A Series of Unfortunate Substitutes-

samuraiduck27 and PsychoKitty13

A/N: Hello, minna!

PK13: Ditto!

SD27: We're back with the second to last chappie of ASOUS… hard to believe that it's almost over.

PK13: Yeah. But for all you inquiring minds… THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL!

SD27: It's gonna be, how should I say it… a lot different, though.

PK13: Still gonna be lotsa pranks and stuff, but there actually will be a plot to the next one!

SD27: Hopefully. We'll give you guys a teaser at the end of Chapter 10, okies?

PK13: I'm still having a hard time grasping the fact that this one was so popular.

SD27: Yeah. Very true. Well, looks like we are very close to 100 reviews, minna…

PK13: Let's see if we can make it! The score's up to about 97 as of now!

SD27: So review, review, review!

GDP: (pops out of nowhere and tackles SD and PK) Yes! Finally! It's my chapter!

SD27: Xx… oh yeah… I forgot about having Se-

PK13: (covers up SD's mouth) No spoiling it, now…

DISCLAIMER: SD and PK own nothing but SD and PK. They don't even own the computers they use on a daily basis. Those belong to their parents who limit their times to a measly few hours a day. GDP owns the OC Katie. The OC Lily belongs to TiNaBoBiNa17. They made us put them in here on pain of torture. So you lawyers, don't sue; and now you three can't hurt us. ONWARDS!


Chapter 9- Why You Don't Want Certain People… or Demons… as Lifeguards

SD and PK were heading through the halls quite quickly. They had to go all the way from the Freshman Center- at the very end of the school- to the Pool, which was all the way at the other end. In 6 minutes. With lots of crowds.

Now, for SD and PK, Pool was actually not very bad for them- seeing as they didn't have to swim. They took Pool in summer school, that way they didn't have to take it during the school year. How could there be a downside to that?

Oh yeah… the teachers and their parents practically had to blackmail the two into being lifeguards for the last hour class. The school was running short on upperclassman that wanted to do the job. So SD and PK were forced into doing it. At least it was a rather easy job. You just sat around and watched the class go through their laps or watch as they ran the mile outside or played sports.


PK and SD got to B hall with a minute to spare. SD snuck behind their good friend Lily, and scared the crap out of her as she was saying goodbye to her boyfriend, Kyle. Only this time, SD was smart enough not to poke the girl while Lily was in a lip lock with her boyfriend. Let's just say SD was lucky to come out of that one with her limbs attached.

"SD, you dork!" Lily yelled, glaring down and swinging at the girl who was at least 6 inches shorter than her.

"Couldn't resist, Lilz. Better get going- bell's gonna ring any minute." SD said, narrowly avoiding the slap Lily sent her way.

"You two are lucky- you don't have to swim this year."

PK shrugged, "You should have taken it over the summer like us- we only had to go for about a month instead of 5. And none of that outdoor running stuff."

Lily stuck her tongue out at PK as the three went into the locker rooms to change. Even though SD and PK didn't have to take the class, they still had to wear the suits and sit in the guard's chairs. They got splashed every so often, so that's why they had to wear the suits.


"So… two Pool teachers means two subs, ne?" muttered PK as the two went out in the Pool area and sat in one of the swirly chairs inside the little teacher's area.

"Yeah… so who do you think it'll be?" replied SD, spinning herself in a little circle.

"Well, there's no one who I think would really fit the category of 'Pool Teacher', so I'm at a loss."

SD nodded, and the two discussed possible suggestions for about 5 minutes- until the classes started filing out of the locker rooms. Katie came by and leaned against the low wall and started talking to SD and PK.

"So, any idea who the last victims of the day are?" she asked.

"Nuh-uh. Was there a sub in the girl's locker room, Katie?" replied PK.

"No, so that means both are guys." Katie said.

"You better get in line- if the sub's a hard head, we don't want you to get in trouble." SD suggested, noting the time.

Katie waved to them and took her place on the bench closest to the locker rooms.

Soon, the guys came out of the locker room, muttering something about odd white-haired guys for substitute teachers.

SD raised an eyebrow, "'Kura and Ryou… again?"

PK, on the other hand, looked delighted, "Maybe they're in swimsuits…"

"Stop drooling, PK."

Just then, a loud bang, and a very distinct, recognizable voice rang out from the locker room.

"Damn ningen contraptions! And wipe that smirk off your face, Sesshomaru!"

SD and PK's eyes widened, and from the bench, Katie's did as well.

Now, for Katie, her favorite bishonen happened to be a certain Lord of the Western Lands… and lets just say she was the definition of a Rabid Sesshomaru Fangirl.

Let's just hope he wasn't in a swimsuit.


Out from the locker room walked Inuyasha, in normal modern clothing- being a pair of jeans and a red t-shirt- and a baseball cap covering his ears. He was soaked on one side, and held a sheared off shower head in one hand. It seemed Inuyasha and the school showers didn't get along.

Sesshomaru followed soon after, not a speck of water on him. He, like his little brother, was attired in modern clothes, only his were a pair of black cargo and a white t-shirt. He, though, didn't bother to hide the tattoos of the crescent moon or the stripes on his face. With the absence of his usual attire- it became clear that the fluffy thing usually draped around his arm was not his tail, but rather a boa-like decorative thingy. SD, PK, and Katie had had many a fight over this detail.

Sesshomaru ignored Inuyasha, who was, at the moment, spouting some random mumbling against his sibling, and nodded to the two girls sitting at the platform before addressing the class.

"All right, listen up! We're gonna be subbing for your teachers today. You all are going to do your warm-up laps and then it'll be a free-day. Those who have permission, you may use the diving boards. Anyone who fools around will suffer the consequences."

Inuyasha snorted, "Yeah- and believe me, they won't be just a trip to the principal's office."

Katie, though, wasn't listening at all to what they were saying- her gaze was fully settled on Sesshomaru, and by the looks of it, wasn't gonna lift anytime soon.

"Oi! You two; wenches! Take roll, or whatever you guys call it." called Inuyasha to SD and PK, who frowned at being called wenches and stuck their tongues out at him or growled before doing as he said.

PK took roll for Airhart's class, while SD took Tonkovich's class. SD sighed when she came up to Katie, still in a daze.

"Oi- Katie? Katie-chan, you in there?" SD rapped her knuckles lightly on Katie's head, "Katie no baka? Earth to Katie!"

A sharp kick in the leg jolted Katie out of her reverie, and in retaliation, she flew a fist out randomly and it collided with SD's nose.

"You baka! What the hell was that for? Geez- just be grateful I have good reflexes or that would have really hurt!" SD yelled, grabbing her nose where Katie grazed it.

Snickering erupted from the line and SD glared. Promises of 'accidental drowning' were reflected in her eyes and the offending students gulped and quit their taunting. Most of them at least- SD had to knock one or two of the guys on the head to get them to quit.

"ANYways… just to let you know, Katie- you're drooling, so cut it out." SD muttered, before continuing down the line.

"Aw…shut up, ya midget." she retaliated to the smug smirk on SD's face.

"What'd you call me?" SD growled, stalking towards the raven-haired girl, who shrunk back in slight apprehension.

"Hehe…no offense, SD?" she said.

SD's reply was a wicked grin; she was gonna give Katie another kick to the leg but PK, having already finished her roll call for the other class, restrained her, and with a light shove, sent the pouting girl to finish taking attendance.


"Elementary!" called out Sesshomaru.

The next line of students got into the water and did their 5th out of 8 warm-up laps. They alternated between free-style, backstroke, and elementary backstroke. Inuyasha didn't see the point in learning all the different styles.

Geez… I mean, all you do is jump in the water and kick. What's so hard about that? This is stupid. were his thoughts on the matter.

Sesshomaru, on the other hand, was about as equally bored as Inuyasha, though he didn't look it. Then again, the hot-tempered half-demon wasn't doing anything but sitting there, Sesshomaru was the one directing the class.

"Go!" he called out, and the next line of students got in…

"Hey, break it up, you punks!" Inuyasha yelled to two boys who were splashing one another from two lanes across and getting a few people soaked in the process.

Sesshomaru refrained from rolling his eyes. The students were acting so juvenile… and Inuyasha's voice was grating on his nerves. His hand was just itching for his Toukijin right about now…

How I would love to throw that weakling in the pool right about now… but that'd be lowering myself down to those mortals' level. he mentally sighed.


SD and PK, meanwhile, were sitting at their lifeguard chairs. Well, SD up in one and PK lounging around in a beach chair on the other side of the pool. PK was afraid of heights, and she refused to get in one of those chairs.

Both girls looked ready to fall asleep, well, SD at least. PK was busy trying to figure out if it was worth getting maimed and/or dismembered to pull off a few pranks on the two demons. Then again… she could always have Katie and SD help her out. Then she could blame it on them and run!

No…that's not like me, and besides, if those two made it out of that mess intact- I'd be wishing it was Fluffy and Inuyasha that I was dealing with instead. PK thought, frowning.

A loud yell broke PK out of her thoughts and she grinned at an enraged SD, who was yelling at one of the people in the first lane. SD's red sweatpants that she wore over her suit were sopping wet up to the calves- someone had splashed her and she was pissed off.

"Don't you know how to kick right, ya idiot? You keep your legs in the water! Not flapping around and getting innocent people drenched!"

Ah…just a usual pool class.


"Damn…stupid smirking…smash…face in…" mumbled PK as she came back through the pool doors.

"Back so soon, PK? And here I was, hoping you'd be gone for longer. Did you get my drink?" SD grinned, seeing the irate girl throw a glare at Sesshomaru's back and then at her.

"No, I didn't get you a damn drink. I was too busy playing 'messenger girl' for Fluffy over there." PK growled.

Sesshomaru had ordered PK, otherwise known as "You! Brown haired wench!", to go take the attendance list to the office. No- not the high school office, which was much closer, but since this was a Freshman class, she had to take it to the Freshman office. Well, she got all the way down there, until she noticed that the attendance list wasn't in the folder Sesshomaru had given her. So she walked all the way back, and instead of being sympathetic and having SD go in her place, he ordered her to go back down there again.

So you can see why she was upset with him. That, and she didn't appreciate being called a wench.

"He'll kill you if he hears you call him that, you know." SD replied, the cheeky grin still on her face.

"Well, too bad for him."

"So…what'll we do to them this class?" asked SD.

Before PK could reply, a small wave of water hit the two on the side of the face. They glared at the offending student, who happened to be Katie.

"Hey! Umm…could you guys maybe help me with something?" Katie said, eyes shifting momentarily to Sesshomaru and back again.

SD grinned knowingly, "Depends, Katie- what you need our help with may be hard to pull off. That, and it must collide with our interests as well."

Katie raised an eyebrow, "What interests?"

"I want revenge on Fluffy over there." said PK, an evil look on her face.

"And I want to prank the two inus. I don't appreciate being called a wench." added SD.

"And you…" they both said, waiting for Katie to say her input.

"…k…ms…pl…" Katie muttered, SD and PK only hearing a few syllables of a few words.

Katie rolled her eyes, hoisted herself out of the pool and whispered what she said previously in PK's ear. PK's brain (A/N: She has a brain? Wow! PK13: (hits SD)) started to turn, thinking of how they could use all three ideas in a prank that would benefit all three of them and get their revenge on both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru- who at the moment- were yelling at each other. Well- Inuyasha was yelling at his older brother, who just narrowed his eyes at him and spoke in that quiet-yet-I'm-pissed-off tone of voice all three were familiar with, even if it wasn't him using it. The demon lord looked as if there wasn't anything he'd like to do more than shove his younger brother in the water behind him.

PK smirked a smirk Bakura would have been proud of, "I think I have an idea that could benefit all three of us, guys."


"Okay…Stage 1, go for it!" whispered SD to Katie, who nodded and got in the pool, swimming out to the deep end.

Once she was out there, she put on a good show of starting to sink and drowning.

"Help! Somebody help me!" she yelled, panic evident in her voice.

The two demons stopped their bickering to see Katie struggling in the pool. The students looked at her in shock and were panicking as well.

"Well- someone go help her!" yelled out PK, from the sidelines.

"Why don't you go help her- aren't you supposed to be a lifeguard?" Inuyasha yelled back.

"Uh- that wasn't in the job description. I'm not getting paid to go save people from drowning. Hell- I'm not getting paid at all!" she shot back.

"Then you go do it!" the demon yelled at SD, who raised her eyebrows, said "Ditto to PK's statement, here." before looking worriedly at Katie, who was bobbing up and down and yelling.

"You go do it then, Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru fixed him with a 'you have got to be kidding me' look. He hated humans! He was at the end of his rope to just be surrounded by them all that day, now Inuyasha expected him to go save one?

"No."

"Well, I aint doin' it!"

"Then she drowns."

"But- but…!"

"Stop gaping, you fool, and save the girl if you're having such a fit over it."

Katie activated Stage 2 of the plan and started to sink to the bottom. Gasps and cries of horror came from the students, and the substitutes stopped arguing to look at the pool. SD and PK nodded to each other, before walking over there to them.

"Well, what are you waiting for? You're pool teachers, so you must know how to save a drowning person!" PK said, eyes big and worried as she looked at Sesshomaru.

"…" Sesshomaru just stared at her blankly.

Without warning, SD came up behind Inuyasha and pushed him into the pool, followed quickly by Sesshomaru, complements of PK. Both demons hit the water with a large splash and when they came up, both looked ridiculous with their long hair sticking to their faces and hanging over their eyes. They glanced over at SD and PK in surprise and anger; they weren't expecting that.

"Go save her! Unless you want a death on your hands!" SD called out to the irate demons who fixed them both with glares that promised a slow, painful death.

"I'll get the damn wench- you go take care of those onnas." growled Sesshomaru.

"Right." Inuyasha nodded.

For once, the two brothers agreed on something- too bad for SD and PK it happened to be killing them that they agreed on.

Sesshomaru swam over the short distance to where Katie previously was and dove under the water. Katie was doing a very good acting job with the drowning thing and was hovering a few feet below the surface, small bubbles escaping her lips every few seconds.

He swung one arm around Katie's waist and hoisted her up to the surface. Refraining from rolling his eyes at the large amounts of clapping and yelling coming from the students, he swam over to the side of the pool.

Kuso…the onna's not breathing. he thought.


"Cannonball!" yelled SD, jumping in the pool to get away from Inuyasha.

The dripping wet half-demon glared at her before going after PK, who squeaked and ran off and jumped in close to SD.

"I'll kill you two the second you come out of the pool!" Inuyasha threatened; maybe the two would have been more intimidated if water wasn't flying everywhere from Inuyasha's hair.

"Where's Kagome when you need her?" muttered PK.


Inuyasha walked over to Sesshomaru and glanced down at the girl.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Do that PRC thing we heard about to the wench."

Sesshomaru glared at Inuyasha, "It's CPR, Little Brother, and I refuse to perform that on a ningen onna."

"She'll die if you don't."

"Hn. Like I care."

"If you didn't you would have never pulled her out of the pool."

Meanwhile, Katie just laid there, acting as though she was unconscious.

Ugh…I'm getting bored here… and my nose itches like crazy! Hope he'll do CPR soon! Hehe… at least I got to have Sesshomaru-sama pull me out of the pool! she thought.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha kept fighting, and SD and PK watched on, waiting for it to get violent. It was gonna be soon, seeing as if you looked really, really hard, you could see Sesshomaru's eyebrow twitching.

Katie couldn't take it anymore- she couldn't stay still and her nose was bothering the hell out of her. Soon it wouldn't be itching, but erupt into a full blown-

"Achoo!"

Katie sneezed loudly and it hit Sesshomaru right in the face. Both demons looked at the raven haired girl, and from the pool SD and PK paled. This was not good.

"Hehe…excuse me?" Katie snickered.

"You were faking all along, weren't you, Onna?" Sesshomaru said quietly.

"Ano… it's a miracle! I'm alive!" Katie exclaimed, catching everyone off guard before bolting into the girl's locker room and out of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's grasps.

Both demons took on a murderous look and slowly turned their heads towards SD and PK, who paled and ducked under the water. Mental note: demons do not like being tricked and made to look like fools.


SD and PK managed to evade the two irate demons- just barely, as SD had gotten her wrist caught by Inuyasha and she stepped on his foot hard to make him let go- and make it into the locker room.

"I don't think that was a very smart idea, you two." scolded Lily as they ran into the locker room and slipped on a puddle.

"Why? We've been doing it all day." shrugged SD.

"Yeah. It was just some harmless fun." added PK.

"Well, since this is last class, anything that happens to you two after the bell rings and you exit the school is your problem, not theirs. You won't have a bunch of students to protect you- no mobs to conceal your whereabouts." replied Katie.

The two girls paled and gulped as they realized this. They were silent and were pondering their fates as they dried, changed, and brushed their hair.

They had managed to upset quite a large number of people that day… but they couldn't hold that much of a grudge, could they? Could they?

DONG!

DONG!

PK and SD sighed and looked at the clock with apprehension. They waited until they were almost the last people left in the room before bolting out of there as quickly as possible.

The final bell had rang…


SD27: (Is crying) I can't believe it… that was the last class I'll have to write for this fic…

PK13: (pats her on back) It's okay. But don't worry minna- this was not the last chapter! THERE WILL BE ONE MORE!

SD27: It's a bit of an epilogue chappie where we find out SD and PK's fates. But I think it'll be a fun one.

GDP: (has dreamy look) Sesshomaru-sama saved me!

SD27/PK13: (rolls eyes) …

PK13: Whoa! Lots of reviews this time- I think this was the largest amount yet!

SD27: Thanks much to everyone! Here are the replies!


Reviewer Replies:

crimsonlights- Thanks so much for reviewing! As you can see, this was our last class chapter, so unfortunately, there won't be any Azumanga Daioh. Hope you liked this one!

Mew Koshou- Thanks for reviewing! So glad you liked it! Hoped you enjoyed this one as well.

Computerfreak101- Thanks so much for reviewing! Yes, there will be a sequel, but it's gonna be A LOT different than this one. Still lotsa pranks and stuff, but the setting'll be a major change. You'll find out why 'Kura's upset with us soon… and it won't be very pretty. I hope you don't get kicked off… that would really suck. Hope you liked this chapter!

GreenEyedFloozy- Thanks so much for reviewing! Only 3 more until 100! Hope you liked this chapter!

Nytingale- Thanks for reviewing! Yeah, you gotta love Miroku. He's hilarious! The total number of classes was 8; not counting the first chapter since that was more of an intro than anything. Hope you liked this one!

Shinigami's Shadow- Thanks so much for reviewing! Glad you like it! No, Yuki won't be in here… I was a little scared of putting him in here, what with GDP and all…

GDP: Yuki! Yuki! Where's Yuki at, SD? And you better not trick me like you did PK!

SD27: (sweat drops) yeah… hope you liked this chappie!

GoDrinkPineSol- For being a beta reader, you sure are doing a crappy job! LMAO- nah. Love ya, Katie- so don't kill me! Who's an ahou? Huh? (pulls out flamethrower) I dare you to call us that again… I couldn't let you kill the evil miko bitch in this chappie- no way to fit her in and you'd be put in jail. Couldn't have that, now could we? Hope you liked this one! Only one chappie left!

mekodyfireprincess- Thanks for reviewing! Glad you liked it and hope you liked this chapter as well!

AmnarRanma- Thanks for reviewing! Yes, Gravi's got a kick-ass soundtrack. I love that manga! Haven't seen the anime yet, but I will soon! Hopefully… hope you liked this chappie!

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Black Spell- Thanks for reviewing! No, we haven't seen Knights of the Zodiac… manga looks good though. Hope you liked this one!

Alexa Midori McClintock-Kaiba- Thanks for reviewing! It's okay if you missed an update- at least you came back! (big grin) Glad you liked the last few chappies, and that you enjoyed Japan. Hope you liked this one!

Zanica Valentine- Wow! Glad to hear you like this so much! Thanks so much for reviewing; hope you liked this one as well!

Jasmine Reinier- Thanks for reviewing- it's okay if you missed it! You were computer less for a while? That's a valid excuse- and since you were, I'll let you have a plushie of your choice for guessing it was that bastard Karasu! (joins you in stabbing him with a spoon) Yay for violence! Glad you liked the chappies so much- I just had to put Saitou in there, was planning it for a while and couldn't resist. Miroku will never learn, I don't think. Too much of a lecher to stick with Sango. All I say is that they better get together in the end of the series or there'll be hell to pay! Hope you liked this chappie!

Oralandie- Thanks for reviewing! Yes, one more chappie after this, then it will be time for the sequel! Glad you liked the last one; hope you feel the same about this one!

Supper Sailor Darkness- (gives you replica of the M. Rod) I know it's not the same… but the defeated look… it's almost as bad as the puppy-dog look. You can still give Hawaii to your friend- I don't think either of us wants the USA. Thanks for reviewing and we hope you liked this chappie!

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XxMidnightRosesxX- Thanks for reviewing, sorry we couldn't put Tenshi Muyo in here, but there were a lot of things we couldn't fit. Hope you liked this one!

Nausicaafan1- Thanks so much for reviewing! Glad you liked it! Hope this one was good as well.

TiNaBoBiNa17- (hugs you) Thanks SO much for not doing the loverly crap again! See? You and Kyle are in here, so get off my back now! Glad you liked the last one- maybe I can corrupt you into reading some other stories? (evil grin) I can turn you into an anime junkie like PK, me, and Katie! Mwahahahahahahahahaha! (chokes) …yeah. SPANGANESE! (LMAO) hehe…that's great. Hope you liked this one- only one more chappie to go!


SD27: (counts reviews) 20...20 reviews. WOW! That's the most ever for a chappie! Go you! (throws plushies, candy to reviewers)

PK13: We feel so loved!

GDP: Too bad you're not…

SD/PK: (glare at GDP, who backs up slowly) …

GDP: (runs)

SD27: Please review, as always, minna!

PK13: One more chappie left!

Jore ai, minna-san!

PsychoKitty13 and samuraiduck27