Chapter 3:
Intro to Babs and Elmyra

It had been two weeks since the contest with Dizzy, and Ash had rebuilt all the damages that Eatle and Upchuck, but the out of towner was still not getting their logic very well. “This word problem makes no sense. If there was an anvil coming down at me I would just let Rath return to sender.” Ash muttered as he sat in the Cafeteria looking at his Anvil Dropping class book.

“No offense, room-mate, but not all of us can transform like you can.” Hampton informed the human to his left after over hearing his comment.

“I know that, but why would anyone want to hurt me. I mean, like this question about projectiles coming at me. Don’t they know Way Big can handle pitiful missles coming at him, and then step on his attackers.” Ash said back and could picture his titan form doing just that.

‘He’s hopeless.’ Buster thought as he heard the second part, and had a gut feeling that this hero class would not get their way of thinking as the blue bunny recalled the last time the tiger was out and Elmer Fudd was doing the rabbit bit with Lola:

“Let me tell you something, out of shape hunter that couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. No one shoots down hot animal girls while Rath is around.” The tiger announced after chewing and swallowing a bullet that was meant for the PE teacher.

“Well, you see, Ash…” The hunter tried to reason with the hero, but was ignored and knotted up with his own gun. Before leaving completely Ash timed out, and suddenly sported a embarrassed blush and a nervous smile.

“About that: hot animal girl comment, can you ignore that.” Ketchum explained before running away which put an end to the flashback.

“Maybe you should stop thinking things the way a hero does things, and start thinking like a toon.” Babs, who was sitting in front of the new kid offered to him while silently taking pictures of him with a spy bow camera on her left ear.

“I’ll try, Babs, but it probably won’t be easy. I mean I’ve had this way of thinking since I was a boy.” The hero said back to her, and felt bad that he just couldn’t get their way of thinking down. All of a sudden the Cafeteria doors burst open, and in them stood Taz and Dizzy.

“SHE’S COMING!” The two shouted as best as they could. They all knew what that meant, and had to act fast.

“Quick, everybody into Ash’s backpack!” Bugs shouted and with that they all, animal wise, dove into his pack without it buckling under their combined weight.

“Who’s she?” The Pallet Town protector questioned aloud since he was confused as to why they all fled in his pack so suddenly, but left Montana Max and Mary Melody behind.

“Come out. Come out, my fuzzy, wuzzy heads.” A red haired girl shouted out after arriving in the cafeteria and scanned around, but only saw three an none of them were the cute ones she wanted to meet.

‘Isn’t she that Elmyra girl.’ Ketchum thought as he recalled the girl as she wanted to get close to Wildmutt, but a well placed transformation always gave her the slip. The hero soon watched as she sat at a table by herself.

“I guess no one wants to be my friend.” The animal friendly one said with a sadden tone, and added a few sniffles because she really was feeling low. The creatures in his pack heard her wailing, and all face palmed themselves since they knew what was going to happen.

“He really isn’t going to…” The copy girl stated to the others.

“I’m afraid he is, Tina.” The PE teacher informed as they felt their hiding container rise up from the sitting spot. Outside Ash was journeying over to the girl since to the Pokemon Trainer no one deserved to be unhappy.

“What seems to be the matter, Elmyra?” Ash questioned to her calmly even though he already knew the answer.

“Oh, Mis--Ash. No one wants to be my friend.” The red haired one said back as she caught herself of using mister when he didn’t want people to use that word around him.

“I’m sure that’s not true. If you open yourself up to people I’m sure they will like the real you.” He said back to her as he gently put a hand on her back. The girl liked those words and nodded a sign of thank you. With that done he finished his lunch, and left the Cafeteria. “The coast is clear. You can come out now.” He said once going into a deserted hallway.

“Thanks, mac. We owe you one.” Bugs said once he, and the others exited the backpack, and went their separate ways. The trainer was still confused as to why they acted that way around this girl.

“I guess I’ll find out in time.” The trainer muttered to himself as he went on with his day until the final class. Instead of going to Hampton’s house to do his homework he instead decided to go take a walk in the park. ‘Why is it that those with scale, feathers, or fur fear this girl.’ Ash thought as he walked, but suddenly got his answer.

“You can’t escape this time: funny, bunny, wunny.” Elmyra shouted out to another side of the park. This got his interest, and he decided to see to it. On a lower side of this tranquil location was the sight of the red haired girl chasing after his pink furred friend.

‘That might be the reason.’ The hero thought before going hero.

“Spidermonkey!” The blue creature shouted out before leaping into the trees for cover, and stealthily made his way to where his friend was fleeing toward.

“She’s closing in. Got to hide. Got to hide.” The female bunny said while scanning at all of the tall trees surrounding her. She could hear her opponent closing in which worried her even more.

‘Better do it now.’ The blue furred one thought before firing a line at the back of her shirt, and then yanked her up to him. Once safely high above the ground Ash used one of his four arms to stop her lips from moving, so they could remain hidden.

‘Wow. Ash saved me from another Elmyra encounter.’ The female bunny thought with hidden glee since this seemed to be a pure one on one moment she was having with him.

“Huh.” The animal instigator stated once she got where Babs was supposed to be, but there was nothing there. “She must have used a black hole to get to another part of the park.” She reasoned with herself before racing away.

“We’re safe…for now.” The space chimp stated with a sigh of relief once she was gone, but still could not shake the feeling that the young person would be kind to her fuzzy kind with the proper training.

“Thanks for the save, Ash .” The female bunny said with a soft smile on her lips. With nothing better to do the hero decided to escort her back to her home just to be safe.

“I think for safety sake, I should take you back personally.” Spidermonkey informed before powering down his alien form. Even without it he was still able to climb down with ease which surprised the female bunny.

‘He’s an excellent tree climber too.’ She thought before following after him, and was able to make it to safety as well. With that the two of them walked out of the park, and she walked pretty close to him; simply enjoying this feeling.

“I don’t see her anywhere. You should be safe.” Ketchum reported as they were closing in on her home. She did not hear him because about this time she had her arms wrapped around his left one, and was just enjoying this one on one moment. The letter that she spied Lola of reading was not lying - he was too kind to all round him. Before she wanted it to end the young one heard him say, “Well, here we are. You should be safe at your own rabbit hole.” He was right since they were at her hole in the Earth.

“Thank you, Ash.” She said before diving into her home, and closed the door her dad installed in case of situations like this. With nothing else better to do the human decided to get to his temporary home, and get some homework in.

“Why do the animal class fear her so much?” The hero muttered to himself as he was walking home. The same cafeteria scene occurred for several more times with some slight changes from time to time.

‘He’s got a good taste…for a human.’ The bunny PE teacher thought after pecking him on the cheek on her way in. The rest of the act was the same, and it kind of irritated the hero a bit that they were doing this to her.

‘This has to stop. Now.’ The hero thought and decided to get some answers from his fuzzy classmates and teachers as to why they fear this girl so much. He did digging by several answers: from Buster, Babs, Fifi, and even from Lola, Tina, and Penelope:

“Trust me, Ash. That lady is the devil in human skin.” Penelope, the school’s guidance counselor, informed the human while still feeling sick to her stomach as she recalled the low grade cat food she was forced to eat, and the baths she forced upon her.

“I doubt that.” Ketchum whispered to himself since he did not see her in that light. If anything she seemed sort of like Sabrina’s child side – a side that just wants to make friends.

“Just try not to be a hero about this situation. She is hopeless.” The cat said back as she saw the human walk away. The monster tamer heard that more as a challenge than a warning, and the new kid had a good idea about who to use, and what meathod to use on her.

‘Guess it’s time to go back home and receive death glares from my pets.’ Elmyra thought as she slowly walked her way back home. Unknown to her was a rather large figure following her from the rooftops back to her home.

‘I sure hope that info from my old friend will help with this new friend.’ The figure thought before leaping from the animal enthusiast’s roof, and landed before her front door.

“Someone to see me?” Elmyra questioned after hearing a knocking sound at the door, but when she opened the door the young Duff saw that it was a wolf standing before her.

“Hey, Elmyra, do you mind if I come in?” Lobo questioned while pointing to the inside of his home. She seemed a little confused at how this strange looking adult canine knew her name until she saw an hourglass logo.

“Ash…of course you can come in.” Ms. Duff said as she made room so that he could walk inside. Once inside the wolf saw that there were several animals in several cages; most in which were smaller than the captured creatures.

‘This is tricky, but doable.’ The transformed trainer thought as he decided on what to do first. He looked around and saw that there were several animals that were warning him to run and get out of here while he can, but he did not.

“What seems to be the problem, Ash? Are you going to take my pets away?” She questioned out of fear since she did not like how he was eyeing her cages. The wolf heard her, but was still looking around to find out what to start with first.

“I’m going to help train you overcome your problems with animals. Now, show me what you often do to one of these pets a day, and we’ll work from there.” The alien wolf instructed to her which she did as he told her.

‘I hope this works.’ She thought and did as the intimidating canine instructed. She nodded and did what she normally did from babying them, spoon feeding them mud pies, squeezing them, forceful petting, harsh bathing, and threw them back in a small cage.

“Think I’ve got something.” The wolf informed her as the girl was about to do a second demonstration, but decided to hear him out instead. “First, we must do research on all the creatures you have here.” He said to her calmly which was not something she’d expect him to say.

“But I have almost every animal ever.” The red haired girl said back, and wondered if he was serious.

“Then we better get started then.” Transformed trainer said back before picking her up, placing her on his back, opened/closed the door, and rushed on all fours to the library.

“His fur is so soft…I could just…” The animal enthusiast muttered to herself, and allowed her hands to feel his fur as she rode. She was about to do what she is best known for – squeezing the life out of him, but she was able to catch herself.

‘Good, she can show will to her animal obsession.’ Ash thought as he caught a glance over his shoulder, and saw the deed which only cemented that she could be better than how they made her out to be. As they raced to the local library a familiar hare caught a glimpse of something fast race past her.

“Was that Lobo…with Elmyra?” Babs whispered before deciding to go after them, and was able to meet them at the library. ‘Why are they going in here?’ She thought and snuck after them: still wanting answers.

“Let’s get started.” Lobo stated as he walked over and picked up a few books that focused on animals. With them, and several other books gathered they began to read. The spy saw nothing wrong with this, but still kept her eyes trained on them…for Ash’s protection.

‘So, that’s why several of my fuzzy friends won’t eat my mud pies.’ Elmyra thought as she read for several hours concerning their food they eat, mating rituals, sleeping, and even massaging areas of their bodies.

“Now do you understand?” The still alien wolf questioned her after reading with her, and saw that she understood why animals did not like her. “Good, next stop – the grocery store.” He instructed since he had a feeling for a world that defied all logic then they would have everything the books spoke of.

‘Is…Is Elmyra Duff actually learning about us to treat us better.’ The pink bunny thought as she continued to follow after them. The three headed to the grocery store, and as the out of towner thought: it did have everything that he needed.

“Perfect. This should be all that we need. Now you must take all that we bought, and learned into play. I will check in at your progress; don’t let me down.” The hero said to her as he helped her take the stuff home.

“Don’t worry, Ash. I won’t disappoint you.” She said with an honest smile on her face. He nodded and raced away since he aura sensed and smelled that someone had been tailing him for a while now.

‘He’s on the move again.’ Barbra Ann Bunny thought and gave chase which led them to a familiar spot, but due to the darkness she had no idea about where she was.

“Looking for me?” A voice questioned behind the teenager which caused her to turn around and was face to upside down face of Spidermonkey which started her. “Why have you been following me for all this time?” He questioned to the young one since he did not like to be spied upon.

“I was just making sure that she didn’t get grabby with Lobo while you were with her.” She reasoned back to the hero while also giving away her concern for him in that response.

“Just give her a few weeks and she will have proven you, and the others, wrong.” The arachnichimp said back to her which the rabbit had her doubts. The young one’s doubts were soon put to rest over the next few weeks.

“I apologize for all of the trouble I have given to you, and hope that you forgive me.” Elmyra said to all of her pets after giving them proper treatment: eating the right things, massaging them to relieved some of the stress she gave them, donate the baby clothes to good will and Salvation Army, and got rid of all of the cages.

‘She really can be nice when she wants to be.’ One of the imprisoned squirrels thought after receiving a grade A walnut before being shown the door. The group of creatures went back to their homes in the wild or just down the road while thinking:

‘Maybe she’s not as bad as we thought.’ The group saw the alien wolf on her roof which caused them to add, ‘She just needed the proper role model.’ Once they were all gone said dog leaped off of the roof and landed behind the red head.

“I’m sure they understand you never meant them any harm now.” Lobo said as he gently placed a clawed hand on her shoulder.

“Thanks, and now there is just one last thing to do.” The animal enthusiast said back as she placed a hand over the claw since she did appreciate his confidence in her. A new of school began and all seemed to be well until the human monster tamer watched Fifi bolt down the hall.

‘Guess it’s hero time again.’ Ash thought before seeing Elmyra chase after the purple skunk while carrying an unusual item. ‘Elmyra can handle this.’ He thought before grabbing something from his locker, and headed to his next class.

‘I knew her ignoring me for all this time was just a ploy. I must run!’ The skunk teen thought out of fear as she raced passed her fellow classmates; afraid to open fire since she did not want to hit them with her stink blasts. Eventually she came to a dead end with the red haired menace right behind her.

“I finally caught up with you. Phew, am I out of shape.” Elmyra said as she rested her hands on her knees: trying to catch her breath since that was a very long run.

“Very well, I submit. I will be…you’re…kitty-witty.” Fifi admitted with disgust since she had no where else to go to get past her. The teen skunk closed her eyes; ready to be put in some humiliating outfit, but instead something else happened.

“Kitty-witty? I haven’t spoken like that in about a month and a half. Frankly, I think I’ve outgrown the baby talk shtick.” Elmyra confessed casually since she really had gotten board with such talk as she was evolving past her ‘animal obsession’.

“Well, If you don’t want me to be you’re pet then why were you chasing after me as if you did want that from me?” Fifi questioned with her accent showing a few signs of anger in her tone.

“Simple you dropped your ‘Wild takes’ history book a few hallways back. I was just wanting to return it to you.” The human girl said back to her friend as she presented the object in question.

“Oh.” The skunk said before taking the item while adding, “Thanks, Elmyra. Let’s get to class before the second tardy bell.” The two headed back to her class. The animal lover furthered her apologies by giving them forgive me gifts: Buster – new skateboard, Babs – Martial Artist role in a Dreamworks movie, Lola – Pro level sports equipment, Tina – an working easy button connected to Staples, and Penelope – year round VIP ticket to the Cat Show.

‘Ash really is a good influence.’ The five thought as they looked at their gifts and her change in personality and knew that he had a hand in this change for the better.

Copy Rights:
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Ultimatrix, and all forms, are owned by Man of Action and Cartoon Network.