Kosuke blinked in surprise when the boy at the front turned out to be their teacher. Ijemaru smirked,<span style="font-style: italic">So he was hiding among the students the entire time. How amusing. And he's a demon too. Well what do you know?</span><br/><br/>As they were filling out their lists Kosuke looked over and blushed when he saw the difference between his and Ijemaru's lists. While he had written down next to nothing (just one weak light spell he'd learned from a book), Ijemaru's list had nearly carried over to the next page. Well it made sense; Ijemaru had gone through a lot and acquired a vast amount of magical knowledge on his journey to becoming a demon.<br/><br/>When it came time for them to make a potion Kosuke turned to Ijemaru helplessly. "Do you have any idea how to do something like that?" He asked.<br/><br/>Ijemaru gave a slight chuckle. "I know a couple transformation potions," he said, "and some spell-breaking ones. Now I need to find out which ones we have the ingredients for." He wandered over to the various cabinets and shelves which housed a wide variety of ingredients. Seeing they had just about everything he could ask for, Ijemaru settled on the spell-breaking potion he was most practiced in. Gathering up the ingredients in his arms he went back to his cauldron.<br/><br/>Kosuke watched Ijemaru carry out several complicating looking processes when preparing the ingredients. "Is there anything I can help with?" he asked timidly.<br/><br/>"I brought enough for both of us," Ijemaru said. "Just do what I'm doing."<br/><br/>Kosuke nodded and picked up a knife, then tried to cut a root-like thing like he'd seen Ijemaru do early on. He held the utensil unsteadily in his hand and the cuts he made were rather jagged.<br/><br/>Ijemaru glanced over at this and smiled. He set down his own knife and stood behind Kosuke, semi-embracing him. Ijemaru took his hand with the knife and guided it through the cuts. "You have to cut in a wave-like motion," he said softly, "that way your cuts will be smooth."<br/><br/>Kosuke blushed and his heart raced slightly, "A-alright," he said, his voice weak.<br/><br/>Ijemaru smiled and backed off, going back to his own potion. After a few more minutes of nothing much Kosuke's potion suddenly exploded, sending the gentle young demon flying into the next table. Kosuke let out a gasp of pain as his head hit the table. Ijemaru dropped what he was doing and rushed over to him. He took Kosuke up in his arms, "Kosuke! Are you alright?"<br/><br/>Kosuke flinched at a spur of pain and opened his eyes slightly, blushing. "I'm sorry Ije-san. I didn't do it like you showed me."<br/><br/>"Don't worry about that," Ijemaru said, "Are you alright?" Kosuke nodded in response and Ijemaru helped him to his feet. Ijemaru noticed that Kosuke was looking decidedly dejected. "Here," he said. "My potion is almost done. Just drop that handful of herbs into it and it'll be ready."<br/><br/>"Are you sure?" Kosuke asked. When he looked up and saw Ijemaru smiling at him, he smiled back and nodded. Kosuke picked up the small pile of herbs and dropped them into the cauldron. There was a fizzling sound and the brew began to glow an odd purple.<br/><br/>"That should do it," Ijemaru said. "Mr. Halieu, We've finished."<br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>After the general awe at their sudden change of scenery, Melody turned her focus to the lesson. Seeing no one else answering the question they'd been given, Melody timidly raised her hand. "Is it because there are a lot of humans?" she offered.<br/><br/>----------------------------<br/><br/>After waiting about 15 minutes, it seemed everyone had shown up who was going to. The students had all picked seats and were chatting casually. Once he'd deemed it time to start class, Aisen stood and walked around to the front of his desk and clapped his hands twice to get everyone's attention.<br/><br/>"Good morning class," he said cheerfully in his semi-hollow voice. "Since this is the first day of classes, I figured I'd skip attendance and we could all introduce ourselves instead. My name is Aisen Toru, but you can call me anything you like. Here at Segean academy I teach the Ancient life and Art classes. Now I'd like everyone to stand up, say your name and something about you. How about you first young man," he said, pointing to the boy sitting in the front right corner.<br/><br/>They started with him and went on along the rows until everyone had been introduced. "Very good," Aisen said. "Now that we've all been acquainted, I'd like to discuss what I will expect from all of you in this class. First and foremost, don't restrain yourselves. I want you to think as creatively as you can here and always speak your mind. Nothing you have to say could possibly sound stupider than 'broken chicken hat', so relax." The class laughed a bit at his joke and the atmosphere in the room eased slightly. "Alright, alright," Aisen laughed, attempting to calm the class down. "Rule number two: Be as messy as you feel you need to be, but you have to clean up any messes you make by yourself. I can't express how much of my time and energy that takes from me." This rule was more stern, but he said it in a friendly voice so the class didn't become too nervous. "Now, rule number three," he said, "try to be prepared for any other rules I happen to come up with along the way because I'm sure those won't be the only ones. Now, outside of class I don't have much free time, but I'll be happy to help if any of you need me for any reason. Now then, textbooks are in the farthest cabinet to the right. You'll have to go get them yourself," he said Smiling. There was a shuffling and in a few minutes the class had started their reading. Aisen sat down at his desk and patiently waited.