Got myself a notion (Open)

[prof_leg_cramp]

Name(s): Laguna Loire, any students who have the class
Location: Out on he field, near the Forbidden Forest.
Week: 32
Time: Morning and Afternoon, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Rating: PG, if only for mild cursing when shenanigans ensue

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[luckluckfighter]

Ikkaku was in a bad mood. It'd been days since he'd heard anything from or about Quistis, and even when she was drowning herself in her bloody books that didn't usually happen. Least he could usually find her when she did shit like that.

He cracked his neck as he walked. Sure, not seeing her wasn't exactly a tea party, but at this point he was worried. What if she'd just disappeared, like some of those other little punks? That couldn't happen. His hand balled into a fist. Maybe she'd be in this class though, yeah? And then she'd have some god damned explaining to do.

When he arrived, he couldn't see her. But that didn't mean anything, right? Maybe she'd turn up late. Moron. Quistis never turns up late. His bad mood was distracted only momentarily by spotting some bloke in khaki.
"Oi. Ya the new professor?" Just as well. Justice had seemed like a fucking pansy. Maybe this guy'd be better.

[prof_leg_cramp]

Laguna straightened and smiled. "I am! Professor Loire, Care of Magical Creatures. But just call me Laguna, please."

Artemis purred and stretched, hopping of Laguna lap and going to Ikkaku. It stared at him, appraising him. Laguna stood up. "Looks like Artemis likes you."

[xoxfisheye]

It was a nice day out and for a class, Fish didn’t mind this one since it was outside instead of being inside the stuffy classroom. He had chosen to discard his robes for today, wearing simply a pair of tight white jeans and a navy boatneck top as he approached the location for his next class. He recognised Ikkaku right away because the sunlight was reflecting off his head like a lighthouse guiding ships to shore…Heehee, he’ll have to remember to mention it to Ren so the punk could say it to the 7th year boys face.

Approaching where him and the teacher were, Fisheye said a casual “Good morning,” before pausing to look down at what was walking past. Fish froze, eyes widening and biting his lower lip in worry at the sight of the Kneazle. If there was one thing Fish hated, it was cats. Sure, it technically wasn’t a cat but damn it, it was close enough to one for Fish to have the desire to run!

[prof_leg_cramp]

"Good morning!" Laguna answered cheerfully. He blinked when he saw Fish freeze at the sight of Artemis. The Kneazle turned her head and looked to Fish. She didn't move, just looked at him with intelligent eyes, appraising him like she did Ikkaku.

"She's harmless, you shouldn't worry," He said, walking up and picking her up. "Her name is Artemis."

[luckluckfighter]

Ikkaku nodded. "Laguna. Right." Sitting down on the ground, his surly mood was apparent for all his quietness. "'m Ikkaku."

He stared at the little creature. Usually he didn't mind this class, but today he wasn't in the mood. At the sound of footsteps, he glanced hopefulyl over his shoulder. "Oh. Fish." The disappointment, or rather, gruffness, carried across in his voice. "Whatcha lookin' like that for? Ain't gonna kill ya."

[xoxfisheye]

Frowning at the sight of it, Fish tried to distance himself as much as possible from the Kneazle and sent a frustrated glare over at Ikkaku because for all he knew, it could.

"Oh, shut up," he hissed at the other Gryffindor while turning to walk away and just not bother staying for class, "I just hate cats."

[prof_leg_cramp]

"H-Hey! You need to stay if your in this class!" Laguna let Artemis down, who trotted over to Ikkaku again and stared at him, and ran to Fish. "If you don't like cats, I'll be sure to not bring one next time. But either way, if your signed up, you need to stay."

[luckluckfighter]

"Shut up yerself," Ikkaku snapped back, looking as unimpressed as possible. "Ain't supposed to bail out an' leave." He scowled. The bad mood wasn't Fish's fault, or Laguna's, and the leaving had nothing to do with them.

"Sit down, Fish, ya pansy!" Still sitting on the ground, Ikkaku rested one hand on his knee. "Ya gonna be bringin' us house pets every class, Prof?"

[xoxfisheye]

With a 'Hmph,' Fish was still turned from the others and crossed his arms. He know he shouldn't leave but, his basic instincts told him to not give a damn and leave.

He almost jumped when he felt something slide up against his ankle, taking a quick look down and shrieked to see the Kneazle had run up beside him. Fortunately, his scream had scared the animal and it went dashing off in the other direction while Fish huffed, glaring at the wretched animal.

[prof_leg_cramp]

"Oh, no, I just thought I'd start small first, see where everyone is in this class and see what animals would be best to show for the rest of the term," He answered Ikkaku. He was about to say more but Fish's scream caused him to jump and spin around. It was lucky he did.

Laguna quickly caught Artemis when she jumped at him, he held her tightly as she squirmed and he stroked her back to calm her down. "Whoa shhhh, you're okay, you just scared him, that's all," Laguna said softly to the cat-like creature.

He looked up at Fish. "She didn't mean any harm, sorry for the scare," Laguna looked apologetically at the student. "Really though, she's harmless."

[luckluckfighter]

"Che." Ikkaku was less than impressed, but on a better day he wouldn't have minded this. He was just in a foul mood over all, and now he had to deal with this pansy of a professor and that idiot Fisheye acting like a fucking moron. Over a freaking kitten-looking thing.

Yeah. Bad mood.

"This is bullshit!" he grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. "Fisheye!" Raising his voice, he barked at his fellow Gryffindor. "Stop bein' a fuckin' idiot and siddown." He stared at Artemis, and then back at Fisheye. "What are ya, some shittin' fake Gryffindor? It's a kneazle."

Leaning back, he shook his head again. "Tsch." For all his weak attempt at getting Fish to settle down, he still failed to keep his language clean in front of a professor. He didn't really care.

[xoxfisheye]

Seeing that the cat had retreated into the arms of the teacher did not ease Fisheye in the least and he really didn’t appreciate Ikkaku yelling at him but he held his tongue from saying any scathing remarks in return. He knew his place and he wasn’t going to badmouth him, despite that he really wanted to right now so he just settled with an annoyed look in the bald students direction. It wasn’t as if he wasn’t courageous cuse Fish knew he had some Gryffindor traits to him, no matter how subtle they may be. He just had really bad Galeophobia, which really sucks considering how many students had pet cats.

[prof_leg_cramp]

"Okay, okay, both of you calm down," Laguna said exasperatingly. "Ikkaku, there is no need to yell at Fisheye if he's scared of cats. Everyone's afraid of something. And Fisheye, you don't have to be here today if Artemis is going to bother you. It's alright, just come back for the next class. I promise, no cats."

Geez, not even an hour in and he was already in teacher-mode.

[link_to_the_net]

Link ran down the hill as fast as he could. Why was he late for class so often?

He had heard Fish's shriek from when he slammed the doors open and leaped outside. Did the new professor bring something that terrifying on the first day? Only one way to find out.

Panting, Link reached out and grabbed Ikkaku's shoulder for support. "What did I miss?"

What? He was here the whole time, psssh. XD

[al_elricwizard]

Al smiled at Link. "Professor Loi-- er, Laguna-- was just going to tell us about Kneazles," he said. Even if Fisheye had just freaked out in front of the class, he wasn't about to repeat it. Link would probably hear it from someone else anyway.

Alphonse, for his part, was looking forward to the lesson. He loved cats. He hadn't realized that Fish was so afraid of them, though. He'd have to remember to try to keep Blitz out of the Common Room from now on.

IT MIGHT HELP IF I REMEMBERED IT WAS MY TAG D:

[luckluckfighter]

Listening to the professor, Ikkaku scowled before nodding his head. "Alright." Arms crossed across his chest, he was a pretty intimidating sigh. This was stupid. Why had he even thought Quistis would be around a bunch of freaking sixth years and cats? Che.

"Just Fish flippin' his lid 'bout the Kneazle," he said bluntly, nodding towards their fellow Gryffindor. "New professor is Laguna. Seems decent."

No, Ikkaku didn't bother to drop his voice. Ever. "So what's with bringin' a cat thing anyway? Better than flobberworms, but come on." Actually the flobberworms hadn't been so bad, but Ikkaku couldn't take that Justice kid seriously. This guy already seemed better.