• “Hey Leiko…” Sota smiled as he walked past her in the hallway, heading for the Principal’s office, Leiko and Kinoko followed Sota and watched as he entered Mr. Artimus’ office

    “Did you do something wrong?” Kinoko asked as she looked at a terrified Leiko

    “No! Not that I know of…I’m a straight A student and I just got a 100percent on our science test yesterday…why would he need to talk to Sota?” Leiko said frantically, the two of them waited a few more minutes and a smiling Sota exited the office

    “Oh…hello girls” Sota smiled down on them, Leiko looked up at him with a displeased look on her face

    “What happened?” Leiko demanded, Sota smiled

    “Mr. Artimus just offered me a job as a substitute teacher here” Sota smiled at them, Leiko sighed out of relief

    “And you took the job” Kinoko asked as Sota nodded

    “but I thought you didn’t want to be a teacher?” Leiko replied, Sota frowned and looked at his feet

    “It’s what Mom and Dad would have wanted” Sota said quietly, Leiko frowned too and hugged him, Their parents had passed away just last year in a car crash and Sota was struggling to support them

    "Besides that, it's more than I make at my current job, AND I get weekends off so I can spend time with you!!" Sota Boasted.

    Kinoko patted Leiko on the back as they headed to their next class

    “Your brother is amazing” Kinoko smiled at a teary eyed Leiko, Leiko nodded as they entered Miss Kagamesh’s classroom.

    Suichi had decided to stay as far away from Yuki as possible, as he and Kouji sat at Leiko and Kinoko’s table eating Chip slipped out of Kouji’s backpack

    “Ooohlookatalltheprettycolorswowi’mhungryi’mgunnagolookforfoodnowyayfoodWHOOO” Chip exclaimed as she scrambled up onto their table and jumped across to another table heading for the other side of the cafeteria

    “CHIP NO!” Kouji exclaimed as he chased the small animal across the cafeteria floor

    “NOiwantfoodi’mgunnagetapeanutbutterandjellysandwishoohiwonderifteheyhavecheesefrieswithchilli,OMGAHDilovecheese!” Chip screamed as she saw Meicho’s plate of cheese fries, Chip slipped up Meicho’s pants and headed towards the top of his body so that she could reach his cheese fries, Meicho instantly jumped up, Kouji started grabbing at Meicho who was freaking out; Chip launched out of Meicho’s shirt towards the cheese fries only to be grabbed at the tail by Kouji as he accidentally smashed Meicho’s face into his own food

    “GOT YOU!” Kouji exclaimed as he ran off and threw Chip into his backpack and zipped it closed

    “Wow…how did she get out?” Suichi whispered looking around to see if anyone noticed the small squirrel running across the cafeteria, but people were only whispering about Kouji.

    Meicho walked up with food all down the front of his uniform and in his black hair, Meicho grabbed Kouji by the front of his clothes and got very close to his face

    “You are going to regret that…I’m going to spend every waking moment destroying you…we are enemies” Meicho said through clenched teeth, Kouji looked up at him confused as Meicho threw Kouji back down into his seat and walked off towards the bathroom to get cleaned up

    “What was that all about?” Kouji asked staring after Meicho, the rest of them shrugged.

    Leiko, Suichi and Kouji went to a study party at Kinoko’s house to ready for exams week, the school year was passing by slowly

    “Have you guys noticed that we haven’t been attacked by any demons in a while?” Leiko said as she chomped on the back of her pencil trying to figure out the answer to one of the questions on her homework

    “Don’t jinx it!” Kouji yelled from his relaxed position on Kinoko’s bed, Biru, Kiera and Chip were all sleeping next to him

    “Don’t you think you should be studying with us?” Kinoko pointed out, Kouji shook his head

    “I’m average in everything, whether I study or not…I always get Cs” Kouji closed his eyes to drift off to sleep, Suichi smiled at him

    “It’s true…the girl behind him stole some of his answers and failed” Suichi laughed as he looked up from his own work as a snowy white owl landed on Kinoko’s open window sill

    “Oh...back for more?” Kinoko smiled as she pulled a piece of ham out of one of the sandwiches she had made for them all and handed it to the owl; the owl scarfed it down and flew away

    “Wow, what a pretty bird Kinoko” Leiko pointed out the window at the owl as it perched in the tree next to Mr. Hiro’s house

    “Yea, he’s been coming here for a snack almost every day for months” Kinoko smiled as she returned to her homework.

    The next week was Kouji’s worst nightmare, around every corner Meicho had something sinister planned for him, Meicho put smelly gym socks in Kouji’s locker, during P.E. class Meicho broke into Kouji’s locker and switched Kouji’s underwear for a pair of very skimpy ladies underwear

    “Damn…how do girls wear these?” Kouji complained as he attempted to remove his ‘wedgie’, Suichi looked at Kouji oddly

    “Wait…Kouji, you actually put them on? Why didn’t you just NOT wear underwear?” Suichi asked looking down at Kouji’s pants then up to Kouji’s face

    “You can do that?” Kouji asked confused, Suichi shook his head and placed a hand over his face

    “Of course you can…” Suichi said quietly, Kouji just nodded

    “oh.. Okay, be right back” Kouji smiled as he ran off towards the bathroom.

    “Oh you are soo bad…I like it” Yuki giggled as she and her minions watched Meicho rig Kouji’s locker so that when he opened it red paint would fall on top of him

    “Can we do Leiko’s locker next?” Yuki asked seductively, Meicho nodded in a Neanderthal way

    “Of course Yuki” Meicho and the girls laughed as they headed off for Leiko’s locker.

    Leiko, Kouji, Suichi and Kinoko trudged home; Leiko and Kouji were covered in blood red paint

    “What is Meicho’s problem…I didn’t even do anything to him!” Kouji screamed as he sent a bunch of red paint flying

    “Welcome to my world…” said a angry Leiko, the four of them turned the corner and headed for Suichi’s house

    “I’m going to run home and shower really quick” Leiko huffed as she ran off next door

    “Hey Suichi, can I use your shower? My mom will think I was playing with paint again…don’t ask long story” Kouji said sadly, Suichi smiled and nodded

    “Of course” Suichi laughed as he pointed Kouji to the bathroom