DISCLAIMER: I don't own the anime/manga called: Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z and any of its characters used in this fanfic.
INSPIRED BY: marinav92
Me: Okay, so I was a bit late on updating... I lost track of time after I got back into playing some of my old video games and rereading some of my favorite manga. And if that doesn't count an excuse, then, well, there's also the fact that my computer was completely trolling - yes, I said trolling - on me for a couple of days. Eventually, I figured out why... Apparently, my computer was updating. And now, my internet browsers are starting to troll on me as well. Wonderful, isn't it? (Note the sarcasm hinted in my voice.)
Kaoru: Yes, yes, it is.
Me: ...Kaoru, you're no fun. I should work on that one-shot idea I had in mind a couple of weeks ago.
Butch: -smirks- I say you should.
Me: D'aw, you think so, too? c:
Kaoru: ...OI. KNOWING YOU AND YOUR MIND, THEN NO!
Me: D: Fine. I'm only saying that because of this stupid summer heat...
Kaoru: Thank you, summer heat! 8D
Me: =3= Well, anyway, enjoy the chapter, people~.
CHAPTER 2:
"All right, class, settle down! I know it's the first day back and all—"
At once, the teacher was interrupted by groans from all of the students in the classroom. Surprisingly, Kaoru, Momoko, Miyako, Takeshi, Takeo, and Takumi all had the same homeroom together, which was too much of a coincidence. Though Momoko and Miyako were delighted at hearing they all had homeroom together, Kaoru felt that it was way too weird. She didn't mind having classes with Momoko and Miyako again, but for all six of them to have the same homeroom together? It was too much of a coincidence, but hell, Kaoru couldn't really argue with not wanting them there, even if her own boyfriend had the same homeroom as her.
"Yes, yes, I know; all of you are upset by this. Trust me, even the teachers don't want to be back in school either, but hey, you don't see us complaining."
"That's because you teachers get paid!" a male student shouted out.
The teacher blinked a couple of times. "True, and seeing you all suffer is quite amusing." Once the students groaned in response, he merely grinned and added, "Now, it's time to take attendance, so if you hear your name, just state that you're here."
As the teacher began to call out names, Kaoru felt someone poking her from behind. She frowned and just as soon as she was about to turn around to yell at Momoko, since she sat behind her, she immediately got a note thrown over her shoulder instead.
Glancing at the teacher to make sure he wasn't looking, Kaoru slowly unfolded it underneath her desk.
Kaoru, did you hear? There's gonna be an intern for this class!
Kaoru raised an eyebrow. Picking up her pencil, she wrote down, Momoko, you have a boyfriend by the name of Takeo Takashi. I thought you were over your boy-craziness already. Folding it back up, she passed it back to Momoko when the teacher wasn't looking.
After a minute or so, Momoko passed it back and thus, Kaoru unfolded it once more. Kaoru, no one could beat Takeo-kun! And you know as well as I do that I'm over my boy-craziness already! At this, Kaoru scoffed softly under her breath. Glancing back, she found that Momoko was glaring at her. Rolling her eyes in response, Kaoru merely continued to read the note. I just happened to hear the other girls in this class talking about a teacher intern, that's all. And judging of how they're gossiping, the teacher intern's apparently male.
Kaoru wrote back down, For all we know, he could be in his freaking mid-thirties. First transfer students, now a teacher intern. Our high school life here just seems to be getting weirder and weirder, I swear. Immediately, Kaoru passed it back to her.
After a minute or so again, Momoko passed it back. Unfolding the note, it said, High school's like that. I'm only bringing this up because if the teacher intern's hot, then maybe all of the other girls will back off of Takeo-kun!
Kaoru blinked a couple of times at this and wrote down, Well, that makes sense, but don't you trust Takeo?
"Akatsutsumi Momoko," the teacher called out, looking up from his clipboard.
"Here!" Momoko exclaimed, raising her hand while grinning.
Kaoru then passed back the note to Momoko. After a minute, Momoko handed back the note to her and Kaoru unfolded it immediately.
Of course, I trust him! It's the girls here I don't trust, except for you and Miyako, of course. Did you not see the looks the boys got when they were on campus? And did you not see the glares we got? Wait, knowing you, you probably didn't.
"Damn right, I didn't," Kaoru muttered softly, rolling her eyes. She honestly wasn't the kind of girl that really cared about what others thought of her, so she never really cared or even bothered to glance at any girls that happened to give her glares.
"Gotokuji Miyako," the teacher then called out.
"Present," Miyako replied calmly, raising her hand.
As the teacher continued with roll call, Kaoru sighed and continued reading the note.
Well, anyway, look, the point is that a teacher intern is coming! If the girls, especially the fan girls, move onto him, then I don't really mind! Besides, even if the teacher intern was hot, no one could beat Takeo-kun!
Kaoru's eye twitched at the hearts Momoko added at the end near Takeo's name. Resisting the urge to groan, she merely wrote down, Yeah, okay, I get it. Now stop sending me this note, will you? I don't want to get caught on the first day over something as stupid as this. Kaoru then passed the note back to Momoko and heard Momoko scoff softly in response to the note. She then rolled her eyes, even though she knew Momoko couldn't see her doing so.
"Matsubara Kaoru," the teacher called out.
"Here," Kaoru replied calmly, raising her hand up.
The teacher continued to call out names and eventually reached the Takashi brothers.
"Takashi Takeo."
At once, Takeo raised his hand before responding, "Here."
"Takashi Takeshi."
Takeshi, on the other hand, gave a small salute to his teacher using two fingers and stated, "Yo."
The teacher rolled his eyes in response and then stated, "Takashi Takumi."
"Present," Takumi stated without raising his hand at all, but instead, nodding his head.
The teacher merely blinked a couple of times at this. "Are you three brothers?" Receiving a nod from all three of them, the teacher merely frowned but shrugged it off before continuing to call out more names.
Sighing, the teacher then placed the clipboard down, indicating that he was finally done with the attendance. Just as he was about to speak, though, there were a couple of knocks on the door.
"You may come in," the teacher stated.
Once the door slid open, in walked none other than a young man. What was shocking, or surprising, was the fact that this man didn't wear a suit or casual clothing. Instead, he wore a black leather vest over a white t-shirt. His black pants showed no sign of creases whatsoever, which hung loosely around his legs and completely matched his black shoes. He even had chains hanging loosely from his white belt. As he continued to stride his way towards the teacher, the sounds of the chains clacking against itself over and over could be heard. His slicked back black hair reached to his shoulders. To top it off, his skin was just pale enough to contrast the black shades he wore and his hair.
Kaoru blinked a couple of times at this man before muttering, "You've got to be kidding me."
In all honesty, the man's look was screaming that of a delinquent's, but that didn't stop from all of the girls except Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru from giggling. When Kaoru glanced back at Momoko, she found Momoko muttering about succession over and over as she pumped her fist in the air to herself. Resisting the urge to slap her forehead with the palm of her hand, Kaoru then looked at Miyako, who was merely raising an eyebrow at the young man's appearance. She then looked back at the young man in the front of the classroom and couldn't help but sigh and shake her head slightly.
"Didn't we tell you not to dress like that?" the teacher asked before sighing.
"It's the first day," the young man replied, shrugging while grinning. "Come on, loosen up!"
"You are to set an example to students, not show them how to dress improperly like that!"
The young man frowned slightly before lifting up his chains. "Would you prefer I didn't bring this around anymore, then?"
In response, the teacher merely sighed in exasperation. "All right, you win."
The young man grinned even more as he put the chains back onto his belt.
"However, you need to get rid of those shades."
Shrugging, the young man did so and took off his shades. In doing so, his eyes revealed to be none other than a very deep and dark shade of blue. Once the girls of the classroom saw, they merely began having hearts in their eyes—literally.
Kaoru merely gagged softly to herself before muttering, "Oh, great, another pretty boy."
"Hey, you have to admit he's good-looking," Momoko whispered to her. "What do you think, Miyako?"
"Well, I prefer Takumi's eyes over his…" Miyako replied softly, tilting her head.
Kaoru blinked at Miyako. "Well, at least you're not lovestruck like all of the other girls here."
"I'm not lovestruck!" Momoko whispered angrily.
"I didn't mean you, Momoko. If you weren't with Takeo, then you'd be lovestruck immediately."
"Actually, Kaoru, I don't know about that. I mean, something about him kind of…irks me."
"Same here," Miyako added softly, frowning slightly.
"He's a pretty boy," Kaoru whispered as she rolled her eyes. "What do you expect?" Before Kaoru could go on, though, one of the girls in her class shushed all three of them and thus, the trio of friends stayed silent.
"All right, everyone, as you may have heard, this school will be having a teacher intern, and this is him," the teacher stated, rolling his eyes as he gestured towards the young blue-eyed man.
Nodding his head, the young man stated, "The name's Kuro and as your teacher stated, I will be working alongside with all of you for this year. This will be part of my learning expertise as a teacher, so I wish that we will all get along well with one another." The man known as Kuro then smiled, practically causing nearly every girl in the classroom to sigh dreamily.
"Any questions for Kuro?" The teacher asked, raising an eyebrow. Once a bunch of hands shot into the air, the teacher pointed to a girl in the back row.
Standing up, she then asked while blushing, "May I ask how old you are?"
"Twenty," Kuro replied, smiling even more, which made the girl's face turn completely red. "I'm still in university, of course, which means this teaching internship of mine is part of my grade. However, don't hesitate to ask for help if you need anything."
"Do you have to stay in this class for the entire day?" one of the female students shouted out suddenly.
"Actually, no," Kuro replied, grinning. "I have a schedule, just like you guys. Right now, I'm still indecisive about which class I should teach in the future, so you will find me in different classes in certain time periods."
Of course, most of the girls started shouting out more questions to Kuro, but the teacher merely yelled at the class that there wasn't any more time for questions. All of the girls that had their hands up protested, of course, but one glare from the teacher made them shut up. Once Kuro smiled at them, though, the girls started giggling like mad and the teacher merely rolled his eyes at the young man and at his female students.
"Anyway," the teacher began, sighing, "tomorrow, choose your seats wisely because the seat you sit at will be your permanent seat until the end of the school year. Also, if any one of you misbehave, then I'll have no choice but to have to switch seats with someone else, so be careful." As if on cue, the bell rang and the teacher then exclaimed, "Have a nice day, everyone!"
Kuro calmly walked out of the door and, of course, most of the female students followed after him in pursuit. Their overlapping voices and giggling could be heard from the hallway as they continued to follow after Kuro, who seemed completely unfazed at this.
Takeshi, Kaoru, Takeo, Momoko, Takumi, and Miyako walked out the door calmly after Kuro and the crowd of girls following after him were long gone. Kaoru was rolling her eyes while Momoko and Miyako were smiling nervously at this. On the other hand, the Takashi brothers were completely frowning.
Sighing, Kaoru turned around to face Momoko and Miyako. "Alright, let's go, then." She then turned her head to look at Takeshi, who was frowning. "Something the matter, Takeshi?"
He then grinned at her. "Nope, Kaoru-chan."
"Stop using that suffix!"
"Why should I, Kaoru-chan?"
"I told you this morning already!"
"Now, now, no need for the lovebirds to bicker so early in the morning again," Takeo stated, grinning in amusement.
Momoko and Miyako giggled at this statement while Kaoru glared angrily at Takeshi. Of course, they dragged Kaoru away to their next class to prevent her attacking Takeshi and possibly killing him in the process.
Once the trio of friends were away, the Takashi brothers headed down the opposite hallway together, walking side-by-side. Takeo was in the middle with Takeshi on his right and Takumi on his left. Normally, the three of them would've attracted attention, but since most of the hallways were completely cleared, due to Kuro and his crowd of female students, they were walking in silence.
"Takeshi, Takumi," Takeo stated, narrowing his eyes slightly. Once getting his brothers' attentions, he slowed down to a nearby window. Looking out the window, he looked down towards Kuro and his crowd of female students in the front yard of the school. "You two felt that, didn't you?"
"How could we not?" Takeshi replied, grinning.
"Strange of how it disappeared so suddenly," Takumi added while frowning as he stared at Kuro. "Especially since it disappeared the minute that class started."
Takeshi then looked out the window as well while glaring at Kuro. "I don't like that guy. Something about him just pisses me off."
"Same here," his two brothers responded in a cold voice.
Sighing, Takeo then stated, "I think it's best we keep an eye on this Kuro guy."
"Shouldn't we also be keeping an eye on the girls?" Takumi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We can't do that if their class is in the opposite side of the building," Takeshi replied, frowning. "Whoever made these stupid schedules is an idiot." All of a sudden, he started glaring darkly at Kuro, who was heading into the opposite side of the building they were in. "If that guy dares to do anything to my Kaoru, I will seriously—"
"We all feel the same about him with our girls, okay?" Takeo interrupted, narrowing his eyes at his black haired brother. "For now, though, we can't do anything, except stand back and watch."
Takeshi merely scoffed angrily as he watched Kuro enter through the door with his crowd of female students.
Takeo sighed at his brother's response. "I'll try to find some more information about this Kuro guy. Maybe I can get close enough to get some clues about him."
"I'll try to find more information about those deaths from last night," Takumi stated as he faced his eldest brother. "Just to make sure that it wasn't an act of revenge taken too far."
"Then I guess I'll be the one that's mainly gonna keep any eye on him," Takeshi said before frowning and adding sarcastically, "Well, that's just great…"
"Come on, you two," Takeo began as he pat his brothers' shoulders. "Let's head to class before we're late."
The trio of brothers glanced at the opposite side of the building once more through the window before walking down the hallway side-by-side to their next class.