Arienai no Koto wa Arienai desu!

"...well, it's not like I have not thought of all these possibilities yet. I have long figuring the possibilities out and regard them as hints, but I really do not want to admit that all of these are possible. I mean, what if I am wrong and I hoped too much? Then again, what I'm doing now was like that once again... Doubting all the chances and fear to make a move on her...

I do notice the so-called hints: the moments she said that she likes me - but isn't that as a student to a teacher? I admit no one has said that to me before except for my ex, but that's because she was my girlfriend... but Her... She's different. Hmmm. Anyway, I joked and said that it was "AWKWARD!" and tell her to not say that in front of my ex aaaand told her not to say that again.

I can't tell her I actually liked that, right?

And she always told me that I think too much when I pressed some issues... hmmm.

Wait... could it be...?

Nah. No way no way.

See? This is what I always do whenever I thought of the hints, then dismiss them because it's impossible... well, who would like such a childish person like I am? And I always loved to annoy people for fun. How can such a person be likeable... right?

Well, there was also this very interesting question she asked, that "under what circumstances or situation will you hate me or dislike me". Another first time here - first time someone asked me that question. I've never thought of it, and I gave a very good answer based on my opinion. I didn't think that much because I somehow guessed that she has some other problem that requires my opinion or my view - well, she's always this kind of person who gets insecure about how the others will think of herself. So... yeah.

While the others said that it's a strong hint, I... I don't really think so.

Well, it's because they don't know her long enough, I guess...?

Aaaand she has a first love with a guy - she's god-damned straight dammit. (Though my friend has a first love with a girl but ends up being Yaoi... nonono, that's different. Different.) She has no exposure to any Yuri and Yaoi friends before and coming to this big city this is her first time knowing such people - the only ones, actually. See how pure she is? There is in no hell that she's gonna fall for a person like me, while I'm a super pervert too (And I'm proud of it dahurhurhur~) so no way!

But then my Yaoi friend told me that she does likes me... (By using Subaru and Teana as substitute because she's at that scene as well) But I'm not sure if he's just purely teasing, or it's the truth...

Well, I guess he misunderstood something or he was just referring to the September thingy. Yeap. Let it be that way.

However, there was always one thing that I'm always curious of: Why she wouldn't upload the pictures that I look good in it? I mean, I felt that I really, really, really look good in those pictures - like, sexier. I understand if she doesn't want to upload her own pictures, but... what about mine? I'm pretty sure other than that sucky 2 or 3 pictures online, there's more in her phone... hmmm.

Speaking of the pictures, we were kind of playing during that day when she took my "once in the blue moon" me in "elegant dress" picture, and she was laughing through the whole night (I wonder why she's so excited in taking my pictures in dress... I guess she really find it amusing and interesting - to tease me, maybe - since I never wore things like this before and it's really *coughniceeventhoughIdon'twanttoadmititcough*) so I threatened her if she continued to laugh I would grope her breast... and she NEVER stopped laughing - and so I did, as a warning, but she never stopped laughing and she ran - and we started to meet people so to save face (for the both of us maybe) I stopped... Just because there's people around.

But she never stopped laughing until she gets on the car.

WHAT IS THIS DAMMIT.

Is it that hilarious to watch me in dress, or the fact that she... wants me to... what. Nonono, I guess she overheard that part and just ran away because she's fooling around with me. Yeah. That's it.

But... that morning surprising exclamation the other day... I forgot what was the conversation, but she said something about "What, you want me to grope breast?!" and it was the most shocking thing for the whole day - because I never implied anything of such (well, I think we're massaging that time so...) 

...and that's when the whole "Subaru and Teana" topic came later in the day.

There was also this other thing: she lets me hug her! Actually, more like, she hugs me! I mean, for someone that doesn't hug people often... but come to think about it, she's all tensed up - mentally (the exams are near, you see?), so maybe she just need some motherly love (but how am I motherly?! This is so weird)...

...ugh.

The more I think about it, it doesn't make sense to me.

Then again I guess she just treat me as a very close friend... I mean, normally girls do that to their friends too, right? (Even though I'm not that kind of clingy and touchy person... even patting people's head has been a recent thing. And hugging people? That's because of the cosplayers - I don't normally do that, since it's kind of awkward for me to do such things after all.) Well, seeing the norm around here, I guess she really just treat me as a very very very close friend. Yeah...

Meh. I should stop thinking about all of these...

After all, it's impossible for me to get such a good girl. Hahahahahaha~"

~ "Arienai no Koto wa Arienai desu!" by ARCYM

Sono Kitsune Deshi to Sono Baka Shishou

"..."I-I can't..." The Kitsune sighed again, hugging herself. "Gosh, I'm... losing control of myself again..." She shook her head, looking at her art. She did not notice her shishou sneaking behind her, with her usual shiny eyes.

"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaijoubu!"

There she goes again - she went forward and tackled the kitsune, hugging her from behind. "Come, with a touch from your miraculous shishou, everything will be fineeeeee~~~"

"KYAAAAAAAA!!! BAKA SHISHOU!!!"

*Ka-piang!*

The neko was seen afterwards, hanging along with the other wet clothes, with a big bump on her head..."

~ "Bousou no Kitsune no Yuuutsu to Sono Hentai Neko Sensei"



"...Neko sensei was smiling all day. She's watching something very interesting that's caught her attention throughout the whole day. Her "Tsu-chan" was... pacing back and forth. When the sensei attempted to ask about her situation, she just... blushed, and walked away. Tsu-chan doesn't seemed to be angry, since she's having that smile on her face every single moment she attempt another question.

Must be that human.

The Neko sensei smirked. THAT will be something that could entertain her for all day long. She continued to follow her kitsune deshi, hoping to get some juicy answers from her.

"Nee nee nee, hatsukoi na no, hatsukoi?"

"...tabun...?"

"OHOOOO~~~ Sou ka sou ka~" Reien was excited. Now, what kind of questions shall she... ah! "So so so, yesterday, it was that human, right?"

"..." She said nothing, but everything was on her face. That made the shishou to be more excited.

"So so so, what did you do? No, what did he do? Did you use your Kitsune charm to charm him all over the place? Nee nee Tsu-chan, say something would ya~ Tell me more juicy stuffs~"

The kitsune just walked away, ignoring that stupid shishou that's trying to embarrass her further with all those... questions and assumptions.

"Ya know, you can just take off that jacket and just show him your sexy---"

*KA-PANG!*

The shishou was once again shown hanging with other wet clothes...

But it wasn't her head that's painful, it's her whole-day grin which continued when Tsu-chan shown all those frustrated, blushing, annoyed, and embarrassed expression.

It's. Just. So. Cute.

Her face is sour, but it worths it.

I mean... "When she bite her lips out of frustration of the things that I've asked... that's the MOST interesting one... Especially when she tried to not being embarrassing anymore by... being more embarrassing... OHOHOHOHOHO!!!!"

"SHISHOU! URUSAI!!!"..."

~ "Sono deshi no hatsukoi no yuuutsu"




"..."...and that's how you should deal with the guys," Neko-sensei concluded her love experience with her one and only deshi. Well, though she felt quite awkward and embarrassed, she HAD to admit her deshi's emotions and reactions towards this were pretty similar back then when she fell in love with a person.

It didn't turn out nicely, of course.

Of course, as her shishou, she'll be going to give as much suggestions and advises to her. She did not want to see her beloved student to be heartbroken - worse, TROUBLES and DESPAIR. She had already gone through that, and there's no point for another one to face all of those... alone.

She'll be here for her. At least, as a responsibility as her one and only shishou.

"Arigatou ne, shishou," The Kitsune thanked her master with full sincerity. The master is of course felt her gratitude and felt proud about herself for being able to help. It felt so nice to hear such sincere gratitude from her but... "Shishou wo suki desu yo!"

...but that's...

...that's just...

"AWKWAAAAAAAARD!!!!!!"

The neko-sensei was not ready for the sudden "confession" from her student. It made her furs (if she had) to stand up and it felt... WRONG, in every single way. She had to jump and cling to the wall. Of course, her deshi's means were innocent and pure, as in, a student's love for her teacher, but...

"Awkward."

"What is wrong, shishou?" The kitsune was confused by her master's reaction. Had she said anything wrong?

"D-D-Don't say that to me anymore, ok? Anything but that... ANYTHING. I'd rather you hit me and say that in a joking manner, but... no. Just... no," The neko-sensei finally calmed herself down. "And say that to the one you really love."

"...well, in a sense, I DO love you as a student-"

"I-I know but... Just... Ugh. Awkward."

Probably the neko-sensei isn't really prepared for any of these... after all, she had been living like a hated creature for the whole century. A sudden "love" from someone so young is just an odd thing for her.

"Unless you're willing to let me flip your skirts sometimes to show your 'love' to me---"

*KA-PIANG!*

After some while, the cat was seen hanging around a tree. She was smiling, though.

"At least that made her stop. Ha!"..."

~ "Sono Shishou no Yakkai"




"...It's Monday again. Early in the morning, Tsuruya has already woke up (by her annoying shishou's ringtone) and preparing for school. She opened her closet and took out her winter uniform- wait. It's already time to switch to Summer uniform now. She chuckled at her NEAR mistakes, and quickly took the other set of uniform out.

After a while, she had finished changing into her summer uniform. It felt... quite empty, down there. Well, the Winter uniform has a longer skirt length in order to provide more warmth to the wearer, but during summer, perhaps it's to give more cooling effects to the students, they cut it short.

I guess I need to get used to this again... sigh. The kitsune-in-disguise thought to herself as she approached the door- wait! If shishou saw me in this, she'll be...! I shall not let her do this to me! With that in thought, she slowly slide the door open. Her keen eyes scanned the area, and when it's safe, she walked out from the door.

However, it felt odd.

Normally, the Neko-sensei would be ambushing her from the back OR the front to flip her skirt already. Why was she not around today? The weirdest thing happened when there's a good bowl of soup and hot dishes readied for her to eat. The student blinked in confusion, but decided that her master would do her no harm. She proceed to dine in.

Weird. There really is not a sight of her shishou. Should she go and search for her shishou? Then again, she has a school to attend to. Oh well, guess that her shishou needs to wait then. Well, it's not like she'll get into troubles that she couldn't handle anyway.

She finished up the last drop of the soup, and clasped her hand. "Gochisou-sama!" She stood up, and headed to the door... after taking one last look if there's any possible ambushes from her shishou.

Who knows, she might be waiting for this VERY moment.

But what she noticed was actually a cat that's in the verge of... something. Hunger, maybe?

"Nyaaaaaaaaaaa..."

And... it seemed like her shishou!

"Shishou!" Immediately, she moved forward to 'help' the cat up, but...

"NYAAAAAA!!!"

Like a gust of wind, the cat bounced towards Tsuruya's skirt, and... FLIPPED IT!!!

"SKIRTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!"

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

*KA-PONG!*

Though now she's hanging along with other wet clothes under the sunlight, the Neko-Sensei does seemed to be more alive than usual.

"Ahhh... This is life."..."

~ "Sono Baka Shishou to sono deshi no... SUKATSU?!"




"...The cat knelt down and placed a cold towel over the Kitsune's forehead. Damn, the fever is hot. The master frowned as she saw how blur-looking her disciple was right now.

"Daijoubu yo, shishou...!" The Kitsune attempted to sit up and do stuffs, showing that she's, in fact, pretty fine. However, it was clear to the master that the kitsune's concentration is lacking due to the fever. Nevertheless, she asked.

"Ok then... before you faint, how's the updates today?"

"Updates... I guess... none?" The young youkai paused for a while, before continuing. "I don't really have enough materials to continue so..."

"Hmm... is it about that human or your work?"

"Heh? What do you mean?"

"...never mind," The shishou sighed, pushing the kitsune back down to the bed. "You're really not in a good condition for me to tease at," She placed back the cold towel to the young girl's head. "I guess you should just take a rest, baka deshi."

"Watashi wa baka ja arimasen!"

"...just rest, my future 'pianist'."

"...I will, master," The kitsune smiled. "Don't worry."

"...somehow, I'm more worried when you said that," The shishou sighed and made an annoyed face. Somehow, she could imagine her "Tsu-chan" waking up and start to do the house-chores because she's bored in the bed or something. "Or maybe I should have just stayed here and tell you some stories? Haha..."

"Eh? What did you just said?"

"..." The master sighed. Her student is really blur today. It seemed that she would require more patience than usual when talking to her usually smart and fast student. Damn. "Just... rest, my dear deshi. I'll take care of you, and don't you say no, ok?"..."

~ "Sono Kitsune no Byouki"




"...The cat marked her target. Her lips creaked into a sinister grin. The fox is just over there, happily talking to a charming young man. With the right time, she took a leap, and instantly crash into her prey - the fox.

"Tsuuuuuuuuuu-chan~~~~~~"

"Nya?!"

The fox is certainly surprised by her master's sudden assault. She fell hard into the floor, and she definitely heard that mischievous giggle of her master's.

"So……"

Her back felt light, before her eyes caught the glimpse of her master moving forward towards the human. She immediately got up, feared that her master would hurt the young man.

"S-Stop, mas---"

"Sooooo~ It's THIS one right…?" The cat elder began to inspect the awkward-looking young man. She walked around the young man, and nodded towards his… body? "Not bad not bad, your taste is definitely good. I approve."

"S-SHISHOU!!! It's not like that!"

The fox screamed as the cat laughed hysterically upon the frustration and cute reaction from her little fox apprentice. The human was left behind there, confused.

"…can someone fill in for the human here?"..."

~ "Neko, Kitsune, to sono Ningen"



"...Tsuruya has attempted to cook for herself, she said. She didn't really burn the kitchen...it's just burning, she said.

"What's the difference?!" Reien barked.

"Haha... just that it smells burn... That's all. Hahaha..."

"Oh really..." Neko-sensei raised her eyebrow, and attempted to take a small peek into the kitchen. Tsuruya blocked her road - with a big grin. Reien was annoyed, and gave her the face. "So, what's in there?"

"Nothing! It's perfectly fine!"

"Oh really..." The landlord pushed her disciple away, and slid open the door of the kitchen - "Holy" - and instantly being attacked by a pungent smell of burnt. Her nostril was not happy at such smells, and it made her to take a few steps back. But she gathered her strength and entered the kitchen, taking a good look at her beloved kitchen. "Why...?"

It. Was. Black.

"L-L-Like I said! It's fine! I'll clean it up and-"

"Lemme guess," Neko-sensei spoke up. She did not faced Tsuruya. "Sono ningen?"

"HEH?! C-C-Chigau! Y-Yokei no koto wo iwanaide-"

"You," Reien slowly turned and put her hands onto the kitsune's shoulders. "No cooking. This month."

"E-EHHHH?! B-But-"

"No buts. Just...no."..."

~ Sono Deshi no BUUUURNING Jiken



"...Tsuruya doesn't seemed pretty herself these days. She might not know, but the master has seen it all. She has tried every single way to make her energetic again - which includes flipping her skirt, or brand her a pervert (for no good reason, perhaps?)

Alas, nothing worked.

She said she doesn't mind all of these anymore, and she hated herself... Why? How could her deshi ends up in this way? The worse part was that she doesn't cry. She kept things towards herself. How could she, being her shishou, help her during this time?

Maybe it'll be better if she would talk.

And she did. She said that she hated herself of how she acted. She's guilty of it. The neko-sensei was shocked, and questioned her on how she acted - did she scream at people while being the one at fault, did she disappoint people just because she wanted so, did she betray anybody, or did she failed to fulfill her promise towards the people?

If those happened, she got to talk her out of this.

But neither of her concerns were the problem of the little Kitsune, which eased her... a little. Though, the fact that her own deshi was concerned about herself being "not herself" around people, and constantly bore the others or trouble them... And she said she's being "stupid"! Those made the neko-sensei to chuckle.

"You know, that isn't really something to be guilty about," Reien smiled. "There are worse things to be guilty about, though I understand your trouble. That aside, do you know what's your true self, and what's not?"

"...maybe I've realized it from the beginning. Haha."

"Then is that part of your true self?"

"...saa..."

"Tsuruya," The shishou called out for her deshi, getting her attention. "You should try to embrace it, or try to control it if you really dislike that fact... But you know what? I don't think it's really a big problem," The cat smiled, putting one hand on the kitsune's head.

"I feel at ease and happy when I'm with you, despite what you're doing at any time - even when you got angry or anything. If you think the others couldn't handle what you are, then feel free to vent or release whatever's in your mind around me."

The Neko released the hand. "Treat me as an invisible being...

FOR I BECOME THE WALL!!!"

With that said, the Neko stuck herself towards the wall, and closed her eyes.

"...shishou, Bakemono desu ka?"

"Sou. Bakeneko desu."

The deshi sweatdropped when she saw that, and sighed. But couldn't help but smile at the shishou's stupidness (and perhaps the way of lightening the mood).

"Well, you feel better?" The neko smiled, coming "out" from the wall.

"Yeah. Thanks to you, I cannot depress any longer."

"...well, it's not like you CAN'T depress at all... Just that..." The shishou patted the deshi's head, again. "I wish for you to relieve yourself from depression, after being depressed...

...unless you want..."

"?"

"SKIRT FLIP!"

"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

*KA-PONG!!!*

Once again, she was seen hanging on some sort of... metal pole.

"Yyyyyeap, that's the Tsuuu-chan I know! HAHAHA!"..."

~ Sono Deshi no Yuuutsu to Sono Shishou no Kotoba



"...The cat looked at the fox with a smile. Well, pretty much anything she do makes her smile. She has been her source of inspiration, her motivation to keep on going with this long life of her as a youkai. She has been lost of her road, stripped of her future, and dreams were forgotten. But when this girl appeared, she found the light of her path again. While being the one who's guiding, she was actually the one being guided. The fox reminded her of her youth, her dream, her wish... she reminded her what was her real needs, her source of fun, and her energy...

She found it all, in her.

The neko-sensei is extremely thankful for all of that, and for the first time in several centuries, she found her heart beating again. But she knew, it will not be wise to ruin this relationship with this fire that's burning within her. If there's anything at all, this relationship will be the only one that she doesn't want to destroy.

And so, she kept quiet about it.

Closing her eyes. she smiled at her burning passion for the youngling, and kept it within a cage with locks, storing it up in the darkness. Perhaps one day, she would tell... but maybe she will never tell. But for now...

"Oyasumi."..."

~ Sono Shishou Kindan no Himitsu



"..."My master..." The kitsune smiled as she met with her attacker. "...she may be pretty stupid, and might look weak... But she's strong and definitely wiser than the both of us combine!" Coughing, she stood up, and continued. "In every situation, as long as she's still alive, she will say 'It'll be alright!', 'Everything will be fine!', 'If it's you, it'll be fine!' She..." The girl held her katana tight in her hands, and readied herself. "She taught me so many, and never gave up on looking after me... She believed in me! She believed in me where no one else would!

"So, I shall believe in her, and her words!" She roared, and charged towards her attacker - trying to land one hit. It certainly hit something, but she slumped to the ground even before she could see if she had her target.

"Well said, my apprentice!" Suddenly, a nostalgic boom of voice rang across the forest. She rose her head, and saw her master standing right in front of her with her signature goofy smile - her petite hand was stretched out. "I told you, you could do it!"

The kitsune smiled. Her tough hand raised up and gripped onto the other's hand, pulling herself up.

"You're late, baka-shishou! Took you 3 days dammit!"

"Ahahaha~ Gomennnn~~~ I told you it'll be fine, right?"

"It is NOT alright!"

"Ahahaha~~~"..."

~ "Neko-Sensei no Kotoba to Sono Deshi no Shinrai"





"..."...Wakae Yuuhime..."

The atmosphere in the Mannekoya certainly isn't of its normal cheer. The eyes of the bakeneko are cold and dark, though her smile remained, frozen on her face. The residences in Mannekoya were anxious about the suddenly change of the usual happy-go-lucky neko-sensei. The apprentice of the neko was extremely curious, yet aware of the client that's sitting right in front of her shishou. That Yuki-Onna is her teacher! But... Why is her shishou seemed to be unusual upon her? What kind of history they had? Were they enemies?

Then she thought, could Wakae-sensei be her shishou's first love, then they broke up?!

No way...right?

"I see, you're still cold with me," The Yuki-Onna spoke, her facial expression remained cold as always. "En."

"You have -no rights- to call me with that name, Wakae-san," The landlord remained her smile, yet tainted with a hint of murderous vibe. "Now, state your business here in my -humble- shack."

"You do know it's going to be hard if we don't remain as friends, En."

"Do -not- provoke me, Yuuhime."

"..." The Yuki-Onna sighed. "Very well, Reien-dono," She took out a piece of paper, and passed it towards the landlord of the mansion. "This... is my request."

The neko took the paper, and examined it. She frowned. "You... How did you get your hand onto this... -thing-?"

"It's... from a friend."

"A friend, huh," The neko smirked, shaking her head. "How many times have you been fooled by the friends of yours, Yuuhime."

"..." The Yuki-Onna suddenly smiled. "As many times as you have helped me out, Reien."

Covering her forehead with her hand, the neko sighed. "So now, after such a long time, you came to me because you need someone to clean up this shit? Again?" Suddenly, the landlord stood up, angrily threw the paper towards the snow youkai. "No, Yuuhime. This time, I'm not doing these kind of shits. You go clear up your own mess."

"...En."

"-Do Not-, call me -that- name," The cat hissed dangerously. The release of her threatening aura was pretty much suffocating, though she remained as her human self. "We're already done. I'm already done. I have no longer have need to abide to your orders. You have betrayed me once, and hurt me numerous times. That would be enough for me to refuse this job."

Her aura was retracted in an instant, as if nothing ever happened before. "Now if you please excuse me, I would love to take a nap...

...goshujin-sama."

She slammed the door behind her, and left the client there alone... with the Kitsune.

"Erm..." It was certainly awkward for the Kitsune. Her master left her, and she's left alone with her teacher who doesn't seemed to be happy about the result at all. "I-I'm very sorry for my master's behaviou-"

"It's ok..." The Yuki-Onna sighed before she stood up, smiling weakly towards the Kitsune. "It's... part of my prediction."

She's ready to walk out, but heard the Kitsune said something:

"I... I will try my best to help you to convince my master!"

She smiled in sorrow, before turning her head around, nodding towards her student, and walked away..."

~ "Sono Shishou no Ikari"

"...Now, the Kitsune is furious, yet she held respect for her master who rarely showed this side of her dangerous emotions before. She needs to be careful to confront her master - picking her words, and her actions that is. Now she's in front of her master's bedroom, and ready herself to knock on the neko's door.

"Shishou... are you alright?" She received no answer, but decided to continue anyway. "Can I come in and have a talk with you...?"

The door was opened, and she's kind of surprised of the master's action. She did not expect her master to actually react to her in such a short time.

But what she would never expect was her master's smiling face.

"Nanja, deshi?" Her usual cheerful face was there, shining brightly... as if she was never angry before. "I'm soooo hungry right now, you wanna eat something?"

The apprentice was dumbfounded by such a question, but decided to follow her master down. However, it did not escape her mind that she needs to ask her master some important matters. "Shishou-"

"Come come, I'll cook you some delicious ramen!"

"Shishou...!"

"Oh oh, what do you want? I think we have some salmons-"

"Shishou!"

"-maybe make some sushi, you know? We have plenty of those things!"

Suddenly, the deshi kept her silence. She's very angry at her shishou's attitude right now. But... it won't last long.

"Hmm, should I make the ramen or the sushi?" The neko sensei began to take out the ingredients, started to make something. "There's plenty ingredients here... but I can't make up my--- oh! Tsu-chan, Tsu-chan, I think we can combine these two together! Let's make sushi ramen! Or, ramen sushi! How 'bout that, Tsuu-chan!"

"…how 'bout I kick you, shishou?"

"Hmm… that's not an option. Ok then, we shall have… RAMEN SUSHI!!!!!!"

Tsuruya wasn't sure if she should let her shishou continue, though she wanted to remain silent to show her anger but... if this continue, she's not sure what she will be eating for the next few minutes.

*~LALALALALA~*

In front of the deshi, there is a piece of Ramen Sushi, literally. Instead of normal meat or vegetable fillings, they're ramen. Literally, ramen.

"…nani… kore…?"

"Ramen sushi da yo!" The Neko-sensei chirped as she had her own portion of the "sushi". "Well, technically, it's pretty hard to make sushi ramen because… well, the rice will be all over the soup so instead of sushi, it's porridge."

"…dakara?" The kitsune looked at the 'sushi', aware of the "weird stuffs" that's going on… the ramen is MOVING! "Can't you make something… usual and normal?!" 

"Iyaaaa… omoshiroi jan~~~"

"JANAI YO SHISHOU!!!"

Reien laughed while her beloved student was somewhat screaming about such an odd food. In an instant, she replaced the "ramen sushi" in front of her deshi with a pretty normal looking bento with pretty foods in it. The "ramen sushi"... well, she's taking care of it by her own self. Her deshi blinked at the sight of "normal" foods, thinking that at least her shishou is nice enough to not force her into things that she doesn't like.

Perhaps that's one of the good parts of her shishou, whom she followed.

Then again, her main reason for bugging the elder one...

"Shishou-"

"How to start this...?" The neko-sensei cut off her student's question, looking into her complicated food as she became silence. Her chopsticks were holding the food as she was deep in thought, figuring how should she begin her sentence. "Should I... hmm. Or... Maybe not. Hmmm..."

"S-Shishou...?"

"Maybe I should just use my hand and eat it."

"...shishou..." Tsuruya is on the verge on taking her master's own fan and strike down on her head.

"Hahaha, joking, joking..." The laughter quickly died down as the neko wondered how to start off her sentence. "Wakae... Yuuhime is..." She stopped, figuring the correct word to describe the relationship between her and the supposed client. "She's... my lover."

Tsuruya was very surprised. First: She's RIGHT! Second: Her master was in love before?!

"...what's that expression supposed to mean?" The neko made a skeptical face, before she sighed and continue. "Anyway... Technically, we're not a couple... I mean, not an official one so..." She scratched her head. "And it's been centuries ago. Gosh. I really am not sure where to start but... let's cut this short. She's my goshujin-sama and... well, some centuries ago, she... kind of betrayed me and I left her. So yeah."

Her disciple kept quiet and listened, giving herself some thoughts on this. "Is that the reason why you don't want to help Wakae-sensei?"

"Yes."

"But...! Wakae-sensei... She really needs your help!"

"How could I promise myself that she won't be throwing me away again this time?!" Reien barked. Her student was shocked, and silenced. She faced down to her bento, while the elder one sighed. "Look, I just... I can't look past how she has done to me and say 'oh, never mind, just give me the money and I'll do it! The past means nothing~ Hahaha'... You know, that kind of stuffs?"

The kitsune went quiet after that, and it lasted for quite a while. The neko sighed and picked up her chopsticks once again. "Come on, let's eat before they're cold... wait. Mine is already cold! Hahahahaha!"

"Un..."..."

~ "Sono Neko no Kotowaru to Sono Koi no Rekishi"