Keine marched in as Marisa trailed behind, still snickering quietly. They reached the classroom, but before she entered, Keine shot a sharp glare at Marisa again, just to make her realize that she was serious. The magician only pouted like a small child and stopped snickering, although she still smirked within the span of a couple of seconds. The teacher sighed, and opened the door, walking in with a smile.
"It's been settled." She announced lightly, Marisa shaking her head quietly. "There's no need to worry. The monster is gone!"
"….Are you sure, sensei?" Cirno asked cautiously.
"Entirely! And if I'm not…" Keine went off, but soon trailed into a whisper, knowing, deep inside, that she was wrong.
"If she's not, take out her voice!" Marisa grinned, which earned her another piercing glare from Keine.
"….But how would we do that…" Cirno spoke up.
"It's alright, ze! I've got a few spells to remedy that..."
"You could take out sensei's voice?"
"Mmmhmm. Could also replace it with a deeper voice or a lighter voice…..I think it'd be funny for her to speak like Kourin. So that's how it will be! If Keine's wrong, her voice gets switched with Kourin's."
"Ooh…who's Kourin?"
"…Marisa…..what are you doing here?" Tewi asked. "You usually would have been gone by now…."
"…" Marisa opened her mouth, and then closed it, casting a worried glance to Keine. Keine sighed, then shook her head.
"Marisa and I….are having a sleepover tonight." Keine smiled, thinking that was enough to evade the truth that Marisa's powers were gone and keep all the students calm. Rumia, Cirno, Wriggle, Tewi, and Mystia grinned widely, content with the answer. Marisa yawned loudly.
"Yeah, and she'd better play a damn good game of truth or dare or I'll be disappointed." Marisa commented dryly.
"MARISA! Don't swear in front of the children!" Keine glared at Marisa, as the magician grinned widely.
"Oh…you don't want me to say things like shit, crap, damn…"
"Yes, do not say those things!"
"Bitch, sunovabitch, wanker…"
"Marisa…."
"Git, bloody 'ell, fu—"
"MARISA! CLOSE YOUR MOUTH NOW!" Keine finally lost her patience and headbutted Marisa, making her stumble around, before finally glaring at Keine.
"I've got one word to say to you, bitch…..kiss…..my…..ass." Marisa rubbed the bloody spot on her forehead as it bled more, Keine winced and bandaged it up quickly.
"…I apologize. I lost my patience…..which none of you should ever do!" Keine sighed. "….Even if you're stuck with a annoying witch…."
"Touchy, touchy~ You know you like having me around, sensei." Marisa smiled, rubbing her head.
"I honestly could care less."
"I'm glad you speak in opposites all the time, you know?"
"If that was the truth, I would have said that I loved you by now."
"Oh? You're confessing? My, my, Keine…"
"I MEANT THAT I HATE YOU!"
"How cute…"
"…..I'm just going to stop listening."
Marisa chuckled, then cracked her knuckles, looking up at the clock.
"Oi. When're we gettin' out of this popsicle stand?" She muttered.
"In about…..5 minutes."
"Jeez, too long, too long…." Marisa sighed, then sat down in a desk much too small for her. "So? Any homework, sensei~?"
"Your homework, class, is to try to dress up as your favorite legend character that we've learned about these last weeks. We'll be looking at that on Monday." Keine smiled. "As for you, Marisa…..your homework is to stay out of my hair." She sighed, just as the bell rang. "See you on Monday, children!"
"You're really mean sometimes, sensei…" Marisa commented in a whining tone. "You could be nicer to me, especially when we're having a sleepover, unless you want a tougher-than-usual pillow fight or some drawings on your face in the morning…"
"I'd prefer neither, and you do annoying things…..you do realize that, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, maybe in your opinion."
"…."
"Usually you'd respond to that with a 'Marisa, you're so stupid and annoying'."
"…." Keine marched out of the classroom quietly, a furious expression on her face, her arms crossed.
"Oh, you're not talking to me. Fair enough, I know how to combat this. If you don't say anything, you're in love with me."
"You idiot."
"Ha! I win!"
Keine sighed and left the school building, Marisa trailing behind.