Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 1500-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.
(Arthur's home)
Arthur sighed as he tried to help Elma look presentable for the office.
"I find it both amusingly adorable and just stupid that your struggling to get heels on without me helping you, Em…" Arthur snarked only for Elma to kick him in the head.
"These stupid shoes hurt!" Elma yelled, Arthur sighed and helped her get the shoes on before she hissed and fired a beam of ice at the floor, freezing it solid.
Arthur and Elma looked at the ice in shock before Arthur turned to Elma and sighed.
"You might be way older chronologically then me… But you're a freaking baby… I get they hurt; you should know what people wear to the office; this is what they usually wear… And it's to look nice, Elma… Also, I'm calling a steamer to get that cleaned up when it melts…." Arthur said before he stepped back to look at Elma.
While he had his regular clothes, he didn't have to wear anything different, Elma looked like someone who was from an office tv show.
She wore round glasses, a white shirt, light blue tie, a blue sweater, grey blazer. He also saw she wore the dark grey knee-high skirt he picked for her… She couldn't decide on anything, he guessed, she also wore light grey socks and the black heels he had struggled to get on for her.
"I hate these shoes…." Elma said while Arthur led her outside and to the car before he grabbed his keys, walked outside and started the car.
"Literally every single girl who wears heels tends to think that… I'll get you ice cream if you don't turn the entire office into an ice rink…." Arthur said, she nodded a second later.
"So, what do I do?" Elma asked while Arthur turned to look at her.
"You just tell her what skills you have… Human skills, like reading, talking to people… They're going to teach you how the computer works since I told them you're not the best with computer… I'll be right there when we start working… I have to fix stuff and all that… Trust me, you have probably the easier job…. Least from what the techs think." He said, they started to pull into the parking lot.
"I'll be right next to you, just don't freak out, don't get scared… Look them in the eye…" Arthur said before he got out of the car and opened the door for Elma.
"And no dragon magic super powers…. Office workers don't need ice powers." Arthur said before he and Elma walked inside, both looked around.
"Arthur! I was wondering one of my most loyal technicians…" Arthur heard from his boss: Akira Hiroshi, the man in charge of the technicians.
"Hi boss, second, you still wondering how to teach me new things so I can feel smart?" He joked before the man turned his head to look at Elma.
"And you must be Elma…." He started to say before Elma quickly thought of something.
"Elma Joui, it's Elma Joui, sir." She said before he offered his hand, Elma blinked.
She knew Humans like to shake hands on thing and she shook it, making sure to loosen her grip so she didn't rip the man's arm clean off.
"Geez, you have quite a grip there, little lady…" The man said before Arthur chuckled.
"What's the matter, boss, not used to a firm handshake? You had the same response to me shaking your hand." Arthur said with amusement.
"Very funny, Mantoru. You shouldn't say that when most people used to cause you 'Earthquake Man' with all the times you used to knock stuff over… And your last name." He muttered before they started to walk through the office.
"Yes, and now most people know me and my team keep the lights on and make sure the coders can work well…" Arthur said while he followed the duo.
"Arthur said you're not one much for computers? He said your new to town so you're not entirely going to be able to start until your trained." Arthur heard from his boss.
"To be entirely fair, boss, you know I couldn't teach her how the computer works, my area of expertise is power and wires and such… You should know that, you're the man who hired me." Arthur said while they continued the tour.
"Well I can have one of the coders to train you, most people wouldn't be able to get a job without references and such… But I know nothing with Arthur is ever normal." Arthur heard his boss mutter in amusement.
"Very funny, boss." Arthur said with amusement while they continued to walk through the rows of the computers and then walked back to the front lobby.
"So, before we go anywhere, I'll send one of the coders to talk to teach Ms. Joui here how computers work… Then we will see if she can work here… Anyway, Arthur, you know you're supposed to come back to go to work." Arthur heard his boss point out.
"Well, I'm looking forward to getting back to work, boss. Ms. Joui has been eating through the rest of the money I got from my last of the paycheck… She loves to eat." Arthur joked before Elma elbowed him and Akira laughed.
"Well, for coming in to ask for training, you sure got all gussied up…. Most of the office workers don't wear anything close to that… Least not the coders." Akira said, Elma glared at Arthur with a death glare as she slowly narrowed her eyes.
"Anyway, we're deal with your lack of experience problem, most coders don't know how the coding programs work and the regular boss isn't here right now… Anyway, you have fun, Arthur." Akira said before he gently pushed them outside, their talk over for now.
"You said these shoes were mandatory…" Elma hissed before she growled and lunged, pinning Arthur to the car with amusement on his face.
"Because most people in the office dress like that…. Besides, I said if you don't blast anything with ice... And you don't do that, I forgot that most people are off right now." Arthur said while Elma huffed while she wanted to throttle and choke Arthur for the heels which were digging into her poor feet.
"I'm picking the ice cream then… And you will buy it." Elma hissed, moving her face until she was nose to nose with Arthur who continued to smirk.
"Fine. You earned it, your cute when you throw a tantrum over food and forget that you have sauce or something on your face." Arthur said with a smile and Elma broke into a blushing fit and started pounding her fists on Arthur's arm while he chuckled.
"You stupid, stupid, idiot…" She muttered before she climbed into the car.
"Do you want the ice cream or not?" Arthur asked before Elma glared at him and used her tail to pull Arthur through the open back window and then pushed him into the driver seat.
"Go…" Elma said, her eyes turning into slits at the thought of losing her food.
"Say please first." Arthur said with another smirk while Elma let out a growl while her eyes gleamed with murder, if there was no law against killing humans…
"Just…. Drive… Please." Elma hissed; Arthur started the car before Arthur turned to her.
"So, you did well… I do want to ask if you're expecting to run into Tohru again? Like I said, I don't know your dragon war or whatever… But you can't just go up to her and just start punching her…" Arthur stated before he continued driving.
"She is a Chaos Dragon; she wants to kill the gods and Humanity… If I do not stop her…." Elma said before he chuckled in amusement.
"Elma, you eat more than I've seen you fight…. No offense, but Tohru could throw a pack of bagels at you and you'd chase them first…. You want to stop Tohru? You got to learn to put food behind fighting… But not today, right now it's easier to bribe you to stop being silly in public with food." Arthur said before Elma punched him in the arm.
"That doesn't hurt as much as you think, Elma… Now then…" He said before they pulled into the drive through.
"Get your ice cream and we're going home." Arthur said, he would get chocolate after Elma devoured hers.
She wouldn't get that lucky on food.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry if this chapter is a little lame, I didn't know what I wanted to write and couldn't think of a way to involve Kobayashi. Next chapter will be on Sunday Night or so and will show Arthur and Elma waiting to meet the coder and will involve Kobayashi. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!