Flow of the Mind
Chapter 2: First Days
Disclaimer: I do not own Assassination Classroom or any of the characters involved except Guardian W. Water
Another day, another session of the assassination classroom.
Water opened her eyes and looked out the window of her apartment. She sighed before getting up and getting ready for class. She'd spent a week with Class 3-E in an attempt to get over her shyness and inability to work well under pressure. So far it had been difficult work and she hadn't made much progress, but today was another day.
Water grabbed her bag and her keys, locking the door behind her she made the two mile trek to class 3-E's school building. As she arrived she noticed that everyone seemed to be more downtrodden than usual. Her first instinct was to take her seat and keep to herself, but then she remembered why she'd been sent here in the first place.
"H-Hello everyone," She said with a smile.
Nagisa looked up and offered her a weak smile, "Hey Water, how are you?" he asked.
She stood close to his desk as they spoke "I-I'm alright, thank you… why is everyone so down today?"
Nagisa laughed nervously as he cast a glance at the rest of the class. "I think we're all finally getting used to the idea that we'll never be able to kill our teacher, and with that in mind we've just kind of given up,"
Water followed his gaze over the rest of the class, she frowned before sighing.
"Hey you two," A voice said to them.
The pair turned to the door to see Kayano enter,
"Hey Kayano," Nagisa said as she walked over.
"What's got everyone down in the dumps?" She pointed with her thumb over her shoulder at the rest of their class.
"It's finally sinking in that we won't be able to kill our teacher, at least that's what Nagisa thinks," Water explained.
"Yeah, I suppose that makes sense, how are we supposed to kill that thing anyway?" Kayano asked.
"I would offer to use my powers but unfortunately they've been sealed according to Guardian Law," Water gave a nervous chuckle as she said that.
"Yeah, I think your master thought that might make it too easy," Nagisa told her.
The trio heard a bell echo within the building and took their seats. A minute later everyone was quietly waiting as the door slid open and their teacher slithered into the room.
"Good morning class, how is everyone doing today?" He asked cheerfully.
"Good morning sir, we're doing fine thank you," the class recited.
"Good to hear! Today we'll be starting in on some difficult lessons so I want you all to pay special attention alright?"
The class nodded their agreement and the teacher began to take roll. A few hours later the class let out for lunch break, Nagisa, Kayano, Water, and another boy, Sugino, were sitting at the edge of the tree line as they ate their lunch.
"Any plans on taking down the teacher?" Sugino asked Nagisa.
"No, unfortunately he hasn't given us much to work with. I've been trying to note down any potential weaknesses but so far I haven't got much,"
Water was paying attention to the conversation with acute interest, she was here to help class 3-E and that was her only chance to return home, any opportunity was worth it in her opinion.
"Well, I've been thinking up my own idea," Sugino said with a grin.
"What's that?" Water asked.
"I've designed a special weapon that plays to my strengths," Sugino reached into his lunchbox and produced a baseball, but it was immediately noticeable as different than a normal baseball. Infused into the material were a number of anti-teacher BBs, weapons designed by the government that could actually inflict damage on their teacher.
"What were you planning to do with that?" Nagisa asked.
"I was thinking of throwing it at the teacher when he wasn't looking, if this hits him head on it's lights out," Sugino grinned as he saw the scene play out in his mind.
"Do you think it'll be fast enough?" Water asked.
"I'm sure it will be if I catch him by surprise, he may be able to move at Mach 5, but if I catch him with his pants down he won't stand a chance," Sugino seemed exceedingly confident in his skill and his plan.
Water seemed hesitant, "Could it really be that easy?" she thought to herself.
The bell rang once again signaling everyone to return to class. Packing up their lunch and Sugino's secret weapon the children returned to the classroom and listened for the rest of the afternoon as their teacher lectured to them. After the dismissal bell the class went their separate ways, but Sugino, Nagisa, Kayano, and Water remained behind, hiding out in the treeline and waiting.
Nagisa had been taking notes of the Teacher's schedule and knew that every day after class he would relax in a small clearing near the school building and read magazines, Sugino took this opportunity to test his plan.
The group was observing the teacher from a distance as he giddily enjoyed his read, a small cone of ice cream held in one of his tentacles.
"It's now or never," Nagisa whispered to Sugino.
"Yeah…" Sugino stood from the bush they'd been hiding in and slowly closed the distance so there'd be less time for the Teacher to react.
He took up his pitching position, his weapon held in his right hand, delivering a fast motion throw the ball was sent flying as a blur toward the Teacher. Sugino grinned as it looked like it would connect with the back of the teacher's head, but then in a flash he was gone.
"What the?!" Sugino shouted in surprise.
"Nice try Sugino, but I'm afraid you'll have to be faster than that," The teacher's voice said to him from behind.
Sugino turned and saw the Teacher holding his weapon in a catching glove wrapped on one of his tentacles.
"How did you-"
"I heard you coming out of the bushes, and the wind coming off the ball was a dead giveaway of your plan," The teacher replied, "But I will give you an A for effort and creativity, good try playing to your strengths like that,"
He put a tentacle on Sugino's head as he said this.
"It wasn't good enough though, I didn't kill you," Sugino replied.
"No, but you started something I think. Students will hear about this and I think that'll pull everyone out of this slump you've all found yourselves in. Keep trying to think up new and creative ways to kill me alright, and maybe your fellow classmates will be more willing to help you next time," He addressed this last part to the trio still hiding in the bushes as he turned his head to face them.
They revealed themselves and chuckled nervously. After collecting his weapon from the Teacher Sugino and the rest were making their way home down the massive hill.
"Well that was a total flop," Sugino said disheartedly.
"Yeah, I think we'll need to do some more research on Him before we can come up with a good plan," Nagisa said in an attempt to console his friend.
"You know, I just realized something," Kayano added.
"What's that?" Water asked giving her a curious look.
"The Teacher doesn't have a name does he?"
The trio looked to each other before looking back at Kayano.
"No, I don't think he ever said his name" Water answered.
"Then what about we give him one?" Kayano said with a grin, "And I've got just the name,"
The trio waited expectantly for her proposal, "Korosensei!" She shouted giddily.
"Korosensei?" Water asked, unsure of the name.
Kayano nodded, "Yeah, it makes sense, Korosenai means unkillable right, and Sensei means teacher. Sensei and Senai are similar so if you just swap them out you get Korosensei,"
The group nodded as they heard her explanation.
"I suppose that makes sense," Water said after a minute of consideration.
"Alright! Korosensei it is!" Kayano said in a determined tone.
The group eventually reached the bottom of the hill and parted ways, Water gave herself a small smile as she returned to her apartment. Unlocking the door she dropped her bag in the doorway of her bedroom and flopped down onto the bed.
"Another day, another failed attempt to assassinate Korosensei," She said to herself before releasing a huge sigh.
"There's always tomorrow,"