CHAPTER ONE
Biology Teacher
Kurama sat in his biology class, staring out the window. Daydreaming, possibly. But, although they noticed, nobody said anything. You don't just go and yell at the top student in your school for daydreaming.
The bell to change classes was about to ring, so people started shuffling their papers and closing books. The teacher spoke above the racket.
"Shuuichi, I'd like to see you after class today," the teacher said. Kurama snapped out of his trance and looked up just as the bell rang. A few people walked past, whispering to him.
"Aww, Shuuichi, what'd you do?" one girl said, mock-accusingly.
"What are you, nuts? Shuuichi Minamino never does anything wrong. Teacher's pet... He's probably getting some award or something," the boy beside her said. Ignoring this, as he was quite used to that boy's ignorant jokes, Kurama headed up to the teacher's desk as the rest of the class filed out around him.
"Shuuichi, I'm going on a much-needed vacation for a month. I'll be leaving on Saturday," the teacher said. Kurama listened quietly, wondering what this had to do with him. The teacher continued.
"The school wasn't able to find a capable substitute teacher."
Kurama looked down at the teacher's desk, fairly sure he knew what was about to be asked of him.
"I'd like you to teach the class. Now, I'm not going to force you to, and it won't effect your grade, but you really are more qualified than any of the teachers available."
Kurama raised one eyebrow. That was rather hard to believe.
"So, will you? You could just try it, and if you don't like it then tell the principal and he'll call in somebody, but I'd really prefer you to at least try."
Kurama thought for a minute. "Would I have to wear the school uniform if I taught?"
The teacher laughed. "Is that really your biggest concern about this?!"
Kurama shrugged. "I can teach. That's no problem."
"Good! And no, you wouldn't have to wear the student uniform. You could wear whatever you want, I guess."
"So... When was it you said I would start?" Kurama asked.
"Next week. I'll leave lesson plans, but you don't have to follow those exactly. I'm sure you can figure it out."
"Yes, I'm sure..."
"Well, I'll tell the principal you'll be substitute. I'll tell the class, too... That's all, Shuuichi. Thanks again," the teacher said.
"Sure..."
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Kurama practically ran out of school that day.
In ten minutes, Kurama was outside Shadow's house. He'd been staying with Shadow and Hiei for reasons that aren't really known. To any of them. Just for the heck of it, probably. He found Shadow and Hiei in a huge tree in the backyard. Walking up to them, he almost exploded.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT!" he yelled, finally realizing what he'd agreed to in Biology class. Usually he thought things through before saying anything, but he was kind of not thinking... Still in his daydream, partially...
"WHAT DID YOU DO? DOES IT EFFECT ME IN ANY WAY?" Shadow yelled.
"No."
"Okay, I'm safe. I thought you'd stolen something, or broke something, or killed someone... Or... stolen something... But you didn't! So I'm safe!" Shadow said.
"So what ~did~ you do?" Hiei asked, jumping out of the tree.
"I have to teach Biology classes for a month."
"Really?! Oh god, I've gotta see that! You'll make a complete fool of yourself!" Hiei said, sounding like it was the best thing in the world. Kurama glared at him. "Oh, I, uh, meant, that... uh... I want to come along and help you! I'll, uh... collect papers or something..."
"Good idea, Hiei!" Shadow said, landing beside him and slapping him on the back.
"I didn't mean it," Hiei hissed under his breath.
"Oh well. Kurama, we'd like to come along on your wonderful teaching experience and watch you teach the class! Of course, we could help if you need it. Maybe we could punish the kids. Got any troublemakers in your class?" Shadow said. Kurama smiled.
"As a matter of fact... Yes. There's this one group of--- Hey! You aren't killing my classmates! ~Or~ my soon-to-be students!" Kurama said, sounding startled.
Shadow laughed. "We wouldn't ~kill~ anyone! We'd just scare them enough that they'd behave like good little boys and girls!"
"Peh. Well, maybe having you there would be a good thing..."
"Sure! You wouldn't have to do anything but teach, and grade papers. Stuff like that! We'd do all the dirty work. Like punishment!" Shadow said happily.
"Why are you so obsessed with punishing people?" Kurama asked.
"BECAUSE IT'S FUN!" Shadow squealed.
"Well, you guys can come along if you want, I guess... But I don't want you killing anyone, or scaring anyone so bad they wet themselves, or making them so mad that they start skipping school, or..." Kurama said. Hiei cut him off.
"Of course we won't! We just want to help make your month of teaching... uh... successful!" he said, hoping he sounded convincing. Of course, no matter how convincing he sounded, something like that coming from Hiei was always worth suspicion. Kurama looked at his friend curiously.
"Really."
"Yes, really! Come on, we're your friends! Do you really think we want you to make a total and complete fool out of yourself and not be able to control your class and besides, we can't have you lose your temper and explode and have Youko surface in school in front of the entire class, can we?" Shadow said.
"I don't think that would happen, Shadow... I have incredibly good control."
"Yeah, yeah... I can think of several times your control wasn't that great. Like last month when I had that party. Remember that, Kurama?"
"Hm?"
"Hiei remembers."
"You did, Kurama. You flipped."
"Oh. I remember. WELL I WAS DRUNK!"
"You can't hold your liquor too well, fox boy," Shadow teased. Kurama glared.
"Right. Like you'd do much better."
"I don't drink."
"THEN WHY DID YOU HAVE BEER?"
Shadow pointed at Hiei.
"He told me to."
"I did not!"
"Bull crap, Hiei. You know you're lying."
"Am not."
"And I can too hold my liquor! I drank like... 12 bottles..."
"WHAT?!"
Kurama got an innocent smile on his face.
"Good going, crap face. You know that stuff deteriorates your brain," Shadow said. "No wonder Youko showed up..."
"Crap face?"
"Yeah."
"You're too kind. Are you implying that I'm ugly, or I look like crap?"
"No. It's just an interesting insult I just thought up just now. I think your face is perfectly nice and looks nothing like crap."
"How kind of you to say that."
"What?"
"Huh? Nothing."
"I'm confused."
"Typical."
"Why?"
"You're ~always~ confused, Shadow."
"Shut up, fox boy!"
"You can't make me."
"You wanna bet?"
"I'd like to see you try."
"No you wouldn't, actually. Ask Hiei."
"Yeah, Kurama, don't ever dare her to do something like that."
"Like what?"
"Don't dare her to make you shut up."
"Well it's not like she can really make me."
"THAT'S IT, FOX BOY!" From somewhere, Shadow pulled out a crowbar and slammed Kurama in the head with it. He fell over with swirls for eyes. Hiei flinched, looking at the bump on his friend's head. Shadow smiled.
"There. Now I hope you learned from your mistake, mister soon-to-be- teacher," she said with a huge grin. She walked away with her crowbar over her shoulder, whistling happily, leaving Kurama lying on the ground under the tree with Hiei.
Hiei rolled his eyes and put Kurama's arms over his (Hiei's) shoulders so that his (Kurama's) hands were in front of Hiei. In this way, holding on to Kurama's wrists, Hiei dragged the boy back to Shadow's house.
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The next day at the beginning of biology, the teacher called Kurama up to the front of the classroom.
"Okay class, this weekend, I'll be leaving to go on vacation. The school couldn't find a qualified substitute teacher, so I chose a student. Shuuichi Minamino is going to be your teacher for a month while I'm on vacation."
There were several groans, the loudest of them coming from Hiroshi Nakada, the boy who had made the 'teacher's pet' joke the day before.
"Hiroshi, I am all too aware of your dislike for Shuuichi, but you are not to make any trouble for him while I'm gone. While I'm away, he is going to have all the power that I do. That is, he can report you to the principal, he can give you detention, and he can assign you as much homework as he wants and give you detention when you don't do it," the teacher said.
"~When~ I don't do it? You make it sound like you already know I won't!" Hiroshi complained.
"Well, anybody who looks at your homework records could obviously assume that you almost never do your homework, Hiroshi. You've done three assignments this year. Out of 88. Your homework grade is very low. Shuuichi will treat you the same way I do. He will not be lenient. WILL HE?" the teacher asked Kurama.
"No, sir," Kurama answered, being properly respectful. Unlike Hiroshi.
"Good."
"Pyeh."
Kurama could already see that Hiroshi was going to cause some major problems, at at the point he was rather glad that Shadow and Hiei had offered to help him out with this.
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Okay, I completely made up that Hiroshi dude, so if he's anything like anyone or anything like that crap or whatever and stuff you know? *ahem* Let's try that again. All characters are purely fictional and if there is any likeness to any real person, living or dead, it is purely coincidence... But that only goes for Hiroshi Nakada. That name sounds familiar, but I just made it up, so it can't be anything... Can it? Anyway, that warning only goes for Hiroshi, cuz I just made him up to be some loser in Kurama's biology class.
Anywho, R&R people! ^_^
Biology Teacher
Kurama sat in his biology class, staring out the window. Daydreaming, possibly. But, although they noticed, nobody said anything. You don't just go and yell at the top student in your school for daydreaming.
The bell to change classes was about to ring, so people started shuffling their papers and closing books. The teacher spoke above the racket.
"Shuuichi, I'd like to see you after class today," the teacher said. Kurama snapped out of his trance and looked up just as the bell rang. A few people walked past, whispering to him.
"Aww, Shuuichi, what'd you do?" one girl said, mock-accusingly.
"What are you, nuts? Shuuichi Minamino never does anything wrong. Teacher's pet... He's probably getting some award or something," the boy beside her said. Ignoring this, as he was quite used to that boy's ignorant jokes, Kurama headed up to the teacher's desk as the rest of the class filed out around him.
"Shuuichi, I'm going on a much-needed vacation for a month. I'll be leaving on Saturday," the teacher said. Kurama listened quietly, wondering what this had to do with him. The teacher continued.
"The school wasn't able to find a capable substitute teacher."
Kurama looked down at the teacher's desk, fairly sure he knew what was about to be asked of him.
"I'd like you to teach the class. Now, I'm not going to force you to, and it won't effect your grade, but you really are more qualified than any of the teachers available."
Kurama raised one eyebrow. That was rather hard to believe.
"So, will you? You could just try it, and if you don't like it then tell the principal and he'll call in somebody, but I'd really prefer you to at least try."
Kurama thought for a minute. "Would I have to wear the school uniform if I taught?"
The teacher laughed. "Is that really your biggest concern about this?!"
Kurama shrugged. "I can teach. That's no problem."
"Good! And no, you wouldn't have to wear the student uniform. You could wear whatever you want, I guess."
"So... When was it you said I would start?" Kurama asked.
"Next week. I'll leave lesson plans, but you don't have to follow those exactly. I'm sure you can figure it out."
"Yes, I'm sure..."
"Well, I'll tell the principal you'll be substitute. I'll tell the class, too... That's all, Shuuichi. Thanks again," the teacher said.
"Sure..."
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Kurama practically ran out of school that day.
In ten minutes, Kurama was outside Shadow's house. He'd been staying with Shadow and Hiei for reasons that aren't really known. To any of them. Just for the heck of it, probably. He found Shadow and Hiei in a huge tree in the backyard. Walking up to them, he almost exploded.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT!" he yelled, finally realizing what he'd agreed to in Biology class. Usually he thought things through before saying anything, but he was kind of not thinking... Still in his daydream, partially...
"WHAT DID YOU DO? DOES IT EFFECT ME IN ANY WAY?" Shadow yelled.
"No."
"Okay, I'm safe. I thought you'd stolen something, or broke something, or killed someone... Or... stolen something... But you didn't! So I'm safe!" Shadow said.
"So what ~did~ you do?" Hiei asked, jumping out of the tree.
"I have to teach Biology classes for a month."
"Really?! Oh god, I've gotta see that! You'll make a complete fool of yourself!" Hiei said, sounding like it was the best thing in the world. Kurama glared at him. "Oh, I, uh, meant, that... uh... I want to come along and help you! I'll, uh... collect papers or something..."
"Good idea, Hiei!" Shadow said, landing beside him and slapping him on the back.
"I didn't mean it," Hiei hissed under his breath.
"Oh well. Kurama, we'd like to come along on your wonderful teaching experience and watch you teach the class! Of course, we could help if you need it. Maybe we could punish the kids. Got any troublemakers in your class?" Shadow said. Kurama smiled.
"As a matter of fact... Yes. There's this one group of--- Hey! You aren't killing my classmates! ~Or~ my soon-to-be students!" Kurama said, sounding startled.
Shadow laughed. "We wouldn't ~kill~ anyone! We'd just scare them enough that they'd behave like good little boys and girls!"
"Peh. Well, maybe having you there would be a good thing..."
"Sure! You wouldn't have to do anything but teach, and grade papers. Stuff like that! We'd do all the dirty work. Like punishment!" Shadow said happily.
"Why are you so obsessed with punishing people?" Kurama asked.
"BECAUSE IT'S FUN!" Shadow squealed.
"Well, you guys can come along if you want, I guess... But I don't want you killing anyone, or scaring anyone so bad they wet themselves, or making them so mad that they start skipping school, or..." Kurama said. Hiei cut him off.
"Of course we won't! We just want to help make your month of teaching... uh... successful!" he said, hoping he sounded convincing. Of course, no matter how convincing he sounded, something like that coming from Hiei was always worth suspicion. Kurama looked at his friend curiously.
"Really."
"Yes, really! Come on, we're your friends! Do you really think we want you to make a total and complete fool out of yourself and not be able to control your class and besides, we can't have you lose your temper and explode and have Youko surface in school in front of the entire class, can we?" Shadow said.
"I don't think that would happen, Shadow... I have incredibly good control."
"Yeah, yeah... I can think of several times your control wasn't that great. Like last month when I had that party. Remember that, Kurama?"
"Hm?"
"Hiei remembers."
"You did, Kurama. You flipped."
"Oh. I remember. WELL I WAS DRUNK!"
"You can't hold your liquor too well, fox boy," Shadow teased. Kurama glared.
"Right. Like you'd do much better."
"I don't drink."
"THEN WHY DID YOU HAVE BEER?"
Shadow pointed at Hiei.
"He told me to."
"I did not!"
"Bull crap, Hiei. You know you're lying."
"Am not."
"And I can too hold my liquor! I drank like... 12 bottles..."
"WHAT?!"
Kurama got an innocent smile on his face.
"Good going, crap face. You know that stuff deteriorates your brain," Shadow said. "No wonder Youko showed up..."
"Crap face?"
"Yeah."
"You're too kind. Are you implying that I'm ugly, or I look like crap?"
"No. It's just an interesting insult I just thought up just now. I think your face is perfectly nice and looks nothing like crap."
"How kind of you to say that."
"What?"
"Huh? Nothing."
"I'm confused."
"Typical."
"Why?"
"You're ~always~ confused, Shadow."
"Shut up, fox boy!"
"You can't make me."
"You wanna bet?"
"I'd like to see you try."
"No you wouldn't, actually. Ask Hiei."
"Yeah, Kurama, don't ever dare her to do something like that."
"Like what?"
"Don't dare her to make you shut up."
"Well it's not like she can really make me."
"THAT'S IT, FOX BOY!" From somewhere, Shadow pulled out a crowbar and slammed Kurama in the head with it. He fell over with swirls for eyes. Hiei flinched, looking at the bump on his friend's head. Shadow smiled.
"There. Now I hope you learned from your mistake, mister soon-to-be- teacher," she said with a huge grin. She walked away with her crowbar over her shoulder, whistling happily, leaving Kurama lying on the ground under the tree with Hiei.
Hiei rolled his eyes and put Kurama's arms over his (Hiei's) shoulders so that his (Kurama's) hands were in front of Hiei. In this way, holding on to Kurama's wrists, Hiei dragged the boy back to Shadow's house.
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The next day at the beginning of biology, the teacher called Kurama up to the front of the classroom.
"Okay class, this weekend, I'll be leaving to go on vacation. The school couldn't find a qualified substitute teacher, so I chose a student. Shuuichi Minamino is going to be your teacher for a month while I'm on vacation."
There were several groans, the loudest of them coming from Hiroshi Nakada, the boy who had made the 'teacher's pet' joke the day before.
"Hiroshi, I am all too aware of your dislike for Shuuichi, but you are not to make any trouble for him while I'm gone. While I'm away, he is going to have all the power that I do. That is, he can report you to the principal, he can give you detention, and he can assign you as much homework as he wants and give you detention when you don't do it," the teacher said.
"~When~ I don't do it? You make it sound like you already know I won't!" Hiroshi complained.
"Well, anybody who looks at your homework records could obviously assume that you almost never do your homework, Hiroshi. You've done three assignments this year. Out of 88. Your homework grade is very low. Shuuichi will treat you the same way I do. He will not be lenient. WILL HE?" the teacher asked Kurama.
"No, sir," Kurama answered, being properly respectful. Unlike Hiroshi.
"Good."
"Pyeh."
Kurama could already see that Hiroshi was going to cause some major problems, at at the point he was rather glad that Shadow and Hiei had offered to help him out with this.
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Okay, I completely made up that Hiroshi dude, so if he's anything like anyone or anything like that crap or whatever and stuff you know? *ahem* Let's try that again. All characters are purely fictional and if there is any likeness to any real person, living or dead, it is purely coincidence... But that only goes for Hiroshi Nakada. That name sounds familiar, but I just made it up, so it can't be anything... Can it? Anyway, that warning only goes for Hiroshi, cuz I just made him up to be some loser in Kurama's biology class.
Anywho, R&R people! ^_^