Despair ???

[im_in_despair]

Something isn't right today.

I mean, there's always something wrong with the world, but this is different. I can almost feel the wrongness permeating the atmosphere.

For starters, it's actually quiet around here.

[[Itoshiki's nightmare is a world where everyone is well-adjusted and devoid of major personality flaws. Everyone cooperates, and

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[no_good_tsuna]

P-Professor? Is... is that really you? This place is just too much. It's too dark, there are bats and bugs and moths everywhere- and you just know there are worse things I can't even see! Even a crazy teacher has to be better than being alone with, with... whatever is out there!

[im_in_despair]

"Professor! It's you!"

Yes, it is. What are you doing here?

Something's different about him...

[no_good_tsuna]

What am I...? Did he miss the freaking Apocalypse that's happening?! I was going to school, but everything is all messed up! Do you mind if I, uh, stick with you for a bit? Safety in numbers and all that... eheheh.

[im_in_despair]

"Don't worry, professor! Everything may seem a little strange right now, but there's nothing to fear but fear itself! Why don't we head to the school?"

W-What did you say?!

[no_good_tsuna]

I said, ' I'm scared,' okay? Jeez, he could have just accepted right off the bat. No need to drag it out of me. Look at him, laughing at me with his 'kufufus!' Huh... since when does Professor Itoshiki laugh like that? Or at all?

[im_in_despair]

"I said, there's no need to be scared! With courage, we can overcome any trial!"

A... A Tsuna who isn't a coward!

Who are you? What did you do with my student? Where am I?

[no_good_tsuna]

Eh? Professor... w-what are you talking about? Did you lose your memory again? Hold on. He must have realized I thought he was acting strange and now he's trying to turn it around on me! It would be a lot more believable if he wasn't grinning while he said it. Well, nice try! This isn't really the professor!! But... what do I do? What do I do?!!

[im_in_despair]

"And by the way, here's the answers to this week's homework problems! They didn't quite seem challenging enough, so I took the liberty of doing a few extras on my own time!"

You're completely different! The real Tsuna would be scared to death, and he definitely wouldn't turn in any assignments on time!

[no_good_tsuna]

Aw, come on! Do you have to be so brutally honest?!! Great. He possesses my teacher and then he insults me! This sucks! No fair! No fair!

[im_in_despair]

"Maybe the old me would have, but I've turned over a new leaf! From now on I'll be a proud, upstanding model student!"

IT'S TOO MUCH!

I can't handle this kind of radical transformation!

[no_good_tsuna]

Holy cow! Is the professor fighting the possession?! I thought that was impossible! You can do it, professor! Don't let that creep win!!

[im_in_despair]

"You can do it, professor! Don't let the despair win!"

B-But I need the despair! I'm powerless without it!

[no_good_tsuna]

Mukuro is pretty good at bringing despair. B-But, you can't give up! If you don't fight, who is going to spread your message of despair to the future?! That sounds so horribly, horribly wrong! Why can't you think like a normal person?!

[im_in_despair]

"Don't say that, professor! There's no such thing as despair in this wonderful new world!"

I-If there's no despair... does that mean that there's no place for me in this world?!

[no_good_tsuna]

L-Look! Professor... or whoever you are! I don't think I can help you. And all the creepy crawlies are coming this way!! B-But, maybe someone else can. I'll go see if I can find help. I'll be back as soon as I can! I just need to find an exorcist. Or an army. I don't want to be alone with HIM any more!