Fancy meeting you here.
Summary: Set during season 3, more near the end of it. Guess who's the new English teacher of Akadou High School.. Shinkumi, what else?
Disclaimer: I don't own Gokusen and its characters, I'm just playing with them.
A/N 1: I'm French, English is not my first language, so please forgive my mistakes. Of course, you can tell me about the big or recurrent ones, I would even be thankful if you do that.
A/N 2: Oh, and this chapter and the second one were written before watching Gokusen: The Movie, so every similarity is just coincidental, I didn't even know that Ryu would reappear in the movie as a main character. But I'm doing my best to stick to the characters'… well characters (haha), so I'm a bit proud that some things are alike, and I wanted to share that with you. Ok, I'll stop my rambling and let you read and enjoy – I hope – the story. :)
Also, the few Japanese words I use are really often used in this drama – and the others too – (that's how I learned them btw, so if I didn't translate it correctly, tell me). I think most of you know them already, but just to be sure, here's their translation:
Yosh!: All right!
Suteki: Beautiful / Handsome
Oi!: Hey!
Kyoto: Vice Principal / Head Teacher
Omae: You, talking about a male in non-polite way.
Hai: Yes
Chapter 1.
Kumiko entered the teachers' office discreetly as the Kyoto was making his speech.
"So, that's time to say our farewells to Takano-Sensei."
"What? You're leaving?" Yankumi cried, standing up from under the table "Ouch!" She looked at her perplexed colleagues while rubbing her head. So much for discretion.
"Yamaguchi-sensei, really, the day you're on time on one of our appointments, hit me hard so that I can see it's just a dream." After a few seconds, he added: "On second thoughts, don't bother hitting me. I'll know for sure that can't be true." Well, he mostly feared that punch of hers.
"… Okaaay. So, Takano-sensei, why are you leaving us?"
"Well, last time I had the flu, you remember. So, I went to the hospital. And by chance, I saw Natsume-sensei."
"By chance, right…" Kumiko mumbled, but let it pass and listened to the end of the story.
"And he was with one of his colleague, Kiriyama-sensei, who is the most wonderful man I've ever met. And yeah, even more than Natsume-sensei. So, long story short, two days ago he proposed to me, because he's been transferred somewhere else, and can't possibly go on living without me, you know. So I accepted his offer, we're leaving this weekend."
"Takano-senseei, that's wonderful! Of course, we'll all miss you, but you did the right thing choosing the path of Love! Once you've found it, never let it go, hold on it tightly!" She said, raising her right fist in the air.
"Hai! Thank you Yamaguchi-sensei. So now, you're all free to have Natsume-sensei!"
"OH! That's right. Yosh! That's my turn to found love! Fight-oh!"
"Hey, I'm still here you know, don't get happy too soon." The school nurse commented.
"Why do I have so many rivals? ", she asked herself dramatically, "Well, it's ok. That's at least one less."
"Anyyway" Kyoto spoke up "Before being rudely interrupted by Yamaguchi-sensei, I was going to announce that luckily a new English teacher has already been hired."
"Really? Already? You've been unexpectedly effective on this one, Kyoto."
"Hm." He nodded, but then realized what she said "Oi! What do mean by that?"
"Nothing, nothing. Go on, please." She tried to drop the subject with a smile.
"…" He turned to speak to the others. "So, as I was saying, before being interrupted – again – the new teacher is coming today, so you must welcome him well, it's his very first time as a real teacher but I've been told he was a very good student-teacher, so don't let the students frighten him, and I say that especially to you –" He stopped in the middle of his sentence as he turned to point out Kumiko, and saw someone behind her.
"– Yamaguchi-sensei!" The newcomer said with a fake threatening voice, imitating the Head Teacher.
The Yakuza heiress turned to see who it was, and didn't believe her eyes. "Sawada."
"Suteki!" The now former English teacher said.
"Hot!" Ayukawa-sensei added.
"Yamaguchi-sensei, do you know him? What kind of relationship do you have?" Baba-sensei asked desperately, fearing the worst. But he was completely ignored by the others.
Sawada looked briefly at Yamaguchi, and then at the Kyoto, "That's how you were about to finish your sentence right? No need to thank me. Oh, and don't worry, I'm not scared that easily. So, don't you have to welcome me well?"
"Omae! You… You're… You're the new English teacher?" The Vice Principal cried, pointing accusingly at the young man.
"As it seems, yes. Please take care of me," The newcomer said while smirking, he was so enjoying it. Sawatari was totally frozen, his mouth wide open. Then Shin's eyes went back to Kumiko, a small smile forming on his face. "It's been a long time, right? Fancy meeting you here." The math teacher, who hadn't moved since she saw him, snapped out of it and rushed to him to ruffle his hair.
"Sawada! Nice seeing you after such a long time! So, you became a teacher, uh? Following my path? It must be that, I was such a good model. Oh, I'm tearing up!" She really was. During her tirade, she had placed her armed around his shoulders, and pulled him a little towards her, but he quickly broke free.
He sighed, amused. "Well, you're still quite energetic and not modest at all, I see."
"You haven't changed a bit you know, you should try complementing women, or you'll never find a girlfriend."
"Don't think I need you to give me advices in that field, thanks."
"What do you mean by that, huh?"
"Still running after an unrequited love?"
"That's… Totally off the point."
"That's totally the point."
"Hm. Hm." The Kyoto loudly cleared his throat, finally coming to his sense. "Not that I don't care about your personal lives, well I don't, but how about returning to work, uh? Yamaguchi-sensei, since you seem to have so much to catch on with Sawada-k... – Sawada-sensei, why don't you show him around before going to class?" He said with one hand on his forehead, the other waving them away.
"Hai! Sawada, follow me!" Kumiko left the room with energy, as always, and Shin followed her slowly, his hands in his pockets.
Once they were out of reach, she spoke up, "Oh and Sawada, if you could not tell anyone about my… family situation, it would be great."
"But it was already revealed years ago."
"Exactly, years ago, so nobody recognized me here. And we better keep it that way."
"Alright. I won't tell anything."
"Thanks! You're really a good boy!" She ruffled his hair.
"I'm not a boy anymore!"
"Hai, hai! Sawada, all grown-up. Well, you still look youthful."
"I'm not old either you know. If I were, what you would be then, uh?"
"Hey! We don't have That much age-gap."
Sawada was about to answer when they arrived near the 3-D classroom, the only place of the school that was totally a mess.
"Let me guess, still teaching the 3-D?"
"Yeah, it seems like a code for every school. But they're good kids you know, like you all were." She genuinely smiled, remembering her former students.
They were now in front of the classroom door.
"I believe you. Well then I will leave you to them, I think I can find the way alone now."
"Don't want me to introduce you to them? It might be fun."
"I'll have them in class anyway."
"Oh come on, I'll put a good word on you, so they won't bully you as soon as you come in."
"You know I won't let them."
"Anyway, let's go!" She pushed him towards the door. He gave up, he really had no choice, she was too stubborn, plus it might actually be funny.
A/N: That's it for the 1st chapter, next will be on quickly, since it's already written, I just have to check it again.
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