Some new plot development headed your way, so enjoy!
13th period.
"Kuwabara-san!" Negi called out, rushing towards the man as he sagged, only for Takamichi to prop him up with a grunt.
"He's okay, just out cold." The unshaken instructor assured his young friend, smiling down at the boy placatingly "I'll see to it that he gets looked at, you better go check on Makie-kun."
Negi blinked, before nodding, dashing out the door, shortly followed by the more hyperactive denizens of 3A. "Hey!" Touko-sensei yelled after them, flushing in exasperation "At least put your clothes on first!"
"Young kids today." Takamichi chuckled, before shooting a secret look at the dean, who nodded. They had both caught the last bit of Kuwabara's words, and were already putting two and two together.
'It seems you're a bigger asset to the school than I imagined,' the dean noted somberly as Takamichi carried the limp form away 'Kuwabara-kun.'
With Eva...
Evangeline watched as Takamichi carried the recumbent form away with a wary glance. She'd caught the tail end of her roommate's speech, more specifically the reference to her vampire outfit and fangs.
'How could he know?' she wondered, 'I know for a fact he was nowhere near Cherry Blossom Avenue last night…could Sasaki have…' she shook herself 'No, even if she DID possess memory of the incident my magic would effectively ensure she doesn't remember it.'
"Master." Chachamaru opined, as she finished dressing the petite vampire "What shall we do?"
Evangeline was silent, waiting for the rest of the class to get out of earshot before walking over to the barbell and trying to lift it, grunting at the weight. 'How does that gorilla woman lift these every day?' she wondered hefting it up and eyeing the dent in the side with amusement 'He has a thick head at least.' She noted, trailing a finger over a patch of blood and taking a taste.
A rush ran up her body as soon as the coppery liquid touched her tongue, her eyes widening at the brief surge she felt in her magic, only to slump as it faded as quickly as it came.
'Well now.' She noted with a startled smirk even as Chachamaru rushed to her side 'It seems Kuwabara-sensei may prove useful after all…'
With the class...
"Kaede." Ku whispered, catching the Koga ninja's attention as they walked at the back of the row making its way towards the nurse's office "You sense power right?"
Kaede nodded, she HAD felt it. She didn't doubt people all the way over in Kanto felt the sheer amount of power rising off of Kuwabara-sensei at that moment. As a child she'd been exposed to many threats, attaining the rank of chunin in her early teens and was currently working towards jounin status. Never had she felt such underlying power, never had she imagined a person could wield so much power. She doubted anyone at Mahora but Evangeline could stand against that much power.
Which left her in a bit of a quandary; why did Kuwabara-sensei hold that power so tightly in check? With strength like that he could have disarmed her and Ku when they challenged him on the rooftops, but instead…
flashback no jutsu!
"Why no fight back Aru?" Ku Fei demanded, launching a punch that Kuwabara barely managed to block "You no think I worth challenge?"
"I don't fight girls!" Kuwabara repeated "It's got nothing ta do with worthy! I ain't the type of guy that hits women!"
"That's the wrong attitude to take in these situations, sensei." Kaede chastised, and launched several stiletto knives at him. They slashed his coat but he refused to retaliate, backing up until they had him cornered against a wall.
Ku lunged forwards, a punch that could put a dent in the door of a hummer launching right at her sensei, who merely crossed his arms in a pitifully open block…
Flashback no jutsu: Kai!
'Of course!' Kaede realized, head titling slightly in amazement 'He didn't use it because he's never received any proper training!'
"What did you note about his fighting style?" she asked the Chinese transfer student who frowned, titling her head to the side, eyes closed in serious contemplation.
"No style, street fighting, brawler at most." Ku admitted sounding unimpressed "But strong, and tough, take many blows to wind him aru."
"True enough." Kaede agreed with a thoughtfull frown. This wouldn't do at all; someone with Kuwabara-sensei's level of power running about untrained could be a hazard to both himself and the people around him. True today had probably been the only time he'd lost control of his powers but the fact was their sensei's naïve view of the world and lack of training and discipline were going to lead him down the path to self destruction.
She caught the eye of Setsuna, who nodded, looking away sharply to keep her eyes trained on Konoka. The Shinmeiryu warrior still couldn't shake the feeling of awe she'd felt when Kuwabara's control had slipped. She'd been so shocked she'd actually dropped Yunagi, so the man had ironically saved Tendo-sensei's life from her attempt on Konoka.
The only person she could think off that had ever inspired such instinctual reaction in her was the demon sword of Kyoto herself, Aoyama Tsuruko, and even then it was more of a gut wrenching terror compared to the sheer amount of awe being bathed in Kuwabara's aura had inspired.
'Strong yet unreliant on that strength.' She noted 'He carries himself like a mere brawler but his code of honor is as great as one of the Shinmeiryu elders'.' She recalled the anger in his voice as he kept Tendo from striking ojou-sama, and how he refused to strike the possessed Eiko in order to extract the demon not too long ago. 'Then there's his ki blade.' She noted, which in her opinion was a greater mystery 'The level of control it would require to fashion such a weapon out of raw ki, despite its rough form, is quite an achievement!'
Eishun-sama would have to be informed of this she decided, a warrior with that much potential at the academy could go a long way towards protecting Ojou-sama from those fanatics in the Kansai Magical Association.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away...
"Genkai-shihan?" Yukina called out, looking for the aged psychic in earnest confusion and concern, her eyes wide "Where are you?"
"I'm right here child." Genkai replied, calling out to the koorime from the porch, "it seems that dimwitted suitor of yours got himself into trouble."
"Kazuma-kun's in trouble?" Yukina wondered, concern for her strange, clumsy friend in her beautiful red eyes. little did she know all she;d have to do was show up and the man would recover in an instant.
Ah, the wonders of love.
"Nothing serious,"Genkai assured the Koorime "but he let his guard down around one of the worst examples of bad parenting in the history of mankind." she scoffed, tossing a cigarette butt into a nearby trash bin "I don't know, here I am thinking I can finally enjoy some peace and quiet and then some idiot goes and does something stupid."
"Genkai-shihan?" Yukina wondered, looking at the aged reiki master in confusion as she walked to the phone, a frown on her aged features.
"Get dressed Yukina," the psychic called out "We're going to take a little trip."
Dean's office...
Konoe Konoemon sighed as he sank into his chair, wondering why the hell he was still doing this job. He should have retired ages ago, but that would mean abandoning his post as elder of the Kanto magic association, and he didn't trust any of the other mages to follow in his example. He was just pondering the idea of naming NEGI his successor when the phone on his desk rang, distracting him from his thoughts. "Mahora Gakuen, deans office." He greeted tiredly.
"Sounds like those old bones of yours are finally wearing down Konoe."
Konoemon froze, sitting up ramrod straight at the sound of that voice "Genkai-chan?" he stammered, flinching at the growl over the line "Erm…Genkai-san! What a pleasant surprise!"
"Can the pleasantries you old pervert." Genkai ground out, though there was a tinge of humor in her tone "I'm calling because a mutual acquaintance of ours just got his head smashed in."
"Ah," Konoemon noted, nodding solemnly at her words "You mean Kuwabara-kun, let me assure you he's being well cared for."
"Don't bother with reassurances." Genkai shot back, chuckling "If a blow to the head could kill the baka he'd have died years ago. I'm calling to let you know I'll be paying you a visit in a few days."
"Hoh?" Konoemon chuckled, preening his beard in interest as he raised an eyebrow "Finally taking me up on that marriage proposal I offered are we?"
"I wonder if it's possible to blast someone with reiki over the phone." Genkai replied in a low growl "Care to help me find out, Konoe?"
"Dully noted." Konoemon sighed; shaking his head in mock hurt, quite used to such threats to his person from the aged master "Shall I book a hotel room for you?"
"And for a girl that will be accompanying me." Genkai replied, her voice normal again "Bye for now, and give my regards to Eishun."
"I will." Konoemon noted, sighing as he hung up the phone. Reaching under his desk he pulled out a drawer, in which lay a framed photo, which he lifted out.
Immortalised in the frame stood five people, Three men and two woman, one was a giant with short black hair and a black Gi, a second man with scraggly grey hair trailing down his back hanging off his shoulder. The third man could have been mistaken for his son, Eishun, save for the fact the hair was longer and he wore onmyo robes. A woman in a black pullover, grey jeans and boots stood next to him, bearing a striking resemblance to the owner of a certain teashop in Hinata city. And at the very front stood a petite girl with bright pink hair, tied back in a braid that fell down her back.
'So many years.' He wondered idly, sighing as he recalled the fall of the first two from grace 'And now only three remain.'
Infirmary...
Most people, on waking up, accelerate through a quick panicky pre-consciousness check up: Who am I, where am I, who is/are he/she/they, good God why am I cuddling a policeman's helmet, what happened last night?
Kuwabara, on waking up, let out a dull moan as he tried to sit up, abandoning that course of action as his head ached. He gingerly cracked an eye open to take in his surroundings, his room in the cabin he shared with Eva and Chachamaru, just as said student walked in, dressed in a maid outfit that would have earned quite a few looks from several people he knew.
"Ah, you're awake sensei." Chachamaru greeted, walking forwards and setting a tray on the desk, before helping him sit up in bed "Please rest, the wound was quite severe."
Kuwabara fought the urge to nod, knowing it would likely split his head open, letting the green haired girl change his wrappings and sheets, before looking at the bowl she'd brought in with her. "Satsuki-san sent this over for you." Chachamaru offered, placing the tray before him, a bowl of some fine-smelling soup, dumplings and meat buns set on it "She says it's perfect for getting you back on your feet."
'If it tastes as good as it smells I wouldn't doubt her.' Kuwabara noted, warding of the girl's attempts to feed him as he took spoon in hand and ate away. It was quite possibly the most delicious soup he'd ever tasted, and to his surprise he soon found himself staring at an empty bowl.
"So how's the patient?" Takamichi called out, smiling as entered the room "welcome back Kuwabara-kun, you had us worried yesterday."
"I've been out a whole day?" Kuwabara muttered, looking at the man in confusion. Sure it wasn't anything new, he'd passed out after Mitari spilled the beans too, but that still didn't cease to come as a shock.
"'fraid so." Takamichi chuckled, lighting up one of his cigarettes despite Chachamaru's blank stare "a lot happened too, seems Nodoka-Kun was attacked last night."
"Nodoka-san?" Kuwabara yelped, sitting up straighter in concern before getting out of bed, the tray clattering to the floor in his haste "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Sensei, you need your rest." Chachamaru insisted, only to blink as the man tossed his vest in her direction, pulling out his clothes like a madman.
"I can rest after I make sure my students are alright!" Kuwabara called out, dashing out the door with the gynoid and a concerned Sayo on his heals.
'So he's the type that rises to the occasion when others are in trouble.' Takamichi noted with a smile, watching as the injured man ran down the path from the window 'Good for you, Kuwabara-kun.'
"Sensei I must insist that you return to your room." Chachamaru opined, catching up with the exhausted man as he leaned against the wall of the campus. She had changed into her school uniform before leaving, and was amazed that he'd gotten this far, a blow to the head like the one he'd received should have left him in a coma. Could this be what her databanks referred to as 'willpower'?
"And I will," Kuwabara panted, shaking his head tenderly "After I make sure my students are alright." He blinked as his sixth sense alerted him to an approaching presence, staring as he espied a ninja and what looked to be Okochi Akira carrying a distinctly Negi-shaped bundle down the corridor. The mage's staff, familiar green suit and squeals were a dead give-away. "BOZU!" he yelped, tiredness gone instantly has he galloped after the duo "Hang on I'm coming!"
He used his sixth sense to cut a head of them, only for them to duck into the bath hall. Thinking he had them cornered, the injured sensei followed, gaping as he noticed Negi's suit lying in a pile near the doorway. 'SHIT!' he swore, running in without thinking, "GET YOUR HANDS OF NEGI YOU KIDNAPPING-!"
"Kuwabara-san?"
The tantei trailed off, blinking in confusion at the sight of a confused Negi, who was sitting in what had to be the biggest indoor onsen the man had ever seen. "What in the heck's goin' on here Bozu?" the man asked, "And how long has this place been here?"
"Ano this is the bath hall for the dorm." Negi replied, looking all the more confused "But how did I get here? One minute I'm walking with Asuna-san and the next-!"
"SURPRISE!" several voices yelled, the two males whipping round to gape at the denizens of 2A in a variety of swimsuits. The fanfare died down as the girls took in the startled form of Kuwabara, before Ayaka rounded on Kaede like a wildcat. "Nagase-san!" she chided, looking mortified "I thought I told you to make sure you weren't followed!"
"Looks like Sessha made a mistake de gozaru." Kaede noted cheerfully, rubbing the back of her head in a way that only seemed to emphasize the size of her bust.
"Erm…I'll just be going now." Kuwabara managed to croak out numbly, backtracking VERY slowly as he tried to recall how far the entrance was. This had improper conduct written all over it...and the fact he was searching with his eyes closed wasn;t making things easier.
"Sensei join too Aru!" Ku Fei called out, kicking the injured man in the back and sending him flying forwards with a scream, landing amidst the giggling Narutaki twins.
"OW! Hey!" Kuwabara yelped, splashing about as the girls swoped in on him "What's the big I-ACK! NO! STOP! THOSE ARE MY PANTS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
With Negi...
Negi shivered in terror at his comrade's screams, wondering if he should make a break for it only for Ayaka to swoop down on him like some cheerful shotacon angel of death. "I suppose we could include Kuwabara-sensei in this little party." She sighed, pouring her 'beloved negi-sensei' some Amazake as she tried to blot out the screams "After all, he's been such a support to you Negi-sensei."
"Hey Negi-kun!" Makie called out, looking none the worse from her encounter with Evangeline "Let me wash your hair for you!"
"I'll scrub your back!" Sakurako called out, the other girls clamoring around the suddenly nervous boy.
"Well I've got the front!" Misa called out, starting a riot as the girls fought over the privilege to bathe the ten year old, or rather certain parts of him.
"HIEEE!" Kuwabara yelped out, running past the boy's field of vision, stripped to his boxers and running desperately away from a cackling Haruna.
"Sensei!" the manga-ka called out evilly, as she wielded her waterproof sketchbook and pens like totrute implements "You won't escape this time!"
"Surrender Sensei!" the Narutakis cackled, Ku Fei launching after him whilst Kaede watched from a distance, face set in a neutral smile "There's no escape!"
'Uh guys, I think we have a serious sexual harassment thing going on here, y'know?' was the thought of one Hasegawa Chisame, the oft, make that frequently ignored voice of reason in the madness that was 3A, a trembling Nodoka at her side watching the latest outbreak in abject terror.
At that moment a series of gasps sounded over by Negi's area, Makie, Ako and Sakurako chastising the confused ten year old for copping feels. Makie let out a particularly surprised squeal before jabbing her hand into the water, blinking as she realized several things.
One, her hand was currently placed between Negi's legs. Two, whatever she was holding was long and thick, and decidedly hairy. She said as much out loud, lifting the thing into view amidst a group of baited breathed onlookers, blinking numbly at the beady little eyes set in a furry face. "ACK! A MOUSE!" was the general outcry, the girls scattering like pins as the rodent leapt in pursuit.
Kuwabara barely had time to catch his breath before realizing that there was something highly irregular about the pest. For one it was making it its life's work to liberate the girls of their swimwear. Now they may be a pain in the rear, and they did chase him around an onsen in a way that would have gotten him in trouble, but they were HIS students and he'd be damned if some perverted rat preyed on them.
Thus it was much to the shock of the furry projectile that when the time came to liberate Konoka and Nodoka of their swimsuits it collided with a flat, muscular, decidedly MASCULINE chest. No sooner had it realized this did Kuwabara grab the thing and hurl it into the air, grabbing a nearby broom and sending the perverted ball of vermin energy out of the park with a Teikyo High Two-Run Walk-Off Homer.
The baseball theme jingled in the background, whilst Ako, Yuna and the cheerleaders held up signs with the words 'HOME RUN!' displayed across them.
"Sensei-Sugoi!" Konoka praised, looking at the hole in the widow where the furry pervert had vanished "That one went outta the park!"
"Heh, baseball was always my favorite sport!" Kuwabara boasted, only to blink as blood sprayed from the back of his head, followed by collapsing face first onto a startled Nodoka's shoulder.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HONYA-CHAN!" Came a shriek as Asuna leapt through the air in a flying kick, sending the man sprawling before blinking at the blood in the water "Eh? Wait, was that…Kuwabara-sensei?" she blinked, eyeing her nude classmates and Negi with a numb expression "What the hell? You put on a strip show for them?"
"Asuna-san! It isn't like that!"
The Infirmary...again...
Kuwabara awoke to the startling realization that he'd been tucked into a bed in the nurse's room. He wasn't alone either; Botan was sitting in the chair next to him.
"Honestly Kuwa-kun the things you get up to!" the ferry-girl exclaimed, huffing slightly "Running around in an underground labyrinth, letting off a burst of reiki that startled several reikai operatives in the area and now running around an onsen with your students? And I thought Yusuke was trouble."
Sayo looked down at him concernedly from her spot over the bluenette's shoulder, smiling as she saw he was all right. "Don't go comparing me to Urameshi." Kuwabara countered, sitting up stiffly "I'm not anything like him."
"You're right," a familiar aged voice chuckled "the baka would have milked that situation for everything he was worth."
Kuwabara blinked at the sight of a familiar, aged face at the foot of his bed, dressed in her usual red and green over dress with pink leggings. "Genkai-baasan?" he noted in surprise "What are you doing here?"
"Making sure you DON'T do something stupid like what happened yesterday again." Genkai replied with a smirk, walking towards the bed "I felt that burst of power all the way at my temple, so did the others, if it weren't for me telling them I'd handle it they'd be in here crowding you."
"Thanks." Kuwabara offered gratefully, the last thing he needed was Yusuke crowing about how he'd gotten owned by a shaved gorilla, as he'd come to regard Tendo-sensei.
"Don't thank me yet, we've got quite a bit of work to do." Genkai muttered, placing a hand to his head and focusing her reiki. In days gone by she could have healed him up in an instant, but in passing her power to Yusuke she now had to rely on more subtle methods, namely borrowing some of Kuwabara's own reiki to mend the wound.
The tantei gave it freely, knowing firsthand that Genkai preferred not having to exert herself these days and that the healing would go much faster. Sure enough the wound healed over, the bone fusing back together and the dent in his head reverting to normal.
"You'll need to stay in bed for tonight but you should be up by morning." Genkai informed him, nodding to Botan and a shocked Sayo "We're staying at the hotel just off campus, here's the address."
"We?" Kuwabara repeated, noting the playful look on Botan's face and feeling his heart soar "Yukina-chan came to see me?"
Genkai poked a point on his neck and the man passed out, snoring peacefully, the silly grin still on his face. "No matter how many times I see that it still creeps me out." She admitted, gesturing for Botan to follow her, taking the memorial tablet so Sayo had to follow, leaving the recovering man to his dreams.
Cue Nadesico music
Love conquers all!
Genkai: Who the hell are you?
But the brave warrior cannot claim his love without passing the crones test!
Genkai: Crone am I?
Narrator: Huh? No wait-argh! that doesn't go there! HELP!
(CRUNCH)
Botan: Next time on Reikai Sensei Kuwabara: Training; youthful fires burn bright!
Yukina: Kazuma-kun, be carefull okay?
R&R, or Karasu will blow you up.