Just An Experiment: Animaniacs Epic Novel (Back in Black and White Edition)

Chapter 30: Paddleball Memories

Disclaimer: I do not own Animaniacs. Yakko, Wakko and Dot and all of the other characters belong to their own respective owners. I only created Tiger and Caress and some other original characters. I claim no rights to any of this. This was made purely for entertainment. No profit is made off of this.

Just An Experiment

Chapter Thirty: Paddleball Tango

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If the letters are in caps LIKE THIS. It means Tiger is just remembering parts of the old recording.

The Anima language is always translated into English for you from this point on. If the characters are by themselves only or with Scratchansniff, they are speaking English. Too bad Scratchy doesn't get a translation too.^^'.

////These always represent things that happen in the past.////

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One month later...

Yakko held his paddleball in his grip. He finally found a way to get to Aroma! Day in and day out he saw Aroma with her sweet smug smile. Thought she was the best paddleball player of all time.

Tiger watched Yakko from a distance, his own paddleball in his hand. He was munching on another cookie Journey gave him as she came by again. For some reason, she kept bringing him cookies. She brought them more and more often. 'I'm getting better dad. One day, you'll see! I'll show you how good I got.'

Yakko was grinning from ear to ear. Tonight. At the corner on the outside of the den. He would FINALLY get his match.

"Are you ready yet?"

Yakko turned around and grinned. "Sure am!" He held his paddleballs proudly. Night was the perfect time to sneak out.

Aroma came into the room. "Dot and Zenny are sleeping. Wakko and Scratchansniff are playing on the other side."

Yakko nodded. "Alright, let's go."

They secretly went outside with very few warners knowing. The less who knew, the better.

When they were in position, Yakko held his paddleballs ready. "On the count of three?" He grinned.

Aroma just smiled. She had got to know Yakko pretty well. His focus on the game of paddleball was just an obsession he couldn't let go of from childhood. He didn't think of it in any other way. But, he had finally offered her something she really wanted. Something worth going behind Zenny's back for.

Yakko had never cared to change the kids' names before, so she obeyed but she had wanted to change them. So, when Yakko offered the 'Oh come on, isn't there anything you want in exchange?', she knew the answer. Coming up with names wouldn't be easy between the two, but changing names was so important to leaving that 'place' behind. Too important, so she made the challenge date one month away so she could get back to her prime peak again. 10 years as an experiment might have slowed her down, and the prize was too great to give up.

Not to mention, she wouldn't be beat. She wasn't going to admit it openly, but she was just as obsessed with the game. The little girl he remembered or not, no one was better than her. No one.

The competition started simple enough. They were in a two paddleball pair competition. After all, they weren't little warners anymore. They could handle two paddleballs now.

They watched each other carefully and started to circle each other slowly.

"You know, I am the best." Yakko grinned.