Commanding Officer Mel
Disclaimer: I still don't own the company that made Advance Wars but I do own a copy of the game as usual.
Chapter 1: Oh Life Where is Thy Sting?
Time: 15 minutes after Mel and Andy's abrupt exit
Place: Room 777, Andy's Room of the Dorm
"Andy! Hey stupid! Wake UP!"
"ZZZZ. . . . . . wha-ouch!"
'SMACK!!!'
"I am awake now!!! Stoppit damn you!!" Andy flailed around as Mel continued to brain him with the butt end of his katana.
"Geez . . . took you bloody long enough to wake up!" Mel said staring at the enormous red mark he had managed to make across Andy's face. "Oh, sorry 'bout the face . . . heh . . .anyhow, er, as you remember before your passing out, Nell did ask us to do a gig tonight at the Entertainment hall, so yeah . . ."
"WHAT!? WHY!? HOW!? WHEN!?" Andy was practically freaking out right now.
"Gig, because, just happened and tonight . . ."
'THUD!'
"Damn, I hate it when this happens . . ." Mel sighed as he went back and started to smack Andy with his sword again. Then he changed his mind, went past Sami and Sonja, down the elevator, to the parking lot, hopped into his car and drove off in search of smelling salts.
Time: Meanwhile
Place: Elevator of the same building Mel just exited.
"What was that screaming I heard?" Sami said as she went out of the elevator lugging her stuff with her in search of her and Sonja's room.
"I'm not really sure, but it sounded sort of familiar and I think I saw someone wearing black and white that looked like Mel-kun dash by us," Sonja then looked out a window and saw a black and silver car streak away at maybe 180 miles an hour. "And it looks like his car is driving off somewhere . . ."
"Oh really? Do you think he's staying at the same place as us?"
"Um . . . I'm not really sure. Could be . . ." She started looking for her dorm, "Hmm, 774, 775, 776! Here it is! Our room! Wonder what it's like?" She stuck in the keycard and opened the door. Inside was a basic apartment style area, with decent furniture, two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a washer and dryer in the corner. There also was a battle simulator in the corner. "Looks nice enough, but why's there so much empty space? Where's the TV?"
"I don't think the dorm comes with luxury items Sonja. It looks like we have two queen sized beds and a large couch." Sami called from the bedrooms.
"Aww . . . this sucks! No entertainment!" Sonja looked around some more and went to check out the kitchen. "Hey! Sami, there's a fridge and a sink and dishwasher here! Even an oven with heating elements! And a dismally small dining area though . . ."
"There's a balcony with some chairs near the living space here!" Sami had then plunked herself on a deck chair and looked out into the streets below.
"Neat! Where is it?"
"Over here!" Sonja came by and then she stared out at the streets and saw a familiar car come by. "Sonja?"
"Yeah?"
"Is it me, or have we both seen that incredibly fast moving object before?"
"Maybe . . . I'm not really sure anymore Sami-chan."
Time: Just then . . .
Place: Too fast to tell where he's gone
Mel had finally found the smelling salts, burst into his now nicely furnished dorm.
"Where'd all this stuff come from?" Behind Andy, who was being balanced by Nell came in to answer.
"Nell came by and noticed me out cold, so she revived me, then she and a bunch of guys come in and move all that stuff you wanted into the room. Fortunately it is big enough for more than that. Heh . . ."
"Oh, thanks Nell. See you around . . ." Mel nodded as he walked past Nell to his room.
"Oh, you're welcome, but thank you both!" She smiled as she walked out of the dorm. She was inwardly wondering how she managed to be taken advantage of and had to deliver all this stuff to Mel. But none the less, she promised.
Time: 5 minutes after Nell's departure.
Place: Mel and Andy's dorm room.
"So, you all right now?"
"Yeah I guess, lucky that Nell came in just in time to wake me up."
"How'd she wake you up?"
"I'm not sure, something like a kiss or something else . . ." Andy said as he wondered about that sudden turn of events himself. Mel just stared blankly at his friend, took off his glasses, cleaned them, then whacked Andy on the upside of his head.
'TWHAP!'
"What are you nuts?! Don't you know that Sonja likes you?"
"She does?! On the first day I met her?!"
"Oh damn! I forgot to mention that she always like a nice looking guy, but don't worry, she doesn't cheat on people as far as I remember."
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"
"Don't worry, from the looks of it, if I did observe carefully, you like her too."
"How did you know that?" Andy was extremely puzzled.
"Simple, from what I know of you, all the girls that tried to go out with you were either not Asian or just not your type. Sonja-chan is practically perfect. She's Japanese, and she matches that list of 'Things I want in a Girl' you have."
"Really?"
"I'll show you." Mel reached into his pocket and found a folded up piece of paper.
Andy's List of Things I want in a Girl:1. Has to be Asian
2. Has to be pretty
3. Has to be cute
4. Has to be smart
5. Has to be a GIRL
6. Has to have friends
7. Has to want a relationship
8. Has to want a relationship for knowing me, not my fame
9. Has to be sweet
10. Has to be not selfish
11. Has to be not snobby
12. Has to be not stuck up
13. Has to be honest
14. Has to be shorter than me, at least under 5' 7"
15. Has to be at least not as cheap as me -.-
16. Has to be nice
17. Has to be somewhat emotional
18. Won't cheat on me
19. Won't take advantage of me
20. Won't hurt me too badly
21. Won't take my stuff
22. Won't make too much fun of me
23. Doesn't get overly physically emotional when around her friends
24. Knows me or Mel or Sami
25. Likes music
26. Likes Chinese food
27. Likes playing video games or watching TV
28. Likes me for me
29. Is my close friend first
30. Lastly, must attend same school as me
Mel finished going over the list and refolded the list and stuck it back in his pocket.
"Well, it appears that she fits the list, for the time I've known her."
"How long have you known her for?"
"10 or so years, I met when vacationing to Yellow Comet."
"When you where 8?"
"Yep. And I've kept in touch ever since."
"Why'd she come here to study anyway?"
"To see Sami and me I guess."
"Neat. Now how about I hook you up with someone?" Andy had a devious grin on his face. Which was then wiped off after Mel hit him in the face with the butt of his sword. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!"
"I'll handle that myself, oh stupid one. Anyway we need to practice, right?"
"All right, all right, my face hurts enough, thank you very much." Andy replied indignantly.
Time: Meanwhile
Place: Officer's quarters, Nell's room
Nell was on the phone, she needed to call some more of her fellow officers to come to train the students. She decided to call Max first, because she still had a crush on him.
"Max? Where are you?" She said impatiently as she waited for him to answer.
"Oh, hi Max!"
" . . . "
"Yeah? Oh, gee thanks!"
"Do you want to come over to the Entertainment hall tonight? We got some really special guests."
" . . . "
"Oh, you mean it just you and me? Thanks! Love ya!" Nell was ecstatic, Max had just practically asked her out. "I wonder what I should wear? But I still have to call up Grit and Eagle first . . ." She pouted and finished off her phone calls, then ran around looking for something other than that purple uniform to wear.
Time: Also meanwhile
Place: Sami's bedroom
"Zzz . . .zzz . . . mmph . . ." Sami had decided to take a nap after she had unpacked and changed to her sleeping clothes. She was soon to be awakened by her neighbors, Mel and Andy.
Unfortunately for Sami, her room area was next to the practice space of the musicians and she got the full brunt of the song, "Introduction to a broken heart" by Prozzäk, in which case was one of Andy and Mel's favorite non-Asian bands. "Wha! Hey! What's going on?" Sami was yelling as she had gotten herself tangled up in the sheets.
After some time, Sami eventually got herself untangled and wanted to give whoever was playing a piece of her mind. Unfortunately she didn't remember to change out of the partially buttoned pajama top that she was wearing. She put on her slippers and went to the room next door, 777 and started banging on it so that the occupants could here. She failed to notice the name plate that stated who the residents were. The music stopped and she heard voices.
" . . . You go check. . ."
" . . . No, you!"
" . . .It's not my fault you sing too loud . . ."
" . . . Yeah, and it's not my fault you play too loud . . ."
" . . . yeah, yeah, fine, I'll go check. . ."
"Heh . . . someone's gonna pay for ruining my nap . . ." Sami chuckled sinisterly as she cracked her knuckles. Then she was taken aback when she saw who answered the door. It was Mel. How ironic. She saw Andy in the back watching TV while waiting.
"Hi Sami! Wha-" Mel just stared at Sami who was of course wearing something that shouldn't be allowed in public. "Er . . . why are you wearing a partially buttoned shirt?"
"Eh? What?" Sami looked down and realized that she forgot to go and change before she went out to bean Mel and Andy. She turned as red as her hair and Mel quickly pulled her into his dorm before anyone else saw her.
"What on earth are you doing?" Mel said staring at the blushing red-haired girl, who was now quickly trying to button up her shirt.
"Hey, Mel, who's there?" Andy said as he poked his head out the door.
"Andy! I'm gonna kill you!" Sami said as she gritted her teeth.
"Sami?! What the?" Andy felt himself grow a sweatdrop, then paling, then his knees gave out at the sight of his angry cousin.
"Whoa! Whoa! Calm down Sami!" Mel said as he tried to hold back the girl, unfortunately for him, what she was wearing wasn't something you could try to grab onto.
"Andy!!! Get up so I can make you go down again!" Sami said as she was trying to get out of Mel's grip, unfortunately he managed to get her by the waist and she was kicking and squirming a good three feet off the ground.
"Sami, please calm down, or do I have to do something?" Mel asked her calmly.
"Huh? Oh, all right." She stopped and realized she was in a guy's dorm and she was not wearing much. She turned red again. "Sorry."
"No, we're sorry, we didn't know people were sleeping next door."
"It's okay, I'll admit, you two aren't that bad."
"Oh, thanks! Now I'd think you should wear something more appropriate before you leave, I've got a feeling people are walking around wondering what's going on."
"Okay, but what do you have that'll fit me?" Sami was squirming a bit because it was getting a bit drafty. "If you have any coats or something I'll take it and bring it back right away after." She was getting really embarrassed, as she sat next to Andy who was still out cold on the couch. Mel came back with a set of girl's khakis and a shirt. "Where'd you get those?"
"I'm not sure, but after awhile, whenever things like this happen, me and Andy have emergency sets of clothes for people like you."
"Oh, thanks!" She smiled sheepishly as she went to the washroom to change.
"It's a perfect fit!"
"Really?" Mel was surprised, usually the clothes were too big or too small.
"Yeah! See?" Sami came out, and she was right, the clothes fit perfectly, must to Mel's surprise. "Thanks again! I'll see you later okay?" She was smiling as she headed out back to her dorm. Mel of course followed her out and then was shocked to find she lived next door to him.
"Great, just great." He didn't realize it, but Andy faked passing out and was grinning behind him.
"Looks like she's starting to like you." Mel was in shock, then recollected himself.
"You sure?"
"One thing for sure, she hasn't acted like that towards a guy ever."
"All right, you win, I'll try to get on your cousin's good side. Now let's practice again, now that's she's up."
Time: After Sami's little escapade
Place: Back in Sami's room
"Why do I feel funny around him?"
"Around who Sam-chan?" Sonja had just returned after she thought she heard music and screaming.
"Huh? Sonja? Nothing, nothing . . ."
"Where'd you get those clothes? I've never seen those in your wardrobe before?"
"I-I-I um, er, hmm, ooh . . . Mel gave them to me!" She then stared to blush as she covered her mouth at the realization of what she said.
"What? Ooh . . . I see what you're doing, you broke your own list of guidelines for a guy." She giggled and pulled out a list that was similar to Andy's that Mel carried.
Sami's List of Things I want in a Guy
1. Has to be Asian
2. Has to be handsome
3. Has to be cute
4. Has to be smart
5. Has to be a GUY
6. Has to have friends
7. Has to want a relationship
8. Has to want a relationship for knowing me, not my looks
9. Has to be sweet
10. Has to be not selfish
11. Has to be not snobby
12. Has to be not stuck up
13. Has to be honest
14. Has to be taller than me, at least over 5' 7"
15. Has to be rich
16. Has to be nice
17. Has to be somewhat emotional
18. Won't cheat on me
19. Won't take advantage of me
20. Has to like me for who I am red hair and all
21. Will give me stuff
22. Will give me chocolate
23. Doesn't get overly physically emotional when around his friends
24. Knows me or Sonja or Andy
25. Likes music
26. Likes Chinese food
27. Has to be able to beat me at a battle simulation
28. Likes me for me
29. Is my close friend first
30. Lastly, must attend same school as me
Sonja finished and did the same thing as Mel did for Andy, then folded up the list and stuck it in her purse.
"I'll tell you what Sami-chan, he fits almost the entire list except for mainly 27 and 29. But the chocolate part, I dunno, he doesn't like it much. The two of you haven't done that yet, but I'll bet you two are going to be close soon. And I know he fits most of those because I've known him for ten years." Sami started to blush so much, it was impossible to tell where her face was behind her hair.
"Sonja!!! How could you?! Ooh . . . but you're right, he seems so nice."
"There you go. Now tell me why you were at Mel and Andy's in the first place.
"Well it started when . . . " Sami went and explained her whole little scene with Mel and what happened.
Time: That evening around 7:00 pm
Place: Orange Star Campus, West side, Entertainment Hall
Music was playing, Mel sat tuning guitar, and Andy was warming up, as everyone sat at the tables and ordered drinks. Near the front, Sami and Sonja are seen sitting, with Max and Nell next to them. Then Nell goes up on stage and began to introduce the two
"How's everyone doing tonight? Well tonight we have our resident entertainers here, Andy and Mel! Let's hope you enjoy the show."
"Hey everybody! We're not sure what to do but you name it and Mel can probably play it! So go on what do you want to hear?"
Various shouts of songs Chinese, Japanese, English were tossed out and of course Mel began to play. . .
Time: After that gig, 11:00 pm
Place: Mel and Andy's dorm
"Well, that was weird."
"Ugh, my throat is sore from singing.
"Here's some tea, now shut up. . . I don't wanna hear your voice for another couple hours or so."
"Damn man . . . hack, hack!"
'KNOCK KNOCK'
"I know that this is your dorm! It says so on the door! And Sami said so too! Now let me in!" Someone was banging on the door relentlessly. Mel sighed and decided to go answer it.
"Okay, who goes about annoying people at round eleven? Huh?" He said as he peered at the perpetrator over his glasses.
"Hey Mel-kun! Where's Andy?"
"Gah! Sonja! What're you doin' out so late? Your father never let you whenever I visited."
"Well that's because daddy was overprotective . . . Oh crap! I forgot to phone him when I got here! He's going to be so worried! Eek!" Mel just watched as Sonja dashed to the dorm room next to his and slammed the door. He shook his head and stuck a "do not disturb" sign on the door and closed it.
"Weird . . . so weird. Man, I'm tired." Mel shuffled off back to his room and heard Andy snoring already. "Geez, how can he sleep already? At least I got the weekend to do whatever. Great."
Time: 11:05 pm
Place: Sonja's room
"Oh I'm sooooo sorry daddy, I forgot to phone you the instant I got here."
". . . . . . . . ."
"Alright daddy, I'll call every so often, ok?"
". . . . . . . . ."
"Guess who I saw daddy?"
". . . . . ."
"Mel-kun! He's studying here!"
". . . . . ."
"What? Ask him to call you tommorow? Ok. . ."
". . . . . ."
"I wish you weren't so overprotective since that incident. Don't worry, he saved me last time. Thankfully, he can command an army."
". . . . . . .!!!"
"I wish you'd stop that daddy, I'm old enough to look for my own boyfriends."
". . . . . . . "
"You're so silly daddy! I'm going to bed now, night!" Sonja hung up and crawled into the bed and tried to go to sleep.
Time: 9:00 am YCST (Yellow Comet Standard Time)
Place: Country of Yellow Comet, Katakai Province, Capital City of Yellow Comet Yuricha Falls, Sodashi Household
"My precious Sonja . . . how stubborn you are like your mother!" Kanbei gave a resigned sigh and headed off to make some coffee.
Time: The next day at Orange Star campus
Place: M and A's dorm
It was a lazy Saturday, classes of course haven't started yet so the musical duo were sleeping in. Andy of course left the AC on far too long and he could of sworn he had frostbite. Mel, left his AC off and he was fine for the moment and all was quiet,
until. . .
"AUGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COLD!!!!!!!!!!!! HELPPPPPPP!" Andy had felt the icy sting of extra strong AC.
". . . right . . ." Mel went and saw Andy dashing around attempting to get warm.
"LIFE WHERE IS THY STING?! HERE IT IS! CUZ I AM FREEZING MY ASS OFF RIGHT NOW!!!!!!"
"Shut up Andy, people are trying to sleep in during the weekends." Mel then typically took a blunt object and hammered Andy with it. "It's gonna be a long long weekend."
"Screw you Mel. . ." Andy was laid out on the floor and the frying pan Mel used was indented around his head.
"Like I said, it's gonna be a long long weekend. . ." he sighed and went off to bed again.