Hello, dear readers. Here is the second chapter, where I introduce another one of Mafuyu's future friends. I hope you enjoy reading this chapter! Disclaimer: I do not own Oresama Teacher! This is merely a fanfic.

Chapter Two: A Lady Doesn't Fight

'You…' Mafuyu trembled with ire as she stared up at the man who called himself Takaomi Saeki. The knight that had escorted her to the Palace felt the tension in the air and silently slipped away. This man…he stole my food and now he says he's my mathematics tutor? Stop pulling my leg!

He smiled, starting to walk away. She ran after him.

'Lady Kurosaki, you really helped me yesterday,' he said. 'An Advisor can't beat up a bunch of kids in public, now can he?'

She glared at him. 'Who were they?'

'Just some kids who liked to pick fights with my students. I wanted to teach them a lesson, so this is my reward!' he was wearing fancily decorated robes and from one of the sleeves, he pulled out three wallets.

'Where did you get these?' Mafuyu gasped.

'I stole them. Now I know their names, and I can report them to the Royal Guard. Bullying the Palace's Royal Students is a crime, after all. Or…' he grinned, an evil glint in his eye. 'I can use them in other ways. I can't fight them, but I have other methods…'

Mafuyu thought it was better she didn't ask what these "other methods" were.

'Advisor Saeki,' she started, but stopped when the man leaned towards her, his face inches from hers.

'Advisor Saeki is so formal. Why don't you call me Takaomi, like you did yesterday?' he smirked.

'I…I don't want to call you by that name!' she spluttered. 'You're a horrible man! You even stole food from your student!'

'Hey, tutors are humans too,' he shrugged. 'Outside of Palace grounds, I can do whatever I want, as long as it doesn't ruin my Advisor's position.'

'How did someone like you even become an Advisor?' she screeched. 'I couldn't see you advising anyone to do anything that wasn't evil!'

'I have connections,' he scowled. 'And I make an amazing Advisor and tutor, for your information.' He stared at her. 'Say…quite a few years ago…'

Grumble… Mafuyu flushed and placed a hand on her corset.

'Ha, was that your stomach?' he laughed. 'How embarrassing.'

It's all your fault, you stupid man! Just watch, I'll attack you when you least expect it. I'll pour ink over your robes; I'll write cuss words on your face; I'll…

'Take this, as an apology,' he placed a bread roll in her hand. She blinked and looked up at him, her eyes shining. Hey, maybe he's not so bad… she sunk her teeth into the food. 'Oh, but it's been a week since I bought it.'

She instantly spat it out, her murderous intent flaming. She wanted to punch this guy to Hell! No, I can't. Remember, Mafuyu, you are going to be reborn! Reborn as a lady, not a violent menace. A lady, a lady…

'What are you chanting in your head?' he raised an eyebrow. A chiming sound filled the air, echoing across the stone walls. 'Come on, class is about to begin.' She glowered, but followed him nonetheless.

'Hayasaka fought again. First the older squires, now this?'

'I heard this time, it was against a girl.'

'No way! He really laid a hand on a lady?'

'How will he ever become a knight with that attitude?'

The blonde teenage boy dressed in Royal Squire attire sunk back into his chair, his gaze sliding to the gossiping ladies as his fingers drummed on the wooden table. They felt his stare and silenced themselves, looking away. Stupid rich folk, sending their sons and daughters to become knights and ladies. Isn't there anyone here who is less cowardly? He gasped, sitting up straight as Advisor Saeki made his way into the room. This murderous aura…where is it coming from? This intimidating aura…it's making my skin crawl. Just who in heavens…?

'Class, welcome our new student, Lady Mafuyu Kurosaki from the town of Higashi.'

A sweet looking girl smiled at them all, her short brown hair bouncing. 'Good morning!' she curtsied.

The class repeated the greeting, and her eyes lit up. They welcomed me! In Higashi, everyone used to avoid me!

Takaomi gestured to an empty seat and she nodded, seating herself. Her eyes slid to her left, where the blonde boy sat. She curtsied and extended her hand for him to kiss – as every gentleman should – but he glared at her. 'Huh?'

She snatched her hand back. Such a disrespectful man, here? A...a delinquent? Isn't he training to be a knight, and yet he refuses to act like a gentleman?

The boy continued glowering.

Why is he looking at me with so much hate?

'Don't worry,' a nearby squire piped up. 'Hayasaka is always like that.'

Hayasaka. So that's his name? Mafuyu would remember it.

The man in the front of the room droned on about Midori ga Oka's founding. He was some professor, but Mafuyu didn't care. Her eyes were glued to the courtyard clock tower. It was easily seen through the window Hayasaka sat next to. Twenty five minutes have passed already…why are we still in History?

'Hey,' she hissed. 'How many minutes does the lesson go for?'

Hayasaka frowned. 'Sixty.'

'And we have...'

'Six lessons in a day.'

Mafuyu picked up a quill, quickly scribbling down the calculation. She wasn't very good at mental mathematics. 'Three…three hundred minutes?'

Hayasaka flinched when he heard a scraping sound. Mafuyu was scratching her nails against the wood. Two hundred and seventy more minutes… How can I endure sitting for that long?

Baulking, Hayasaka swallowed. He could feel the tension seeping out of her. Her eyes were fixed ahead, the scraping setting his teeth on edge. So the aura from before was coming from her! This pressure is terrifying! This…this woman is terrifying!

Mafuyu scraped harder. My bottom hurts she thought. Just then, the bell rang. She made to get up but three girls came up to her desk. They smiled at her, starting a conversation. Mafuyu couldn't stop them; she didn't want to stop them. This was the first time that ladies had ever approached her! As Dame Kurosaki, every lady had avoided her.

'What brings you here?' one asked.

'Um…my mother had to move elsewhere because my grandmother is ill, so I live here with a relative,' Mafuyu lied. She couldn't tell them she was an ex-female knight!

'Oh, I see. Say, I think we should warn you to be careful, seeing you're new,' another said. 'The Palace is known to accept anybody under their wing, meaning those who have bad pasts. Some of these squires take training a little too far, so you best stay weary. I mean, you don't want to hang out with someone who's violent.'

But that's me! Mafuyu thought, but nodded anyway. Were there so many dangerous people here? 'I see, I'll be careful. And what about you?'

'We just like living in the dorms in the Palace, it makes us feel like fairy-tale princesses!' they giggled.

Seriously?

Just then, another man in robes walked in, carrying a thick book. 'Okay, ladies and squires. It's time to learn our country's geography!'

Oh no! I forgot to get up! My bottom hurts… Mafuyu rubbed her hands together. Oh dear, I need to use the restroom! Should I ask the tutor? No, a lady can't go to the restroom in the middle of class. Or can she? I don't know the customs here!

Hayasaka had made a decision. He wasn't going to lose to this woman. This woman and her killing intent, her clear intimidation…

No, I must go, or it isn't good for my health. Mafuyu decided to stand up on the count of three. One, two…

Hayasaka would not give in! She was at her strongest right now. That face hidden in hair…

She looked up, a glint in her eye.

Three!

Clatter. 'May I go to the restroom?' Hayasaka was on his feet. I have no courage! he sniffed.

Huh…? Mafuyu smiled. Could it be that he realised I needed to go as well, and got up to escort me? 'And I!' she said. Thank you, my good friend!

Hayasaka stared at her, horrified. Then he stomped away. She blinked. 'Ah, wait!'

He ran and ran, outside the Palace and into a back courtyard. He hoped he had gotten away from that monster of a lady.

'Hey, Hayasaka!'

He turned around to see a bunch of higher ranked squires smirking at him. 'You bullied my friends the other day. It's time for payback.'

'Restroom!' Mafuyu gathered her skirt and ran, right before bumping into the last man she would want to meet. 'Advisor Saeki!'

He smiled at her. 'You're companion is in trouble in the back courtyard. You should go help him. Don't worry, that place is quite out of view. You can get some decent fighting practice done there,' he said. 'By the way, after that, the restroom is down the hall, your third door on the left. It's surprisingly clean.' Leaving her dumbstruck, he turned around and walked away.

Companion? Him? Takaomi…I mean, Advisor Saeki couldn't mean…Hayasaka? In trouble? That could only mean…he was involved in a fight…

'I can't go!' she yelled at Advisor Saeki's back. 'I'm a lady! Yesterday, I passed by and helped you out of instinct, but that's not me anymore! I don't…' images of people running away from her flashed in her mind, 'I don't have any companions.'

He stopped walking. 'I don't care if you go or not, but I didn't know you were…so unknightly.'

She bit her lip. What's wrong with this guy?

She stepped out into the green courtyard at the back of the Palace, and as soon as she turned a corner she saw a familiar blonde boy lying on the ground, his uniform streaked with blood. A bunch of squires gathered around him, kicking him. Mafuyu felt something feral boiling inside her. She rolled up her skirt so that it went over her knees. She tucked it in so it stayed that way.

'Five against one? How dishonourable.'

'Huh?' one of the squires looked up. 'Oh, it's just a little girl-' he never finished the sentence, because Mafuyu's knuckles stopped his mouth. The boys just looked at her, gobsmacked.

'Duelling is only duelling when it's one to one, right?' she whispered. The wind whipped her hair up in a freakish halo around her head. She grinned menacingly. 'Right?'

Bam.

The girl sat on the ground, legs crossed. Her eyes wandered to the body next to her. I actually did it! She cried internally. I snapped out of habit! What kind of lady am I? I am stupid! I'm worse than horse dung! She placed a strip of cloth on the unconscious boys' eyes. Then she slapped herself. It's too late to do that now! She froze when she heard mumbling. Hayasaka was getting up!

Hayasaka rubbed his head. 'Ah, what happened?' he looked around him, his mouth dropping when he saw a familiar girl lying on the ground beside him. 'Hey, K…Kurosaki?' he shuffled up to her, picking her up. 'What happened to you? Answer me!'

The girl's eyes fluttered open and she groaned. 'Uhm…I tripped on these fallen guys…'

Hayasaka stared at her. Seriously? My god, that's weak! 'Who did this?' he pointed to the beaten squires. She shrugged, telling him that they were like this when she tripped on them. She seemed to say it fairly forcefully. He looked at her up and down: a petit girl who had messy brown hair, a frilly dress and was easily knocked out by tripping on a body and falling. Before he could stop himself, he burst out laughing.

'Hey, what's so funny?' she huffed.

'No, it's just…' he sniffed. There's no way that murderous aura came from her! 'I misunderstood you for someone great and fearful! Ha!'

She cocked her head. So, my identity is safe? She smiled. Wait…I'm NOT great? But no, at least I won't be kicked out of the Palace for unladylike behaviour!

'Damn it, I think I twisted my foot,' he muttered. Mafuyu was in a very happy mood, and forgetting herself, she decided to lend a hand.

'No worries,' she said as she bent down, slipping a hand under his knees and another under his arms. 'I'll take you to the nurse!' she giggled as she nonchalantly lifted him up.

Hayasaka's face flamed. She…she's carrying me like a princess… 'I knew it, Kurosaki. You're insane!'

My dear mother! Mafuyu pranced down the courtyard path with Hayasaka squirming in her grip. I thought Midori ga Oka would be a horrible place, but besides a really annoying Advisor, I'm having fun! I even made a new friend! So don't worry about me.

Wait…I still need to go to the restroom…

Silently watching from a window on a tower, Advisor Takaomi Saeki peered down at the couple. 'It's going to become a little interesting now that you're here,' his mouth twitched upwards. 'Right, Mafuyu?'

If there are any mistakes or historical errors, please inform me in a review! Chapter 3 will be up very soon. Thank you for reading.