Chapter 1.1 - Ruckus + Teacher

It was an ordinary morning, with first classes due to start. It was so ordinary in fact, that no one noticed that, where once stood two walls, only a single now did, and thus, students see themselves in a classroom full of unfamiliar faces.

Everyone sit down and wait for any teacher to barge in.

First walks through the door a cheerful Kurumu, as she normally does, with a cup of coffee branding the 'Café Céleste logo on her. "Hello, every- Uh?" She scratches her head in confusion, lots of new faces in her room. What's worse, many she could be sure were from Mizore's class.

"W-what? What's happening in here??"

Then, laidback as always, Mizore crosses the door, and almost drops her lollipop at the sight, "What in the freezing hell are you doing in here?!"

After the confusion has good time to mature, the two teachers' stares sending sparks, a gleeful as always, Ruby Tojo enters the room, wearing a red suit: a white shirt, velvety-red double-breasted jacked and short skirt, both nicely fit, with a pantyhose and shoes; By far her most ordinary outfit so far. What's curious, is that she has a megaphone on her hand.

She raises the tool and speaks from it: it's sound clear, but not uncomfortably loud; "Attention everyone, in name of the school's board I've came to announce the merging of classes 1-A and 1-B!! Walls won't separate love and friendship anymore! Yuh hah!" She jumps, making a V symbol with her fingers and winking.

"Anyway, in front of those facts, we really struggled with something... We got these two lovely teachers here," She points with both arms at the two, while both try to vaporize each other with their gazes, "What should we do? Separate students from their lovely masters?! No!!"

"That's why, we decided to let them BOTH be your homeroom teachers!! Jaw-dropping, am I right?" Kurumu and Mizore really did drop their jaws...

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While Kurumu was left there, choking on her coffee and gasping for words, Mizore, after accepting her new reality, shrugged. "Oh. Cool. Less work for me." She says, moving to sit on the teacher's chair, a grave offense to Kurumu.

Mizore pulls her phone and starts doing whatever, paying little heed to Kurumu's whimpering.

The blue-haired succubus, on the other hand, kneels in front of a group of sit students, consiting of Luna, Sumeryu, Katsuya and, incidentally, Ibuki and Ling Jing: "My babies! My precious, adoring class!! I'm so sorry you're going through that, getting spoiled by that cretin and her vulgarity..."

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Before sneaking away, Ruby unpretentiously slips closer to Hanami, making a point of bending really close to her, "Oh, hi there, Ha-Na-Mi-chan~ So, how was your first day at school, eh? Exciting?" She grins, "Heh, just wanted to check! I was thinking about you last night, you see~ Oh, and if you got any more problems with that nosebleed, well, just go to the infirmary! The good nurse would loove to tr-" She's interrupted.

"Ok, that's enough!" Mizore-sensei comes, pushing Tojo away, like she was a have furniture still locking eyes with Hanami, "Get out... You're way too noisy! And actually a threat!" She adds, finishing the removal of the witch from the class. She gives Hanami a quick blank glance, hating how her cold and pale skin makes her blush very easily.

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After the ruckus ends, and momentary silence ensues, both teachers approach the teacher's desk.

Kurumu dramatically places her nameplate on the desk. "As the superior educator, I shall sit here and-"

Too late, Mizore casually slides into the chair before she can finish. Kurumu gasps. "You can stand." Mizore says, coldly.

With a grunt, Kurumu tries to bodily push her out of the chair, Mizore resists, and the whole class watches the two in a pushing contest, for the chair.

After a moment, both are panting, each having half of the chair to sit at.

In their struggle, the teachers fail to sense Sumeryu approaching them, and when she puts her firm and big hands on their shoulders, they both get startled, twitching straight in the tight chair; both gulping dry, in synchrony.

Kurumu is the first one who dares looking up, recognizing the familiar voice. "Oh, Sumeryu..." She stays, blankly. But then, after reflecting on her words, her eyes fill with resolution, "You're right! I can't stay like this... I'm a teacher, and I must do what's best for my students! I'm not like this lazy-bun, after all!"

"L-lazy?! Oh, I'll show you how worthless you are and how I can be a much better teacher than you, if I want!" Mizore says, staring deep into Kurumu's eyes, their faces inches apart, but the friction almost causing a fire!

"Ok class, let's head down to the Home Economics classroom, I'm teaching you the most important skill of all: making a delicious, loving breakfast!" She says half-exitedly, though still with a defiant tone, as she faces Mizore.

"Oh no, sit down! You're learning kanji!"

"No, YOU"RE learning how to make tamagoyaki with love!!"

"No, YOU’RE learning to conjugate Godan verbs!!!"

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An unwise student dares asking: ""Um... So we cook or..?

Just to hear the teachers perfectly synchronized utterance: "BOTH!!"

"Bring your textbooks with you!!"

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And like that, the students start going to the other room.

That day, a new rivalry was made, a new generation of Kurumu-Mizore-stuff lies on the horizon... At least that's what everyone hoped for, for their amusement's sake.

Hibana doesn’t remember fairy teachers fighting like this. But then, she’s pretty much forgotten her whole life, so she can’t be sure. But still…

"I think I must put a stop to this in the name of education."

She hovers over to the two teachers and floats between them.

From Sumeryu’s initial reaction, it seems I have a secret weapon. And now my hand has been forced.Hibana curtsies in her little schoolgirl outfit, makes friendly waves to each teacher, then seats herself on the woman-teacher’s forearm one leg crossed over the other. She knows how tiny and helpless she must look to all the big people, so she widens her eyes and purses her lips.

"I made friends with some of the girls, and Luna just told me of a Home Economics class starting any minute now. I… I haven’t officially enrolled in your school, but what an exciting opportunity to learn from you! Home Economics, why… I don’t even have a home! This’ll be swell!"

She hopes to stop the fighting by being Cute!

"Waa!! S-so cute!!!" She instinctively grabs the little fairy and starts rubbing her on her cheeks, affectively, "Don't worry, little one, even if you didn't enroll, I don't mind, and won't tell anyone, teehee!" She adds, continuing to pamper the little fairy.

At Sumeryu's greet, she sparkles more, "Oh, you're friends?? Of course you are!!" She says, full of admiration and pride.

Mizore, on her side, can't keep eye contact with the puppy eyes, and diverts her gaze, her cold checks slightly red. "Uh... R-right welcome to class... W-we should be going now... No reason to waste time in here..."

She tries to slip out of Sumeryu's grasp, along with Sumeryu.

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As everyone finally reaches the Home Economics room, and everyone is sit.

"Alright everyone! Today we're going to cook a delicious breakfast!" She cheers enthusiastically, and then gives a malicious side-glance to her rival, "And to spice things up, we're making it a contest~"

At those words, Mizore's face glooms, filled with despair, "C-cooking contest??" She swallows hard.

"Yep!" She claps joyfully, "For, as a true lady, you do know how to cook really well, right?" She teases, that malicious tone coming back.

"Uh... Y-yeah, right..." Mizore dismisses, though she was sweating cold.

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And just like that, the class is split in two groups, and the contest begins!

Kurumu's group, arguably, has a somewhat larger group, owing to the teacher's and her favorite students' popularity.

Also, Mizore's group was mostly all struck with the same difficulty: they couldn't cook to save their lives.

M-matsuyama, err... I mean, Hanami!! Mizore starts pleading, falling on her knees when no one's looking, "Y-you're going to come to my group right?? I know you can cook!! I heard you talking about chocolate or something! So, uh... Heh... We always got along so well!" She wasn't used to put up any emotion on her voice, so she sounded a bit a awkward. "I-I... I'll even forget that zapping thing, and uh... I Will be very grateful... Uh... I'll be owing you!"

She looks equally pleading to the other students she had any chance of bringing to her little, miserable look. When all that though and aphetic façade was gone, she actually looked kinda cute...

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Kurumu on the other hand, was amazing her pupils with her cooking skills, though she'd be rejoiced if any of them did some masterful cooking themselves. "Heh... I could spike our food with some love potion, and then we'd take all of her students from her!! Bwahahaha!!" She laughs deviously.

"Ahem... I mean, just joking, hehehe..." She adds, a bit embarrassed, "Unless you're cool with it..."

"H-Hanami-Sama??Uh... Guess that's acceptable." She states, recovering herself from despair.

While her group gathers, she wanders off closer to Kurumu's group, overhearing the love potion plot.

Just as she's about to supposedly protest, Ibuki comes with her authoritative censure.

Keeping her mischievous look, Kurumu rummages through her pockets, until finally pulling a small vial from her cleavage, handing it down to Ibuki. "Oh, you want to arbitrate, Doji-chan? How nice of you~" She says, a tad ironic on her tone. She then gives a sideglance to Mizore.

For the first time, their stare doesn't seem full of spite, but indeed, a subtle camaraderie can be sensed, mixed with the intensity of their rivalry.

"Oh... What this actually mean is that we'll have to go through extra effort to cheat~ Right Kurumu?" Mizore jests.

"Heh, sounds like fun..."

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As Mizore comes back to her side of the room, she's thrown Hanami's question.

She ponders for a moment, fiddling with her popsicle. "Hmm... We cold make like... What about instant ramen? Or jelly n' peanut-butter sandwich??" Her liveliness dwindle as her suggestions are met by bafflement, "C-cornflakes and milk???"

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"Waffles??! What a wonderful idea, you two!!" Kurumu cheers with sparkling eyes at Sumeryu and Hibana, "Oh, we could maybe enticen it by adding some ice cream... Or maybe strawberries?? Oh, or chocolate! Or syrup? Or all of that and more!" She continues giving ideas enthusiastically.

With her eyes suddenly snapping into focus, Mizore is supernaturally moved to do the best ice cream possible, "Got it, Matsuyama-sama!" she brings the solution to the perfect and exact temperature, with absolute focus on her task.

She orders her team to prepare the flavors, and quickly, the ice cream is ready!

"Gah!! W-wait d-" She stutters, as she is sent to the air while trembling violently.

As the zap subsides, she falls to the ground, slowly sitting on the ground and rubbing her head, "Oh..."

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Ruby comes dashing like lightning to the scene, she starts thrashing the stunned Mizore "No!!! It should've been me! Not her! It's not fair!!"

"Yuhaah!! We won!! Yay!! Good work, Sumeryu-chan, Hibana-chan! You girls were awesome!" Kurumu says, tugging both girls to a tight overjoyed hug.

On a second thought, she pulls Katsuya to the hug also, "You too, Katsuya-chan!"

When her beloved students didn't looked, she would direct a provocative look aimed at Mizore and her group, sticking her tongue out against them.

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"Hippocratic promise my ass! She almost fried my brain!!" Mizore finally recovers from the zap, but then, the realization that she lost strikes her, and the pain seems even more unbearable than the zapping, "Noo!!! I lost... To her! All that humiliation for nothing!!" She says, pulling at her hair.

"Uh??" Ruby pauses at Hibana's remark, utterly confused.. "I... I'm not sad because they lost... (I actually don't care, the winner takes it all)"

She sighs deeply, before delivering: "I'm sad because that ice-head Mizore took that delicious zapping and not me!! And now Hanami is saying she won't ever zap anyone?!! Oh... How great is my misfortune..." She finishes, in a melodramatic fashion.