AN: Well, thank yous go out to all reviewers, it is really appreciated. The
latest developments at home allow me to write more frequently, yet, if
you've noticed, I haven't updated in a while. I'm incredibly sorry! So
allow me to make it up to you by writing a chapter that will go straight to
wherever. I hope you enjoy it!
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Past Lives
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Chapter Seven
It was Tuesday; she was just getting out of bed when she heard a knock on the door. "Who's there?" she asked.
"Its me Mitsuko, let me come in, I've got a present to give you before Shuuichi gets up!" said Shiori. "I got home late last night and figured that I'd talk to you in the morning before I made breakfast."
Mitsuko had gone to the door and opened it as soon as she could get up. She gave Shiori a hug and welcomed her into the room. "So, how was your trip?"
"Fine." Shiori said and looked at Mitsuko after pulling a long black dress out of the bag she had in her hand. "I got this for you to wear out to dinner with us. Tomorrow is my birthday."
Mitsuko only blinked in amazement and took the dress from Shiori holding it up to look at it. It was long, made out of a black silk feeling type of material, and it was incredibly beautiful. Mitsuko was in awe. "I didn't know it was your birthday tomorrow."
"It is. I bet you two have been busy and Shuuichi forgot to mention it. Things can slip his mind, although he's very kind and smart. We always go out for my birthday, and I saw this dress and thought of you. Since I wouldn't wear it." She smiled softly. "I'll let you get ready for school, Shuuichi will be getting up soon and I would like to make breakfast and surprise him." She said as she got up started to walk out of the room.
"Thank you Shiori, I appreciate it greatly." She said still sort of shocked. With that Shiori left the room and Mitsuko got ready to take a shower.
She got out of the shower, and about ten minutes later she was dressed and ready to leave. She walked out of the room to see Kurama and his mother talking politely in the kitchen. Shiori was just finishing up breakfast and Kurama was setting the table when Mitsuko walked into the kitchen. "Good morning Shiori, Shuuichi." She said, "Can I do anything to help?"
"No, that's fine, just take a seat, we'll be eating soon."
After breakfast Kurama and Mitsuko walked to school. They didn't really have anything that they wanted to talk about, yet they didn't want to walk in silence. By the time they reached the school they hadn't said anything. But that changed. "So, here we are, it'll be strange not to have Mr. Takaneuchi there. Ya know?" said Mitsuko only to have Kurama nod back at her.
"It will be interesting to see whom our – Do you sense that?" he quieted down as he asked her.
"Yeah... its not Hiei either. What does it want here?" Mitsuko asked quietly as well.
"I don't know. We'll find out though, I'm sure." Kurama said as they walked into homeroom.
They walked in and set their bags down in their respectable chairs and they got out their pens, notebooks, and books. The first class was Algebra. The classroom soon filled up with students who were wondering why there was no school yesterday. Not that they cared, because they were incredibly happy to have Monday off. Only a select few watched the news and knew about the attack on their teacher. The class quieted down as the final bell rung, knowing that the teacher would be there soon. They were eager to find out what was going to happen. The door finally opened slowly and the principle walked in.
"Hello, I am here to bring you all the news that our teacher Mr. Takaneuchi has been killed, we don't know any of the details. The funeral will take place this Sunday. But as for now, you have a substitute until we can find a permanent teacher to take his place. This sub will be here for the rest of the time it takes to find a replacement. We hope that you treat her with the same respect that you give to all of the teachers here at Meiou High. We must remember that this school is high in ethics and that any student that disrespects this teacher, any time, will be disciplined. If this is understood, let me introduce you to your new teacher, and temporary member of our staff, Mrs. Watsanabu." At that time the teacher walked in, she was tall, due to the heels on her shoes, and she wore a long blue dress. Her hair was in a braid with a few strands frayed off here and there. All in all, she was very sophisticated and seemed nice so far. The class was shell- shocked for the first few seconds of the meeting. But after the principal left the class was very polite and welcomed her to the school.
"Good morning Mrs. Watsanabu," the class chimed in unison "It's a pleasure to have you here teaching at our school" said the president of the class, a young girl with short black hair.
"My, what a warm welcome. I'm very happy to be able to teach at this school. I hope I will get to know all of you very well in the time that I am here." She said scanning over the body of students. "I see that you are all well prepared for Algebra, but we will have to take a day off from that, or postpone it until later today. I would like to get to know your names, at least a little first off. Mr. Takaneuchi did not plan on dyeing so he hasn't left a lesson plan. So I will have to make one up over night after getting to know what is going on here. I'm sorry for this inconvenience but I have a feeling that the majority of you wont mind." She said setting her stuff down at the podium. I'd like to go around and learn some of your names, and what you like. Then I will talk to you to find out where you are in your classes. And you should know that if you ever need any help that you are more than welcome to come see me." The class had slightly loosened up, they were happy to know that they had such a nice teacher in their room. But it seemed to good to be true. "I know that you are all thinking that you have a nice teacher on your hands." She said, curtly. "Please, don't be deceived by my appearance and my polite attidtude towards the class. I will discipline you if I need to, I will be willing to give after school detentions, even to the smartest kid in the class. I will not tolerate disrespect; I will not send you to the principal, I will take care of you by myself with a detention and you will not be sleeping during my detentions!" she said very strictly, setting a notebook down on the desk. "Now, I noticed there was no seating chart left here. I am going to make one. As I go down the rows, please. Tell me your name." She said and pointed to the first desk.
"Mandy," said the first student "Seth," said the next. Finally she got to Mitsuko and Kurama. And that was the end of that.
"I am assuming lunch is at 11:30, that is what it says here. Well, we have some time to get to know each other better. I'll call you up for one on one talk with me. Please try to remain at a decent level of voice; I do need to be able to hear myself talk. Since we ended with you Shuuichi," she started "Why don't you follow me into my office and start the introductions" She motioned him into her office as soon as he got up and walked up to the front of the class towards the office and walked in.
"So, your name is Shuuichi?" she asked "Yes. " He replied politely. "How are you today?" "Fine thank you, and yourself Mrs. Watsanabu?" "Fine, You're a very polite boy, tell me, who do you live with at home, your mother?" "Yes, I live with her and Mitsuko." He plainly stated. "Oh, But I see here that Mitsuko doesn't have the same family name as you do, tell me why that is. Did your mother have an affair?" "No!" he said a tad loud. "I'm sorry. No, she didn't Mitsuko was living by herself and we took her in. that's all that I can tell you about her." "I'm sorry that I brought up such a touchy subject Mr. Minamino. Now what is there that you would like to know about me, I still believe there is five minutes left of our discussion." She looked at him writing down some notes on her paper. "Why did you come here?" He asked. She looked up at him sharply "I beg your pardon, but what did you mean by that?" "I meant why did you come here to teach?" "Oh, I see. I came here because I have heard great things about this school. And I see you're one of the students upholding that honor. You may go now." She said going back to her paper. "Please tell Mitsuko to come in."
He left and walked back to his desk telling Mitsuko that it was her turn. "We'll talk after I get back," she said. Kurama nodded in agreement.
"Hello, your Mitsuko, yes?" Mrs. Watsanabu asked. "Yes I am." Mitsuko replied taking a seat. "I heard from Shuuichi that you live with him. Is this true?" "Yes it is. I live with him due to an incident that is of personal business." She said. "Oh, so you don't want to talk about it. How strange. How old are you?" "Fifteen." She answered. "Where are your parents?" "Dead" "I see. Why don't you live with a foster family?" "They were killed as well. That's why I live with Shuuichi." "His mother permits this?" "Yes." "I see. Well, let's talk more about this." She continued.
Meanwhile, Kurama was looking through the glass into the office and could see that Mitsuko was not happy with the teacher. He knew that the teacher wasn't human. He could feel it. She was what they felt when they walked in. 'Why was the power so strong then though? Was she watching us?' he asked himself. Mitsuko had walked out around then. She wasn't happy. She went back to her desk after telling the person in front of her that it was their turn.
"We need to find Hiei at lunch." She said quietly turning to talk to him. "I know he stays around the school when we're here. I'm sure he'll be here. That teacher is freaking me out. She's trying to pry into my life."
"What was she asking you?" He asked. "She was asking why I wasn't living with another foster family. She thought that your mom didn't even know that I lived with you. She said she saw us walk in together, she also thought we were dating!" she said getting a little loud, attracting the attention of a few fan club girls with the last statement.
The next kid came out as well as the teacher. "I have a feeling you all don't want to stay here all day and do nothing. So if you want, after I talk to you, you may leave for the day. If you wish to switch spots with someone you may do that." She said. "Now, Megumi, its your turn." They both went into the room.
Kurama and Mitsuko packed up and left. They didn't want to stay there for the day. As they were walking down the street, Hiei met up with them.
"Your teacher, she's after you two. I was reading her thoughts when she was talking to Mitsuko. She's one of the Blue Tycoons. Watch yourselves." He said and then left.
"Thanks." They both said knowing that Hiei just was still there.
"Well that it explains a lot. She wants to know what's going on with our home life. Do you want to take a walk over to Yusuke's house, I'm sure he's there. If he's not we'll catch him at lunchtime. Ok?" Kurama asked Mitsuko.
"Yeah, I was going to ask you if you wanted to do the same."
They arrived at Yusuke's house after a long talk about what the substitute teacher was like so that they knew everything that each had discovered. Kurama knocked on the door and wasn't surprised to have not reply. He just knocked again.
"Ohayo Kurama, Mitsuko." Yusuke said coming up behind them.
"Oh Hi Yusuke," Mitsuko greeted. "We were just coming by to talk to you, its important." Yusuke just looked at her then to Kurama, who nodded in agreement.
"Well, lets go to the café down the street. It's the best place to talk. Since we don't want to wake up my mother." He said "I'm gonna set my stuff inside. I'll be out in a minute."
They had walked down to the café and explained why they were out and had asked Yusuke why he was out early. They had gotten to the café and were sitting down at a table when they had started to talk about the important things.
"So, you say that this teacher isn't human, she's one of the Blue tycoons. Which is what Hiei told you right?" They both nodded.
"The only other thing that we know is that she's pretty set on getting Kurama and I she Kept asking me if I was going to stay at a foster home again, she sort of insisted. That's about all I know." Mitsuko said sipping on her tea.
"Well, I think we need to hear from Koenma or something, we at least need to talk to him. This is a big deal. I'll tell Kuwabara and you two can find Hiei. I'm assuming he knows most of it all, but I think it's best that he go with you to see Koenma. I'll get Botan on the communicator for ya." Yusuke said as he pulled out the communicator, making sure no one was watching and calling up Botan. "Hey Botan, Kurama and Mitsuko need to talk to Koenma, you wanna come get them and take them to spirit world? We've got some info."
"Yeah, sure Yusuke! I'll be right there. Tell Kurama and Mitsuko to meet me in the park in half an hour! Bye." With that the communicator screen went to fuzz. "She'll meet ya guys in the park, ya better go, it takes half an hour to get there and the streets are getting busy. I'll walk ya back towards Kuwabara's house since it's on its way." With that the trio walked out of the café [AN: they did pay] and onward towards the park.
By the time they reached the park, they talked about how they would deal with the teacher, and how to tell Kurama's mom that the teacher may be trying to take Mitsuko and put her in an orphanage.
"Hey there Kurama, Mitsuko!" said a bubbly voice from up above them.
"Hi there Botan, how's it going?" Mitsuko asked politely.
"Fine thanks. Well, lets get going. Koenma said that he'd have to cut his nap short for ya guys."
"Well you two, I see what the problem is. Hiei, do you mind explaining what you saw in her mind again?" Koenma asked.
"I saw her true form talking to a deep voiced figure with several cuts on his body." Hiei said coldly. "How many times must I tell you?" He said annoyed.
"No need to get angry now Hiei, just wanted to make sure I heard it right. I don't know what we're going to do about the teacher, but I know what were going to do about you two, we're going to have to keep a continual eye on the two of you and your mother Kurama. We can't have anyone getting hurt. We don't know if they're after Yusuke yet. So we'll have to wait. Can I take my nap now?" he asked.
"Of course sir," said Botan. "I'll take Mitsuko and Kurama back to ningenkai."
"Well you two, I'll see ya later! Good bye." Botan said goodbye and they left the park walking back home.
AN: Well what'd ya think? Review please. I'm proud of myself! Good night, good morning, good afternoon, good evening!! Whatever it is!
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Past Lives
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Chapter Seven
It was Tuesday; she was just getting out of bed when she heard a knock on the door. "Who's there?" she asked.
"Its me Mitsuko, let me come in, I've got a present to give you before Shuuichi gets up!" said Shiori. "I got home late last night and figured that I'd talk to you in the morning before I made breakfast."
Mitsuko had gone to the door and opened it as soon as she could get up. She gave Shiori a hug and welcomed her into the room. "So, how was your trip?"
"Fine." Shiori said and looked at Mitsuko after pulling a long black dress out of the bag she had in her hand. "I got this for you to wear out to dinner with us. Tomorrow is my birthday."
Mitsuko only blinked in amazement and took the dress from Shiori holding it up to look at it. It was long, made out of a black silk feeling type of material, and it was incredibly beautiful. Mitsuko was in awe. "I didn't know it was your birthday tomorrow."
"It is. I bet you two have been busy and Shuuichi forgot to mention it. Things can slip his mind, although he's very kind and smart. We always go out for my birthday, and I saw this dress and thought of you. Since I wouldn't wear it." She smiled softly. "I'll let you get ready for school, Shuuichi will be getting up soon and I would like to make breakfast and surprise him." She said as she got up started to walk out of the room.
"Thank you Shiori, I appreciate it greatly." She said still sort of shocked. With that Shiori left the room and Mitsuko got ready to take a shower.
She got out of the shower, and about ten minutes later she was dressed and ready to leave. She walked out of the room to see Kurama and his mother talking politely in the kitchen. Shiori was just finishing up breakfast and Kurama was setting the table when Mitsuko walked into the kitchen. "Good morning Shiori, Shuuichi." She said, "Can I do anything to help?"
"No, that's fine, just take a seat, we'll be eating soon."
After breakfast Kurama and Mitsuko walked to school. They didn't really have anything that they wanted to talk about, yet they didn't want to walk in silence. By the time they reached the school they hadn't said anything. But that changed. "So, here we are, it'll be strange not to have Mr. Takaneuchi there. Ya know?" said Mitsuko only to have Kurama nod back at her.
"It will be interesting to see whom our – Do you sense that?" he quieted down as he asked her.
"Yeah... its not Hiei either. What does it want here?" Mitsuko asked quietly as well.
"I don't know. We'll find out though, I'm sure." Kurama said as they walked into homeroom.
They walked in and set their bags down in their respectable chairs and they got out their pens, notebooks, and books. The first class was Algebra. The classroom soon filled up with students who were wondering why there was no school yesterday. Not that they cared, because they were incredibly happy to have Monday off. Only a select few watched the news and knew about the attack on their teacher. The class quieted down as the final bell rung, knowing that the teacher would be there soon. They were eager to find out what was going to happen. The door finally opened slowly and the principle walked in.
"Hello, I am here to bring you all the news that our teacher Mr. Takaneuchi has been killed, we don't know any of the details. The funeral will take place this Sunday. But as for now, you have a substitute until we can find a permanent teacher to take his place. This sub will be here for the rest of the time it takes to find a replacement. We hope that you treat her with the same respect that you give to all of the teachers here at Meiou High. We must remember that this school is high in ethics and that any student that disrespects this teacher, any time, will be disciplined. If this is understood, let me introduce you to your new teacher, and temporary member of our staff, Mrs. Watsanabu." At that time the teacher walked in, she was tall, due to the heels on her shoes, and she wore a long blue dress. Her hair was in a braid with a few strands frayed off here and there. All in all, she was very sophisticated and seemed nice so far. The class was shell- shocked for the first few seconds of the meeting. But after the principal left the class was very polite and welcomed her to the school.
"Good morning Mrs. Watsanabu," the class chimed in unison "It's a pleasure to have you here teaching at our school" said the president of the class, a young girl with short black hair.
"My, what a warm welcome. I'm very happy to be able to teach at this school. I hope I will get to know all of you very well in the time that I am here." She said scanning over the body of students. "I see that you are all well prepared for Algebra, but we will have to take a day off from that, or postpone it until later today. I would like to get to know your names, at least a little first off. Mr. Takaneuchi did not plan on dyeing so he hasn't left a lesson plan. So I will have to make one up over night after getting to know what is going on here. I'm sorry for this inconvenience but I have a feeling that the majority of you wont mind." She said setting her stuff down at the podium. I'd like to go around and learn some of your names, and what you like. Then I will talk to you to find out where you are in your classes. And you should know that if you ever need any help that you are more than welcome to come see me." The class had slightly loosened up, they were happy to know that they had such a nice teacher in their room. But it seemed to good to be true. "I know that you are all thinking that you have a nice teacher on your hands." She said, curtly. "Please, don't be deceived by my appearance and my polite attidtude towards the class. I will discipline you if I need to, I will be willing to give after school detentions, even to the smartest kid in the class. I will not tolerate disrespect; I will not send you to the principal, I will take care of you by myself with a detention and you will not be sleeping during my detentions!" she said very strictly, setting a notebook down on the desk. "Now, I noticed there was no seating chart left here. I am going to make one. As I go down the rows, please. Tell me your name." She said and pointed to the first desk.
"Mandy," said the first student "Seth," said the next. Finally she got to Mitsuko and Kurama. And that was the end of that.
"I am assuming lunch is at 11:30, that is what it says here. Well, we have some time to get to know each other better. I'll call you up for one on one talk with me. Please try to remain at a decent level of voice; I do need to be able to hear myself talk. Since we ended with you Shuuichi," she started "Why don't you follow me into my office and start the introductions" She motioned him into her office as soon as he got up and walked up to the front of the class towards the office and walked in.
"So, your name is Shuuichi?" she asked "Yes. " He replied politely. "How are you today?" "Fine thank you, and yourself Mrs. Watsanabu?" "Fine, You're a very polite boy, tell me, who do you live with at home, your mother?" "Yes, I live with her and Mitsuko." He plainly stated. "Oh, But I see here that Mitsuko doesn't have the same family name as you do, tell me why that is. Did your mother have an affair?" "No!" he said a tad loud. "I'm sorry. No, she didn't Mitsuko was living by herself and we took her in. that's all that I can tell you about her." "I'm sorry that I brought up such a touchy subject Mr. Minamino. Now what is there that you would like to know about me, I still believe there is five minutes left of our discussion." She looked at him writing down some notes on her paper. "Why did you come here?" He asked. She looked up at him sharply "I beg your pardon, but what did you mean by that?" "I meant why did you come here to teach?" "Oh, I see. I came here because I have heard great things about this school. And I see you're one of the students upholding that honor. You may go now." She said going back to her paper. "Please tell Mitsuko to come in."
He left and walked back to his desk telling Mitsuko that it was her turn. "We'll talk after I get back," she said. Kurama nodded in agreement.
"Hello, your Mitsuko, yes?" Mrs. Watsanabu asked. "Yes I am." Mitsuko replied taking a seat. "I heard from Shuuichi that you live with him. Is this true?" "Yes it is. I live with him due to an incident that is of personal business." She said. "Oh, so you don't want to talk about it. How strange. How old are you?" "Fifteen." She answered. "Where are your parents?" "Dead" "I see. Why don't you live with a foster family?" "They were killed as well. That's why I live with Shuuichi." "His mother permits this?" "Yes." "I see. Well, let's talk more about this." She continued.
Meanwhile, Kurama was looking through the glass into the office and could see that Mitsuko was not happy with the teacher. He knew that the teacher wasn't human. He could feel it. She was what they felt when they walked in. 'Why was the power so strong then though? Was she watching us?' he asked himself. Mitsuko had walked out around then. She wasn't happy. She went back to her desk after telling the person in front of her that it was their turn.
"We need to find Hiei at lunch." She said quietly turning to talk to him. "I know he stays around the school when we're here. I'm sure he'll be here. That teacher is freaking me out. She's trying to pry into my life."
"What was she asking you?" He asked. "She was asking why I wasn't living with another foster family. She thought that your mom didn't even know that I lived with you. She said she saw us walk in together, she also thought we were dating!" she said getting a little loud, attracting the attention of a few fan club girls with the last statement.
The next kid came out as well as the teacher. "I have a feeling you all don't want to stay here all day and do nothing. So if you want, after I talk to you, you may leave for the day. If you wish to switch spots with someone you may do that." She said. "Now, Megumi, its your turn." They both went into the room.
Kurama and Mitsuko packed up and left. They didn't want to stay there for the day. As they were walking down the street, Hiei met up with them.
"Your teacher, she's after you two. I was reading her thoughts when she was talking to Mitsuko. She's one of the Blue Tycoons. Watch yourselves." He said and then left.
"Thanks." They both said knowing that Hiei just was still there.
"Well that it explains a lot. She wants to know what's going on with our home life. Do you want to take a walk over to Yusuke's house, I'm sure he's there. If he's not we'll catch him at lunchtime. Ok?" Kurama asked Mitsuko.
"Yeah, I was going to ask you if you wanted to do the same."
They arrived at Yusuke's house after a long talk about what the substitute teacher was like so that they knew everything that each had discovered. Kurama knocked on the door and wasn't surprised to have not reply. He just knocked again.
"Ohayo Kurama, Mitsuko." Yusuke said coming up behind them.
"Oh Hi Yusuke," Mitsuko greeted. "We were just coming by to talk to you, its important." Yusuke just looked at her then to Kurama, who nodded in agreement.
"Well, lets go to the café down the street. It's the best place to talk. Since we don't want to wake up my mother." He said "I'm gonna set my stuff inside. I'll be out in a minute."
They had walked down to the café and explained why they were out and had asked Yusuke why he was out early. They had gotten to the café and were sitting down at a table when they had started to talk about the important things.
"So, you say that this teacher isn't human, she's one of the Blue tycoons. Which is what Hiei told you right?" They both nodded.
"The only other thing that we know is that she's pretty set on getting Kurama and I she Kept asking me if I was going to stay at a foster home again, she sort of insisted. That's about all I know." Mitsuko said sipping on her tea.
"Well, I think we need to hear from Koenma or something, we at least need to talk to him. This is a big deal. I'll tell Kuwabara and you two can find Hiei. I'm assuming he knows most of it all, but I think it's best that he go with you to see Koenma. I'll get Botan on the communicator for ya." Yusuke said as he pulled out the communicator, making sure no one was watching and calling up Botan. "Hey Botan, Kurama and Mitsuko need to talk to Koenma, you wanna come get them and take them to spirit world? We've got some info."
"Yeah, sure Yusuke! I'll be right there. Tell Kurama and Mitsuko to meet me in the park in half an hour! Bye." With that the communicator screen went to fuzz. "She'll meet ya guys in the park, ya better go, it takes half an hour to get there and the streets are getting busy. I'll walk ya back towards Kuwabara's house since it's on its way." With that the trio walked out of the café [AN: they did pay] and onward towards the park.
By the time they reached the park, they talked about how they would deal with the teacher, and how to tell Kurama's mom that the teacher may be trying to take Mitsuko and put her in an orphanage.
"Hey there Kurama, Mitsuko!" said a bubbly voice from up above them.
"Hi there Botan, how's it going?" Mitsuko asked politely.
"Fine thanks. Well, lets get going. Koenma said that he'd have to cut his nap short for ya guys."
"Well you two, I see what the problem is. Hiei, do you mind explaining what you saw in her mind again?" Koenma asked.
"I saw her true form talking to a deep voiced figure with several cuts on his body." Hiei said coldly. "How many times must I tell you?" He said annoyed.
"No need to get angry now Hiei, just wanted to make sure I heard it right. I don't know what we're going to do about the teacher, but I know what were going to do about you two, we're going to have to keep a continual eye on the two of you and your mother Kurama. We can't have anyone getting hurt. We don't know if they're after Yusuke yet. So we'll have to wait. Can I take my nap now?" he asked.
"Of course sir," said Botan. "I'll take Mitsuko and Kurama back to ningenkai."
"Well you two, I'll see ya later! Good bye." Botan said goodbye and they left the park walking back home.
AN: Well what'd ya think? Review please. I'm proud of myself! Good night, good morning, good afternoon, good evening!! Whatever it is!