Gokusen

This story is based off of the manga and the drama, I will include some of the elements from both, but I have changed a few things to fit my story. I hope you don't mind. This is my very first fanfic, so I still have a lot to learn. I have tried as hard as I can to make the characters IC, if they ended up being OOC at any point, I apologize. Thank you so very much for reading this and I hope you can enjoy it. I am going to assume that many of you have at least a basic knowledge of the main characters from the manga, so I probably won't go into too much detail about background unless it's something I made up. Thanks again.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gokusen.

Prologue:

Break: Before their senior year starts

"Yo guys! Did you hear about what happened on the news last night?" Kumai looked around to see if any of his friends recognized what he was talking about.

"You actually watch the news Kuma?" Minami stared at his friend in disbelief. "Don't you have anything better to do?"

"Ahh, shut up. My parents watch it every night, so it's not like I have a choice. Anyway, somethin' really interestin' happened. A yakuza group was busted!"

"Ehh? Really?" Ucchi looked up at Kuma, finally interested.

"My dad happens to know a guy, he comes in for Ramen every once in a while, and he said that a random guy gave the police all of the info they needed, just dropped it off in front of the courthouse." Kuma spoke in a hushed tone; almost as if he were imparting some sort of secret to the others and Noda, Minami, and Ucchi had crowded close to hear the tale.

"So, some damn coward snitched on 'em all, huh?" Shin was the only one who hadn't visibly hung on to every word. He had hung back a little and he almost seemed determined to take any excitement out of the whole affair.

"I don't know, man. That guy said that the group was found already beaten and trussed up like chickens. No one can really agree on what the guy who did it looked like, but one thing they all saw was bright red hair and a panther tattoo on his right arm. It may have even been the same guy who left that info with the police…Why don't you know about this Shin, after all, isn't your dad a higher up in the police force?"Kuma looked to Shin to see him twitch a little at the mere mention of his father.

"It's not exactly as if we're on speaking terms," Shin's voice warned the rest of them to tread carefully or change the subject.

"Whoa, that's amazing, though! He took out the whole group by himself?" Ucchi's exclamation was exactly what Kuma needed to switch the topic back to the incident.

"Yeah, he must have been a helluva fighter. The police don't like him though, called him a vigi-somethin' or other. Now they're all after the Panther," Kuma sighed and looked like he might drift off into daydreaming about bloody panthers, when his thoughts were interrupted.

"The Panther? That's a bit melodramatic even for the police, don't ya think?" Shin's derisive contempt for the police did not fail to make itself apparent.

"Do you think 'Red haired guy with panther arm tatt' would be better?" Noda teased Shin and nudged him with his elbow.

Shin looked at Noda, shruuged and mumbled, "Whatever," he then looked back towards Kuma, "He was probably out for vengeance, to go that far against a yakuza group."

"Yeah, the guy was probably real crazy too, ya know?" Noda looked ahead and saw their favorite arcade only a few feet away. "Hey guys, let's have some fun, shall we?"

"Yeah! And hey, did you guys hear that Shirokin is about to become coed?" Ucchi was grinning so broadly his face looked like it might split.

"We're finally getting girls! YES!" shouted Minami with such an expression of happiness that the other guys couldn't help but laugh and join in.

As soon as they entered the arcade, Kuma went off to find some snacks and Ucchi followed a pretty girl he thought worth wooing, while Minami and Noda found a racing game to compete against each other with. Shin looked around, rather bored and saw a fighting game open. He started playing versus whoever stood on the other side. He was generally pretty good at these games, but this guy creamed him. "You go girl!" Wait, what? A girl? He looked around and two teenage girls similar in age to him.

The one who played against him was tall, about 5'11", with shoulder-length bright red hair that had to be dyed. She was wearing thick glasses, which covered her dark brown eyes, and a sweatshirt with jeans. She seemed to be a foreigner. The younger one, was much shorter, though still a little on the tall side for a Japanese girl. She definitely looked more traditional. She had long thick brown, almost black, hair that flowed just past her shoulders. She was slender and pretty and she didn't have any glasses. Seeing these two together was almost comical. The tall, foreign wiry geek and an almost ideal beauty didn't seem to fit together.

As he moved to go, the younger one noticed him and waved hello. "Don't feel too bad you lost against my sister, she's always been pretty good at these things, and she can get really competitive," she smiled and held out her hand, "I'm Kurosawa Mari and this gangly unsociable fiend is my sister Taka."

"Hi, I'm Sawada Shin, and did you just say…you two are sisters? Was she adopted?" He pointed to Taka as he asked.

"Actually, I'm afraid our personal lives are none of your business. Terribly sorry if my sister has caused you any trouble Sawada-san, but we must be going. Come on, Mari." The frigidity in her voice intimidated even him, just a little bit.

"No, it was no trouble. I always enjoy meeting a polite and pretty lady," Shin looked at Mari as he said this, purposefully ignoring Taka. His pride was slightly mortified at the fact that he had been beaten by a girl and this indirect jibe was mainly meant for the taller one's sake. He didn't particularly think of the shorter, Mari as being pretty, but he felt he needed to deflate the taller one's pride at least a little bit.

"Too bad we couldn't meet a kind and handsome gentleman, eh Mari?" Taka walked briskly away holding Mari's hand. Mari looked over her shoulder to give him a brief apologetic smile and was soon gone.

The Head Teacher Sawatari was very upset about the Principal's decision to make Shirokin a coed school. He argued that the guys would mistreat the girls and that the teachers could do nothing about it, seeing as they could hardly protect themselves much less the young girls coming to the school. However, the school needed more people to apply so they could gain more tuition fees, and this was the best way they thought of to get more students.

"We have obtained over 200 new students and a lot girls have even decided to transfer from their current schools to come here, even in their junior and senior years" said the Principal.

"Why on earth would any girl want to transfer here?" gibed Sawatari under his breath.

"Some girls came due to lower tuition rates and there are other reasons I'm sure," the Principal said as Sawatari lowered his head in embarrassment. He hadn't thought the Principal had heard him.

"Ahh… so… are we going to separate the girls into classes evenly or are we going to clump them together so they will feel more comfortable?" asked Sawatari trying to cover up.

"We will spread them out and make sure that each class has at least two or three, though some will have quite a few more. After all, intermingling and getting to know new people, is a very important part of high school," stated the principal.

"Every class? But, what about class 3-D? No girl could survive…" Sawatari started.

"I believe it will help those students become friendlier by having a girl's kind influence, besides, I have already got two girls in mind," the Principal said with a gentle smile.

Yamaguchi Kumiko was very excited about teaching at her new school. She had heard that it had just recently become coed, so she was a little wary about how the guys would act, but she was sure she could handle it. She was the 4th generation kumichou of the Kuroda family after all. If she could handle the yakuza, she could definitely handle a few delinquent boys...