The Akabane resident workers were all dying in both fear and curiosity. When their young master had come home, he was dragging a young, bluenette beauty. They could not name the gender, but that was not important when the young master allowed no one any explanation. The walls of Akabane manor were all sound proof, and as such they had no knowledge if anything was wrong. However, all were afraid to even go near the entrance to their master's chambers.

*In said chambers*

"Ka-Karma! I-I'm close..." The bluenette panted, trying to keep his hands on the both of them.

"Already? I'm just that good, huh?" Nagisa was to incoherent in pleasure to glare at Karma.

Karma put his hand over Nagisa's, encouraging the bluenette to keep stroking them. Finally, their pleasure reached the edge and flew. White jets were spurted onto the bluenette and the bed. The devil, too tired to care, dropped, sinking his head into Nagisa's neck, and cuddling him. Nagisa had found it surprising when he found that Karma liked cuddling, but it was endearing all the same.

Nagisa held his mate in his arms as he tried slowing his breathing. He felt Karma still, and couldn't tell if he had fallen asleep.

"Karma...are you very tired?" He tried.

"No. What's wrong? Need another round already?" Nagisa felt more than saw the grin his mate had.

"I was wondering...If you..." The bluenette was apprehensive to bring this topic up. On one hand, he knew Karma loved him, but on the other, who would want to be weighed down for their lifetime since high school?

"Nagisa?" the red head had snuggled deeper into Nagisa's neck, rubbing his cheek affectionately on the bluenette's collarbone.

"If you still...wanted to...mate me..." It was out there and if the devil started laughing at him now, Nagisa was sure he wouldn't be able to handle it. Then, there was a kiss to his neck. Soft, gentle, almost imaginary or accidental, but a kiss all the same. Karma's hold became tighter, and he leaned his mouth towards Nagisa's ear.

"Of course."

The weight on the bluenette's shoulders fell, and he felt Karma sit up and bring Nagisa into his arms as sobs began leaving the smaller male. Violent sobs left the bluenette, and he cried and cried. He had been terrified that his mother would keep him from his soulmate. Afraid that his soulmate wouldn't want someone like him. And yet, here was Karma, holding the sobbing boy in his arms, wanting nothing more than to mark and mate him. Nagisa felt as though it was too good to be true.

As his sobs lessened to sniffles, he saw Karma lean his head to Nagisa's neck once again, and began sucking gently, even lapping at some of the cum still there. A hickey was definitely going to be there. Another hand reached down, and grasped his right butt cheek. A shiver made its way through Nagisa as this hand groped and massaged his butt. Karma's other hand came to tilt Nagisa's chin, the devil's lips all too alluring. The kissed became passionate as the red head shared their taste with Nagisa.

Karma's tongue intertwined with Nagisa's and as he felt that hand recede, the bluenette felt no other movements from his mate. So, he quested his hand, and grasped Karma's hard cock. It was no longer flaccid, and yet Karma pulled away his hand and broke the kiss.

"No, we do this right." The statement confused the smaller male, not understanding what was wrong with what they had been doing.

Before answering could happen, Nagisa's hands were grasped in Karma's and brought up.

"May I fateship mark you, Nagisa Shiota?" Karma asked as he kissed the bluenette's hands. So that's what he meant. He had wanted to properly ask. Never in a million years had Nagisa ever dreamed he would be in a situation like this.

"Of course. And May I also fateship mark you, Karma Akabane?" the bluenette replied, kissing Karma's hands in turn.

"You may."

The red head had his arms wrapped around Nagisa's still-coated torso, and he rested his cheek on his mate's right shoulder.

"Ready?" A nod answered him, and Karma was glad. He gave a kiss to Nagisa's pale, soft skin, lapping at the taste of him. Karma began sucking and gently nipping, soon developing in placing his entire mouth on the bluenette's neck. He held Nagisa tightly as he bit down until skin was broken, and at this he felt as though he could sense Nagisa on a deeper level than before. He could sense the pain from the mark, but otherwise only sensed happiness.

The devil pulled off, lapping at the red wounded skin as he did so. The tang of metallic blood coated his tongue as he swallowed. Nagisa was panting in his arms and he hadn't said anything yet. Worry crept into karma and dread caused him to fear he had miss understood something. Then, those blue-teal eyes were lifted. Now that a half bond was there, Karma could easily sense that Nagisa's blood lust was escaping him. He was seducing the devil with his eyes alone.

"Your turn..." Karma managed to say. He was being watched by those uncontrolled eyes, and he wasn't even sure what to do. Suddenly, Nagisa was completely in his lap with his head on Karma's left. A tongue lapped and sucked at his neck, and then teeth were surrounding the side of his neck. He rubbed his hand up and down on Nagisa's back to encourage him to continue. When those teeth sunk in and drew blood, Karma felt as though he was seeing color for the first time. He could completely hear Nagisa as if Nagisa was also himself. The bluenette pulled away and looked into Karma's eyes.

The devil began feeling a strange pulsing, both in his heart and mind. It was like he was seeing only Nagisa and he could zero in on all his movements, from the short, quick breaths, to the number of times he's blink in the past minute.

On a spur of the moment, Karma kissed his mate. The incomplete bonds tingled between them and he has yet to hear Nagisa's thoughts but he senses it's there. He pulled the bluenette into his embrace tighter once again, and fell back onto the bed.

The first thing Karma said was, "God I love you." He was so happy right now. He couldn't wait to see the finished tattoo around his mate's neck in the morning.

"I love you too." Nagisa replied. He and Karma were satisfied and before they went to sleep, they decided to take a shower and get cleaned after all their "exercise". Karma ordered for his meal and one for his "guest" to be left outside his door with no further disturbances. They eat and talked like they were still nothing more than best friends, and they slept in the same bed, spooning. Both could agree that morning was not coming fast enough.

Karma was the first to wake up that morning. He woke up to his alarm once again, but this was a different morning altogether. Not even in his dreams had Karma forgotten about his mate. Nagisa was still asleep, not yet being teased by his devil of a mate. The bluenette lay tucked into Karma's embrace, cuddling deeper as Karma moved. He truly looked like an angel. And now Karma had to wake this angel.

He could sense that Nagisa was at peace, but could not hear any sleepy thoughts.

"Hey, Nagisa, wake up. Oi, wake up." He shook the bluenette a little, whose face looked disturbed as he opened his eyes. The blue eyed boy looked confused, then glanced up at Karma. His eyes grew wide, staring at something either on Karma's face or behind him.

"Karma...the fateship mark..." He whispered in awe. A hand quested up, rubbing along his neck and shoulder.

Karma moved out of Nagisa's warmth, getting out of bed and heading into the bathroom for the mirror. He wasn't disappointed when he looked in the mirror, seeing the mark Nagisa had been talking about. It wasn't fully around his neck like he thought it would be, but it was still existing. It looked like jutted out lines that had points coming down to his collarbone. It broke apart from the back part that looked like the front piece but upside down that stuck into his hair line.

Nagisa ran into the bathroom, and Karma could see the same mark on the bluenette's neck. he turned fully to him, and embraced him, squeezing so tightly. The blue eyed boy welcomed it, hugging even tighter.

Karma! I love you so much!

Wait, Nagisa I can hear you! In my head!

Both pulled back to look into each other's eyes, and they both smiled, maybe a few tears here or there. The bond was complete, and so were they.

As much as I'd love to stay here with you and devour every part of you, School starts in 20 minutes...

The bluenette pulled back and bolted, racing into Karma's bedroom. As the devil followed, he saw Nagisa frantically putting his hair up, unknowingly showing off the fateship mark. Karma supposed he should be getting ready as well.

Hey Karma...

Yeah?

Could we...maybe...not tell the class yet...?

Of course. The octopus would obviously just get annoying and in our faces anyway.

Okay, Thanks...

The red head turned and smiled at Nagisa. He was so happy that he could talk with his mate and lover like this. They'd be able to talk during class, and Karma could distract him during a lesson and provoke him.

This is going to be fun.

Karma, no using the mate bond to distract me from my work!

The devil chuckled. He had forgotten that Nagisa would have heard that.

They left just like that, their marks hidden under their collars. They made their way to school, happy in a sort of domestic way. As they tracked up the mountain, they held hands, chatting about random topics.

"Hey! Nagisa! Karma! What's up?" Came Maehara's voice from behind them.

The two mates let go of each other's hand and turned. Coming up the hill behind them were Maehara and Isogai. Nagisa and Karma split completely and engaged in a conversation with the two. Neither of them seemed to have seen anything thank god, but it was close. The four continued to talk till the building, and entered class. They talked a little bit more as they were split up, but very little. As karma sat in his seat, he heard a gasp behind him and saw Kayano staring at his neck.

"Karma! You have a neck tattoo?!" Everyone in the classroom turned at this comment, and it was noticeable that Karma's collar had shifted a bit, revealing the right side of his mate mark.

Shit...

Karma, Language!

That caused the devil to chuckle a little at Nagisa's correction in his head. He realized he still had to answer, when a certain octopus walked in.

"Did i just hear correctly that one of my students has a tattoo?! That is outrageous!" the octopus announced his presence like that, and everyone turned to him. Karma decided to play along, though he wouldn't really answer yes or no.

"Sorry, Koro-sensei. It was just so tempting~!" The devil replied. He could see Nagisa visibly relax, and that made his shoulders relax as well. The school day morning went on, and then came P.E.

"Alright, so today we are going to be attempting a sort of battle arena. Nobody will know who their up against till before their match since I'm going to be picking names out of a jar. We will be using Anti-Sensei BB's and Anti-Sensei knives. If a BB hits you anywhere or you get hit with a knife, you lose. We'll be doing this all week, maybe next week as well if need be. Technically we'll find out who statistically is the best assassin in the class. Everyone understand?"

A "Yes Sir!" was answered by the whole class, and it began.

(A/N: I'm just going to tell you who fights who and who won for some of them, the winner's name will be underlined.)

First drawing: Okuda - Terasaka

Second: Kayano - Ritsu

Third: Kanzaki - Sugino

And just like that, Sugino's world crumbled.

How?! How am I supposed to defeat...defeat precious Kanzaki?! I...How can I...

Sugino gulped as he walked over, choosing a knife, while Kanzaki only smiled as she also took a knife.

Hand to hand combat?! No! That's even worse 'cause I can't even take a bullet! What am I going to do?!

Sugino was still trying to figure this out, when Karasuma called "GO!"

And just like that, Kanzaki was at him. He managed to dodge, but only just by a hair. He didn't per say 'underestimate' Kanzaki, but he had not expected her to go right after him. Her back is turned to him as she tries to stop her acceleration, and Sugino sees this as his only chance. Raising his hand, he was about to stab Kanzaki, when suddenly she turned around and pinned him right in the chest.

Holy...It was a trap! Damn, she's good!

"Next up is..." Karasuma began fishing around in the jar again. "Nakamura and...Nagisa."

Everyone sits up at that. One of the best assassins in class is up now, and it's against the second smartest. Nagisa hesitantly steps up, and takes a knife, while his opponent takes a gun. Neither says anything until...

"Mr. Karasuma, before you say go, I have a proposition for Nagisa if I win."

"What is it?" Nagisa naively replies.

"You have to tell me what you know about the tattoo on Karma's neck." She answers.

How...?!

Nagisa...

She...what does she know? Is my mark showing?

No...But I'm guessing she was watching before when everyone first saw it. Maybe she saw you relax after I answered.

Possibly. Alright, I might have to use my bloodlust so watch out. It may overwhelm you.

I'm already overwhelmed by you, my dear Nagi-chan~

Sh-shut up...

"Fine...I accept. But you have to actually win first."

"GO!"

Nakamura raised her gun immediately and fired three rounds. As she saw them close to her target, she suddenly felt something. It was a deep, dark, gnawing feeling in the pit of her stomach. She glanced back over to where Nagisa was, and no longer was he there. As she moved to look around, she felt the tip of something being pressed into her neck. She realized that she had indeed found Nagisa.

Everyone was in awe as they saw Nagisa had somehow disappeared only to see him directly behind Nakamura, knife pressed into the left side of her neck and eyes tinged teal with bloodlust.

It was more than Karma could say that he was proud. Maybe even a little turned on. There was also a strange feeling in his heart and head. It felt like yesterday, only more. It was like he could see exactly house Nagisa stepped away from Nakamura, Set the knife down, and knew precisely how many steps he took to get over to Karma. As Karma looked down at Nagisa, he saw the bluenette's blue eyes widen, before they glanced away.

You did well

Th-thanks

You okay?

Yeah, I just...nothing

Next: Maehara - Yoshida

Muramatsu - Yada

"Next up...Hayami vs. Karma!" Karasuma called. This would be interesting. Class' best shot verses Class' most brutal.

Hayami silently walked forward and took a gun. As Karma went to pick a gun as well, the knife right next to it called to him. The feeling from Nagisa's battle was starting to consume him, and he was so confused. Was this some kind of need to prove himself to his mate or something else? It made no utter sense, but Karma chose the knife anyway, surprising everyone else.

"Alright, I'm going to say this sense it's you Karma, if you make your opponent bleed at all unless by their own fault, you will immediately be disqualified. Now, GO!"

Of course Karasuma's worried. Typical.

Karma was suddenly rushed with the need of escape and as he dove to the side, he saw a bullet fly just where he was. He glanced over at Hayami, and saw her 'tsk' since she missed. As she looked at him directly, her eyes grew big, and Karma was confused but used it as an opening. He stood once again, and stalked towards his opponent. It was a stupid idea when she had a gun, but Karma was somehow confident he wouldn't be shot at. As he got closer, he saw her gulp, as if she wanted to run but couldn't.

All Karma could see were her faults. The way her gun was to the side, her finger not even on the trigger. Her eyes unfocused and yet watching his every move. Her stance was not what they had been taught, she was slack-jawed and wasn't moving save for her breathing and shaking eyes. Karma felt invincible, and confused all the same. The feeling in his head and heart had consumed him, and he couldn't shut it down to save his life.

He raised his knife armed hand, and tapped the tip on Hayami's chest, just at her heart. She dropped to the ground, as if in fear.

KARMA!

Nagisa's sudden commentary made Karma drop the knife from his hand and look back towards his mate. He had no idea what he was even doing. He saw more than heard his classmates fear and confusion.

What the hell is this?! I can see everything like it's...like it's...transparent.

Karma...Are you back?

Nagisa sounded hesitant. He sounded fearful.

What do you mean back? I've been here the whole time...

"Hayami are you alright?" Karma heard Karasuma ask Hayami as he helped her up. She looked terrified as she glanced at Karma, and only weakly nodded. Karma was so confused. What the hell did he do?!

"Karma," Koro-sensei started as he made his way over to the devil. "Where did you learn that?"

"Huh?"

"Where did you learn to use bloodlust?"

So that's what had happened. He had somehow used bloodlust and scared Hayami and everyone else to death. Even Nagisa for that matter.

"Sorry Octopus, I can't tell you that." He broke away from the teacher as he walked away, back inside the building. He heard Nagisa calling for him and that's when it clicked.

Nagisa uses bloodlust, and when you have a mate or fate ship, your abilities get shared.

If he did use it just now because of his fateship with Nagisa, then what was so different from his? When Nagisa uses his it's not some kind of fear or terror, but just surprise. What did Karma do?