• We were all in our school swimsuits around the indoor pool. The outdoor pool was only used for free time when we could go in as a break or used during the weekends by the students. I went up to the teacher, and told him exactly what I'd been dreading to tell anyone. He rubbed his head "Well, this isn't good. I'll get one of my best swimmers to help you, how about that?" he asked. I blushed, not really wanting help from anyone, but nodded. "Yahiro! Can you come here for a second?" the teacher asked. Daisuke came running over, his chest and hair wet from swimming. God, he was friggn hot! "Yes?" he asked. "It looks like Sakura is unable to swim, could you help her out? You don't have to if you don't with to, it's just that she really does need help." he said. "Sure, it's no problem!" Daisuke said. The teacher walked toward the other students. Just to be clear, not all the teachers knew we were really asasins. Daisuke looked over at me and grinned "Can't swim, huh?" he said, suppresing a laugh. "Sh-shut up!" I said. "Well, I geuss that explains why you were so scared when Uzura told you we had swimming class." he said. I blushed "Well, shall we?" he asked indicating toward the pool. I nodded, fine." I said. "We should probably start on the shallow end." he said, taking my hand and leading me toward the stairs. The water was a bit cold, but it was bearable. Daisuke put his hands on my back and told me to try and lie down. "Wh-what!?" I nearly yelled. A lot of people looked over. "Don't worry, I got you." he said, reasuringly. I nodded, still a bit scared, which was hard for me to admit, and lied down on my back. Daisuke put his hands on my back, making sure I didn't sink. "Okay, stay calm, don't mave too much." he said, and removed his hands from my back. I was immediatly alarmed and began moving, which made me sink. Daisuke caught my arm and pulled me back up. I stood up "I told you not to move." he said in an I-told-you-so tone. I nodded "Sorry, can we try again?" I asked. He nodded "And remember, don't move." he said. I lied back down the same way, feeling the pressure of Daisuke's hands, than no pressure at all. It took a lot of restraint not to move. "Just relax." Daisuke's voice murmured. I began to relax and let myself go. Feeling the water around me and Daisuke's soft breathing as he walked along beside me. "M-Sakura." Daisuke called. I opened my eyes, he was looking down at me, his chest and hair already a bit dry as he sat on the egde of the pool next to me. "Now that you have that down, we have to get onto real swimming. Oh, but don't stand up." he said. Impulsivly, I started to stand up "Wh-?" I asked before I started sinking. Daisuke dove after me, wrapping his arm around my waist and swimming back up to grab onto the egde of the pool. I coughed a bit "What the hell!? You let me float all the way to the deep end?!" I yelled. Everyone started looking. "S-sorry, you just looked so peacful." he said. "Peaceful, my a**." I hissed. "I could let you go, you know." he said. I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck "Don't let me go!" I said. He smiled a bit "I was only kidding, I'd never do that to you." He said. I blushed "Hold onto my neck, I'll get us back to the shallow end." he said. "Why do I have to hold onto you?" I asked. "Because I like swimming underwater." he said, and before I could speak, he dove down. I kept my arms locked against his neck, holding my breath and my chest against his back. We came back up on the shallow end. "Okay, now try to swim." he told me. "Wh-what?" I asked. "You were whatching me swim, right?" he asked. "Y-yes." I said. "Just do what I did." he said. "But how-?" Daisuke cut me off "I've seen you. You learn more by doing than listening." he said. I nodded my head. "A-alright. But if I drown, it's your fault." I said. "You won't drown, I won't let that happen." he said. I looked at him one more time, and dove in, I started moving my legs and hands. Suddenly, I was swimming. I rose my head back up to the surface. "See, I told you you'd be fine." Daisuke said. I blushed "I suppose you did." I mummbled. "C'mon, we have little time and I plan on making you an awesome swimmer by the end of class!" he said. "I still wonder who's benifiting most from this." I sighed. He grinned, but kept his promise, by the end of class I was able to swim.

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