A/N: So this is the second chapter….as you can all see. I hope you enjoyed the first one and I hope you enjoy this one too. I don't own PoT
Ch2: Bunta's Attempt
Sanada had been extra grumpy at practice lately and Marui was determined to find out why. He soon did from the captain. Apparently, Sanada had been fired from his first part-time job and was a little upset at the fact. Marui was baffled that the vice- captain could get fired at all. He had always thought that Sanada would quit his job when he finally got a job within his field. Marui smiled to himself when he heard that it was a tour guide job. Of course Sanada would fail at something like that. He wasn't exactly a people person and had a short fuse. Marui decided then that he was going to give it a try, after all he was a genius and people would just love him when they met him.
After school and tennis practice was over Marui took the train to the museum and went inside. He walked up to the receptionist and smiled sweetly hoping to gain her good graces.
"Hello there ma'am. I heard that you were accepting applicants for a tour guide position and was wondering where I could obtain an application?" Marui politely asked.
"Ah, hello young man, I am glad that you are interested in our tour guide program. You seem happy enough to be a tour guide. Let me get Miyabi and an application for you," the secretary scuttled off and soon came back with an application and a lady in tow. The secretary smiled as she handed Marui the application.
"Hello I am Matsumoto, Miyabi and I am the head curator here at the museum. Now if you will follow me I will lead you to my office where you can fill out that application and we can talk," she instructed leading the redhead to the office. She sat patiently and flipped through an article while Marui filled out the application. In no time at all he was done and handed the application to her.
"So what do we need to talk about?" Marui inquired.
"Well it seems here that this is going to be your first job. It also looks like you have all the skills we need in a tour guide and you certainly are friendly enough. So Marui, Bunta welcome aboard as our new tour guide," Miyabi extended her hand in congratulations.
"Thank you so much. When shall I report for duty?" Marui excitedly asked the lady in front of him.
"How about tomorrow at ten? You will be working with one of our tour guides and she will show you around."
"Sounds great I will see you then," Marui replied. He was so excited. He had his first job and this caused for celebration and what better way to celebrate than to head over to the bakery. He got a piece of his favorite cake and sat down at a table to enjoy it.
(the next day)
Marui arrived at the museum at 9:50 AM sharp. He went and greeted the receptionist and she handed him his nametag and instructed him to sit down and wait. Marui looked at his watch and saw that it was five minutes until ten. He looked up to see a lady standing over him.
"Hello I am Minamoto. It's nice to meet you Marui-kun," she extended her hand and smiled sweetly. Marui shook her hand and smiled back.
"SO what will I be doing today?" he inquired.
"Today you will be following me around to get the feel of things. Then we will give you some information to take home and next week you get to do your very first tour," Minamoto beamed. Marui nodded and followed the entrance of the museum. They introduced themselves and the tour began.
Marui listened carefully throughout the whole tour and began to get bored. The information was so easy he was already able to memorize it. He was disappointed that he would have to wait until the next week to give a tour of his own. He swore he was going to fall asleep on one of the benches if he had to listen to this tour even one more time. Thankfully the tour was soon over and Marui was happy he didn't have to listen to that again. He was ready to give his own tour or just go home. To his dismay that tour was not the end of his morning.
"We have one more tour and then we get to eat lunch and we have three tours in the afternoon," Minamoto cheerily explained.
"Actually I think I have memorized the tour. Can I try the next one?" Marui confidently stated.
"Oh um wow, sure you can try. I'll still be with you, but by all means go ahead."
"Thank- you. Now I think we have another tour group to get."
The two walked over and introduced themselves to the new group that had just arrived. Marui explained that he was a new tour guide and he would be leading them with the help of Minamoto. Though in his mind he knew he didn't really need the woman there at all. In fact, he thought she may become more of a problem than a help.
"And next we have the life and history of Japan," Marui explained as they entered the pristine white room. This was the last hall on his tour and he had done very well. Minamoto never had to butt in once during the whole presentation. Marui launched into an explanation about how the early Japanese lived off the land and moved from place to place. He also connected this room to the pottery room and how the first Japanese to have pottery would take it with them when they moved to a different location. Soon the tour was over with and Marui and Minamoto were heading to the lunchroom for their break.
"Marui-kun I will be right back I have to go talk to my boss about something," Minamoto hurried off.
Marui got out his lunch and smirked to himself. He knew what this was about. He was going to get to do his own tours. He smiled even larger when he bit into the cake that was his lunch. Miyabi came back into the room with Minamoto, a look of shock on her face.
"Marui, I am happy to tell you that you will not be working with Minamoto-chan this afternoon. We have determined that you are more than capable of running your own tour. Congratulations young man and we officially welcome you to the team."
"Thank you ma'am I look forward to giving my first tour by myself. I promise I won't disappoint you," Marui promised raising his right hand.
"Alright I expect the best from you," Miyabi chuckled.
Lunch was soon over and Marui was ready to give his first tour. He popped in a piece of apple gum and headed towards the entrance where he would greet his first group of the afternoon. The tour group seemed excited and eagerly followed Marui into the first room with the displays of pottery.
"This is the pottery that the Japanese would carry with them when they traveled from place to place," Marui explained as he made a sweeping motion towards the room, while popping his gum. Marui went through and explained the carvings on each piece. He added stories to some of the pieces to give the group some entertainment. It worked as the people were enamored with the story that the young boy was telling. The group then continued on to the room filled with dinosaur skeletons.
"What's that one?" a boy in the crowd asked.
"That one is Archaeopteryx," Marui explained to the young boy, "It is the oldest known creature with feathers. You can see pictures of it next to the display. A fun fact that they don't tell you though is that the peacock is a descendant from this find creature. This is also not to be confused with a pterodactyl which had no feathers, but could still fly. Much like a modern day bat, if you would like a comparison."
The group then moved on to the room that contained the history of housing for Japan. Marui was ready to show off his skills and his genius mind at this point. He did not want the people to be misled about the history of his country.
"As you see here there is a hut that is under a Sakura tree. Now while this may be beautiful, the museum was wrong in putting it here. The plaque indicates that the shelter these people are staying in was from very early days when these people were still wandering nomads. This even dates back to the time before they had pottery to carry with them so very few tools were available. They would not be able to get very far north to see the trees. Nor would they have the capability of such fine craftsmanship of a house. Also, the women would not have worn the flowers in their hair. Their hair would have most likely been unruly and messy as it fell around their face. It was a struggle for survival in those days not a luau. I shall talk to the museum about that. Anyway, continuing on," Marui mentioned as he popped his gum. He turned when he heard an exasperated sigh.
"Would you stop popping that gum, young man?" a lady kindly asked him. she was clearly annoyed at what he was doing.
"I need my gum so, no, I cannot stop popping it. Anyway as you see here this skillet isn't even accurate. The Japanese had no way of making steel in the 1st century A.D. You are lucky to have me as a guide since I am such a genius. That way there is no flaw in the tour and I am readily able to point out the flaws that the exhibits have." Marui pulled a cookie from his pocket and started to nibble on it before a kid came up and tried to take it.
"I want one too mister," the kid yelled tugging on the cookie in Marui's hand.
"I would like to give you some, but I don't have enough for everyone. I need sugar or I start not to feel very well," Marui tried to explain getting irritated. His sweet supply was running out and he was starting to feel a bit tired.
"Then you shouldn't be eating it if you don't have enough for everyone. I've always been told that it's not nice."
"It's not nice to bother people either," Marui stated plainly.
I WANT THAT COOKIE!" the kid yelled. He then stepped closer with a determined look in his eyes. Marui instantly became very afraid. That was the same look that Akaya got before he went into bloodshot mode.
"Yea we want cookies too," a bunch of other kids yelled in the background. Everyone was hungry and tired by this time.
"I know there is a very good bakery across the street where they sell excellent cookies, but I need this one," Marui was trying to keep his cool. The looks he was receiving from parents though were getting disturbing. Just then Marui looked down to see the first kid looking very determined.
"I will have that cookie now!" the child exclaimed. In one movement he bit the skin between Marui's thumb and forefinger and caught the cookie before it fell to the ground. The kid put it in his mouth and began to run away.
"Hey get back here with that. I said give it back," Marui yelled as he dashed after the kid. They ran through the whole museum dodging displays and people. Just as Marui was about to catch the child that stole his cookie he was cut off by the security guards. They grabbed him and led him to Miyabi's office.
"Marui what happened to your hand?" Was the first question Miyabi asked when the guards brought him in.
"A kid bit me cause he wanted my cookie, he got it too," Marui pouted as he looked at the woman in front of him. She sighed and put a hand to her face.
"One of you go get the first aid kit," she instructed the guards, "Marui we will talk."
"OK," Marui gulped as he sat down.
"First, you are not allowed to eat on tours. Second, we have been observing you and we have noticed that you are telling people our displays are incorrect. The people come here for pleasure, not to be told that what they are seeing is a hoax. Thank you," she mentioned to the guard as he brought back the first aid kit. She patched up Marui's hand and then looked at him. "You should go to the doctor tomorrow to get that checked out. Now please leave." That is when Miyabi took Marui's name badge and sent him home, without a job.
A/N: Hope you liked it poor bunta. Well now who will try to do it next? Who knows. Review please.