Not Larry Nice

[Ub3rD4n]

Thanks again for the comments, keep 'em coming! They help me improve the fic! My favourite part of writing that last chapter was, surprisingly, the awkward conversation at the beginning with Wilt and Larry. And Mr Herriman. He's just a joy to write conversation for.

Chapter 4: The OC

"Riding in the sun, chewing bubble gum, shooting people with my gun. California, here we come.."
"Bloo, would you stop singing that irritating song and help me out here? we gotta ask all the friends in the house how they make people be friends. That way, we can use the best ideas on Wilt and Larry." Mac explained. "Man, it's a shame we can't do one of those things they do in TV, when they just show everyone's response over a few seconds of air time. That would make this SO much easier."

Friends' responses:

"When Red be freinds with someone, Red give them a hug! And maybe some flowers."

"Try and include them in your games."

"Compliment them."

"Cocococococo."

"Maybe I could perfom for them? A good laugh always helps. I got a new act where I get this mango..."

"Wellllll......what I reckon you should do...."
"What? What? What? Get on with it!" Yelled Bloo to Creaky Pete

"You know what would help? A song!"

"I like chocolate milk"

"Well, what I think would help is a good game of cricket. Nothing like the sport of gentlemans to help build comraderie." Claimed Mr Herriman. "Crickets, eh?" mused Bloo.

Cut to Foul Larry walking down the hall. Suddenly, a bucket of crickets fall on him. "What the ?" He snarled, looking around for the culprit. Not finding one, he stormed off. "You see that? asked Bloo, who was hiding with Mac behind a flower pot. "Nothing. Do you know how long it took me to find all those crickets?"
"Man, this is a lot harder than I thought." said Mac. Just then, an imaginary friend shaped like a slug trying to walk upright came by. He was grey with white spots, and had really bad teeth. "Hey," he called out to Mac and Bloo. "My name's Slugger, and I'm new here. I'm ready to have all kinds of cool adventures here which are totally about me!"
"Yeah, yeah, we're kinda busy here." Bloo waved him off. "Ooh! I could help! I could help!" Slugger chimed, as he jumped up and down. "Uh.... are we supposed to know you?" Mac asked. After that, the new, annoying imaginary friend sulked off.

At that time, Eduardo walked past wearing water wings. "Uh, Ed," Mac asked, "what's with the water wings?"
"Oh, I ask Senor Bendy how to help Wilt and Foul Larry and he tell me to go jump in a lake. I no like to go in the water without my water wingies." Eduardo replied, and walked off. "Oooookay...." Mac stated.

"Wait! I got it!" Bloo announced, and turned to face Mac. "All this time we were doing this YOUR way, Mac. But now we'll make them friends MY way." He started moving off to find Wilt. "Why do I get a bad feeling about this?" Mac asked himself.

"Hey, Wilt?" Bloo asked of Wilt, while he was walking the halls. "Yeah, Bloo?" Wilt replied. "Well, Mac and I have noticed that you and Foul Larry are always fighting and it makes us reeeaaalll saaaaadddd. So I was wondering, could you be friends with Foul Larry? For......us?" Bloo asked, doing his best innocent victim face, along with Mac. "I'm sorry Bloo, but Larry and I have some animosities that I don't think are gonna go away any time soon." Wilt answered, slightly annoyed. "I can't just make freinds with him because you guys are uncomfortable about it." he finished sternly, and walked off. "I'm sorry." he added quickly, just before he left them.

"That wouldn't have happened if you guys had gotten MY help." Slugger popped up from around a corner to add. "Are you still here?" Bloo snapped.

[koosie]

Hey that was good, everyone's getting a look-in. What's a slup? Anyway keep it running.

[emperor26]

Good story. Keep it up!

[Ub3rD4n]

Whoops! Typo! Well, it's fixed now, and I guess you could gather what I meant by his name, anyhow. Wow. I say a lot of dumb stuff on this forum, and it's mostly by accident! I'm glad people are enjoying the fic. I'm also glad people aren't yelling for me to get rid of my accursed OC after seeing him for just three seconds. Although, I did design him specifically to be hated, so, I dunno, you people are very tolerant? Or you understood what I was doing there with him (not very subtle, I'll admit, but it's easy to be offended by him if you don't get what tone I was going for). Also, a hundred points to people who can identify all the cameos during the Freinds Responses section!

New chapter coming up soon, real soon.

[antgirl1]

Oh, Bloo's such a dunce. XD

["C" the Dragon]

Hehe, nice chapter. The OC is amusing. And can you tell us the order of the "Friends' responces"? I can tell most of them, but the others, not so much. And I LOVE the "cricket" line Bloo used! It's so FUNNY!

[Bloo2daMacs]

CRICKETS!!

Keep it up!

[Ub3rD4n]

Whoo! And here I was thinking only C the Dragon and Antgirl were reading the fanfic! Thanks for all the comments! Since you asked, the freinds responses were, in order:
Red
Two random imaginary friends (I had Crackers and Fluffer Nutter in mind, but they could be anyone)
Coco
The New Guy
Creaky pete (duh)
Eurotrish
Cheese! (the one and only)

Now for the fifth chapter!

Chapter 5: The Big Game

Mac and Bloo sat dejectedly on the grandoise main foyer staircase. All their plans and effort and, nothing! It was a Sunday, so Mac still had plenty of time to spend at Fosters, but still, he was feeling too down to play. At that moment, Frankie came walking by, mopping the floor as she went (cue cheers from all the Frankie fanboys. You'd thought I'd forgotten her, hadn't you?). "Hey, guys, why the long faces?" she asked. "Oh, hey, Frankie. We've been trying to stop the fighting between Wilt and Foul Larry all day, but we've gotten nowhere." Mac answered. "Hm," Frankie mused, "Well, people are more likely to be friends if they have some common interests. If you find any between Wilt and Larry, maybe they'll see that they're not so different after all."
"Of course! That's such a brilliant idea!" Mac exclaimed. "Thanks Frankie, you're so awesome!" Mac yelled, as he ran off, Bloo in tow.

"Yeah, that's what they tell me." Frankie said to herself once they'd gone, and got back to mopping the floor.

"It's so obvious! Common interests! What's Wilt and Larry's common ground?" Mac shouted to Bloo, as they ran down the hallways. "Uhh...they both have toes?" Bloo replied. "No! Basketball, Bloo! They both love basketball!" Mac yelled. "-cause you see, I don't have toes..." Bloo mumbled.

The two stopped when they found Larry, who was brushing his teeth at the time. "Foul Larry! I challenge you to a five on five basketball game! Today! At three o clock! At the basketball court! If that's okay!" Mac called out to Foul Larry's back.

Foul Larry stopped, spat out his toothpaste in the sink, turned around, bent down and smiled. "You're on, little man. I hope you ready to get whipped." He said cheerfully, and walked off. "Mac, that was stupid, impulsive and rude!" Bloo said to Mac, "I'm proud of ya!"
"Oh, it wasn't stupid, Bloo. I think if the two of them can enjoy themselves together in a game with nothing on the line, they'll come to appreciate each other as individuals." Mac rebuffed. "Yeah, actually, the stupid bit was how Larry's gonna pound the two of us into paste." Bloo commented. "Oh, come on, Bloo. Basketball's a non-contact sport. It's not as if he'll cheat or anything." Mac said offhandedly.
"Uhhhhhhh, riiiight..."

In the halls, Eduardo, who was dripping wet, and walking back to his room. "Hey, Eduardo, you wanna play a game of basketball with us? We're putting a team together." Mac ran up from behind and told Eduardo.
"Oh, and you want me? Gracias, Senor Mac, I would love to be in your team."
"And we're playing Foul Larry!" Bloo added
"Ay! Foul Larry! Is you loco? He tear me apart!"
"Don't worry Eduardo, I won't let anything happen to you." Mac assured him, as the three entered their bedroom, where Wilt and Coco were sitting. "Guys, wanna join our basketball team? We already got Bloo and Eduardo." Mac announced.
"Sure, count me in!"
"Coco!"
"Great! We're playing in a few minutes, so let'shead down to the basketball court."

When they arrived at Fosters concrete basketball court, they saw that the area around it was packed with friends. It seemed that everyone had turned up to watch this game. Foul Larry must have told someone, and word travels pretty quick in a house like Fosters. "Hey, there, shortie. I knew you'd be here." came a call from across the court. The Fosters Five turned their attention to the far end of the court, wherin came their opposition (Seen here in dramatic slo-mo)

Foul Larry came walking on first, but he was followed by some of the biggest and toughest imaginary friends in the house: Omnizot, Moose, The New Guy, and also, for some reason, Red.

The teams lined up on their sides of the court as Stats came forward, carrying the ball. "Yo, thanks fo' agreein' to ref this match at such short notice. I appreciate it." said Larry. "Oh, I wouldn't miss this match for the world." replied Stats.

"I didn't know we'd be facing Foul Larry." Wilt commented to Mac.
"I'm sorry, Wilt, I-"
"Don't be. I've been meaning to do this for a while now."

The ball went up. The timer started. And Wilt got it. He danced around the other team's players to score one right in the hoop. The crowd went wild.

Once the ball was sent back up, Wilt grabbed it again. But this time the other players had made a better attempt at blocking Wilt, so he just passed it to Mac, who was conveniently waiting right next to the opponents' hoop. He shot, and he scored!

The next time the ball went up, Larry got it. He made for the hoop, but Bloo grabbed it straight off of him. He passed to Coco, who decided to bounce the ball sideways with her head, but nonetheless made it to the hoop for a score.

After that, Wilt got the ball again, and had a clear shot of the hoop, but instead passed it to Bloo. "Go for gold, Bloo!" he called. Bloo made for the hoop, but Red came up in front and BAM! knocked Bloo over. He then jumped up and down cheering "Red smash Bloo! Red good at sports!" and Foul Larry picked the ball off the ground and shot it straight into the Fosters Five's hoop.

"Hey! That was cheating!" Mac cried. "I didn't see nothin'." replied Larry, smiling. "Don't let him get to you, Mac. Just play the game." Wilt told him.

But over the course of the game, the cheating became more and more flagrant. When Eduardo had the ball, The New Guy ran at him screaming "Booga booga booga!" making Eduardo let go of the ball and run the other way. When Coco had the ball, Omnizot tripped her with one of his tentacles. When Mac had the ball, Moose just picked him up and grabbed the ball off of him! Eventually, with about half the game left, Mac called a time out. The gang were tired and beaten. "Hey, Wilt, can you go get some drinks for us?" asked Mac. "Sure thing, Mac!" Wilt replied, and went off to the house to get them. "Okay" said Mac, while everyone was gathered around, "We're getting our butts handed to us, but I got a way to win. But Wilt can't know, you guys got it?"
"Why not?" asked Eduardo
"Oh, you'll see...."

["C" the Dragon]

Oohh, this oughta be good!

[Ub3rD4n]

And now it's time for the thrilling conclusion that.....one person has been waiting for! The final chapter of my premiere fanfic with crappy title! (I apologise if my grasp of the rules of basketball are shaky at best)

Chapter 6: The Plan

"You sure we should be cheatin' like this?" The New Guy asked Larry. "This is street rules, like Wilt and I used to play back in the 'hood. They just bein' babies." Larry replied. "Red feel bad for smash Bloo..." Red commented. "I told you, Red! You is SUPPOSED to smash the other team in sports! It's expected! Now let's get back out there and finish this thing."

As the game got set to kick into high gear again, The teams assembled on their respective sides. Mac winked to Bloo, Eduardo and Coco, who winked back. Wilt was too focused on Foul Larry to notice. The buzzer sounded, and the game was back on! Foul Larry got the ball, and passed it to Omnizot. "Let's see some hustle, okay!?" Wilt called out to his team members.

As Omnizot ran for the hoop, Mac set to block him (which looked kinda ridiculous, considering the size difference). As Omnizot barreled down on Mac, he yelled "Space Time Freeze go!" which caused Omnizot to freeze in his tracks. "I see someone isn't wearing their Super-slippery-space-time underwear today" Mac commented as he grabbed the ball off of him and made off to the opposite hoop. "Cursed laundry day!" cried Omnizot impotently. "Hm, that was unusual." commented Wilt, who had observed the scene, but not heard the words, except the last ones.

As the game progressed, Wilt's teammates used more and more underhanded tricks to even the playing field with Larry's team, whenever Wilt wasn't watching. Coco, with the ball, being approached by The New Guy to block, layed an egg for him, which rolled in front of her. It popped open, and The New Guy found that it was filled with pepper spray! "Augh! My eye! I'm not supposed to get pepper spray in it!". When approached by Moose, who was attempting to steal the ball, Eduardo simply lowered his head and charged, knocking Moose high into the air to land on the ground and crack the pavement. "oooohhhh.....". Bloo, with the ball, when approached by Red, pointed and called out "What's that?"
"Huh?" SMACK!
"Owie! Who did that?"
"That guy over there!"
"Huh?" SMACK!
"Ow!"
"Now he's behind you!"
"Huh?" Red turned around. BOOT! "Ow! Help me, Bloo!"

The meanest trick was saved for last. As Mac ran at the enemy hoop with the ball, Foul Larry came up to steal it off of him and Mac.....ran the other way! Towards his own hoop! Foul Larry couldn't believe his luck, and chased after, only to be tripped by some rope held up by Coco and Eduardo. they wrapped it around his legs and then Bloo grabbed one end, wrapped it around Foul Larry's body (for which he had to climb on top of him) and then yelled "Timberrrrr!" before jumping off and sending Larry crashing to the ground.

Unfortunately, Wilt had managed to catch this. "Hey, you guys! That is not okay! Now you untie Foul Larry and you help him up!' Said Wilt, and proceeded to do just that. "You can't cheat at sports. It just goes against everything basketball is about." He admonished the others, who had the decency to look ashamed. "You're right shortie." said Foul Larry. "From now on, no cheatin'."
"But there's only a couple seconds left in the game!" replied The New Guy. "Well, after all we put them through, I think these guys deserve a penalty shot." claimed Larry.

"Penalty shot awarded to the red team!" yelled stats, who was reading 46 to 47 to Larry. The other players cleared off. The only two left were Wilt and Larry. Wilt stood at the halfway point, made his shot.....it went in ultra-super slo-mo, as happens to vital last-second shots..........the friends around the court all stood breathless, except for Slugger, who yelled "Kill him!".........Larry went to block it and..............blocked it!

EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH!!!!
The buzzer sounded. All the freinds around the court cheered. Mac, Eduardo and Coco looked sad. Bloo shouted "We were ripped!".

Wilt and Larry approached each other and stopped. "Good game." said Wilt, and put his hand out. "Likewise shortie." Foul Larry returned, and shook it. "I'm looking forward to playing you again sometime." Wilt added. "Yeah, anytime you wanna get yo but whipped, I'm up fo it." Larry replied. "Well, I gotta go. Me and my boys got a celebration party to attend!" He added, as he left.

"Wow, Bloo. We made a difference after all." said Mac. "Who cares! Where's my trophy?" Bloo yelled. "Who cares?" mimicked Mac. "There's a party back at the house."
"Party? I'm there!" cried Bloo, and ran off to the house, followed by Mac, Eduardo, Coco, and eventually, Wilt.

The End

Epilougue:

"Hey!" cried Slugger, "What gives!? Where's my party? Where's my storyline? I got gipped!" Zoom out to reveal he is standing in the dark and completely DESERTED basketball court. "Come on! Answer me! I know you're out there!"

Continue zooming out, and fade to black.

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So? Whaddaya think? I'd like any and all reviews! I think that turned out surprisingly well. So well, in fact, that I'm gonna keep on doing fanfic and posting it here at Never Forgotten (cue groans). I gotta whole heap of fanfic ideas just rollin' around in my head, so I'll start the new one soon!