Disclaimer: I do not own Akuma no Riddle.
A/N: Working on Queen slowly too. This may end up being something on the side if you like the concept.
Haru stood firm, hands raised into tight fists for protection.
She was nervous, for sure. But she couldn't wait any longer. Her opponent was waiting for her to strike.
With a loud cry she ran at Tokaku.
The moment she was within striking distance the world turned around her sharply.
Gentle hands around her waist and arm held her facing the direction she had come.
Haru blinked a few times before she fully realized what had happened.
She had been caught.
"You're terrible." Tokaku whispered to her.
Haru couldn't help but giggled at the blunt statement, "Be more supportive, Tokaku-san."
"I am. I'm telling you you're still terrible so you can get better." As she freed the other girl, calm blue eyes met with warm pink ones.
Tokaku had become a lot softer toward the once targeted girl in recent times. But fighting was still serious business to the assassin.
"You're strong but much too predictable." The killer evaluated. She was honestly worried, "If we're going to see everyone to hand out their diploma's like you wanted … who knows what kind of things those people are thinking."
Those people. Haru mused to herself. Tokaku spoke as though she had not once been a part of that world.
"I asked you to teach me for that very reason." Haru reassured. "I'm sure everyone has also changed from what you remember them as."
A/N: Time to visit everyone to hand out the diplomas! One by one : )