Author's Note: Okay so you'd have to know this would be coming eventually, it's literally my username. So Tokaku and Haru are the only slash pairing I'm focusing on right now. I might do some Nagisa/Karma (and some other Akuma no Riddle pairings later), but I think of them as more platonic... please don't rant, it's only my opinion which honestly doesn't mean much, but all Nagisa/Karma shippers just be notified. Obvious yuri pairing (uh no duh) and please enjoy!
"Are you kidding me?" Tokaku asked her eyes narrowed. She did not understand how she got roped into this. A week ago some government agent contacted her about a secret assignment. Haru practically pulled her out the door to go to the meeting, but Tokaku was really regretting it now. They had been briefed about the job and its... strange predicament, but unfortunately going to the meeting and listening to the information forced them into accepting on the terms that they weren't held against their will. So now Tokaku sat in the middle seat of a plane on a 5 a.m. flight with Haru on the window and a balding business man on the aisle. Thankfully, he was sleeping, unfortunately he was also snoring so that left Tokaku with the option of listening to Haru or putting her headphones in. Tough call.
"Tokaku look at all the clouds!" Haru exclaimed, "That one looks like a puppy! Oh, and that one looks like a shark! And that one..." Tokaku zoned out after the shark and greatly enjoyed the fifteen minutes that granted her, but someone decided it was a good idea to get up. Tokaku being an assassin and, well, Tokaku, she instantly put her hand across Haru and swiftly moved her hand to one of her daggers.
"Tokaku!" Haru sighed, "We're not in Class Black anymore, no one's coming after me."
"You don't know that," Tokaku replied not willing to admit her mistake.
"Honestly Tokaku, you're going to drive me to an early grave," Haru instantly regretted her choice of words. Haru didn't need to look at Tokaku to know what was going through her mind.
"I-I'm sorry Tokaku, Haru didn't mean to... look, Haru's alive," Haru reverted to her old habit of referring to herself in the third person, but she was too worried to notice. Tokaku had tensed and refused to make eye contact with Haru.
"No, don't be sorry," Tokaku finally replied, but her posture didn't change. Haru leaned her head on Tokaku's shoulder, relaxing the assassin a little. Haru smiled and grasped Tokaku's hand, intertwined their fingers with a tired, but happy sigh. The rest of the flight was uneventful. Haru slept on Tokaku while her pillow sat quietly listening to her music for the remaining forty-five minutes. Once off the plane, they were greeted by a government agent and guided to an armored car. Haru tried to retrieve their luggage, but the agent said they'd have someone else grab it for them. They were immediately driven to a prestigious school. It was giant with grand white buildings decorated with two gold columns and multiple golden flags.
"Wow! Is this where Tokaku will be teaching?" Haru asked the agent, but he shook his head and pointed to a dirt road leading up a small mountain. The trek was not the most convenient thing, but Tokaku had seen worse, unfortunately neither Haru nor the agent had. Tokaku practically dragged Haru while the agent lagged behind, panting like a dog. Their destination came in sight little over thirty minutes after starting the trek. It was a run-down building with overgrown shrubs contrasting with its rather beautiful surroundings. On the porch sat two people, a man and a woman. They looked about the same age, but that's about where the similarities ended and the contrasts began. The woman was curvy to say the least. Thin with lush blonde hair falling down to the middle of her back. She had a fair amount of make-up on and was dressed in rather revealing attire. She wore a short, tight skirt with an equally tight black shirt which had too low of a collar and another tight article, a white jacket buttoned once around her stomach. Tokaku wondered if she understood the word modesty or understood that they were at a middle school where such attire should be deemed inappropriate. Scratch that, it should be inappropriate everywhere. The man, on the other hand, was dressed in a simple, but crisp suit complete with a tie and some hair gel. He seemed robust and stern, holding a no-nonsense air about him bordering on the verge of threatening. Tokaku didn't particularly like either's smell, but the man pulled out over the woman. She smelled dirty.
"Karasuma, sir, this is Tokaku Azuma, as requested," the agent announced once they reached the porch.
"Recruiting more kids Karasuma? Have your options run that dry?" the woman asked, raising an eyebrow. The man stood and looked from Tokaku to Haru to back at Tokaku.
"Who is this?" Karasuma asked.
"Haru Ichinose, its a pleasure to meet you," Haru grinned.
"Why are you here?" Karasuma asked. Haru seemed confused by the question.
"I go wherever Tokaku goes," Haru replied not really knowing how else to explain.
"I must ask you to leave," Karasuma said, his voice never dropping its authoritative tone. The other agent reached for Haru, but Tokaku already had a knife in her hand.
"Oo, a feisty one," the woman chuckled.
"She goes, I go," Tokaku said sternly, eyes never leaving Karasuma's. He seemed to debate it for a few minutes before sighing and waving off the agent.
"Haru Ichinose, I remember you from the file," Karasuma looked Haru over, "What will you do if you stay here?"
"I could help Tokaku," Haru suggested, but Karasuma shook his head.
"No, we'd have to get you assigned by the principal and I'm exceeding budget as it is," Karasuma said.
"Then I could stay as a classmate," Haru shrugged.
"Hm, fine," Karasuma replied, "School starts in fifteen minutes, Tokaku because of your age you will also be taking the class with the other students. The principal was insistent on that, but otherwise you will be working with me as a physical education instructor."
"So I'm going to be helping you teach the students how to kill?" Tokaku asked.
"More or less," Karasuma shrugged.
"Wait! So I get stuck teaching English, but a little brat gets to teach assassination techniques!" the woman exclaimed.
"This is Miss Jelavic, she's our English teacher," Karasuma introduced.
"An assassin," Tokaku frowned, "A seducer."
"Hm, you're more interesting than I thought, how'd you know? Got briefed on me as well?" Miss Jelavic smirked.
"You have a disgusting stench," Tokaku said before leading Haru into the school building.
"What did that brat just say!" she exclaimed jumping up to go after them, but was stopped by Karasuma.
"If you're going to murder someone then make sure its the target," Karasuma said sternly, "She probably has a good chance of getting to him."
"Wait, that twit is a girl?" Miss Jelavic exclaimed. Tokaku had been wearing pants.
It wasn't too long before the students started to arrived, but most stayed outside and horsed around while waiting for their friends to arrive. Tokaku refused to let Haru go and socialize. She didn't want to draw too much attention to themselves, but class starting was inevitable. The bell rang and all the students flooded in. Tokaku counted twenty-seven, ignoring the strange box that occupied a seat in the back. The entering students didn't notice them until they had all taken their seats.
"Hey! You two new?" a green-haired girl asked. She seemed polite and sweet and Haru instantly took to her. It probably also helped that she was right next to her.
"Ya, I'm Haru Ichinose and this is Tokaku, its a pleasure to meet you," Haru bowed politely.
"No need to be so formal," the girl laughed, "I'm Kaede Kayano." Haru opened her mouth to continue the conversation, but suddenly the giant yellow octopus they had been briefed on entered the room.
"Good morning class!" he said happily.
"Morning Koro Sensei," the students replied.
"Alright, I just need to take attendance," Koro Sensei began, taking a wooden clipboard out from his desk.
"All rise," a blue haired boy ordered and the class instantly obeyed, all save Tokaku who remained firmly in her chair. Each student was holding either an Anti-Sensei rifle or a handgun.
"Aim," the boy instructed then paused, "Fire!" The classroom turned into a war zone with the target and teacher becoming a yellow blur through the madness of bullets. The onslaught ended swiftly though, the octopus had been yelling the rollcall over the gunshots and as soon as he stopped, the class stopped. Not a single one hit him.
"Wonderful, we're all here! So, we have two new students joining us today," Koro Sensei began, getting right to business, and ushered the two to come forward, "Please state your name and something about you."
"Tokaku Azuma, you may not refer to me as Tokaku, Azuma is fine," Tokaku said, "And if any of you were going to ask, tokaku means impossible thing." The class didn't really know how to respond, so they stayed silent. Haru took this as a signal to continue.
"I'm Haru Ichinose, I can't wait to learn and make lots of new friends," Haru smiled and waving to the students.
"Miss Azuma will be assisting Mr. Karasuma with his class. Both will be joining as students though. Any questions?" Koro Sensei explained. A red-haired kid in the back raised his hand.
"Karma," Koro Sensei nodded.
"Are you assassins?" Karma asked a smirk playing across his face.
"Tokaku is, I'm not," Haru replied.
"If you're not an assassin then why are you here?" the boy questioned.
"Because Tokaku is," Haru answered, but that only raised more questions.
"Are you like her servant or something, you have to tend to her wherever she goes?" the red-head pushed.
"What! No, Tokaku would never do that to Haru, uh, I mean, me," Haru stuttered, not wanting to explain Class Black.
"Then why do you have to be with her? Are you some sort of-" Karma continued, obviously intrigued along with the rest of the class.
"That's enough," Tokaku said sternly, "She does not wish to discuss it so drop it." The class went silent, most stunned or taken back, but Karma was still smiling.
"Ah, no, really its fine," Haru tried to smooth things over, "Tokaku and I were brought together under some... unique circumstances and we've stayed together ever since." The class accepted the answer and the day proceeded as usual. Tokaku and Haru were given two extra seats at the back of the class. The classes were rather boring, but Haru was attentive. Tokaku just tried to keep herself from falling asleep. She played with her pens, drew in her notebook, basically whatever she could do to entertain herself. Finally, she settled for observing the rest of the students. None of them really caught her interest save four. Karma and Kayano she already had experience with, but the two others were the blue haired boy who had initiated the shooting and a white haired boy with a bandana. The blue one was attentive and well behaved while the other was eerily silent. Both the white haired boy and Kayano shared a strange scent that smelled a bit like the octopus while the blue haired boy and Karma both shared a strange kind of intensity near to identical with bloodlust. The only difference was that Karma flaunted it while the other didn't seem aware of it, but before she could observe them further, the lunch bell rang releasing the class for an hour. Haru practically dragged Tokaku to Kayano and her group of friends. They consisted of the blue haired boy, a boy who Koro Sensei called Sugino, and Karma.
"Hey Haru, Azuma, want to eat with us?" Kayano asked.
"Sure, come on Tokaku!" Haru exclaimed pulling her by her wrist.
"Hey nice to meet you," Sugino smiled, "I'm Tomohito Sugino."
"I'm Nagisa Shiota," Nagisa followed.
"Haru and Tokaku," Haru repeated for conversation sake.
"Why does she call you Tokaku?" Karma asked, "You specifically asked us not to."
"That's none of your business," Tokaku replied coldly walking a little ways from the group so she was still within earshot and easy reach of Haru, but far enough to be left alone.
"I'm sorry about that," Haru apologized, "we haven't had the best time with classmates recently."
"No, its fine," Kayano smiled, "really."
"So, she try to assassinate you?" Karma asked. Haru could tell he was just fooling around, but Tokaku didn't take it as lightly. Not three seconds elapsed after Karma asked before a pencil connected hard with his head.
"Ou! What was that for?" Karma exclaimed, his fist clenching dangerously. Kayano and Nagisa instantly paled a little, Karma was picking a fight.
"Don't joke about killing," Tokaku said darkly.
"Of course you would know," Karma sneered, smirking when Tokaku's clenched knuckles whitened.
"Karma, that's not a nice thing to talk about," Sugino said, his voice revealing his worry.
"Do you remember everyone you've killed or does it become a blur? A casual thing, just another part of everyday life," Karma pushed as always, but this time it was too far. Before anyone knew it, a small knife flew past him, just scratching his cheek. The group went silent, even Karma seemed shocked. Koro Sensei, who had been watching unnoticed, froze.
"Tokaku," Haru gulped knowing Tokaku's anger first hand.
"Do not, ever say that again," Tokaku said, eyes hidden by her hair. By this time, Koro Sensei stepped in.
"Agreed, killing is not a light topic," Koro Sensei scolded, "It is also extremely rude to inquire about another assassin's past kills unless you have business regarding a certain target. That being said, why do you have real weapons at school?" Tokaku looked Koro Sensei dead in the eyes and glared. Koro Sensei with his ever changing nature turned white and fled back to his desk.
"Tokaku! I told you not to bring those!" Haru scolded the assassin, "What if you lost one and someone else found it!"
"I don't lose them Haru," Tokaku replied, "Besides you know exactly why I brought them." With that, Tokaku stood and left the room.
"I'm so sorry Karma," Haru said turning to the red-head, "Here." Haru handed Karma her handkerchief for the cut.
"Its not your fault," Kayano said.
"You shouldn't have pushed her!" Sugino scolded, "Couldn't you see she was upset?"
"Well she was being a jerk," Karma growled, "She's going to get it."
"Please don't, Tokaku doesn't take lightly to attackers," Haru begged.
"So she'll kill me and end up in jail for life," Karma spat.
"Tokaku won't kill you," Haru said firmly.
"I'd say he's giving her a pretty good reason to," Sugino said.
"She won't," Haru repeated, "It's not her."
"But you said it yourself, she's an assassin," Nagisa said confused.
"Yes, but... *sigh* its not really my place to explain," Haru admitted, "just please promise you won't challenge her, she's not been well. She just needs time to cool off." Karma sat down with a shrug.
Lunch went well, the rest of it at least. Haru learned more about her new friends and Class E. She thoroughly enjoyed it and was in a much better mood when the bell rang for class. The rest of the day continued on as before, Haru listened with the rest of the class while Tokaku observed the students, unfortunately, gym was the last class scheduled. Kayano lent Haru a spare uniform and once they changed, they met Tokaku and Karasuma outside. Next to each other, Karasuma and Tokaku looked rather alike much to Haru's entertainment. Tokaku had removed her tie, but her white, short-sleeved button up remained along with her blue slacks. Karasuma still had his black tie on, but had loosened it. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and his shirt seemed to be a little less tucked. Both were straight faced and stern, neither looked like they would take any crap.
"Alright," Karasuma called out after they warmed up, "Today we're going to do some more sparing. Your scores last time were improving, but not the best so we're going to be doing it again today. Same rules apply, once you're down, you're down. You may attack in anyway you like. Get in a line, you may attack in your group or by yourself, its up to you. Once one is defeated, take their place. If you manage to beat one of us, you may go home for the day." The class cheered at that then got into line as instructed. There were some duos and one trio, but nothing bigger. The first match ups were Karasuma against Maehara and Isogai and Tokaku against Nakamura.
"Take it easy on me Azuma-sensei," Nakamura winked playfully, but Tokaku remained emotionless and awaited Nakamura's attack. Nakamura ran forward and tried to beat Tokaku with one move, but she was too slow. Tokaku grabbed her knife hand and used her momentum to flip her, landing on her back hard. Tokaku offered a hand to get her up which she gladly accepted.
"Guess I underestimated you Azuma-sensei," Nakamura grinned before walking to the back of the line, rubbing her back tenderly. Karasuma just finished with Maehara and Isogai when Tokaku's next opponent stepped forward. It was Kayano.
"Ready?" Kayano smiled. Tokaku nodded and let Kayano attack. She was even slower than Nakamura and seemed to be rather weak, it was as if something was preventing her from attacking with any vigor or speed. Tokaku mostly sidestepped her attacks before kicking her legs out from under her. Kayano yelped in surprise as she landed on the firm ground.
"You need to be faster," Tokaku said helping Kayano up.
"Ya, Mr. Karasuma says that too," Kayano chuckled before heading to the back of the line. Karasuma was fighting Yada as the next partner stepped up.
"Um... Tokaku," Haru was the next in line, "Please don't hold back, okay?" Tokaku gulped, but got in a fighting stance regardless. Haru attacked, trying to get around Tokaku to land a strike on her back, but Tokaku saw it. She caught Haru's knife hand and rammed her shoulder into the girl. Haru landed roughly, coughing while Tokaku received the consequences of slamming yourself into titanium ribs. Regardless, Tokaku was at her side instantly.
"I didn't hurt you right?" Haru saw worry flash in her partner's blue eyes.
"No, no, just got the wind knocked out of me is all, I'm fine," Haru laughed a little. Tokaku helped her to her feet, receiving a smile and wave as Haru made her way to the back of the line.
It went like this for a while, the opponents switched up so by the end the only people Tokaku hadn't fought were Karma and Nagisa.
"Okay, that's enough for today!" Karasuma called out.
"Arigato Karasuma-sensei!" the majority of the class responded before heading off to collect their things. Haru lingered with Tokaku.
"You did well, honestly, I didn't expect too much," Karasuma said, "It's not every day you're assigned to research a child assassin."
"Tokaku is more than fit for the job," Haru nodded sternly, but it came off more as cute than anything else.
"Until we can find you proper arrangements, I asked the parents if any would board you," Karasuma explained as they went back to the classroom, "Mrs. Shiota, Nagisa's mother, volunteered."
"How long do we have to be here?" Tokaku asked.
"Until school gets out and the world ends or until he's dead," Karasuma replied, "You two are welcome to try to assassinate him-"
"Thanks, but no thanks," Tokaku interrupted, "Come on Haru."
"Arigato Karasuma-sensei!" Haru called over her shoulder as Nagisa waved them over. He was standing with Kayano at the start of the mountain trail. Haru left Tokaku with them, much to Tokaku's annoyance, as she went of to go change and grab their things. It was an awkward few seconds before Kayano tried to make conversation.
"So, Tokaku, how was your first day?" Kayano asked and Tokaku just shrugged, but that didn't stop Kayano from pressing on.
"We were all worried for a few classes that you would be a replacement for Mr. Takaoka," Kayano said catching Tokaku's interest slightly.
"Who was Mr. Takaoka?" Tokaku asked still looking in the direction Haru went.
"He was a former drill instructor for the Air Force, he produced highly elite soldiers in very short amounts of time," Nagisa explained, "The government brought him in to 'help' Mr. Karasuma. He was nice at first, giving us cakes and sweets, but then he started taking over our entire day, forcing us to train for hours on end, doing excruciating exercises and he would hit us if we didn't follow his exact orders."
"But then Mr. Karasuma challenged him," Kayano stepped in, "He said to choose his best student to face him and if they nicked him or stopped just short of doing so with a real blade, he would leave. Mr. Karasuma chose Nagisa."
"Makes sense," Tokaku shrugged.
"What do you mean?" Nagisa half chuckled, "I'm the weakest in the class."
"But you obviously defeated him, I imagine with ease," Tokaku said finally turning to them, "Its not really hard to tell, once I got a good look at you."
"Not hard to tell what?" Nagisa asked hesitantly, both seemed confused. Tokaku was just about to reply when Haru returned.
"Sorry that took so long," Haru said with a light pant, "I couldn't get your knife out of the wall."
"Koro Sensei didn't confiscate it!" Nagisa exclaimed.
"I would have thought that Karasuma found it and given you a scolding or something," Kayano said lightheartedly. They began their decent down the mountain, in silence at first, but it was quickly shattered.
"I've been meaning to ask, why are you armed with regular weapons? You know they don't work on Koro Sensei," Kayano asked.
"Tokaku's just overprotective," Haru shrugged, "Come on, we don't want to be late." Haru picked up her pace forcing the others to step it up to, easily forgetting the topic.
The walk back was uneventful, Kayano, Nagisa, and Haru talked the entire time while Tokaku listened with mild interest.
"Who are you going with for the school trip?" Kayano asked changing the topic.
"School trip?" Haru asked, they hadn't been informed of one.
"We're going on a school trip to Kyoto," Kayano explained, "Its only going to be for a few days, but we're planning our trip around the best sights and treats. And of course, the best spots to assassinate Koro Sensei."
"You can join our group if you want," Nagisa offered, "We're going with Sugino, Karma, Kanzaki, and Okuda."
"Really! We'd love to!" Haru exclaimed completely ignoring Tokaku's obvious resentment towards the idea.
"Great, we should be going over our plans in class tomorrow, we'll tell the rest then," Kayano said turning a corner, "I got to go, see you tomorrow!"
"Bye!" Haru waved. Nagisa's house was actually not too far from Kayano's, only about two streets away. It was a simple house, but Haru was taken with it. Nagisa unlocked the door and Haru practically burst in. Nagisa's mother wasn't home yet so Nagisa showed them around which sounded much easier than it was because Haru was on the verge of racing all around the house with her 'what's this' and 'ooo look at that'-s. The guest room had one bed and their stuff was already in the room.
"Did you guys stop by earlier?" Nagisa asked confused.
"No, we were told that a guy in a suit would take care of it for us before we were rushed into a car and drove off to the school," Haru said jumping on the bed with a plop.
"Ichinose!" Tokaku scolded causing Haru to wince slightly. It had been a while since Tokaku had used her last name.
"Sorry Tokaku, I just couldn't help it," Haru giggled.
"Its your room, you can do whatever you want," Nagisa shrugged, "Normally I would do homework until my mom gets home, you two are welcome to join me." Haru leapt off the bed and followed Nagisa to his room. It was small, but tidy. It was furnished with a blue and white bed against the window, a white bookcase filled to the brim with everything from school books to manga, a small television, and some tubs that were pushed off to the side. Nagisa sat on the floor and started unpacking his bag, Haru followed suit while Tokaku further examined the room.
"I know its not much, but I like to think of it as cozy," Nagisa chuckled self-consciously.
"I love it! Its much nicer than the dorm Tokaku and I had," Haru said even though their dorm was both bigger and nicer, but this was homey, something Haru hadn't felt in a long time.
"Wait... Tokaku, you're a girl?" Nagisa asked.
"You're one to talk," Tokaku replied.
"I guess you're right," Nagisa laughed, "Oh, but I do have one request *Haru cocked her head* can you not use any of your... weapons in the house. None of our parents know about Koro Sensei, they think its just a regular run of the mill class and you being, well, an assassin and all could really get them curious." Tokaku shrugged, but Nagisa smiled assuming that meant yes.
"Thanks, alright, so let's do math first," Nagisa suggested. Math was easy, English was stupid, Science required some thought, and History was not too big of a problem, at least for Tokaku. Nagisa and Haru took some time. School never seemed too hard for Haru, but she did have to work and it looked like it was kind of the same for Nagisa. Tokaku had to admit that Koro Sensei was a good teacher, he reminded her a lot of Mr. Mizorogi only a lot less innocent.
It took those two a full two hours to complete their homework and catch up to Tokaku. By that time, Nagisa's mother had come home. Haru loved her, but Tokaku found her more or less unnerving. Her sweet tone was too sweet, Nagisa seemed almost afraid to speak at times, and she could feel her wavelength, her stress, her anger, her calm, everything. It was much easier to read than normal which Tokaku found a little unsettling. If you could easily read someone that either meant they were way too carefree, that they were too innocent, or that they were, in one way or another, crazed. In all honesty, Tokaku didn't like any of the options.
The next day went the same as the first, Haru sat at full attention while Tokaku fiddled around. Lunch was better, Tokaku left Karma alone and Karma left Tokaku alone which seemed to make Haru happy. There wasn't any gym today, so Tokaku thought she might be home free, but alas, that never seems to happen. Today turned out to be the last day before their school trip and Koro Sensei didn't waste anytime either. He practically died of pure exhaustion from running around to all the groups, providing help wherever he could, and basically getting way too hyped up over everything. The day ended with him lying over his desk like a dead man and a few students taking a couple shots with their guns, all of which he evaded, but nobody seemed too surprised. It was two minutes to the end of class, Haru and their Kyoto group were chatting away about last minute plans while Tokaku fingered an Anti-Sensei knife she found in Nagisa's desk.
'Could this really kill him?' Tokaku wondered. It was rather flimsy, kind of like a cross between tough plastic and foam. Tokaku shrugged, she had nothing better to do. She didn't want to kill the thing, but she definitely wanted to see how this sad excuse for a weapon held up against the octopus. Tokaku took a worksheet from her desk that had been assigned as homework for math. She had gotten bored and finished it in class so it would be the perfect excuse to get close to him. Tokaku slipped the knife in the holster hidden in her pocket and took the worksheet in her hand. Putting her best neutral yet innocently confused face on, Tokaku got up and began to make her way to Koro Sensei's desk. Even with her eyes on the paper, Tokaku could see that he was rather tired, it was the end of the school day after all.
'Perfect, now I just need to worry about his speed,' Tokaku concluded.
"Ah, Azuma, do you have a question about the homework?" Koro Sensei asked, perking up slightly.
"Hai, I just don't quite understand-" Tokaku said, maintaining her façade until she was right next to him. Waiting a few seconds so she could finish her word before whipping out Nagisa's knife and managing to slice of a good eight inches of Koro Sensei's arm before he moved all the way. It feel to the floor with a disgusting squish and continued to writhe there. Tokaku retained her stoic mask as the class went silent.
"So these things really can hurt you?" Tokaku peered at the blade.
"They were specially designed by the military," Koro Sensei gulp clearly not having enjoy being fooled so easily.
"I never really trusted the government," Tokaku shrugged, "Sorry about that." Tokaku went back to her group and tossed the knife back on Nagisa's desk on the way there before returning to her seat as if nothing had happened.
Haru was not happy. At all.
"Why would you do that!" Haru exclaimed on their walk back to Nagisa's house along with Nagisa and Kayano.
"I just wanted to see if they could actually hurt him, if I really wanted to assassinate him I would have put more effort into it," Tokaku replied.
"That was amazing, no one's cut off Koro Sensei's arm without extra help before, save Karma," Kayano admired, "but that was more of a prank than anything else."
"Did you seriously just do it to see if our weapons could hurt him?" Nagisa asked.
"Why else would I do it?" Tokaku asked.
"For the money," Nagisa replied.
"If I really wanted that then I would have put some effort into it. Made a plan of some sort, not just waltz right up to him and take a swing," Tokaku shrugged. She had found that not talking would get her no where while she was the center of attention so she shot down every question as quickly as she could.
"Wait, so you weren't even trying!" Kayano exclaimed.
"It just seemed like a good moment, so," Tokaku shrugged again already growing tired of the conversation. Lucky enough they had reach Kayano's street, so she waved her goodbye and took off. The rest of the walk was silent, as was much of the night and the next morning seeing as all three of them were already packed for the trip. Well, technically, Haru and Tokaku never unpacked, but it just made it all the easier. Class E sat in coach while the rest of their year got first class, but it seemed that this was the usual. All there was were a few grumbles and some eyerolls mixed with a few taunts before boarding. On the train, Tokaku and Haru sat with Nagisa and Kayano. Tokaku put her headphones in while everyone else chatted away. It went as smooth as possible, Koro Sensei got stuck outside the train and turned invisible which did not help in the slightest because his clothes and stupidly ginormous backpack were still visible. He also proceeded to get motion sick and Kanzaki lost her trip planner, but all in all, they managed to arrive in one piece which was a nice blessing.
Haru could barely contain herself. They had gotten there with plenty of time to enjoy the day, so Nagisa suggested they go see a famous monument. Ironically, it was a statue to memorialize the assassination of an assassin, Sakamoto Ryoma. That was immediately followed by some back streets which Tokaku would have preferred to not go down, but of course, she didn't speak up. In hind sight, that was stupid. (Dialogue partially borrowed from manga here so not all mine; wish I owned some part of assassination classroom though, then I'd redo the live action... anyway!)
"Hm, the back streets are pretty empty," Kayano observed.
"Exactly, most of the shops here are off limits to uninvited customers," Kanzaki explained, "They're hidden from the main street so people don't wander past them for no reason. That's why I added it to our sightseeing route. I thought it would be the perfect place for an assassination."
"You've done your research well Kanzaki!" Sugino exclaimed, "We'll use this alley to assassinate Koro Sensei!" Tokaku froze, something wasn't right.
"Tokaku?" Haru turned.
"Something's not-" Tokaku began, but was cut off by a dark haired teen with whiskers that looked like they could only dream of being anything close to a mustache and wispy beard.
"It's perfect! No one will see us grab 'em," he sneered. They were surrounded, three on one side and one on the other. All looked older than Tokaku and each wore the same school uniform. Tokaku tensed and put herself in front of Haru.
"You guys shopping? Lemme guess, you need a purse?" Karma smirked.
"Oh, you're hilarious. Now ditch the girls and get the hell outta here," a blonde boy with a buzz cut grinned drunkenly. Karma smirk quickly grew into a devilish grin. He grabbed the blonde boy's chin and slammed his head into a wall then turned swiftly, crashing his victim's head into a nearby pole.
"See, Nagisa?" Karma chuckled, "Best place to fight- no witnesses."
"You got that right," the lone boy that blocked their other exit sneered, slamming a lead pole into the back of Karma's head. The fourth boy, another blonde with spiky hair, grabbed Kayano.
"What are you-" Sugino exclaimed, but a clean knee to the gut sent him straight to the ground. Tokaku had enough. She made quick work of the first blonde and whiskers with a kick to blonde's knees and a punch to whicker's face followed instantly by a swift kick to the knee. Both now lay in crumpled heaps on the ground and spikey couldn't let go of Kayano. Unfortunately, while she was busy with blondie and whiskers Nagisa was taken down and just as Tokaku whipped around she got a lead pipe to the face, slamming her into a wall.
"Tokaku!" Haru screamed, but Tokaku's head was too fuzzy. She collapsed with a curse, struggling to both regain her footing and her awareness. By the time she did, Okuda was running up to them while everyone else was struggling to their feet. Haru, Kanzaki, and Kayano were all gone.
"Are you all right?!" Okuda exclaimed reaching them, Nagisa was the only one who replied.
"I'm glad you're okay Okuda," Nagisa smiled.
"Sorry, I was hiding so they wouldn't see me," Okaku admitted shamefully.
"Damn it!" Tokaku growled under her breath, slamming her fist into the wall she flew into a few minutes earlier.
"What the hell!" Karma growled, turning to Tokaku, "Some assassin, what the hell were you doing just standing there! You should have downed them all in a second!"
"Karma, she tried," Okuda tried, but she only fed the flames.
"She tried! How the hell is a pathetic kid barely older than us who can barely take down a few high schoolers supposed to help us kill the octopus!" Karma snarled. Tokaku didn't take the bait, Haru was the only thing on her mind.
"It'll take too long if we go to the police, we should get going," Tokaku said. She wasn't completely senseless when she was down. She saw their car and where they went so it shouldn't be too hard for her to track them.
"Hey, wait," Nagisa said, he had been carrying Koro Sensei's travel guide, how Tokaku didn't quite know, but he had. It had been knocked open when he was punched and know he was peering at it with a small smile.
"When a classmate is abducted, page twelve hundred and forty-three," Nagisa read aloud.
Author's Note: Okay this was way longer than it was supposed to be, but the more the better I suppose. I ended where I wanted to though so that's good. Next chapter, how will Tokaku, Okuda and the boys get the girls back? Well, I hope you know what's supposed to happen or else I'd imagine this is rather confusing of you. I won't explain both series' plots (check them out if you haven't), but I will give a quick overview of what this series will be. Each of these chapters will be based off of arcs in the manga and anime with Akuma no Riddle twists. I plan on incorporating some more Akuma no Riddle characters, but more for 'special guest' kind of things. I will also tell you that I do plan to do my own arc for the last like two chapters with more Akuma no Riddle characters that will actual pertain more to the plot, but before that I thought I'd have a little fun with existing story plots. Again, sorry about the length and hope you liked it enough to continue. Review please!