Chapter 1: Dreams and Ramen.
Stories have been told decade after decade of a legendary arms boxer, who was known as a spectacular champion. He had nerves of steel, hair of gel….. and gloves of red. He was known as… Spring Man! Every 5 years an ARMS Grand Prix is held for the title of new champion. The man who holds this tournament, he has been unknown for years. Spring Man has always participated in this tournament and has earned his champions belt. However one day, he disappeared, and not a trace has been seen. However, someone new shall enter the ring. Someone else will finally take their time in the tournament. And her name is…..
"Min-Min, wake up! You'll be late for work."
A girl fell to the floor.
She quickly got back up.
This was Min-Min. She was 18 years old and lived with her grandfather who owned a ramen shop. Whenever she wasn't in school, she often helped her grandfather out in the Mintendo Ramen House..
She had green eyes, some unusual hair, and often wore a hat over her head, as it was a moment of her father.
Min-Min rushed down to meet her grandfather, Kaz.
"Sorry I'm late grandpa," she said.
"No need to apologize when noodles can be made," said her grandfather.
His beard was made of noodles, and he often wore a robe.
He started getting ingredients for the ramen.
"Oh no grandpa, let me get that for you," Min-Min said as she rushed over to the counter.
Kaz chuckled.
"I'm getting old Min-Min, not dying," he told her, "But I need to move my muscles once every few minutes."
In addition to working in the ramen shop over the summer, she had also spent most of her life caring for her grandfather.
"So what were you dreaming about earlier?" Kaz asked, curiosity in his words.
"Well, I was having another dream about meeting Spring Man," she explained, "I was about to shake his hand til the alarm went off, hehehe."
She started chopping onions and preparing the noodles.
"You kids today and your idols." He said smiling.
The shop began to open and customers were coming in left and right to buy some ramen.
Making Ramen was a specialty for Min-Min.
However this was only one of her talents.
In addition to making gourmet food, she was also one of the rare few that had another gift; Special Arms.
On certain days, she would go to a special training course that she developed.
The sun settled down and the cool breeze flowed through her ramen like hair.
"Alright," she said to herself stretching out, "Let's see what I've learned."
As soon as a target came out, she punched it hard.
Her arms were made out of special noodles that were unbreakable.
In addition to that, she was quick on her feet.
One of the targets shot a projectile at her and she dodged it using her feet.
She then countered with a right hook.
She was giving it her all in the training course.
One target got the upper hand however.
The second she let her guard down she was knocked out of the ring.
She got back up and wiped the dirt off.
"If you want to defeat your opponent, you might want to keep your eyes on the field," said someone.
It was her grandfather who was watching everything.
"I don't suppose this has anything to do with the arms dreams you've been having?"
"Nothing gets by you does it?" She asked.
"I see you have your father's drive in you," Kaz commented, "Its no wonder you've always come here."
Min-Min took a sip of her sports drink.
"I guess I'm far from ready still," she said looking down.
Kaz sat down with her.
"Now now, there's no need to put yourself down like that. Everyone has their struggles, hell even Spring Man did."
Min-Min looked at him.
"But Spring man won the tournament 5 years in a row," she stated, "He's my hero, and one day I wanna….. I wanna be like him."
Kaz put his hand on her shoulder.
"Someday you will," Kaz said, "So why do you want to be an arms fighter?"
She sighed.
"Because I wanna help our ramen shop," she admitted, "If I make it, I could promote the shop and help you earn more money."
Kaz chuckled.
"That's a very sweet offer my sweet Min-Min. But as your grandfather do you know what would make me happy?"
"What?"
"If you followed your own dream and made it come true," Kaz answered, "You're young, and you have a full life ahead of you."
Min-Min smiled and hugged him.
"You're a good person Min-Min, and the world just needs to see that," he told her.