"Why are you sneaking around corners?" Miu asked Kenichi. "Because, Megu-sensei keeps trying to train me between classes and during lunch. I need a break. Why hasn't the real nurse come back yet?" He whispered in paranoia, looking down the hallway and spotting her standing on a ladder, typing up a paper sign in front of the nurse's station.
"What the hell are you doing?" Tanimoto asked out loud, staring down at Kenichi in mild distaste.
"Shhh Natsu-chan!" Kenichi tried to shush him. Tanimoto exploded. "Who in the hell is Natsu-chan?"
"Hey there are a few people around you should probably switch back to your nice personality Tanimoto-kun." Miu reminded him and Tanimoto got ahold of himself.
"Who are you hiding from?" He asked this time calmly.
Kenichi ignored him. "Now Miu!" he whispered and grabbed her wrist, dashing across the corridor and out of view.
"Well he's gotten speedier."
Tanimoto rolled his eyes and walked down the hallway. "Prince Tanimoto, good afternoon!" a group of girls yelled to him and he flashed them his trademark fake smile. They swooned and giggled. He turned his head and sighed; tired of having to keep up his nice, kind persona and pretending that he liked any of them. He depised his position as the beloved top student. His only desire was surpass every martial arts opponent in skill and power. School was simply uninteresting and a huge annoyance.
"Hey! I said hey you little delinquents stop running in the hall! Hey wait!" He heard a woman yell angrily and it snapped him out of his thoughts. Two boys ran by laughing, ignoring her and subsequently bumping the ladder hard that she stood on. She flew through the air and without thinking Tanimoto ran to try and catch her, sliding under her as she fell on top of him.
"Ow...I hit my elbow but that didn't hurt as much as I thought it would." She remarked, looking at her bruised arm. "Wait, I landed on a student?" She asked, looking down and seeing soft blonde hair peeking out from her under breasts. She sat up. "Sorry! But thanks for padding my fall young man."
Tanimoto gasped, sucking in air. "You almost smothered me Nurse!" he forced a laugh and gave her a fake embarrassed smile.
"Yeah these have a tendency to do that." She noted adjusting her breasts in front of him, much to his horror at the unusual unprofessional behavior. She stopped and suddenly stared at him. Which made him even more uncomfortable.
"Uh…Nurse…" he looked at her name plate. "Nurse Megu, could you possibly get off of me?" he asked a tone of voice as polite as possible fearing the other students and teachers might appear and see or hear him in the suddenly empty hallway.
"Drop the act. I can feel the intense dou ki inside of you. Who's your master?" She asked him in a serious tone.
He stared at her in annoyance and shock. "How did you know?" He muttered. "More importantly why couldn't I feel anything about her?" he wondered silently.
She smiled at him. "You don't get to be a Master without being able to tell these things."
His eyes widened. "You're a Master?" Her lip curled in disgust.
"Yes, I am. I don't go around flaunting my ki either. Just because I look young, doesn't have anything to do with it. Now, what's your name?"
He scoffed at her. "Why should I tell you?" He asked switching to his real personality.
She stared at him and tightened her thighs against his hips which made him jerk in surprised dismay. Her golden eyes narrowed in impatience. "You remind me of someone. A terrible person that I have the most conflicting mixed emotions about. I wonder why that is." She observed candidly which surprised him further. He wondered why she'd share that with him. He also wondered if he had the strength to take a master on. He knew not to underestimate her just because she was a woman.
"My name is Tanimoto Natsu." He answered her gruffly.
"Oh…you're that Hermit kid the alien demon hybrid Niijima told me about. The picture of you on his pda didn't do you justice. You're even more handsome up close." She answered, peering at him in what seemed like approval.
Tanimoto looked away; his cheeks blushed at her observation involuntarily. He secretly vowed to find and beat the crap out of Niijima as soon as she got off of him.
"But I heard your real personality stinks and you put on a show of fakery while at school. I can see that part is at least true. But I don't really care. I want to know who your Master is." She asked again firmly.
"Why do you want to know so bad?"
Her face crumpled at bit. "Please, just tell me." He looked at her, wary of her facial expression.
"My Master is Ma Sougetsu." He confessed though he couldn't figure out why.
Her face ran through a series of emotions, a few he couldn't identify. "Ma Sougetsu? Is he here in Japan? Is he?" she asked anxiously, shaking his shoulders. "Maybe. I don't know." He answered trying to push her off and stand. She jabbed him with three fingers on both sides of his collarbone and his body went numb instantly. He glared at her in alarm. She put her finger to his lips gently and shushed him before he could speak. His face flushed an even greater pink.
"It won't harm you, it's just to restrain you for a moment. I want you to deliver a message to Master Ma Sougetsu. Tell him the dragon has been subdued." She instructed him. She brushed her fingertips against his cheek and frowned. "So young and so pretty." She said vaguely and sighed, jabbing the same two spots again. It released his limbs and she stood walking away. "See you around Tanimoto." She called over her shoulder. He stared after her, wondering what her relationship was with his master and what martial arts style she practiced. Where did she even come from?
"Of course that bastard Niijima will know. I'll go ask him."
