MY JOB
Chapter Two: First Work
I woke up at 6:25, where I got my uniform on, straightened my hair, made sure my bangs were even, trimmed my bangs, and put on my makeup. I then exited my room and went down to my desk, where I sat in the chair and turned on my computer. I sighed with nothing to do as I waited to see someone come in saying they wanted to train…but I guess it was too early. I sighed even more, playing games like Solitaire and Bubble Shooter on my computer…about seven minutes into playing Bubble Shooter, I noticed that someone had been standing in front of my desk.
"Oh, would you like to train today?" I asked, giving the person a bright smile. But my smile soon drained as well as the color in my face when Ganondorf was standing there, grinning a toothy grin.
"Yes, how did you ever know?" He asked me. I bit my lip, typing in his name into the computer. "And how did you ever know my name? I didn't have to say it for you to type it down?" Uh-oh…
"Lorelei told me." I lied. Stop asking questions and let me get your dang information.
"Really, did she now?" He asked, with the same smile. He stroked his beard. "Was that when she was telling you about last Friday's tournament?" He put his hands on my desk and leaned in towards me. I didn't stop my typing, and my fingers only sped up in pace on the keyboard.
"You're less talkative than Mio." He stated. "But a lot prettier." I slammed my index finger on the ENTER key. I then grabbed a golden card and handed it to him, which he swiped out of my hand.
"Have a nice training session." I said through a cheesy smile and gritted teeth. He smiled back and walked over to the scanning machine. The doors then opened up and he walked through as they closed behind him.
Yes, I really did want someone to train today, but the last person I wanted was Ganondorf! He's really giving me the creeps!
"Are you feeling well, Miss…?" Another voice popped up. I looked in front of me…
"Ike! G-good morning!" I stammered. Ike only smiled a kindly grin towards me. There was a very long pause.
"I would like to train…uh…what was your name again?"
"Fuu! Fuu Platina!" I responded, finally typing in his name into the computer. I never felt so nervous and slightly embarrassed before.
"You seem to shout quite a lot," He spoke. "Is something troubling you?" I blushed.
"Er…no…nothing is." I said, literally quieting my voice down just for him.
"That's wonderful." He said as I gave him a gold card. "Good luck on your first real day."
"Oh, thanks! I'll do my best!" I said, holding back more stammers. He gave me a friendly wink and scanned his card through the scanning machine, and he went into the stadium training session room. The doors closed and I squealed.
"HE, IS, SO, CUTE!" I shrieked happily. "I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HIM BATTLE ON FRIDAY SO I'LL SEE HIM FIGHT—!"
I stopped my little girly squeals when I saw Samus and Kirby near the front desk.
"Are we interrupting your elation?" Samus asked me, smirking widely.
"Er…uh…training today?" I asked them. Kirby smiled widely and Samus had to laugh out loud.
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"I knew it! You like him! You definitely had the hots for Ike from the very beginning!" Peach said happily at breakfast time. I felt my face flush and burn up.
"Eheh…yeah…" I mumbled.
"I must admit; you two would make a very charming couple." Zelda stated after sipping her green tea.
"We…we would?" I asked. I then imagined myself, going out on little dates with Ike, holding his hand…kissing him. The thoughts were soaring through my head like paper planes and I wanted to yell in even more joy, but I held in my blissful little bellows.
"Ike really is one of the cuter guys in the Smash House." Samus pointed out. "But I don't think he's ever had a relationship experience before."
"Would I be up to change that matter?" I wondered.
"Give it a shot! But first, talk to him and flirt like crazy." Peach said, agreeing with my statement (That, honestly, I didn't really want to say…but my inner thoughts took over my big fat mouth and I blurted them out on random.)
"I suck at flirting, though. I've had traumatizing past experiences with flirting with guys. They still give me nightmares to this day." I sighed.
"Don't worry, we'll help you. You can trust us and we'll help you lift some of the pressure off of your shoulders." Zelda encouraged.
"Thanks guys!" I beamed.
After breakfast was over, I headed back to my desk and I played more Bubble Shooter and Solitaire. I was about done with another round of Solitaire when Lorelei decided to stop by and check on my work.
"I've really gotten the hang of it so far." I explained to her. "It's really nice to talk to the people who want to train, although I didn't meet them all yet."
"That is superb news." Lorelei said, happy for how well I was welcomed here. "Now, here is another Smash House worker that was absent yesterday." Lorelei then brought in a short girl with a brown hair and aqua green bobby pins. She had a bob cut, cute hazel eyes, and she looked like she belonged to your average fourth grade classroom. She wore the uniform Lorelei and I was also wearing.
"Fuu, this is Gertie." Lorelei said.
"It's a gratification to meet you, new receptionist Fuu." Gertie said, bowing. She sounded just how she looked, with a squeaky little voice. I knew that she mustn't be underestimated though, because I knew that just because she looked like a little kid cutie on the outside doesn't mean that she's like that inside as well. I knew that she was a tougher cookie…somehow. It just wasn't there yet.
"Oh, same here, Gertie." I said, also giving her a small bow. "So, why weren't you here yesterday? You missed my introduction conference and everything!"
"That seems to be classified information. I hope I am forgiven for that." Gertie said, looks of worry and thwart on her face.
"Oh, uh, sorry about that then." I answered back.
"Now, master says that another succinct meeting is to be held in fifteen minutes about the tournament coming up soon." Gertie stated.
"Another one?" I wondered. Then I stopped…and thought of something that I never really paid much attention to until now. "Who is this master guy anyway? Doesn't he ever show his face around here?"
Lorelei and Gertie glanced at each other, a bit nervously, too, and they said nothing. Lorelei coughed, which sounded nervous and uncomfortable, and she shook her head.
"Er…we should go to the conference room soon…" she muttered before walking away. I blinked a few more times before I followed the two to the conference room.
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Lorelei spoke to me, saying something about a difficulty in the stadium, so she missed out on the conference. I sat with Peach, Samus, Kirby, and Zelda, as usual, as the conference began…the walky-talky object placed nicely on the chair again.
"Good morning, my comrades," The walky-talky spoke up. "The next Friday tournament is going to be held in only a few more days. Be prepared. Begin training today, and surely you'll come out as a triumphant figure in the tournament. Last tournament's winner was Sheik!"
Sheik? Who's Sheik?
Everyone in the room stood up and clapped…and I glanced around, looking for the person named Sheik. Then, suddenly, I noticed Zelda vanished…and in her place, was a girl with a blue outfit, blonde hair, tan skin, and a scarf covered up most of her face…
"Where's Zelda?" I asked Peach, and my voice was quite nervous because of how Sheik just appeared out of nowhere. And, then, Peach began giggling again. "What's so funny now?"
"Just wait…Zelda…went to the…bathroom…yeah…" Peach said through many giggles.
I blinked as I glanced back at Sheik…who I could tell was smiling at me.
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The small meeting was over again, and I headed back to my desk, because I knew that everyone would start training because of how the tournament was nearing closer and closer.
I was checking to see if I got any e-mails from Madi back at Tokyo when I looked up and saw Peach…and Sheik.
"Oh…uh…hello, I didn't introduce myself before. My name is Fuu. Nice to meet you, Sheik." I stated. Peach began laughing again. Around that point, Sheik then closed her eyes, and a bright light flashed around her…and after a few seconds, Zelda appeared.
"Sheik is really Zelda…or is it Zelda is really Sheik?" Peach stated. Zelda waved at me.
"WHOA!!" Was all that I could actually say…
"I knew that I was going to fool you." Zelda winked at me. The light came back, and the quick seconds passed until she was Sheik again.
"Now, Peach and I are going to train with Samus…and put me down as Sheik, please."
"Oh, yes ma'am." I stated, typing down Sheik instead of Zelda. As I was typing it down, another person came up. I glanced up and saw a figure in an orange suit… "Hello, are you training, too?"
Sheik let out a small cough, which sounded more like a chuckle…and, of course, Peach was laughing.
"It's me." The orange-suited figure spoke up…its voice very familiar.
"SAMUS? WHOA!!" I shouted in astound again.
"Don't be that surprised…" Samus said, and by the way she spoke, she was grinning.
"P-p-p-PEACH! ARE YOU GOING TO TURN INTO SOMETHING LIKE THESE TWO DID? LIKE, I DUNNO, MAYBE A ROBOT OR AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING?"
"Nope, it's just plain old me." Peach winked. I had to sigh in relief, Samus and Zelda turning into whole other people started to scare me a bit. I gave them golden cards and they entered the stadium…
And here I was, sitting at my desk, making a cootie catcher with some paper at my desk. I also made a really bad paper plane, and heck; I decided to fly it anyway. I lightly threw it where it landed pathetically on the chair near other side of the room. After a minute, I wanted to get up to pick it up…but then it was gone.
That's really weird.
I glanced around, and I didn't see a single piece of paper in shape of a plane. I exhaled, and I almost sat back down in my chair…
"Is this yours?" A voice came up. I looked around, and saw that someone was standing behind me. I turned around and saw a young man in a dark blue outfit with a red helmet hold up my paper plane in front of my nose. I was about to scream because of how the guy startled me, but he didn't seem like such a bad guy, so I had my mouth open like a fool.
"Er, yeah—." He was then gone. I searched around, but he was nowhere in sight.
That was really bizarre.
I finally sat down in my seat…when he was on the other side of the desk again.
"Say, you're a lot different than I expected you to be." He stated. I slightly gasped because of how he appeared out of nowhere.
"And what's that supposed to…mean?" He was gone again. Now this is just getting creepy.
"Oh, nothing really." He was now leaning against the wall next to me. "I expected you to be a bit more welcoming, that's all."
"Welcoming? I could actually welcome you if you would stop moving around all over the room." I exclaimed to him, getting a bit annoyed by his agility.
"I see. Sorry, but Mio enjoyed it when she was here." The guy walked (at normal speed) to the other side of the desk. He put one elbow on the desk, and gave me a wink as he saluted me with his fingers. "What's your name again, lil' lady?"
This guy knows his charms…"Fuu." I responded. "And what about yours?"
"You can call me Captain Falcon." He stated, shaking my hand roughly. After a long time of hand shaking, he finally let go, putting his elbow back on the desk.
"I'm guessing you want to train?" I asked him, typing his name before his response.
"Yes, you clever one!" He stated. I'm not that much of an intellect…
I handed him a golden card and he saluted me once more.
"I'll win the next tournament for ya!" He grinned at me…and it was one of those "Prince Charming" grins, where his teeth were so white that they sparkled. He slid the card through the machine and he entered the stadium. "Ooh, a lady fight!" I heard him say before the doors shut, seeing Samus and the others battle.
"That was really awkward…" I said.
"I have to agree with that one." Another voice came up from nowhere. I glanced over and saw Ike!
"I-I-I-I-Ike! Blergy-blee!" That was one of the dumbest things I have ever said in all of my life…
"Haha, don't be so startled by my presence, Miss Platina." He saw my shock.
"Oh, please, just address me as Fuu." I said to him, my face feeling real flushed right now.
"Then it shall be Fuu." He gave me a smile, and I wanted to squeal, but I concealed it.
"So, training again, eh? You're working hard." I said, typing in his name. He nodded.
"Tournaments are a lot harder than you think to win…and every single tournament so far, I got second place." Ike sighed. I stopped typing.
"Really…REALLY?" I was quite stunned. Ike looked like he would take all the trophies in the world because of how strong he looked, but he didn't win a single one?
"It's the sad fact." He said, turning his head to the side. "And…I've lost some really embarrassing battles, too."
"Like…?" I asked him, but after that, I realized that I shouldn't butt into people's past.
"Well," He stated, actually wanting to respond. "I was in a battle two weeks ago with Yoshi, and he swallowed me and put me into an egg…and he pushed me off and I was falling…"
Ouch…"And then the week before that, I was battling the Ice Climbers, Popo and Nana, they wrapped me up with the climbing gear, and they spun me around until I got dizzy and fell off…"
That IS pretty embarrassing…"And then that battle before that with Olimar…I tripped over a Pikmin…"
"Let me guess, then you fell off?"
"Bingo."
"I'm so sorry, Ike." I stated. Hey, I felt bad for the guy; he went through all this stuff.
"It's quite all right," He stated. "But I would like to win at least one tournament."
"I think you'll win for sure this time." I said. He stared at me with a "Wow, she's confident about me" look, and I just blushed.
"Thanks, Fuu." He grinned as I gave him a golden card. He waved me goodbye as he entered the stadium and the door shut behind him.
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Lunchtime came in a flash. I sat down with some wedding soup and all I did was think about Ike…and that weird dude Captain Falcon. Not knowing much about that guy, I decided to ask my new friends.
"Who's Captain Falcon?" I asked them. They all stopped eating and glanced over at me. Samus (Who was now back in her blue suit) rubbed her forehead.
"Who doesn't know him?" She added to her strange temple rubbing.
"He's the biggest flirt in the Smash House, that's who he is." Zelda responded, opening up the cap to her water bottle.
"When I first came to the Smash House, his first question was 'Are you single lil' lady?'…It was pretty odd." Peach imitated Captain Falcon's voice and she exhaled. "He was so down when I told him I was in a relationship with Mario."
During that, I realized that Captain Falcon called me a 'lil lady', and it gave me a creepy chill down my spine.
"When we first met," Zelda sighed. "It was in battle, and when he beat me, he gave me a hug…"
"That's really creepy." I said; my head went back in a 'WTF' way.
"And I don't even want to think about how we first met each other." Samus said, still rubbing her temples. "It was just a big ball of strain…"
"I just hope I don't get all stuck in his constant flirting…" I muttered.
"I don't blame you." Zelda said, giving a small bundle of cherries to Kirby, who happily took them.
"So, how's it going with Ike?" Samus asked me (Obviously, she was trying to change the subject from the whole Captain Falcon situation…and I happily fell for it.)
"It's great! We talked today, and I hope he'll win the tournament!" I replied.
"Why do you seem so interested in him anyway? Is it because of his good looks?" Zelda asked me.
"But of course." Peach answered for me.
"Look," I said. "Ike is a great person. He's effortless to socialize with, he's handsome, he's smart, and he fights really well…" I then sensed something…
"And he's standing right behind me…" And as I turned, Ike was standing there, smiling at me. I chuckled nervously. "Hi." I managed to speak out.
"Hello…" He replied. I turned around and mouthed out 'Help me!' to everyone…but they didn't seem to help at all. "Were you just complimenting me?" He asked. Darn
"I…I…I'm just…eheh…you know, you need some…uh…you know…er…"
"You need some love because you didn't win a single tournament yet." Peach spoke up.
DAAAARRRRRNNNNN!Ike just stood there, almost motionless like a mannequin. I wanted to run out of the room, but my feet wouldn't budge an inch. He then smiled at me.
"I promise I will do my best, thanks for your hope and confidence, Fuu." He smiled at me. I blushed.
"S-s-s-s-s-sure t-thing…" I stuttered nervously as he walked away. After a few long seconds, I then turned to my friends.
"We told you that we would help." Zelda winked.
"In some of the strangest and somewhat shocking ways…" I mumbled.
"We're just trying to get you guys together, and maybe you guys will do that at the celebration coming up this Sunday." Peach stated.
"Celebration? What celebration?" I asked.
"Didn't you hear about the anniversary of Smash House dance? You can hook up with Ike there." Samus stated.
To be continued!PANDA FLASH!
Hi readers! See, this chapter came up pretty quickly, neh?
You all probably hate me for cutting off the chapter right where you found out about the dance! Hehehe!
I added Captain Falcon! YESSSS! –Gives Captain Falcon a random hug-
Well, let's end this Panda Flash with a little "What will happen?" thingy…
Will Fuu and Ike go to this 'celebration' together? Why does Samus act weird when we mention Captain Falcon? Who is the master of Smash House? Why are Lorelei and Gertie acting strange around Fuu? And is Ganondorf really a safe guy? And who will win the next tournament? FIND OUT IN FUTURE CHAPTERS!
BYE!!!
-da Panda