Scarlet Heart: Koro
(Chiba x Hayami)

Disclaimer: I don't, and never will I, own Ansatsu Kyoushitsu/Assassination Classroom. I don't own Scarlet Heart/Bu Bu Jing Xin either. This plot also does not mention anything historically accurate. Though set in historical Japan, everything about the emperors and princes mentioned are made up. I did not bother to research about historical figures in Japan.

A/N: I've never tried a parody before. This was supposed to be just a crack two-shot however my logical approach to storytelling still prevailed. "Hell hath no fury than a fangirl scorned" that's what I immediately thought upon the ending of the Korean drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo. I was so mad I stopped writing that other ChibaHaya one-shot I was working on and somehow started writing this, with my head full of "this should be how it ended." This will be a 3-part fic. This first chapter is basically an introduction to the characters and it's a bit slow here but expect the next chapter to be fast-paced and focused on Hayami's badass-ery trying to get past a tragedy.


Hayami Rinka never had any problem dealing with her classmates' homeworks on top of her own. Her grades wouldn't drop just because of it. However, she had a problem with carrying (all the way home, mind you) all those books on top of her own. And definitely her arms would drop, along with those books, because of it.

Just her luck, a delivery motorcycle sped by, nearly colliding with her, and she barely had time to register all that happened in a split-second as the panicking driver did his best to avoid maximum damage by pushing her away and steer the motorcycle towards another direction. It wasn't enough, though. The steel delivery storage box on his back caught Hayami instead and she was instantly thrown on the ground.

She flew backside first and the last thing she registered before her mind blacked out was how the sun was suddenly gone. 'An eclipse?' she thought as her consciousness faded.


10th Prince Nagi

"Oi, Nagi, you've been soaking there for too long, come on out. No matter how you try to hide your body, you still look too much like a girl. Come out unless you want me to drop your clothes in the water and give you these to change into instead."

Hayami heard muffled voices as she came to. She wondered if she was in a hospital or heaven. Her life wasn't too nice but she thought it would still be better if it was the hospital. Her thoughts were broken when she felt movement disrupt her surroundings. She opened her eyes only to be shocked at what was happening. It was neither hospital nor heaven. She was drowning! How the hell that happened, she didn't think of for now. She had to reach the surface. She saw a muddled view of a small and slender body above her. By instinct, she reached out to it.

"Ha!" she exclaimed as she panted for air when she broke through the water.

"Blurgh," the sound of bubbles made her pause. She looked below and realized she was still holding the body and was causing it, or rather the person, to be submerged. She immediately let go and the person rose up from the water, panting. "What was that-"

Both of them blushed when their eyes met. They both averted their eyes and backed away from each other. When she grabbed him earlier, Hayami thought he was a female child who just happened to have tall genes. Boy was she wrong. He was actually a male who just happened to be short. He had long light blue hair, even longer than hers. Worse, he was naked while she was in thin traditional undergarments.

"Nagi-nii, what is it?" "Milady! Over here! Quick!"

They both looked at their own callers. Hayami then noticed that there was fog surrounding them, probably due to the heat of the bath water. She felt people enter the water they were in and she panicked. She saw the face of the girl who had called her, well, Hayami believed it was her she was calling, and saw urgency in it. By instinct, she started running to the girl.

"Hey, where do you think you're going? How dare you sneak into the royal bath of the Princes?" the blue-haired boy called out to her.

She looked back at him, gave his body a once over and smirked. "'Nii?' You definitely don't look like one," the gender-confusing boy blushed furiously at her parting remark.


9th Prince Tomo

"Okay, recap, we were playing by the water at the washing river earlier, and when you left me to fetch my clothes, you realized I had crept into a secret passage to the royal bath, and so you followed me there, saw me slip on a stone, fall and drown, but when you were just about to save me, the princes arrived, so you couldn't and I was left drowning for a long time until I saw that body, which isn't exactly fit for a prince, and rose," Hayami recounted. She felt like having a headache once more. Just speaking for that long was tiring for her too. "But more importantly, you're telling me that the current emperor is Emperor Souma and that I am in the capital, Heian-kyou, and that I am Rin, cousin of the lady of this house, which is owned by the 8th Prince, Sou."

"R-recap? What does 'recap' mean, milady?" the girl was named Yuki and was apparently her personal attendant. She was actually really beautiful, with long black hair she was sure would be popular with boys, and Hayami thought it was an injustice that she was just an attendant, to a non-royal even. Apparently Rin, now her identity, came from an aristocratic family, and she had a cousin named Rio who was married to the 8th Prince.

They'd gone through a cycle of explaining and her fainting a couple of times already. Now stable, Hayami only had one logical, albeit illogical, conclusion: her soul was transported back in time to the olden period in the body of someone named Rin.

"Hey, are they all here already?" she was taken out of her reverie by the arrival of a person who was panting.

"Your Highness! Uh, yes, they are already at the study," Yuki answered as she forced Hayami to lower her head too. Hayami confusedly looked at Yuki whose face was obviously flushed and then back at the newcomer. The newcomer was good looking enough, albeit not as some of the Princes who came in earlier. But out of the faces she's seen earlier, this one looked the friendliest.

"I'd be scolded by Aka-nii again!" he exclaimed then realized who he was talking to. "Ah, I've heard about you almost drowning earlier, are you okay now, Rin?"

"Ah, yes, Prince…" Hayami cast a nervous glance at her attendant.

"Just barely, Your Highness Prince Tomo!" Yuki nervously answered for her. "Do you want your favorite cookies from Lady Rio's hometown brought to the study?"

"Oh, sure, that would be good, thanks! Be careful from now on, Rin," he smiled at them then strutted along, loudly voicing his thoughts. "Just who was that who sneaked in the royal bath? How could I find no lead to her?"

Hayami and Yuki just looked at each other nervously.


13th Prince Hiro

Hayami wandered around the estate that is supposedly her home for the past 2 years in hopes of not encountering any more princes. She had seen them enter house earlier together with Prince Sou but instead of greeting them, she hid for fear of being discovered by Prince Nagi. She was thankful that only Prince Nagi had seen her face and that Yuki didn't tattle on her, or Rin to be precise, sneaking into the princes' bath. She and Yuki reached the garden. It was beautiful and well-tended to.

"This estate is wide," she mused as she stopped to admire the flowers. "And this is a beautiful garden."

"Of course, my sister-in-law takes care of it," Hayami and Yuki both turned their heads to see the lady of the house, Rio, hiding beneath the plants. She immediately motioned for them to hush and join her. "Are you okay now, Rin? You still can't remember much?"

She nodded as she joined the long-haired blonde who was supposed to be her cousin. "What are you doing here, Lady Rio?"

"Waiting for one of them to fall into my trap, of course," she said as she motioned towards a building across them. Hayami realized it was Prince Sou's study where the princes were having a meeting. Both she and Yuki gasped when they saw a long thing crawling towards the open window.

"What? We've done worse together before," Rio looked at her. She looked at Yuki for an explanation.

"You cousins have a habit of pulling pranks on the princes when they come," Yuki explained to her in a whisper. Hayami closed her eyes in exasperation. Just how idiotic was her body host?

"Yes, that's true, that's why we immediately knew you'd do something like this even when Rin had just recovered from drowning," all three of them looked up to see a handsome orange-haired prince holding a rat by the tail in one hand and a long black cloth in the other. "Beautiful as always, Lady Rio. So do you want to move to my house instead?"

"Womanizing as always, Prince Hiro. And the answer is still no, I'm happy enough with my married life, with your brother," Rio said as she stood up. Hayami and Yuki quickly followed and bowed their heads.

"Oh, Rin, how are you feeling now?" Hayami looked up at the most charming man of the empire.

"I'm okay now, Prince Hiro, just still can't remember things," she answered, doing her best to sound humble.

"So do you want to marry me instead?" Hayami let her eyes roll before raising her head to look at the prince.

"My answer is also still no, Prince Hiro, I'm happy enough right now, in your brother's house," Rio laughed loudly at her retort.

"Hiro, if you've already accosted the perpetrators come back here, we're discussing something." Hiro quickly turned around and ran after waving at them, with Rio still laughing.

"Milady, how did you know you've rejected Prince Hiro before?" Yuki asked.

"I know that kind of face, if he was always here he'd definitely have asked every woman here at least once."


3rd Prince Aka

Hayami was a smart and tough girl. Nothing much fazed her and she was quick to adapt to changes too. Even if it was her body and time period that changed. She was in an absurd situation but there was no use fretting over it, after all, she had been thrown in the most dangerous period of the history of Japan. She had to figure out how to get back to her own body and time but she wondered how to do that. She couldn't tell anyone who she really is for fear of being called a lunatic. In such a feudal time where hierarchy matters the most and capital punishment is common, being outcast for being a lunatic would probably be worse than falling to Class E in Kunugigaoka Middle School.

However she didn't fully fear the worst happening to her. After all, Social Studies was her best subject and based on her knowledge, she was still doing well on keeping up the act.

"Come now, Rin, it's time to serve tea for the Princes, you can already join us, right?" Rio said, her face now serious and fit for the lady of the house. Hayami tensed. What she wanted most was to avoid the Princes, at the very least Prince Nagi. However she couldn't say any excuse. She had no choice but to follow Rio to the kitchen who immediately gave instructions to the servants. Soon they were marching to the study led by Rio, the servants trailing behind them carrying the tea and snacks.

Before they could reach the study, a red-haired handsome man came out from the study. His gait was lax, but he carried with him an air of authority.

"Prince Aka, are you leaving ahead of the others? We were just about to serve tea," Rio greeted with a smile on her face. Hayami noted that it seemed like a practiced smile.

"Yes, unfortunately, I have things to attend to in the palace. It's a pity I won't be able to enjoy your renowned tea, Lady Rio," Hayami tensed again when she felt the man gaze at her. "Ah, Rin, right? The one who drowned but came back alive."

Hayami raised her head to acknowledge the prince but she felt herself shudder when she met gold eyes. Prince Aka smiled at her and for a moment she thought it was a devil's smile. He bade goodbye and marched on. When he passed by her, Hayami clutched her skirt tightly. He didn't do anything to her but Hayami felt genuinely scared.

"Milady, are you okay?" Yuki asked her when she started to sway even though she was just standing.

"I'm feeling dizzy again," she admitted in a low voice.

"Don't join us today, I'll explain it myself. Yuki, bring Rin back to her room," Rio commanded. Yuki quickly followed and guided her back to her room.

Hayami sat on her bed and clutched her forehead. Her history lessons came flooding in her mind. The most important part about Emperor Souma's reign was that the battle for the throne between the brothers was bloody, and among them, there was one who was known to mercilessly kill his brothers for his own ambition. She wondered why she couldn't remember who it was suddenly. Her thoughts went back to Prince Aka's piercing eyes. 'Could he be?' she thought with a shudder.


8th Prince Sou

It was already night time when Hayami woke up. Yuki brought her dinner in her room and she ate silently, feeling awkward with having an attendant watch her as she eat. Yuki only left her after she had finished bathing.

Having slept for majority of the day, at least for the day she was in Rin's body, Hayami didn't feel sleepy despite the night. She silently went out of her room. It was dark inside the large house, Hayami figured everyone was sleeping already.

Hayami tried to walk as silently as possible until she reached outside. She continued wandering around the estate until she got to the garden again. She admired the clear night sky. The stars were shining brightly and Hayami thought there seems to be more of them here than in modern Japan. She heard what she thought were crickets and the sounds started to seem like a tune to her. She suddenly remembered jazz dancing and felt like dancing. She danced to the nighttime sounds, not noticing that across the garden, inside the study, someone else was still up and awake in the estate. Such someone had silver hair and a tall lean body, the 8th Prince Sou, master of the house and Rin's in-law.

He was working into the night when he caught a whiff of orange-brown hair from the slightly ajar window of his study. Hayami by then was already deeply absorbed in her dance and hadn't notice him watch her. She didn't notice either when he started drawing her and getting absorbed by it. Out of all the princes, Prince Sou had been the less inclined in battle and more into arts.

He had completely forgotten that he was working on something else until he tried to get a better view discreetly and failing at it, his head knocking on the window causing his sketchbook to fall out. Hayami stopped and turned around sharply.

"Uh, I, uh, didn't mean to disturb you, and uh, I didn't mean to watch you," Prince Sou tried to explain. He didn't know whether to pick up the sketchbook or not.

Hayami didn't know whether to be mad or to be embarrassed. She just stared at the tall guy who decided to come out through the window.

"Ah, Prince Sou, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were still in your study," she immediately bowed to him. She finally noticed that she was only wearing her innerwear as she did not bother to change when she went out of her room earlier. She felt her cheeks flush. 'Great, be caught dancing a sensual dance (at least for this era) in sleepwear, he'd probably think you're a perv,' she chastised herself.

"It's okay," Prince Sou decided to just pick up the sketchbook. Hayami watched him and stayed glued to her spot. Her eyes narrowed when she saw the drawing. It was definitely her, her back to be precise, in one of the dance moves. He picked it up and when he looked back at her, he realized she had seen it. They both stayed silent for a few seconds. "So, uhm, what were those moves? A crow interpretative dance?"


Crown Prince Yuu

The following morning Yuki came to wake her up for breakfast. She felt anxious when she was told that she'd be joining the whole family for breakfast. There was only Prince Sou, his wife Lady Rio, and his sister Princess Touka in the family but after last night's encounter, Hayami didn't know how to face the prince. All she knew was that the mood last night felt bizarre.

She was last to arrive at the dining area and she felt ashamed. Prince Sou tried to keep a straight face, Lady Rio greeted her warmly, and Princess Touka regarded her with a calculated smile. "So this is Rin?" she said.

"Of course she is, she's been with us for 2 years, Touka," Prince Sou answered as Hayami took her seat beside Rio.

"I feel like I'm looking at another person," Touka said. Hayami thought Touka looked friendly enough, but she seemed like the type to be calculating everything in the back of her mind. She also felt like there should be something she should remember in history about the well-endowed princess but she couldn't quite pinpoint what it was even about.

"Rin, we're all going to visit the palace today, do you want to go too?" Rio butted in, effectively dismissing Touka.

"Huh? Ah yeah, sure," she nodded as she ate. They continued to eat in silence. Hayami did her best to be discreet as she examined the family.

It was a fairly young family. Prince Sou was only 22 years old, Rio was 23, and Princess Touka was only 18. Hayami had already figured out that she and Rin were of the same age at 14 years old. Hayami's thoughts wandered to the other princes she met yesterday. Prince Aka was 24, Prince Tomo was 21, the others Hayami didn't know but she knew they were all teenagers. Hayami briefly wondered who had come up with the concept of 'age of majority' when all the people here in the past seemed to take roles without regard for age.

They went to the palace afterwards and Hayami gasped to see it in real life. 'This isn't the same as the Imperial Palace in the present. The capital was moved to Tokyo sometime after,' she said to herself.

"Halt!" they all turned to see a young man in armor dismount from a horse. "Oh, is that you, Sou?"

"Yuu-nii, you've arrived," Prince Sou gave a courteous smile at his eldest brother who immediately approached them. "How was your latest trip?"

"Bloody as usual," Crown Prince Yuu replied with a dejected smile. However he put on a happy smile when he turned to the ladies with his brother. "Ah, Lady Rio, it's been a while. And Touka, how are you doing?"

"Your Highness, I've been well," Hayami noted Touka's seeming distance from her eldest brother.

"I heard you won another battle for peace, Your Highness," Rio replied.

"She is my wife's cousin, Rin, she's been staying with us," Prince Sou introduced her. She gave a humble bow. The prince had an antenna-like hair sticking out among his hair and it amused Hayami when it moved as the prince gave her a curt nod with a smile.

Hayami almost felt herself blush. No history book she had ever read mentioned that the crown prince, who would later become Emperor Yuu, was this handsome. Unlike the princes she had met yesterday, this one carried an air to him that seemed friendly, charming, manly, and dignified all at the same time. He looked like he could do anything too.

"That reminds me, when will the wedding push through, Your Highness?" Rio asked. "You've been engaged to Lady Megu since last year."

"About that, it's just too complicated," the prince sighed. "We've been trying to hold the wedding several times but it's hard when you both have people who idolize you to the point they would fight each other. It seems Lady Megu's supporters aren't ready to let her go yet. That and the fact that I'm being sent here and there for battles and talks."

"The Crown Prince is back in the palace, I definitely saw him! Your Highness!" they heard a wave of screams erupt from the beyond the palace gates.

"Oh damn, they're here, gotta run! Royal guards, don't let them in!" the Crown Prince hastily ran inside the palace and they were left to gape at the commotion.

"Well, who would really like to let the most perfect prince get married?" Prince Sou commented as they watched the guards do their best to hold back what Hayami would describe as fangirls.

"What crazy times we are in! When even commoners dare think they have a right to the Crown Prince," Princess Touka dryly remarked, obviously not amused by the events. "Don't they think the Crown Prince deserves no less than the near-perfect Lady Megu?"

"But the Crown Prince has to marry soon lest he lose his title," Rio said.

"He'll marry this year," Hayami uttered which made the three look at her. Hayami stared into space as she once again remembered an important point in history. 'The Crown Prince will be wed and Emperor Souma will die this year. Crown Prince Yuu will become Emperor this year!'


14th Prince Ito

The three allowed her to roam around the palace while they met with the Emperor. She wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings as she walked for she was still deep in thought about Crown Prince Yuu's reign. 'Prince Yuu and Lady Megu will be a good emperor and empress, but their reign will be short, it'll be a bloody battle between the brothers.'

Try as she might, though, she still couldn't remember just who it is who will emerge victorious. She had given up on thinking when she realized she had reached the archery range.

There was no one around but there was a neglected bow and a quiver of arrows. The practicing archer might have left in a hurry. Intrigued, she let her hand feel the bow. She had never touched a bow before but she knew this was totally different from the modern one. She tried raising it but realized it was a tad bit heavy for her though she could manage it. She looked around once more before taking an arrow. Unfamiliar with the weapon, she fumbled with positioning her hands and aimed at the target. She took a shot and it nearly missed. She then smirked. She had already figured out the weapon. She won't miss the next one. She took another arrow and fired. 'Bullseye!' she grinned.

"No use running away, little prince, it's payback for all those times you humiliated us in the market," Hayami was sure there were people beyond the palace walls. She ran to where the voices were closest to which led her to a huge tree blocking a wall. She wondered what she should do when she heard fighting and by instinct she knew someone was outnumbered there. She looked around and saw that there was still no one in sight.

"Ugh!" she grunted then started climbing the tree. She reached a high enough branch to see that she was right, there were people fighting outside the palace walls. She was right on the money too that someone was outnumbered, 5 to 1. That someone happened to be white-haired, and though wearing commoner garb, she recognized him as the youngest imperial prince. "Oi, you guys do realize you're fighting a prince 5 to 1 just beside the palace, don't you?"

They all looked up to her with surprise in their eyes. "It's our problem with the prince, don't interfere, young lady."

Hayami raised the bow and aimed at them in response.

"You can't scare us with that, we're sure all you know is how to make tea, young lady," and the other men laughed.

"You really shouldn't underestimate a girl, I don't care if we're in the Sengoku period or the 21st century," she said and took a shot. It was enough to rip a part of the leader's robe. "For the next shot, I will make sure you'll all have to go home exposed. Leave!"

She backed her threat by holding more arrows, intending to fire it all at once, though she wasn't really sure she could manage multiple accurate shots. Looking at her serious face, it was enough for the men to run off.

"You're a better archer than me," Hayami looked at the prince who was changing his clothes right in front of her, causing her to look away immediately. "It's okay, you can look."

"Don't get the wrong idea. I only saved you because I didn't want to be charged with treason," Hayami went down from the tree, smoothened her clothes and walked away, not noticing the blush that crept up on Prince Ito's cheeks.


4th Prince Ryuu

Upon returning to Prince Sou's house, Rio was immediately busy. She instructed some servants to go out to the market for there was an important guest arriving soon. Intrigued, Hayami joined the servants in going out.

She strolled at ease. She had seen the busy traditional market in movies before but it was livelier in real life, perhaps because of the upcoming feast.

"Make way! The 4th Prince is arriving!" suddenly there was a commotion and the lively mood of the market turned somber.

Hayami looked around as the people hurriedly tried to clear the road as wide as possible, and she noticed they seemed scared.

"Milady, you should stay at the side," Yuki found her and hastily pulled her aside.

"Yuki, what's happening? Why all this for the 4th Prince?" she asked as she strained her neck to see what was arriving. If it was a prince, then all this commotion seemed excessive than the usual welcome.

"The 4th Prince is…" Yuki hesitated as she explained in a hushed voice. "Known by another name: the merciless wolf. They say he kills without regard and no mercy can be seen in his face when he does."

"He's coming!" someone shouted as the sound of horse hooves running gradually came closer. Everyone looked at the black horse carrying a man whose face couldn't be seen, then bowed their heads, except Hayami who kept staring. And so no one else noticed when an innocent child ran through the market straight towards the bridge over by the river.

Hayami looked back at the approaching horse and the child who was approaching the edge of the bridge. She bit her lip and ran towards the child. "Milady!"

"Oh, my baby!" the child's mother ran too and Hayami managed to pick up the child and give it to her before said child reached the edge. "Thank you, young lady. Now we should stand aside, the prince is coming."

The mother ran to the nearest market stall, covering the mouth of the crying child. Hayami was just about to too, however she tripped at a rock she hadn't noticed. She was still at the foot of the bridge then and she knew it was too late for her to stir her body around to avoid falling to the river below. She closed her eyes to wait for the impact as the sound of urgent hooves and dust approached her place.

Next thing she knew, she was scooped up by the waist. She opened her eyes but had to cough at all the dust that came flying towards her. The horse made no pause as she met face to face with the man who scooped her up. 'A mannequin?' she briefly thought. However Yuki's words came back to her and Hayami understood why this man was called a merciless wolf. No one could see his expression because half of his face was covered by his dark hair. Hayami remained staring at him as she tried to remember what his name was. And then her eyes widened.

'It's him. The ruthless emperor, 4th Prince Ryuu!'


A/N: There, I hoped you liked the encounters of Hayami with the princes. A few notes on the imperial family: I based most of the royal family structure on how it was in Scarlet Heart: Ryeo, the princes are mostly of different mothers some of which may be noble and some of which may be part of the royal harem; also the princes are all portrayed by AssClass characters and I used the first two syllables of their first names with the exception of Prince Aka (Akabane); I also decided to pity Sugino and make Kanzaki the one pining for him this time; lastly, I think if Itona would have a crush on a female classmate, it would most likely be Hayami as he seems to have the same ideal type as Okajima, which is why I decided to choose him as the 14th Prince. I'd be updating this a week from now, until then, I hope you liked this and leave me a review too!