Sorry about the previous chapter… I feel like I'm getting slapped in the face just thinking about it… BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

… Actually, I did this mainly to avoid doing my French homework…

Hope this hapter is better then the last!

SSBB (C) Nintendo

7: Duran

Three weeks later I had another interesting day…

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"Th-There you go!" I smiled, handing the trey of Okonomiyaki (A kind of Japanese pizza) to Ness. He smiled back and walked away.

I sighed, and looked up at the stars, they were stars only because I was in Cornia, What a hard day it had been…

I hadn't been able to get up until the 11th hour, I had almost ruined the food (Granted, a few spices fixed that up), and, to top it all off, Kirby had just eaten all the food at once, so I had to make it all over again.

I sighed again, Why couldn't this be some normal job… No one could possibly imagine that a job they would find… would be inside a game. I just don't see how an average… actually, lower-then-average person is supposed to do this kind of thing…

I sighed yet again… It wasn't easy… it was… it is the hardest job you could imagine…

Plus, I still haven't had any luck with Link… or Marth…

Link and Zelda recently got back together, there an up-and-down kind of couple… one sees something they don't like in the other and they end it, and make up in a few weeks…

Why does Zelda have to be so pretty? I'm so plain… it's depressing.

But I shouldn't dwell on that.

I opened my bag and began searching though it for a box-lunch I made for myself… some simple sushi, some rice balls, a salad, and some Pocky, my favorite snack.

I began eating, then stopped and turned around when I heard some footsteps behind me.

It was red, and he was carrying a bouquet, I wonder what that could be about…?

He stopped about a yard away from me (I'm just guessing, but I'm not a very good judge of distance) and began looking like he was thinking something over.

I asked, tiredly, "C-Can I help you?"

Red took a deep breath and then said, clearly, but shakily, "W-Will y-you g-go o-out w-with m-m-me?"

I was confused… "eh?"

"I-I r-really l-like y-you…" said Red, blushing, "W-Will you go out w-with m-me…?"

I sighed, then asked "How old are you?"

Red stared blankly, "Hu…Hunh?"

"H-how old are you?"

"Oh…" Red seemed to be flustered for words, "I'm… uh… t-ten…"

I sighed, "Red… I-I may look young, but I'm a-actually twenty."

Red froze.

"S-sorry…" I said.

"No," said Red, "I'm sorry, I feel like I just made a complete fool out of myself for no reason… I hope…"

"You don't need to explain…" I said, "I'm sorry you thought about me like that."

Silence.

Red then said, "Your food is good."

"Th-Thanks…" I thought for a moment, "And thanks for the egg"

I had to be polite.

"How is it?" he asked.

I opened my bag, and showed him the egg.

The egg was wiggling back and forth, Red gasped.

"Um…" I asked, "Is that a bad sign?"

Red shook his head, "It's about to hatch!"

I was stunned.

We both watched the egg until it popped.

Crack!

We both stared.

"Aww…" I commented, "It's so cute!"

"It's all yours" said Red.

"You really mean it?" I asked.

Red nodded, "Riolu are a pain to train anyways"

I grinned as Red walked away.

Akibin flew out and landed right on the riolu's nose.

I watched as the two played together, "Th-they can do this kind of thing the second they are born…Oh!"

I scooped up the riolu, he let me do it without any hassle, "Okay… you need a name, right?"

The little Pokémon licked my nose, it was so cute I giggled a little bit.

"Okay…" I thought a bit, then said, "How about duran? Do you like that name?"

I put down the riolu and he hugged my leg, "I guess you do."

I let the two, the fairy and the Pokémon play together until I finished my lunch, then said, "All right, guys, let's go."

It was good… I never had a pet before… and now I have two!

It was a responsibility, but It had a good feeling to it.