WARNING: HIGH LEVELS OF OOC-NESS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. SERIOUSLY THOUGH, ASHITARE IS SO OOC HERE IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. TURN BACK NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. THAT IS ALL, ENJOY READING.


Ashitare continued to stare at me like a father would stare at his retarded four year old son for doing something inexplicably stupid.

Like flushing his wallet down the toilet for example.

Not that I have ever done that. No.

Or maybe I did but forgot about it.

But if I did, it wouldn't be my dad's wallet. It would be my mother's.

Okay, I'm not going to get into my family life for now.

"How many times are you going to faze out like that?" Ashitare asked impatiently. Cold, unblinking grey eyes fixed on me.

"Umm…" How the hell am I supposed to answer that?

"What is wrong with you? You got ADD or something?"

Well, let me think. If staring at Miaka incessantly and thinking of her excessively constituted a lack of concentration on other things, then yes, I do have ADD.

Not that that's a good thing though.

I'm sure it's a complete turn off for girls. I mean, just fazing out in the middle of something VERY important can really put someone off.

Picture it.

You've met the love of your life, your soul mate, and you want to spend the rest of your lives together, so you decide to propose to her. In the middle of a fancy French restaurant, you get down on one knee, start talking about the good times you've shared and everyone looks on, the women jealous that their husbands didn't propose to them like that, the men mentally berating themselves for not thinking of such a romantic idea for proposing to their wives. Then in the middle of your speech, you suddenly, faze out.

"Shun'u baby, what's wrong honey? You fazed out."

"Uhh…"

"Well, do continue, that was so beautiful."

"Uhh… What was I doing again?"

Insert gasp here

"You mean in a span of 10 seconds you forgot that you were proposing to me?"

"Uhh… I was?"

"Shun'u! I cannot believe you!"

She throws her napkin into your face and crying ensues. You have broken her heart and she leaves your life, never to show up again. Then, you're cursed for the rest of eternity, having this angry voice inside your head constantly screaming at you hysterically and forever ruining your love life, causing you to refrain from any physical contact with members of the opposite sex. This leads to you 

becoming a lonely, senile old man who's nothing but bitter. Then you take out your anger and frustrations on society and blame everyone as you become the representation of a sad, tragic figure in today's modern world, deprived of his rightful need of-

"SHUN'U!" Ashitare screamed.

"WHAT?!" I screamed, equally loud. I'm telling you, it was pure reflex.

He stood silent, momentarily stunned by my outburst.

This definitely earns the number one spot for the most stupid thing I have ever done top ten.

Not that I've done a lot to actually have a whole list, but you get my drift.

"What the hell?!" Ashitare yelled again, causing me to jump up in fright.

"What?!" I spat out idiotically.

"What?" He frowned, "You tell me 'what'. First you're late for my class and I let you off the hook 'cause I didn't feel like embarrassing you in front of the class, provided you give me a reasonable alibi, second, I've been standing here watching you for the past seven minutes making imbecilic faces to no one in particular and third, you screamed at me!"

Wait a minute. I make imbecilic faces to myself?

Maybe that explains all those times a group of attractive females would look my way...

I mean, I always thought it was because of my charming good looks, exotic beauty and exuberant charm.

Oh god...

"Sit your damn ass on that chair now!" his voice commanding.

I plop down on the nearest chair like an obedient dog and just sit down quietly. I was nearly hyperventilating. My breath was short and I was in a cold sweat.

Okay Shun'u. Breathe. Take in deep breaths. Deep, deep breaths.

"So..." Ashitare began coolly, "Is she hot?" He sat down on top of his desk in front of me and crossed his arms around his chest.

"Well, I guess-"

What? Wait, wait, wait. Hold up for a second. Did he just ask what I think he asked?

I looked up at him, perplexed, "Sir?"

He looked at me with a goofy smile on his face, "Look, we're all on the same page here, I may be old, but this dog still knows all the tricks."

What the hell? Dog? Tricks?!

"Sir, I really have no idea what you're talking about." It was the truth. What dog? What tricks? What page?!

"Come on, what do you take me for Kou? Now seriously, what're we talking about here? On a scale of one to ten." He leaned closer to my face, grinning evilly.

"Excuse me?" My voice rose a few octaves, causing it to squeak slightly.

"Well, you walk into my class late; you've never been late before. You sneak inside looking flustered and flushed with a somewhat moronic, glazed over facial expression, and that could only mean two things: one, you're high on drugs; two, you're a sucker for a woman."

What is with everyone and being so damn perceptive today? Oh god!

I could feel my face turn warm and obviously, bright red, against my wishes. Just great Shun'u, what a way to look inconspicuous, oh of course, he wouldn't suspect anything now.

Moron. Stupid, moronic Shun'u.

Someone. Anyone. Kill me. Now.

"So..." Ashitare cut into my homicidal thoughts. Oh joy. The fun just doesn't end now does it? "Judging by that blush, I think I know what I already need to know..." Evil smirk, "Well, if she lies anywhere between a nine or ten, then your tardiness, well, let's just say you were never late."

I stared at him, in shock, horror and pure amazement.

"Sir, honestly, you have no idea what you're talking about." Whoa. Where did that come from? One would need serious balls, pardon the pun, to say that to Ashitare.

"No? Well, let me tell you something, we're all grown men here, and as men, it's our duty to go out there and hunt the biggest fish, we all try to snag the prettiest one in the ocean. So as a fellow male, I congratulate you on a fine job, but please, enough with dummy talk, what fish are we talking about here?"

I cannot believe this. I wanted to sink into a hole and die.

"Sir..." I visibly paled, staring down at the floor, "I-I'm sorry, but I'm not going to answer that question."

"You will if you don't want extra homework and assignments for a month as a penalty for being late." Why that, that! Gargh! I can't even think of a proper name anymore.

I sighed and waited for a moment. I cannot believe this! I am actually sharing a part of my private life with my professor! An old, burly professor who taunts me with extra work for refusing to tell him a part of my private life! Where's the justice in this world?

"10..." I whispered quietly, closing my eyes, shaking my head and blushing furiously.

"Wooh! You dog you!" He howled.

I buried my face in both my palms as Ashitare chuckled on in evil, sadistic amusement.

Note:

Ashitare is not human. He is an evil demon spawn. Evilest of all evils.

I cannot believe what just happened!

God!

Professor Ryuuen is crazy.

Professor Ashitare is crazy.

And I'm going crazy!

Damn it.


A/N: Hey guys! I'm back with a new chapter! Yay! I think I have lost my humour, sarcasm and writing skills though. This chapter totally did not connect with me. Anyway, I would like to take this moment to thank everyone profusely for sending their prayers; words cannot express how much I appreciate it. Seriously, thanks so much guys. Also, thanks to Ayriel and 'loveREMIX- for checking up on me!

Actually I've been working on this chapter for a few weeks already, writing it out in a notebook every time I feel strong enough to hold up a pencil and think. The treatment's doing okay I guess, I do feel weak every single day though. The doctors say it's normal, but there's something in their eyes that makes you think they're trying to cover up something. It might just be paranoia though. God, I'm going mental!

If you're wondering, I'm not healthy. I feel like a pile of shit. Literally. Ah shucks.

Credits to Ren and Lee for helping me with the chapter's contents, also to Tasha for typing it all out and posting it online and answering my e-mails and such; thanks a lot you guys! You've been very supportive.

Again, thanks to everyone for everything, the reviews, prayers, well-wishes, everything! I really appreciate it and I don't know how to express my gratitude really, but thank you very much! I do hope you guys like it.

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P.S. I see I have new reviewers. Hey guys! I hope you like the story so far!