Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

by EquestrianKirin

S04Ep2: It's Time for a Lesson ~それはレッスンの時間です~

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"Nagisa. Nagisa! Nagisa, wake up."

Aladdin anticipation was what woke up Nagisa Shiota this time. He didn't mind an early wake up call, but most of the time it would be from his alarm clock. Being woken up by Aladdin was a little bit different, but with what he saw last night he had a guess to what Aladdin was getting giddy about. Nagisa gave a yawn and rubbed his eyes as Aladdin was on his feet and over by the door.

"Morning, Aladdin, what's up?"

"Look outside," Aladdin insisted. It took Nagisa a bit, but he did follow Aladdin off towards the window in the main room, and sure enough he could see what Aladdin was getting excited about.
As Nagisa thought, the first snow of the season had left its mark on Tokyo, and a good line of snow left on Nagisa's window sill. When looking out further, a thin line of snow laid down on the sidewalks, not to mention added a little white to other windows on the other building too. Opening the window and looking more, both of them saw that a thin cover of white color was basically on a number of things down below. Temperature had dropped too, making that morning a bit more chilly than when they arrived. A little chill went over both of them, though Aladdin was pretty intrigued with it.

"I'm going to take a guess and say the Overworld doesn't have snow?" Nagisa inquired. Aladdin shook his head.

"No not really. I heard of this snow, but I didn't realize how quickly it spreads around," Aladdin said, his hand pressing into what show was there and leaving a handprint on the sill. Nagisa took it all in stride and started getting a whole new outfit together for the cool morning.

"Well if you wanna come along, you better dress up. It's pretty chilly outside this time of year," Nagisa suggested, putting on a winter coat as he did so. He wasn't in the mood of catching a cold this early in the morning. If it meant going with him to check this snow out, Aladdin might as well.

So, in little time at all, Aladdin and Nagisa were dressed up for the winter morning and outside walking down the sidewalk. Cooler weather meant a different outfit for Nagisa Shiota: a large, three-button blue coat with sleeves reaching to his hands, a white undershirt buckled to his orange pants, and his tennis shoes replaced with small boots, like those he wore during Gaara's training. Going to school like this would normally be trouble, but winter conditions gave a few exceptions to the rule, and with winter starting off like this, adding a few things wasn't too bad of an issue, especially when many other students did the same thing.
Aladdin's winter outfit was mainly the same thing, since Aladdin had to borrow some winter clothes from Nagisa anyway, though like the school uniform he had to roll up the sleeves of his coat to accompany his smaller size. It only made sense really.
Walking through Tokyo, the winter weather effected other people around them too, many of them in coats and trying to keep warm for the new weather. Aladdin was the most surprised by just how much different everything looked thanks to the snow. The usual colors of Tokyo were added by a blanket of white snow, mainly on things not swept up by passing cars: benches, store overhangs, even traffic lights had at least some color of white on them. Sure, the snow itself was thin, but it shined off easily compared to everything else. Aladdin was astounded with it all, as if he was in a completely different town.

"Enjoying the snow?"

"It's like the clouds are sleeping on earth," Aladdin said, feeling giddy like a little kid as he stepped around in the snow. Aladdin was mature for his age, but he was still a little kid and Nagisa could only smile seeing him like this.

Soon, Nagisa and Aladdin started to near the school, and it took them less time to see Pinkie and Karma there. Guess they weren't the only ones who got an early start that morning, and just like them, they too were bundled up for the winter over their school uniforms.
Karma Akabane had the typical school uniform like Nagisa, but his overcoat was a leathery black, accompanied by a fur-lined hoodie. Yeah, his outfit wasn't too different aside from that.
As for Pinkie, she added a more child-like look with her winter adjustment, and she had a blue wool cap on her head, with a scarf around her neck and a light coat. It was a more childish choice, but she was childish by nature so it was no surprise there.

"You two are up early," Karma commented with a grin.

"Aladdin really wanted to check out the snow, what's your excuse?" Nagisa simply answered, in a joking tone. Karma just chuckled.

"Give him a minute," Karma simply said. Nagisa and Aladdin looked a little confused, but eventually another set of footsteps started to come up from down the sidewalk.
Well, their answer came at a pretty neat little surprise when the rest showed up: Kirara and Envy.
Hinano Kurahashi had a similar outfit to Pinkie Pie in terms of school uniform with winter add-ons to it. For her, the outfit was a orange coat with a fur-trim on her too, and she even had a silver wool cap on her head too.
Like Aladdin, Envy was still new to this whole winter thing, at least winter being a human, so Hinano helped him out with getting his outfit together. In his case, the outfit was actually a more casual look with Edward Elric's borrowed clothes, accompanied by a pair of winter boots, a red wool scarf around his neck, and a blue-green coat with a fur-lined hoodie, similar to Karma. Envy didn't need anything like this for a long time, so he was still a bit uncomfortable in it.

"Morning everyone, having a good time?" Kirara asked, her usual expression on her face accompanied by a small grin.

"Hinano, good to hear from ya. How's it with Envy? He giving you any trouble or do we have to discipline him a little?" Karma teased, fluffing Envy's hair. No, he did not enjoy any of that. However, when Pinkie saw him ...

"AAHH! SO CUTE!" Pinkie beamed, unable to control herself as she hugged Envy tight.

"Hey, let go of me!" Envy demanded, flailing about and trying to get her to let go. It'll be a while before Envy would ever get used to Pinkie and her shenanigans, and the others just sighed on the reaction.

"Some things never change," Nagisa sighed. Twilight and Karma couldn't agree more. Eventually Envy finally got Pinkie to let go.

"The hell was that for?! And don't call me cute, EVER," Envy snapped.

"I'm sorry, you just looked so adorable in that outfit, I just can't help myself," Pinkie admitted, her eyes still sparkling. Envy wasn't sure how to react to that. He'd been called plenty of things: scary, probating, but cute?

"Told you she's a wild card," commented Karma with a cheeky grin. Envy groaned.

"Well at least 3-E isn't as crazy," Envy thought in reassurance. Pinkie was just a little too much for Envy to deal with, and 3-E and its students at least were less over-the-top. Well either way, it did seem Team Harmony was present and accounted for at this point. A slight breeze went over them and Envy shivered.

"So anyway, you and Envy doing good with eachother?" asked Nagisa, Hinano nodding and smiling.

"We're doing great at home. It was different at first, but now we're doing peachy," Hinano admitted. Envy would complain but he couldn't think of what to say to her sweet smile. An effect it had on plenty of people as he figured out while staying. As the implications implied, Envy needed a place to stay and Hinano was willing to let him do so. Aside from Blair, Envy found Hinano probably the best option to let him stay. Envy didn't answer.

"I don't know who "Peachy" is, but whatever," Envy murmured.

"Nice seeing you guys. come on, Envy, let's get to a headstart at 3-E," Hinano suggested.

Things seemed pretty normal for now, more students coming up and catching up, but as they were chatting, little Aladdin was still gazing around at the scenery. It was very nice to see, but eventually the little Magi took a glance up into the sky at the clouds. Nice blue sky, white fluffy clouds floating along. ...
Something was flying through those clouds. Aladdin narrowed his eyes to study the thing a little more closely, and to make sure he wasn't seeing things, but indeed the thing was there, and he started to see what it actually was. He thought of getting their attention, but before he could, Pinkie started to get a particular shiver in her hair, immediately making her look up.

"MOVE!"

And not a moment too soon. Before anyone could do anything, Pinkie got her own source of logic to work and got everyone moving off out of the way with a power push, moving them off behind the border wall of the school. And just in time as something landed right where they were standing!

"What in the world? ..."

That's when they saw it. The group Pinkie was with, and the other students arriving, looking in shock and amazement at the sudden arrival. The landing blew up a bit of snow due to the force, but once the snow cloud settled, they all sighted the creature that decided to land in their presence. This creature, for a start, stood taller than a horse, dwarfing many a human around it, despite the overall body resembling a pidgey in shape and color: orange feathers running along its length with a pale underbelly, stout curved beak, and black marks under its eyes that end in a point. However there were many unique features to distinguish apart from the smaller bird: a magnificent head crest of yellow and red feathers lined its forehead, a VERY long red tail-like feather running along behind it. Its tail also had bright red feathers. The tips of the wing feathers and tail feathers were tinted blue as well. The size and details were surprising enough, and the giant bird seemed to not remotely waver at the sight of the students, as if it knew they were no threat to it.
After landing, the giant bird settled down to allow someone else to step off of it. For such a giant bird, the one who rode on it was a human, or at least he looked human enough. He looked pretty small though, Nagisa a few inches taller than him by the looks of things. In fact, Ciel Phantomhive might be just about the same height. He looked less like a student and more like an instructor, or teacher. Though if he were a new teacher, he'd share the same uniform with them but oddly his outfit mirrored Korosensei's outfit surprisingly well. A black cap with white lining and tassel hung off his head, and glasses over his eyes. The newcomer's red hair and amber eyes matched those of Karma Akabane surprisingly well too. Regardless if anyone knew about the Overworld or Underworld or not, seeing him surely turned some heads.

As for the bird, with a nod of the figure's head, the huge bird opened up its wings again and then flew off away. A rather odd individual indeed, and he began to walk on towards the main building, his eyes wandering around at the sight of the other students, many taller than him. Without a single word to them, he went right on inside.

"... K, so that happened," Karma commented.

"Who was that? Hey Aladdin, do you - Aladdin? where'd you go?" Nagisa tried finding him, only to find him hiding away out of sight further away from the school. Eventually, Aladdin poked his head out from the border wall.

"Is he gone?" Aladdin whispered.

"Uh ... yeah?" Envy commented, obviously confused. Aladdin peeked over the wall to be sure before he moved out of hiding.

"Why're you so freaked out?" asked Envy, unimpressed. Aladdin tried to think of something

"W-Well, I got caught off guard! Yeah, I didn't want us to be caught by a demon again!" Aladdin insisted. Nagisa wasn't sure about that one though, looking back to where the person was just at with the giant bird. He didn't seem to look like any demon they've met yet, nor did his demon sense go off when he showed up.

"He didn't look like a demon ... did he?" Hinano asked.

"I never saw him before," Envy answered, shrugging.

"Whelp, looks like we're gonna find out. I'll check in, see you guys -"

"I'll do it, Karma," Nagisa suddenly volunteered, going in front of him.

"You, Nagisa?"

"Gakuho's office isn't too far from my first class, I can see what's going on. I'll tell you guys what I figure out later," Nagisa decided. Not the typical option, but hey, he was just as curious about this guy as anyone else. He would've done so anyway. The others watched him go, Aladdin feeling very uneasy ...

~~

In his office, as the school day was beginning to come around, Gakuho Asano was taking the time to reminiscence on what had been going on. His school may be in tact in terms of function (despite Korosensei), but the return of Team Harmony did prove relieving to see. At least one would think so, but Gakuho had the 3-E class student lineup paper on his desk, looking at the one name in particular: Karma Akabane.

"That kid helped in saving this world from that giant demon. If word gets around how Ill he's being treated as a student. ..." Before Gakuho could figure out an answer, one of the staff members knocked on his door. He got the paper hidden away before the staff member stepped in.

"Uh, sir, there's someone here to see you. He mentioned something about a teaching position," she said. Gakuho found it a little early for visitors, plus a little suspicious.

"I don't recall giving any positions out in my school," Gakuho stated firmly. The staff member felt humbled.

"Eh ... w-well -"

"I'll take it from here, mam, thank you."
Interesting to Gakuho how calmly he stepped in, even without the proper word. For the person stepping in, it was the same person who arrived on the giant bird. The figure locked eyes with Gakuho as he stepped in, him holding a black briefcase at his side.

"Greetings. You must be Gakuho Asano, am I correct?" he asked.

"Indeed. And who might you be?" Gakuho questioned. The figure adjusted his glasses before answering.

"I am Heine Wittgenstein: Overworld teacher appointed by the queen. I've arrived in hopes to enroll myself into your school, sir."

"Overworld teacher appointed by the queen. ... He must be referring to Seitenshi, if anyone. A rather weird way of putting it," Gakuho thought.
Gakuho stayed quiet at first and studied Heine over. For a supposed teacher, he sure didn't look very old for one as far as appearances go, and once more he seemed to be jumping the gun on the subject. All the same, finding a teacher willingly ask him up front for a learning position did struck him as a bit amusing at best. Heine quietly waited for Gakuho to respond, but before he did speak, Gakuho silently signaled the staff member to go so they had a moment alone.

"Have a seat, Wittgenstein," Gakuho insisted. Heine nodded and took a seat in the chair, setting down his briefcase he brought in next to him.

"Lets get this out of the way: you seem ... a little young, to be in this position aren't you?" Gakuho asked calmly. Heine felt insulted.

"Maybe, but I can assure you I'm a full grown adult," Heine made clear. The tone of voice sounded pretty convincing in spite of things, so Gakuho didn't push it any further. He had his own scenario for this in the past, so he knew what to do.

"Alright. Understand too that I don't just take any teacher just because they requested it, as flattering as it may be. That said, I wish to test you," Gakuho said, staring Heine down with his own gaze. Heine kept his composure fairly easily, not so easily intimidated as any student would be, or normal teacher for that matter. He was a brave tyke, he'll give him that much for now anyway.

"What did you have in mind?" Heine asked.

"Oh, nothing special, just a test I usually put for any new employee. Being the best school in Tokyo in terms of succession, you can imagine I don't take teachers with little experience, if you know what I mean. Depending on how well you do will define where you'll be placed," Gakuho explained as he began to get the test out in question. Heine looked down and saw it was mainly an exam test, a test to see how much knowledge he actually had on him. Basic stuff really.

"Very well," Heine stated, taking the test and, almost immediately working it over. Gakuho found it amusing and didn't bother him, until ...

"Done. Here you go."

In little time at all, Heine was finished. Total time: two minutes tops. Gakuho took the test and looked it over from first question to last. Unexpected, but Gakuho seemed intrigued.

"Hmm ... all these answers seemed correct. Maybe he does have more to offer after all," Gakuho thought, placing the test on his desk before looking to Heine again. Still, he never saw someone finish up something like this so quickly before ... well, expect Korosensei of course, but still.

"Well, Wittgenstein, that was adequate. Usually it would take half an hour to just go through a number of these questions. You do seem to have a proper amount of intellect."

"I take plenty of time to study, sir," Heine simply stated. Gakuho went on and got another paper out to show Heine. Rather than a test though, it instead showed a bit of instructions instead.

"What's this?"

"Our guidelines. If you wish to join us, then I do have a position available, though I'll give you time today to understand how things work here before you begin. You'll start tomorrow," Gakuho stated, a grin on his face. However, Heine could tell that his grin wasn't exactly a compassionate one, something to note of for later.

"Well that was disturbingly easy," Heine thought, before getting up. He was just about to go, but Gakuho was already up and met him half way. Heine stopped when Gakuho placed his hand on his head, much to his annoyance for the height difference.

"Not soo fast. Keep in mind, my friend, that the written test was the easy part. One instructor passed by the written test with fair colors, but unfortunately his behavior was ... let's just say, problematic," Gakuho explained, an ominous feel washing over Heine as he explained. Clearly, Gakuho was referring to Tataoka: fairly intelligent but his violent behavior had him fired soon as Gakuho found out. Gakuho wasn't going to take another chance with Heine, even if Heine appeared completely different from Tataoka.

"So you wish to see my experience, is that right?"

"Correct. If you prove to be just as bothersome, I suggest you leave this post at once," Gakuho said, his voice sending shivers through Heine. Heine though felt alright in the end, and all the same, he gave a nod of reassurance. After being secured with that, Gakuho stepped back and allowed Heine to go. Just before he left though, Heine got a thought in his head and turned back to the principal.

"By the by, may I ask for a guide?" Heine requested. Gakuho saw no harm in that, so he just nodded his head. So, after all that was done, Heine left the main office. When the door closed behind him, Heine paused and took a look down the hallway for just a brief moment before going off on his way.
Good thing he didn't think too deeply into it at the time: Nagisa Shiota kept just out of sight. And he had heard everything.

.......

"About time we got an Overworld teacher," commented Karma. As he promised, Nagisa got the word right over to the others (Team Harmony + Envy) when lunch time came on around. Though, they could chat about it a bit more freely, since many students were talking about the new teacher anyway, considering his arrival earlier on his giant bird.

"So Gakuho took him in as another teacher now?" Twilight asked.

"Apparently, but he wanted to see what he was doing first. Apparently he didn't want the same thing as Tataoka to happen," Nagisa said.

"Tataoka, who's Tataoka?" Pinkie asked, scratching her head in confusion. Karma had that answer though.

"I heard about him: he was supposed to be 3-E new assassin instructor, but that violent brute tried to kill one of the kids. She kicked his ass, and he got fired soon after that," Karma explained, him and Envy getting the story after catching up with the other students at 3-E once he returned. It was the only big thing they got aside from Envy's introduction to the class.

"That would get anyone fired," Twilight commented, which was true.

"Heine didn't sound very dangerous. If anything, he sounded like Ciel would be, so ... maybe, he should be okay," Nagisa shrugged.
Speak of the devil (metaphorically of course), just as soon after that, Heine then entered the lunchroom. It didn't take very long until students started glancing his way. Though, it was only those who saw him land earlier, that didn't mean everyone saw him do so. With that in mind though, Heine was seen as some fancy kid more than anything. As Heine was going through, he took a look at the guidelines as he was walking around, checking them over time to time. In particular, one phrase seemed to give him the most confusion: ANT.

"Given how many of these students were here longer than I, they should give me some insight on this "ANT" system," Heine thought, looking around to the other students. Those at Nagisa's table kept a curious eye on him as well. As Heine was looking around for somebody to ask, apparently some students were willing to mess with him as well.
Their hello: whacking the cap off his head. And soon Heine was confronted by some of the higher-ranking students, one being Emi Isuzu (a rather old face to Team Harmony really).

"Well, we got another new runt," Emi noted. Annoyed, but he kept quiet and picked up his cap from the ground.

"Yes I am, actually. And who're you?"

"Who am I? You can't be serious," Emi spat, unamused. Heine didn't feel very amused himself.

"I'm. Sure I am," Heine stated.

"Emi Isuzu: B class student," Emi simply said, crossing her arms.

"Good then. I'm a little curious over this, so if you can tell me that'll be great," Heine stated firmly, showing the kids the guidelines he had received. Emi yanked the paper out of Heine's hand, and looked it over for a quick moment. Suddenly though, the kids started laughing at him.

"You, a teacher?! You dumbass, what fool do you take me for? Go and talk to your mom in your highchair," Emi laughed, a few other students laughing at him too. He wasn't taking kindly too it.

"Why must I suffer such indignity?" Heine thought in a huff. Seemed Emi would rather mock him than actually help him out. Envy was watching this go on from further away, growing angry himself.

"What the hell are they doing?" Envy growled.

"That's Emi Isuzu. She's usually like this, berating every kid under her," sighed Twilight. That just seemed to make Envy more upset seeing Heine in this predicament. Karma took a look to Envy, figuring what he was going to do.
Next thing they knew, Envy was walking right over to them. Envy found this too familiar to his berating with Tirek. Not as violent of course, but Envy didn't want to see this happen anymore than the others would. Didn't take very long until he ended up right by the bullies, and took less time for Emi to see them.

"How about you back off?" Envy warned.

"Back off shrimp, mind your own business," Emi said, pushing Envy back with a shove. Not a good idea: Envy immediately went back in action, grabbed her by the hair and yanked down hard so she was bent backwards, and under his level, with Envy staring her down. If Heine didn't attract the attention, this act surely did.

"Looking to get your neck cracked, bitch?" Envy growled, his old side coming out of him as he did this. Long time since he did something like this, and Emi was starting to especially get upset, and slapped Envy right across the face, the stinging making him let go of her.

"Call me a bitch, you jackass! You're nothing but E-class dirt far as I care, so get lost!" Emi demanded, checking her hair just to find a little bit actually pulled off of her, angering her even more! Envy got up, just for Emi to actually kick him to the ground. Things were starting to escalate. Heine wasn't getting anywhere, but then he saw the others nearby, who were across from them. Heine just sighed and started walking, right in between Emi and Envy.

"Now then, can you explain what this ANT system is to me?" Heine asked, this time over to Twilight instead. The fact he walked pass them like no big deal left a bit of an odd notion to Emi and Envy both. ...

"Wait! We're you even listening to me?!" Emi asked. Heine turned to her again.

"Yes I did. In short, the overall attitude you and your group have towards me is: "screw you, you stupid insect, shut up and die"."

... Blunt, but ok.

"I didn't take it that far," Emi admitted. Nagisa and Twilight helped Envy up to his feet, Envy battered and still fuming, ticked off at Emi Isuzu more than most. Obviously things were getting out of hand, but ...

"More trouble, I see?"

Gakuho arrived, and at a good time too. The second Emi saw him, she quickly recollected herself, and knew the immediate blame.

"It was that little runt, he grabbed me by the hair and threatened to snap my neck!" Emi insisted, only making Envy even angrier. It might be true, but she didn't add in what she did either. Rather than deal with Envy though, he turned his attention to Heine.

"Did you bother our new instructor, Isuzu?" Gakuho questioned, pointing over to Heine. Emi froze up and looked to Heine a few times to let it sink in. Heine was telling the truth after all. Moments later, Emi was a lot more humble towards Heine.

"N-No! Very sorry, uh ..."

"Heine Wittgenstein," Heine simply said, though when he looked to her it was a lot more stern. Emi didn't do anything that time (especially in front of Gakuho), and went back to her table with her gang. Gakuho took a look to Heine for a bit before turning and leaving. After all that was over, he sighed and looked to the team again.

"You alright?" Heine asked Envy. ...

"Physically yes. But that witch has some nerve to strike me down like that. I swear she'll fall before me in defeat when I'm through with her!"

"... I could've swore I heard that somewhere," commented Heine, pondering a little.

"He's been reading the Count of Monte Cristo," Nagisa said.

"I see. Now, before we get any more interruptions, can any of you explain to me this system, please?" Heine asked once more, showing the guidelines to the school, preferably the "ANT" system. Nagisa was the one who took it and did some explaining. Technically this would be the first time he was meeting Heine face to face, so he had to collect himself a little.

"Well it's a grading system: all the other classes D through A all try to avoid becoming E class. It's setting an example of what not to be," Nagisa summed up.

"So discrimination. Interesting. ... Would any of you mind if I see the E-class?" Heine requested.

"Hell I'll do it. Hope you're up for a walk though."

"Eh?"

~~

It took them a while, but following Envy and Karma, Heine did eventually reach the E building. A little winded from their walk, but alright all the same. As with the rest of the forest, winter took its grip on the E building as well, snow adding a bit of white to the rooftops. He, Karma, and Envy went right on him, Heine keeping a look around the place. One thing he did notice was how cold it was compared.

"So ... this is E class?" Heine questioned.

"Yeah, it's not the best place in the world," Envy said. Heine though found it a little bit confusing, if not concerning. He took a breath and he still could see it in the brisk air.

"And this is fine to you?"

"Well we don't have a heater or AC here, so what can you do? Least we can still keep these on," said Karma, referring to his coat. Heine felt a bit troubled on that fact though, and seeing Envy sulking a little over the main building's accommodations told Heine he'd rather have that over this. As they continued going down the hall ...

Nehehehehehe~

*ratatatatatatata*

"What's going on?" Heine said urgently. The sound of gunfire action surely got him on guard, and before Envy or Karma could explain, Heine quickly rushed forward to see the situation from the next room. Karma and Envy followed behind, and sure enough, E class tried a surprise attack on Korosensei, but as with every other try it only ended in failure. Korosensei was even in a sort of ballerina pose when they were done, the back wall covered in pellet holes. Heine noted the winter clothes still on the students when he looked in.

"Nice surprise, kiddies, but do try to be a little less obvious with your approach, eh?" Korosensei bragged, his head green-striped again.

"We were so close that time," sighed Yoshida.

"Don't sweat it, we're just gotta keep at it."

"Mind filling me in?" Heine blankly asked.

"The government's idea: they want us to kill him. He's Korosensei by the way," Karma summed up. Heine immediately recognized the name, if not the appearance of the demon. Heine stayed blank-faced.

"Why does that not surprise me?" he thought. Korosensei relaxed, though still prideful of himself, when Heine cleared his throat and made himself known.

"Hey gang, doing an assassination without us?" Karma asked jokingly as he and Envy took their seats.

"Envy? Who's that?" Nabiku asked, as Envy sat down.

"That's Heine. He wanted to check out the E class for a bit, so we brought him here," Envy explained. A reasonable answer, though he did look a little young for what he was dressed up as. When Korosensei saw him though, he found it unexpected, but a bit flattering.

"Oh, hi. A little fan of Korosensei, I see, well that's cute," Korosensei said. Heine collected himself.

"These were mine to begin with. I'm Heine Wittgenstein," Heine introduced. The normally cheery demon king suddenly stopped and stood still at the revelation. The rest of the class stayed quiet for a moment as Korosensei looked down to Heine.

"... Heine Wittgenstein: One of the top Overworld instructors, the one who taught Celestia herself, and who's intellect is the highest in Synapse? THAT Heine Wittgenstein? ..."

.......

"I WORSHIP YOU!" Korosensei wailed, suddenly down on his knees and gripping Heine by his feet, weeping tears of joy in being in his presence. Heine felt a little perplexed, if not weirded out.

"He worships him?" wondered the class.

"A strange kind of attachment," Heine thought.

"Worship? and here I thought you only had eyes for yourself, Korosensei," Karma commented.

"How could I not be?! Sure, no one in the Underworld's more clever than I, there's no denying that, but in the eyes of the Overworld lords, Heine Wittgenstein is more than worthy of being called master!" Korosensei said, speaking in complete admiration towards Heine in question. This was a pretty big jump for Korosensei to have towards another teacher, nevermind just Heine.

"Master? Eh, no, just Heine Wittgenstein will be fine, thank you," Heine made clear, hand raised.

"So humble ... Oh, yes, you're right, "master"'s far too generic. Hmm, let's see now," Korosensei tried to think of something, quickly getting the idea.

"I got the perfect one: Heine-sama!"

"... Heine is fine, Korosensei."

"But Heine-sama signifies the true master of his craft, being just called Heine is not giving you any respect in the slightest."

"I didn't arrive here for respect, I arrive to spread knowledge and trust to the other students. As for the moment, I'm merely an observer, so please go through your day as if I'm not here ... and don't call me Heine-sama," Heine explained. Sucha humble teacher, but rather than admire Heine any further, he took his advice.

"Y-Yes of course, I'll keep from calling you Heine-sama from here on out."

"Somehow I doubt that," Heine thought.

~~

So, the rest of the day for Heine was off at the E building with Karma and Envy. Rather interesting for the E class students to see over their previous newcoming teacher, so that was a plus. Still, seeing the class already gave Heine the overall idea after just an hour of time there during the classes. In comparison to the main building, as much as he could figure, things were in the main building's favor WAY more than the E building here. Bigger, more well-kept, and with winter here, a lot warmer too. Heine even noted some of the kids keeping on their winter clothes during classes, since the E building didn't exactly have a heater in it, leaving Heine a little concerned. E was supposed to be an example of what not to be, he got that, but keeping them out in such a way was a bit hard to deal with.
Eventually, The school day was over and finished, and Heine was left walking off alone on his way back to the main building. Since he started late, many of the other students were already off and gone, so it was just him going through the winter snow forest trail. And with this time to himself, he easily had time to think on the situation for himself, considering what Gakuho's behavior was during their interaction, and this supposed ant system everyone's going through. As he went along, he opened up a folder full of notes, notes of which he took throughout the day during his observation. Most of these notes he made himself, and summed up how Orora High operated, along with some extra notes left for him as information by his 'queen'.

"It seems Gakuho's idea of keeping the E class as the lowest ranking is a lot more hazardous than I thought. A winter in that kind of condition could be disastrous on their health. And judging by the building, I assume they're not going to help them warm up anytime soon. ..."
Heine paused and looked through some more of his notes. Some side notes he especially took into consideration: extra rooms, locations of particular places in the building, some notable students (Emi Isuzu being one of them), and other things. Looking at these started working the gears in his head. Eventually, Heine stopped altogether, and sat down under one of the frost-bitten trees. He took out some blank notes and started writing in them again, which didn't take too long to finish up. Once that was handled, he got up and he started to whistle. Though it wasn't a simple whistle, and sounded more like a bird call.

Which happened to bring him a much smaller bird. Rather than the giant bird he rode in, this one was a lot smaller, blue in all color, and cloud-like wings. Mainly it was the same type of bird Nagisa saw in Synapse, and the bird itself rested down gently nearby Heine. Once it did that, Heine proceeded to wrap the message around the bird's neck, gently but firmly keeping the note in place.

"Have this delivered to the address, if you please," Heine instructed. The smart bird nodded, and took off shortly afterward with message in wing. After that, Heine started walking again, his mind back to Orora high.

"If this is going to be the case, then it's time to make a few changes. ... Starting at the Orora high main building."

.......

The next morning went on as normal for many of the students as they arrived to the main building for their usual day of school. Sure, word was still chatty about Heine Wittgenstein, but nothing too crazy aside from that as of yet. Team Harmony was just arriving at the front of the building by this point.

"That Heine did fine. he sure did make a lot of notes though," added in Karma as they went.

"I wonder what position Gakuho is going to give him?" wondered Twilight.

"Too high for us, I bet. Not too bad though, I'm fine with Korosensei any day," Karma answered with a chuckle.

"You would say that," Nagisa noted.

"Yeah, well, see you guys -"

"Ah, there you are," said a voice, coming their way. The group looked on to the building and there stood Heine himself. He looked slightly tired, but other than that he looked pretty good and ready for the day to begin himself. To him, it's a good thing Heine found Karma, him being an E student himself.

"Oh, it's you, Mr. Wittgenstein. Did you get your job, sir?" asked Nagisa. Heine nodded his head.

"Fear not, my friends, I'm here to stay. Gakuho gave me the agreement earlier this morning," Heine revealed. Pretty good news for him, and perhaps to them as well. The only other Overworld figure they've met overall was Aladdin, so Heine was something new and without too much trouble for them.

"Hurray for you, Heine," said Pinkie. Heine just nodded, and adjusted his glasses, but as Karma was going to go, Heine got in his way.

"What's up? I got the E building to get to."

"No need to worry about that, Karma. Let me show you something."

.......

"Whoa, what?!"

Heine's surprise for the E class was basic, but for the class itself it was pretty nice of him to do, even if Heine didn't think of it as too much. What he showed the E class was a classroom. A classroom about as modern as the rest of the school: lined up metal desks, windows for a good view out the back and to the mountains and forest, a good sized chalkboard at the front along with a front desk, and even a rack over by the door for coats (weather orientated of course). Yeah, when it came to the exact building itself and the room, it shared all the basic things as every other classroom in Orora high, but one little sign outside the door made it clear that this was something different. Something special for the case of this school.

Class 3-E.

"H-How'd you get us a class here?" asked Nabiku, shocked and surprised as she looked to Heine.

"Judging on your current conditions, a classroom at the main building itself would be much better for you. As a teacher, it is my job to make sure you're all well," Heine explained. And he was sure right on that, and many of the E students were more than happy to have a room at the main building instead of off at the E building.

"Who would've guess we'd be in the main building for our classes? It's sure nice of Heine to do this for us," Sugino said. While many were cheery about it, Envy wasn't seeing the big deal of it too much.

"Why's it such a big thing? You've had a class here before," Envy asked.

"Once you're in E class, that's it. Besides, this sure beats that cold shack of a building," Karma replied, and Envy honestly had to agree since it was cold over there compared to here. Heine waited patiently for all of E class to be seated, standing over by the door.

"Thank you, Mr. Wittgenstein," said Nabiku and Hinano. Heine simply nodded.

"Now now, it's nothing too much. Now, if we can begin -"

"HEINE?"

Gakuho Asano, and just in time too. By the sound of his voice, although calm, it was pretty stern too. If he could admit, Heine was expecting Gakuho to show up at this point, so he didn't get freaked out over it. What he did find off guard though was how rough he was to Heine according to his face. Some of the E students couldn't help but hear in on their conversation, after Gakuho and Heine moved a foot away.

"What. Is. This?" Gakuho questioned, pointing to the E-class sign above their door.

"I've taken the time to move the E class from your previous building to over here. It was a rather exhausting night, might I add," Heine explained. That didn't sit well for Gakuho though, the principal eyeing him down.

"And who gave you permission to do that? When I agreed to hire you, I never ask you to alter anything like this," Gakuho firmly stated.

"True, but when comparing accommodations, it had to be done, Gakuho. I'm only doing what's best for the students attending here," Heine replied. That response made Gakuho step forward, trying to intimidate Heine into submission.

"It's not your place to question my authority," Gakuho stated. It was clear Gakuho wasn't taking any risks, but Heine planned for this.

"You mean you want your example away from the others? If you really want the E class as an example, it's hard to make your point when your example is so far away, and out of the minds of everyone else," Heine explained. Gakuho was ready to protest, but the more he thought about that, the more of a point Heine actually had. Yeah, he didn't want anything better for the E class, but how could new students learn the ant system properly if the E class wasn't there to see? New students had been coming around as of late after all. Gakuho took a glance to the E class room not too far away, and eventually sighed.

"... Next time, Wittgenstein. If you do wish to bring anymore surprises, go through me first. Understand?"

"Of course," Heine simply said. Looked like he won the argument for the second time. Gakuho was starting to become a little suspicious over Heine now, taking a glance off behind him as he walked on, seeing Heine going back to the classroom.

"That Heine is starting to be a bother. ... I need to keep an eye on him."

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