Akuma was playing his part very well. A bit too well, in Urufu's opinion. Looks like he learned quite a lot in being a Science teacher, or perhaps he's a fast learner.

He also kept that bewitching smile plastered on his face. How could the students not think that it was weird how their teacher had a smile for two whole periods? Urufu was the only one who wasn't looking deeply fond of the teacher, nor was she willing to raise her hand up whenever he asked anybody to answer a question, even though she knew the answer. She was the only silent one. The only one.

" Urufu? " called out Akuma in his usual smooth, friendly yet bewitching voice.
" Yes, sir? " she responded in her own usual flat voice. She was trying her best not to run up to him and tell him all of his sins.
" You seem awfully quiet. Are you alright? " His voice just sounded so worried and concerned like a mother's, but a demon's voice could never coax her.
" I'm fine, sir. "
" You should be a bit more open and participative, you know? " She responded with a nod.

Osoroshi's class felt like forever. She was sick of it and drummed her nails on her desk in impatience and irritation, but not too loudly to get anyone's attention. She glanced outside through her window, hopefully finding something interesting, even if its just a bird perching on a branch. She liked studying the details of things. Hopefully when she needn't to move from one place to another every few months, she would become an artist. The things she had been gifted wasn't just Okami Rida or the mind and words of a lawyer, but artistic skills.

Alas, the bell rang the second time and it was finally time for the demon to go. Much to the students' pleasure, no homework was given. And like always, after the teacher was nowhere to be seen, every student immediately started talking. But that day had a hot topic, Osoroshi Akuma was their hot topic, instead of the new student, Urufu, much to her relief. But she was also very irritated to hear the demon she loathed the most being praised. So irritated that she started scratching her hand and started shifting in her seat uncomfortably. The boy beside her was concerned yet suspicious, but he knew not to ask. The one who sat behind, however, had no concern for her but rather suspicion.

Then, a certain pot-bellied teacher with a red mask and a shiny, yellow belt walked in. Urufu was utterly confused at why he needed a mask in public, especially when he's a teacher teaching. But she chose not to ask, since it could offend someone. Then, the pot-bellied man took a deep breath and shouted at the top of his lungs,
" GOOD MORNING, STUDENTS! " He sounded like a military police.
" GOOD MORNING, ! " responded the students the same way he did, except Urufu, who responded awkwardly.
" SIT DOWN. TODAY, WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE FRACTIONS OF JUSTIIIIIIIICE! "

Fractions was the easy one for Urufu. In fact, almost everything was easy for her. She was also gifted with intelligence and the ability to understand things quickly.
" WHAT IS 3/4+1/2?! " Just when Fang wanted to raise his hand, he was a split second too late.
" YES, URUFUUUU?! "
" It's 5/4 or 1 and 1/4, sir. "

It's okay, you'll get your chance, thought Fang with a sigh through his nose to calm himself down. But however, Urufu's arm was much quicker than Fang's, so was her brain. As the questions got harder and harder, the speed of the child's arm and brain didn't change at all. She was like a human calculator, answering every question without fail, especially the had ones. But she was slightly different from the raven-haired boy, she didn't answer the question proudly then snickered at the students' idiocy, she did none of those. She just acted like she was doing nothing but answering simple math questions.

Finally, at the end of the day, much to Urufu's and Fang's irritation, many students crowded around her desk, allowing her no chance of escape. Just when things couldn't get worse, Fang counted how many students crowded around her. Every student crowded around her, asking whether they could help with their homework. Fang was so shocked that 10% of his self esteem vanished and his fingers shivered. He quickly packed up his books and sprinted out of the classroom.

" Please, Urufu, " begged Gopal. " I'll pay you any amount of money! Just help me with the 10 pages of math homework. "
" Come on, lah, Uru! I'll treat you with Tok Aba's Special Hot Chocolate! Just help me with my homework, lah! " coaxed Ying. But it seemed that she was overdoing it since she hung an arm around Urufu and patted her a bit too hardly on the back. She didn't like being touched. She tried jerking away but Ying was just a parasite. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. In one swift movement, she took her chair up and yelled angrily,

" EVERYBODY, SHUT UP! "

That was when everybody fell silent. Unintentionally, she knocked Gopal down when she lifted up her chair. At that moment, he was lying on the floor, looking at her with widely shocked eyes. She wanted to apologize, but somehow, she couldn't. She just took her bag and walked out of class without looking back like nothing ever happened.

Urufu walked a bit faster than usual when going home. She needed to tell someone that the demon was here.
Urufu, I feel a presence, said Rida. That suddenly alerted the girl. She stopped. Someone's following us.
Who do think it is?
I sense no threat, but I doubt that it's Akuma.

She then continued walking in the speed of before to erase the follower's suspicion. But when she turned around in one sharp movement and scanned the area. However, the follower had hid behind a wall and waited to hear for her footsteps to continue, and that follower was Boboiboy. He had his back pressed hardly against the wall, just waiting for her to continue. In his mind, he was wondering,
Why am I hiding? This is the route home.

While he was still waiting for her to continue, something suddenly dropped onto his head, causing a bit of pain. It was revealed to be a rock with a piece of paper covering it. Something was written on it. In curiosity, he unwrapped the rock and read the piece of paper which had the word " LEAVE " written in red ink on it. He gulped. That was undoubtly Urufu who wrote it.

Urufu ran on the rooftops with the speed and quietness of a deer, and to do so, she must only touch the roofs with the tips of her toes, but without much force. Though, she wasn't that quiet. Her running made small, soft, tapping sounds. If a person concentrates hard enough, they would hear it.
Any idea why that kid was following us? asked Urufu while running carefully atop the roofs.
I don't know. It could be for an innocent reason like homework, or perhaps he suspects us, responded Rida with a voice of serious uncertainty. Anyway, we should tell Hane about this. ( Not pronounced as Haine but Haneh. Japanese stuff, man. )

She jumped down the last roof without any injury and started running on ground. She and Hane lived in an old, single house not far from Tok Aba's shop. While Tok Aba was cleaning the counter, he saw Urufu running with quite the speed. A few days ago, he caught a glimpse of a man and a mysterious-looking black-haired girl in a taxi, along with some luggages. He must've thought that that old house had finally been bought. He wanted to show some friendliness to the new citizen, but she was out of his sight in a few blinks.

Finally, she reached her house. The old house had a rusty, metal fence surrounding it along with a large rusted gate along with some dried, dead grass, giving the house an abandoned atmosphere, grey, chipped roof tiles, some peeled off white paint on the stained walls, a gutter and a few windows with brown streaks of stain. She took out a ring of keys from her pocket and unlocked the lock that was locked on a metal chain that wrapped around the gate. Then, she jogged into the house, followed by the sound of dead leaves being crunched under her shoes. She walked up the small steps and unlocked the wooden door with one of her keys.
" Hane-sensei? " Urufu called out without a sound of panting. When she smelled the warm scent of rice, she charged towards the kitchen and saw a tall, white-haired man with amber eyes cooking vegetables in a wok with a spatula.

Hane was Urufu's mentor and guardian, but he was not human, he was a Tengu, he was like the rare, good ones that come from forests, not the common, evil ones that come from the misty mountains. However, he was bred, born and raised in the mountains, it was a mystery how he turned out to be a good-natured one. Because of that, he had been mistreated by his own kin for years, therefore making his black hair turn white due to living with fright and stress for years. The reason why it was still white was because he still had memories and nightmares of those traumatic experiences. Hane was often mysterious, but not cold. He had warmth, but his immense patience was what made him a Tengu. Although she had never seen him angered before, Urufu dared not test his patience. There was actually something she was confused about him: his age. He looked like a 25 year old but he was actually a 50 year old. She didn't know that Tengus were twice as old as human.

" Hmm? Oh, you're back, Uru, " said Hane in his usual casual and pleasant voice and a small smile.
" Hane-sensei, there's something I need to tell you, and you won't like it, " said Urufu in an urgent, serious voice.
" Met new jerks? "
" Even worse. O- "
" Now, now, if there's a bully, don't be reluctant to kick his ' weak ' area. "
" Osoroshi Akuma is the new teacher there! My new Science teacher! " The hand that was holding the spatula suddenly froze, leaving the vegetables laying still on the sizzling wok.
" I can't believe it... " he muttered. Urufu couldn't see his face, but she knew that his pupils shrunk dramatically, a sign of fear.
" Also, someone followed me back home. "
" Akuma?! " he spun around in a sharp move, revealing a face more frightened than the last time's.
" No. Just my classmate. All I know is that he's a boy with an orange cap. Rida sensed no threat, but he might be suspecting us. " Within a sigh, Hane's frightened face melted into a soft expression. He smiled and chuckled.
" Or perhaps it's for a different reason, " he chuckled and stroked her head. The head was where Urufu didn't mind. " You have grown into a young, beautiful- "
" Shut up, " she said sternly and gave him her cold eyes. But he found that annoyed expression adorable since she was a child and a more than a foot shorter than him. He chuckled and pinched her cheek teasingly, which made little Uru growl.
" Go and set the table. Lunch will be ready in 10 minutes or more. "