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Chapter 9: cooking with fire
"Wake up Alex!" someone said. I couldn't tell who it was because I was still sleepy "five more minutes" I mumbled, without opening my eyes "come on!" I heard the girl say. I sleepily opened my eyes to see Aqua looking at me "good, your awake!" she smiled and jumped down. "Come on! You don't want to be late for your first day of school, do you?" she said. I groaned internally. School was fun most of the time, but I hated having to get up early, not to mention the homework that's sometimes impossible to do. Think I'm kidding? Swimming assigns 10 miles in a row, and if they don't believe you did them, you have to do twice as much after school. Thankfully, today was cooking, so I could get my mom to help with any work I had. I sleepily got dressed and went up to eat. "Morning Alex, ready for school?" Flame said. I was surprised that he was the only one with a bag on "oh, Flame is the only one school ready, the others have to get used to their bodies still" mom explained to me. I guess it was for the better, one person that needed to be introduced was enough "maybe I should take you to see how Flame does" she said "no, he needs to experience the bus" I said "bus?" Flame asked. I rolled my eyes. He sat in the window seat, so there wasn't much interaction between him and others, and we went to cooking when we got to school. All that we did was go over the code of conduct, each everyone should know about, and then we cooked chicken. Most of the kids either burned or undercooked theirs, though there were some that were edible, mines wasn't one of them. There were, however, two that were perfect. Flame's was one, his even had a flavor the instructor delighted at, the others was a girl named Amber, who looked rather pretty, if I say so myself. She was a red head with brown eyes, and was about Flames height. We stayed in the class for lunch, and a couple of boys came over to Flame "hey new kid, think you're so special?" one of them said "leave him alone" I said "this isn't about you Alex, and you don't want to make it so, do you?" a different kid asked. Flame was confused at first, but now I saw his anger flare up, but he stayed quiet "it is my problem, it's not his fault he can cook perfectly" I said, not knowing how else to defend him. One of the boys pushed me, making me stumble and fall. In truth, I wasn't defending Flame, I was protecting the boys. Why do they need protecting? Your about to find out. I could see the anger in Flame clearly, and so could the boys "leave him alone" Flame said, restraining the anger in his voice. There was a collective 'ooh!' from the crowd "or what?" the first boy said, pushing Flame. I expected Flame to fall, like I did, but he didn't. He easily kept his balance…and lunged at the boy. Flame didn't realize he wasn't supposed to fight, so his natural inclination was to defend himself in that exact way. The other kids stayed back, one tried to get close and ended up kicked, but no one could tell who kicked him. After a bit, Flame was thrown off. "You really want to fight? Lets fight for real" the boy said, throwing a punch at Flame. Flame didn't know how to react, so he yanked on the arm, throwing the boy into the wall. The boy was knocked out. The other kids looked at the boy, then looked at Flame. After a few seconds, they all started clapping. It was obvious Flame didn't know what was going on. One of the boys who were with the first came up to Flame "what's your name?" he asked "uh, just call me Flame" he said "wow! That's a cool name!" "I bet he got that name because he can destroy anything!" "He so cool!" everyone loved Flame, and soon, they started chanting his name. After the crowd died down, and they went back to eating, Amber came up to Flame. "Wow, you're really something, huh?" she said. Flame only nodded "well, I'm Amber, maybe we could hang out sometime" she said. She gave him a piece of paper and walked off. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful, and when we got home Flame told mom about it "so, you got into a fight?" worry was in her voice, but she was looking at me "Flame fought for me, actually. You should have seen him, he was amazing!" I said. She rolled her eyes and went to work. "Alex, can I ask you something?" Flame said "sure" I replied "well, you know the girl who gave me the paper?" he said "yea" I said "well, she gave me this" he showed me the paper, which had a phone number on it "Flame, she likes you" I said, trying not to laugh "ok, but why did she give me this?" he asked. I forgot the pikmin don't understand the concept of 'dating' "flame, she wants to go out with you, like on a date" I said. He just looked at me confused. I sighed "it's not easy to explain Flame, ask her the next time you see her, ok?" I told him. He nodded, and went to help my mom cook. Daisy was flipped upside down on the couch watching TV. She seemed ok to go to school tomorrow, so I left her. At dinner, mom gave Flame utensils "use these to eat, ok?" she said. He looked puzzled, and after 5 minutes of using them incorrectly, he gave up and ate with his hands. After they got dressed for bed, Flame immediately fell asleep. I was pretty tired myself, and went straight to bed, thinking about how the next day would go.
This went through rewriting quite a few times to get it the way I wanted to, but I did it. I made each class to suit each pikmin type, so there will be some unusual classes, but not many. Remember: I love criticism of all kinds, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. bye for now!