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A/N: This chapter is rather short but I really felt like writing it. I think it's interesting to see what happens between the teachers, not to mention that having Umbridge working with Yagari-sensei was bound to cause some stirring. Kind of feeling slightly sorry for making Yagari put up with the pink powder puff but it was too amusing to resist. Look forward to a few good bits of banter from them in following chapters :)

Next chapter will be back to focusing on the students. I would love to know what people are thinking so far so: Please read and review :)

Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 4: Settling in: Teachers.

The Students had been dismissed and were taken to their respective dormitories. The teachers had all assembled in the room behind the Great Hall. Introductions were exchanged between the new teachers and other staff before a noise broke out.

"Dumbledore! I know that you have a habit of putting your students in danger, but inviting vampires to live in the same dorms with them is surely going too far! Someone will get bitten and then the place will be full of the filthy creatures! They surely cannot even learn a wizarding curriculum in the first place!" Umbridge squeaked.

"The Ministry will hear about this!"

"Now, now Miss… Umbridge was it? They have the ability to learn magic and do not need wands to be able to perform charms and spells. The curriculum is perfectly fine for them to broaden their horizons. But more to the point, how dare you call my dear students dangerous or filthy!" Kaien defended.

"They are dangerous! If they start biting there will be hundreds of them."

"That is a misunderstanding on the Ministy's side. There are very few vampires that can actually turn someone."

"Excuse me Mister Cross, but it sound as if you are questioning the Ministry's facts."

"He's not questioning. He is stating they are wrong. End of story." Yagari joined in, getting sick of Miss Umbridge's antics.

"Both of us are members of the Hunter's Association and know a hell of a lot more than you do twinkle toes. They are reasonably safe and if there are any problems we can deal with it. Your precious Ministry has limited knowledge and does not have any control over vampires or hunters nor their involvement with wizards. So, even if you do inform the ministry they can't do shit. No laws have been broken so stop getting your knickers in a twist." Yagari continued.

Umbridge's face turned into a frustrated shade of red.

"Just what this school needs! Another freak with twisted ideas and tainted morals teaching defence against the dark arts." She decided to take a jab at her new work partner. Yagari retaliated accordingly.

"Well at least I'm a better teacher than you. Some pansy that's afraid of a little vampire, whom she hardly knows anything about, can hardly teach such a complex subject supposed to prepare students for things far worse. Defence Against the Dark Arts is clearly not a desk job. Why don't you go back to the Ministry and be Fudge's secretary or coffee gopher or whatever you were? I think it would suit you a bit better."

"If I may also add miss Umbridge, Yagari has a fantastic set of morals. He was an ethics teacher previously." Kaien backed up his colleague and friend.

"Now settle everyone. It is only the first night of the new school year and you two are supposed to be working together. I think we would all appreciate if you stopped acting like children." McGonagall tried to break up the fight.

"May I suggest that you show the new teachers to their offices so we can go to sleep headmaster. I have an early class to teach in the morning." Snape suggested.

"An excellent idea Severus. Yagari, Kaien and Miss Umbridge if you would follow me." Albus replied.

...

And so the three new teachers were taken along to their new offices. Kaien walked next to Dumbledore discussing various topics of importance to both schools, comparing workloads and whatnot. Toga Yagari and Delores Umbridge followed, continuing their bitter argument about the subject they are to teach together. The quartet eventually arrived in the office that usually belonged to the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. There were two large desks with chairs to accompany them.

"This is the office you will be sharing." Dumbledore announced.

"You can decorate it as you wish now or whenever you get settled in."

"I'm sorry Dumbledore, but it sounds as if you want me to share an office with this brute." Umbridge piped.

"Yes I do. You will be teaching the same subject and should, ideally, be working together. If I were you I would set your disagreements behind you. But, that is your decision and the two of you should be old enough to sort out things yourselves." Dumbledore then looked at his watch.

"I still have to show Kaien to his office so we must be moving along now. Have a nice sleep and I hope to see you both eager and ready to teach in the morning." The two headmasters bowed out and retreated from the office leaving Yagari and Umbridge to sort out their office arrangements.

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Later Within the Defence Against the Dark Arts Office

Umbridge started unpacking her things.

"I am not working in an office filled with lace and all of this… pinkness!" Yagari insisted motioning to a number of pink the items she had already unpacked.

Yagari took a stick of chalk out of his pocket and drew a line down the centre of the room.

"You keep your stuff on your side, powder puff."

A high pitched "hmph!" was Umbridge's response.

They set up their office areas either side of the line. One half of the room was tragically pink. It had plates with kittens hanging on the walls as well as more pink lace covering the desk and chairs. On the desk there was also a picture frame holding the portrait of Cornelius Fudge.

The other half of the room had the original wall and floor, not painted in any silly colours. There was a bookcase set up with various books of Yagari's choosing. The only items on the desk were a few pieces of parchment, the odd quill and an ashtray. The ashtray already contained a fair amount of ash. This was Yagari's effort to match the disgusting perfume polluting his air that originated from the pink side. The two positioned their desks so they could openly glare at each other.

Oh, this year would be enjoyable for both of them…

...

Whilst Yagari and Umbridge were sorting out their troubles Kaien had already been shown to his office that was set up near Dumbledore's. After Kaien had unpacked he had gone to Dumbledore's office to join him in some refreshments and the snacks called Sherbet Lemons which Albus had spoken to him so fondly of in their previous discussions. The two chatted merrily all night with no hint of a disagreement. Such a startling contrast to the other two new teachers…