KT – DA: Hello everybody!
Marth: Hello, My Lady.
KT – DA: Link, I want you to do the stuff now.
Link: Sure, sure. Kuroi Tenshi – Dark Angel does not own SSBM or any of its characters.
KT – DA: Except Marth, remember? /points to Marth's 'this belongs to Kuroi' badge/
Link: Uh… right. She does own Sarah Holly and Jasmine Miles.
Roy: What next?
KT – DA: Well, I've decided to take a leaf out of one of my favorite author's book (Dark Moon Crystales, GREAT author), and answer all my reviewers. We'll take it in turns. Today, Marth gets to go.
Marth: Great! Let's see… /reaches for the first review/
Lemurian 04 – I agree with you. My Lady tells us that it's going to be fun writing scenes between Roy and Jazz, coming up with all the teasing. We're glad you like the story so much!
Princess of Altea-170 – My Lady is flattered to hear you say that! We hope you continue to like the story.
Tymaporer – Yes, we're all sad to see Master Hand go as well. He was a good leader, but My Lady said he had to retire. How else would we have gotten Jasmine in here?
Daikonran – Yes, you're all the reviewers, and we're glad to hear from you. My Lady says it's most definitely Roy's turn at love, but that he'll have a different time of it than I did in Getting Over Our Troubles.
Rain4life – Roy is often seen as the funny one, isn't he? It should be interesting, seeing how his 'mother hen' nature comes into play in this one. /smiles/
Lvmj – Yes, My Lady and I were seeing the Roy x Peach thing too, but My Lady assures me that it was unintentional. It was mostly Roy's 'mother hen' nature in the last one that made him act that way around her. By the way, Karanos told me that she intends to make you her evil minion for seeing that jealousy thing… I'm still not sure if that's a good thing…
Polska – We're glad you like it! We hope you continue reading and reviewing.
Dragonpurity – It is Roy's turn at (dare we say it) love! My Lady turned bright red when you said she ruled the SSBM world. We hope to hear from you again!
Max Fuchs – My Lady says that I should tell you that she doesn't write stories with self-insertions or other such things, so she won't write a character with your name. You have a great idea of your own there, and even though My Lady already knows how this story is going to go, she suggests that you write one yourself about two assistants. Of course, that's up to you…
Karanos – Dammit, Karanos! Why are you reviewing? And you'd better be nice to My Lady. I know you wrote that fake ownership thingie, but that's no excuse for you to… oh, never mind. Just keep coming up with ideas for this story. /sighs/
Roy: Wow, that was a lot of reviews.
KT – DA: Okay, now that that's over, here's the chapter!
In Midwinter's Stillness – The Notebook
Roy stepped out into the hallway, shutting the dorm door quietly behind him. The last few times he had slammed the door shut, Link and Marth had gotten mad at him for waking them. They could be pretty harsh this early in the morning.
He tiptoed along the hallway to the girls' dorms, feeling the need to be extra quiet this morning. He stopped at Jasmine's door and took a deep breath. He figured he would need to be calm before he attempted to annoy her at this early hour. She had asked him to continue their tour in the morning when he'd dropped her off here last night. He had a feeling, however, that she hadn't meant to start out quite this early. Roy snorted, thinking to himself that she deserved it, after the hard time she had given him all last night.
He knocked lightly on the door, then stood back. This had been Samus' room, before her arrest. Sarah gave it to Jasmine for whatever reason. After a few minutes, Roy realized that the girl hadn't answered his knock. He knocked once more, then went ahead and opened the door.
The room was empty. The redhead sighed, feeling stupid. Of course, it would be just like her to wake up early like this, probably just to spite him. Rolling his eyes, he started out the door again, when something caught his eye. He moved over to the bedside table. A small black notebook rested there. Roy licked his lips nervously, looking over his shoulder at the door.
He knew he shouldn't look; it was her own private property, after all. He just couldn't help himself. Picking the little book up, he quietly flipped through the pages. One of the entries made him stop, and started his heart pounding.
The page was covered with information about each of the Smashers. Not just little snippets of information given out for the fans, but real information. Roy caught times that certain people ate breakfast, favorite haunts, and normal time to go to bed, among other, deeper things.
Roy felt his palms begin to sweat. He closed the notebook softly and, after a moment's thought, put it in his pocket. This girl was going to become a second Samus, and he had proof. He had to show it to Sarah. He left the room and headed for the dining hall.
Sarah wasn't there, but Jasmine was. Roy blanched as she waved him over to the table, but found himself moving in that direction anyway. He swallowed nervously as he sat down across from her.
"Good morning, Roy-Boy. Sarah told me that you get up early, but apparently not as early as me," she said with a smirk.
Roy scowled. He couldn't let her know that he had figured her out, so he decided to play it cool. "Yes, well, I would have been up earlier, if I hadn't been sufficiently worn out from showing certain people around last night."
Jasmine laughed. "Oh, I see how it is. Blame it all on the girl! Well, you're probably right. Ready for another day of it?"
"I'd rather not, but seeing as how there's nothing better to do, I suppose I will. I just need to talk to Sarah about something first." The redhead brushed an imaginary speck of dust off his shoulder to avoid seeing the girl's reaction.
"Oh, okay then. I'll just stay here until you get back, shall I? Or did you want me to accompany you? I'm sure you just can't get enough of me, can you, Roy-Boy?" she said with another laugh.
Roy glared at her. "Stop calling me that. And no, I don't need you to come with me. I'm quite capable of doing things on my own."
Roy finished his breakfast quickly and left the dining hall. Jasmine's taunts seemed to follow him all the way to Sarah's office. He couldn't help but hear them as treacherous, evil sayings, dark preludes to what he knew would come if he didn't get rid of her now.
He knocked on Sarah's office door, putting his hand in his pocket to feel the little notebook he had there. When the door opened, Roy stepped in.
Sarah smiled. "Can I do something for you?"
Roy sighed. "Sarah, you picked the wrong girl."
"What do you mean?" asked the manager.
"Sarah, I went to Jasmine's room this morning to wake her up, you know, so I could take her on the rest of her tour, but she wasn't there. I… found this on her table." He held out the notebook to Sarah, who took it gingerly.
After looking through it a bit, she closed it and sat it down on her desk. "You think this means she plans to attack us?"
Roy nodded. "Isn't it obvious? All this information… no one would need it unless they were planning something like that."
Sarah frowned. "Roy, don't you think you're jumping to conclusions?"
Roy scowled. "You don't believe me?"
"Roy," Sarah said with a sigh, "Roy, look. You're just plain wrong here."
Roy felt anger bubbling up in him, and had to fight hard not to yell at the girl standing in front of him. Marth would kill him if he did, anyway. "Look, Sarah, I'm just trying to make sure no one gets hurt. I don't… I don't want a second Samus here."
Sarah smiled. "I know you don't. I'll show you how I know you're wrong. Come here." She led him over to the filing cabinets at the wall and opened one. She pulled two papers out and handed them to Roy.
"This one," she said, pointing, "is Jasmine's application form. The other one is Samus'. Which one matches the handwriting in this notebook?"
Roy felt his face burning. He felt like a fool. "S-Samus… Samus wrote this."
"I thought we'd gotten everything of hers out of that room, but Jasmine must have found this. I bet she was going to tell me about it soon." Sarah sat down in her chair.
Roy sighed. "Great. Splendid. Glad no one's going to get hurt."
"Roy, thank you for telling me about this. I know how much you worry about everyone. Just, from now on, don't go sneaking around in people's rooms without a good reason. Go on and finish the tour," Sarah said with a smile.
Roy left, pulling the door closed behind him. He saw Sarah reach for the phone as he left. He felt so stupid.
KT – DA: Well, I know it was short, but there you go.
Link: Nice. Making fun of Roy is a hobby of mine.
Roy: /pouts/ Where is Karanos?
Marth: I don't know. Why don't you go look for her?
Roy: Okay.
Link: Please review!