Episode 9 -
"Hey Ami." Ayame jumped at the sudden appearance of Greg. She was so flustered, she forgot that she was supposed to be mean to him.
"Oh. Hey, what are you doing here?" Ayame asked.
"I came to find you. I really want you to reconsider. Are you alright? You look really...um...what's the word....red." Greg soon caught sight of Kakashi walking away from the library, and then looked back at Ayame.
'Red, sweating, breathing heavily, ruffled hair, after that time in the cantine, if something wasn't up then, it sure is now.' Greg thought.
"Ayame, is anything troubling you?" Greg asked.
"What? No-"
"If anything is troubling you," Greg interrupted, "You can tell me."
Ayame suddenly had a thought. She composed herself, and pushed off of the wall.
'Punish my sensei, eh?'
"Alright, you wanna start over? How about we make a deal?" she smirked walking towards Greg and pinned him against the wall by his collar.
Ayame could hear an angelic voice inside her head saying, "Noo! Ayame you can't! You shouldn't take advantage of the young boy! He really likes you!"
'Yeah, but I gotta be bad sometimes, right? I mean, I got two men who want me, one already has me, and the other one is wrapped around my little finger. This opportunity doesn't come around very often. Kukukuku...."
"Punk Kakashi-kun. Real good." Ayame narrowed her eyes. "Then we'll talk." Ayame sauntered towards the exit.
"But now isn't he bound to put 2 and 2 together and get something fishy?" Ayame heard the angelic voice say.
'Yeah, but he has no proof, so all he can do is try to win me back. And Sensei won't be too happy about an ex trying to take his woman now, will he?
Yay! Two men fighting over me AND a secret forbidden romance between student and teacher, happening all at once! I can't believe my luck!'
"You're manufacturing a rivalry between men? You sick child."
'Shut up.'
"Well, There are no announcements for today, so I'd be-"
Form time was interrupted by the creak of the door. Greg shuffled into the classroom to whispers of, 'Wow, is it really Greg? I haven't seen him in so long! You think Ayame's back with him now?'
"Oh, um, can I help you?" Kakashi spoke with a gentle voice, unusual for him.
"Um, well since I wasn't here at the beginning of the year, I needed to choose a form, and, well, since you looked coolest, I decided to come here. Is that alright?" Greg asked, just able to mask his hatred for Kakashi, Kakashi doing likewise.
"Sorry, I forgot your name?"
"Just call me Sensei." Kakashi held out his hand, smiling. "And you are...Gregg's the Bakers (AN:For Anyone British reading this, get it? Gregg's the bakers? Heh?)?"
"Greg Baker." Greg laughed, taking his hand and shaking it, trying not to crush every bone in Kakashi's hand.
"Why don't you take a seat somewhere?" Kakashi suggested. Greg walked past Ayame in the process and waved to her. Ayame could have sworn she saw Kakashi twitch slightly as she waved back.
'Yes! The rivalry has already started!' Ayame thought.
"Am I the only one who sensed some sexual tension between Greg and Sensei?" Ayame heard a girl whisper behind her.
"Yeah, I don't think Sensei's ever this nice to anybody else!"
"Fools..." Ayame muttered.
"Anyway, as I was saying, you should spend this time doing any work that needs to be done. Especially that history homework that I know you were set today. Or even better, revise your history notes, as it is ever so clear to me after killing everyone, that you have definitely not been paying attention in class!" Kakashi continued. The people who didn't do History, Greg included, were very confused.
"We did a role-play," a girl leant over to explain. "It was really fun. Sensei's the best!"
"Aw, that's no fair, Sensei! You gave us really hard questions, you know!"
"I did not go beyond what will be in the exam!" Kakashi shook a fist.
"Is revising really necessary at this point anyway?" Ayame asked.
"I guess so, considering the fact that you died." Kakashi crossed his arms.
"You gave us a question to which there was no right answer! You weren't intending to give anyone your weird pointy metal stick thing!" Ayame retorted.
"Well It goes to show something doesn't it? I have the weird pointy metal stick thing because I am clearly the only one who listens to myself, and what's the point in that? So you guys better buckle down, and prove to me that you can make it as a historian. Oh, and if your homework isn't completed to a satisfactory standard tomorrow...
...There will be blood." Kakashi flashed an evil smirk, making most of the girls in the room swoon.
"Um...Sensei?" Nathan asked.
"Ja!" Kakashi answered. There was a long silence.
"...Possibly taking the role of the german army general too far?"
Kakashi paused, then laughed sheepishly, ruffling Nathan's hair.
"Ehehehe, well I do like to get into these sorts of things..."
"Sensei? How come you shot everyone else just got shot and I stepped on a landmine in the trenches?" Brooke asked.
"Um, I guess you lasted longer, so deserved a more spectacular death." Kakashi smiled.
"Wow, how morbid. So what about me? You said I was dead, but you didn't say how." Ayame pointed out.
"Uagh, let's see. You were found out to be a Jew, so I took you to a Jewish death camp where you died a slow death by exhaustion." Kakashi replied.
"Gee, thanks Sensei." Ayame said sarcastically.
"Whatever. Do your work." Kakashi said. He took a sip out of his coffee, and then froze.
"Sensei, you alright..?" A girl asked.
"I'm fine, it's just...This coffee wasn't as salty when I left it..."
"Would you like a glass of water, Sensei?" Franky asked.
"Um...no-"
"I'll get you some water." Franky sauntered out of the classroom.
'Wait, no, he's not seriously going to do that, is he?' Ayame thought as her eyes widened. 'Hm. I wonder how this'll turn out. It should be quite interesting to say the least...' Ayame looked down, covering up her smirk.
"You know something, don't you?" Ayame looked up to see Kakashi towering over her, sending her a deadly glare.
"What? No! I don't know anything! Infact I don't even know what you're talking about!" Ayame panicking under Kakashi's gaze, attracting the attention of many other of her peers.
"Ayame don't play dumb. Am I being...punked, perchance?" Kakashi asked smirking.
"Eh? No, I thought Franky was always that shady-looking and weird." Ayame said, pouting.
"No one said anything about Franky." Ayame froze, and slowly looked up to see Kakashi smirking face.
'Ah, Franky's busted.' was the thought in everyone's heads.
"Ah, Ayame's a really bad liar, huh? Kakashi's smirk turned into a soft smile, "Thanks, next time there's something I shouldn't know I'll ask you." He said, walking back to the desk.
"Wait!" Ayame called out. "What are you going to do?"
"Well it depends what he's got in store for me. What is it?" Kakashi asked.
"Hm? No way! I'm not talking to you! Heck I won't even look at you!" Ayame eyes stayed fixed to the wall.
"Rohypnol." No reaction.
"Razor blades." Still none.
"Tea?" Kakashi looked hopeful. There was still no reaction.
"More salt?" Everybody was thinking the same thing, 'Don't look into his eyes!'
"Aspirin?" Ayame glared at Kakashi, "What the...Are you stupid!?"
"Laxatives."
"No..." Ayame flinched slightly.
"Ah! So it's laxatives!" Kakashi rejoiced. Everyone else in the class facepalmed.
"So what was the salt for? Why didn't he just put the laxatives in the coffee? Would've saved all this trouble." Kakashi asked.
"That's what I was trying to tell them!" Ayame said to herself.
"Oh, so you were in on this too." Kakashi said, taking pleasure in watching Ayame squirm.
Franky entered the classroom, holding a cup of water. "Here you go, Sensei," he smiled.
"Oh, why thankyou." Kakashi took the cup of water, smiling. Franky stood by, as if expecting something as Kakashi was about to put the cup to his lips.
"Oh, You weren't here yesterday. I need the history homework in from two days ago. Can I have it now?" Kakashi informed.
"Ugh. Sure." Franky went over to his seat, got the history homework out of his bag, and gave it to Kakashi.
"Hn, thanks. Hey, aren't you thirsty?" Kakashi called out.
"What? What do you mean?" Franky asked.
"Well that's why you got this isn't it?" Kakashi smiled.
"Oh, you're right." Franky said, taking the water and drinking it. Everyone in the room froze, shocked.
"What the...Franky!!" Kakashi stared dumbfoundedly.
"What?"
"Well, I didn't think you'd actually do it. You are way more susceptible to the power of suggestion tan I thought..."
Franky paused. "SENSEI! You tricked me!"
"Hey, What can I say, karma's a bitch." Franky ran out of the door to get to the bathroom.
"Sensei, that was mean!" Franky's girlfriend said.
"Sorry, I guess it was. But then again, I had no idea that was going to happen." Kakashi sweatdropped.
The bell then rung.
"Ah~ time to go to your next lessons..." Kakashi said, waving as his students left the classroom, "Have fun! Study hard! Show everyone Kakashi's student's are the best!" he smiled.
Ayame poked her head out if the door, "Come on, Greg! I'm waiting for you."
"Oh, sorry." Greg hurried to the door, giving Kakashi a quick smirk as he left, as if he just won something against him.
"...I don't like that guy so much..." Kakashi concluded.
"Oh, Ami, can you help us out for a sec?" Sarah called Ayame over.
"Sure!" Ayame walked over to Sarah and Nathan.
"SIT!" Sarah tossed Ayame into a chair.
"And just what do you think you're doing with Greg?" Nathan asked.
"Hm? Nothing! We can talk without having to be together, right?" Ayame replied.
"In short, no. You know the whole school is talking about you. They think you're together." Sarah explained.
"Let them think what they want to think." Ayame declared.
"What? Are you together? You haven't given up on Sensei have you-"
Ayame grabbed Nathan by the shoulders before he could finish his sentence.
"No. Never."
"But Sensei will think you're together too if you....Wait a second. You're not...manufacturing a rivalry, are you?" Sarah asked.
"Keh? How did you know?" Ayame glared.
"As a fellow female, you can't fool me." Sarah patted Ayame on the shoulder.
"Manufacturing a rivalry? THAT'S WHAT WOMEN DO? You sick people!" Nathan said a little too loud.
"Shut up. Anyway, I couldn't help it. It was just so...tempting." Ayame said.
"But you know, Sensei is very caring, and a good teacher, and if he sees you with Greg, he might just assume that you'd rather have someone your own age and back off. After all, he was being very nice to Greg this afternoon. I'd say this is probably the best time to confess. Even if you get rejected, you should just go for it!" Sarah advised.
Ayame sweatdropped. 'Did I not tell them?'
The end of school bell rang.
"I need to go to the classroom. Wait for me outside, okay?" Ayame told her friends.
Ayame walked into the classroom to find Kakashi sitting down at his desk looking at papers.
"Ayame. How are things?" Kakashi smiled.
"Fine thankyou. I just need some books to lend Greg for what he missed." Ayame replied.
"Oh. Greg," Kakashi's face fell. "He seems a pleasant kid, why'd you ever break up with him?"
"Well I thought so too. But he..."
"Don't force yourself. It's none of my business anyway and I don't wanna make you uncomfortable." Kakashi said in a dismissive manner.
"Kakashi."
"Hm?"
Ayame grabbed Kakashi by the tie and pulled him down so that they were at eye-level with eachother. "I'm yours, and yours alone. So don't expect to have to share me with anyone."
Kakashi's shocked expression turned into a smirk. He cupped Ayame's cheek in his palm.
"Believe me, Ayame, I don't intend to."
'His eyes...even though he is always so tranquil and unstirring...his eyes are always so wild...he's like a wolf...calm but wild at the same time.'
"Kakashi-kun?" Ayame asked.
"Hm?"
"How come ever since I confessed..."
"Yeah?"
"You haven't tried to kiss me yet?"
Kakashi stood straight again, "I'm a teacher. You are a student. It must be hard for you to be with the likes of me. I don't want to push you or take advantage of you, that's all."
"Oh." Ayame stared at her feet, slighty disturbed by his serious response. Kakashi sighed, moving closer, resting a hand on her head.
"All in the fullness of time." he smiled gently.
Ayame smiled, leaned forward and gave Kakashi a light peck on the cheek.
"You're stupid, Sensei." Ayame laughed and ran out of the classroom.
"Eh? She sure is a strange one..." Kakashi muttered.
"Hey guys, thanks for waiting." Ayame smiled.
"Hey Ami." Greg appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
"Oh hi."
"Mind if I walk with you guys until the station?" he asked.
"Sure." Ayame replied. Hina, Sarah, Theo and Nathan shifted uncomfortably as they walked together.
"Ami?" Greg asked while they were walking.
"Yeah?"
"What do you think of Sensei?"
"Eh? Well he's a really good teacher, his lessons are always fun, and he's younger so he can identify with us more..." Ayame looked up .
"He may be a good teacher, but as a man..." Greg paused.
"I think you should stay away from him."
Ayame stopped and turned to face him.
"What?"
"I hate to interrupt but..." Ayame turned to face...
"But you're all going to have to come with us."
...the barrel of a gun.
