GTA – Great Teacher Ayame
By AnimeNutsy
Disclaimers: I do not own anyone from Fruits Baskets. They all belong to Natsuki Takaya. Except Harumi. She is a made-up character. I also do not own Hijikata. He belongs in Peacemaker.
Warnings: Shounen Ai, Mild Language, Slight Violence
A/N: Part 10 is up, and ready to go! So I hope you all enjoy it! ;D
Rating: M
Part 10 – Substitute Teacher
Main Sohma House
7:00 am
Ayame Sohma tapped lightly on the door, blinking as it opened wide to reveal a haggard-looking Haru Sohma. "What do you want?" Haru asked, clearly on the verge of going Black.
"I, uh…I came to check on you, to see how you're doing." Ayame replied. "Well, now you've seen me. Now go away." Haru glared, and went to close the door, but Ayame put his foot in the door, holding it open.
"Hiding away from life is no way to live, Haru-kun." Ayame told the boy, who stood there, glaring. Finally, Haru's eyes lost their angry fire, and sighing, the boy let the snake into his room.
"Hana doesn't remember me…does she?" Haru asked. "N…No. Hatori was forced to wipe her memory clean. Akito ordered it. I mean, she might remember certain things. But as for your relationship…it was all wiped." Ayame told the Ox.
"I figured as much. I was insane to think that I could have had a normal life!" Haru shouted. "No, Haru. That's not correct. Just look at me!" Ayame piped up, smiling. It wasn't to do Haru any good, however.
"And just how is your life so great? Huh? You work at a sleazy fashion shop, you don't know if you like Hatori or Shigure and your relationship with Yuki is just sad! You have no right to just smile at me as if everything's fine!" Haru shouted.
"Yes, I do work in fashion shop for men, I do flirt with Haa-san and Gure-san. And I know that my trying to help Yuki is sometimes frustrating. But, dammit, at least I'm making a go of things! You're just sitting in your room, moping all day. You need to get out, into the fresh air. You need to make friends. I guess what I'm trying to say is…you need to get over it." Ayame told the boy.
"Yeah, sure…like that's the easiest thing in the world." Haru replied, sulking. "I never said it was easy. But you never know until you try." Ayame added, ruffling Haru's hair.
"Well, I can't leave the estate. I can't even go to school. Akito wants me to be home tutored from now on." Haru spoke. "I know. And that's why I'm here. For today, I'm going to be your substitute teacher!" Ayame replied, giggling at Haru's horrified expression.
"But…what about your art class at school?" Haru asked the snake. "Well, someone's filling in as a substitute for today." Ayame replied, grinning slyly. "Yeah? Who?" Haru asked, narrowing his eyes in suspicion. "Oh…no one." Ayame replied, grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
9:00 am
Art Class
Shigure looked on at all the eager faces, and he asked himself for umpteenth time, just how he got roped into this. 'Oh, yeah. I was tricked into it by a conniving serpent.' He thought, as he stared at all the students.
Tohru was happy that Shigure was filling in, Yuki didn't care either way, and Kyou was hissing at Uotani, who kept flicking bits of eraser at him. "Sorry I'm late." A quiet voice spoke from the doorway.
The class looked up, to see Hanajima at the door. "Come in, and take a seat." Shigure said, smiling at the girl. Hana went, and took her seat beside Uotani. "Girl, are you okay?" Uotani asked her silent friend.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Hana looked at Uotani strangely. "Well, with the whole kidnapping thing…" Uotani was cut off, as Kyou threw a pencil at her head. In an instant, she was breathing down Kyou's neck. "You wanna die, punk?" Uotani snarled at him, Hana forgotten for the time being.
"That's enough fighting, Miss Uotani." Shigure replied, and placed a hand on her shoulder. Uotani faced him, and grabbed his shirt collar. "He just threw a goddamn pencil at my head! You gonna let that slide, old man?" Uotani glared at the dog.
"Aiiieee! Please don't hit me, I bruise easily!" Shigure wailed. "Well?" Uotani asked, tightening her grip. "Umm… Kyou-kun, please stand outside." Shigure eeped out. Kyou mumbled something under his breath, but he went and stood outside, nonetheless.
"Please let…go. You're choking…me!" Shigure gasped out. "Oh! Sorry 'bout that. I get carried away sometimes." Uotani apologized to Shigure, and released him. "Yeah, which is all the time!" Came Kyou's voice from outside. "Shut the hell up, carrot head!" Uotani shouted back.
"Whatever you say…dumb blonde." Kyou mumbled. Kyou eeped when Uotani ran out of the room, lead pipe in hand. "What was that?" Uotani asked him, a scowl on her face. "Um…nothing." Kyou replied.
Uotani walked towards him, gangster like. "So…which kneecap shall I smash first?" She asked the cat. Kyou didn't wait around to give her an answer. He ran like his ass was on fire. "Get back here, ya little coward!" Uotani screeched, and took off, after him.
"Goodness, she won't actually hit him with that thing, will she?" Shigure asked, eyes wide with fright. "No, she'll just scare him a bit. This happens at least once a month. If you get my point." Takeshi Kanno spoke, laughing.
"Dude, if Uotani had heard that, you'd be eating through a fricken straw." Kuroudo Sakurai said, looking at his friend. "So? I don't see Little Miss Gangster anywhere, do you?" Takeshi replied, laughing.
"Well, that's enough chitchat, boys. I believe you have to finish off your… dressmaking? Good lord." Shigure said, as he sat down at the teacher's desk. The students all started to bustle about, getting materials for their unfinished dressmaking work.
Just then, Hijikata walked into the room. "Who are you? Where's the teacher?" Hijikata asked, and walked over to where Shigure sat. "Oh, hello. I'm filling in for Ayame Sohma. I'm Shigure Sohma. Pleased to meet you." Shigure smiled at Hijikata.
"Are you a relative?" Hijikata asked, suspicious. "Yes. Ayame's my cousin." Shigure replied. "That's strange. He should have ran things by me first." Hijikata spoke, eyes narrowed as he scrutinized Shigure.
"Well, he had no time, sadly. We had a crisis at home." Shigure explained. "Hn. Well, get him to call in next time he arrives." Hijikata replied, before stalking out of the room. "Will do, Captain Cranky." Shigure spoke, and the whole class laughed.
Meanwhile, with Haru…
Ayame sat beside Haru. They were working on Math. Lets just say Haru wasn't the brightest bulb when it came to numbers. "So? If I have ten apples, and I take away two apples…how many apples would I have left?" Ayame asked.
"I dunno." Haru replied. "You didn't even try!" Ayame pointed out. "Well, I don't like apples that much." Haru replied. "Okay…then let's try something else. If I have ten pictures of Hana, and I take away two pictures…how many pictures of Hana would I have left?" Ayame asked, again.
"You'd have eight pictures." Haru told the snake. "Very good!" Ayame replied, beaming. "But I'd want to keep all ten. I wouldn't part with a single picture." Haru spoke, matter-of-factly.
"Haru-kuuuuun! We're only using that as an example! Seeing as how apples didn't get your attention, I picked something that would. Do you understand?" Ayame asked the Ox.
"Yeah, I got it." Haru replied, wishing Math would end soon. And soon, it did end, as History lessons took place.
Back at School…
Shigure yawned, as he waited for the class to end, so that they could all go to lunch. Finally, when the bell rang, Shigure jumped up. "Yaaay! Freedom!" Shigure cried out, happily.
"You're so funny, Shigure-san. You act like you're a student, not a teacher." Tohru pointed out, laughing at the dog. "Well, I like to out, and about, not cramped in a tiny classroom." Shigure replied.
"Would you like to eat lunch with the gang?" Tohru asked. "No thanks, Tohru-chan. I think I'll troll for girls." Shigure grinned, and walked off with a spring to his step. "Oh, he's such a kidder." Tohru said, and laughed. "He was serious, Honda-san." Yuki replied, as he walked alongside her. "Ehhhhhh?" Tohru squealed, as her eyes bugged out of her head.
The School Library
Harumi was tidying up the shelves in the fiction area. "People!" Harumi frowned, as she picked up a book titled Kama Sutra from a bunch of JK Rowling novels. "Now, this belongs with the adult section." She spoke, and tucked the book under her arm, as she made her way to the adult area of the library.
As she was tucking the book back in its regular place, a hand sneaked around, and grabbed it from her. "Hey! It's rude to snatch!" Harumi said, and faced the intruder. "It's you." She said, and stared up at Shigure Sohma.
"You know, I can make something really rude out of what you just said, but I'm not gonna." Shigure said, and smiled at her. "Wh..what are you doing here?" She asked him. "I'm filling in for my cousin." He replied, as he flicked through the book.
"Why? Has he been fired for misconduct in the class? Or maybe he's lost his license? I wouldn't be too surprised, by the way he drives." She grumbled. "Ah, so you've had the misfortune to be in a car with him at the wheel." Shigure chuckled.
"Are you gonna check that book out? Or are you planning on staring at it all day?" Harumi laughed, and took it from the man and put it back in the shelves. "It's given me some fantastic ideas for a new book." Shigure told her, grinning.
"After meeting you, I read a couple of your novels. And they were nothing short of smut." She added, as they both sat down on some cushy chairs. "And let me guess. You couldn't put them down?" Shigure asked, with a lecherous smile.
"I'm just stumped as to how all that erotica can come from one person's mind alone." She replied. "Call it person experience." Shigure spoke. "Experience? Really? I think you're bluffing." Harumi told him, matter-of-factly.
"Do you wish to find out?" Shigure asked her, and waggled his eyebrows. "Hmm…I believe that a teacher courting a student is quite the crime. So, my answer is no." Harumi told him, and his face drooped.
"But…I am going to be starting a job as your editor/publicist…so perhaps maybe when I leave school, which will be soon…we could work something out between the two of us." She told him, smiling.
"Okay, it's a deal. In the meantime, what would you say to a date after school? I am only a substitute for this one day, after all." He reminded her. "Okay, you can pick me up from the front gate this afternoon, and we can get Italian." She smiled, then stood up. With a wave, she walked out of the adult section, and she was gone.
And it was just then that Shigure remembered--that he loathed Italian food.
Back With Haru…
"And now it's time for lunch!" Ayame told the boy, who went and flopped down on his bed, yawning. "Don't you mean it's time for me to sleep until the next Nuclear War? I've had enough!" Haru whined.
"Oh, and here I thought that being the Ox, you would've had more stamina. Oh, well." Ayame sighed, and cast a look at Haru from the corner of his eyes. Haru glared at the snake.
"Are you implying about my sexual prowess?" Haru asked, on the verge of going black. "No, I'm implying about your ability to do your schoolwork. It's not my fault you have such a dirty mind." Replied Ayame with a chuckle.
"Get a load of that. Ayame Sohma, the gutterbrain himself is accusing me of having a dirty mind? Unbelievable!" Said Haru, shaking his head in disbelief. "I resent that. I can't help it if I have an overactive imagination." Ayame replied, indignantly. "Alright, alright. I'll make us a sandwich." Haru replied, and got up from the bed. "You're such a darling, Haa-kun." Ayame said, smiling happily. "Anything to keep you quiet." Haru said, before he disappeared to make the sandwiches.
At School
Lunchtime
Momiji skipped over to where the gang all sat. Hana was there, along with Tohru and Yuki, Uotani and Kyou…whose face was covered in hand indents where it had obviously been slapped.
"Kyou-chaaan! What did that to your face?" Momiji asked, as he sat down amongst them. "A dyke with a lead pipe and PMS." Kyou replied, only to be punched out by Uotani's fist, which had suddenly connected with his jaw. "Look at that. My fist slipped." Uotani replied, smirking down at the sprawled Kyou.
"K-Kyou-kun! Are you alright?" Asked Tohru, worriedly. "Mmm." Kyou replied, because his jaw was swollen from the punch. "You both missed the whole class with Shigure. Yuki finished his dress. You should see it, it looks lovely." Tohru added, smiling.
"Great." Kyou spoke, finally getting use of his jaw muscles again. "Yeah. It'll fit you perfectly, Kyou." Yuki added, with a laugh. "Sure." Kyou mumbled. "I can make underwear to go with it." Yuki continued on.
"Yeah." Kyou said, his eyes drooping. "And I can--" Yuki was cut off by Tohru's cry as Tohru ran over to Kyou, touching the cat's forehead. "What's wrong? Stupid cat? Stop fooling around." Yuki shook the limp form of Kyou. Kyou was out cold.
"Stupid cat! Wake up! Oi! Kyou!" Yuki shouted, slapping the cat across the face gently. "He's burning up…What shall I do?" Tohru asked, beginning to freak out. They both faced Uotani.
"I didn't hit him that hard, honest! Let's just take him to the sickbay, and let Granny Houshou sort him out." Uotani told them, and went to lift Kyou up. "It's okay! I'll do it!" Yuki said, and lifted the unconscious cat into his arms.
"I'll come, too. Come on, Momiji." Tohru spoke, gathering her things, and both she and Momiji followed them. "I didn't hit carrot-top that hard…I didn't." Uotani repeated to herself.
"His waves are in disarray." Hana piped up. "Is he going to be okay?" Uotani asked. Sure, Uotani teased Kyou mercilessly, but she liked him. "I don't know." Hana replied, and looked to the skies. They were black and heavy looking.
'This is a bad omen. A very bad omen.' Hana thought, but otherwise…she kept her thoughts to herself.
To Be Continued
A/N: Muahahahaha! Yet another cliffhanger! Well, it's the same deal. Please R&R. Thankies!
