I updated pretty fast XD Took me awhile to write though, I apologize. I'm going to a Christian girls conference this weekend, so I had to finish this soon so I could hopefully finsih my next oneshot by then, which...by the way my homework has been...is probably impossible. Oh well, a girl can try XD This is kinda packed full of stuff. Its mostly a filler. The last filler, I pray. The rest of it will all be non-fillers. There are only 4 or 5 chapters left...I was pretty certain it was five but I can't remember what the fifth one was. Unless I extended the last bit to two chapters...anywho, I got to write Sensei Koboyashi again. I ahd kinda forgotten about her XD Well, please enjoy, and as usual review! R&R

It had been a few weeks since that eventful night. The whole school had been in a tizzy once they had heard of Lien's escape. They couldn't believe that someone had actually managed to leave the school grounds undetected. Ty Lee had actually thought the plan was a bit obvious though. There had been a school-wide inquiry about her disappearance. Asuka and Ty Lee lied on oath, of course. It had made her feel uneasy at first, but she knew it was for the better good. Without that lie, Lien would surely have been found.

Ty Lee thought that once it was over, everything would be back to normal. But it wasn't.

Something had changed. Ty Lee felt the same. Actually, she felt lighter and happier after what had happened. She had helped Lien without any difficulty and had gotten to spend time with Ryu. But Asuka didn't seem to feel the same way. She looked sullen and depressed as she walked to classes and she didn't perk up to answer the questions as she usually did. She had even stopped fumbling with her glasses. Ty Lee was worried about her.

"Come on, Ty Lee! It's time to go to composition and literature!" Mai called from inside their room. Ty Lee jerked upward, regaining her bearings. It took her a moment to realize she was on the balcony sitting at the table, where she had apparently fallen asleep. She had thought it would be good to get some fresh morning air. It seems that it was good for sleeping.

"And hurry! Sensei Koboyashi will not appreciate you being late again!" Azula reminded.

"Coming!" Ty Lee ran through the door and into the room, quickly putting on her shoes in record time. Unfortunately, that record time meant lack of stability. She tripped over her own feet and almost landed face-first into the floor. Without even thinking, she converted the energy of the fall into a trick, and found herself standing on her hands.

"What…was that?" Mai asked, a bit stunned at the speed of the events.

"I'm…not quite sure," Ty Lee admitted as she returned to an upright position, "But it was fun!"

"Well, we don't really have time for fun so let's get moving!" Azula insisted as she pushed them through the door and into the hall.

Azula had been sucking up to their teacher more than usual, most likely because of their teacher's immense dislike of her. Ty Lee had noticed that by the way she complimented her on her teaching styles and the fact that she brought her a piece of fruit the other day. Apparently offering a gift of fruit was a common sycophantic practice for school. Ty Lee had never heard of it. But all of this meant that being late to class was unacceptable. Azula had made point to already say that twice that morning.

Because of her prodding they were almost forced to run down to the classroom. By the time they entered there were still minutes to spare before the actual class started. Mai glared at Azula but the princess didn't seem to notice, a proud smile on her face.

Sensei Koboyashi hadn't entered yet, and Ty Lee went over to her seat. There was an eerie feeling as she turned to see the empty desk next to her. Though Lien had been gone awhile it was still hard to get used to. Not that she ever talked to her during class or made any acknowledgement of her existence. It was just the fact that she wasn't there. She wouldn't be there ever again. The desk would be empty until a new student arrived. But, she reminded herself, Lien was somewhere where she would be much happier.

Ty Lee could see Asuka slumped over on her desk, her glasses on the top of her head for unknown reasons. She could be crying, or just cold, Ty Lee couldn't tell. But she was definitely still upset. Ty Lee would have to talk to her later, make her feel better. The blue color around her didn't befit her friendly and kind attitude. Ty Lee knew she could make it pink again. She usually could.

The door slammed open. All the girls' attention immediately was brought to the front of the room. Kasumi squealed in surprise. Sensei Koboyashi marched up to her desk, her hair falling out of her bun. She was breathing heavily as she threw her books onto the desk.

"Asuka!" She cried, "Why…why didn't you come and get me earlier? And why didn't you sound the gong?"

Asuka slowly rose from her desk, placing her glasses back on her face. Ty Lee still couldn't see if she was crying or not; only her back was visible from the end of the room. Crying or not, her color of blue had deepened a shade. That wasn't a good sign.

Asuka muttered something incomprehensible, which left the whole class staring at her in confusion. Sensei Koboyashi frowned.

"Speak up, Asuka. I'm not in the mood for any of your games." She paused, "I was just about to think things have gotten nice around here since that Lien wench left. I don't want you messing with me now too."

Ty Lee winced. She knew that their teacher hated Lien much more than she hated the queens of the school, Azula and Midori. But that was still very spiteful. Especially to Asuka. Asuka had been the one who looked out for Lien. The only one who really could have been considered her friend. Ty Lee could see Asuka's hands clench into fists.

"I…I-I resign as Iincho." She whispered. A silence filled the room. Sensei Koboyashi's brows furrowed into a glare.

"You what!?" She shouted, her color turning to a bright red. She had been exasperated before, but now she was angry. Ty Lee felt herself slinking down further into her seat. She wasn't angry often. The last time she was angry a window got broken. No one wanted to see what she would do this time.

Asuka took a deep breath.

"I resign as Iincho. Mrs. Cho is filing my official resignation as we speak." She restated, more firmly this time. Ty Lee tried to imagine the defiant glare in her eyes, magnified by her glasses. For some reason she couldn't. It wasn't fitting.

"You can't do that!" Sensei Koboyashi protested, "You just can't do that!"

"I already did. I…I apologize…But I can't…"

"No...No we'll talk about this later. For now, we all have to go." She ran her fingers through her hair, "We have to go now…"

"Why do we have to go?" Yun asked.

"Uh…I forgot to mention this earlier…but today is the day to choose your dates for the Golden Dragon Dance…."

"The Golden Dragon Dance!?" The whole class erupted. Except for Ty Lee and Asuka. Asuka because of her last outburst. Ty Lee because she didn't really understand what this was. Apparently it was important, because all the girls began to make a huge fuss about it.

"Why didn't you tell us earlier!?"

"I can't just choose now! Look at the outfit I'm wearing?"

"Well, we all know that I'm going to have boys hording around me, so I'll be okay." Midori announced haughtily.

"As if! They will be too distracted by me!" Azula retaliated, smiling, "You don't have a chance, without the beauty and grace I inherited. Your washed up mutty heritage won't even get you a blind boy." Midori grew red and fury and was about to say something else, when Sensei Koboyashi screamed, regaining everyone's attention once more.

"I really don't give if all of you are dateless! You have to be in the square, now!" She hollered with an intensity that even with all their experience with her anger had never seen. The girls cowered but obeyed, filing out into the hallway.

Mai and Azula were out of sight before Ty Lee could reach them. Even so, she wanted to talk to Asuka. She spotted the Iincho…well, former Iincho it seemed now…slumping out and ran up to her.

"Asuka! Are you okay?" Ty Lee whispered as they moved into the hall with the others.

"Could be better…" She shrugged, "And yeah, before you ask, I really am resigning."

"But why? I thought you loved being the Iincho! I could tell you were proud of your job."

"I-I did…but now it just isn't really fun anymore."

"Is it because of Lien?" Ty Lee asked. There was a short pause, then she nodded solemnly. "But we helped her. She got her wish. Why are you upset?"

"I…I don't know. I just wish that people would speak of her with more respect. She was a very nice girl once you got to know her. And Sensei Koboyashi is the worst when it comes to it. She is so relentless with all the spite that comes out of her mouth." She sighed, "I just don't know if I can work with her anymore."

Ty Lee smiled, and Asuka looked a bit miffed at the sudden happiness that she had in the shadow of all that was said. But now Ty Lee finally understood how Asuka really felt. And she knew exactly what to tell her to set it right.

"Look, Asuka. Do you think that Lien would want you to be upset? I'm sure she would want you to be happy! And if you want to help Sensei Koboyashi be a nicer person, maybe you should continue to be her Iincho and set a good example for her. She could learn something from you."

Asuka seemed to think this over as they walked. Ty Lee didn't know what she was thinking, but every step they took her color slowly brightened up. When they reached the edge of the building to the square she looked at Ty Lee, fumbling with her glasses. That was a good sign.

"Your right. I shouldn't just get rid of problems so easily fixed. My plagues were nothing compared to Lien's. Thank you, Ty Lee. I'll have to withdraw my resignation as soon as possible." She smiled and adjusted her glasses properly on her nose.

"What are friends for?" Ty Lee replied.

"I think I finally know." Asuka said quietly as she stared out into the square, "Now we have to go. Hopefully this won't cut into too much class time. Midterms are starting soon and we need all the help we can get."

Ty Lee laughed and waved goodbye to Asuka as she went off to find Mai and Azula.

She hadn't really been paying attention before. She was so focused on helping Asuka that her surroundings had been a blur. But not she could clearly see the square and its inhabitants. The whole ground was filled with an odd mixture of boys and girls. She had never seen so many her age in one place before. The girls were giggling and blushing while the boys were talking fervently. Ty Lee wasn't sure what was going on. She quickly spotted Mai and Azula and walked over to them.

"What's happening?" She asked when she was close enough for them to hear. Azula smirked.

"Don't you know what the Golden Dragon Dance is?" She meant this as an insult.

"Well…I think. It's a dance, right? With boys, right?"

"No, the boys are just here to stand around." She rolled her eyes. Mai took over from here.

"Yes, that is right. Today is the day we pick our dates for the dance, which is in a week." She explained.

"Personally, I think that it is stupid to make us choose in one day. We should just be in one school in the first place." Azula waved her hand lazily, "Then again…I guess it wouldn't be called the Royal Fire Academy for Girls then, would it?"

Choose their dates? Then all the boys from the boy's school were here. Which meant…Ty Lee's heart raced.

"So, should we go get dates now?" Ty Lee asked anxiously.

"Most likely." Mai answered.

"It shouldn't be any trouble for me, but I should get started anyways." Azula gloated.

Ty Lee took this as permission to set off. She walked off into the crowd, trying to look above everyone's head. There was no sign of him anywhere. She grew desperate. He had to be here. If he wasn't there she would have to go with some lame person. But she didn't want to be with anyone but him. Never. Ever.

Someone touched her hair, flipping her braid into the air. She froze, then turned around.

"Ryu!" She shouted. He smiled.

"Looking for me?"

"Well, of course, why shouldn't I be?" She asked, laughing.

"Why, did you think I was going to ask you to the dance or something?" There was a serious look on his face. She was a little confused.

"Uh…yeah?" She admitted.

"What would make you think that? Why would I go with you?" He frowned.

Ty Lee felt the air around her grow cold. What was happening? What was he saying? She thought…she thought they had something…Was everything he had ever done for her a lie? She felt tears well up.

"But…I-I thought t-that…!!" She whimpered, not looking him in the face.

"Hey! Hey! Don't cry! I was just kidding!" He grabbed her and pushed her against his chest. It was so sudden that it caught her by surprise. Her face turned red. Her felt so warm. "Man, you take things way to seriously."

"So…you do want to go with me?" She asked, slowly wrapping her arms around him. She felt that it was appropriate to do. She didn't care who saw. This was her Ryu. Her boy.

"Of course I do, Stretchy. I wouldn't trade you for any other girl in the world." He replied warmly. Ty Lee breathed in, so glad that everything before had been a joke.

"Thank goodness." She smiled, and drew back from the embrace.

"Well, that's settled then." Ryu rubbed his hands together as if removing dust from them, "You better get ready for this, Ty Lee. Its going to be the best night of our lives."

Ty Lee didn't doubt that one bit.

Ah. That was fun. I initially planned for the start to be quicker and the end to be longer but it ended up this way. I can't wait to write about the dance XD It will probably be a really long chapter. Oh! I am finally to teh 100th page in the word document this is written in. Its been a long time, hasn't it? XD I reread the first few chapters, and they suck SO BAD XD Everyone was like 'It is so awesome!' 'Best Ty Lee Story ever!' and now I wonder why you all thought that XD Oh well. I thought it was awesome back then too. But I still get reviews for the first chapter like that.

Koboyashi-Sensei is a number of homages to Azumanga Daioh! which I recently started wathcning but starting homaging before now. The punishment she gives Lien is one Yukari-sensei gives Tomo. Yukari-sensei tries to act nice but is a bit yelly like Koboyashi in real life (Also like Sawako-sensei from K-ON!). And there are class representatives like Asuka in other media too, like Yutaka and Miyuki from Lucky Star, and Chiyo from Azumanga.

REcently, I've been obsessed with that new movie 9. It looks pretty good. I want to see it. It came out today XD

Okay, well, I hope you liked it.