"Everything else you may need to know about me, you will learn throughout the course."
Here it is!!! Long awaited chapter 6!!!!!!! I don't think I have any other stories with 6 chapters, except my novel…. Currently called "Crimson tears"…. Yeah… longer a/n at bottom
*still don't own them*
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Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Lavender all walked into the new Self Defense classroom.
"Well, this room looks much more normal than the other one." Neville commented, pointing out the desks and windows.
"Come in, sit down."
The group turned and looked at the man sitting in the teacher's desk. He was Asian, Chinese to be exact, and his hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail. He had dark black eyes and was wearing gray robes. "You may sit where you want. You're seats will be arranged later in the class."
They took seats in the front of the class as more and more students walked in. After awhile, the bell rang and the teacher stood up.
"My name is Chang. Chang Wufei. Professor Chang will be fine. Everything else you may need to know about me, you will learn throughout the course. I am teaching Self Defense. It is a practical class that will help you in the unfortunate occurrence you should ever drop your wand or something else leaving you magically lacking."
"You will learn to fight, you will learn to wait, and patience is a must in this class. You will learn to use a sword, and a dagger. You will also learn to judge your opponent." His ebony eyes surveyed the class. "Will the two gentlemen front row center please come here?"
Harry and Ron stood up and walked to the front of the class.
"Now watch this, class…. Please remove your outer robes, boys. What are your names by the way?"
"Harry Potter."
"Ronald Weasley."
"Fine, well, stand next to each other facing the class."
Harry and Ron did this, and as they stood Wufei continued to talk. "As you can see, Mr. Weasley is approximately 6 inches taller than Mr. Potter. One might assume he would have the upper hand in a fight, but, upon a closer look, Mr. Potter has more muscle mass. One can tell just by looking at how his clothes fit on his body compared to Mr. Weasley's. These aren't the only ways to gauge strength of course, but it's a good way to get a basic idea of your opponent's strengths and weaknesses. You can sit down now gentlemen."
As Harry and Ron took their seats Wufei continued. "This is a practical class. I could assign a hundred essays on sword movement or the patience and skill required in Martial Arts, but it would be a waste of trees. The theory is very important… but if it's not physical in this class, then it is spiritual. Some of you will be faster than others, some stronger, and some smarter, but everyone will have some advantage over someone else. No one will be the very best. One of you may beat everyone else, but there is someone else out there who can beat you, always."
Wufei smiled at his class. "Now, who would like a demonstration? I have asked two good friends of mine to come in and help me. Neither of them are busy this period so you can watch two real fights happen." As he spoke the door opened and Quatre and Duo walked in. "Now, Duo is faster than either Quatre or myself," Duo grinned at this and nodded, "but I am stronger than both of them." Duo stuck his tongue out at Wufei. "Quatre, however, is blessed with a very special gift. Quatre is gifted with 'the sight' so he has the upper hand by knowing when we are going to attack and how." Quatre bowed. "Now, we are all three going to fight each other at once…. With blunt swords, of course…."
"Yeah, wouldn't want to hurt Wu-bear!" Duo teased, grabbing the sword Wufei threw at him.
"Good luck." Quatre said, and bowed. Wufei bowed back and Duo nodded his head.
"You too." Duo answered, and moved backwards, a devilish grin on his features.
Duo and Quatre began to par and it was quite an interesting looking battle. Quatre's angelic features contrasted greatly with Duo's much darker ones. Quatre closed his blue eyes and as Duo attacked over and over, Quatre blocked, over and over.
"Do you notice how Quatre never second guesses his feelings, and they don't fail him? He's blocked every one of Duo's attacks. Now watch as he attacks, his eyes remain closed and he still fight a good fight. And Duo…. Do you see how Duo is light on his feet? He's never in the same place for more than a few seconds. This is a good offensive and defensive tactical movement." Wufei stepped into the battle and they all fought with each other. "Notice," he yelled fighting, "how I strike strongly and quickly, not as quickly as Duo, but still quickly." They fought each other for a while. No one was really winning, but Quatre had the advantage. He could be fighting Duo, and know Wufei was going to attack, yet still defend… the entire time with his eyes closed.
Harry was sitting in the front row amazed. Duo was amazingly fast. He almost reminded Harry of a Cobra. 'No, not a cobra,' Harry mused, watching the braided teacher sidestep and jab Wufei in the arm then duck, narrowly missing both Quatre and Wufei's blades, ' a mongoose- faster than a cobra.'
"I would like to see Professor Yuy fight." Ron said, watching in awe as the Chinese man did an amazing back flip, missing Duo's blade by inches.
"What about the other new teacher, umm, Professor…. Ummm….what is his name?" Hermione looked at Harry and Ron in frustration. "Well, how do you think he would fight?"
"His name is Barton." Quatre said, stopping the fight, "and he is amazingly flexible, thereby able to fight very well in the martial arts field."
"And y'all don't even want to see Heero fight. That would just scare you." Duo grinned. "He'd kill you with his pinky and you wouldn't even have known he was there. He is the most perfect…."
"Soldier." Wufei continued. "Yuy, Winner, Maxwell, Barton, me, that is what we all have in common. We are soldiers." He placed the sword down on the ground. "Now, tell me one good thing you noticed about Maxwell, and one bad thing."
"He's like a mongoose." Harry blurted out without thinking. When everyone looked at him oddly, he shrugged. "At first I thought Cobra, but the mongoose is the only thing that can harm a cobra, and they are quick and easily able to hide in shadows, but only do in fight."
"Sounds like Duo to me." Quatre said smiling at his friend.
"And a bad thing?" Duo asked grinning.
Hermione raised her hand. "You were a little foolhardy. You made some foolish decisions in regards to timing in offensive attacks."
Wufei looked surprised. "Very good, miss…"
"Hermione Granger. I've taken a few fencing classes, and I noticed a few things in his offense, that's all."
"Hermione would know how to fight, on top of everything else." Ron said in a loud stage whisper.
"Well, Mr. Weasley. How about you tell me one good thing about…" at this point the bell rang, "Nevermind. However, before our next class you need to be paired up with someone who you can trust not to hurt you. Coed is fine. Goodbye class." Wufei picked up the sword and he, Quatre, and Duo walked into his office.
"So….." Lavender stated once they left the class. "What do you think of the new class and new teacher?"
"I like him." Neville stated quickly. "He's a very honest man, I think."
"Yeah." Ron agreed, and then turned to Harry. "Hey, Harry, wanna be my sparring partner?"
"Sure." Harry smiled at Ron and they locked eyes.
"Yeah, they'll be sparring all right." Lavender interjected with a twinkle in her eye. Her, Hermione and Parvati exchanged looks and laughed.
Harry blushed but in contrast to Ron's now fiery red blushes, Harry's cheeks just tinged a little pinker.
"Maybe," Ron said, with an exaggerated wink, and grabbed Harry's hand.
Harry was shocked. It was Ron who worked so hard to keep their relationship a secret, fearing ridicule from the rest of the school. Harry couldn't really care less. He figured everybody would figure it out eventually anyways. He was overjoyed to have Ron holding his hand in public.
He looked into Ron's eyes and all he saw in the bright blue was a deep love for him.
Ron swallowed and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down. "Harry, I-."
"Guys, class!" Hermione said, breaking their gaze with a snap of her fingers. "You guys just stopped in the middle of the hall. We better go or McGonagall could kill us."
"Okay." Ron and Harry continued down the hall. Harry went to move away his hand, for Ron's sake, but Ron held on tightly. "No. Please don't let go. We will talk later, though, okay?"
"Okay." Harry said, overflowing with happiness. "Let's go to Transfiguration!
"Oh joy!" Ron said laughing, and laughing together they entered the classroom.
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I am so sorry it took so long to finish this chapter…. Actually I finished it in two days, but it took almost two months for me to become inspired enough to write it! Lol. I'll try and update more often, but I'm doing AP US History, and AP French…plus regular Chemistry… so I'm kinda loaded at the moment. I might actually begin writing chapters in notebooks…. Hmmmmm…..
done… well, with this chapter….. you know…. I just had to add the sap at the end… I couldn't not! Don't hate me! And don't worry, there will be some 1+2+1 sap going on as well…. Plus… Hermione's pairing…. Hmmmm…… as the world turns!!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed… and well.. as a new policy… if you review me… I'll review you… and yes, that includes all the reviewers from like ages ago when I first started this story!
Love ya,
jasi