To Daemonfaa( ): Thanks for the first review in a while. But the kinky stage is kinda finished now, at least maybe...-very evil glint in eyes-
Standard Disclaimer: Well cows go 'moo!' and layers go 'sue!' but not to me, cause I ain't getting anything for this. Except a headache...
Chapter 10: Dan-sensei? February the 10th
The girls of Hinata had noticed a change in their landlord. Dan left Hinata early, dressed in a nice suit and spruced up. The girls were also surprised when he returned, he shut himself up in the garage with his motorbike for long periods of time, and the sounds of tinkering and rock and roll music reverberated from the garage. When he wasn't in the garage or away, he spent his time reading books about philosophy and language theory. The girls were getting worried about their landlord and decided to begin a covert operation to find out what was wrong with him. Led in their endeavours by Su and Sara, who enjoyed the opportunity to sneak around and do spy-stuff. Meia and Wu attempted a more direct path.
"Yo, Dan-kun!" Wu said, dropping into his room through the hole in the roof.
"Hello, Dan-kun," Meia said shyly as she came through the door.
"Hi Wu-san, Meia-san!" he said looking up from his book before returning to his reading.
"Uhm, we were just kinda curious," Wu began.
"About what's the matter with you lately," Meia finished.
"Hmm, the matter with me? What do you mean?" Dan said, pretending not to notice that Su and Sara had entered wearing Su's stealth suits™ and had started going through his personal effects.
"Well, you leave really early, and aren't paying much attention to us anymore," Meia said, skirting around the subject.
"Yeah?" he said, giving them his full attention.
Wu, who knew Meia better than anyone saw where she was going, and decided to run a red light to get there first. "We were curious if you've got a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, like that Raiji-san woman from the hairdressers!" Meia blurted out; that had been bothering her for a while now.
Dan looked at them both incredulously before bellowing out in laughter, "No, no I haven't got a girlfriend. I've been trying to find a job, and I finally found one today, I start tomorrow!"
"Where?" both girls asked at the same time; both secretly pleased that they hadn't been beaten to the punch.
"That's a secret," he said laughing, "Now, shoo! I need to read this for tomorrow."
Relieved both girls left his room, before quickly spinning to face each other.
"What kind of job did he get?" Wu asked.
"With the police, as a detective?"
"Or with the yakuza as a trained killer?" Wu asked and Meia recoiled at that last statement, knowing how close to the truth that actually was. She sighed as Wu continued, "Nah, Dan-kun wouldn't do anything like that!"
The other girls all chipped in with their suggestions.
"Maybe he's starting to teach martial arts?" Suggested Motoko.
"Or perhaps he's working at a restaurant?" Shinobu countered.
"Maybe he joined the government and has become a spy!" Su and Sara said at the same time; they loved spy films.
"Maybe he's working as a bouncer at a strip club?" Kanako said seriously. The girls face planted.
"Kanako-sama!" Shinobu yelled.
"It was a joke," Kanako said with an absolutely straight face.
"Ha, ha, next time warn us when you make a joke, neh?"
As they sat around the dinner table, Wu and Meia trying to get Dan to eat the portions of rice that they had made each larger than the other whilst the other girls enjoyed another fine Shinobu meal, Dan realised something.
"Where's Arissa-san? I haven't seen her for a while now," he asked Motoko.
"Ahh, Arissa-san had a training camp to go to, and after that she was going to stay at her friend's place for a while," Motoko answered.
Dead silence greeted Motoko's answer from the girls who went to school with Arissa. "Does she even have friends?"
"She isn't called the 'Ice Queen' for nothing!"
Motoko ignored the comments, "She should be back by tomorrow,"
"Ah, okay then. I was just getting slightly worried that's all." Dan said, his brow furrowing. "I need to go out!" he said abruptly, standing and leaving the table.
Another dead silence reigned in the Hinata household as he left. Wu and Meia watched the clock nervously both worrying about Dan.
'I hope he isn't fighting any gangs or anything like that,' Wu thought.
'I hope he isn't returning to his old life style,' thought Meia.
Soon both girls feel asleep soon after, but a certain landlord in dire situations plagued their dreams.
The next morning Dan woke Wu and Meia up.
"Time to get up you two, it's already late!" he said, before knocking on Su and Sara's door to wake them up. It was a sleepy group of girls that met up for breakfast that morning, even the contagious Su was slightly dazed, and she lacked her usual appetite. Breakfast didn't seem up to Shinobu's normal standards either.
"Is something wrong with Shinobu-san?" Wu asked.
"Why do you ask?" Dan said.
"Cause this foods not as good as it normally is." Su said.
Dan looked uncomfortable as he answered, "Let's just say Shinobu-san was a little busy with something else, so I made breakfast."
"Busy, so early in the morning? What with?" Sara curiously asked.
Dan blushed crimson, "She was doing something with Kanako-san..." he stopped unsure with how to continue.
Meia catching Dan's meaning quickly coughed, "I'm sure it must have been important, they must be studying for next years test." Dan looked relieved and nodded vigorously in agreement.
"So what were they really doing, Meia-chan?" Wu asked curiously as the girls went to collect their books.
"Remember when Kanako-san and Shinobu-san came back from shopping the next day, and Shinobu-san was wearing a collar?" Meia asked patiently.
"Yeah, course, I thought it looked cool, maybe we should get one for Dan-kun?" Wu said, Meia face planted at this.
"Let's just say that they'll probably be sleeping in the same room soon..." Meia said Wu's eyes widened considerably.
"I defiantly need to get one for Dan-kun," Wu said jokingly, but stopped immediately when she saw the ugly look on Meia's face. "I thought they were after Keitaro-senpai?"
"That's what I thought too..." Meia said as they headed back downstairs, "But apparently they found another love interest."
Wu looked thoughtful, "I wonder if someone beats us to the punch, will we end up like that?"
"Wu-chan!" Meia exclaimed.
"Just kidding, no one's going to beat me!" Wu said, glaring at Meia.
"We'll just have to see won't we, Wu-chan?" Meia said levelly, returning the glare, plus interest.
"Come on, I'll give all you guys a lift so you're not late!" Dan said.
"Uhm, Dan-kun?" Meia said oddly.
"Yeah, what is it, Meia-san?"
"How are you going to fit five people on one motorbike?"
He chuckled, "Just wait here, I'll go get my bike from the garage!" he said, sprinting off.
"I can't decide if he's an idiot, or if he just acts like one!" Wu exclaimed.
"If you've got a problem with Dan-kun, why do you chase him?" Meia turned to Wu.
"Humph," Wu snorted, "As if I even need to list my reasons. He's reasonably handsome, has a motorbike, can fight, and will do almost anything I ask of him!" Wu ticked off the points on her fingers, then spun towards Meia, "And your reasons?"
"They're really getting into this aren't they?" Sara noted.
"I haven't seen this much fur fly since Keitaro-kun lived here!" Su said jokingly.
"If you want to know, fine!" Meia said, "He's romantic, gets into good restaurants, protects me, helped me become like I am now, and told me all about his childhood," Meia listed, and then threw the last punch, "And he said I'm beautiful!" she said triumphantly.
"I have a feeling that things are going to become fun around here again!" Su said excitedly.
"Okay here you go!" Dan said, coming around the corner with his motorbike, cutting off the argument. He had attached a sidecar to the bike so that he could now carry more people. Su and Sara immediately jumped into the sidecar, and Wu and Meia played a quick game of 'Paper, Scissors, Rock' to see who could get the prime position behind Dan. Meia won today's bout and happily hopped up behind Dan and wrapped her arms around him. Wu sulkily got up behind Meia and held on to the handle at the back.
"Everyone ready? Okay, let's go then!"
Dan had driven perfectly legally. For once. Although a police patrol did stop them once, it was only about having 5 people on one bike, but the officer let it slide when he saw all the cute girls in school uniform.
"Lucky basterd," the officer muttered as Dan drove off.
They arrived at school on time, causing a slight stir when the girls caught sight of Dan, who was considered an idol around the school by now. Wu sulkily dismounted, and yanked Meia off to class despite her protests, whilst Su and Sara ran off, intent on causing some mayhem before first period. Dan laughed at the sight of them, before straightening his jacket and parking his bike in a corner of the yard with the bikes. He took a piece of paper out of his pocket, stared at what was written before lighting a cigarette and wandering off.
"There will be a special assembly after homeroom to introduce some new teachers starting at this school this semester, that is all," sparkled the announcer through the intercom.
"Hmm, new teacher? I wonder what he'll teach?" Wu asked Meia, back on friendly terms whilst Dan wasn't around.
"Probably philosophy and some language," Meia suggested.
"Why do you think that?"
"Well, you remember Hitako-sensei? She left due to stress reasons," Meia said.
Wu shuddered, "That old hag? Hopefully we won't get such a stick in the mud teacher this time," Wu said as the class headed off to the assembly hall. They sat ignoring the people on stage, gossiping with each other. There were about five or six new teachers, and only one of them would be teaching their year level, so they didn't pay any attention to the others.
"And now, the new teacher for Second Year High school," the head master said.
Meia glanced up at the stage, and then grabbed Wu, "Look!" she whispered hoarsely.
"What?" Wu said looking up at the stage and then freezing.
"Hi, my name is Dan Delethy! I'm twenty years old, and come from Ireland. I'll be teaching Philosophy, English and German to the second year high school students. My hobbies include motorbikes, martial arts and movies." Dan said brightly, oblivious to all the girls who were staring at him all starry eyes and an equal amount of boys who were glaring at him.
"Dan-kun?!" Both Meia and Wu yelled at the same time. "He got a job as a teacher? At out school?"
"That's him, Ri-sama, that's Devil!" a voice spoke in the crowd.
"Interesting, it seems my opportunity has been offered to me on a silver platter!" Cold laughter echoed.
Dan wandered through the school, on the way to his next class. He knew how the girls apparently idolized him, and how the boys had a fair few problems with that. He sighed. 'Why wasn't anything ever simple? Dan thought, 'If this is what normal life is like, maybe I should return to Shinjuko and carry on as I always did? No, that would leave behind everyone here, and I wouldn't want that. I really like Hinata! Oh well, as long as I don't send any students into hospital it should be okay...' Dan's chain of thought was cut off as he noticed the sudden silence in the corridor. He looked up and saw a face he hadn't expected.
"Shinjo? You're a student here? Heh, respect your sensei!" Dan said mockingly.
"I'm just here to give you this from Ri-sama," Shinjo snarled, throwing a letter at Dan; who caught it easily.
Dan read through the contents before laughing, "A note of challenge," he laughed even more, "You guys don't let it rest do you? This is my first day, and already someone wants me to leave!"
"Just be there!" Shinjo snarled before turning and stalking off.
"I wonder what she wants...Ri-sama, nice name!" Dan chuckled before heading towards the roof.
Well there you go, another chapter. For the record, the main story is about to begin. But I am going to take a slight break from this fic, due to complete lack of interest, if I get a couple more reviews I might get round to finishing it. Maybe.