The next morning Takasugi's alarm clock wakes him up at 7:30. He then takes his phone and contacts Sima Yi. At the apartment Sima Yi was sleeping in, he was still in bed. "Come on, you...Pick up..." The phone keeps on ringing and ringing until Sima Yi grabs it and presses the answer button. "What is it...?"

"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty! You have thirty minutes until you have to begin your teacher job. Get up, get dressed, and out the door! Are you able to eat? Do you even need to eat?"

"Nngh..."

"Gee, you sound like Zhao. GET UP!"

"Can I get a few more minut-"

"No, you cannot! Maybe grab a piece of bread or something if you're hungry. But seriously, do you even need to eat?"

"Of course I need to eat..." He hangs up. He goes to sleep, but is knocked off out of bed. It was Zhang Chunhua. "Yi, the perverted director is right...we have to get up..."

"...Ok..."

After a few minutes, Sima Yi is dressed, but still exhausted and naps on the table. Zhang Chunhua pulls him off and drags him out the door. They then walk up to Zhuge Liang's door and knocks.

"Hey, you have to get up unless you want to be late to your job." No answer. Sima Yi just walks away, but he is pulled back. He then knocks again. Still no answer. Meanwhile Takasugi calls Zhuge Liang to wake him. The phone rings on Zhuge Liang's nightstand and he grabs it. "..What..?"

"Zhugey, rise and shine! You have a job in about twenty-six minutes!" Zhuge Liang's eyes widen and he jumps out of bed. He then hangs up the phone to dress and pick a piece of bread lying on the table. He runs out the door and sees Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua standing in front of him. "What took you so long?"

"I got up, that is all that matters. But how are we getting there?" Sima Yi gets slightly disturbed on his suggestion. "We might need to share..." They went outside, and they saw a sidecar next to the original motorcycle. A note was on it.

You don't want to share with him, right? Here's this sidecar for separating yourselves. -Takasugi

"He already knew...Oh, well, Zhuge Liang, go in that."

"It looks small..."

"Jia Chong was able to fit, and he's 6'1." They got onto the motorcycle and drove off to the school. Once they got there, they parked it, and ran into the building. The principal greeted them. "Hey, there. You are only twelve minutes early, so you can get some coffee or something. And...are those the same clothes from yesterday...?"

"We didn't get to purchase anymore clothing when we first got here."

"Oh...consider buying some after your first day here. Come, you can meet the teachers here." The principal walks them to the teacher's lounge, and they cough due to the smoke. "Koff...koff...was there a fire here?"

"No, teachers smoke. Back in China, you don't smoke?"

"Why are they inhaling smoke? It kills you!"

"It relieves stress."

"Yeah, relieves you of life itself."

"I think it's best we stay out here."

"Don't want something to eat? We have some bagels and coffee."

"What are they?"

"You don't have that stuff in China? Ok, bagels are these breads and coffee is a drink used for giving you a kick in the morning." Their stomachs growled. "Well, you obviously need something. Go and take some." Sima Yi goes over to pour himself some coffee and drinks it. He spits it out. "What is this? Do you have any tea?"

"Well, you can just drink water." Zhuge Liang goes to eat one of the bagels along with Zhang Chunhua and some other teachers. A teacher asks him,"So, you're new? What are you teaching?"

"Math."

"Any good at it?"

"I calculate numbers in my spare time. So I should have some skill."

"...Okay...Where did you graduate?"

"Yale."

"Wow...So, you got to be pretty smart. I graduated from Shinso Academy. So, any kids?"

"I have a son." (He said not to say Jiang Wei is my student...)

"Oh, me too. You married?"

"Yes."

"How many years?"

"Um..."(I never really counted...)

"That's alright, I forget too. Haha!"

"Haha!" (Why am I laughing?) Sima Yi goes over to where Zhuge Liang and Zhang Chunhua were standing at and takes a bagel himself. A teacher goes by Zhang Chunhua and starts to hit on her. "So...you're the new teacher? Well, pleased to meet you, I'm Mr. Kubata-"

"Nope."

"Are you go-"

"Nope. Scram."

"You didn't-"

"When a woman says no, it means no. Do you want my rage released onto you? Especially when I had to wake up so early in the morning?" She gives him a cold glare.

"Um...ok..." When the teacher turns, he is glared at by Sima Yi. "Oh, what? She your wife or something?"

"Why yes, she is my wife." His eyes narrowed at him.

"Oh...um...So, how's your morning..? Heh...awkward..." Sima Yi starts to scan the room, and sees three familiar faces. "Is that-?" It was Sun Jian, Ha Dang, and Huang Gai sitting on the couch in the room, sipping coffee and eating bagels.

"You know, these taste not too bad..."

"This drink tastes funny, but I still want to continue drinking it."

"I must say, the future has some interesting hobbies. They inhale smoke to relieve stress."

"Why would they do that? That is an insult to me, since I died young from an arrow. They are just shortening their lifespan."

"People these days have no respect for life...It's a shame." Zhuge Liang notices them as well. "Um...Isn't that Sun Jian? Also Han Dang and Huang Gai?"

"Hm? Oh, hey, there are people we know! Hey, I heard you helped out Quan for a bit!"

"Yeah, he and Zhou Yu devised the plan for me to ram fireboats into Cao Cao's fleet of ships."

"That's Zhuge Liang. Hey there!"

"Um...what are you teaching here..?

"Oh, Huang Gai teaches something called physical education, Han Dang does history, and I do English."

"Oh, interesting." They get interrupted by the bell. All the teachers get up and walk out of the room. The principal goes up to the three. "Oh, I almost forgot. I have to tell you what room you will be teaching in. Yi goes to Class B-2, Liang gets Class A-1, and Chunhua gets Class B-5. Just look up, and you see the class letter and number." He leaves the room, and the three go to their respective classes. When Sima Yi entered his room, an eraser falls on his head. He gets irritated, but keeps it in and goes over to the desk. The students snickered at the dust on top of Sima Yi's head. A student comments,"Hey, you look like our age, were you ahead or something?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"You know, smarter than everyone that you got to skip grades?"

"I was educated at home."

"Homeschooled? How did you become a teacher?"

"Enough chatter, I have to educate you kids on English."

"Aren't you going to introduce yourself?"

"Hm? Fine, my name is Sima Yi."

"Mr. Yi-"

"That's not what I like to be called. Call me Master Sima Yi, or you can say your "Mr." thing with my family name instead of my given name."

"Um...Mr. Sima?"

"You're getting it. Now..."(What in the world am I supposed to do? It's been a while since I actually taught someone...) The door opens with the principal giving Sima Yi a big packet. "This is the lesson plans for your class. I forgot to give you guys this." He runs out. (Thank the Heavens, this can help me.) He picks it up and reads through it. (Read textbook...read the story...What is this nonsense? Grammar, writing, language arts...) A student calls out,"Hey, are you going to "educate" us? Another student whispers to the students around him. "It's ironic how an Asian guy is teaching an English class..." The students around him giggled. Sima Yi hears that, but pretends to have not. "So, take out your "textbooks" and turn to page..."He looks in the lesson plan. "...45..." The students do as he says. "Hey, teacher-"

"My name is not "teacher."

"Mr. Sima, do you even know what we are even doing?"

"I'm new here, so I have to figure out how you people do things here."

"Ok, we were reading this story, and we had to get partners to do the work after you read."

"How do you know more on this than I do?"

"We were doing this with the previous teacher, but they changed it. Now we have you."

"Well than, continue where you people left off from the previous person." The students than arranged themselves in groups and started to do their work. There was one person not following the directions. It was a student wearing piercings and had his hair shaved on both sides."Why are you not doing your work?"

"Because I want to."

"Now, you have to do what you are told to."

"Why should I? You barely know what to do."

"I am a new teacher. I don't know the customs well enough yet. Now, do what you are told."

"How about I shut you up?"

"Hmph, attacking your teacher? How...barbaric..." The class started to stare and whisper."He's going to die. No one has ever actually talked back to him without living to tell, even adults. The last teacher that had him got his legs broken." The rebel student gets up from his seat and goes up to Sima Yi. "Ya feelin' lucky?"

"Well now, I don't believe in luck. Are you?"

"How about I break your legs?" Sima Yi talks in a very sarcastic voice,"Oh no. A student has threaten to cripple me. Oh, I'm sooo scared. What happened to you? Why do you have strange pieces of metal in your face? It looks awful. Why do you want to ruin an already-ugly-looking face?" The class gasped. The rebel student throws a punch, but Sima Yi catches his fist. He grabs his arm, and judo throws him onto the ground. The class oohs. "Why you...Ha!" Sima Yi catches his leg, and is about to snap it until the rebel yells out,"Stop! Stop! I get it!"

"Now, will you get back to work?"

"Yes!" He gets up quickly and runs to his seat. The class was staring at Sima Yi. "What? Get back to work." Everyone immediately turns back to their work. Later at Zhuge Liang's class, he gets slightly agitated with how many students cannot even do a simple algebra problem. "You. What's x if x minus five equals fourteen?"

"Um...twelve?"

(I'm teaching idiots here!)"It's nineteen. Now, if you read 2-2, you see how you can solve simple equations such as this. Read that and I'll give you another problem. " The whole class does as he says. Zhuge Liang then writes a problem on the board. "Ok, class, what is x if x minus 8 equals 12?" A hand goes up. "Yes, you."

"Twenty."

"Good. Here's another one. What is x if x plus 20 equals sixty?, Yes you."

"Forty."

"There. Now we are getting somewhere."

At Zhang Chunhua's classroom, she does history lectures on mostly ancient civilizations. (It's obvious why.) Most of the male students are not even paying attention due to the fact they were staring at her chest.

"Now can anyone tell me on what happened during the Peloponnesian War? Anyone?" The male students were staring at her, while the girls have no idea because they were using their cell phones in class. She turns around to go look for a textbook, and the male students tried to stare at her behind. A student whispered to himself, "Nice ass..." Zhang Chunhua heard him and turned around. "Who said that?" The students tried to act innocently. She then goes up to the student that said the comment and asks him, "Do you know who said that?" The student replied,"It wasn't me. Try the other guy next to me."

"Hmm...I swear I heard it from this direction...Might as well have been my imagination." Zhang Chunhua takes out a pencil and stabs it onto the guilty student's desk. He was scared instantly as the pencil stuck out from the top of his desk. "Now then, shall we finish our lesson?" She sees some girls still staring below their desks. She goes up to them. "What is it you girls are looking at?" The girls make it look like they didn't do anything wrong. "What are you talking about? We don't have anything."

"Oh, really? What's this?" She holds up a phone. The girl is surprised and says,"What? How did you-?"

"So this is yours? See me after class to retrieve it. And you ladies too." She holds up more phones. The girls look at their hands to see their phones were gone and they were in Zhang Chunhua's hands. She then walks back to her desk and places them onto it. She finds the textbook and continues the class. The girls whispered, "Who is this lady? Whoever she is, she is really making me pissed. Thinks she is-"

"In the back, quiet down."

"How can she hear us from that far?!"

"Because you are yelling out for all to hear."

In Sun Jian's classroom, the class goes smoothly with him being incredibly nice to the students. "Now, can someone tell me on what is the main idea of this story?" A hand goes up. "Yes, you."

"It's about a guy trying to cheat death even though he can't."

"That's good."

Han Dang's classroom was more rowdy because it was mostly filled with rebels and held-backs. He tries to keep all his anger in. "S-So, what happened during the Punic Wars?" So students snickered. "Punic..."

"Do you think this is funny?"

"Yeah, Punic."

"Are you people even bothering to try?"

"What's with you, old man?"

"I'm not old! Show some respect to your elders!" More students laughed. "What? Hey, the Chinese guy wants us to bow down to him. Ok." One of the rebel students goes up to Han Dang and does a mocking bow in front of him. He snickered, but Han Dang boils in anger and punches the student in the stomach. He collapses onto the ground in pain. "Hey! You messed up our boy here! You want your legs broken, old man?" They all charged at Han Dang, but he catches one of them, and throws him into another group of students wanting to attack him. He then grabs two more guys and bashes their heads together. He then yells out,"YOU KIDS GET BACK INTO YOUR SEATS OR I'LL FORCE YOU BACK IN THEM!" Everyone gets scared completely, and went to their seats nervously with some falling for getting in their seats too quickly. Han Dang then continues in a nice voice,"Now, can anyone tell me who was the general for Carthage?" The class was still scared stiff. "If I don't get an answer in five seconds, someone will lose a leg or those metal pieces will be ripped from right from one of your faces." Hands go up quickly. "Um...Hannibel...?"

"There, we're all learning."

In the gym, Huang Gai forces the students to run twenty laps. "Come on! I could go faster than this!" A student stops running and walks. Huang Gai notices this, and throws a dodgeball at him. "Get going!" The student runs. A student that finished the laps asked him,"Why are we doing this? Especially now, we are sweating like if it were summer." Huang Gai answers,"You kids need to understand pain. And I see some of you guys' stomachs sticking out, that is not healthy."

"...But you're like the Hulk...How can we be that?"

"Perseverance and hard work gets you everywhere. Now, drop and give me twenty."

"Ugh..." The student drops to give twenty push-ups.

Meanwhile, Takasugi drives Wei Yan, Pang Tong, and Huang Zhong to a stadium with CEO waiting for him. He parks and goes to him. "Hey, what do you have for them?"

"This place can be Wei Yan's big break. There is a wrestling match for all to attend and participate in. We get Wei Yan in, and he'll take over from there. I also got Zhou Tai, Taishi Ci, and Ding Feng here also."

"They're here? Also, where's Izuru?"

"No, I saw Zhou Tai, Taishi Ci, and Ding Feng yesterday because they got rejected from everywhere they went. I had to set them up with something. Izuru's still sleeping, I think. I tried to call him, but he won't answer."

"Huh. So they're wrestlers?"

"Yep. They chose their names and masks to wear."

"Well, let's go, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Pang Tong." They enter the stadium, and signed Wei Yan up in the competition. "You are going to come up with a name for yourself."

"Maybe "The Beast of Shu?"

"Well, that really gives away who you are..."

"How about "The Beast?"

"Hmm...not bad...What about the mask?"

"Maybe the mask I'm wearing now would work."

"Yeah, and have him wear a green and some scale-like costume. And I just heard Wei Yan talk normally..."

"Again, Pang Tong, you're tired and drank that bad milk. You're imagining things."

"He was right there, talking. I know I'm not drunk."

"Well, I give up. You know Wei Yan can talk normally now. Are you angry he lied the whole time?"

"Nah...It's just...why?"

"It was a prank that sorta got out of hand and he was forced to do that since he was with people a lot."

"It really hurts your throat..."

"Well, anyway. I'm not mad."

"Now, Wei Yan, get to the entrance." After twenty minutes, the match starts. People got beaten, people won. When it was Wei Yan's turn, he entered the cage with another big man. "Hey, nice hair, did you get kicked out of a rock band? And what's with that mask?" Wei Yan then throws him down onto the ground with everyone oohing. "Yeah, go kick that guy's ass, Wei Yan!," yelled out Takasugi. Wei Yan pulls him up, and throws him against the barrier that surrounds the cage. He barrels into the guy's stomach, making the guy lose his breath and fall to the ground. The crowd goes wild. "Yeah!" After a few more matches, a man goes up to Wei Yan and comments on his performance. "That was a show! How about I make you rich?"

"Can I bring my friends?"

"Sure! Where are they?" Wei Yan brings Huang Zhong and Pang Tong with him. The man is slightly surprised. "The old guy and the masked guy are you friends?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm...How about your two friends can be referees?"

"That would be okay."

"I need something to do." Takasugi and CEO comes behind them. "Yeah, go with them. This is the guy I told you about."

"Ok. Thanks for the help." The three leave with the man. Takasugi then leaves the stadium with CEO. "Hey, how are the other ones doing?"

"Pick up a newspaper. You'll find a lot." Takasugi then goes to his car, and a magazine falls in front of him. "Hmph. How convenient." He picks it up. (Zuo Ci is getting positive ratings for his show, I'm not surprised, he can predict anything. Xu Chu is the new judge for Masterchef? Aw, he gets to be with pottymouth Gordon Ramsey...Liu Shan and Yuan Shao are judges for American Idol? That's something I want to watch. Meng Huo and Zhu Rong got on Survivor. I bet they will win. Some guy is arrested and Ma Chao is his lawyer. Another lady gets arrested and Jiang Wei is her lawyer. Huh. They seem okay, and since when Jiang Wei was with Zhao Yun and Ma Chao? The hosts and hostesses side...Guo Jia is No.1 host and Diao Chan is No.1 hostess, why am I not surprised? AND HOW DID THEY GET ON TV SHOWS SO DAMN FAST?!) He drops the magazine back on the ground and gets in his car. "Maybe I should visit Sima Yi to see how he's doing or I can visit Izuru. Or go to the mall to see the what the guys' are doing. Hm...It's still early for Sima Yi to have a lunch break so I'll do that later. Izuru should get his butt up now. I'll go to his house." Takasugi drives his car towards a plain house. "Hm, couldn't hurt to do some decorating..." He gets out of his car and goes to the porch of Izuru's house. he knocks, but no one answered. "Gee, he's a heavy sleeper...I'll call him." He gets his phone and calls Izuru. He hears ringing from inside the house. "Well then, there's only one thing left to do..." He is opening the window on the side of the house and gets inside. "OOF! Nice, I never been here, and it looks decent. There are some shelves with Gundams and anime figures. Guess that was what he was into during high school." Someone comes behind him and hits his head. "Begone, intruder! Or I shall inflict blunt-force trauma onto you!"

"STOP! HEY! IZURU!"

"What the-? Takasugi? What are you doing in my house...? Gee, I could have killed the remaining the brain cells you had..."

"Hey, are you calling me dumb?! I have an IQ of 173! And you sound so nerdy even when beating the Confucius out of me. Really, who says "blunt-force trauma?"

"Wow...I have an IQ of 189."

"Well, you just did what millions of Xu Shu fangirls want to do to me. Even I have nothing to do with his death..."

"What?"

"Nothing. So, this is your house? It's not what I expected..."

"What? You wanted a giant library or a giant supercomputer in here?"

"Yeah...kind of..."

"Anyway, why are you here?"

"I can't visit Zhugey and Yi now, so I decided to check out how the characters have been doing."

"It's only been a day."

"Who knows what could have happened to them? Sun Jian probably got shot, a Guan or Zhang lying dead, or Guo Jia could have died of AIDS."

"You can't die of AIDS in a day...And being a host is a not an intimate business. "

"Whatever. Also, I want to visit the hostess bar with Diao Chan in it."

"Hahaha...you in a hostess club..."

"Hey. I had a girlfriend compared to you."

"Actually, I had a girlfriend, but we had a falling out."

"Oh, can I-"

"No, you're not hearing anymore. But, I do want to see what they have been doing as well, and-where are you going?" Takasugi goes in another room and finds a PS3. "Oh, nice. And you have the Koei games along with Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row, Fallout, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, Uncharted, God of War, Assassin's Creed, and lots more. You were those video game nerds? I don't see Call of Duty..."

"It's boring, shoot and move. And you're strictly in a certain area, if you go out, it's game over."

"You don't have Skyrim?"

"I never got into that."

"You have Fallout."

"Yeah, a apocalyptic world is more interesting than medieval world to me."

"Oh, Dishonored. What ending did you get?"

"The bad one..."

"Oh, so sadistic, aren't you?"

"No one gets the good ending the first try. You have to be Jesus or Buddha to be able to that. Anyway, you're not here to look through my stuff, go out into the living room, and let me clean up and dressed."

"Aww, I want to play Fallout..." He leaves the room and sits on a couch. He then turns on the TV and watches Masterchef. "Oh, I get to see Xu Chu." Gordon Ramsey talks to Xu Chu, "Hey, where's Graham?"

"Oh, he's out for a while, so they got me."

"Oh. Well than, let's start." After ten minutes, Izuru walks out in a long sleeved shirt that has the sleeves rolled up and slacks. "Let's go, and why is Xu Chu with Gordon Ramsey?"

"I don't know, but this is entertaining."

"I'm sorry, but you have to..." A long pause. "...put that apron back on." Xu Chu goes to hug the contestant. "Yeah! I liked your food! I hope you win!"

"Um...you don't do that..."

"Haha..." He turns off the TV. The two get into Takasugi's car. They then drove to "Tagahagamara." When they entered, they were greeted by Guo Jia in a purple fur coat. "Evening- Oh, you two, why are you here?"

"Just checking out how you've doing. You enjoying to flirt and drink all day long?"

"It is...interesting most of the time, but I'm getting requested so much, I can't keep up."

"How's Cao Pi?"

"He's over there. And he is slightly stressed too."

"Is Zhen Ji jealous?"

"Kinda, she came by when Cao Pi was pretty busy. And, we got new hosts." Guo Jia walks them and shows Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and Lu Su in separate tables. Zhou Yu acts disgusted,"Ugh, do I have to...?"

"No, he's just visiting."

"I would go to a HOSTESS BAR, not a host club anyway."

"You came at a not-so-busy time, so I can show you around. I also had the Simas over there." He walks the two over to Sima Shi and Sima Zhao. "Hey, are you two okay?" Both of them had bags under their eyes. "It's so...tiring to satisfy women...I would rather work at that "Sony" place..."

"I rather work at that "Hot Topic" place..." Izuru suggested, "Well, if you are that stressed, you can take a day off."

"To be honest, I don't want to be forced to be interested to some stranger...Can I go?" Guo Jia says,"I won't work you guys to the bone. I won't get mad if you leave, at least you got some girls off me. But Zhou Yu over there can do that."

"Can I get something to take home?"

"Oh, fine." They leave with Zhao holding a bag with food in take-out packages. "Why did you need to take that?"

"The food tastes good."

"Now what, you two? You need something to do."

"What about the Barnes and Noble over there?"

"Oh, how convenient. Shi and Zhao can get something there."

"Why can't I just stay at home?"

"I had that thought when I was...your age? But my parents kicked me out of the house until I found a job and that was working at Burger King."

"You worked at Burger King?"

"That was before I went to Koei and had another job before that."

"Ok..."

"Where did you work at before becoming an animator?"

"Let me think about that...A lawyer's assistant."

"Ok, how about when you were in high school maybe?"

"That was my job. I went to this school that puts you to work in order to train you for the real world. If that place liked you, you could get a summer job with pay."

"Damn...Anyway, Shi, Zhao, go in here and ask for an application." They entered the bookstore while Izuru and Takasugi stayed outside. Inside, Shi goes up to the front desk. "Excuse me, where can I get an application?" The clerk was a female that instantly blushed at how handsome Shi was. "Um...um...Right here."

"Then may I get one and for my brother?"

"Y-Yes!" She gives him two papers and Shi brings them back to Zhao. "We have to write in these. Now where can I get a pen?"

"Here!" The girl from the previous desk suddenly appeared next to Shi with a pen. "Um...can I get another one for him?" She pulls out another one from her pocket and gives them to Shi. Zhao noticed how the girl was making swooning noises as they walked away. "Shi, you didn't really need to come with me, it was best if you were a host." Shi gives an explanation,"I don't want to something so...unproductive...Spending time with women is Guo Jia's thing."

"But...you sparkle everywhere you go and speak to someone."

"That's Zhong Hui. The only time I do that is to convince someone. Anyway, we have to fill this out." Shi looks through the paper, filling in everything except one. "Why does it ask me for "sex?" It's obvious I'm male." Zhao looks at that part and puts "Hell Yes" in that section in his paper as a joke. After that, they took them to the clerk girl. The girl looks at Zhao's paper with the "Hell yes" in the sex section and giggles. "Okay, I'll run these by my supervisor and you'll be notified when you got the job. After a few minutes, they were in uniform. They went out to tell Takasugi and Izuru. "Hey, did you get it?"

"Yes, but I want to tell Yuanji she doesn't need to work at the host club anymore."

"I think she already knows."

"What makes you think so?"

"She's right here." Takasugi points to Yuanji besides him. "Oh! Yuanji, you were looking for me?"

"When I was over at that place, I noticed you weren't there, but I assumed the restroom. But you quitted and got another job."

"Well, you can get a job here with us."

"It's certainly better than serving people while they are drunk." She enters the bookstore with Zhao and Shi. Takasugi then walks away. Izuru asks,"Where are you going?"

"Getting my car. We're going to that hostess bar."

"It's not my thing..."

"Well, you're going. What's the one Diao Chan's in?"

"I heard from the boss it was "Jewel."

"Well, let's go." After they went to the car, they got in and drove to a hostess bar nearby an apartment building. "Does Diao Chan live here?" They then parked and entered the bar with Sun Quan greeting them. "Oh, it's you. What are you doing here?"

"Oh, you work here? Is this where Diao Chan works?"

"Actually, yes. Lian Shi and my sister too."

"Sun Shang Xiang was willing?"

"...No..."

"I thought so."

"Can I request Lian Shi?" Sun Quan gives him a disapproving look. "Ok, ok. Diao Chan would work. Izuru, who do you want?"

"I said I'm not into these things."

"Then I'll force you into a strip club later."

"Fine, I'll see this hostess." Takasugi paid for the two of them, and as they walked over to their tables, Lian Shi noticed Takasugi and is slightly displeased. "Hey, at least you didn't get me. Your husband disapproved of me choosing you. And you're looking lovely today.

"Mm-hm...And thank you." Takasugi then sits at the table Diao Chan was in. Diao Chan then looks at him funny."I'm not trying anything, look, my hands. Anyway, how's your day going?"

"It's okay. And it's still early, I'm not really busy right now. Wait until about noon, that's when they come in."

"I read a magazine, and it says you're number one hostess. You sure are popular. Is Lu Bu jealous?"

"He comes by here, and gets jealous instantly when he sees a man with me. But Masaki tells him to calm down."

"Who's Masaki?"

"The owner of this bar. She offers us to work here to pay off the rent for the building next to us. Sun Quan, Sun Shang Xiang, and Lian Shi are doing the same as well."

"That sounds familiar...But, anyway, what's Lu Bu's job anyway?"

"He's a mall cop. I asked him what that does, and he says it's to prevent bad guys from roaming inside the mall. He took me after I was done with my shift."

"Oh, he gets to ride those Segways. That's a funny image..."

"Why are you not using this time for actual hostess time?"

"It's business, but it would be different if you were a real person and not a video game character. I can't request Lian Shi because of Quan. And Sun Shang Xiang will tear me a new one if I request her. I don't really like the other hostesses. But at least I get some info on how you guys are doing from you. I try to not be so comfortable around you or else I'm most likely to get my face planted to the ground by Lu Bu. So, how's their business?"

"Them? Sun Quan is a bartender along with Masaki and waiter sometimes. Lian Shi and Sun Shang Xiang are hostesses. Lian Shi gets good reception, while Sun Shang Xiang is decent. But she dislikes having to wear make-up and flashy dresses. So she's usually for men who tend to like simple women."

"Is that right? So, you're living in that building near here?"

"Yes, along with Lu Bu and the three share the one room next to us."

"It seems you guys are really making this "live in the future" thing work. I'm amazed how all of you managed here. Well, except a few."

"What?"

"Dong Zhou died on his way here, and Xu Shu got ran over by a car. Dong Zhou I don't care, but Xu Shu...maybe I do feel sorry. I left him with a drunken idiot and not Zhugey."

"Oh. Hm, I hear most the women disliking you, but when you dig a little deeper, you seem decent."

"I'm a mere honest, handsome, perverted director."

"The handsome part doesn't really apply, maybe a little. But you at least have a heart." Sun Quan goes up to them. "Time's up."

"Ok, then. It was nice seeing you guys are okay here. Come on, Izuru." Izuru gets out from his table, red in the face. "What happened to you?"

"I-I'm just not used to being with a woman..."

"How long were you single?"

"Hmm...I think about...two years."

"Hmm. I'm about four years." They both leave the bar and got into Takasugi's car. "Aw, shoot. I'm almost out of gas. I'm going to have to stop by a station." He drives to a gas station nearby. Two people go up to his car. "Hey, what do ya need?"

"Um...Gan Ning? And Ling Tong? You work here?"

"I don't have time to chit-chat! What is it you need?"

"I want to fill up my gas."

"Need a washing? Your car certainly needs it."

"Just fill up my car. I don't need anything else." Gan Ning gets the pump and fills it for him. He finishes. "That'll be 151.80 yen. Even I don't know what it f***ing is."

"Here's 200 yen. Keep the change." He drives off. "Hey, you're going to share that?," asked Ling Tong.

"You didn't do s***!"

"You don't even know what value it holds!" Lu Meng snatches the money from Gan Ning. "This goes to the clerk. We get paid later."

"Argh..." They then continue to give service to other cars that pass by. Nearby, Lu Xun not knowingly let some gasoline leak out of the pump. A driver nearby threw his cigarette out his window, landing in the gas puddle. A small flame erupts, then it starts to spread. As Takasugi drove farther away from the station, he did not see the explosion behind him. "Huh, sounds like thunder. I don't see clouds though." After ten minutes, he drives to the mall and parks."It's pretty early, so there won't be that many people in here." They enter the mall, and are almost hit by Li Dian speeding by on a Segway. "Oh, sorry!"

"Hey, look at that! They do get the Segways! Huh?" He sees Wen Yang on a Segway, but he's driving on the walls. "Um...why is he sideways?"

"That doesn't even apply to the laws of physics!" Lu Bu drives over Izuru on top of the ceiling above him. "We're Dynasty Warriors, we don't make sense in terms with physics. And Wen Yang is Jin's Zhao Yun, so he can defy physics if he wanted to."

"Um..." Izuru then walks over to a table and sits in it. He sees Jia Xiu and Cao Ren mopping the floor near him. "Oh, you two are janitors?" Jia Xiu sighs. "Yes, but it was not my idea. Wang Yi tricked Cao Ren and I into working as this."

"What is she?"

"She draws on people. But it looks extremely painful. The guys tend to look red after they're done."

"Oh, a tattoo artist."

"Eh, whatever you call them. I see that Shu painter guy talking to this fancy-looking guy and he left with him."

"Maybe that was an art collector and he liked Ma Dai's work." He turns to see Yue Jin driving his Segway around the fountain. Li Dian tries to do a trick. "Hey, Yue Jin! Look at this!" He drives his Segway onto a make-shift ramp and goes over the fountain, landing perfectly. Takasugi is seen walking farther into the mall. "Hey, where are you going?"

"I'm seeing if the other guys got jobs here. You can come along." Izuru gets out of his chair and goes to Takasugi. "I remember Zhang He going towards a clothing store."

"There are buttloads of clothing stores. Which one specifically?"

"Um...I think a Forever 21 or Guess."

"Well, we have to find out than." They walk, and looked around them. "There's not much right now, huh?"

"It's only about eleven in the morning." They see Xu Huang passing on a Segway them. "Hey there, Xu Huang."

"Evening to you."

"It's cool how all of them have Segways. Oh, we didn't see Dian Wei yet. Don't tell me he got shot."

"He did not get shot. Why are you always thinking that?"

"Because he attracts arrows like Guo Jia is to women."

"Comparing women to arrows is just...misogynistic."

"Well, we know he's ok...probably..." They then hear glass shattering nearby. "Is it a shoplifter?"

"One thing for certain, someone's dead."

"You don't know that." They walk quietly to turn the corner, and peeked out to see Dian Wei pinning a man onto the ground. "Oh, he's okay. But that guy won't be." Dian Wei gets handcuffs and arrests the thief. He walks with him, and sees the two. "Oh, hey. You two are early." They get out of the corner. "Well, we just want to see what your jobs were. I see you're doing yours."

"He doesn't look very good..."

"Yeah, he put up a fight, but I got 'im." He then walks the criminal out to towards the mall jail. "Well, that escalated-"

"DON'T YOU DARE."

"Ok. Hey, I see Guan Yu."

"Where?"

"In that shoe store."

"Liu Bei must have took up to my earlier suggestion." Takasugi go towards the shoe store, and see Liu Bei sitting on one of cushion seats. "Oh, hello. It's a little early for you two to be here."

"Yeah, but we would like to see you guys before you get too busy. How are you finding things?"

"Overall, it's fine. But Guan Yu is standing out so much..."

"No kidding. He has a long beard, and has red skin. It's like if you were to cross Darth Maul and a Duck Dynasty guy together."

"Um...anyway, we are getting decent payment. And we share a room along with some others near us in the apartment."

"I'm glad you are okay here. I'll see ya." He leaves the shoe store. "Oh, well. We can look at the empty mall's stores and look at the unmanned kiosks."

"What are you suggesting?"

"I don't know...maybe snatch some stuff off-"

"You'll get pummeled if the mall cops catch you."

"Oh, fine." He continues onward with Izuru, and picks up an item from a kiosk without him looking. "Hey, I see Zhang He in that Guess store."

"So it was Guess." They enter, with a cheery Zhang He greeting them. "Oh, hey! Aren't you a little early to be shopping?"

"We're not shopping. I want to see how you've been doing."

"I get to design clothes! Want to see what I designed so far?"

"Oh, sure." Zhang He takes out a sketchbook and shows the two the designs of his clothing. Izuru looks at them funny."Um...these look like robes...I don't think they will accept robe-like clothing..."

"Those are for me. But if they want to use them, it's fine. The ones for this place are here if you turn a little more pages." Takasugi turns some pages and gives them an approving look. "I want to see these on the market."

"They are slightly revealing...of course you would approve..."

"I looked at your books and tried to design something that combines what I know and what the fashion of today show me."

"Oh, that's nice. Ok, we'll leave now to your designing, I'm sure you don't want to be bothered by us anymore."

"Don't worry. Lady Zhen Ji and Cai Wenji aren't here, so I'm really trying to make the most out of right now." They left. "Well then, it's about twelve, it should be lunch time in that school. I want to visit Zhugey and Yi."

"Do you think they will be good teachers?"

"Zhugey was one for a while to Jiang Wei. Sima Yi tutored Cao Pi and his sons. He might have tutored Zhang Chunhua when she was still a kid and married him."

"How do we even get out of here? It's like a maze."

"...Oh...right..."

At the school, the bell rings. All of the students go out to eat lunch. All of the teachers go to the lounge. In the hallway, as Sima Yi was walking, the rebel student was following him. He turns to see him. "What are you doing? You have break at this time."

"I just want to..." He gets on the ground on his knees and bowed. "Thank you!" Sima Yi just gave him a "what the-?" look? "Um...what are you thanking me for...?"

"When you judo throwed me and almost broke my leg, I realized something. I shouldn't be doing these nasty and violent things. I'll get what's coming to me soon. Please, give me another chance in your class! The previous teacher gave no s***s about that class, but you seemed to actually care."

"I'm just doing my job." (Well, I'm doing this because I need to do something instead of being a Zhao and stay at home.) Sima Yi walks towards the teacher's lounge. "Oh, good. No smoke now." He goes to sit at the table. The rebel student popped out of nowhere. "Hey there!"

"AH! What are you doing now?"

"I came to offer a lunch with you."

"Um...I'm not hungry..."

"Well, here's a sandwich." He places a sandwich on the table. Sima Yi looked at him weirdly,"Look, you don't have to do such nice gestures to me."

"But how can I thank you?"

"You can thank me by leaving."

"Ok!" He runs out the room. (Gee, now I know how Zhuge Liang feels to be with Jiang Wei...) The door opens again, with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Chunhua, Han Dang, Sun Jian, and Huang Gai entering the lounge. They all sat in the tables along with Sima Yi. "How were your classes?"

"I taught idiots."

"I had boys staring at me the whole time I was teaching..."

"I knocked the whole class back to their senses."

"All of them had to do twenty laps."

"Is it just me, or is my class the only normal one?" They all answered Sun Jian,"Yes." They then hear whispers outside the door. "Hey, did you see how that long-haired guy nearly broke that bully's leg?" Everyone at the tables turned to stare at Sima Yi. "Y-You don't know it was me..."

"The only men with long hair are you and Zhuge Liang. And Zhuge Liang is not capable of breaking someone's leg," said Zhang Chunhua.

"Hey!"

"That's nothing. I bashed two kids' heads together and threw one at a group."

"That's not really something to be proud of..." More whispers are heard. "Do you know there's this badass new history teacher that beat up the whole rebel class?"

"No way! That is awesome!"

"There's this new teacher in my history class, and she's hot! Though she stabbed a pencil onto my desk..."

"The teacher I had had the girls staring at him because he was handsome despite throwing that bully guy."

"Me too! He had white hair, but man, he can make it work!"

"We kept on making fun of the new math teacher because he looked like the Mandarin or a young kung-fu master."

"My P.E. teacher made me do twenty laps with twenty push-ups after that..."

The other teachers that were in the lounge and in the corners whispered among themselves. "Hey, who are they?"

"I don't know except they are the new teachers that got just hired."

"But they are so suspicious-looking...Especially the one with long hair."

"Which one?"

"Actually, both of them."

"I don't know...That one and those two look pretty sexy..."

"The one with white hair? Gee, he could be like fifty."

"I'd still do him if he's single."

"I'd take the one in the grey suit. He's pretty hot."

"We don't even know if he's twenty or forty."

"That lady over there has a nice ass and nice chest...I'd do that."

"Hmm...Yeah, but is she on the market?"

"She looks like it..."

"Trust me, I tried. Her husband gave me the stink-eye when I hit on her."

"What? Who is it?"

"It's that long haired guy. The one without a beard."

"Lucky bastard..."

"I know...I know...The good women are always taken..."

"What's with the P.E teacher? He looks like he's on steroids."

"The near-bald guy looks the most normal here."

"He knocked out the rebels class."

"Oh...I take that back."

Back at the tables, the DW characters heard every single word. (Gee, they're more annoying than the those generic peons back home...)

"...It seems, my dear, you need to might cover that up next time..."

"I should think about that..."

"I do not look like a kung-fu master."

"You obviously can't do any, anyway."

"You seem to be popular with the ladies, my lord."

"Eh...I'm not interested...Besides, my children won't think it's right."

Han Dang mutters, "Bald...I'll make you people bald...Oh!" He claps. "Get me my tea and lunch!" The door opens with multiple rebel students giving Han Dang food and tea cans. "Want some?"

"Eeeeh..."

"You may leave." The students left the lounge. "Are you guys sure?"

"Nnnoooo..." As they were in there, at the top of the ceiling, the three girls from Zhang Chunhua's class crawl through it. "Why are we doing this?"

"Because that b**** needs a lesson. Let's see about this." She gets a stick and lets down a fake spider near Zhang Chunhua. "I want to see if she has a fear." Zhang Chunhua, without looking, crushes the fake spider between her fingers. "What species of spider is made of an unusually tough exoskeleton?" The mean girl looks at her in shock. "Damn. What about a real one?" She lowers a real spider, but the same result happens. "This place must be that old..."

"How can she look at a spider and not scream? Fine, a snake." She lowers the snake, and Sima Yi notices. "...There's a snake right there..." Zhang Chunhua turns, but grabs it and throws it onto the ground. "What snake?"

"You just threw it onto the ground..." Zhang Chunhua steps on the snake with her stiletto, killing it. "Now it's gone."

"Okay..."

"What? Is she afraid of nothing? What makes most older women scared?"

"Maybe try something she would not be able to know about."

"Ah-ha! I have something." She gets a box, to reveal a live octopus was in there."

"How did you get that?"

"It was part of my lunch."

"Uh..." The girl then lowers that down right next to Zhang Chunhua's face. The whole group immediately noticed it.

"Um...there's..."

"I have no idea what that is..."

"Ugh...it's moving..."

"Good gravy! What is that?! That looks like something you'd find in the unknown seas!

"...My dear...there's something hanging near your face...I'm sure it's alive..." Zhang Chunhua sighs deeply and turns to face the creature right next to her. "...What is this...?"

"What? She's not even scared! Just what is she scared of? God, she's hard to crack." The girl moves slightly, and this makes one of the panels in the ceiling to fall off. Everyone notices it. Then the whole ceiling collapsed. "AHH!" The girl falls on the ground and the octopus falls onto her head. "Ugh..."

"That's one of the students I had. Along with the girls that are next to her." Zhang Chunhua goes up to the girl. "What is making you want to commit such heinous deeds? Is it because I took that device away from you?" The girl gives no response. "Well than...I leave your fate to the man in charge here." Takasugi then opens the door suddenly, "HEY! How ya-" Everyone stared at him. Izuru comes behind him. "Psst...wrong time...And that ceiling needs some fixing...Oh, sorry..." He shuts the door and waits outside it. After a few minutes, the three girls were coming with the principal to his office. The DW characters walk out the lounge and talked to Takasugi and Izuru. "Why are you here?"

"Can't I visit you?"

"It's only been a day."

"Well, since you guys are not in the DW world for a little bit, I don't have a job to do right now."

"We were simply seeing how you are doing. Also, Shi, Yuanji, and Zhao got a different job."

"Not the flirting with women job anymore?"

"They work in a bookstore now."

"Hmph, not bad."

"What flirting with women job? How come I was not told?"

"Well, first, you would bash my head, then Yi's, then your boys when you see them."

"Why would I hit Yi?"

"Nothing. Well, for nottellingyouyourboysbecamemanwhores...And youusehimlikeapunchingbag...And this world, thatisdomesticabuse...Youmightneedasocialworker..."

"You're talking too fast."

"Nothing. I said nothing. Anyway, you should be going back, so I'll get out of your-AH!" He hides by turning Sima Yi for him to hide behind his back. "What are you doing? And you're a few centimeters taller than me..."

"Shh...Act natural..." Izuru looked at what Takasugi was looking towards. "What are you looking at?"

"Shut. Up."

"Um...that lady?"

"Yes, just don't let her close."

"Um...she is coming this way..."

"Oh, damn it. I don't have a hat, so I'll do something else." He forces his head onto Zhang Chunhua's chest. She knees him. "OOF!"

"What is going on with you?"

"Just pretend you don't know me."

"I already do that every time you pull a stupid stunt." The woman sees Takasugi and walks towards him. "Um...Takasugi? Why are you here?"

"What? Who? Who's Takasugi? I'm Director."

"You still wear the sunglasses...and you stuck your head into another woman's chest...You never change..." Izuru asked,"Wait, you know him?"

"Oh, boy..."

"I know him alright..."

"She's my ex-girlfriend..."

Everyone gasped. "WHAT?!" The screen freezes. A stereotypical sit-com narrator narrates. "Who is this new lady who claims to be Takasugi's ex-girlfriend? Will the ceiling be fixed? Are the Wu guys okay? Is that octopus still alive? Will that guy's friend pick him up?-" Takasugi unfreezes and yells out,"HEY! Author! You're putting some sit-com narrator to explain these events? How old can you get? Oh, wait, I can take advantage of this." He goes over to Zhang Chunhua and pokes her chest repeatedly. "Ha. Let me do this..." He makes Zhuge Liang's hand go up to his face and make it look like he was picking his nose. "Heh, heh. Ok, now what? We ending already?" The whole area unfreezes with everyone being disgusted with Zhuge Liang. "Ugh, why are you doing that now?" Zhuge Liang removes his hand away, "I never remember putting my hand here!" Izuru then comments, "Ok, ok. What were we doing? This lady was Takasugi's ex-girlfriend?" Everyone got back on track. "So, I finally get to meet that girl you mentioned a lot in your jokes and references."

"Well, this is my ex...uh...I forgot your name..." Everyone groans. "Of course you would forget me...Anyway, I'm Miyako Sarutobi."

"Soo...how ya been doing...?"

"You even forgot what I was studying to become?"

"Yeeeaah...maybeeee...um...doctor...?"

"No, you idiot. I was studying to be a teacher and a counselor next."

"Oh, yeaah. I remember now, you were a teacher's assistant then after we broke up, you were a substitute teacher. Now, you're an actual teacher."

"Aaand the idiot gets that right."

"Hey, compared to you, I get the larger salary as a COMPUTER ENGINEER."

"I'm surprised they let you pass the classes! You were usually out in parties or getting stoned with your buddies!"

"Ahem. I actually studied for something worth doing. A teacher is for artist and actor rejects, and overall rejects who failed life." He turns to the DW characters. "No offense, you guys. You had ACTUAL accomplishments. So this doesn't apply to you. You're just making a living right now." He turns back to Miyako. "I remember you tried to make it to Hollywood, but failed after you broke up with me. Ha, the DW guys can make it faster then you."

"Well, I work here. Where do you work at? I bet you live near a dump."

"Nope." He continues to rub it in. "I own this nice-ass house with a porch. A 72-inch plasma screen TV...with Netflex...I own any console to ever to exist...I eat the most fancy crap at any restaurant. Not to mention these sunglasses. It's Armani compared to my old ones that were just cheap plastic. I work at this ultra-billion dollar company that specializes in computers and parts and it is currently going to buy Google."

(Well, that was in the past...Now you work with Atsushi Miyauchi.)

"I see you're doing fine...Who are those people with you?"

"U-Um...They are the new teachers that people were talking about earlier. I got them the job, you know, because of my connections."

"They all look...unusual, except the one over there."

"Oh, that's Izuru."

"He's your friend?"

"Yes. He's my co-worker at the ultra-billion dollar company."

(Koei isn't worth that much, but decent for a video game company.) "So, you and Takasugi...dated...?"

"Yes. He was the most-"

"Handsome."

"...You were a pig that kept on flirting with other women..."

"And. And I got with most of them."

"He was the most dumbest, stupidest, imbecilic, moron I have ever met!"

"Now that was harsh, I thought you could be the Yuanji to my Zhao."

"I think that's "yin" to your "yang"..."

"It's similar. But apparently she can't do that because I do stupid things that piss her off."

"You DO do stupid things.":

"Ha. Dodo."

"See? He's like a child."

"Well, he may act like one, but he's still capable of doing things right if the time is serious. And he's younger than me, so I except such behavior."

"How old are you?"

"Twenty-four."

"That's not a lot, only two years."

"Two years can make a difference. And how long is the lunch break supposed to be? We've been talking for what could have been an hour."

"Anyway, I have to get to my class, it was...awful to see you again..." She walks away from the group. "So, why did you break up in the first place?"

"I slept with her sister." Everyone stared at him disgustingly."What? I thought it was her! They look very similar!"

"Well, now I know why you're single for four years..."

RINGRINGRING

"Oh, that's the bell, all of you should be going now." The teachers then went to their classes. Izuru then asked,"Why are you so willing to lie about what you do?"

"Because...I still like her..."

"Really?"

"Nah, just playing! Hell no! You actually thought I'll go out with her again?! She's like the Devil mated with the Superdevil and had a baby! Hahahaha...you thought this was going to be one of those stories? No, no, no, no...Phht...hahahaha...You funny. But the truth is why I lied is..."

"What?"

"To show what she could have got if she were to stay with me! Hahaha! Now, she will never get that chance...Mwahahahaha..."

"Sima Yi's laughing rubbed off on you...Now that I think about it...He doesn't really laugh a lot since he got here. And you're the one being the Devil..."

"Whatever. She's not really worth my time now. You want to date her?"

"No, I don't want your sloppy seconds."

"The other reason why I lied is the fact I'm having a better life then her. I have it all, while she's stuck in there."

"That's offending teachers and them."

"Well, people want to be something else, but they end up as teachers anyway if they failed. What time is it?"

"About one."

"This school is out at three-something. Well, I can go to check on how Yue Ying's doing. It's nearby." They then walk out the school doors and into Takasugi's car. Izuru then commented,"Hey, if you claim to have a good salary, but why is your car so ordinary and dirty?"

"I won't be that guy who gets carjacked. Car thieves want a clean and fancy car. Also, the guys who own those really fancy cars are douchebags. Look at Justin Bieber."

"Ok, but if you're going to try to upstage your ex, shouldn't you at least clean this?"

"Oh, fine. I'll pay for the car wash when I get to the gas station Yue Ying's working in." He drives for ten minutes, and parks at the gas station. "A random guy come up. "Hey, what do ya want?"

"Can you clean my car?"

"Sure, just get out and wait as we do that." They get out and sit on the bench nearby. They then watch a TV that was nearby on a abandoned and old car. "We have a reporter on the scene where a gas station exploded due to leaking gasoline and a customer threw a still-lit cigarette, not knowing the gas puddle. Tricia?"

"Thanks, Tom. I'm at a Quik Stop where the explosion happened. We just got word about the people caught in it. A clerk, four unknown people and-" Takasugi and Izuru turned pale. "Wasn't that the station we were just at...?"

"Goddanmit! Xu Shu, now them! Three fan-favorites in one! I'm getting a beating after this...I should grab some painkillers on my way home just in case."

"Well, to be honest...Gan Ning, Ling Tong, and Lu Xun were bound to die by some thing fire-related. Lu Meng was doomed from the start when he followed them." The news reporter than acts surprised. "What? I just heard from paramedics, the three unknowns got up from their beds and ran off!"

"Wait, what?"

"Haha! I knew Lu Xun would screw up! That's why we wore flame-proof suits of ourselves!" The three tore off the burnt fabric off them.

"Why didn't we give Lu Xun one?"

"We ran out of money..."

"You spent half the cash on nude pictures of women of this century!"

"Um...we have to go..." The three then ran off with news vans and reporters chasing after them.

Takasugi then drops his jaw. "...What? Lu Xun was the one that died? Oh, godamnit! I'm still getting a beating after this!"

"...How in the world did those suits protect them...?"

"In Dynasty Warriors, they give no f***s to science."

"What about Xiahou Ba's rocket sp-Oh, now I see what you're getting at. Hey, is that Yue Ying?"

"Oh, it is. We'll go and say hello." The two got up and walked over to Yue Ying lying under a car."Hey there, Yue Ying. Fixing a car?" She gets out from under the car, and looks at the two. "Oh, what are you doing here?"

"I needed my car washed. And since this gas station was near the school, I thought I could get it washed here, and speak with you. So, how's things here?"

"Oh, it's actually decent here. The future has amazing inventions. I want some plans to take back home and try to construct some of them myself."

(Not a good idea...)

(Advanced technology in ancient China? That won't be good for other kingdoms...She'll probably upgrade those juggarnauts and will maybe have the upper hand in battle.) "If you did take those plans back home, what would you do with them?"

"Maybe apply them to the juggarnauts or come up with something else using the plans."

(Yep, I knew it.)"Unfortunately, we can't simply just get plans. You will need to go to this place, and they won't give it to you though."

"Oh. I'm sorry, but I have to finish this."

"Yeah, we'll get out of your hair." Yue Ying goes back under the car, and the two go back outside. The man from earlier goes up to them. "Your car's clean. 90 yen." Takasugi gets out his wallet, and gives the man the money. "Ok, now where we can go?"

"I want to go back home...I want to finish maxing bonds in Ambition mode."

"Oh, I want to play too!" They got in the car and drove back to Izuru's house. They went into the room with the PS3 and turned it on. "So, who do you want to max out?"

"I got about...a lot left..."

"Well, than we should start-WHAT THE F***?!"

"What?"

"The opening is just peons fighting it out in a still destroyed China!"

"Oh, they're not in it...We're getting complaints later..." As they pressed Free mode, no one was playable except Dong Zhou, Xu Shu, and Lu Xun. Takasugi looks at the screen in relief. Oh...they don't die...They just go back...I won't get a beating..."

"Hm...I think I know why. The DW characters aren't supposed to be alive. So, if they are alive, we no longer have rights to their image. We can't put them in a game or anything. Now, for ones that died, they are back to what they were supposed to be in the first place. Dead. A dead person can't object to having their image used."

"That's for celebrities..."

"They are kinda like celebrities in the otaku world."

"Well...I'll use Xu Shu...even though he's boring..."

"I'll choose Lu Xun." After the stage was loaded, the characters were standing in a charred mess."It's still pretty damaged..." On the screen, Xu Shu and Lu Xun end up talking."What the-? I was in a blast...then here..."

"So full of emptiness and despair..."

"There are no peons to fight..."

"It's just nothing..." Takasugi goes to shut the PS3 off. "I'll just watch TV..."

"You can go home and do that..."

"But it's sooo faaar..."

"It's only a few blocks!"

"Nah..." He goes out, and plops onto the couch. Izuru sighs, "I'll go to sleep..."

My fingers hurt...and Nitpicks

I had to actually use material from my school to do the classes in the story. "Guy that tries to cheat death but can't and still dies" was an actual story I had to read. The history material was from my most recent history class. The math was from my math textbook. PE was the only one that was made up.

Jewel was a hostess club you could go into in Yakuza 4

The school Izuru said he went to was a Catholic school called Cristo Rey. This is a real school, FYI.

When Takasugi says he's a "mere honest, handsome, perverted director," this was based on the line Kisuke Urahara says in BLEACH. The original was"mere honest, handsome, perverted businessman."

Takasugi almost said the "that escalated quickly" reference from Anchorman, but Izuru interrupted him.

Takasugi sticking his face into Zhang Chunhua's chest was based on a Family Guy scene when Quagmire sticks his face into Lois's chest. The only difference was Zhang Chunhua knees Takasugi while Lois did not seem mad.

When the screen froze and had the sit-com narrator, it was also based on a Family Guy scene. But the thing actually continued while in Family Guy it left off there.

Takasugi sticking Zhuge Liang's finger up his nose was based on a Simpsons episode where Bart froze time and made Lisa stick her finger up her nose.

The "72-inch plasma screen TV with Netflex" thing was based on a Hellsing Abridged scene.

Atsushi Miyauchi is the director for Dynasty Warriors.

The games that were mentioned when Takasugi was in Izuru's house are actual games I own.