A day at school
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The class could only listen to the teacher drone on and on about something, and watch with sleepy eyes the writing on the large paper board, trying to be comfy in their cushions. This characteristics could only mean that the class of very bored and quite tired teenagers were listening to History class.
The teacher, Geng Ti, was an old, wise man who didn't know when to stop talking, was talking to the class about the monkey king. " And thus he was sealed under a rock." He croaked, whipping the board with his bamboo pointer. " Understand??" he asked, turning from one student to another. The students slowly woke up from their afternoon nap, and nodded with yawns.
The only student truly awake was Li Pei. She was wide awake, taking down notes on her scroll with a feather quill and nodding at Geng Ti's every word. As she scribbled down her notes, something hit the back of her head. She cringed slightly, and turned her head as her ponytail bounced in the air. She found a spitball, she knew where it came from.
She soon found herself glaring at the worst and most evil woman ( according to her) in the whole entire world. La Hay, wearing her usual nasty sneer and glaring back at her with steely eyes and joined in by her cronies, terrible twins, Cho Mi and Cho May, wearing the same expressions as her. " What??" she muttered, feigning innocence.
Pei sighed. " Nothing. Never mind." She muttered back turning her attention to Geng Ti, again. She suddenly saw him wearing a cross expression on his aged face. ' Uh-oh..' she though anxiously. Knowing the old coot, she knew that whenever he wore that expression, it could only mean.
A loud snore suddenly rang out in the class, and soon everyone was staring at Pei's best friend, the son of Ling, Ling Kai. He was snoring quite loudly, drool was trailing from his mouth to his chin. The class turned back to Geng Ti, and watched him get ready to. " LING KAI!!!!!!!!!" scream loud and knock the kids dizzy. Everyone clasped her hands over their ears, moaning as their eardrums ached. " For and old guy, he sure can yell." Pei muttered.
Ling Kai snapped out of his sleeping stage. " Huh, what??" he muttered drowsily. He was staring at the cross face of his teacher, and the accusing glares of his classmates. " What happened??" he mumbled, scratching his head. The class looked at Geng Ti, he was glaring at Ling Kai.
" Ling Kai.." he began. Pei began to worry. Knowing Geng Ti, when he spoke with that tone, Ling Kai was in BIG trouble. Ling Kai ignored the accusing glares at him. He stifled a huge yawn, and muttered quite rudely. " What??" Geng Ti took off the moon spectacles he always wore, and rubbed his eyes. " I hear you like pork buns." He said. Everyone stared at him.
Ling Kai nodded. " A lot." He murmured. Geng Ti then reached into his travel bag, and brought out a big juicy pork bun. Ling Kai sniffed the air, the smell of the delicious treat entered his nose. " MMM!!!" he exclaimed rubbing his stomach. " I'll give them to you.." Geng Ti said slyly. " Thanks!!!!!" Ling Kai said happily as he began to stand and take his treat. " If you can answer my question." Ling Kai groaned, and plopped back down. Pei heard The three terribles snickering at their places, and she threw dirty glares at them. And they once again feigned innocence.
" Okay." Ling Kai finally muttered. Geng Ti put on a smile, he took a piece of paper from his robe pocket, and cleared his throat to read something on the paper. " Okay, Ling Kai, for a pork bun, answer this question." " Shoot." Ling Kai replied uneasily. " What is this topic we are discussing right now??" Ling Kai bit his lower lip, panicking. " Is it a) Journey to the west, b) The four Gods c) this isn't history, or d) I don't know??"
Ling Kai began to think. ' What???!?!" he thought, wanting to get it right and sink his teeth into a delicious pork bun. " Uh..." he mumbled. He looked at his classmates for help. Some of them were ignoring his pleading stares, La Hay and her gang were sneering at him, and Pei..she was mouthing the letter ' A!!!' quite softly. " Uh, A??" he finally replied.
The class looked at him, then at Geng Ti. Geng Ti raised an eyebrow. " Is that your final answer???" he asked. Ling Kai nodded. " You sure you don't want to use up your life lines??" he inquired again. Ling Kai replied quietly: " Yes sir."
" That is..correct." Geng Ti said, smiling as he handed Ling Kai his reward. Ling Kai grinned stupidly as he grabbed the bun and began to devour it. He winked at Pei, and she simply smiled at him.
***
Pei was sitting on a bench crudely carved out of stone, and was reading some of the scrolls containing her notes for the day.
Class had just ended, and most of their classmates were congratulating Ling Kai for getting the answer right. And now they were heading home, down the mountain where the school was located.
Pei was soon joined by Ling Kai, now munching a piece of bread from his backpack. He quietly watched Pei, study so diligently for their test tomorrow, that he decided to join her. Soon, both of them were studying. As they studied, things seemed peaceful enough, until some shadows blocked their sun.
They looked at each, then winced. Grimacing, they both looked up, and were looking at the faces of La Hay and her gang. " What do you want??" Pei muttered, closing her scroll and putting it in her bag.
La Hay just bared her teeth at them growling. " Just wanted to see how the losers are doing." She sneered. " Yeah, losers." Cho Mi and May repeated in chorus.
Pei sighed. " La Hay, don't you have anything better to do than taunt us, like TAKE A HIKE?!?!" she replied fiercely. La Hay continued glaring down at her. " No, I don't do such LOSER stuff!" she hissed back. Pei just glared at her. " Whatever." She finally muttered after a long silence. She brought out another scroll, and began to study again, ignoring the eyes glaring at her.
" Don't you dare ignore me you inconthiderate thupid thelfith little freaky nincompoop!!!" La Hay growled dangerously, copying how Pei used to pronounce s when she was 11. Pei sighed, and returned her scroll to her bag once more.
" I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say to me bounces off me and sticks to you." She muttered calmly and coolly. Cho Mi and May went " OOHHH!!!!" and they turned to their fuming and flushing leader. They knew she wasn't going to lose this fight.
" HAH!!!" she finally said. Pei looked at her, coldly raising her eyebrow. " Big words from such a little insect!" she hissed. Cho Mi and May squealed in delight, and began to praise La Hay for her return. " She ain't no insect sister!!!" Ling Kai said angrily through a mouthful of bread.
La Hay snorted. " Hmph, big words from a guy who dyed his hair with plums." She muttered. " AH!!! How did you know?? That's a fashion secret!!!" Ling Kai said suddenly, mimicking La Hay's voice perfectly whenever she went shopping at flea markets for new clothes.
Ling Kai and Pei laughed out loud as they slapped each other high fives for making La Hay fume. " Why you little.!!!!" she hissed, before she was broken off as she stared at the hunk approaching them.
A tall guy in imperial uniform, a tall handsome hunky macho guy that is, suddenly began to approach them. Long black hair trailed behind him as he gracefully walked towards them. La Hay straightened herself out, helped out by her two cronies, and Pei smiled.
" Ryo, what is it??" she asked. " HI Ryo." La Hay interrupted demurely. Pei glared at her. " Hey." Ryo replied quietly, not taking his gaze off his sister. He approached her and whispered into her ear: " Ray needs us. Now."
Pei nodded, and she picked up her bag. " HEY! Where ya going'??" Ling Kai asked excitedly as he ran after them when they began to walk away. " Palace, we're needed." Pei replied not turning back. Ling Kai grinned.
" Can I come??" he begged as he popped before them mustering the sweetest smile he could muster. Pei and Ryo sighed, stopping. They looked at each other. " Sure you can." Ryo replied looking at Ling Kai. " Really???" he asked, brightening up. " No." the siblings said together, as they took a detour over Ling Kai and walked towards some horses.
TBC
***
The class could only listen to the teacher drone on and on about something, and watch with sleepy eyes the writing on the large paper board, trying to be comfy in their cushions. This characteristics could only mean that the class of very bored and quite tired teenagers were listening to History class.
The teacher, Geng Ti, was an old, wise man who didn't know when to stop talking, was talking to the class about the monkey king. " And thus he was sealed under a rock." He croaked, whipping the board with his bamboo pointer. " Understand??" he asked, turning from one student to another. The students slowly woke up from their afternoon nap, and nodded with yawns.
The only student truly awake was Li Pei. She was wide awake, taking down notes on her scroll with a feather quill and nodding at Geng Ti's every word. As she scribbled down her notes, something hit the back of her head. She cringed slightly, and turned her head as her ponytail bounced in the air. She found a spitball, she knew where it came from.
She soon found herself glaring at the worst and most evil woman ( according to her) in the whole entire world. La Hay, wearing her usual nasty sneer and glaring back at her with steely eyes and joined in by her cronies, terrible twins, Cho Mi and Cho May, wearing the same expressions as her. " What??" she muttered, feigning innocence.
Pei sighed. " Nothing. Never mind." She muttered back turning her attention to Geng Ti, again. She suddenly saw him wearing a cross expression on his aged face. ' Uh-oh..' she though anxiously. Knowing the old coot, she knew that whenever he wore that expression, it could only mean.
A loud snore suddenly rang out in the class, and soon everyone was staring at Pei's best friend, the son of Ling, Ling Kai. He was snoring quite loudly, drool was trailing from his mouth to his chin. The class turned back to Geng Ti, and watched him get ready to. " LING KAI!!!!!!!!!" scream loud and knock the kids dizzy. Everyone clasped her hands over their ears, moaning as their eardrums ached. " For and old guy, he sure can yell." Pei muttered.
Ling Kai snapped out of his sleeping stage. " Huh, what??" he muttered drowsily. He was staring at the cross face of his teacher, and the accusing glares of his classmates. " What happened??" he mumbled, scratching his head. The class looked at Geng Ti, he was glaring at Ling Kai.
" Ling Kai.." he began. Pei began to worry. Knowing Geng Ti, when he spoke with that tone, Ling Kai was in BIG trouble. Ling Kai ignored the accusing glares at him. He stifled a huge yawn, and muttered quite rudely. " What??" Geng Ti took off the moon spectacles he always wore, and rubbed his eyes. " I hear you like pork buns." He said. Everyone stared at him.
Ling Kai nodded. " A lot." He murmured. Geng Ti then reached into his travel bag, and brought out a big juicy pork bun. Ling Kai sniffed the air, the smell of the delicious treat entered his nose. " MMM!!!" he exclaimed rubbing his stomach. " I'll give them to you.." Geng Ti said slyly. " Thanks!!!!!" Ling Kai said happily as he began to stand and take his treat. " If you can answer my question." Ling Kai groaned, and plopped back down. Pei heard The three terribles snickering at their places, and she threw dirty glares at them. And they once again feigned innocence.
" Okay." Ling Kai finally muttered. Geng Ti put on a smile, he took a piece of paper from his robe pocket, and cleared his throat to read something on the paper. " Okay, Ling Kai, for a pork bun, answer this question." " Shoot." Ling Kai replied uneasily. " What is this topic we are discussing right now??" Ling Kai bit his lower lip, panicking. " Is it a) Journey to the west, b) The four Gods c) this isn't history, or d) I don't know??"
Ling Kai began to think. ' What???!?!" he thought, wanting to get it right and sink his teeth into a delicious pork bun. " Uh..." he mumbled. He looked at his classmates for help. Some of them were ignoring his pleading stares, La Hay and her gang were sneering at him, and Pei..she was mouthing the letter ' A!!!' quite softly. " Uh, A??" he finally replied.
The class looked at him, then at Geng Ti. Geng Ti raised an eyebrow. " Is that your final answer???" he asked. Ling Kai nodded. " You sure you don't want to use up your life lines??" he inquired again. Ling Kai replied quietly: " Yes sir."
" That is..correct." Geng Ti said, smiling as he handed Ling Kai his reward. Ling Kai grinned stupidly as he grabbed the bun and began to devour it. He winked at Pei, and she simply smiled at him.
***
Pei was sitting on a bench crudely carved out of stone, and was reading some of the scrolls containing her notes for the day.
Class had just ended, and most of their classmates were congratulating Ling Kai for getting the answer right. And now they were heading home, down the mountain where the school was located.
Pei was soon joined by Ling Kai, now munching a piece of bread from his backpack. He quietly watched Pei, study so diligently for their test tomorrow, that he decided to join her. Soon, both of them were studying. As they studied, things seemed peaceful enough, until some shadows blocked their sun.
They looked at each, then winced. Grimacing, they both looked up, and were looking at the faces of La Hay and her gang. " What do you want??" Pei muttered, closing her scroll and putting it in her bag.
La Hay just bared her teeth at them growling. " Just wanted to see how the losers are doing." She sneered. " Yeah, losers." Cho Mi and May repeated in chorus.
Pei sighed. " La Hay, don't you have anything better to do than taunt us, like TAKE A HIKE?!?!" she replied fiercely. La Hay continued glaring down at her. " No, I don't do such LOSER stuff!" she hissed back. Pei just glared at her. " Whatever." She finally muttered after a long silence. She brought out another scroll, and began to study again, ignoring the eyes glaring at her.
" Don't you dare ignore me you inconthiderate thupid thelfith little freaky nincompoop!!!" La Hay growled dangerously, copying how Pei used to pronounce s when she was 11. Pei sighed, and returned her scroll to her bag once more.
" I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say to me bounces off me and sticks to you." She muttered calmly and coolly. Cho Mi and May went " OOHHH!!!!" and they turned to their fuming and flushing leader. They knew she wasn't going to lose this fight.
" HAH!!!" she finally said. Pei looked at her, coldly raising her eyebrow. " Big words from such a little insect!" she hissed. Cho Mi and May squealed in delight, and began to praise La Hay for her return. " She ain't no insect sister!!!" Ling Kai said angrily through a mouthful of bread.
La Hay snorted. " Hmph, big words from a guy who dyed his hair with plums." She muttered. " AH!!! How did you know?? That's a fashion secret!!!" Ling Kai said suddenly, mimicking La Hay's voice perfectly whenever she went shopping at flea markets for new clothes.
Ling Kai and Pei laughed out loud as they slapped each other high fives for making La Hay fume. " Why you little.!!!!" she hissed, before she was broken off as she stared at the hunk approaching them.
A tall guy in imperial uniform, a tall handsome hunky macho guy that is, suddenly began to approach them. Long black hair trailed behind him as he gracefully walked towards them. La Hay straightened herself out, helped out by her two cronies, and Pei smiled.
" Ryo, what is it??" she asked. " HI Ryo." La Hay interrupted demurely. Pei glared at her. " Hey." Ryo replied quietly, not taking his gaze off his sister. He approached her and whispered into her ear: " Ray needs us. Now."
Pei nodded, and she picked up her bag. " HEY! Where ya going'??" Ling Kai asked excitedly as he ran after them when they began to walk away. " Palace, we're needed." Pei replied not turning back. Ling Kai grinned.
" Can I come??" he begged as he popped before them mustering the sweetest smile he could muster. Pei and Ryo sighed, stopping. They looked at each other. " Sure you can." Ryo replied looking at Ling Kai. " Really???" he asked, brightening up. " No." the siblings said together, as they took a detour over Ling Kai and walked towards some horses.
TBC