Ugh the cross over section does nothing for you…I mean I don't even think people check it. Well at least this chapter has one definite section.

The brainy student and muscle headed teacher

"…So once you gather the mana around your body and compress it into a physical form, which is dependent upon which element you're channeling, you then undo the entire process in a reverse order as to expel the element outward thus creating a magic artes." A female with auburn said wrapping up her tirade on creating a magic arte. A speech that consisted of her talking for over half the class period as she drew countless symbols, numbers and words upon the board that rested in front of the class. She was short in stature compared to the students in the class, minus Genis Sage, and wore a pair of goggles upon her head. Her sense of fashion could be considered 'out there' because she wore two different colored pairs of socks, one being longer than the other. A notebook hung from her neck on a thin string along side her gold choker with a ruby encrusted into it.

Could a person with a fashion sense this crazy be the person responsible for this class? Nay. The person with the crazy sense of fashion and who held one of the greatest minds to ever walk the halls of Namcobanda Gakuen was a student by the name of Rita Mordio.

The sound of clapping broke the silence of the room awaking any students who had fallen asleep during Rita's explanation. The clapping belonged to brown haired, red-eyed devil in the shape of a man who wore the garbs of a doctor and the true teacher of the class, Jade 'The Necromancer' Curtiss. Jade was feared among the student body for the rumors that wet around that in his free time he would operate on his students. One such operation giving birth to the replication of a student by the name of Luke Fon Fabre.

"A splendid explanation if I do say so myself." Jade said with a light chuckle. "You perfectly captured the process it takes to create a magic artes, job well done." He way he chose his words made it seem as if he was belittling her achievement as if it were a feat a newborn could achieve, yet no one could ever be certain. "Now…" he turned his attention back to the rest of the class. "Are their any further questions for Ms. Mordio? No, well that's just too bad." His voice melancholic as if he was truly disappointed.

"Wait I've got one!" Luke said raising his hand. "Why is it that even though you know all of this you can't become the head of your dorm?" A light chuckle at the end. Rita looked down at the ground and only mumbled. "What was that? Speak up!" He continued to poke at the small girl.

"Gold Cat!" Rita shouted as she manifested a small statue of a golden kitten above Luke's head. The cats fell atop his head and let out a loud sound similar to a gong that reverberated throughout the room before the red haired student fell out of his chair. Rita flicked her hair before placing a hand on her hip. "Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I'm weak. Now…any other questions?!" She glared at he students waiting for someone to defy her. Sadly…there was one.

"Teachers pet." Lloyd said under his breath.

"Lloyd don't!" His friend Genis said trying to warn his friend. Before anyone could do anything a whip like object extended from Rita's sleeve and struck Lloyd across the face.

"Anyone else?" Rita said as she readied her weapon. The bell rang giving everyone the excuse to run.

"Oh don't forget to study your notes for your test." Jade called after the students. "All 487 questions." He said with a mischievous grin as he adjusted his glasses.

Rita was the last to gather her belongings and to exit the class as she dreaded the thought of going next period, at least it would be the last class of the day.

"Hey Rita wait up!" a voice from behind echoed in her mind.

Rita turned to see a pinked haired girl dressed in white (think her Magical maiden title) attempting to push her way through the crowd, excusing herself whenever she accidentally bumped into someone. It was one of her few friends, Estellise Sidos Heurassein and the head of the Vesperia dorm. But do to her name being ridiculously hard to remember everyone called her Estelle. Though Rita's grades were actually much better than Estelle's the position of the dorms head was given to Estelle do to Rita constant actions of misconduct, which was something she never planned to changed.

Rita casually raised her hand before exchanging a high five with her friend. "Hey Estelle hope I didn't bore you back there."

"No. No. No. I found it very informative. Who would have thought that using magic was such a complicated process? To think that I was taken for granted a skill that most others think is impossible to use." Estelle clenched her fist with the new found respect she had for magic users. "From now on I will work harder to be the best magic user that I can be."

"Estelle you're a strange one."

"Strange? Is that bad?" Estelle's face downed a look of worry as if she had just been told she had contracted a fatal illness.

Rita gave a hearty laugh. "Estelle you're strange but I like you."

"Oh good." Estelle gave a sigh of relief before giving a radiant smile. Rita lightly blushed in response to Estelle trademark oblivious yet cute personality but it wasn't like she like Estelle in that kind of way, right…besides she kind of like someone else. "Shoot. I'm going to be late. See you later Rita." Estelle waved before she rushed down the hall to her next class, once again apologizing to everyone she may have bumped into thus leaving Rita to dread her most hated class; Gym.

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It wasn't the physical and demanding labor that her gym teacher required her to partake in that caused Rita to hate gym. It wasn't the fact that she was poor at sports, in fact she was rather skilled. What the hated was that she had to indulge in the common practice of changing amongst peers. As Rita changed into her bloomers she peered around the girls locker room and scowled at the girls who bodies were more well endowed.

"Really puts us flatties to shame doesn't it." A brown haired girl said from one locker over.

"What are you getting at Norma?" Rita said as she closed her locker and adorned a headband and tied her hair into two short pigtails (think miska doctoral degree).

"What do I mean?! I mean look at Sheena Fujibayashi and Tear Grants for Spiritua's sake." Norma said drawing attention to the girl in question. "She has greats hips, a nice butt and not to mention her boobs are almost as big as G-girl's." Norma referred to the schools nurse, Grune, whose ample bust size clearly explained the reason behind her nickname. "I mean is there any guy in this school who has not even fantasized about her?"

"Norma I wonder if you might be examining her a little too closely if you know what I mean." Rita said a little worried for where her friend's thoughts lied.

"Come the ironing board rangers have to stick together right?!" Norma said putting an arm around Rita's shoulder. "Plus Sheena isn't even our biggest worry…" Norma grimaced at their greatest adversary.

"Good afternoon everyone." One of the female students gym teachers said greeting them as the girls filed out of the locker room. She was a blue haired beauty with a taut abdomen, firm legs that seemed to go on forever, hips that you couldn't help but put your hips around a smile that would put the shine of the sun to shame. She seemed to have been blessed by Spiritua in the T&A department. (omg how much am I going to have to talk about this. I can hear the female reader count dropping) She was Judith, a Kritya, the envy of every female on campus and the dream of every pubescent boy on campus.

"Judith…as a fellow faculty member may I ask a question?" The second female coach spoke up. She was a tall blonde woman dressed in a jogging suit whose presence screamed order and authority. She was Legretta the strictest teacher to ever roam the halls of Namcobanda Gakuen. "Why are you dressed in the students bloomers?"

"Oh because I thought that because I hadn't worn them in such a long time that it would be fun to wear them again." She smiled innocently apparently oblivious of glares from the female students and the lustful gaze of the male students on the other side of the gym.

"Yuck! Why do we have to share the gyms with the boys today anyway?" Rita said with a click of her tongue openly portraying her disgust of the male students.

"It's because both classes are doing inside exercises today. Do you have a problem with that Ms. Mordio." Legretta said giving her an icy gaze.

"No Major!" Rita said standing in attention and use Legretta's student given title. A title Legretta herself had grown quite fond of.

"Man you could really cut the tension in here with a knife." A long raven haired male said as he walked out of the locker rooms accompanied by a male of the same age but with short blonde hair. Both were dressed in a white shirt and jogging pants.

"Now Yuri you don't have to be so blunt about it. Legretta's teaching style is just unique. And if she has to be strict to get the job done then so be it." The blonde one spoke up.

"Flynn could it be you're in love with Legretta." Yuri gave a fake sigh of disgust. "Guess I'm going to have to tell Estelle."

"Yuri that's uncalled for!" The one known as Flynn protested. Believe it or not these two were teachers, students teachers to be exact. Yuri, Flynn and Judith are all Vesperia drom members and had all graduated from Namcobanda's high school level and were currently enrolled in college. As a way to lessen their tuition they took up jobs as extracurricular teachers for the high school students.

"Excise me but the two of you are disrupting our class." Legretta said with a stern expression that earned her protest from the female students."

"See Legretta they aren't causing any trouble." Judith said with a smile earning her a growl from Legretta.

"Thanks Judy." Yuri said giving his friend a smirk. "And may I say you're looking as lovely as ever."

"You're don't look too bad yourself Yuri." She said with a sly smirk. To even the dullest person they existence of a connection was obvious.

"Would you two hurry up?" Legretta said growing angrier by the second.

"Fine fine we're going." Yuri said with a sigh of surrender as he and Flynn walked towards their respective classes until Yuri stopped and turned to Rita. "Show'em how we do it in the Vesperia dorm kiddo." He said with a kind smile as he gently patted her head causing Rita to turn a deep shade of red.

"Get out of our class!" Legretta roared as she stamped her foot.

"Uh oh looks like we pissed it off. RUN!" Yuri said with a light chuckle before he and Flynn made a break for it.

"Yuri how do you always drag me into these situations?" Flynn complained as he and Yuri tried to avoid capture from Legretta.

"Okay class we going to have to all take a chance with the vaulting horse today." Judith said clapping her hands together to draw attention from the others. A loud groan echoed from the group as they examined the two torturous that were in front of them. "Oh come now it's not that hard. All you have to do is run up, jump onto the trampoline and use your momentum to go over the horse." Her voice made it seem so simple it was obnoxious.

"Well if it's so easy why don't you do it!" A girl with red hair spoke up.

"Yeah let's see you!" Said a girl almost identical to the first; with the exception that her hair was green. They were the fearsome twin duo that went by the name of Droite and Gauche.

"Okay that's fair." Judith said agreeing with a smile. Crouched down in a ready position before she made a dash for her target. She hopped onto the trampoline launching herself towards her target. She placed her hands onto the horse and threw herself with all her might sending her higher. She made several summersaults in her decent before making a perfect landing. "That good enough for you?" She said as she gave the twins a cold over the shoulder glare. Judith performance had gained her a round of applause from her students and a series of whistles and cat calls from the male students.

"Whoa guess miss air bags isn't only their for eye candy, right Rita?" Norma said nudging Rita. "Hey Rit-Rit you listening?" Norma asked when she got no response only to find her friend staring off into the distance. She followed her gaze to find Rita gaze was locked on a certain male gym teacher who was currently locked in what seemed to be a battle to the death in a game of volleyball alongside his students. "Oooh so what's you're type, 'the raven haired bad boy and lady killer' or the 'blonde gentleman with the need to protect his sweetheart'?"

"W-what?! Don't be stupid! Why would I like that idiot?!"

"So Yuri right?" Norma said with a sly grin. Norma took Rita's silence and tomato colored cheeks as an obvious yes. "So the brain likes the meat head but won't it be hard when you're up against that?" Norma said pointing at Judith.

"If you keep insisting I like Yuri I'm think I'm going to have to tell everyone about your precious 'Red'." Rita said with a threatening glare. They both new exactly who Red was.

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On the boys side of the gym all eyes were locked on the 3-on-3 volleyball battle between team Yuri (Yuri, Luke and Lloyd) and team Flynn (Flynn, Senel and Emil[Ratatosk]) though it seemed more like a battle between Flynn and Yuri.

"I'm so going to kick your ass Flynn!"

"No no no no no no, I'm going to kick YOUR ass!" Flynn replied smugly as he sent the ball back over the net.

"Oh-ho, it's ON now!" Yuri said as he passed the ball back over.

"Is it me or do we seem to not matter in this?" Lloyd said with a groan.

"Yeah it's so boring when they get like this." Luke said with a heavy sigh. "Not to mention my head still hurts from that stupid cat!" Luke shot a glare towards Rita. "…Hey Lloyd I've got an idea. Just make sure you can set the ball for me." The expression on Luke's face was one so vile it would was almost as bad as Raine's cooking.

"Okay got it." Lloyd said giving his partner in crime a thumbs up.

"Hey stop standing around talking and play." Yuri shouted drawing their attention back to the game. The ball was heading directly for Luke who set it for Lloyd.

"Heavy Tiger blade!" Lloyd jumped into the air and spiked the ball to the far side of the court.

"Fiend fusion!" Just when it looked like Lloyd had secured a point for their team Emil was able to save it. "Better luck next time." Emil said with an evil grin.

"It's up to you Senel!" Flynn said as he set the ball for Senel.

"Ground slam!" Senel spiked the ball sending it with deadly force toward Yuri.

But the raven haired teacher held strong and pass the ball over to Lloyd who set it for Luke. "Havoc…" Luke jumped into the air ready to proceed with his plan. He rotated in the air before smashing the ball with his hands. "SPIKE!" (well he couldn't kick it) The ball went sailing across the court. It was obvious that it was out of bounds yet it flew onward. Across the entire gym and to where the girls engaged in chatter. "Oh no look out" Luke said in a low melancholic tone. He obviously didn't want anyone to hear.

The ball continued to fly until it collided with something. The ping of the ball sounded as it collided into something, a person. It collided with the head of one Rita Mordio. The impact instantly knocked her out causing her to fall into a crumbled heap onto the ground. The gym was soon filled with the gasp and screams of the students as the cried over their fallen comrade.

"Hey Luke you're taking your jokes to far! And I can't believe you helped him Lloyd." Sheena said scolding the two boys.

"See this is why I was against the idea of sharing the gym with the boys in the first place." Legretta said with a growl.

"That's right. Men are nothing but disgusting animals!" Gauche said taking a shot at the two.

"Whoa whoa no need to get a lynch mob started. I'll have Flynn deal with my guys while I take her to the infirmary okay?" Yuri attempted to quell the situation before it could escalate any further.

"Impossible!" Legretta said as she made her way over to Yuri. "You two have been far too lenient with your students!" She glared deep into his eyes as if trying to peer into his soul.

"You're right. Maybe I have been too lenient." Yuri let out a defeated sigh. "So you do it." Yuri frown turned into a wide grin.

"W-what?!" Legretta was taken aback. "Now see here I will not-"

"Thanks for volunteering Legretta!" Yuri paid her protest no mind as he gingerly lifted Rita into his arms. Legretta gave a low growl as she watched Yuri's retreating form flee the gym before she turned her gaze on Lloyd and Luke.

"I pray that you are granted Spiritua's forgiveness." Gauche said as she gave a small bow. It was obvious that sarcasm soaked each word with false emotions.

"Bye bye." Droite said with a smile and a wave. Lloyd and Luke could only let give a small whimper.

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"W-where am i?" Rita said weekly. Her vision was cloudy as she struggled to sit up.

"Hey you don't need to force yourself." A masculine voice advised her as a shady figure obscured her vision.

She could recognize the voice but sense she could not make out their features she could not be certain. She reached out and cupped the cheek of the figure before her. The figure lightly grasped Rita's hand and helped guide her hand. She traced their entire face and still couldn't figure out who it was. She finally figured it when she ran her fingers through the person's long hair. There were only five people she knew with hair that long. The voice was too masculine to be Tear or Collete. Luke or Asch would never be this nice to her so that only left…

"Yuri!" Rita's vision suddenly became clear. She could see that she was now lying in a bed in the schools infirmary but more importantly she could see the face of the person in front of her.

"Morning sleepy head!" Yuri flashed a toothy grin. Rita quickly snatched her hand away before she ducked under the covers trying to hide her blush. "Aww and I was so happy that I was able to hold your hand." His comment only made Rita blush even more.

"W-what are you saying you idiot?!" She said throwing the covers off to look him in the eye.

"Is that the way to talk to the person who carried you here and sat patiently by your side until you woke up? I'm so hurt." His sarcastic remark at the end almost overruled the sincerity of his actions. Rita peered at the clock to see that she had been asleep for over an hour.

"W-wait you carried me here?!" Another blush highlighted her cheeks.

"Don't worry you were as light as a feather." Was he trying to turn her as red as the spirit Efreet?

"Geez will stop saying such embarrassing things." Rita said puffing up her cheeks.

"Sorry it's just that your expression was so priceless." Yuri gave a light chuckle.

"Must you always treat me like a kid?" Rita said turning her back to Rita. Their age difference would always be there. Sure she had skipped a few grades here and their and entered high school earlier than most but there would always be the four year difference. She could remember her first high school year and when Yuri was still a senior. The pain of past memories tugged at her heart as she remembered how she tried to get close to him but was always excluded from the awkward love triangle that was Flynn, Estelle and Yuri while Yuri still seemed to share something with Judith. The four year age gab seemed like to much to conquer.

Yuri looked at Rita's shivering form and felt a pang of guilt. He placed a hand atop one of Rita's before doing so to the other. He wrapped his arms around her waist as he pulled her close. "Rita…" he softly whispered in her ear.

"W-what do you thing you're doing?!" She protested as she tried to wiggle free from his grasp.

"Are you mad at me because I keep treating you like a kid…"

"Weren't you listening? I just said that!"

"Or are you mad at me because I'm not treating you like a woman?"

The last part made Rita freeze. Her cheeks grew hot at his words. It dawned on her exactly how close they were at the moment. This is what she wanted. She wanted to be seen as a woman in Yuri's eyes. She accepted his embrace as she reached up to pull him closer to her as she turned to face him. Their faces were so close that she could take this chance to kiss him if she desired it and did she ever desire it. "Yuri, I…"

"Helloooo! Yuri, Rita are you here?" A whimsical voice said ruining the mood. Yuri instantly released his hold on Rita, who lightly fell to the bed with a light thud with tears in her eyes. The moment she had been waiting so long for had come and gone but not with the result she hopped for.

"Oh Judith it's so nice to see you." Came another feminine voice just as intoxicating as Judith's.

"Oh hello Grune it's so good to see you're up." Grune, the school nurse? Just how long had she been awake? Had she heard of what Yuri and Rita had been saying?

Yuri gave up trying to hide and made poked his head out from behind the privacy curtain. "Now that you're here Judith I think I should get going now. I probably need to go see if anyone from my class is still left alive."

"Aww going already?" Judith and Grune said with saddened voice. They could almost pass as sisters if not the same person.

"Not that I wouldn't mind spending my time with two beautiful ladies but I'm afraid I can't." The sound of a door shutting signaled that Yuri had left the room and possible shut all possibilities of Rita ever being together with Yuri. Judith was just to much competition. They were probably secretly dating and not telling anyone.

"Hey Rita I've got a present for you." Judith said as she presented Rita's school uniform. Rita accepted it unable to look Judith in the eye. "Yuri's a really great guy, huh?"

Did she come here just to gloat? Rita got the message loud and clear, Yuri belonged to Judith.

Judith then let out a heavy sigh. "I can't believe he's still single."

Rita's head shot up to look at Judith. Her mood had soared at the Kritiyan war goddess' words. But she couldn't show it to much. "W-why are you telling me that?" Rita tried to lie but she couldn't hide her blush.

"Why…?" Judith lightly touched her cheek. "Actually I don't know. I just felt I should say that." Judith wasn't all looks she had brains somewhere in that curvy body. She had to know more than she was letting on. "Well goodbye…and good luck." She said the last part in a low voice. Could Judith have known this entire time?

Rita didn't have time to worry about the small matters though. She looked at her hand and giggled. She could still feel the warmth from Yuri's hand. She still had a chance. "I won't mess up next time."

TBC

Yay now it's in a more stable section. *sigh* I'm torn between Rita and Yuri or Yuri and Judith. I mean with Judy you can tell there's that subtle sexual tension between the two of them. But with Rita and Yuri it's more of the cute forbidden relationship where the girl want be looked at as a woman by the older person. Well until next time!