Title:

Lost and Found

Author:

Fucked if I Know

Characters:

Yankumi, Shin, Uchi, Noda, Kuma, Minami, OC, Various others

Rating:

Teen, for language and violence.

Spoilers:

Gokusen Live Action Drama Season One

Summary:

When Yamaguchi Kumiko took on the task of molding the class of 3-D, she was expecting to have a few rotten eggs. What she got instead was a crowd of rowdy, delinquents, with no actual direction in life. She takes on the task of shaping these teens up, showing them that in this world friends are a necessity, life's not easy, and that no one's opinions matter but those who care about you. Of course, she was not expecting to deal with the new kid. His attitude is twice as bad, and his mouth is little more than reckless. He seems to give not only her, but the entire faculty the cold shoulder, but he also manages to nip out of trouble whether involved or not. What secrets are he hiding from not only her, but all of 3-D?

Disclaimer:

All recognizable material (characters/concepts/etc.) belongs to the copyright holder(s) of said material. I don't make money from writing fanfiction and don't claim to own any of the copyrighted material. Violation/infringement of copyrighted works is not intended. Original characters and some of the plot are all that I own.

Chapter Two

"That woman, what was her name? The new teacher." Kuma questioned, chewing noisily

"You mean Yamaguchi Kumiko? With the glasses?" Minami piped up from beside the larger teen.

"I don't think she'll come back anymore." Kuma went on to say, remembering the look on her face when she had realized that a ball had been thrown at her head.

"Yeah, Kuma really scared the crap out of her." Uchi commented with a shake of his head.

"One hundred yen on her not coming back." Minami goaded the group with a sly grin.

"Three hundred yen for me, then." Noda said, upping the stakes a bit, though his eyes were focused completely on the laptop situated on his lap. His eyes widened slightly as a picture popped up on the screen. "Oh, I got it!" He exclaimed. The picture was of a woman, with a voluptuous figure clad in skimpy clothing.

"Yeah, cool! You did a good job." Minami cheered as both he and Uchi crowded around Noda to get a better look at the picture.

Kuma, who was busy eating, turned to the stairway where Shin was lounging contently. "How 'bout you, Shin?"

"I'll pass." Shin murmured, tilting his head to acknowledge his friend for only a brief moment.

Yamaguchi-sensei who had been stood under the steps, she had heard all of their comments and she couldn't help but feel a bit slighted, if not amused. She shook her head, moving forward and towards the school's front door.

"You're all idiots." The voice of Shuuichirou commented as he rounded the corner. He had heard the exchange, noticed the figure lingering and had been slightly curious as to who it was that was making assumptions. He himself had been wandering the halls of the school in hopes of finding something that could occupy his time when he had heard the voices and decided to come investigate. "She'll be back tomorrow. She's got that...kind of presence. It's already begun to bug me."

The group eyed him with trepidation, before Minami smirked. "You think so? How much you willing to bet, new guy?"

Shuuichirou frowned at the pretty boy, before shrugging. "I'll put down three hundred." He stated hands settling in his pockets as he leaned against the railing of the staircase. "Don't try to wimp out on me either, I always manage to get my money."

The other two let out a bark of laughter in response, apparently finding the comment entertaining.

"I like him." Noda stated with a decisive nod of his head, and a wide grin in the redhead's direction

"Sure, sure." Uchi nodded amiably, "You wanna hang out with us later after school, kid?" While the group as a whole was not distrusting, it was often up to the blonde to decide whether or not someone was worth the effort of getting to know. In this case, he had decided that there was something about the lanky male that he liked.

"Tch." Shuuichirou scoffed, amused that they seemed to be playing as though they hadn't remembered his name when it had been mentioned twice since this morning. "Can't. Things to do, people to see." With that he waved, making his way down the hallway leisurely, intent on finding something to occupy his focus for the time being.

"If x squared is -5, what is the value of x?" Yamaguchi-sensei murmured to herself, the very next day, voice not at all loud enough to carry over the noise of her obnoxious students. She turned to her students expectantly, after she'd finished writing the equation on the board. "Can someone solve this problem?"

The class was just as obnoxious as they had been the day before, most student were chatting amicably with the person next to them, completely ignoring the female.

"No-one?" Yamaguchi-sensei pressed, after sighing. "Hey, is anyone listening?" She went on, after getting no response. "Are you listening? Can you hear me?" After a pause her face dropped from polite to stern in an instant and she opened her mouth to bellow, "I am asking if you are listening!" The class silenced immediately and she plowed forward, "When someone is talking , you look at that person. Don't you guys know that's common courtesy?"

The entire class jolted in surprise, startled by the sudden outburst. Shin, who for once in his high school career was wide awake, eyed the woman with slight curiosity. He figured that the teen lounging beside him had a way of reading people if he was able to determine that she would in fact be back the next day, and then having that assumption proven correct with her appearance.

"What's up with this aura of hers..?" He heard the redhead mutter to himself. He turned to find the once lounging teen sat up, eyeing the female with narrowed hazel orbs.

Yamaguchi-sensei noted the looks she received, and she fumbled for the book laid out before her. "Kumai-kun." She called out after scanning the sheet,"Come forward and try this problem."

"Then say please." Was the large boy's snarky retort.

"Huh?"

"When you ask someone to do something, you say please." Uchi told the woman, using her own words against her. "Don't you know that's common courtesy?"

"I'm not asking you, but commanding you." Yamaguchi-sensei told the boys, her voice sounding only a bit stern.

The teens stood up angrily, wondering who this teacher was to think that she had the audacity to go around commanding one of their own. Kuma himself stood, shoving a desk out of his way as he moved towards the front of the classroom. He made his way past Yamaguchi-sensei, who was smiled proudly at her success, and towards the board where he began to write.

The class began to re-seat themselves just as Kuma finished writing his response on the board. "It's done." He told the female and made his way back to his seat. On his way, he received appreciate high-fives from his classmates after they'd read what he wrote on the board.

Yamaguchi-sensei turned to the board, expecting the problem to be solved only to find that the teen had written 'Math sucks!.' "...there's an elementary spelling mistake." She murmured to herself after looking over the kanji before her eyes.

The class burst into uproarious laughter, most of the students banging their hands and whatever objects they held on their desks. Shin remained quiet, not finding the situation that amusing, though he turned with a raised eyebrow when he heard Shuuichirou heaving what sounded like a disappointed sigh at the heavy teen.

The redhead turned, feeling the leader's curious gaze on him and quirked and almost challenging brow in response. The stoic teen could only stare blankly, not bothering voice his question.

Shin stood after casting a brief glance at his wrist watch. The sound of his chair scraping across the floor caused the laughter that lined the walls of the classroom to come to an immediate halt. He ignored this, stretching his arms above his head lethargically. He glanced at the female situated in the front giving a soft scoff and then moved towards the back entrance.

"Chotto matte." Wait. "We're in the middle of class." Yamaguchi-sensei told the boy, after she'd turned around to see where the sound had come from.

Shin ignored her, as did the rest of the group. Each of them rose up from their slouched position, Uchi motioning for the redhead to follow them and made towards the back entrance where the exited.

"Chotto matte." She repeated. She peered down at the attendance sheet and looked back up at him, "Sawada-kun." Finally the leader came to a halt. Slowly he turned, gaze settling on the woman in an almost shrewd manner. He slipped his hand from his pocket, revealing the expensive watch that adorned his wrist and used the other hand to point out the time. At that precise moment the bell chimed, signaling the end of class.

He continued on his way, stride confident and not at all faltering. The group followed. Uchi motioning to his wrist where a watch should've been, Noda grinning goofily, Minami smirking, Kuma rubbing his stomach, and Shuuichirou scowling.

Yamaguchi-sensei stared after the group despondently, releasing a heavy sigh.

"Don't think I forgot the money you two owe me, bastards." The redhead called after the group, reaching up to run a hand through his hair. "Pay up!"

As Yamaguchi-sensei made her way to the roof she could hear voices. The voices of at least three of her students.

"Thanks." The voices chorused together, sounding anything but grateful.

"Eto, five hundred yen per person..." An unfamiliar voice said, hesitantly.

"What! You mean you want money for the lunch?" From where she stood, she could see Kuma, Minami, and Uchi surrounding a boy with pinkish red hair that looked vaguely familiar. She crouched down, hoping that they wouldn't notice her until she was ready to reveal her presence.

"When those Kita High students were hassling you, who came to your rescue?" Uchi spoke, arm around his shoulder and mouth close to -Akechi Jun, she realized- his ear.

"You shouldn't take money from your benefactors. Right?" Minami scolded, coming up behind Uchi to smirk at the boy.

"It's not good to forget your duty and compassion, is it?" Noda asked haughtily, finally speaking.

"Oh yes, I remember now. Duty and compassion." The teen echoed, smiling nervously as he pulled away from Uchi's grasp.

"Yeah. That's a good boy." Minami grinned, patting the nervous teens shoulder, along with the others.

"Eto...these guys sure are capable..." Yamaguchi-sensei murmured to herself after having witnessed the scene.

"Quit harassing the poor guy, man." She heard a familiar voice order gruffly, as Shuuichirou appeared. He nudged the three delinquents out of the way , and stood before Jun as he slipped a hand into his pocket. He reached for the distressed boy hand, and held it there as he deposited what she assumed to be four, five hundred yen coins into his palm."Here, man." He patted the other on the shoulder, motioning him to the door. "Don't spend it all in one place."

The woman was surprised to see the redhead smirking, and speaking in such a manner. Whenever she or another figure of authority were in the immediate vicinity the lanky youth was always scowling, or glaring in their direction. He never spoke in any other tone but that short clipped one, yet here he was in what appeared to be a good mood.

She shook her head, that wasn't her reason for seeking the group out. She made her way p the steps a smile on her features." Hi boys." She greeted cheerfully.

"Nani?" What? Was the reluctant response she received from Noda, who just brought his feet up to rest against the surface of the table as he reached out for his container of food.

"Well, the Headteacher is missing some money he was in charge of." Yamaguchi-sensei told the group, striding over to where Kuma sat.

From his sprawled position on the bench, Shin sat up listening to the woman seemongly determined words.

"Don't tell me." Shuuichirou murmured from his upright position next to Kuma. Unlike the others, he had brought his own meal, a homemade ongiri stuffed with Tenmusu. He swallowed noisily before speaking again, "He suspects one of them? It seems like 3-D always manages to draw the short end of the stick whenever trouble arises."

Yamaguchi-sensei blinked at that. After all, the teen had only met the Headteacher once, and that was at the introduction ceremony that had only occurred two days prior. She was only just coming to terms with the fact that the man seemed hell bent on establishing the group as a bunch of degenerates with no future, and here the redhead was already knowing the dynamics of the school , as well as her own classroom.

"And then..."

"Why are there sesame seeds on my rice?" She was immediately interrupted by Minami's whine.

"So...I mean..." She trailed off, not knowing how to phrase it.

"So, you suspect we did it, right?" Shin spoke up for the first time, echoing the redhead's words and bringing Yamaguchi-sensei's eyes to him. The teen was up, and walking towards her with narrowed eyes.

"Eh? No, no. I don't mean that." She denied. " She was unnerved by the knowing gaze of not only one surly teen but two. "You don't know anything, do you?" She asked, turning to address the other boys who were focused on the food they were currently eating.

"No, we don't!" Kuma stated loudly, glaring at the woman.

"Perhaps someone besides you..." She offered, voicing sounding suggestive.

"I said we didn't know!" Kuma growled, setting his food down roughly and moving forward to address the teacher at a closer range.

"Even if we knew, we wouldn't sell him out." Shin told the teacher, placing a placating hand on Kuma's shoulder to stop him from doing anything he might regret later on. He moved past the larger teen to stand before the female with defiant eyes.

The two gazed at each other for a brief moment before Yamaguchi-sensei smiled. "I see. Sorry about that." She then turned to leave, though not before confronting them about what she had witnessed. "Five hundred yen each." She held out her hand, intent on receiving the money .

Minami set down his food angrily, standing up. "What did you say?!"

Yamaguchi-sensei's face hardened slightly. "It'd be fair to add something for fetching the food. But, since he seems to owe you something we'll call it even. So, five hundred yen."

The other three stood up as well, until it was Uchi wand Minami who stood glowering down at her. "Hey! Don't mess with us." Uchi barked at her.

The female looked at her palm for a moment before her eyes hardened and her lips formed into a thin line before she looked up at the four. "Five hundred yen." She repeated, her voice turning hard.

The teens looked at her, blinking at the sudden change before digging into their pockets to pull out the amount of money demanded from them reluctantly. Uchi being the defiant young man that he was, tossed the coin so that it landed near her foot with a huff.

"Don't toss money your parents earned!" She snapped, causing the teen to flinch slightly. The other sucked in a breath, surprised by the outburst. Shin himself felt his eyes widened slightly at the passionate outburst. Shuuichirou's scowl deepened in response. Yamaguchi-sensei sighed, before she bent over to pick up the coin. "Well, at least you're willing to pay." She then turned to the others expectantly holding out her hand. "You guys, too. All right." The others scoffed, before they too followed Uchi's example, though they didn't bother to toss it like the blonde had.

After she had collected the money, she moved towards the redhead. All eyes remained focused on the woman, though none more so than the redhead himself who eyed her suspiciously. "Here you are, Irie-kun." She muttered, holding her hand out.

The teen in question eyed her shrewdly as he rose from the reclined position he had taken during the confrontation. "The hell are you doin', lady?" He sneered, folding his arms across his chest.

"I'm returning the money that they owe you." She stated, hand still held out to drop the coins into his hand.

The teen heaved a sigh. He brought his hand out and when the woman deposited the coins into his palm he turned to the others. One by one he handed them back their money, before turning to address his homeroom teacher. "If I really wanted them to pay me back, I would've gotten the money back myself." He gathered his belongings, tossing the unfinished treat into the trashcan and made his way down the stairs and called out to the group, "I'll see you guys later."

Sometime after school had let out she, Kawashima-sensei, and Fujiyama-sensei had ran into Sakurazakashita-sama. The very same man who had held the bus for her, who had practically cradled her in his arms on that very same bus, the man that she had been daydreaming about since their fateful meeting.

She had found out that not only was his name Shinohara Tomoya, but he was a detective as well. Their love was practically forbidden. The two woman that she had been accompanying had invited him, as well as his partner, Kashiwagi Yutaka, for drinks to thank the man for coming to their 'aid'.

She'd been able to utter a soft sentence to him, at the time as the other two had begun to demand his attention once more. She was left to wallow in her self-pity with only Detective Kashiwagi , and the liquor to keep her company.

So, here she was drowning her sorrows in liquor with only Tetsu and Minoru to keep her company. She reached for the bottle, intent on filling her glass once more. Her efforts were immediately thwarted by Minoru. "Ojou." Young lady.

The heavy set male tugged on the bottle, attempting to take it from the inebriated woman who demanded, "Come on. Give it to me!"

He succeeded only when her finger slipped from the mouth of the bottle. "It's two a.m., already. "Shall we hit the sack?"

"What?" She craned her neck to eye the two males sat beside her. "Are you saying you don't want to drink with me?"

"No. I'm sorry!"

She thrust the empty cup at him, "Here."

With a sigh Minoru poured her another cupful.

"Ojou. What's troubling you?" Tetsu questioned carefully, not wanting to witness her temper.

"Eh? Um..." She balked. She didn't want to have to go though this again, knowing immediately that they would come to the same conclusions that not only Headteacher and the rest of the faculty had come to, but she as well. "As I told you some school money has disappeared."

"Wasn't it a rugrat in your class that did it?" Tetsu inquired, leaning forward.

The woman heaved a deep sigh, letting her head fall forward, as the other two watched with baited breath. "I don't know what's going on." She finally admitted. "I had no idea that high school guys nowadays were like that. They can't listen to people. They can't even say hello. They bully the weak." She could list all the things they'd done wrong , all the things that surprised her most about the class, and even so she still couldn't find it in herself to fault them for their behavior for some odd reason. "They are unbelievably immature..."

"Kumiko." Her grandfather, Kuroda Ryuichiro, began as he slid the paper door open. "Can I have a cup?"

"Fight-oh!" Yamaguchi-sensei cheered quietly to herself the next morning. The talk she'd had with her grandfather had been enlightening to say the least. She had forgotten about Minoru, and Tetsu. Forgotten that the two of them had also at one point or another been regarded in much the same way as her current class. Delinquents, society had claimed them to be, and that had only changed when her group , the Kuroda-gumi had decided to give them a fresh start. She figured that 3-D required the same thing, a chance.

She made her way to the group that was seated along the outskirts of the baseball field. Four out of the six were munching on store bought food, while the other two sat a few feet away looking to be in a deep discussion.

"Good." Both Noda and Kuma commented with nods of their heads as they each took a bite of the food they held.

She smiled brightly at them before moving to sit next to Kuma. "Looks like you guys are eating some good stuff." She said, setting the triple-stacked bento box down in front of her.

"What is it?" Minami grumbled, looking away from the teacher.

"I thought I'd eat with you guys. See? Try it." She smiled, pulling the top stack off and presenting it to Kuma.

"Idiot." Kuma snorted, turning his head away from the proffered meal.

"Eat alone." Uchi huffed, turning away from the woman and sitting so that his legs hung off the side of the bench and over the ground.

"How come? I wanna talk with you guys." She then proceeded to unstack the rest of the bento and set them side by side.

"She's nuts." Minami scoffed, flinging one leg over the other and moving closer to the edge of bench.

"Aren't you insane." Noda grumbled from his position near Kuma.

The woman turned to Shuuichirou, who had yet to say much on the matter. In fact, he seemed intent on ignoring her presence all together, instead focused on his own meal.. What've you got there, Irie?" She questioned with a smile, not at all dissuaded by the others comments.

"Food." He stated as he himself had his own homemade bento, which consisted of vegetable frittata, lentil snacks, asparagus, and strawberries. He snapped his chopsticks apart, and began to eat.

"Really? What'd you bring? That looks pretty homemade."

"Tch. That's because it is."

The woman heaved a sigh, before turning her attention to the last member of the ragtag group."Ne, Sawada. Are you eating all right?"

Shin sat with his back against a pole, his legs crossed one one another, sipping at a can of black coffee. The teen ignored her, releasing a relieved sigh before going back to nursing the beverage.

"Just coffee?" She questioned, raising an eyebrow.

The teen continued to ignore her. He only moved when he noticed the two figures approaching their group with purposeful strides. He set the can down, eyeing them perspicaciously. "Kumai, Irie. Com here."

"What?" The heavy-set teen did a double-take, blinking at the two authoritative figures..

"Eh?" The redhead groused, eyes narrowing at the demand.

"Yamaguchi-sensei. Please come also." Washio-sensei instructed, face stern.

The female balked, just as Shin sat up. "Hai." Yes.

After noticing that the two had yet to comply, both Head Teacher and Washio-sensei moved forward. Washio-sensei going for Kuma who immediately began to struggle, and Head Teacher moving towards the lanky teen,who snarled in response.

"What the hell do you think you're doin'?!" Shuuichirou barked as his bento box clattered to the ground in his struggle to release himself from Headteacher's surprisingly strong grasp.

Kuma himself was opposing Washio-sensei vehemently, pulling the teacher every which way in an attempt to be released.

When the five of them made it to the faculty room, the two teachers shoved the teens forward and into the desk that sat opposite the entrance of the room with identical sneers.

The other staff members looked on with a sense of familiarity, as if they saw these kinds of interactions between Headteacher, Washio-sensei, and some poor soul of 3-D on a daily basis.

"So noisy!" Fujiyama-sensei griped, though she couldn't at all remove her gaze from the scene playing out before her very eyes.

"Can teachers use violence?" Kuma growled, as both he and Shuuichirou straightened from the manhandling they'd just subjected to.

"Violence? What about what you two did? Theft, that's a crime." Head Teacher scorned, raising a brow, daring to be challenged.

"Theft?" Yamaguchi-sensei repeated, gaping slightly.

"Theft?!" Shuuichirou repeated the word as though it were poison. His scowl only deepened further, "I didn't steal anything! So don't you start accusing me." He moved to grab the Headteacher's jacket, only to be stopped by both Yamaguchi-sensei and Washio-sensei. "Do you understand me? I'm not a thief!"

"These two are the culprits." Washio-sensei piped up from beside the woman, struggling

to keep the redhead at bay.

"I don't know anything." Kuma told them.

Shuuichirou immediately ceased his opposition. He didn't know whether it was the others lack of conviction or the fact that he hadn't really struggled himself after they'd been accused of theft, but right then and there the redhead was overcome with an intense anger.

"Come off it!" Headteacher snapped, tired of the denial.

"Headteacher, do you have the goods on them?" Yamaguchi-sensei asked, moving to stand beside the lean teen just in case, as the rest of the teacher in attends grew more attentive.

"Goods?" Headteacher repeated, moving his head abruptly to look at the woman.

"I mean...do you have the evidence?" She rephrased, after a moment's pause.

"There's a witness who saw Kumai downtown yesterday carrying a yellow bag similar in it's appearance to the collection bag." Headteacher told the female sternly.

"You plan on explaining what I have to do with this incident any time soon?" He questioned, seething silently. His fiery gaze was focused solely on the coiffed haired male, eyebrow quirked arms folded across his chest. It was the stance of an animal, ready to pounce if provoked.

"We all know Kumai is too dumb to have thought of something like this on his own, and since you two live so close it's obvious that you are partners in crime." Headteacher stated, his tone matter-of -fact. He didn't at all appreciate the fact that the newest addition to the school was not only challenging him, but already causing trouble. It had barely been a week since his arrival.

"Why you little-!" Shuuichirou seethed, preparing to launch himself at the man once again, only to be held back by the two teachers beside him.

"No way! The bag I was carrying only looked like the collection bag, but it wasn't. It was a bag I carried cigarettes and a lighter in." Kuma told the man, after a brief moment of hesitation.

"Cigarettes? Why you!" Yamaguchi-sensei stepped in, her voice sounding appalled.

"Then, show me the bag." Headteacher ordered.

"I threw it away."

"Threw it away?" Washio-sensei repeated skeptically.

"Un." Yeah. "Because it was so old and had holes."

"Can't he come up with a better story?" Fujiyama-sensei murmured to herself from where she stood.

"Kumai, if you tell the truth, I'll let both you and Irie off this time." Headteacher bribed.

"I am telling the truth."

"Do you wanna be expelled? Dragging Irie along with you?"

"No. Expulsion is not good. If we lose two students, our school revenue will be that much less." Shirakawa Gonzo said, finally stepping forward.

"Principal, give me a break." Headteacher began scornfully, sidling over towards the shorter man. "Because of these guys, we aren't able to recruit new students." He pointed at the two teens who stood before him, "They are trash."

"Trash?" Yamaguchi-sensei echoed, disbelief evident in her voice.

"Do you know what happens if trash is left undisposed?" Headteacher pressed on, his tone showing his distaste for all of 3-D. "Bugs will come and contaminate the whole environment. Killing the bugs won't solve anything if we leave the trash alone."

Yamaguchi looked back at her students, noting how Kuma looked helpless and how angry the usually stoic- at least around the group- seemed.

"They should be dismissed from school and taken to the police immediately."

"Chotto matte kudasai!" Please wait a moment. "Without hard evidence, are you going to snitch on Kumai and Irie?"

"Snitch?" Headteacher blinked, looking down at the woman with confused eyes.

"They said they didn't do it." She plowed on, ignoring the quizzical expressions she received. The other members stayed silent, wondering why this woman was protecting the teens so fiercely.

"Do you believe the word of trash?" Washio-sensei asked with a snort.

"Demo there's useful trash, too. This is an era of recycling." Kawashima-sensei drawled from her position near the entrance.

"Unfortunately, they're the useless kind." Head Teacher retorted easily.

"I quit!" Kuma said suddenly, his voice grew louder as he continued. "This is bullshit! Idiots!" He snarled kicking a trashcan as he moved to leave the room.

""I've only just gotten here, and already I'm being accused of things I would never even consider doing!" Shuuichirou barked, ruffling his hair in agitation as he moved to follow the wide set youth, though that didn't stop him from knocking over more than a few stacks of papers that lined the edge of several members of the staffs' desks.

"Ah!" Washio-sensei cried, surprised by both of the teen's outbursts. "You're out of control!"

"Kumai, Irie!" Yamaguchi-sensei called, following after them. The two came to a stop simultaneously, and the woman came to a halt just a few feet away.

"What?" Kumai sighed, turning to face her.

Shuuichirou ran a hand through his hair with an irritated sigh. He didn't stop walking, instead he continued to walk on brushing past Shin who eyed him almost cautiously.

"Is it true?" She asked the larger teen. "You guys really didn't do anything?"

The redheaded teen paused in his steps, whip around to address the woman. "If you people imply one more time that I'd do something so low, you'll regret it! I'll make sure of that." He whipped back around, and stalked towards the classroom muttering obscenities.

"I said I didn't!" Kuma exclaimed, watching the other male storm off with a frown.

"Where did you throw it?" Yamaguchi-sensei asked, turning her focus to Kuma.

"Huh?" The large teen blinked, not expecting the question.

Yamaguchi-sensei moved quickly, grabbing the collar of Kuma's jacket urgently. "Where did you throw the bag?"

"It doesn't matter where." Kuma shot back.

"Where?!" She snapped loudly, determined to get the answer.

"The Sakura River."

Yamaguchi-sensei let out a sigh, and then she released the blond. "The Sakura River, is it?"

"So what?" Kuma asked, not understanding what she was fussing about.

"Headteacher." She called out, turning to address the man.

"Nani desu ka?" What is it?

"I believe Kumai and Irie." She said, casing both teens eyes to widen in surprise.

"Believe them? Based on what?" Was the man's haughty reply.

"Because it's a teacher's duty to believe the students."

"Unbelievable..." Fujiyama-sensei sputtered shocked by the woman's devotion.

"That's ridiculous." Head Teacher retorted with a smile of utter disbelief.

"Do whatever you want!" Kuma huffed, unable to stand being in the same room as the Head teacher for much longer. He turned to leave.

As the two stormed out of the office they came upon Shin, who had been waiting nearby instead of being in class. "Kuma!"He called out. moving forward to catch up to both of them.

"Shin..." Kuma murmured, trailing off.

In response Shin smiled, though it was barely noticeable, and put a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Kumai!"

"Urusai!" Shut up! "Call the cops or whatever!" Kuma snapped angrily as the woman came to a stop in front of the two.

"I said I believed you."

"Stop the nice act." Kuma told the woman, believing that to be all that it was.

"I believe you." Yamaguchi-sensei repeated.

"You pretend to be nice and play dirty tricks." Shin cut in, stepping in front of his companions. "You, grown ups." The two gazed at each other steadily. "We won't be fooled any more." He then turned around, placing both hands on Kuma's shoulder. "Ikuzo," Let's go. "Kuma."

Yamaguchi-sensei watched them go, remembering the words that her grandfather had said to her just the night before. 'If you can't trust someone, you can't gain trust from that person in return.' She thought the words over, and then murmured to herself. "I believe you guys."

Shuuichirou, who had been waiting at the entrance of the classroom, snarled upon the two's entrance. "I've seen drugs addicts who are better liars than you, asshole." He stated, and then he had grabbed the larger teen by the collar of his uniform jacket and slammed him into the lockers that were lined up on one side of the room.

The classroom was silent as they watched the altercation. All of them were surprised, as the redhead seemed to only have an attitude when it came to the teachers. Otherwise he was all smirks, sly grins and innuendos at least for the last week and a here and now though, Shuuichirou was nothing more than an angry bull and no one was ready to prod him.

"O-oi!" Minami called out after he'd recovered from the shock. Both he and Uchi moved forward. They struggled in their attempt to get the smaller teen off of their longtime friend and briefly, in the back of their minds, they wondered how the lanky youth had managed to pin the larger teen to the wall without using much force. Even though Kuma was a gentle giant, there was no way anyone could take advantage of him so easily.

"You little shit!" Shuuichirou continued, gripping tightly to the lapels. His visible hazel orb was swirling with dark emotions. "Dragging me down with you, I'll kill you if I get expelled." He growled viciously, and then he let go of the other teen who was too ashamed to speak. "How pathetic are you? Stealing? From someone so high up on the line of command at that? Where the hell are your brains? In your ass?" He continued to rant as he moved towards his desk and gathered his things.

Shin observed the happenings with a blank face, though inside he was just as shocked as the next person. This situation was familiar, although it was definitely a different turn of events. He didn't know the redhead well, but for some strange reason he got the feeling that he knew the other. For the life of him though, he couldn't figure out from where.

"Then you can't even come up with a decent lie!" The lanky teen went on, storming out of the back entrance.

There was silence all around the class before Noda decided to break it up. "What...the hell was that all about?"

Rynn: Ah. Thank yuo for that. I hadn't really paid much attention to that bit, as I wanted to get the description done as quickly as possible. I went back and edited it though, so hopefully it flows a bit better than it did before. Oh gosh, you're making me blush. I appreciate the compliment! I like to sit around with a thesaurus and a dictionary so that I don't repeat very many words. I'm glad you noticed that! I didn't really think anyone would notice it to be honest. I was thinking of having Headteacher inform her, though he'd only give her bits and pieces from his perspective. I do plan on having Shuuichirou reveal what actually happened to him, eventually. It won't be to Yankumi directly though.

Oh. That bit. I'm keeping my lips sealed until the big reveal. c:

Shuuichirou's got a lot on his plate without having to worry about a whole entire class! Lol. With Ryuuiji, I think it was more of him being more friendly, and open with his feelings than Shin. I do have a set plan for the future with this, so you'll have to wait and see where exactly this one is going.

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