The Star of My Heart
Story by: Phoenix710&Merigirl
Summary: In this chapter, Speedy and Polly chat about what Polly wants to do on her special day, while the others continue their plans for the surprise party. In the meantime, Princess Vi is making some last-minute preparations for her star-naming ceremony. Let's see what happens.
Disclaimer: Neither Merigirl nor myself claim any rights at all to Samurai Pizza Cats, or to any of the associated characters or locations. Samurai Pizza Cats, and all associated characters and locations, are registered trademarks of Saban.
Chapter Seven: A new day for the Pizza Cats
Speedy and Polly came downstairs, and Polly shot a look of anger at Francine, Guido, and Lucille. Good Bird and Carla came in, and the two of them were quick to notice that Polly was in a REALLY bad mood. They quickly got busy with their duties. Carla went out back, and took inventory of the freezer's contents, and Good Bird began chopping up some toppings. Just after 9:30am, the first delivery call came in, and Francine assigned Guido to take care of it. It was an order for two large pepperoni and extra cheese calzones, and a cherry coke, to be delivered to an address on the western part of the city. Guido picked up his delivery bag, slid the food and soda into the compartments, and then hopped into the oven. Francine launched him out, and, for once, she didn't slam him into a building. He returned ten minutes later, and Francine slid the twelve yen into the register, along with the generous six-yen tip. When the lunch break came at 12:00pm, Speedy walked up to Francine, and said, "Fran…when Friday gets here, I'd like to ask you if I can have the day off. It is Polly's birthday after all, and I promised her I'd spend the WHOLE day with her. Please?" Francine said, "Alright, Speedy. I'll give you the day off. Besides, Polly's already mad enough at me, and I want to have some chance at being able to stay friends with her." Speedy knew what Francine meant, even though he knew that it was all part of the surprise party they were planning to throw for Polly in four more days. Speedy was determined to stay with Polly that day, and let her browse around Little Tokyo, until the evening, when they'd head back home, to the party that they'd all been so carefully preparing for her. Speedy was planning to sing the song 'Because', by The Dave Clark Five, Guido was planning to sing 'In Your Time', by Bob Seger, Good Bird was planning to sing 'Stray', by Steve Conte, Carla was trying to decide between either 'Nine To Five', by Sheena Easton, or 'Edge of Soul', the theme song to one of Good Bird's favorite games, Soul Calibur. Francine was going to do 'Sakura', by Nirgilis, and Lucille was going to sing 'Blue Skies', by Stephanie Cooke.
Speedy sat down next to Polly, as they both ate their lunches. The two of them were having a plate of mixed meat and cheese ravioli, with a bottle of Pepsi. Speedy said, "So…Polly, what would you like to do on Friday? Fran gave me the day off, and you as well, so the sky's the limit." Polly smiled, and said, "Well…first, I'd like to go and do some shopping, then maybe take a walk through the Botanical Gardens, go for a swim in the lake, and then do some sky-diving. After that, I'd like to go out to a nice lunch with you, preferably at the restaurant we ate at a couple days ago, then come back here and just have some time together." Speedy replied, "Sure thing, my angel. Anything you want to do, we'll do it. I'm gonna go have a chat with the others, then I'll be right back." Speedy headed out, and Polly said to herself, 'God…I can't believe it…not only did he REMEMBER my birthday, he's promised to spend the whole day with me, doing WHATEVER I want to do! Speedy's so wonderful…I've got to be the luckiest female cat in all of Little Tokyo…no…make that…the luckiest female cat on EARTH!'
Out in the back room…
Speedy and the others were all discussing what songs they would sing for Polly. Speedy asked all of them which song they'd picked out, then told each of them to be careful around her, since she was still hurt from them "forgetting" her birthday. Once he'd settled everything with them, he went back into the lounge, and rejoined Polly.
Meanwhile, at the Palace…
Princess Vi was going over the latest list of revisions that she wanted for her Star-Naming Ceremony. She said, "I want more attractions for the children, so they can have something to do until I unveil my new star. I want Laser Tag, Karaoke, Hot Air Balloon rides, and whatever else you can think of." One servant muttered under his breath, "If it's hot air she wants, she can stand in the balloon herself…" He quickly realized that he'd made a SERIOUS mistake…never make a joke about Vi, especially if the aforementioned hot-tempered, red-haired, bunny princess was in the immediate vicinity. She immediately shouted, "GUARDS!!! TAKE THIS IDIOT TO PRISONERS' ISLAND!!!" She indicated the unfortunate servant by pointing him out with her Naginata, and the guards then carried the poor soul away. Vi then went back to her planning. Within two hours, she'd demanded that all the restaurants in Little Tokyo be closed that day, so that everyone could be free to come and witness her ceremony for 'The Star of Violet', she'd ordered a larger Ferris Wheel, more clowns, jugglers, and more fireworks. Finally, she seemed satisfied, but, as everyone knew all too well, Princess Vi was VERY quick to change her mind, just as she was quick to go into a rage whenever something didn't go her way, which always involved someone getting a one-way trip to Prisoners' Island.
Back at the Pizza Cats' Restaurant…
After a long, busy day, the Cats finally closed up shop, cleaned up, then went to bed, so they could prepare for the coming day. Polly had calmed down quite a bit, and seemed to be in a better mood with the others, but Speedy knew that she'd forgive them, once she saw what they'd been getting ready for. With only three days left to go, Polly had a real treat coming her way, and Speedy was determined NOT to let Princess Vi's extravagant bash, or anything else, stand in the way of celebrating the birthday of the one he loved more than anything else on Earth. He and Polly curled up together, and were fast asleep in minutes.