"Good morning students. Today we have a few new arrivals. First we have four new students; Kurosaki Hisoka, Wakaba Kannuki, Fukiya Yuma, and Torii Saya." The principal announced, motioning to the four teens standing on the stage behind him. "We also have a few new teachers to add to the staff. Tatsumi Seiichirou will be teaching math; Watari Yutaka will be teaching science; Terazuma Hajime will be teaching physical education; and Tsuzuki Asato will be teaching history." He motioned to each one as he spoke.

A few more announcements and the teachers and students were dismissed from the auditorium.

"Jeez, you'd think we have enough teachers and students in this damn school." Kyo growled.

"Oh stop complaining carrot-top." Ansa told him.

"I hope they're nice." Tohru smiled.

Hana nodded lightly in agreement. "Hai. What do you have next Tohru?"

"Gym." Tohru answered simply.

"Ah, hai. That's right."

"You think we'll have the new guy?" Ansa asked.

"Hai. Our old teacher told us she was going to retire this week." Tohru told them.

"We wouldn't want to make a bad impression on the new teacher. We should get going." Yuki informed them.

"The rat's right for once." Kyo grunted.

"Baka neko." Yuki mumbled.

The five then proceeded to class.

"This is so stupid. I hate it whenever we get a new teacher." Kyo mumbled.

"He's really nice I assure you." Came a very cheery voice.

Kyo turned to see one of the new girls, Wakaba Kannuki, standing behind him.

"Konnichiwa! I'm Wakaba Kannuki. Who are you?" She smiled.

"My name is Sohma Yuki. It's nice to meet you Wakaba-san." Yuki smiled.

"My name is Honda Tohru." She grinned.

"Uotani Ansa."

"Hanajima Saki."

"Sohma Kyo." He grunted.

"It's so nice to meet all of you!" Wakaba nearly cheered.

"Do you know the new teacher Wakaba-san?" Yuki asked.

"Hai!" Wakaba told him. "I know him very well."

"Is he a nice guy?" Ansa asked.

"Hai!"

"I'm going to kill Tatsumi. I hate kids." Terazuma mumbled as he walked past the group.

"Hajime-chan! That's not very nice!" Wakaba scolded, spinning around to face him.

Terazuma rolled his eyes as he looked at her. "I'm going to need a cigarette by lunch, at the least."

"You smoke?" Ansa asked.

Terazuma made no notice of her as he cleared his throat. The gym was roaring with chatter as all the students waited for class to begin.

"All right shut up!" Terazuma roared over all of them.

Instant silence. The students moved to sit on the floor in front of Terazuma.

"All right I just want to let you all know that I'm not like most regular teachers, or substitutes for that matter. I will not take any crap, do you understand? I don't care if you brought your gym clothes home to wash over the weekend and forgot to bring them back, you'll still participate. The same goes for wearing the wrong shoes; whether it be sandals, boots, high heels, or whatever, you will borrow a pair from the gym and participate. The only excuses I'll take for not participating are doctors' notes." Terazuma paused to glare at all of them as he heard a few whines from the crowd. "Another thing, you will need a notebook for this class because you will occasionally be taking notes. There will be a test after we finish each section and I might just pop in a few quizzes if you piss me off. Any questions?"

There was minimal silence for a few minutes as students discussed quietly whether or not they wanted to ask questions.

Wakaba's hand shot into the air.

"What is it Kannuki?" Terazuma asked.

"What if we injure ourselves during the day?" She piped.

"Then you'll need a note from the nurse." He told her.

Saya and Yuma then decided to walk into class, chatting away as if no one were there.

"Saya, Yuma, why are you two late? And don't tell me you got lost because Kannuki made it here without a problem." Terazuma growled.

"Gomen Terazuma-san!" Saya smiled.

"We were talking to Hisoka-kun!" Yuma grinned.

"Were you chasing him around the halls again like you did this morning?" Terazuma asked.

"Hai!" The said in unison.

Terazuma growled and mumbled something under his breath. "Take a seat you two, and you've got detention."

"Nani?" They screeched.

"You heard me! Detention! I'll see you here after school."

"Why?" Saya asked.

"What for?" Yuma whined.

"Being late!"

"But!" They began to protest.

"End of discussion!" He barked.

"Now Terazuma, don't be so hard on them." Tatsumi stood in the doorway to the gym.

"Tatsumi? What are you doing here? Don't you have class?"

"No. I came to deliver Kurosaki-kun."

Hisoka suddenly appeared beside Tatsumi.

"Why are you late?"

"I needed to speak with him." Tatsumi pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"OK. Take a seat Kurosaki." Terazuma snorted.

Hisoka did as he was told and sat as far away from Saya and Yuma as possible.

"I'll see you at lunch Terazuma." Tatsumi stated.

Terazuma nodded and Tatsumi disappeared. Terazuma brought the class outside to stretch before they began.

"I thought you said he was nice?" Kyo growled at Wakaba.

She smiled brightly at him. "He is, really! You just have to get to know him." She assured.

"He doesn't seem nice at all!" Kyo grunted.

"I swear he is!" She protested.

"Well, we'll give him and the other new teachers the test." Ansa said, a gleam in her eyes.

"You think we should?" Kyo asked.

"I think this one will do exceptional." Hana told them.

They all looked at Terazuma who stood at a distance from the class talking with Saya and Yuma.

"Test?" Wakaba asked.

"It's something we do every time we get a new teacher or a substitute." Ansa explained.

"I don't think we should do it, Uo-chan! He doesn't seem like the kind of person to take it lightly." Tohru exclaimed.

"But it's not fair!" Saya exclaimed.

"It's our first day!" Yuma told him.

"Hey, I don't want to spend my hours off with you two either!"

"Then no detention?" Yuma asked hopefully.

"I'll see you two for an hour after school." Terazuma grunted.

"Now way!" Saya screeched.

"I'm telling Tatsumi!" Yuma warned.

"Go right ahead!" Terazuma said angrily. "Go stretch." He commanded.

"Hisoka-kun!" Yuma cried.

"Yuma!" Terazuma shouted.

"Nani?" She asked.

"Leave him alone."

Saya and Yuma mumbled something, looked at Hisoka longingly, and began to stretch where they were.

"Arigato Terazuma-sensei." Hisoka nodded.

Terazuma grunted and turned to look at something else.

"You know those two?" Kyo asked Hisoka.

"Hai." Hisoka told him. He extended his hand to shake. "Kurosaki Hisoka."

Kyo took his hand and shook it lightly. "Sohma Kyo." He stated.

"Konnichiwa Hisoka-kun." Wakaba smiled.

"Konnichiwa Wakaba-san."

"It's nice to meet you Hisoka-kun. My name is Honda Tohru." Tohru smiled at him.

"Nice to meet you too."

"I'm Sohma Yuki." Yuki shook his hand.

Hisoka nodded. The cat and the rat. He thought to himself.

"Uotani Ansa." Ansa smiled at him.

"Hanajima Saki." Hana said monotone.

"Nice to meet all of you."

"So, are we going to do it?" Kyo asked the others.

"Of course. Why break a tradition?" Ansa smirked.

Hisoka looked puzzled.

"They're going to do some kind of test on Hajime-chan...and the others too." Wakaba explained.

"Tsuzuki and Watari might be OK, but it's a bad idea to pull anything on Terazuma or Tatsumi." Hisoka told them.

"We do this with all the teachers. It's not that bad. The last guy we did it to is still here." Ansa explained. "He's actually pretty cool."

"I think he might be the brother of that new teacher, Tsuzuki Asato." Yuki stated.

"Nani?" Hisoka asked.

"Hai. I mean we saw him at a distance but still, they look a lot alike. Besides that, they have the same last name." Ansa said.

"Tsuzuki." Hana stated simply.

"Hai." Tohru agreed. "Kannuki-kun, Hisoka-kun, are either of you taking mythology?"

"Hai." Wakaba nodded.

"Hai." Hisoka answered.

"Then you'll meet the other Tsuzuki-sensei. He came here about a month ago."

That's when the murders began!...How can there be two Tsuzuki's? Maybe this mythology teacher is posing as Tsuzuki! I have to talk to Tatsumi. Hisoka thought.

"Hey Kannuki, why does Terazuma-sensei wear that hat and sunglasses all the time?" Hana asked, staring blankly at Terazuma.

Wakaba smiled nervously and shrugged. "I don't know."

Ansa said something to another student who passed it on to others. "It begins." She said simply.

"Sensei!" A girls screamed who was standing behind Hisoka. Everyone in the class turned to look at her.

"No one can resist Kanna. And if she gets the answer she wants, she will hug him to death. She's got the grip of a wrestler or something when it comes to hugs." Kyo whispered.

"Not a good idea." Hisoka mumbled.

Terazuma took his sweet time to walk over to her. "Hai? What is it?" He asked.

"What activities will we be doing this year?" She asked sweetly.

He sighed. "Running, basketball, football, volleyball, and other stuff like that."

"Will we be doing dodge ball?" She asked hopefully.

Terazuma paused in thought. "Maybe."

Kanna screamed and reached out to hug him when Terazuma jumped away quickly. Kanna fell to her knees on the ground and stared at him as everyone else stared at him, wide-eyed with shock. Obviously no one had ever moved away from Kanna when she went to hug them but the Sohma's of course.

Wakaba smiled nervously.

Terazuma grunted. "Something wrong?" He asked.

"I...I just wanted to give you a hug Sensei." Kanna told him.

"It is inappropriate to hug you sensei, Kanna." He told her.

"But I hug Tsuzuki-sensei all the time."

Terazuma looked puzzled for a moment. "Hai, well Tsuzuki's a baka." He stated. "He hugs everyone."

Everyone was shocked. No one had ever spoken ill of Tsuzuki-sensei before. "He's not a baka! He's the best teacher ever! I've never been so interested in mythology in my life!" Kanna protested.

"Mythology?" Terazuma asked.

"There seems to be another teacher by the name Tsuzuki at this school." Hisoka told him.

"Oh." Terazuma grunted. "I was talking about Tsuzuki Asato."

Relieved faces were seen throughout the class.

Terazuma grunted. "Get back to stretching!" He commanded.