Well, after that long chapter, I am totally bushed!!! I'll try a shorter chapter this time. You probably won't believe this, but one day, I dreamt the ending for this fic! It was so real and wonderful!!! I hope that you all will enjoy sensei's arrival!!!! (What her name will be disclosed in this chapter!!)
Chapter 8- Sensei Arrives
Hitoshi was practically collapsing from the cleaning and preparing. First, she had to design the Diwali celebration, and now her sensei was coming that very afternoon. She had to manage to clean everything over the night and well into the morning (she started as soon as she read the letter). Even when Kyo and Shigure were asleep, Hitoshi was still cleaning and putting everything away. When Shigure and Kyo did wake up, they found the house spotless and breakfast on the table. Hitoshi had some how managed to make breakfast and she was fast asleep on the table right next to Kyo's serving of food. Kyo sat down with his eyes squinting to get used to the light. He took his chopsticks and poked Hitoshi's head that was covered by her long black locks. Hitoshi just moaned and turned her head in the other direction. Kyo got aggravated and yelled in Hitoshi's ear saying,
"GET UP HITOSHI-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Hitoshi jumped up and was breathing quickly. As she calmed down, she saw that Shigure and Kyo were looking at her very oddly. Hitoshi nervously giggled and asked Shigure,
"What time is it?"
Shigure brought his hand to the tip of his chin and looked outside saying,
"Well, judging by the sun's position in the sky and the shadow on the table"
Kyo stared at Shigure annoyingly and said,
"Just look on your wrist baka."
Shigure smiled jokingly and looked on his wrist saying,
"It's 11:30 AM."
Hitoshi panicked saying,
"AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sensei will be here in 31 minutes!!!!!!!!!"
"Wait a minute, how do you know that she'll be here in 31 minutes?"
questioned Shigure poking the almost asleep Kyo. Hitoshi replied being very serious,
"Remember the letter said that she'd be here in the afternoon?"
Shigure nodded holding back a very angry Kyo,
"Well, 12:00 is noon and 12:01 is exactly afternoon. She's very exact and punctual,"
said Hitoshi smiling and taking out the pots and pans to make lunch. Shigure and Kyo both looked at Hitoshi with hairs sticking out from every which way on their confused heads. For their lunch, Hitoshi made the best lunch she had made in a very long while. Ironically, Hitoshi's sensei's favorite dish was leeks with liver (we all know that Kyo hates leeks). Kyo started to complain as he saw that Hitoshi was making leeks. Hitoshi seemed to stand Kyo's whining until he was about to take the pot off of the stove and throw it outside. Hitoshi stopped him and said,
"I suggest that you stop that now. Leeks with liver is sensei's favorite dish and you had better like it."
"Why should I?"
muttered Kyo testing Hitoshi.
"Well, one time, the delivery boy forgot to deliver the morning paper and with two fingers, she ruptured his stomach. The boy was in the hospital for 2 months,"
replied Hitoshi very serious. Kyo nervously agreed and stepped away from the kitchen. At exactly 11:55, Hitoshi, Shigure, and Kyo were waiting at the door. Hitoshi was back in the outfit that she had came in when she first arrived and fought Kyo while Shigure was wearing his usual kimono and Kyo was wearing his usual loose shirt and loose pants.
"Why the hell are we waiting here so early?"
questioned Kyo crudely. Hitoshi replied very punctual,
"Because sensei doesn't like to not be greeted."
"Sounds like your sensei is a real pain in the neck,"
said Shigure taking out a cigarette and lighting it.
"No she is not!!!!!!! And I suggest that you not light that cigarette, sensei doesn't like it,"
advised Hitoshi.
"Whatever, I don't care what your sensei thinks,"
replied Shigure taking a deep intake of the cigarette. Hitoshi shook her head and concentrated on the door. For five minutes, Shigure smoked his cigarette and Hitoshi waited patiently beside an agitated Kyo who sat down and started to poke Hitoshi's leg (she glared at him and he stopped). Shigure then looked at his watch; it was now 12:00 with a few seconds remaining. With his cigarette still in his mouth he mouthed the seconds lost, five...four...three...two... and one. When Shigure mouthed the last second, the door flew open and a large gust of wind poured in. Shigure covered his and after the wind died down, he noticed that his cigarette was gone. Shigure then said to Hitoshi very sure of himself,
"Well, it looks like that your sensei is late."
Hitoshi giggled and pointed to Shigure's right. He slowly turned his head to the right and saw a woman that was exactly his height. She had piercing blue eyes with black spiky bangs covering the sides of her face with two long silky black ponytails (not like Pippi Longstocking) that were located at the bottom of her head one at each side (I got this design from Naruto, Tsunade-sama has almost the exactly same hairstyle). She wore a white short top and a white skirt that was trimmed with red and made to look like a modified ninja uniform with a short robe that looked like a modified kimono robe. On her feet, she wore black flat shoes and there were strips of white cloth that were tied onto her foot as well along with a sword which she sported on her hip. On her neck, there was a necklace made from two stars, one black and one gold. Her eyes were narrowed at Shigure and her hands were crossed in front of her chest with Shigure's cigarette in one hand still lit. Then the sensei spoke in a very womanly voice saying,
"Hitoshi-chan told you that I don't like people smoking didn't she?"
Shigure nodded and motioned to the cigarette in the sensei's hand. She held the cigarette in her hand and positioned it so that the burning end was on one finger while the non-burning end was on another. Then right in front of everyone's eyes, she crushed the cigarette into powder. She neither blinked nor moved even though her finger was bleeding severely. She then pulled out the pack of cigarettes that had been in Shigure's obi and crushed it into powder as well with blood dripping along with the remains. Still, she didn't flinch until Shigure tore off part of the sleeve from his kimono grabbed her hand and started to wrap it slowly around her bleeding finger. She snatched her hand away from him slightly blushing but still serious,
"I don't feel pain, so your compassion means nothing."
Then she quickly unraveled the piece of cloth and flung it to the ground. Then she turned to Hitoshi and started to talk to her asking her about her life and asking her to show her room. Meanwhile, Shigure picked up the blood stained piece of cloth smiling and tucked inside his obi. When Hitoshi brought out lunch, Kyo cringed as Hitoshi placed a massive helping of leeks and liver on his plate. Hitoshi's sensei was watching and asked Kyo as he picked at his food with his chopsticks,
"So, you don't like leeks?"
Kyo denied the statement and smiled nervously saying,
"No of course not!!! I love leeks!!!!"
Then he picked a piece of the serving on his dish and slowly brought it to his mouth. As he chewed, he began to take bigger and bigger servings. Soon, he was attacking the food.
"This doesn't even taste like leeks!!!"
thought Kyo. Hitoshi was watching Kyo very interested and winked at him when he lifted his head up from the feeding frenzy. Kyo then whispered to Hitoshi asking her,
"Are these leeks or not?"
Hitoshi shook her head smiling and whispered back trying to avoid the gaze of her sensei,
"I made it especially for you! It's actually fish with liver. I fashioned the fish like the leeks cause I knew that you wouldn't be able to not choke."
"Arigato!!!! Arigato gozaimasu!!!!!!!"
exclaimed Kyo as he gorged himself yet again. Shigure who had gotten the real dish of leeks and liver diverted his gaze from Kyo who was gulping down large amounts of food to Hitoshi's sensei who was taking very small portions.
"So, what is your name?"
questioned Shigure cheerfully. Hitoshi's sensei glared at Shigure, who was still smiling and replied,
"My name is Fukushima Tsubasha. I am thirty years old and I work as a martial artist teacher. Do you want to know anything else dog boy?"
Shigure then replied very nervously,
"Nope!!! I'm good!!!"
The rest of lunch was pretty quiet minus the sound of Kyo gobbling down food. Hitoshi cleaned away the plates and washed them while Tsubasha sat quietly cross-legged and shut her eyes. Finally, when Hitoshi returned from washing the dishes, she walked over to Tsubasha and whispered something in her ear. Tsubasha then smiled and nodded which set Hitoshi off to her room. Kyo and Shigure stared at Tsubasha wondering what she told Hitoshi, but Tsubasha glared at them with her piercing blue eyes and they didn't look at her until Hitoshi came back with something behind her back. Hitoshi then spoke to Shigure and Kyo saying,
"Sensei and I challenge you to a game of..."
She then quickly revealed what was behind her back and said,
"Dai Hin Minh!!"
At first Kyo and Shigure were a little taken aback, but then they started to smile mischievously. Hitoshi continued saying,
"Both sensei and I have already declared the conditions. Kyo, if I beat you then you do remember that FFX-2 costume of Rikku don't you?"
Kyo nodded clueless to the upcoming doom.
"If I get a higher rank than you, then you will have to wear that costume for the whole day walking around the neighborhood."
Kyo's mouth dropped to the floor and his eyes started to twitch. Tsubasha then said to Shigure,
"If I get a higher rank than you then, you'll go to Ayame san's dress shop and get a frilly maid dress and clean the house for the whole day."
Shigure's reaction was the same as Kyo's and both of them were twitching in synchronization. Smiling, Hitoshi dealt out the cards (Shigure and Kyo by now have stopped their twitching weird thing) to everyone saying,
"I wish all of you luck."
Author's Note
Well, I wanted to make a shorter chapter after than monstrous chapter. Still, it took me eternity considering the homework load that my evil teachers gave me (yes, they gave me so much homework in the beginning of the year). I wanted to put that Rikku costume in there cause I've been imagining it for eternity. If you don't know how the FFX-2 costume for Rikku looks like, I am very sorry for you and well let's just say that Kyo would look sooooooo funny in it!!!!!!! Also, imagine Shigure in a Chobits like maid outfit (you know, like the ones in that smart little 12 yr. olds house. Why does he have such provocative dresses on robots?). Right now, I'm trying to control my laughter (By the way, a site that has a picture of Rikku in her FFX-2 uniform is ). I won't be able to update as quickly as before considering my evil teachers, so please bear with me. Arigato gozaimasu pour lissent mon fanfic!!!! (I used realllly bad grammer.)
YukiMatsuzaka411.