Chapter 1: The Assignment

Yanagi sighed as she tapped her pencil against her notebook. She had been waiting on the teacher to come back for an hour now. He had told her that he needed to speak to her.

Yanagi sat back in her chair as she closed her eyes and thought of the fox. A small smile crept onto her lips. She had been drawing a sketch of his Youkai form for her art class. Everyone had been rendered breathless by the sketch, just as she had the first time she'd seen that form of him.

"Miss Sensui, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Would you join me in my classroom?"

Yanagi cracked open an eye and sighed as she got up and followed the teacher inside.

"It took me a bit to track down where you're going to college at. I apologize for the impromptu meeting. To make it short, Miss Sensui, I need your help with a student. I tried getting in touch with Mister Minamino, but he never seems to be home as of late and I don't believe he's continuing his education, is he?"

Yanagi's face fell a bit as she remembered the Fox's departure. "No, he's actually working as an advisor to a powerful dignitary." It wasn't a lie but it wasn't a complete truth. The Fox was now Yomi's advisor in Makai, do she had not seen him in a couple of years.

The teacher whistled appreciatively. "I knew that boy would go far. But, back to what I wanted to ask you. There is a student here who has been missing her classes, much like how you and Mister Minamino used to. But unlike you two, her grades are suffering. She is very bright and determined but she can't seem to grasp what she is supposed to be learning because she is never hear for her classes. I wanted to know if you would tutor her and at least help her out. The two of you made it through on top, but this girl is having no such luck. Will you help her?" The teacher pleaded.

"Missing classes like me and the fox used to? I bet she's not doing the same stuff we were..." Yanagi thought as she quirked an eyebrow at the teacher.

"Sure. I'll help her. My classes are pretty easy so it shouldn't be a problem." Yanagi said as got up. "I'll just need her name, address, and phone number to get in touch with her."

The teacher beamed as he handed a packet to Yanagi. "Here's everything you need. Thank you Miss Sensui." The teacher said as he shook her hand.