisting in very precise and fast attacks, while both Wally and Ron are skilled boxers and wrestlers. Excellent fight, the three of you." Slappy directed to the predators at the last part, and the whole class clapped; even Monty and Marcus did it, since they liked to see three of their enemies hitting each other, even if it was just as part of an exercise.

The trio vowed to thank for the clapping, and then returned to their seats, receiving high-fours all the way; The J.A.M sat next to Mary, who received him with a little kiss on his cheek, making the jaguar to purr a little; Wally and Ron sat next to Ruby and Hillary, who received them the same way, obtaining similar results. Slappy waited for the class to calm down, and then directed to them again.

"Okay, class, I think we still have time for a last battle before we run out of time. I think a Cat Fight is a good idea." Slappy said, making Furrball and Sylvester Junior to gulp.

"Excuse me, Slappy, but we are only two cats in here, unless you are including The J.A.M, of course, or Ronald, because he's half feline, but they just had a fight, and wouldn't be fair to make them battle again." Junior said, hoping that speech would save him from fighting. Slappy chuckled.

"Not that kind of Cat Fight, kid, but an only-females one. Okay, I want four fighters for this one. The rest of the girls will do it on Wednesday... right after Junior's fight, of course. Maybe a battle involving him and Skippy, Dizzy, and Monty will show him about trying to escape from an assignment." Slappy smirked at the kitten at the last part. Junior slapped his forehead, mentally kicking himself.

The girls looked at each other, nodding. They silently decided about who will be the fighters.

"Count me in, Slappy." Hillary, not surprisingly, offered as a volunteer. Ron gave her a fast kiss and a "be careful" before the girl entered the battle site.

"Count with me, too." Mary said, and, after receiving a similar treatment from her furry boyfriend, she walked next to Hillary.

"Count me three." Babs said, excited; Buster reacted as the other guys, and the pink rabbit dashed to her place.

Gosalyn, Fifi, Shirley, and Sweetie, who agreed to be the fighters on the next battle, nodded to Ruby. The rat took a deep breath, sighed, and raised her paw.

"I'm fighting too, Slappy." Rhubella said. Wally looked at her with concerned eyes. Ruby kissed him on his nose, and whispered to him.

"I know you care, Wally, but now I need your support, okay?" Ruby told him. Wally sighed, and then smiled at her while giving the rat the thumbs up. The rat rushed next to the other girls.

"Okay, girls, I'll give you a minute to decide what kind of fight you want to do." Slappy told them. The girls started whispering among themselves, and then Mary directed to the squirrel.

"We'll do a Spin-Changers Fight." Mary told her. Slappy and a few other toons gasped.

"Are you sure about that?" Slappy said, looking at Ruby. She knew, thanks to Minerva, that the rat wasn't exactly the most trustable changer around.

"Yes, and I know what everyone is thinking. Relax, I took my medication before the class." Ruby directed to everyone, making a lot of them to sigh in relief. Then, she turned to see Slappy.

"I know the spin-changes aren't exactly my strongest point..." Ruby started saying.

"And neither your stomach!" Monty cut her, in a mocking tone. He was cooled down by a back punch on his kisser, courtesy of Gosalyn, who was sitting in front of him. Rhubella continued.

"... but that's my best option to fight myclassmates on equal conditions. Sure, I can use some toon weaponry, and fight a little on my own, but the three of them are far more experienced in both areas, especially in the close range combat, so any of them can kick my tail in a matter of seconds unless I get some extra abilities from a spin-change." Ruby explained. Slappy nodded, understanding her reasons, and then walked out of the fighting area.

"Okay, girls, do your changes so we can start the fight." Slappy instructed them. The three girls shook hands/paws, wishing good look to each other, and then started spinning.

Babs was the first to end. She was using an open brown fake leather jacket, a blue shirt with the legend "Sunnydale High" on her chest, a white mini-skirt, and a large brown purse hanging from her shoulder. Her ears were arranged in a pony tail-like style, a lot like Lola Bunny's. Buster couldn't help but howl a little in excitement.

"Introducing... Babsy, The Vampire Slayer!" Babs proudly exclaimed.

Mary was second. She was wearing a blue Chinese-style dress with puffed short sleeves, white wrestling boots, and spiked bracelets, a lot bigger than the ones Hillary normally wears. Instead of her usual pony tail, her hair was arranged into two buns, covered with white clothing. The J.A.M wide opened his eyes, and started purring.

"Chun Mary, Strongest Humanmaid in the World!" Mary said while winking an eye and making the victory sign with her right hand.

Hillary was next. She was using a metal and leather's body armor that looked a lot like a dress with mini-skirt, as well at matching boots and bracelets. To complete the outfit, she was using a large raven wig, a sword hanging from her left hip, and a disc-like weapon hanging from the other. Ron stared at her, wagging his tail.

"Xyena, Predator Princess." Hillary announced while placing both fists on her hips.

Ruby was the last one. When she finished, Wally wide-opened his eyes, and smiled proudly. She was wearing a black spandex's outfit, that included a cowl with yellow goggles, with matching boots and gloves. She was also wearing a thin belt with some poaches on it, and a whip hanging from her left hip. Even if Ruby wasn't as curvy as the other combatants, the spandex made a good job defining her anatomy.

"I'm Ratwoman. Hear me squeak." Ruby said in a flirty tone, directing specifically to Wally. The wolf wagged his tail in happiness.

Wally wasn't the only one proud of Rhubella. The other girls were too, as well as Minerva. Freakazoid became quite interested in this match, since the girls decided to spin-change into an antihero/villainess, and three heroines.

The girls eyed each other, and then leaned, doing a respectful martial arts' salute. Slappy rang the bell, and they adopted fighting stances.

"AY-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI!" Hillary battle-cried, and then she and the other girls started throwing each other a series of kicks and punches, until they got separated in pairs.

Babs attacked Ruby with a round kick, but the rat ducked to avoid it, and replied with a kick of her own, hitting the rabbit, but Babs landed gracefully, and threw a good punch against the rat, striking her shoulder. Ruby walked two steps back, but, when Babs tried to hit her again, she could block the attacks, and strike back. The rabbit blocked the rat's punches as well, and the two rodents started a furious exchange of attacks, blocking or dodging almost all of them.

Meanwhile, Hillary and Mary were stuck on a strength test, one grabbing each other's paw/hand and trying to make the other to move backwards. On a regular day, this wouldn't be so hard for Hillary, since she surely was the strongest female on the school (and, certainly, one of the city's strongest toons), but Mary wasn't bluffing when she said her impersonation was the world's strongest humanmaid, so now they were matched. Noticing this, they decided to release each other, and start throwing attacks instead. Mary made a flip-back jump, and then placed both hands on the floor; a second later, she started spinning while opening her legs, and moving against Hillary, so fast, she actually could stop using her hands and depend entirely on her legs' movement to stay in the air. The hyena took out her sword and Chakram (her disc), and used them to shield herself against the high-speed kicks Mary directed against her. Then, she threw a low kick against Mary, avoiding her kicks, making the human to stop spinning plus sending her flying a few feet away.

Hillary threw her disc towards Mary, but she could block it by using her left bracelet. Hillary caught the disc back, and placed it on its place while charging against Mary, wielding her sword. Mary blocked a hard strike crossing her arms in a defensive way, using the bracelets to stop the blade. Hillary then pushed her, and, since now Mary didn't had a good support, the hyena could make her move backwards against the nearest wall; however, instead of trapping Mary, this helped her to escape from her current situation, using her legs to bounce on the wall and over the hyena.

The moment the human touched the floor, however, she received a sharp flying kick on her back, courtesy of Ratwoman. Before Xyena could strike the rat, she had to move back to avoid several stakes and shurikens (ninja stars) that Babsy was taking out from her purse and throwing against her.

Hillary handled to move through the weapons' rain, and reach Babs, grabbing her by the neck and throwing the rabbit against a wall. Babs shook her head, and charged against the hyena. Hillary tried to use her sword against the rabbit, but Babs made her drop the weapon thanks to a well placed kick. Babs gave the hyena two very strong punches, but, when she was about to connect a third one, Hillary caught her fist, and replied with a powerful punch of her own, sending the rabbit to the floor. Babs reacted with a swiping kick to the hyena's ankles, making her to fall on her back as well. Babs jumped on top of the hyena, and started punching her, but Hillary caught her fists again, and then they rolled, punching and slapping each other.

On the meantime, Mary was blocking some kicks from Ruby. Mary took advantage from a pause in the rodent's attack, and gave her a couple of punches; Ruby could block one, but the second hit her well, making the rat to back up and adopt a defensive position. Mary then stood on one leg, and used the other to throw high-speed kicks; the rat couldn't block them all, and was sent flying a few feet back. The human thought that would be enough to keep the rat down for a moment, and then turned to see the other fighters, who were back on their feet and fighting furiously. Mary jumped, and then used a diving kick against Babs and Hillary, but, before she could connect, her ankle was caught by a whip. Before Mary could react, Ruby yanked her weapon, making Mary to lose her balance and fall over her belly.

Ruby charged against Babs and Hillary by using her whip, striking both of them a few times, even making Babs to drop an stake she was holding. The rat prepared a major strike, but Hillary reacted throwing her Chakram against the rodent's paw, hitting it, and making Ruby to release the whip. Before she could grab it back, Hillary made a summersault, landing next to the rat, and slapped her hardly. Ruby reacted hissing like a feline, and attacking the hyena with the retractable claws of her gloves, scratching her a few times. Ruby gave Hillary a hard kick on the chin, stunning the hyena, but, when she was about to repeat the attack, Hill grabbed her by the ankle, and lifted the rat over her head, A second later, she was throwing Ruby against a wall, stunning her.

Babs charged against Hillary, and re-started their previous attacks' exchange. They didn't notice Mary, who was back on her feet, and preparing her helicopter-like kicking movement. The hyena and the rabbit were surprised by the human's attack, that hit them both a couple of times, making them to fall on their backs. Babs shook her head, and bounced back on her feet; she jumped as high as she could, and then made a diving kick against Mary, right over her spinning legs, making the human to fall on her belly. Babs rolled on the floor, and adopted a fighting stance, waiting for Mary to stand up.

"Your kung-fu is good, but you need discipline." Babs said to Mary in a mocking tone. The moment Mary stood up, the rabbit charged against her, punching the human a few times, but, when she was about to finish her with a mega-kick, Mary reacted and double-punched Babs, stunning her. The human took the chance to grab Babs and throw her to the ground.

"Your discipline is improving..." Babs, half groggy, directed to Mary. The afro-American was about to finish the rabbit, but Hillary stood up on her way, blocking the human, and they started fighting each other. This gave Babs the seconds she needed to recover, and return to the fight, with each girl blocking from and throwing attacks to the other two.

Ruby watched the scene at a distance, and smirked. Taking advantage of the fact the girls had forgotten about her by the moment, Rhubella took a few marbles out from one of her belt's poaches. Then, she threw them against the fighters' feet; the marbles exploded, producing a dark mist that blocked visibility almost entirely. The other girls started coughing, and covering themselves. Ruby, on the meantime, took a little gas mask out from another poach, and put it on.

"Okay... they can't see, plus hardly breath... I have cat-like vision, and goggles and a mask to protect me... Meow." Ruby said, smiling, and cracking her knuckles. Less than a second later, she entered the mist in a dashing movement. Their audience couldn't see the battle because of the mist, but a series of hitting and yelling sounds was easily heard.

KICK! PUNCH! ZAS! WHACK! UUFF! POW! THUD! SLAP! YEOUCH! AARGH! KNOCK! WHAM! CRASH! PAS! BIFF!...

"I wish I could see this!" Slappy commented. She and everyone else were watching the scene carefully, trying to see something, but even the felines couldn't see through the mist at that distance. Calamity snapped his fingers, having an idea; he took a pair of infrared vision's goggles out from his body's pocket, and put them on to see the fight.

"Great! The only one that can see the dadgum girls fighting is the dadgum guy that can't narrate it to us." Fowlmouth said, noticing Calamity's trick. Cal ignored the comment, and focused on the fight; even if he couldn't talk, his expressions were enough to make everyone understand the battle was a major one.

"Let me guess. Ruby is the one with the major advantage, right?" Gosalyn asked the coyote. Calamity got a serious expression, and took out a sign, reading "She was until now; the others had just adapted to mist as well."

After a few seconds, the mist started clearing, and the four girls, covered by bruises, and with messy and damaged hairdo and clothing, were visible again. They were in fighting stances, looking at each other. Everyone held the breath, waiting for the next movement, and then...

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

The four girls fell to the floor, knocked out, exactly at the same time. Obviously, they hit each other really hard during the fight on the mist, and couldn't take it any more. The teachers and the rest of the class gasped.

"Reaction Plan Number Five!" Slappy said, directing to Buster and The J.A.M. The rabbit nodded, and took a water pistol out from his body's pocket.

(WARP!)( UNWARP!)

The J.A.M used his warping ability to appear next to the wall's door, and open it for the rabbit. Buster immediately dashed through it, and then started shooting water blasts to the girls, waking them up.

"So... who won?" Babs asked the other girls while Buster was helping her to stand up.

"The question should be... who conserves all her teeth?" Mary replied, rubbing her chin, and receiving some help from the J.A.M as well.

Hillary stood up, and helped Ruby to do the same, since the rat received a good hit on one of her ankles, something obvious since she was rubbing it; Ron and Wally were about to enter the battle place, but Minerva stopped them, knowing what would happen next. Slappy repeated the wall's trick, and motioned the girls to do the recovery's stunt, with excellent results.

The moment the girls re-appeared from behind the wall, they received a major ovation from the whole class. They changed back to normal, smiled to each other, and shook paws/hands before vowing in front of their audience, thanking the cheering. Buster and The J.A.M. linked arms with their girlfriends, and escorted them to the door, where Wally and Ron were waiting for Ruby and Hillary to do the same, except, of course, that they carried their girls; Wally did it bridal-style, and Ron on his back.

"Keep the same quality on the next classes, and maybe I'll change you to Advanced." Minerva whispered to the rat when she and Wally passed next to her. Ruby nodded to the mink, smiling.

"That fight was sooo cool!" Gosalyn commented, excited. "Can't wait to do my impersonation of The Quiverwing Quaker on next class!" Of course, this change was easy for her, since Gos was the REAL Quiverwing.

"So, you want a spin-change battle too, or some junk? Maybe I can impersonate Raven... or a Jedi." Shirley said to Gosalyn.

"Guess moi should szart practicing mon impersonation of Scentanna." Fifi commented. Sweetie smiled.

"Do whatever you want. My Black Canary is going to beat all of you." Sweetie smirked to the other girls. Sylvester Junior overheard, and sighed.

"Great, they are matched, but me? I'm going to be trapped with a living tornado, the resident villain, and the furry version of The Unabomber!" Junior talked out loud to himself, and considering the option of moving to Madagascar for a couple of years or until Cartoon Violence became an optional class, whatever happen first.

The rest of the day passed without any major incident, and, at the end of the classes, the students started gathering at the outside. Buster, Babs, Skippy, Plucky and Ruby sat at the school's stoop, waiting for the rest of the gang.

"I can't believe I forgot my video camera. I could had taped the fights, and sell many copies. The last battle was a sure money-making one!" Plucky complained. Skippy chuckled, and placed his paw on Plucky's shoulder.

"Don't worry, Pluckster. I promise I'll offer you some really cool material on next class. After all, I have ten boxes of hand grenades and fire crackers under my bed, and know how to use them." The squirrel told the duck, making him smile in anticipation.

"And talking about the fight, all of you girls were amazing. I knew you practiced the spin-changes on the weekend, but nobody expected Ruby to make one that good so soon." Buster commented to both Babs and Rhubella.

"Yes. And why Catwoman? I mean, a rat impersonating a feline-like character?" Skippy asked, slightly confused.

"I know, it's a little out of place, but I'm still a rookie, remember? During the weekend I did a good job with the basic changes, so Babs here suggested to practice a couple of more advanced ones, and decided Catwoman would be fine for me, since she is a good fighter but has no superpowers, so the change isn't so exhausting or complicated." Rhubella explained.

"And you learned it well, Ruby-san." Babs said, doing an impersonation of Mister Miyagi, from Karate Kid.

(UNWARP!)

"I agree with you, Babs." A deep voice was heard, right after a warping sound, from behind Ruby.

"YIKES!" Rhubella screamed and jumped in surprise because of the sudden arrival of The J.A.M. The other toons chuckled, but the rabbits and Plucky soon quickly tensed because of the previous history between the rat and the jaguar.

"Please, never, ever, do that again, okay? Nothing scares a rodent like a large feline appearing from nowhere." Ruby said to the jaguar, regaining control of herself. The J.A.M. grinned and sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck.

"Sorry, Miss Rat. Almost everyone else around here is used to my warping by now, so I forgot you're a newcomer and did it without thinking. Anyway, may I talk to you in private for a moment?"

Ruby gulped; ever since the rodent became an Acme's student, she and the jaguar had barely spoken to each other, and there was always a lot of tension between them. Ruby suspected that the only things that kept the feline from doing something really nasty to her was his own peaceful nature and her recent friendship with Mary.

"Well... I guess sooner or later we have to do it. Okay." Rhubella sighed. The other toons looked worriedly at them.

The jaguar noticed this, and sighed as well. "Relax, guys, I only want to talk with her. Promise." The rabbits and Skippy felt a little better, especially Buster and Babs, who were now a little closer to the jaguar since last semester, but Plucky still felt a little nervous, since he was as guilty of the failed hunting incident as was Monty, Roderick, and Ruby. Until now, the jaguar and the duck were in a constant state of alert from each other when they were in the same room.

The jaguar and the rat padded away from the other toons, stopping besides one of the schoolyard's trees. Ruby noticed they were far enough from Babs and the others to have some privacy, but close enough for them to watch the conversation, so the rat felt a little safer.

"Well... we both know why you want to talk with me, so... go ahead. Anything you want to tell me, I deserve it." Rhubella said to the jaguar, looking down. The feline sighed.

"Okay, Miss Rat. Look, I just want to tell you, that the scariest moment of my life was when Mary got shot, so I'm not going to forget that incident with the tranquilizer darts, no matter what." The J.A.M. said in a stern tone. Rhubella nodded, with a sad expression. The jaguar noticed this, and then continued with a slightly friendlier tone.

"However, Mary told me about how you stopped another Perfectoid from hunting me. And Wally told me about your remorse, and what you did when I wasn't around, warning my classmates about the other attempts to hunt them. I'm not forgetting that either." The J.A.M. said. Rhubella smiled slightly.

"Look... I'm the first one to admit I acted like a despicable rat with you and just about everyone else in this school. But I really want to change, and to be judged by my actions, both the good and the bad ones. Maybe you can't forgive me, and I'll understand that, but do you think that, at least, we can be good classmates?" Ruby asked. The J.A.M looked at her expression; unless this ratmaid was the best actress around, her face was showing true concern and honesty.

"Miss Rat –Ruby-I just need to know one thing; are you truly sorry about what you did to me and Mary, and are you willing to change and do whatever is in your power to make sure that never happens again?"

The rodent looked at him in the eye. She was expecting to see something feral, fierce, or even authoritarian, but instead, she found genuine concern. Could it be that he was indeed one of the good guys?

She glanced at his gold chain, and the emblems that hung from it.

And, perhaps, even more than a good guy?

"Every day I regret having taken that rifle in my paws. Every time I see you, Mary, Montana, Plucky, a bicycle, a firearm, a black van, a dart, a rooftop-I-I-keep seeing Mary jumping on top of you to serve as a human shield. J.A.M., I had never gone back to that street since that afternoon. I've-already talked to Mary, and she had forgiven me-but-this whole thing is just-eating at me, you know? I just-I just-want you not to hate me."

"It would be the easiest thing in the world for me to hate you, Roderick, Maximiliano, and Plucky. However-" the panther smiled, keeping his teeth hidden. He took the gold emblems of his chain in his paws, and held them up to her. "I'm not allowed to hate. I'm not allowed to resent, or even seek vengeance. If I do that, then, slowly, gradually, that would eat me as well, and if I let it continue, it will eventually do to me what-what it did to my grandmother—" He paused, sighing. "And one more thing; if you have truly repented from what you did to me and Mary, then I'm ordered to do a very interesting thing."

"What?" Rhubella asked, wide opening her eyes.

He just smiled, and took her in his arms. "I forgive you."

Ruby was stunned for a moment. Won't Mary or Wally feel jealous—

No. This was different. She felt something she hadn't felt in quite a long time now; the closest of this feeling was the one he had the times Percy had comforted her when she was a child. Perhaps she and the jaguar were more or less the same age, but, for some reason, she felt-

-as if she was in the arms of her father.

In the distance, through one of the Loo's windows, a female human and a male black wolf looked at the scene with happiness.

"T-thanks a lot, J.A.M.; Mary is right, you really are a good guy. This does me a lot of good." The rodent told the predator, relieved, but nearly sobbing, as her reddened eyes showed..

"Because it helps your conscience feel a little less guilty?" The J.A.M. asked.

"Yes, and because now I'll feel safer if we get paired in Wild Chases. After all, you and Ronnie are the only felinoid characters who are big enough to be a suitable chaser for me. I mean, Furrball is more suited for small prey, and Junior... I don't feel like doing the "giant mouse" routine with him." Rhubella shrugged. The J.A.M. chuckled, and, a moment later, both he and the rat were laughing together. At a distance, the rabbits, Skippy, and Plucky, looked at the scene, sighing in relief.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Plucky snapped. "How come Ruby got on the jaguar's good side so easily, but I still get a bad look from him when we are next to each other?" The duck asked.

"Simple, Plucky... she accepted her responsibility, and APOLOGIZED." Buster told the duck, making emphasis on the last part. Plucky sighed, considering seriously about doing the same. A moment later, the rest of the gang exited the school, and Ruby and J.A.M. joined the group.

"So, you two finally could solve your differences?" Vinnie asked the jaguar and the rat.

"Close enough." Ruby and The J.A.M. chorused, shrugging. Wally and Mary chuckled, and walked next to their respective significant other.

"Oh, you just can't keep bad feelings towards anyone, right, Furrycoat?" Mary said, playfully poking the jaguar's chest. He smiled fondly at her, purring.

"Well, since now we have that particular issue solved, why don't we go and get a Weenie Burger?" Hamton proposed. Everyone else nodded in approval.

"Good idea, Hammy. I guess we all can use an extra snack to recover from today classes, especially the Cartoon Violence's one." Plucky said, placing a hand/wing on his best friend's shoulder.

"Yes. I'm still a little surprised for that great work you did, Ruby. Is amazing you could learn to do a spin-change like that in just a weekend." Wally commented to his girlfriend. Ruby and the other girls smirked.

"Actually, she learned to do TWO advanced changes." Sweetie informed. Wally looked at the rat, smiling, while Ruby nodded, blushing.

"No way! Can we see it, or is a complicated one?" Wally asked; he really wanted to see Ruby's progress, but only if she was feeling strong enough to perform the change.

"Sure. Just give me some space." Rhubella said, walking two steps back. She took a deep breath, and started spinning; ten seconds later, the tornado stopped... and she wasn't visible.

"GROWLFRAZAYEEK! She invisible?" Dizzy asked, confused. Before Wally or anyone else could say a thing...

"Arriba!" A surprising scream came from behind Wally, making him to jump several feet in the air. When he landed, the wolf turned to see the jokester, and smiled, while the rest of the group laughed. Ruby was there, wearing a white outfit, consisting on cotton shirt and pants, complete with a large yellow sombrero, and a red bandana around her neck.

"Ruby Gonzales, Fastest Rat in All USA." Rhubella said, smiling widely. Shirley was the one who suggested her to learn this change, since, being a rodent, the impersonation wouldn't be so hard to perform.

"Very nice outfit, but, can you run?" Beeper said through one of his signs. Ruby smirked at him.

"Wanna a race, birdie? The loser pays for the other's burger." Ruby proposed. Beeper nodded, and he got in position.

"See you guys there, okay?" Ruby told the others, and gave a fast kiss to Wally. She moved next to the bird, and gave the indications.

"On your mark... get set... hey, look, a mirror!" Ruby pointed at a different direction. Beeper turned, looking for the mirror.

"Andale!" Rhubella zoomed away, leaving a little dust's cloud. Beeper made a double take in surprise, while the other toons laughed loudly. One second later, the bird zoomed too, trying to reach the rodent.

"Well, she promised to stop being a bad girl, not a tricky one." Wally shrugged. The other toons kept laughing, and, a minute later, they all headed to Weenie Burgers to eat and see who had won.

THE END.

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And that's it! (Hey, nice story, buddy.) You're welcome, Babs. What was your favorite part? (All those where I appeared.) You'll never change. (I always change... into Cher, Madonna, Cassius Clay, James Bond, The Terminator...) Cut it, Babs, please.

As usual, I had a few cameos on this story. (Yep. And here is the list.) Of course, I'm not counting Gos and Skippy here, since, more than cameos, they were regular characters on the fic. (One from Disney's Darkwing Duck, and the other from Animaniacs).

-Minerva, Slappy, Newt, The Warner siblings, Ralph, and Walter Wolf, from Animaniacs.

- Dexter Douglas/Freakazoid, from Freakazoid.

- Honker Muddlefoot, from Disney's Darkwing Duck.

- Loud Kiddington, Aka Pella, and Miss Information, from Hysteria!

- Timothy and Daniel, The Platypus Brothers, from Taz-Mania.

- Wally, from the Where's Wally? books and TV show.

(And, here's the list of the characters that were impersonated.)

- Pokahontas, from Disney's movies.

- The Flash and Catwoman, from DC Comics.

- Mexican comedian Mario Moreno "Cantinflas".

- Mexican wrestler El Santo.

- Kaliman, Mexican comic book hero.

- El Chapulín Colorado, Mexican TV comedic hero.

- Buffy Summers, from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer.

- Groucho Marx, late American comedian.

- Albert Einstein, late German scientist.

- Xena, from Xena, Warrior Princess.

- Chun Li, from the Street Fighter videogames and anime series.

Thanks a lot to Nightw2, and his contribution to this fic through his OC, Silverbill, and to mammal-mage, for giving me some of his own, namely Gunbo, Saphira, T-Bad, and Rajshid. Also, to The J.A.M., for allowing me to use his OC, and helping me with some scenes, plus correcting some details..

(By the way, talking about the jaguar, remember to check The J.A.M.'s story, "Mary", to understand some details mentioned in this fic.)

Guess that's all. (Yeah. Thanks a lot to all of you guys for reading this story.)

So long, and keep the good writing.