"That was awful nice of the Mayor to allow us to go to the Grand opening of the New Townsville mall and recreation center." Blossom said to her friends as they were traveling on a train out to the industrial zone of New Townsville.
"Yeah even the Professor believed that we needed the break." Bubbles said cheerily
"HIM is going to be here in two days and with all that's been going on we haven't been able to truly practice or prepare for it!" Buttercup said having gone back to her tom-boy outfit from before.
"I don't know if I agree," Link said "After all you've been facing opponents that have gotten significantly stronger and pushed you three to your limits in trying to defeat them. I think it is important for everyone to clear their heads after everything that's gone on, we did have a funeral yesterday and it will do us good to get away from death for a day."
The day before services were held for the Amoeba Boys who had sacrificed themselves so that Buttercup and Bubbles could rescue their friend. It was a heart-wrenching sight when they were found, all drained of color and lifeless. Buttercup and Blossom shed a few tears being the only ones who saw the sacrifice they had made while everyone else stood in respectful and solemn silence.
"Yes and Mojo needs to see how normal humans interact so he can learn how to be the best assistant IN THE WORLD!" Mojo yelled clenching his fist and jumping.
The girls looked at him with dazed expressions, "I guess some things never change!" Blossom said, "Nope. Uh-uh." Buttercup and Bubbles agreed.
"Look there it is!" Blossom said pointing out a giant glass structure in the distance.
The new mall and recreation center was the pride of modern engineering. A huge glass dome covered the huge complex. It was impervious to bombs as well as harmful rays from the sun and as such the only way to get into the complex was on a train. The mall housed over fifty stores and fitness centers in a multilevel complex that left the shops open. The dome had small windows that allowed a nice gentle cross-breeze to go through cooling off the interior.
All three of the girls looked at the mall with stars in their eyes, "Twelve of the finest sweets dealers in the world!" Blossom said, "With over twenty fashion boutiques featuring the latest styles from the largest designers!" Bubbles continued, "And five full gym courts and workout locations including an indoor soccer field!" Buttercup finished.
Mojo watched the expressions on the girl's faces and tried to mimic it to a degree that made Link laugh.
They entered the complex and there was a stewardess waiting at the exit of the train with a stack of pamphlets, "Would madam like a map of our services?" She asked stretching out her hand towards Blossom.
"Yes please!" Blossom said taking the map and walking towards some round waiting tables near the station. Soon Buttercup and Bubbles joined her there.
As Mojo left the bus the stewardess leaned towards him, "Would the monkey like a map of our services?"
"I am NOT A MONKEY!" Mojo shouted and started to argue with the woman and Link had to push him forward so that the rest of the crowd could leave the train.
Soon they met up outside of the train station and heard Blossom and Bubbles excitedly working out an itinerary for their visit. Buttercup was desperately trying to get a stop at the gym in there somewhere but to no avail as Blossom and Bubbles didn't even seem to realize she existed.
As Mojo entered the main area he smelled the delicious aroma of fruit in the air. His face turned somewhat pink and stars formed in his eyes, "Delicious!" he said dreamily as a drop of drool left the side of his mouth. Soon he got tired of waiting for Bubbles and Blossom to decide what they were doing, "Mojo does not need an itinerary he can do how he pleases!" He said authoritatively and then his face went back to a dreamy state, "And I know just what to do!" He said leaving the group and going out into the vast complex.
"C'mon Link lets go. These ones could be happy just talking about all the places they want to go and I still want to visit the gym." Buttercup said pushing Link from behind into the mall.
Soon Link found himself in a world of strange sensations. He could feel the thoughts of the people around him and could tell what they were going to do before they even did it. Buttercup saw his dazed expression, "Link…LINK! She screamed in his ear and he snapped out of it.
"C'mon Link look, we're here!"
Link looked into a doorway where stood a full length soccer field and nearly one full team of players. They looked like the New Townsville Titans.
"C'mon Link let's show them." Buttercup said putting up her fists and Link didn't even try to say "no" as he knew that when one of the girls got it in their mind to do something there was very little anyone else could do to stop them.
"Hey why don't we do seven on two?" Buttercup said standing sideways and inclining her head towards the players.
"Yeah right c'mon kid this field is closed right now for the training of the Titans, Titans only." Said one guy in the middle.
"What's the matter scared of me?" Buttercup asked
"Scared of what a girl?" And the team started to laugh which made Buttercup angry so she took a soccer ball and drop kicked it right to the face of the man who had stood there mocking them. The man stood up and yelled to her, "We're gonna wipe the floors wit ya faces!" he said and the team lined up.
"Maybe we should give you two a handicap." The man said
"Maybe but then how could you even hope to win?" Link said taking up the spirit of competition
The team laughed again and took their positions. "What do you say we make a wager?" Link said thinking of a plan, "If we can win without your team scoring even a single goal then your entire team pays us fifty dollars from each member?"
"And if we score even one goal then your team has to give us five hundred to each of our players for wasting our time." The man said and some of the fans that had shown up to watch the practice started booing.
Link looked at Buttercup who he knew was flat broke and he only had some weird stones in his pocket but he looked at the man, "Deal!" he said. Finally the teams got ready to go.
A temp referee went to the middle where Link and Buttercup had lined up. Link turned to Buttercup, "When the whistle blows I want you to kick right towards the goal." Link said and Buttercup nodded. The referee threw the ball in the air and blew the whistle. The Titans watched Link rise level with the ball and turn himself so that his head was facing Buttercup in the air, Buttercup who was already in mid swing with her foot. Suddenly Link flipped his body 360 degrees and caught the ball with his outstretched heel. The ball shot down like a bullet and got caught right in the crook of Buttercup's foot. The ball flew forward like a shot and straight past the head of the goalie who stood in shock for a moment then fell backwards onto the ground.
"That was pretty good but now it's my field!" said the middle player. The whistle blew and he pushed the ball forward to get around Link but Link caught the ball and moved forward between players. "Stop him! Stop him!" the team leader said but it was too late Link sent the ball to Buttercup who made another shot and goal.
After the game the players all lined up and pulled out fifty dollars of their pocket money and handed it over to Link. The team leader handed over his fifty repeating to himself, "How did they do that… how did they do that?"
Link and Buttercup exited the field with pockets full of cash to see Mojo with a large amount of fruit running past, "I paid for this Mojo Promises!" he yelled as a mob of angry shoppers followed him. Link looked up and saw Blossom finishing up a large cup of frozen yogurt and Bubbles in a nearby fashion store looking starry eyed at the designs. Blossom seemed to be getting slightly more rotund.
"Look at all this money!" Buttercup said excitedly, "We totally took those guys out!" She said laughing with her hands behind her back. Link looked over to see the content smile on her face. She seemed to glow somewhat when she was truly happy and Link liked to see her smile. Buttercup noticed him looking over and stopped, "Do I have something in my teeth? Please don't say I've got something in my teeth!" Buttercup said wiping her mouth.
"Oh! No it wasn't anything." Link said and went over to a nice indoor garden. There was a general feeling of peace within the garden. Link went and sat down on an artificial hill where trees were growing and looked outside the dome into the sky. Buttercup sat down next to him.
"Thanks Link." She said
"For what?" Link asked
"For sticking around with me today I know I'm not all girly like Blossom or Bubbles but it means a lot that you played soccer with me today." Buttercup said
"I don't know if I could stand everything so girly." Link said, "You know I don't remember much about before I came here but I feel like all I want to be is somebody's 'Someone Special' you know."
"You're special to me." Buttercup said looking away and blushing
"No I mean, I want to be loved by someone who believes me to be someone special." Link yawned and closed his eyes.
Bubbles was gawking at the fashions and Blossom was nearly being rolled out of the food stands while Mojo was being chased for fruit that he'd probably paid for.
"Well you're off to a good start." Buttercup said lying down next to the softly breathing Link. She closed her eyes knowing that Link might not ever realize that she had true feelings for him but right here, right now her life was perfect and she never wanted it to change.
Thanks to everyone for reading, I realized that my story had taken a turn for the darker sooner than I had wanted so I needed to put the girls in a humerous/romantic situation before I continued on, Ultima S. Next, Time's run out.