Chapter 6: To The Principal's Office!

[Minori's Office, After the Ceremony]

Sighing as she sat on the couch in her office with her legs crossed and perfectly comfortable back in her trademark track suit was Minori Rokujou, who was a little less than pleased with how the events of the opening ceremony had turned out.

The ordeal involving Otohime and her squad of third years challenging Tenbi Academy was already the talk of the school only minutes after it occurred in the gymnasium. One the ceremony concluded, Minori sent most of the students to their own respective classrooms to start preparing for the festival that was scheduled to begin tomorrow.

The duel between Team Tenbi and Team Yamato Takeru was something Minori didn't believe Otohime was going to play fair in but didn't have much of a choice but to accept. That being said, Minori had taken precautions just in case something went wrong and ordered Tomika Amado, Yuuka's older sister and a a close friend who was also a member of the original Maken Ki to try and find any remaining remnants of the transmission barrier Otohime had used.

"Tomika's tracking skills are first rate so why can't we find any damn leads!" Minori couldn't contain her frustration as she pounded her fist into the couch. Barriers made of elements always leave a trail, no matter how small, so it didn't make sense as to why they couldn't find a damn lead on their whereabouts!

"Could she have prepared some sort of counter barrier to prevent us from tracking her? Damn, we don't have enough information to work with" Tenbi was already stretched thin with the entire business regarding Kamigari and even Yomatsuri, a section of the government were having troubles due to a lack of available agents. Everyone was on the hunt for Yamato Takeru so it didn't come as much of a surprise that they were short on man power.

On that subject, the new generation of the Maken-Ki were the only available resources Minori could use and ordered the majority of them to be on standby. There were a few objections to her order, such as Takeru Oyama wanting to be put on the investigation team immediately but Minori straightened that stubborn fool out with her trusty left hook. She glanced up at the ceiling where his head had been dangling from after she upper cut him and awkwardly laughed, wondering if she had gone too far. Aw well, no point regretting it now.

Suddenly, a knock could be heard coming from her office door and a sweet voice followed. "Excuse me principal"

Minori, who recognized that it was Yuuka, sighed in relief. "Come on in"

The door opened wide and from it, Yuuka had walked in with her eyes closed as usual and gracious smile plastered on her face. She bowed respectfully to Minori who smirked contently at seeing her student again. "I have returned"

Minori nodded, absently wondering why Kim wasn't with Yuuka. "Excellent work, what'd you guys find?"

"Yes. Kim-san and I arrived at the coordinates you gave us which led us to the Oyama Dojo. We surveyed the area for any signs of the disturbance you spoke of but in the end, there were no traces of anything regarding the strange phenomenon you mentioned"

"I see…" Minori put a hand to her chin and looked deep in thought, several doubts filling her head on the subject.

"Also" Yuuka continued as she drew Minori's attention back towards her. "Takeshi Oyama, the owner of the dojo has come to visit the academy along with a guest of his".

"Sensei's coming here!?" That was something that Minori hadn't expected as she sprang up with a baffled expression.

"Y-Yea..." Yuuka hesitatingly nodded, noting how excited her principal had become at the news of her former teacher returning. "He should be somewhere on the school campus along with the guest I spoke of"

Minori sat back down with a cheery smile and crossed her legs. "Sensei's really here huh? What a surprise! It's been such a long time, how is he doing?"

"He seemed to be doing fine and was quite talkative, especially when he was with that guest of his"

Minori raised her eyebrows at the mention of her sensei's acquaintance, someone who made sensei even more talkative than usual."A guest? Was it an old friend of his or something?"

Yuuka pouted slightly as she cocked her head. "Hmm, that's hard to say. Oyama-sensei did claim that he's an old friend from overseas but in my opinion, he looked far too young to be considered Oyama-sensei's old friend. Not only that but…" She trailed off as she said that which earned Minori's curiosity.

"But what?"

Yuuka thought about it for a minute before she shook her head and put on her usual smile. "Oh nothing, it's not worth mentioning. Shall I get them for you, principal?"

Though Minori wasn't completely convinced and wondered what Yuuka had meant by the last part of her statement, she let it go for now and shook her head. "No need, if its sensei he'll make his way up here eventually. I want you to go help organize the festival and set things up for the bout between us and Otohime."

Yuuka's expression slightly darkened. "Otohime? So she's returned…"

Minori grimly nodded. "Yea and she's brought one hell of a mess with her. Go speak with the other Maken Ki members who are on standby, they'll fill you in on what you missed".

"I understand"

As Minori nodded, believing that was all she had to say towards Yuuka, she just remembered a question that had been on her mind. "By the way, where's Kim?"

"After we returned to the school, I asked her to escort a new transfer student to the opening ceremony. I assume she'll make her way over towards Aki-sensei to have the new student's element tested before reporting back here"

"Got it, tell Kim that she's also done a wonderful job""

Yuuka nodded. "Understood, then if you'll excuse me" she bowed before turning around and began her exit out of the room. "Oh, by the way principal" she was right in between the door as she took one last look towards the startled Minori.

"What's up?"

"That guest of Oyama-sensei's... there's something off about him. Just a heads up"

"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"

The feisty principal wasn't going to get any more answers as Yuuka chose to close the door behind her, leaving Minori to wonder what on earth she was talking about. Minori inclined her head backwards and looked at the ceiling, pondering over todays' events.

"So, there was nothing to report huh?" Minori then narrowed her eyes "But I know what I saw…"

Minori could never forget the breath taking scene she had witnessed yesterday. It had edged itself into her mind as she recalled the sheer magnitude of raw power that whatever the black hole had summoned possessed when it crash landed. She still couldn't believe that Yuuka and Kim had come up empty, the shockwave of that landing could be felt from here for pete's sake! There should at least have been a huge crater or something!

Minori shook her head as she looked over towards an old photo that was hung on the wall; a picture of herself, Aki, Akaya, Gen, and Tomika along with their sensei, Takeshi. Some of Minori's fondest memories included all of them, especially Takeshi-sensei whom she respected like a father and was very grateful towards as his training methods allowed her to become as strong as she was now.

"Heh, I wonder if sensei is still a perv?" She said amusedly, recalling how her sensei had gained a pretty infamous reputation for harassing female students by slapping their butts or "accidentally" bumping into their breasts. How many times had she had gotten complaints from the students about it? How many times had she been forced to drop kick him away from the troubled girls? Oh, what wonderful memories.

Minori's mind then wandered to what Yuuka had mentioned earlier; the "guest" that her sensei had apparently brought with him. She knew several of his old acquaintances, some of them not by choice, but they were all either his former students or those from Yomatsuri that held a strictly business relationship with him. The fact that Yuuka mentioned Takeshi-sensei being more "talkative" raised some questions in her head. Not only that but Yuuka seemed troubled when she was going to speak further about this mystery person and claimed there was something "off" about him.

Just what did that mean?

"Agh, I'm dying to know who it is. Could it perhaps be a secret lover? Wait no, Yuuka mentioned it was a male... well whatever; I'll greet sensei and his guest when they get here. Oh! I should call Aki and Gen so we can have a reunion! I'll need to get some booze!" Minori could hardly wait as the stress of dealing with Otohime and her girls had seriously cut into her drinking time.

In any case, worrying about it now was pointless as she was just going to have to be patient to meet this "guest".

[Tenbi Academy, Near the Gymnasium]

"It seems we were too late…"

Standing at the entrance of the gymnasium was Isabella Garret who had a troubled expression on her face at being unable to attend the opening ceremony. Next to Isabella, Kimmy Sato who had been ordered to escort her looked very displeased as she looked around the now empty gym. Her eyes then wandered over to a section of the gymnasium where there was a giant hole, as if someone had broken right through it.

"What happened here…?" Her voice had traces of nervousness within it at wondering what had gone down while they were away.

Isabella looked quite serious. "Could there have been an incident? Where's the principal?"

"I'll go speak with her about it! Isabella may I ask you too-

"Ah, its Kim-san!" A sweet but energetic voice came from nearby and both Kim and Isabella turned their heads to see the bubbly Inaho running towards them, waving her arms with a giant smile on her face.

"Ah, Inaho-san. Do you know what happened here?" Kim asked as Inaho had just made it over.

"You weren't at the ceremony? Otohime caused some trouble again and the principal ordered everyone back to class to prepare for the festival"

"I-Is that true? So she's come back…" Kim expressed worriedly, recalling the last time they had taken on Otohime and the Yamato family.

"Don't worry! We'll face them head on and win no matter what!" Inaho exclaimed as she pumped her fist into the air. She then smiled when her pep rally was able to lighten Kim's mood but turned her attention to the pretty looking girl standing next to her, cocking her head to the side. "Is this a friend of yours?"

Kim nodded. "Yes, this is a new transfer student; Isabella Garret".

Isabella responded by bowing her head towards Inaho, whom she immediately assumed was also a part of the enforcement committee. "It's a pleasure to meet you"

Inaho's bright smile appeared as she extended her hand. "Likewise! I'm Inaho Kushiya, let's get along, Isabella-san!"

Isabella didn't delay in grabbing it and smiled at her. "I'd very much like that"

"Jeez, where'd that brat run off?"

The three of them swiftly turned their heads to see none other than Takeshi Oyama walking towards the gymnasium with an irritated frown.

"Oji-sama!" Inaho beamed joyfully as she ran towards him.

Takesh had noticed the young Inaho approaching him and a sly grin appeared on his face. "Oh! Long time no see, Inaho"

She stopped right in front of him and was clearly excited beyond words that Takeru's father, who had taken care of her since she was little, was here at her school. "It has been a long time! What are you doing here?"

"Can't this handsome father visit his cute little students every now and then? Especially you Inaho, look at how adorable you've become" He patted her head gently, a common gesture that he had done to her that would always make her smile.

Kim and Isabella had already made their way towards the duo and bowed once again towards Takeshi.

Takeshi noticed the empty gymnasium behind them as he stopped petting Inaho. "You guys missed the opening ceremony?"

The dejected Kim slumped at those words. "Indeed"

"It looked as if something unexpected happened though; we were going to ask the principal about it" Isabella declared.

Takeshi looked interested from that piece of news as he brought a hand to his chin. "Unexpected you say? Sounds like things are really heating up around here. After I find that idiot Nagi, I'll be heading over to Minori's office"

"Find? Now that you mention it, where is Nagi-san?" Isabella had just noticed that Nagi wasn't with Takeshi-sensei even though minutes earlier, they were just together.

Takeshi shrugged. "Who knows, I took my eyes off him for a second and poof, he's gone. He probably just went to look around the festival"

Isabella nodded as she could understand Nagi's curiosity towards seeing the festival.

Inaho was the only one who had no idea who this "Nagi" was as she turned to Takeshi. "Hey Oji-sama, who's this Nagi? Is he a friend of yours?"

Takeshi nodded. "Ah, he's an old acquaintance of mine" He lied through his teeth as he was sure telling the others Nagi was from another world wasn't the best idea, at least not yet. "I'll introduce him too you once I find him, I'm sure you'll get along"

The idea of meeting someone who was an old friend of Takeshi Oji-sama thrilled Inaho as she practically jumped up and down. "Yes!"

Takeshi then turned to Kim and Isabella. "Don't you both have things to attend too? I'll speak with Minori about the incident regarding the gym so you girls can get back to the festival"

Kim expressed her gratitude as she bowed. "T-Thanks a lot, Oyama-sensei! I'll leave it to you!" She then grabbed Isabella's arm in the same manner as before and dragged her off. "Let's go Isabella-san, we need to get you examined by Aki-sensei for your element and then placed in a classroom"

Isabella wasn't sure what she meant but assumed those terms were relatively important and dutifully nodded her head. "I understand. Takeshi-sensei, I'll be taking my leave. Uhm, please tell Nagi-san that I said hello" she was unable to hide the slight red tint in her cheeks as Takeshi smirked.

"You got it, now get going"

After Seeing the two of them off, Takeshi then turned to his precious foster daughter.

"You don't have anything to do?" Takeshi asked.

Inaho nodded. "All of the Maken-Ki are on full alert and I'm on watch duty just in case Otohime and her group show up again. This works best for me because I can tour the festival all I want!"

"That sounds perfect for you. Now where is that damn Nagi…?"

"You called?"

"Bwah!" Takeshi jumped right out of his yukahta as he backed up and gripped his beating heart that sounded as if it was going to explode. He looked towards the figure of Nagi who waved at him with that mischievous smile on his face.

"Don't scare me like that!"

"Not my fault you're a scaredy cat"

"Why you..!" Takeshi retorted as he grumbled towards the chuckling Nagi, ignoring the star gazed Inaho who was staring between them. Rubbing his head to conceded defeat, Takeshi sighed before turning to Inaho to properly introduce her.

"Well ignoring that, Inaho, this is my old acquaintance. His name is Nagi, say hello"

Nagi just lazily waved his hand towards her. "Sup"

"….."

Both of them awkwardly waited as Inaho continued to stare at Nagi with her mouth wide open and her eyes glued to the crimson haired man as if she was in some sort of daze. Takeshi scratched his head in confusion and he waved his hand between her eyes.

"Uhm, earth to Inaho?"

There was still no response from the star gazed teen.

Nagi raised an eyebrow at such odd behavior before turning to the equally confused Takeshi. "What's up with her?"

Takeshi was hard pressed to answer Nagi's question as he shrugged. "Beats me, she's always been kinda weird".

Nagi turned back to her and decided to put an end to this stare down. "Oi, anyone in there?"

Inaho still couldn't respond as her mouth was hanging wide open and her eyes hadn't even blinked in the past few minutes.

This was starting to get on Nagi's nerves as an annoyed twitch came from his eyebrows as he couldn't stand someone staring at him for so long and he walked right up to Inaho, pinching her soft looking cheeks in the process.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" She yelled responsively as Nagi tugged on her cheeks as if she was made out of play dough. Nagi finally let go of her now throbbing red cheeks and Inaho rubbed them gently with tears in her eyes as she glared at Nagi.

"W-What was that for!" Though it was meant to come off as an angry proclamation, there were still traces of Inaho's cutesy voice that sounded too adorable to take serious.

"You were just standing there staring at me; it was annoying" Nagi stated bluntly, not looking the least bit sorry for what he had done.

"T-That's because…." Inaho now found herself slightly flustered as her cheeks reddened at recalling how shocked she had been at meeting someone of Nagi's stature. Could you really blame her though? When she first laid eyes upon him, she assumed he was some sort of huge movie star! I mean, he couldn't not be a famous person with how handsome he was.

"Aw, are you okay my sweet Inaho?" Takeshi tried to comfort her as he patted her head.

Inaho pouted a bit before she came to enjoy Takeshi's petting and got over her earlier frustration at having her cheeks pinched. "O-Oji-sama's petting is still the best".

Nagi looked at the exchange with a puzzled expression. "What are you two, a cat and its owner?"

"That's…. not actually far from the truth" Takeshi admitted as he continued to stroke Inaho's head who in response, purred like a cat and enjoyed it. As his point was proven, Nagi could only sigh in amusement before he walked right up to Inaho who flinched immediately and was on guard. He reached out and as Inaho closed her eyes, scared of being pinched again, her eyes widened in amazement when she felt Nagi's hand on her head in a similar fashion to Takeshi's but was noticeably different. She slowly raised her head to match his eyes and found herself flustered as she took in his charming smile.

"Since you're a cat, it's alright if I pet you too right?"

"Uh-huh…" Inaho was barely able to respond to that as she was still fixated on Nagi's incredible petting technique that rivaled-no! Even surpassed that of Takeshi's!

"Hoh…" Takeshi hummed in amazement at seeing even Inaho taken with Nagi. He had expected this situation some way or another but even he was tenderly surprised at seeing how Nagi was able to worm his way into even Inaho's heart despite only meeting her minutes ago. Having said that, Takeshi was still aware of how Inaho felt towards his son but was interested in seeing how long that would last with Nagi around.

After Nagi had let go of Inaho's head who pouted, clearly disappointed that it was over, he looked at Takeshi. "Yo old man, shouldn't we go visit that Minori girl now? You said she was one of your students right?"

Takeshi nodded affirmatively. "Yea that's right; she's the principal now so we should swing by her office. We've got quite a lot to talk about, but letting her meet you is still something I'm looking forward to seeing" He smiled less than innocently after finishing that sentence.

Nagi narrowed his eyes suspiciously "Sounds fishy to me…"

Not a moment later, his trademark grin appeared again as he threw both his arms behind his back. "Aw what the hell, I'll bite".

Takeshi produced a hardy laugh before he grabbed Nagi's shoulder. "That's the spirit!" He then turned to Inaho. "We'll be going to visit the principal now; you still have your job to watch over the school right?"

Inaho nodded vigorously towards Takeshi's claim. "Yes! Under the principal's orders, I'll be trying my best to keep on alert for any enemy activity!"

Nagi was amused by her enthusiasm and chuckled, causing Inaho to swiftly steal a glance at him. "Keep it up then, Kitten. We'll see you later"

"Y-Yes! I'm looking forward to that! W-Wait no, I-I didn't mean it like that…ah" Inaho realized what she had just said and blushed embarrassingly, causing both Takeshi and Nagi to laugh out loud. It really was adorable how much enthusiasm she put into everything. The two then turned around and walked towards the front entrance that would lead them into the inner building.

Inaho was left at the scene with many questions on her mind, the biggest being, just who was that man that her foster uncle brought with him. She thought he was a movie star or something but that didn't seem to be the case, at least that's not what her gut was telling her.

She then slowly reached to the top of her head and recalled the petting he had given her, still not believing how someone could have a better technique than her foster uncle who had done it for years.

"His petting technique… I want Nagi-kun to pet me again" She let those thoughts leak out of her mind as she stood there, watching the figures of her uncle and mysterious new friend head into the school.

It only occurred to Inaho a few minutes later at the way Nagi had addressed her and she titled her head to the side with a innocent frown. "Kitten?"

[Tenbi Academy, Main Hallway]

The hallways were filled with students running around. trying to organize each of their own respective classrooms in preparation for the Himekagura Festival. Each class had to decide on a theme that they would follow for how they served customers and everyone was racing to buy materials to make whatever theme they chose a reality.

"Man, I can't believe we got stuck on garbage duty" Usui Kengo, a member of the Maken Ki and Himegami's hopeless suitor complained as he stumbled forward while carrying two large bags full of used materials.

"Well, we were late to the opening ceremony so I don't think we can complain" Takeru Oyama, also a member of the Maken Ki and a man many hated and envied due to his relationship with Haruko retorted as he too struggled to carry a large load of garbage.

After they had arrived at the opening ceremony and were chewed out by the principal for being extremely late, they were basically stripped of their rights and forced to act as garbage men for their classrooms as punishment. Kai Kuragasa, who was also with them was forgiven due to having the excuse of living off of campus during the summer so it took him longer to arrive to school.

"Damn that Kai, he should have gone down with us like a man!" Usui stated.

Takeru was not of the same opinion. "Can we really call ourselves men looking like this?"

They both looked at each other and sighed, continuing their trip down the hall that would take them to the garbage disposal room. They passed several classrooms and snuck peaks at some of the other theme's other classes were doing. One of the classes were doing a "Summer Beach" theme were the girls had to only wear bleach clothing, which included loose string bikinis, hot pants, and of course, one piece swim suits. To say the boys were elated enough that their noses were pouring red like a fountain would be a grave understatement.

After getting their fill of half naked high school girls, they passed a corner and walked down a narrow hallway where Takeru had put on a serious frown. "Hey, Usui"

Usui, still thinking about the beautiful girls he just saw, barely registered Takeru calling him. "Hehehe, hm?"

"That bitch Otohime… do you really think she'll tell us where Takeru Yamato is being kept?"

It was Usui's turn to drop his perverted mood and stare at his friend with a troubled expression. "Otohime? I doubt it; she's not the type to play by the book. It wouldn't surprise me if this entire duel was some sort of trap"

Takeru nodded in agreement, remembering the awful things that Otohime had done on the summer island.

"But it's not like we have a choice" Usui continued as he rubbed the back of his head. "If we're going to go up against Kamigari anyway, its better we fight them now and try to capture her if they don't plan on taking us too that bastard's hiding place if we win"

"If? You don't think we have a good shot at beating those girls who were with Otohime?" Takeru wondered as he recalled the four distinctive high school girls that Otohime had brought with her.

"That's hard to say. I don't know much about them but I know they all carry at least one of the original Hachi-Maken. No matter what, they won't go down easy"

"Even still…" Takeru clenched his fist tightly as he steeled himself for the battle to come. In his eventual bout against that mad man, Takeru believed that only he could take Yamato on and resolved himself to make him pay for what he had done towards his friends, especially Himegami. Calling her nothing but a doll was going too far and he owed that bastard another beat down.

Suddenly, Takeru felt someone had placed a hand on his shoulder and turned his head to see Usui smiling at him.

"Don't worry Takeru, there's no way we won't win"

"Usui…you…"

Usui then gave Takeru a thumbs up and his genuine smile morphed into a perverted grin. "Because when we do, I'll confess my love for Himegami-senpai and make her mine!"

"….."

Takeru's blank face stared at the idealistic Usui who still held perverted thoughts even in such a situation. Sighing, Takeru could only pray his friend would come to realize his dream was a long way's off.

Passing another corner, both Takeru and Usui momentarily stopped when they saw a stream of both male and female students crowding the hallways. The guys were making some huge fuss and were in total awe while the girls were squealing and looked as if they were star struck.

"W-What's going on over there?" Takeru asked.

"Only one way to find out!" Usui shouted as he ran forward, throwing the garbage bags to the side.

"W-Wait up!" Takeru followed him in pursuit as he too threw his garbage aside, the consequences be damned as he made his way through the crowd to find out what was going on.

As the two finally made it past their eighteenth student, who had slapped Usui for "accidentally" grabbing her butt in the commotion, they both took witness of two individuals who were walking through the crowd of students and were clearly the center of attention. Takeru's eyes widened in astonishment at recognizing one of the individuals while Usui's radar for detecting men that were better looking than himself went off the charts at the other one.

"Would you look at the attention we're getting? It must be all for me, gahahaha!" That hardy voice came from Takeshi Oyama as he walked forward with his hand on his chin, trying to look as dashing as possible for the ladies.

"I-Isn't that former Tenbi Instructor, Takeshi Oyama-sensei!?" one of the male students shouted.

"Y-Yea it is! Wow, to meet such a legend here!" another one agreed as he was clearly a huge fan of Takeshi's and had heard of the man's reign in Tenbi where the school's graduates of his generation were considered the best in history.

"You think I can get his autograph!?" a tall boy in the back asked, who despite being even taller than his object of worship, felt as if his entire existence was nothing compared to his idol.

On the female side, the girls were completely ignoring Takeshi and focused on the crimson haired youth walking next to him with his hands in his pockets and was wearing a fashionable brown shredded cape.

"Oh my god, who is that!?" a brown haired girl asked.

"Kyaa! He's gorgeous!" a green haired girl followed as her flushed cheeks did little to hide her attraction to the young man.

"Is he a new teacher here? What class will be teaching! Someone find out!" A purple haired woman with glasses declared as several other girls began to spread the word.

"Shouldn't these kids be in class?" Nagi mentioned with a neutral expression, not even the slightest bit fazed by the attention as he continued forward.

"Hah! It's to be expected, who could study when someone of my great stature enters these buildings?" Takeshi was soaking in all of the attention and waved to a couple of the girls who he still believed were entranced with him.

Nagi nudged Takeshi with his elbow, causing the older man to grunt at him. "What's so great about an old man who likes high school girls?"

"Shut up! Being able to admire these young girls as they blossom into bombshells is a duty for all men!" Takeshi retorted passionately.

Nagi deadpanned at him before sighing. "…It's getting harder for me to believe you were married…"

As the two continued forward, their attention was directed at a pair of two male students who had made their way to the front of the crowd.

Takeshi's eyes flinched when he took in the figure of his own son and he stopped, causing Nagi to stop as well who shot him a confused look. "What's up?"

On Takeru's side, he walked forward with Usui and stopped as well when he was only a few steps away from his father whom he hadn't seen in years.

"Pops…"

"Takeru…"

To outside lookers, the tension between the father and son duo was enough to silence all those present, except for Nagi who looked a bit surprised. "He called you pops… you mean this brat's your kid?"

Takeshi didn't respond as he took a few steps forward towards the nervous Takeru who wasn't sure how he would face his father again after leaving home the way he did. Their relationship had been ripped apart after the death of Takeru's mother, a wound that Takeru never healed from and he blamed Takeshi for her death for not protecting her as a husband should. Even though now that Takeru was old enough now to understand it wasn't his father's fault for what happened, the memory still plagued him but he wanted to repair the bond between them, if only just a little.

Just when Takeru thought his father was going to smack him, he spread both his arms wide and grabbed the startled Takeru, lifting him up and cuddling the exasperated boy.

"Takeru! It's good to see you my boy! Look at you, when'd you get to be so cool looking!" Takeshi's childish praise caused everyone around them to be baffled by the older man's reaction.

"S-Stop it, let me go!" Takeru struggled to break free from his father's hardened grip as he winced at the older man's beard rubbing against his skin.

"So that's Takeru's dad huh? I can see the resemblance…" Usui mentioned, still watching the spectacle even though he didn't want too.

Nagi, who had been mildly surprised at seeing Takeshi acting like an overprotective father towards his teenage daughter, began to look at the scene with a gentle expression as he thought of his own son who had just been born, but never got the chance to see. Being a father was something Nagi wanted to try out and he wondered if that was how a father and son should act, all up close and personal.

"Damn it, I said let me go!" Takeru yelled as he upper cut his father right in the chin, sending Takeshi through the air and leaving all of the spectators with stupefied looks.

"…Maybe not…" Nagi thought as he watched Takeshi get back up with a smile still on his face but a large bruise under his chin.

"Haha, my boy! That was a wonderful right hook, you've grown up well" Takeshi was all smiles as Takeru frowned at him but loosened up a bit. His expression changed when his attention was then directed towards Nagi who remained as impassive as ever.

Takeshi had noticed his boy's curiosity and walked over to Nagi, patting his shoulder.

"Let me introduce you to an old buddy of mine, this is Nagi" He then turned to Nagi. "Nagi, this is my son Takeru. Say hi"

"How's it hanging, kid?" Nagi grinned at Takeru who momentarily flinched at Nagi's charming face but immediately regained his composure.

"Mother of god, this guy's dangerous!" Takeru wondered as couldn't believe how good looking Nagi was. The fact that he could even charm Takeru even though he was a male convinced Takeru that if left alone, the entire school would fall for him.

"O-Oh, it's nice to meet you. I hope my stupid dad hasn't bothered you" Takeru ignored the dramatic reaction from his father.

Nagi merely chuckled. "He's a handful alright"

Usui had decided to butt into the conversation as he felt he wasn't getting enough screen time. "Are you an new instructor here?"

Nagi raised his eyebrow to the unfamiliar student standing in front of him and looked at Takeru. "Is this a friend of yours?"

"A-Ah, this is Usui Kengo. We're both in the same class and also-

"We're both proud members of the Maken-Ki! Of course, my standing is much higher than this guy's. Pretty amazing, right?" After cutting Takeru off, Usui proudly puffed his chest while Takeru rolled his eyes towards his boasting.

"Is that so…" Nagi's dull response indicated towards everyone that he didn't know or care what Usui was bragging about. This caused a surge of laughs and giggles among the students, even Takeru and Takeshi couldn't stop laughing at the now embarrassed Usui who hung his head in shame.

After Takeru had stopped laughing, he glanced over at his father. "So, I've been meaning to ask this but just what exactly are you doing here, pops?"

Takeshi looked at Takeru and smirked. "We're here to see the festival, I was actually planning to show Nagi here how the school worked. He's been interested in it for quite awhile" Takeru ignored the narrowed glare of Nagi and continued. "Also, we're here to speak with Minori about some things regarding Kamigari".

"The principal? Does she know that you're visiting?"

Takeshi shrugged. "Probably, I'm sure that Amado girl reported our visit here by now. Bit of a shame too, I wanted it to be a surprise".

"I don't think the principal's in the mood for surprises, pops" Takeru admitted as he recalled Minori's bad mood earlier.

"Haha, I guess we'll just have to see. You two should get back to whatever it was you were doing, the festival's almost here isn't it?"

"T-That's right! The garbage!" Usui realized they had thrown away what they were tasked with disposing of properly and rushed back to grab the bags.

"He's a funny one" Nagi mentioned as he smiled.

Takeru sighed. "Oh, more than you know…"

"In any case, we'll be leaving now. Tell Haruko I'll be expecting a visit from her while I'm here; shall we go then, Nagi?"

Nagi yawned a bit as he stretched his arms before nodding. "Sure"

The two of them continued forward as the students who had been watching them from afar split apart to let them through.

Takeru scratched his head towards the strange encounter he just had. "I wonder what pops wanted to talk about with the principal…. And who was that guy with him? Nagi, was it? Why was such a handsome guy hanging out with my dumb dad? Also..."

Takeru wasn't sure if he was correct about his assumption but still worried about what it could possibly mean. "And why is it that I can't sense any Element from that guy?"

Hope you enjoyed it.

In the next few chapters, we're going to be seeing alot more of Nagi and he'll come face to face with the principal of Tenbi Academy, Minori!