MY JOB
Chapter One: First Days
My name is Fuu. I'm 15 years old, I have red hair that barely reaches the center of my neck, green eyes, and I'm looking for the right job. I live with my best friend in an apartment in Tokyo, Japan. We're both looking for the right jobs…and I recently signed up for being a receptionist AND a food stands worker for the Super Smash Brothers: Brawl Stadium. I learned from the newspapers and the television programs that Super Smash Brothers: Brawl Stadium is a place where they take some of the best fighters, not your average wrestlers or boxers, and place them in a mansion, where they train and have fights broadcasted live! I never have time to watch TV, because I always like to hang out with my friends outdoors, so I only see the ends of battles, or clips of them on news shows. Getting a job at the stadium will mean having to go away for a long time from my best friend, Madi, but, that also means I get to see fights just about everyday! Today is the day when I got my application form…
It was a normal spring day, about the first week of spring. The flowers were just budding and the trees looked green and beautiful after the harsh winter we had earlier. Madi and I had returned from a huge grocery-shopping trip, one I do every spring. After putting everything away in its cabinets or in the refrigerator, Madi and I were exhausted and we sat down on the sofa, drinking the fresh lemonade we had gotten from a stand near our apartment. Right about then is when we heard the four knocks on the door. I stood up and opened it, seeing my deliveryman holding a big box.
"For Fuu Platina?" My deliveryman, Hiroyuki, said.
"That's me." I said, taking a blue pen and signing the clipboard Hiroyuki had handed to me. He then handed me the large box and walked away. I closed the door with my foot and set the box down on the ground.
"What's in there, a lion?" Madi asked.
"I dunno…" I seriously was expecting an animal to be in there, because of how heavy it was…but instead, I saw a bunch of clothes and a piece of paper. I took the piece of paper and read over its contents. I looked at Madi, whose green eyes were looking at the clothes like they had some sort of strange tongue written all over them. I smiled.
"What's that grin about? It's freaking me out." She asked me.
"Remember that application form I sent in to the Super Smash Brothers: Brawl Stadium? I wanted to work as a receptionist and in the food stands?" I reminded Madi. She looked at me, her jaw dropped, and then she smiled.
"You got in?"
"YES!" I shouted happily. The rest of the night seemed like a blur, since we celebrated to our heart's content.
-1 week later-
I was now on a train…heading miles and miles from Tokyo to the stadium. It took three and a half days to reach it. I spent most of my train time watching the selected movies the train workers chose. They were all pretty boring, but one was a documentary on the Brawl stadium. I learned that 35 of the strongest fighters live in a large mansion and every single Friday, they fight in the famous stadium. The thrill of meeting these fighters ran throughout me every single moment I thought of it. And when the afternoon of the third day came, the train had stopped (me being the only passenger remaining on there) and I carried my luggage to face…one of the biggest and most beautiful buildings I have ever seen in my entire life thus far. Fountains surrounded the place, and there were statues of each fighter surrounding the place. The gates opened up and I walked up to the front door. I pulled a platinum colored rope, which was the doorbell, and heard it chime. I stood there, wiping sweat off of my hands and making sure I was presentable looking. After about a minute, the door creaked open…and there was a young girl with pink hair. She wore her hair up in a loose bun, strand of hair falling down on the sides of her face; she had blue eyes, and familiar clothes. The clothes she wore looked a lot like the ones that I had gotten in my package. It was a gray coat, a matching gray skirt with a red hem, red shoes, white knee-high socks, and a red tie. She also had the optional red headband.
"Oh, you're the new girl, aren't you?" The pink-haired girl asked me.
"Yes, I am." I replied. She took her hand out and shook mine, gently.
"My name is Lorelei. Nice to meet you. I am the doorman of the Smash House." She stated. Smash House? More like Smash Castle!
"I'm Fuu, nice to meet you, too, Lorelei." I said, just as friendly.
"Come in. I will show you to where you will be working." Lorelei led me inside. She was also handy enough to carry my bags for me! I followed her lead up a huge flight of stairs that changed color every eight to ten seconds until we reached the top. We then headed down a hallway to the right and I was soon…in a normal office-looking room. I was expecting more than this, like more fountains and expensive looking material. To me, it looked like office buildings back in Tokyo!
"This…is it?" I asked.
"Yes. And here's your desk!" Lorelei showed me a large desk. I walked over, noticing all the little drawers…and they even got me my own computer and headset! This place was going to be so awesome!
"Thanks so much." I said. "So…uh…what exactly do I do again?"
"When a fighter is going to train or go into a tournament, they come up to you, and they say their name. You type in their name, where you check their status to see if they are legible to fight or not. When they are clear, you hand them one of these." Lorelei picked up a shiny, gold card beside the computer.
"Whoa, what do those do?" I wondered.
"These are cards for training only. The fighter goes over to that machine and they scan this card through there. These cards share information about their training. They pick a location, difficulty setting, and how long they will fight." Lorelei then pointed to a large, metal door that also changed colors every ten seconds or so. "And behind there is the ultra-famous Brawl stadium!"
My eyes were filled with wonder and awe. I could go behind those doors and easily see what was behind there!
"When the tournaments are held every Friday, it gets very busy, and all fighters, unless injured or under the weather, are behind those doors. Since no one comes up to the desk, you work as a food vendor…and I think everyone knows how to do that, right?" Lorelei said.
"Right, I think I have that part down." I stated.
"All right then. Here is your room key." Lorelei handed me a purple card with a number on it. "Your room is A7. Please, take your time to get situated into things. You may also meet the fighters, too. Some have been itching about meeting their new receptionist!" I waved goodbye to her as I headed to my room. I put my room key in and heard it beep. Then, I opened the door, not even bothering to close it. The rooms were a lot nicer than I thought. The bed was HUGE and there was a perfect amount of space for my belongings…but everything was white. The bed, the walls, the furniture…everything. That was weird, unless someone was really fond of the color white. I set my suitcase down near a small desk and began to put my clothes away in the dresser. I was just putting my fourth pair of jeans away until…
"Excuse me? Are you new around here?" A soft voice came from outside. I turned and saw two beautiful girls. One had long blonde hair and had a pink dress on while the other girl had a purple dress on with long brown hair and long, pointy ears. They happened to see me unpacking.
"Oh, yeah. I'm the new receptionist." I said, standing up. "Do you guys work here, too?" I asked them. The girls glanced at each other and giggled. I raised an eyebrow.
"We don't work here." Said the blonde, who might've been the one who spoke first. "We're fighters." My jaw dropped. I was face to face with TWO of the thirty-five Super Smash Brother Fighters!
"Ohmigosh! I'm so sorry I mistook you for workers!" I exclaimed, now getting all nervous.
"It's quite all right, your co-worker Lorelei did the same thing to our friend Fox." The brunette-haired girl said.
"My name is Fuu. It's nice to meet you both." I said, bowing.
"My name is Princess Zelda, and this here is my friend Princess Peach." The brunette girl named Zelda said. They both bowed politely like I had.
"We were just heading to the food court to get something to eat. Would you like to come with us?" Peach asked me. I nodded my head excitedly, even before she was done asking.
"Yeah, that sounds great!" I must admit, I was pretty hungry, and granola bars and wheat thin crackers didn't hold up during my three days on the train. I quickly arranged my clothes, which was a turquoise tank top, dark skinny jeans, and gray tennis shoes. I then made sure my butterfly ring was on my right ring finger, which I wore, everyday to keep Madi and my family in my head. I then walked alongside the two princesses down to the food court.
"So, where did you come from?" Zelda asked me.
"I used to live in Tokyo with my best friend, Madi." I stated. "We were both looking for jobs and I sent in an application form to work here, and I got it back with my many uniforms."
"You probably won't have to wear the uniforms until tomorrow." Peach stated, clasping her hands together. "Those little gray outfits with the mini-skirts, I get so jealous when I can't wear them! They're just adorable!" Peach squealed. I had to chuckle, because those uniforms I have to wear remind me of high school uniforms, which are torture to wear. We were chatting about many things, like how Princess Peach came from the Mushroom Kingdom and Zelda came from Hyrule, and right about then, another young girl entered the hallway. She had blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, and wore a light-blue bodysuit. She was gorgeous.
"Oh, good evening, Samus!" Peach said happily.
"Good evening." Samus replied. She then saw me. "You're the new receptionist, aren't you?" She asked me.
"Yes, that's me."
"Everyone has been talking about you. Our last receptionist, Mio, looked a lot like you, except she had blue eyes and black hair." Samus exclaimed to me.
"Wow, I never expected to be popular." I stated. Samus laughed.
"It happens to pretty much every new person here, especially girls." Samus said to me. She then turned to Peach and Zelda. "Are you guys going to the food court, too?"
"Yeah. We're pretty hungry." Zelda responded.
"I'll tag along, because I heard that we have a meeting after dinnertime…something about you." She then pointed to me. I blinked.
"No one ever told me there was going to be a meeting about me after dinner!" I stated, quite surprised.
"It happens, our master is very scatterbrained." Samus said, folding her arms. We continued walking alongside all the way down to another huge and beautiful room. The food court. There were all sorts of food signs, and I couldn't decide which one to head to first. Since I didn't want to bother my new friends on making up my mind, I just followed where Peach, Zelda, and Samus were going. As I was walking around, just about everyone was staring at me…and I saw that some of them were fighters. I grabbed a tray from the side, grabbed a cappuccino, and got a plate with all kinds of fruit, which is my kind of plate. We walked over to an empty table and began our meals.
"Hey, let's take a look at who is staring at the new girl." Samus said, not even saying my name.
"It's Fuu." I reminded her.
"Falco just came in and he's already peering eyes on you." Samus whispered to me. I glanced behind me and saw a blue bird with full clothing on. He gave me a rather suspicious stare, but when he saw me look at him, he gave me a welcoming smile.
"Hey, Ness and Lucas are looking over here, too." Peach said after drinking a sip of her tea. I looked over towards another direction and saw two rather young looking boys give me a wave. I couldn't help but wave back. After I was done waving, I felt a tug on the bottom of my jeans. I looked down…and saw one of the cutest things I ever laid eyes on. I couldn't really describe him, but he was like a pink ball with blue eyes, a mouth, blushing little cheeks, pink arms, and feet with little red shoes on. I gawked at how cute this little guy was.
"Oh, hello there, Kirby." Zelda exclaimed, finally noticing what I was staring at. Kirby nodded, making a cute little noise. He kept tugging my jeans.
"Hi there. My name is Fuu. Pleased to meet you, Kirby." I spoke up. Kirby smiled at me, making another cute noise, and then he jumped up onto an empty chair and sat next to us. I would toss him a grape and he would make his mouth expand and catch it. I was quite amused by this and, soon, I befriended a pink blob thing, which was fine with me.
Dinner was fun, and when it ended, Lorelei peered into the food court and dragged me over to my room.
"Do you have your uniform?" She asked me.
"Oh, yeah, it's right here." I walked over to my bed and grabbed the matching uniform.
"Put that on, because the meeting will begin in four minutes and eighteen seconds." I nodded my head and got out of my regular clothes and into my uniform, which was a lot nicer and comfier than I thought it would be. I then followed Lorelei down the colorful stairs and into a room I didn't notice before when I first arrived here. The door was a dark red and Lorelei opened it. It looked like a huge conference room…and all the fighters were in there. They all immediately stopped talking and faced me…and there I was, walking past thirty-five fighters to the center stage. I made it up to the front of the room, where I was expecting the 'Master' to be there, but, there was only a walky-talky looking object on a chair.
"Attention, super smashers." The object spoke up. "I would like to have your fullest respect to our new receptionist. Her name is Fuu, and she will be your receptionist for the next three years."
The fighters began clapping, and I didn't really know what to do, so I only bowed.
"There is also another announcement besides our greetings to Fuu. We must ask that tournaments need to be followed by rules. The tournament three days ago was shockingly appalling and I would want no other performances to be like that. When a fighter is down and the one who is not the winner, the opponent must stop fighting!"The shouts were very loud through the machine. I didn't really know what was going on and I only stood there, looking at some of the fighters. I saw a large gorilla, a green dinosaur creature, a cute yellow mouse looking animal, and other fighters that looked rather mistrustful.
"That is all. The next tournament is soon, so train you're hardest." The voice returned after a long pause. Everyone then stood up out of their seats and left the room. I got out from the front of the stage and was about to sneak past the crowds to get out quickly…
"You seem like a nice person." A voice came up. I turned around and saw two young men, both with blue hair.
"I…do?" I asked myself, not realizing how gorgeous one of them was. He had shorter blue hair, and it was a lot spikier.
"My name is Marth." Said the man with the longer hair. "And this is Ike." He nodded his head.
"Nice to meet you." I said, trying to hold back my stammering. The two waved goodbye as they left the room. They were both really cute, but Ike really caught my attention.
"Are you blushing?" Zelda's voice came from behind me. I turned around, and I saw my three friends from this evening. Samus raised an eyebrow and smiled, and Peach was giggling madly.
"M-me? Blushing? Heck no! I'm not the type to do that!" I stuttered. The three glanced at each other, then back at me.
"So…uh…what did happen three days ago?" I asked them.
"Don't you watch any TV?" Samus asked me.
"I really don't, to tell you the truth." I sighed.
"Well…it was three days ago, the tournament on Friday." Zelda spoke. "It was a battle between Link," Zelda pointed over at a blonde young man wearing a green outfit. "And Ganondorf…" Zelda pointed over to one of the shady characters I saw in the conference room. He really scared the crap out of me.
"It was another normal battle in the stadium," Peach continued the story. "Ganondorf was winning…and when Link said 'Quit' really loudly…"
"Ganondorf completely ignored his surrender and was still fighting him…and it was pretty brutal…" Samus completed the story.
"Ohmigosh." I whispered.
"Ganondorf was always such a tough fighter," Zelda exclaimed. "But no one has ever seen him act like that."
"Link was taken to the healing rooms, and it took him a full day to recover, when it takes about ten minutes to fully recover!" Peach added on.
"Are you sure he's all right?" I asked.
"He's walking on two legs and shows no signs of struggle, so I think the recovery machinery cured him just fine." Samus replied.
My thoughts were making my head feel hot.
So this Ganondorf guy is really tough and doesn't follow the rules often. I should really keep my distance from this guy; I never really liked him since I laid eyes on him.
"Uh-oh." Peach whispered.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"I think he's heard us." Peach whispered back. I glanced over…and Ganondorf was looking right at our little group. I was really nervous, and I got the feeling like he was going to run over, pick me up, and abduct me. I immediately looked away.
"Let's go. We can hang out in my room." Samus exclaimed, heading towards the rainbow stairs. And as I was walking away, I could've sworn I heard Ganondorf chuckle.
…………………………
Samus got out her purple room key and the door opened. I was expecting another white room…but when I went inside, I saw stars and planets…everywhere. It looked so real I thought that Samus was literally sleeping outside!
"This is your room?" I asked in amazement.
"Yep." She replied.
"Was this expensive or something?" I asked, walking into the room even deeper now. Again, I heard giggles that I didn't know what they were laughing about.
"Is your room allover white?" Zelda asked me.
"Yeah? Isn't everyone else's like that?" I wondered.
"Yes…when you've just moved in and you don't know that you can use your thoughts to create your own room." Peach said.
"Say what?" I asked.
"You hold up your room key." Samus said, showing hers. "And then you picture anything you want in your room. For example, maybe a blue chair." Samus held up her room key, closed her eyes, and then the chair appeared. My jaw dropped.
"Lorelei didn't tell me this!" I stated.
We all had a good time that night. We watched a movie (A chick flick, of course) and we all had fun telling some goofy stories.
When it came to bedtime, 10:00 every night, I headed back to my room. I held up my room key, and I imagined my room like my room back at my apartment with Madi. Purple walls, a light purple bed with all sorts of fluffy pillows on it, a white desk, and little black stars hanging from the ceiling. I got a shower, put my pajamas on, and I went to bed…
I reviewed my day…the outside of the Smash House, the rainbow stairs, Lorelei, Zelda, Peach, Samus, Kirby, Marth…and Ike…tehehe…
And then there was Ganondorf. He ruined the good things that I reviewed…and his chuckle gave me a hard time sleeping that I had to cover my ears with my pillow in silence.
To be continued!
PANDA FLASH!
Hello! I'm so stoked! This is my very first Super Smash Bros. Brawl Fanfic!! SQUEE!
Sorry the first chapter seemed kind of rushed, I just felt like completing it as quick as I could so my ideas for this story wouldn't be like "Oh, what was I going to do with that character again?"
I have absolutely NOTHING against Ganondorf! Now, why would I? He's awesome, and evil, which is why he's now the main "antagonist" now, but, like I said, I didn't make him the big baddie because I hate his guts. Nothing of that sort!
If you can, check out my other fics! But, for now, I'll be working mostly on this fic besides some others…
I hope you keep reading and enjoying this! Yes, there will be some OC romance!!
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