"Sigh* so as peolpe who read the author's chapter before i erased it know, stuff happened and... my story got erased - 90 pages of a very dear story which grew on me despite starting from a strained effort to get ideas for stories.
things are... better, i guess? but i am depressed, anxious and don't eat much so when i got my new computer last week (which is a nightmare to use) and sat down to rewrite the story, i broke down, i couldn't do it, i was about to throw this to the garbage because i couldn't do it. but my savior, griewer gave me an outlet and manage to coax me to give this story another chance.
so... the next seven chapters - or at least until the point of the erasure - are going to be sporadic and a bit hesitant since i am still afraid and terrified of the story not being the same as i wrote it before. i also decided that the minute i finish a chapter, i'll upload it so i hope it won't take much longer.
thank you so much for your PM and reviews supporting me. and i am safe, still alive, but quite empty now... don't worry, not gonna off myself or something like that... still have to rewrite this shit...
anyways... gotta answer some reviews now, no? *chuckles* here we go.
review replies:
Ynius: thank you. what was confusing? hopefully the story will clear some stuff up. don't worry, no tragedy this time ^^ and i'm ok, thank you.
DJ Candy: yeah, i gotta give myself the credit for this one. it's pretty original, no? actually planning to maybe convert it to a serious book since i already preparing stuff.
Kyuremblanco7: okay... i had to ask griewer for the translation since i don't understand spanish. everything will be cleared in the future, don't worry.
[btw, a crack reply from david just for the giggles so don't take it personally, okay?
'Dear person_who_asked_the_spanish_question (btw no hablo espanol you silly)... I use Matsui logic and Nagisa is Nagisa so stop asking silly spanish questions (comprende amigo?). Nagisa has super fangs because I want Nagisa to have super fangs. Hope I answered your pregunta. If not well, lo siento pero I still don't speak spanish so get the hell outta my fanfic'
don't hate me, please...]
Owllover1111: thank you, will try to.
CrazywithKaruNagi: *blushes* thank you.
well, that;s karma and nagisa for you. just begging to be casted that way ;p
thank you for the second review. those words did help me, more than you can ever imagine. i will try my best not to let you guys down *smiles warmly*
Kuroi Rin: Rin! it's so good to hear from you again ^V^
yep, you gotta love those two and karma is perfect for this role! i wanted to cast him as loki at first, but it didn't go well with what i wanted to do so here we are!
and we'll see, this story is mainly about them getting used to living as humans. and thank you, a bit hard to write aguri since she's isn't shown with all of her sides.
see ya!
p.s. thank you for the PM.
EtherealTulip: thank you. and poor nagisa indeed *chuckles*
Catturner7007: shit, didn't notice that. should i put a warning for that? *chuckles* thank you.
GodofSpeed: thank you
Guest: thank you, and i guess it got better.
Guest: poor aguri... she will have to deal with a lot now...
NaruShika-forever: i am wondering too...
big thanks to the one who helps me so greatly in this fic, Griewer!
don't own assassination classroom, matsui-sensei does
as always, please review and all this crap.
love you guys.
enjoy! ^^
p.s. shit, the manga is ending this week... WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? HOW WILL I LIVE WITHOUT NAGISA? wait... I'M GOING TO SEE OLDER NAGISA! I CAN'T BREATH! *faints*
Chapter 2 - Morning and shenanigens
"Now, say it with me... 'Ah…'" Was what Aguri heard when she opened the door the next morning, seeing Kaede sitting on bed with bluehead, thankfully clothed now, curled by her side, her finger twirling along with her voice, and is she going mad or did it seem like it was glowing…? She shook her head and leaned on the wall, waiting for them notice her.
"Ah~" Kaede said and Nagisa opened his mouth, trying to copy the girl's mouth movements, only for small hissing noises ending in whines to come out.
"Try again," Kaede didn't seem deterred. Bluehead hissed and tried again only to notice the woman and tilt his head at her, making Kaede look back as well.
"Oh, good morning, Aguri," She greeted her with a big smile, noticing her curiosity, "I'm just trying to teach him to talk since all he does is hiss."
"Good morning, Kaede, and that's a great idea… 'He?'"
"Yes, we had found out last night that he is actually a male snake, which explains his reaction to Karma's teasing."
"I see," Aguri smiled and closed the door behind her, coming to the bed when she remembered and stopped, "Oh, right, I almost forgot. My neighbor gave me this morning a very nice idea for a name. She told me it fits both genders so it's still good."
"Really? What name is it?"
"Nagisa."
"That's a really nice name. What do you think of it, Nagisa?" Kaede turned to the newly named blunet and ruffled his hair, said boy shrugging, giving a soft hiss. Aguri chuckled as she sat on the bed looked around, noticing someone missing...
"Where is Karma?" She received a chuckle as an answer and quirked up a brow. Kaede giggled and pointed to a lump behind Nagisa which suspiciously seemed like a…
"Karma?" She asked the lump, which grunted and the blanket moved so annoyed golden eyes peered out of it.
"What?"
"Good morning to you too, mister," She answered in amusement, "Want to leave the bed anytime soon?"
"No." The blanket covered the gold eyes and Aguri sighed.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't know, was grumbling all morning," Kaede shrugged and Nagisa moved so he was facing the lump and poked it. The blanket moved again so Karma could glower at the blunet.
"Would you stop it?" Nagisa blinked and decided to simply poke the lump again. Kaede laughed and grabbed the brown material, pulling it away from the redhead's body, which started shaking from the sudden cold breeze.
"Hey!"
"Nagisa is so kind to wake you up, the least you could do is get up," Kaede grinned and Karma growled, rising onto his knees, "It's not as if you can't walk."
He wavered and fell on his face.
"Don't tell me… you can't?" Kaede's eyes widened for a long moment and then she started laughing, ignoring the heated look and just focusing on the reddening cheeks. "Oh, god you can't!"
"Shut up! Of course I can't!"
"Why not, Karma?" Aguri interrupted the bantering, hand covering her smiling mouth. Karma turned his glare to her, then mumbled something about missing tails and balance. "I couldn't hear you."
"I don't have my fucking tail and horns, OF COURSE I won't be able to move!" Karma shouted.
"Language, Karma," She reprimanded him, "And even if you lost your tail and horns, that's no reason to stay in bed."
"She's right, Karma," Kaede piped in, grinning widely, "You'll just have to get back your balance. Look at Nagisa, he didn't even have limbs before coming here and he is not whining about that. So why stay in bed?"
"Well, I was comfortable before someone decided to ruin it."
"Oh, hush and get up, we should get up for breakfast anyways," Kaede shrugged and stood up. Nagisa tried to get up from his position by the lump only to stumble on his lack of balance and tumble backwards, falling from the bed and dragging the redhead along with him.
"What th-?" Karma yelled as they ended in a pile on the floor, the girls erupting in laughter at their expanse. He disentangled himself from the other and growled. "What the hell was that for!?"
Nagisa didn't answer, grabbing the bed and his shirt to hoist himself up only to somehow end up on his front. Karma gritted his teeth and pushed the other's face with his feet only to roll away from a lunge.
"Okay, stop it you two," Aguri stepped between the two, the image of the women towering over the sprawled boys quite comical, "I need to start preparing breakfast so the two of you will behave while I'm not here, understand?"
"Whatever…" Seemingly satisfied with the answer, the woman left the room, telling them to hurry and get going.
Kaede watched her leave then turned back to the duo on the floor, face suddenly sullen, "What are we going to do now?"
Karma gave her the stink eye and managed to sit up, wavering a bit but managing to stay on his feet. She smiled a bit forlornly. "It's funny. We fairies have pretty big wings and we can feel many things with them, but I guess we never used them for balance so I barely notice their absence."
"Lucky bitch…" Karma murmured and she grinned at him, "Besides, what can we do? We're powerless here and I am guessing that it's not our time or place since I never knew of this human housing and Aguri's language is different than mine."
"Well, it's pretty strange we understand her and each other despite coming from such different places…" She mused a bit over it then sighed and smiled, "Well, nothing much that we can about it now. Aren't you guys hungry or something? I'm starving! Come on, save questions for after breakfast!" She jumped to her feet and helped Nagisa to his feet then reached for Karma, who growled and pulled himself up only to stumble for a moment and clutch the wall for stability.
"You can ask for help, you know…" She said, then reconsidered it when he snarled at her, "Well, if you can walk, can you keep walking behind us in case Nagisa stumbles. He can't really straighten himself up," She gestured to the blunet who was hissing in frustration while leaning over her shoulder, legs quivering.
"Fine."
They were walking down the hall, Nagisa hissing from the strain while Karma braced one hand on the wall, steps a bit more confident now despite his complaints.
"Oh, shush now, grumpy," Kaede chirped, stumbling a bit from Nagisa's clumsiness, "You're doing a good job so be a big boy and quiet down for now."
"You sound like one of those annoying godsitters…" Karma huffed, "Always nagging the new gods to stop whining and to eat their celestial shit and stuff like that."
"Well, you seem to know them quite well," Hazel eyes narrowed playfully at him, the girl turning around and shouting in triumph at the sight of the table, ignoring the deadly glare. Kaede gently lowered Nagisa to the chair, the blunet hissing in relief and resting his head on the table, falling asleep right away.
"How can he fall asleep so quickly?" Karma rolled her eyes and sat across from him, folding his arms behind his head, "And where is Aguri?"
"I wonder sometimes if you are just trying to get on our nerves," Kaede murmured, sitting next to Nagisa and patting the blue hair, waking the blunet up. Karma opened his mouth to say something when Aguri entered the room with a metal shallow uncovered pot filled with eggs and strips of bacon. Karma's and Kaede's eyes brightened up, Nagisa's still groggy.
"You know, even if you're guests, I wouldn't have minded if you would have helped set the table," Aguri eyed them in a way that said that it wasn't a request. Karma and Kaede eyed each other and stood up, the greenette gently coaxing Nagisa to get up as well, which failed terribly since the boy collapsed back to the chair, legs trembling and the boy hissing in pain.
At the end, Karma and Kaede were the ones to follow Aguri's instructions and place four plates, utensils and cups. The woman nodded in satisfaction and the trio sat down, the food immediately distributed between the four. Karma ate normally while Kaede fumbled a bit at the use of the fork, admitting that back at the village, they would eat with their hands.
Nagisa… well, Aguri had to show him step by step how to use each utensil and explain to him why he couldn't fall asleep on the plate, earning amused cackles from the redhead. It was messy and not once did the woman had to brush oil off the long blue hair. If only it was held back…
Aguri straightened up, earning the attention of Kaede and Karma as she rushed out of the living room in the direction.
"Wonder what happened?" Kaede wondered, quieting down when a loud cheer was heard and soon the black haired woman returned with several circular bands. The duo watched curiously as she sat behind Nagisa and pulled the hair back, securing it in place with one of the bands.
"I found them in my jewelry box in one of my drawers," Aguri said victoriously, "I don't use them since I always keep my hair short so I'm really glad that I remembered where I put them."
The blue hair was now in a low ponytail and Kaede was looking at it with a frown. Aguri slowly noticed the look and blinked in question, wondering if her work didn't satisfy the girl.
"Kaede?"
"Can I… can I restyle his hair?" The greenette asked timidly, almost hopefully. Aguri nodded, wondering what is going on, jumping when Kaede whooped in joy and took another band from her hand, undoing the ponytail, brushing her fingers in the blue locks, parting them and slowly bringing them to two high ponytails, Nagisa barely even twitching at her actions. Aguri clapped in appreciation when the girl finished while Karma just snorted and looked away, annoyed at the scene. Kaede grinned happily and asked the woman to style her hair the same.
Soon, the ponytailed duo was admired by the woman.
Aguri took in the now ponytailed blunet and greenette and suddenly it hit her how… human they looked. Just now she realized how… animalistic the boy and untamed the girl looked – wild loose hair, predatory glare, hisses with him and long rippling hair like water, unrestricted bright eyes, light steps with her – now they just looked like normal kids getting ready to school…
School!
A quick glance to the clock shows her that she still has half an hour and a loud breath of relief was exhaled from her mouth. She gave a smile to the trio and stood up.
"We need to get ready to school so how about I get Kaede and Nagisa bottoms and shirts for the three of you? Just stay here for the moment and I'll be right back," The woman rushed for the second time this morning to the rooms, leaving the trio behind.
"Is it going to be a recurring thing?" Karma asked. Kaede shrugged. Nagisa yawned. "Well, we'll probably will need some shoes so I'm going to look for some."
His brow rasied up in the look of distaste appearing on the greenette's face. "What?"
"I'm going to move him to the couch," Kaede said in return and helped Nagisa to his feet and they slowly walked to the couch, Nagisa swaying a bit and hissing from the strain, not liking it one bit. Karma stayed at the table, eyes glued to the remains of the meal. After a moment, he stood up and collected the plates and utensils and deposited them on the counter, wondering if the woman has a cleaning bucket.
Whatever, less work for him, the better.
Now… where can he find some decent shoes?
Kaede sat on the couch, Nagisa almost instantly curling next to her legs and falling asleep, legs still wobbly and twitching every so often. She smiled softly and brushed her fingers in his tied hair, feeling a bit closer to him now with their matching hairstyles. She fingered her hair, eyes dimming a bit when a flash of red splattered green flashed before her. But she didn't have long to dwell on it since a gray curtain appeared in her sight.
A gray curtain?
"This is your skirt," Aguri said and Kaede looked at the strange skirt. Firstly, it's gray. Secondly, it's gray!
"What is it made of?" She asked suspiciously, "And why is it gray?"
"Oh, this is cotton and it was dyed gray." Her eyes widened and all suspicion flew away. This is harmless. She stood up and took the skirt, attempting to wrap it around her stomach, furrowing her brows when it stopped in the middle. She tugged at it, growing more frustrated with it until Aguri chuckled and took the skirt, showing the girl the hole in the middle.
Her cheeks burned as she finally secured the skirt around her hips and changed her shirt to a plain white. She turned to wake Nagisa up but his peaceful face seemed really content and she felt a bit hesitant to break it.
"Do you think we should just let him sleep? He seems pretty exhausted and he can't really walk properly yet… not to talk about speaking..." Kaede asked the woman and after a moment of consideration, Aguri had to agree with her.
"Sure. From the looks of it he'll probably sleep the rest of the day so it shouldn't be a problem."
"Do you seriously not own one set of good footwear? All I found were heels and some strange flat-heeled ones." The two turned to the redhead, who was holding a pair of pretty beaten up closed shoes. Kaede studied them in disgust while Aguri chuckled.
"Sorry, but I didn't wear those sneakers for a long time and my boss wants me to wear heels," Aguri apologized, "But thank you for reminding me to get you three some shoes. But now the only thing I have to give to Kaede is some flipflops…"
One hazel eye twitched.
"Flip-flops?"
"Well, they sure are… 'floppy'," Kaede scrutinized the strange… flippery things. Just a layer of… hard foam? And harder material where the foot should rest on. It looks disgusting.
"Do I really have to wear them?"
"Yes."
She put them on.
They feel disgusting.
"No wonder the males hate putting on shoes…" She grumbled, paying no attention to Karma's shit-eating grin. Their helper looked at her in worry so she just explained that she had never worn shoes before.
The woman's worry deepened. "Why not?"
"Well, the females' feet are hardened so there is no need. The males are the ones with soft feet, so they must wear the footwear to protect their feet."
"I…" Aguri seemed apprehensive, "never thought it would be the males to wear shoes…"
Kaede gave her a strange look. "Well, we females are the ones taking care of the fledglings and scour for food, so we need to walk a lot and get into hard places so having no shoes is better for us. The males are scouting for potential danger and meat and they need to use their wings so their legs are less exposed."
"That's pretty interesting," Aguri said after a moment. Kaede grinned.
"Does that mean I can walk barefoot, then?"
"No."
"Eh? Why?" Black eyes glanced into hazel in amusement.
"Well, if someone sees you barefoot, they'll think that you're homeless and will take you away from here and you don't want that, right?"
Kaede nodded sullenly. "Don't worry, if you really want, you can take them off at school okay?"
"Yay~`" The girl cheered.
"Now that we're done with the drama, can we move on?" Karma stopped their conversation and the woman took a look at the clock.
They have five minutes. Time to leave. She herded the two out and after giving Nagisa one last look, returning to place a blanket over the sleeping form and putting a note on the table – which in hindsight, she should have known that it was foolish – closed and locked the door, following the two.
The two were frozen in their places when she reached them, bodies tense and eyes wide. A bit alarmed, she turned to see the cause of their reaction and saw…
A white car.
"Why are you giving my car such odd looks?" She asked the two, who jerked and took a step back. "Kaede? Karma?"
"What is this monstrosity…?" Karma growled, either not noticing or too in distress to care that he was standing in front of his shorter companion, almost as if shielding her. Aguri gave them a long gaze, as if to check if they are being serious before releasing a loud bark of laughter, causing the two to look at her, wondering if the monstrosity had broken their helper.
"Oh, I never thought you had never seen a car before," Aguri finally said after calming down, "This is what we call a 'vehicle' or in this case 'car' would suffice. This is a means of transportation, faster than human's legs that's for sure," She said reassuringly to the two, "How about I'll explain this further after we get inside since we are on a rather tight schedule now."
Kaede's hand gripped Karma's in an almost crushing grip, but the soothing tone in the woman's voice and the knowledge that she doesn't want to harm them were the deciding factors for their trust in her words and compliance. They watched as she opened a side hatch and invited them to enter. Exchanging quick looks, they nodded and Kaede shuffled inside first, winching a bit at the cold bite of the gray surface – so much gray – as she moved the other side, tensing up then relaxing when Karma entered as well, sitting on the gray surface – a welcomed color in the sea of gray – and following Aguri's instructions on something that looked like a leather strap and a metal buckle. Karma inserted the buckle into a black container then showed Kaede the ropes as well. It seems that it is a safety requirement, though why the need arises is a mystery she wasn't sure she wanted to know.
Finally, the woman entered the front row of the strange chairs, looking at them with a slight guilty look. "I'm sorry, but I'll have to drive a bit faster than usual since we are running late. Okay? Just hold tight."
They didn't get a chance to ask her for her cryptic words since soon the 'car' started shaking and a strange noise started. Kaede and Karma gulped, hands reaching for their straps—
The vehicle bolted forward and a scream was ripped out of them, swallowed by the car's noise.
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