A/N: This is basically my school career, but in the viewpoint of Touhou characters while still teaching academic material. Thus, this story won't have as much story building as some other due to its academic nature. Please enjoy.

Making her towards the cafeteria, Reimu and Marisa chatted about their summers, talking of how the former spent her time training while the latter spoke of magnificent experiments

Upon arrival to the cafeteria, the two were met by a blast of noise, air horns and streamers flying everywhere as the oldest students flew about screaming, "SENIOR GIRLS!"

Ignoring them with graceful motions, Reimu and Marisa greeted their old friends, Sakuya, Sanae, Youmu, Reisen, as they all reconciled cheerfully, steadfastly ignoring the cheering of the other students as they exchanged schedules and the like, finding classes that they were in together.

As time passed, Lily suddenly sung over the loudspeaker, her voice a clear, melodious bell sound that signified the changing of class periods.

As they all bid their farewells, Reimu checked her schedule, seeing that her first class was Physical Education, catching up to Marisa and Sanae...

"Reisen? What are you doing here?"

"I'm in this class. You guys are too?"

So went the exchange between Sanae and Reisen, who had learned that all four of them were in the same class.

Meiling stood before them, dressed in her customary green robe as on the other side, Suika drunkenly rambled to her own students.

Meiling began calling out attendance, each name said with perfect clarity and correctly. Upon completion, she glanced back to Suika who nodded, then said, "Well, you all have free time. Do whatever you want, but don't leave the gym."

Almost immediately, Danmaku sprouted from several locations, the patterns simple yet numerous, as all of the students went about dodging them quickly in response.

Off to the side, Suika and Meiling sat near the ceiling on a ledge, both of them drinking sake, looking upon the scene peacefully.

Reimu turned back, to beat down the perpetrators...

Within the Chinese class, Meiling stood in front as their teacher, explaining several concepts of the country of China to them, along with her recent visits.

It was as she was talking about her visit to the Terracotta Warrior Statues who stood as Tsukkomi spirits, that Lily's clear voice said over the loudspeaker, "All juniors to the auditorium, all juniors to the auditorium~"

Half of the class stood, leaving through the door as Meiling bid them goodbye, as the rabble of juniors chatted amongst themselves on the way to the auditorium, where they were all seated.

Sitting next to Marisa, Sakuya, and Sanae, they all quieted down after a while, listening to Yukari's speech as their principal.

"Welcome, welcome, to the Gensokyo Academy. I'm your principal, Yukari Yakumo, as well as my Assistant Principal, Ran Yakumo, and Vice Principal, Yuyuko Saigyouji."

The two nodded politely towards the assembled students as Yukari continued, "Some of you might be wondering why you're here, learning. Well, that's because you lot need education quite frankly, and I'll be damned if you all don't at least learn something useful."

Glaring at the crowd, most of the students and teachers shivered at her glare, except for a few, until she stated, "Dismissed."

At that, the crowds of students quickly fled the auditorium, eager to return to their normal classes and away from the terrifying Youkai of Boundaries.

"What is an ordinary Gensokyo citizen?"

The question had been posed by Keine, who swept her gaze along the class, gesturing for them all to begin brainstorming. Loud talking overcame the classroom, as several people remained on task, while a vast majority went off topic.

Reimu had been paired with a pair of people that she unfamiliar with, a pair of humans from the village. Together, they worked quietly and diligently, a breath of relief for Reimu who was expecting inane chatter from the pair.

A few minutes later, the class assembled to share their answers, ideas ranging from being able to use Danmaku to living in fear of the fearsome Master Spark.

Though Keine denied none of the answers, she instead countered the questions, until she finally said, "Truthfully, the point of this exercise was to make you think, but you'll learn the academic reason tomorrow. Honestly, I don't agree with the academic version, but I have no choice but to teach it."

And that was why Keine was a wonderful teacher. She refused to sugarcoat her words and spoke her mind as she wanted. An admirable trait.

Outside, the rain had paused and the sun was once again shining. Under that sun, Reimu was dozing off, as she took a quick nap...

"Alright class, I'm here to teach you... Cooking. Specifically, dessert foods and assorted pastries."

Their teacher was Rinnosuke, who skipped through most of his instructions, preferring instead to summarize the provided material in his own words, coloring the instructions humorously, as he exaggerated rules and gave examples, making the class laugh.

After handing out several forms, he simply directed, "Read those over, even though most of you won't, get them signed by your parents or guardians, and hand them to me tomorrow. I'll show you all around the kitchen later. For now, just take it easy."

For the next 30 minutes, everybody took it easy, some sleeping while other utilized electronic devices known as cell phones.

And so, time passed...

With a contemplative look, Byakuren looked at Reimu's schedule, which had one of her class periods missing.

Byakuren clapped her hands together and brightly said, "How about you go eat lunch first, and I get your schedule sorted out."

With a short bow, Reimu said, "Thank you Byakuren-Sensei."

Reimu flew off towards the cafeteria, landing next to Marisa as they ate their lunch together, Marisa having brought mushroom stew while Reimu brought a bento that she prepared in the morning.

At a longing glance rom Marisa, Reimu sighed as she picked up a piece of beef with her chopsticks, and let Marisa bite on it, savoring the taste.

As the two shared their lunch with one another, being childhood friends, Aya snapped pictures from nearby, thinking about her next newspaper article.

As a result from her schedule being moved around, Reimu had Culinary once again, as Rinnosuke said to her, "Well, since you're back, you can take easy for this class period."

Reimu simply slept the next 40 minutes away, waking up in time for the bell, as she walked to her next class.

"Aren't these flowers just wonderful? We'll be learning all about these sorts of plants, tending to them and making studies out of them. Please don't harm the flowers in any fashion, lest they react on their own and spear you through the chest of some other painful feature. And it goes without saying what I'll do with you afterwards..."

Everybody in the Horticulture class quaked in fear as they all stood within Yuuka's Autumn garden while being taught by Medicine, except for Reimu, who was already hard at work, tending to some of the plants, several of them her own creations.

For the Horticulture and Environmental Classes, gaps linking to the gardens had been built by Yukari, allowing for instant travel between the school to the gardens.

As the class carefully listened to Medicine's lecture about what they would be learning, Reimu continued tending to the plants as she ensured that the plants were healthy.

"When you're writing fiction, you should let yourself write freely, unrestricted by silly rules and paragraphing stuff. Write as you want, and let nothing obstruct your thoughts."

So said Akyuu, while the class scribbled their thoughts from the prompt on the board.

Reimu's short story spanned a total of two pages, her handwriting immaculate and detailed as her word structure was not only sound but elegant.

"Stop writing. Count up your total number of words, and multiply it by 365. That's how much you would write if you wrote for 10 minutes everyday for an entire year."

So went their discussion, as Akyuu introduced topics that were lost on Reimu, as she herself had learned these techniques from a young age, even assisting Akyuu in her own writings in the Gensokyo Chronicles.

As Lily's voice rang out once more, Akyuu said kindly, "Have a good day everybody."

As Reimu spoke with Sakuya and Youmu briefly, she walked to where Marisa was waiting, smiles on both of their faces as they took off, flying back towards the shrine as both took out their homework, and began writing...