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"You got a WHAT?"

Okajima stood up abruptly, knocking his knee against his desk loudly, his bento box nearly clattering to the floor. Chiba, who sat behind him, stuck his hands in his pockets nonchalantly.

"Eh?" Karma, who was sitting behind Chiba, leaned forward. "What's this? Did I heard the word 'date'?" His lips twisted into a smirk.

"CHIBA RYUUNOSUKE HAS A DATE?! AND IT'S NOT HAYAMI?!"

The whole class became quiet suddenly as they all turned their heads to stare at Okajima, who had blurted out Chiba's not-so-secret-secret.

It took everyone three seconds for this to sink in.

"EH?!" Everybody yelled, and instantly the classroom was filled with hollers, screams, and loud chattering.

"I told you!" Terasaka hollered gruffly from the other side of the room, a triumphant smirk on his face. "1000 yen, Nakamura! Pay up!"

Nakamura pursed her lips together, crossing her arms. "Fine," she shot back swiftly and began rummaging in her wallet furiously.

To be honest, the blonde girl wasn't angry at the fact that she lost the bet with Terasaka and had to pay 1000 yen, but she was pissed off at Chiba and Hayami not becoming a thing. About everyone in the class wanted them to be together, even Koro-sensei. Nakamura had a sneaking suspicion that even Karasuma and Bitch-sensei wanted them to date. Karasuma always paired the two up even if they weren't focusing on sniping, and Bitch-sensei never tried to kiss either of them (Sugino had to witness Kanzaki's first kiss being stolen by Bitch-sensei, which was terribly unfortunate).

Suddenly, Koro-sensei whizzed in at top speed. It was 3-E's lunch break, and Koro-sensei had probably flown off to somewhere on the other side of the globe to eat. But obviously, their teacher couldn't resist even a bit of juicy gossip.

"What's that about a date, Chiba-kun?" Koro-sensei grinned widely, standing next to the student. He was holding a notebook and a pen, ready to jot down notes at Mach speed.

Chiba was very embarrassed at the whole class knowing about his date. "It's, it's just nothing," he muttered.

"Really?" Karma teased. "You seem pretty flustered about it. Ooh, what if she's your long time crush?"

Chiba shot Karma a glare, which wasn't very noticeable as his eyes were covered. "Some girl from the main campus asked me out, and I couldn't just reject her. I mean, I'm not very good at these kind of things." Chiba answered, his voice becoming even quieter and quieter, and his face grew redder. "It's not what you think it is."

It's not Hayami-san?! Koro-sensei screamed quietly as his face became white and expressionless. But...but… aren't they dating? I need more based-on-true-story-romance-novel ideas! Those two snipers are just perfect!

"Oh, I see," Koro-sensei smiled pleasantly, his face returning to its usual yellow. "If that's the case, I won't be bothering you anymore. I'm off to Italy for pizza! Ciao!" And with that, Koro-sensei disappeared.

"Weird," Nakamura said, blue eyes staring where Koro-sensei had just been. "He usually gets really inquisitive about rumours. Especially love rumours."

"We want details, Chiba!" Karma said teasingly as he slung an arm on the other boy's shoulder. "When did this happen? How did she confess to you? Where are you two going?"

"Uh...urm…" Chiba stuttered, not used to all the attention. He yanked his bangs down, as if to protect him even if they were already covering his eyes. "Stop asking questions!"

"And how about Hayami? We all thought you two were dating!" Okajima yelled in front of Chiba's face. He looked startled, then a light blush filled his cheeks and he looked away.

As if Okajima's words suddenly reminded her, Okuda asked, "Where's Hayami-san?" The shy girl gestured to the empty seat in front of her. Even Hayami's bento box was gone.

"Oh...yeah," Nakamura looked back. "Don't worry, she's probably being jealous somewhere." She answered casually. "And plotting how to murder Chiba's date. You know, she's our Tsundere Sniper. Won't like her feelings to show."


Hayami stormed outside angrily, her wrapped up bento box in one hand and her pistol in another. She sat beneath a tree some ways from the classroom, bright green eyes glaring at the ground.

"CHIBA RYUUNOSUKE HAS A DATE?! AND IT'S NOT HAYAMI?!"

When she heard these words, she felt her chest tighten automatically. She suddenly felt angry and she slammed her chopsticks down with a clang.

While everyone rioted around her, Hayami froze, thoughts swarming her mind. Somehow, Okajima's words ignited a small flame within her she wasn't aware of. And that fire began to burn, raging through her whole body. She hadn't felt fury like this for years.

Why am I even so mad? Hayami asked herself repeatedly. It's totally none of my business about who Chiba goes out with. NONE. OF. MY. BUSINESS. At all.

And suddenly, as suddenly as her rage came, a wave of another emotion covered it all. A slight twinge of disappointment. Her hand trembled and her eyes widened. Somewhere within her, a small, soft voice called out, "I wish Chiba would ask me out too…"

Hayami jolted up, alarmed and embarrassed. A rare blush dotted her cheeks. WHAT DID I JUST THINK OF?! Oh no. Nonononononono. Nope.

Hayami took a deep breath and muttered softly, "I did not say I want to date Chiba. I did not say it. I did not say anything." Fortunately for her, no one heard or else there would be one hell of a rumour.

And then, feelings began to churn inside her. Anger, hurt, jealousy (she totally had no reason to get jealous), bloodlust… It was confusing and she did not like that. Hayami preferred to be clear and straightforward when she could.

All she knew was that she did not like the idea of Chiba having a date.

Other than that date being her, that is. And that was a completely different matter.

Okay, Hayami Rinka was now a confused pile of jealousy, disappointment and budding affection towards her sniping partner. She needed some time to think. Alone. And hopefully find some way to conceal all of her emotions.

Wordlessly, she quickly packed her bento box, fingers nimbly wrapping the box with the cloth. She twisted the cloth to make a knot, grabbed her favourite pistol (which was stashed in her drawer) and she was ready to go.

Slouching her body, she weaved between her classmates and approached the door. She saw Koro-sensei suddenly zip past her but gave it no thought.

Hayami tightened her grip around the pistol as she stepped over the threshold.

"You seem pretty flustered about it. Ooh, what if she's your long time crush?"

The girl froze. Karma's voice was not very noticeable among the noisy chattering of her classmates, but she heard him clearly. Swiftly, she turned around, green eyes scanning the room for a certain boy.

Chiba was blushing.

Chiba was blushing.

Her eyes flashed liquid green for a moment, before she stepped out of the classroom, hands clenched in fists.

And that was how Hayami ended up under that tree.

She sighed and aimed her pistol around randomly. She fired, and an anti-sensei bullet shot out. Her eyes followed the ball as it landed and rolled off.

Hayami reopened her bento box and stuffed some food into her mouth. As she chewed, she pondered over what just happened earlier.

So, I got kinda jealous because Chiba has a date, which was only because I spent too much time with him and had this crazy illusion that I was his only friend. So when he gets a date I get jealous, Hayami concluded, swallowing her mouthful of rice.

Huh, only because of that? A Karma-like voice hissed.

Hayami's cheeks gradually reddened, until she resembled a tomato. She fidgeted around uncomfortably, and finally relaxed. Fine, I may have kinda developed a teeny tiny crush on Chiba. Hayami let out the breath she was unknowingly holding. There, she admitted it!

Then the whole thing hit her like a ton of bricks.

She had a crush on Chiba. And she never had a crush before so he was her first crush.

And her crush was about to go on a date with someone else.

Her crush was not only her crush, but also her partner in about everything, her good friend- no, scratch that, her best friend. He was one of the few people who truly understood her, and knew what she was thinking without communicating. It was a running joke in the class that they were mute but in reality they just didn't want to say meaningless words. The sniper duo made every word count, and whenever they talked it was about assassination and work.

Well lately they started talking about themselves but those conversations always ended awkwardly.

Anyways her Chiba was going to be someone else's if she didn't act quickly.

Hayami paused, chopsticks frozen in mid air. Her Chiba? Where did that come from? When did she get so possessive?

"Nurufufufu," a familiar laugh sounded from behind the tree trunk. Hayami turned around and saw Koro-sensei's smiley head staring down at her. A tentacle reached up and pinched her cheek in a grandmotherly way. "Ah, Hayami-san, are you feeling little flames of jealousy because your beloved Chiba-kun has been taken?" Koro-sensei's eyes glinted mischievously.

Ah, so he was there to collect gossip from her.

"Sensei, I'm not in the mood for this," Hayami replied awkwardly, closing her bento box.

"The Nile isn't just a river in Egypt," Koro-sensei grinned, now poking Hayami with a tentacle.

"So you decided to pick up puns from Nakamura? English puns too?" Hayami chose to remain cool and collected as she squirmed away from Koro-sensei's touches.

"Nurufufufu!" The sensei laughed again. This time, he leaned close to Hayami's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "I know about your secret feelings for Chiba-kun!" His face began to turn pink. "Oh, woe is the indifference of your love! Your unrequited love for Chiba-kun!"

"You know what, you make a really bad poet." Hayami started shifting uneasily away.

"Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." Koro-sensei moved away.

"Really?" The girl raised an eyebrow.

Koro-sensei was offended. "Of-of course!" he screeched, as teeny beads of sweat rolled down his face and he began to dart around in a panicked fashion. "If anyone asks about your love life, I'll answer, 'I don't know anything about Hayami-san's love for Chiba-kun!' See! You can trust me!" Koro-sensei gestured his hands frantically.

Hayami sweatdropped. As if! Then she sighed. She had no choice but to trust him anyway.

Seeing his student making no reply, Koro-sensei continued, "You know, you should try to take the initiative. I know you don't like beating around the bush. So just go and aim for his heart like you do in sniping!" Koro-sensei suddenly changed into an abnormally short frilly dress and put on a blonde wig with curls and a pink ribbon. He even applied eyeliner, lipstick, and blush. Hayami snorted at his ridiculous look.

"Just do it like how they do in mahou shojo (anime and manga featuring magical girls)! Love Bullet Shoot!" Koro-sensei shaped one of his tentacles like a gun, aimed somewhere in the distance and winked flirtatiously, the strands of his wig fluttering in the breeze.

Hayami didn't know whether to laugh or to cringe. Before she had time to decide, Koro-sensei changed back into his usual attire.

"Hayami-san, go for it! I will always be supporting you, the Tsundere Sniper!" And then the sensei whisked away.

Hayami stared at her hands as she played with the hem of her shirt. She stood up, packed her things and made her way back to the classroom.


Meanwhile, Nakamura had dragged Nagisa and Kayano to the corridor to spy on Hayami. They leaned out of one of the windows in the corridor. She would have also gotten Karma to come if he wasn't so preoccupied with asking Chiba questions.

"Heh heh…" Nakamura smirked sinisterly. "She really is jealous."

"Well, it's understandable. She likes Chiba." Kayano said, while secretly thinking, "I totally get how you feel! Nagisa is so oblivious!"

"Whoa, it's Koro-sensei." Nagisa said, sapphire eyes widening slightly at the sight of their yellow octopus teacher. All three of them ducked. They watched Koro-sensei and Hayami for a while, trying to decipher their lip movements as they conversed.

"Rinka-chan is blushing!" Kayano whispered excitedly. "Aww!"

"She's soooo cute when she gets flustered!" Nakamura cooed. "We need to get Chiba and Rinka-chan together."

"Agree," Kayano said, and mischief sparkled in their eyes.

"Will someone please remind me why I'm out here again?" Nagisa deadpanned.

Nobody bothered to answer him. Both girls were already deep in thought. But when they rose to spy on the two again, they froze.

Nakamura, Kayano, and Nagisa blinked. Koro-sensei was dressed in the uniforms one might see in magical girl anime, short pink skirts and such, and had a big curly wig on with an enormous pink bow.

"What the…"

Nakamura took one look and fell to the floor laughing, bursting into raucous peals of laughter. Nagisa and Kayano immediately covered her mouth, fearing they might be discovered. "Shh, Nakamura!" Nagisa hissed.

"I'm sorry!" The girl wheezed, hiccuping as her laughter gradually subsided. "It's just...just hilarious!"

"Rio-chan! You might want to see this!" Kayano cried gleefully as she looked up while Nagisa tried to help Nakamura up.

"What?" Nakamura panted and peered. A devious smirk appeared on her face as she quickly whipped out her phone and snapped some pictures, at the exact moment Koro-sensei was doing his "Love Bullet Shoot"!

"Oh my gosh!" Kayano peered at the screen. "Why would Koro-sensei dress up like that?"

Nagisa stared intently at the photo, then back at Hayami and Koro-sensei. "Umm… what if Koro-sensei wants Hayami-san to dress up like a magical girl?"

"Whoa." Nakamura staggered back as if she had been physically hit by the idea. Visions of Hayami dressing in a pink skirt with frilly short sleeves and winking at them floated in the trio's heads.

"What a bad image," Kayano rubbed her head. "She's not right for this."

"And exactly what makes her perfect for that." Nakamura rubbed her hands together, a devil-like expression, nearly identical to Karma's, appeared on her face. Nagisa had a sudden urge to rush to Hayami and warn her of Nakamura's dangerous ideas. "She's such a tsundere and she never fools around. Oh, this will be fun," Nakamura cackled. "Hey Nagisa, do you think the maid outfit I bought for you would fit Rinka-chan?"

"You bought a maid outfit for me?" Nagisa yelped and jumped away. Not again. I am so done with crossdressing. Kayano just smiled sympathetically.

"Technically, Karma and I pooled our money for it." Nakamura paused, tapping a finger on her chin. "Speaking of Karma, how he's doing?"


Well, Karma was obviously teasing the hell out of Chiba with help from Okajima.

"TELL. US. SOMETHING!" Okajima yelled in his ear. Chiba made no movement except for covering his ears with his hands. "ANYTHING!"

"Hey Chiba, I actually have a way to make to speak," Karma said amusedly from his seat behind Chiba. He swatted Okajima away and whispered in Chiba's ear for a moment. Chiba looked disgruntled and horrified that Karma decided to blackmail him.

"So if you have a date, does it mean Hayami is out for grabs?" Okajima wondered out loud. "She has a nice bod-"

SLAM! There went Chiba's history textbook on Okajima's head.

"Ouch," Okajima winced, rubbing his head. He groaned, "I haven't even gone to the best part!"

Chiba held the history textbook in his hand, testing its weight. Okajima took the hint. "Ookay I'll be leaving now!" he screamed girlishly and bolted away. They could hear him screech, "When did Chiba become so violent!"

"When matters concern his precious Hayami, that is," Karma called after him. Chiba clenched his fists, but didn't object as that was basically the truth. Karma turned back to Chiba. "Okay, are you going to say something now? Or should I reveal it?" he asked, grinning cheekily.

Chiba flushed. "Fine. Have your way."


It was a normal day, or at least a normal day by their classroom's standards. Normal classes won't have PE lessons involving jumping around on a hill or trying to hit their PE teacher. When school ended, the girls of 3-E somehow persuaded Hayami to go out shopping with them. She had stubbornly said no until someone mentioned beef stroganoff, which basically baited Hayami to go with them.

So Chiba walked home alone until a group of girls from the main campus blocked his way. He frowned and tried to maneuver around them, but they didn't move.

"What do you want?" Chiba asked calmly, wondering if he had somehow offended them.

"Ami-chan, go for it!" a brown-haired girl energetically pushed a smaller girl in front of her. She looked nervous, big green eyes looking towards the floor and her high blonde pigtails swung from the force of the push.

"Err, ummm…" the girl whispered, blushing intensely.

"Come on!" All the girls around her hissed.

The girl, mustering up her courage, looked up and stared at Chiba's (not visible) eyes. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "E-excuse me, Chiba-kun, I don't know if you remember me, I'm Hiraoka Ami…"

Oh. She was one of his old classmates from his second year. Chiba had no idea how to react.

"Uh, hi, Hiraoka-san."

Hiraoka blushed even deeper. "Uhh, you know, I really really like you!" She blurted out. Under her friends' intense stares, she muttered, "Pleasewillyougooutwithme?"

"Sorry, I couldn't hear," Chiba said, an uneasy feeling twisting in his heart. He had an idea of what was about to happen… and he wasn't completely welcome to it.

"Chiba-kun… will you go out with me?" She asked hopefully, green eyes even wider.

No! Chiba's automatic response was. How about Hayami-

Another voice interrupted the first one. Stop thinking about Hayami! This girl just confessed to you! Come on!

But all Chiba could think of was Hayami confessing to him, eyes shining with hope, cheeks rosy with embarrassment. That was so not her, but somehow that made it ten times cuter than usual.

Wait… he thought Hayami was cute?

Seeing the boy didn't reply, Hiraoka muttered sadly, "Okay… I guess you don't want to…"

Immediately, her girl friends started glaring at him, sending vibes of "You made her cry!", "Go out with her or else!" and "You're going to die soon if you break her heart!"

Chiba held up his hands. He hated making people cry. "Okay okay don't cry! I will go out with you!"

"Really?" the girl's eyes shone brightly. "YAY!" she squealed, jumping up and down excitedly.

It was only five seconds Chiba realized what he had done.

Oh hell no.

He was about to go on a date with someone he barely knew.

Rinka.

And why did her name float in front of his mind randomly again? And her given name too! They called each other by their surnames!

After agreeing on the place and time, they parted ways, Chiba's brow still furrowed in thought.


"So that's it?" Karma asked, his eyes glimpsing Hayami returning in the distance.

"Yeah," Chiba crossed his eyes, also noticing Hayami and avoided her gaze.

Meanwhile, Hayami stepped in the classroom, thinking, but Nakamura suddenly pounced on her.

"Heyyy Rinka-chan~" she drawled. Hayami started walking away, slightly spooked. She suddenly caught Nagisa giving her a small sympathetic smile and mouthing good luck at her.

Luck? Why would she need luck-

Nakamura's devil face answered everything.

"Wanna try this maid outfit for me?" she asked dangerously.

Hayami pointed her gun at Nakamura's forehead. "Go away."

"Wait, did you seriously draw out your gun? The hell?" Nakamura asked incredulously. "When did you become so violent?"

"I know right!" Okajima yelled. "The sniper duo is a force you must not offend! Chiba just hit me with a book!"

"I bet he has reasons," Nakamura muttered darkly. She turned back to Hayami. "Did you just want to shoot me?"

Hayami lowered her arm. "Not really. I was just shocked… and pissed off."

"Eh?" Nakamura changed her way of annoying Hayami. "Pissed off… at what?" She drawled.

Hayami blushed hotly. "None of your business, Nakamura." She strode past her coldly, hand still clenched on her pistol.

Karma and Chiba watched the scene from their seats. "Ooh, isn't this interesting," Karma grinned. "Both of our snipers get all hot and bothered because of one thing."

Nakamura smiled fondly. "Aww, Rinka-chan's jealous." She suddenly returned to her devil self. "Wait, you have to wear this maid outfit!"

Hayami didn't bother to answer, but Karma replied, "Hey, weren't we going to use it on Nagisa?"

"Don't you think our ice queen would be a better choice?" Nakamura grinned. Karma's golden eyes glittered, delighted at the thought of a new playtoy. Chiba's mind was suddenly invaded with pictures of Hayami in a maid outfit, holding a tray with a cake and smiling cutely. Argh, what am I thinking?

(Meanwhile, Nagisa tried valiantly to stop himself from feeling relieved that he was not going to wear that maid outfit. He failed.)

Karma smiled to himself. It was not only Hayami wearing a maid outfit that would be fun, but also her jealousy…

"So the date is scheduled at half past four after school today, at the newly opened café two blocks from the school?" Karma asked loudly, making sure Hayami heard. She stiffened, green eyes quickly darting to them.

"Yeah," Chiba muttered. "And I regret telling you this. You're going to stalk me with Nakamura, right?"

"No!" Karma appeared to be shocked that Chiba would make such an accusation, but both boys knew better. "Why would I do that?" Yeah, I might not stalk him, but I bet Hayami would...

Chiba didn't believe him. He sighed and massaged his head, wondering how had he gotten into this mess.

In her seat, Hayami heard everything. There was an unspoken understanding between her and Chiba, and that was they wished their relationship would remain professional. But there was nothing wrong with looking after her partner, making sure he wasn't distracted with petty love affairs?

And why would Chiba be distracted by love affairs?

Hayami groaned. I'm overreacting.

But yet, she was filled with the urge to follow Chiba and see what he would do. To see would he be drawn by that girl (whoever she was). And see would he open up around her like he did around Hayami.

To see whether I would be replaced by her.

Hayami reached this startling conclusion, and inexplicably, a fire began to burn in her veins. Jealousy consumed her and she let go of all her logic and her calmness. She wasn't going down without a good fight. She wasn't going to let her boy go.

Hayami gritted her teeth, her other hand slowly finding her rubber knife in the drawer and gripped it.

You better watch out.

Okuda and Nakamura, the girls who sat behind and in front of Hayami, felt a chill from her. Her expression was dark, and her eyes glinted coldly.

And in the second, both Okuda and Nakamura thought up another nickname for her.

Yandere Sniper.


A/N: I know the common usage of yandere is about a cute girl who gets psychotic and violent when it comes to their lover and Hayami is not the typical "cute" girl (call her that, you're dead) but I just thought it would be fun. I mean, she's called Tsundere Sniper, so why not another name? (Anyways I think she is a tsundere more than a yandere)

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Edit: Table of contents below

Chapter 1: Yandere Sniper Part 1

Chapter 2: Yandere Sniper Part 2

Chapter 3: Yandere Sniper Part 2

Chapter 4: Partners (a history of Chiba and Hayami's partnership)

Chapter 5: Ultimate Couple (a Koro Q fic about Chiba and Hayami switching bodies)

Chapter 6: Happy Birthday, Chiba (Hayami wondering what to get for Chiba)

Chapter 7: Was That? (Fuwa hears the sniper duo doing… something)

Chapter 8: Red & Green (soulmate AU where you can't see your soulmate's eyes' colour until you meet them for the first time)

Chapter 9: Happy Birthday, Hayami (Hayami gets sick and meets Chiba's family)

Chapter 10: Fear (the sniper duo becomes worried for each other during the face-off with Gastro)

Chapter 11: Eyes (Chiba ponders the eye contact he shares with Hayami)

Chapter 12: Date (the sniper duo go on a date)

Chapter 13: Practice (the receptionist at a shooting arcade thinks about the two teenagers he keeps on seeing)