Hello everyone, welcome to another chapter! I am glad I got to post this today, seeing as how I had to rewrite my recent chapter on Beyond Kami and that took forever. Anyway, I am going to address a few reviews before we start.
GunBlade2018- No, the Elemental Nations and the Assassination Classroom world are two different realities, dimensions, worlds or whatever you want to call it.
I-R-Stormzz- I know they're clichés, but where's the harm? Yeah, I made Kushina a kenjutsu master, but I mean, we aren't given a whole lot to work with when it comes to her. I mean, Minato was a Kage level ninja that could take out a whole platoon of Iwa soldiers by himself, it makes sense that his wife is at least close to his level, if not equal. And I don't like that the only thing she's known for is her chains and being a Jinchuriki. I mean, the Uzumaki were FEARED by almost everyone, and yet one of the only Uzumaki that we're shown is only known for two things? Nah, I'm not having it. Ok rant over, sorry about that. Also, I won't be using both of his last names. Most likely, I will only be using Uzumaki.
Chapter 3: The Assembly and a Little Bet
Naruto proceeded to take his seat, which happened to be at the same table as a long, blonde haired girl who introduced herself to be Rio Nakamura; an orange-haired girl named Rinka Hayami who wore her hair in two long braids; and a short, black haired boy who seemed to be more like a silent killer type, named Ryunosuke Chiba. The latter two told him that they specialized in pretty much any gun related issue, more specifically sniping, and Nakamura was the gossip queen of the classroom.
"Now class, later today we will have to travel to the main campus for- I know, I know." He said, cutting off the students' cries of outrage, except Naruto who only looked confused at their disappointment. "We are being called down for a school assembly with the rest of the student body. So, of course, it is mandatory."
"Oh, Koro-sensei?" Looking up, Naruto watched as a girl with purple hair and glasses walked up to the yellow octopus with what looked like 3 vials of purple, yellow, and green liquid respectively.
"Yes, Okuda?" the teacher replied with curiosity.
"Umm, well…I… I created a poison and…and I wanted to see if you would drink it?" she rushed out as she pushed the vial forward towards the teacher.
Everyone just sweatdropped at her attempt, if you can even call it that, at assassinating their teacher. They all thought the same thing: "He would never fall for that."
"Going for the direct approach, I see. Well, nothing ventured nothing gained!" he yelled out enthusiastically as he downed the first vial.
As soon as he swallowed the liquid, the octopus doubled over in what looked like pain, that is, until he sprung back up with a blue face and horns appearing.
"Ah, Sodium Hydroxide I believe. Nice work, if I were a human I would most definitely have bit the dust." He said before downing the next one without warning.
The same thing happened again, only this time his face turned light green with wings accompanying his horns.
"Thallium Acetate, interesting. Let's see what this last one does." This time, he seemed to be in even more pain, building the suspense in the class until it was almost unbearable.
Once everyone seemed on the edge of their seats, Koro-sensei stood back up with a plain white face that seemed to express plainness.
"Wow, pretty anti-climactic." Naruto said from his seat, causing a couple of people to laugh and for the teacher to deflate.
"I understand if you hate me class, but please don't hate assassination!" Koro-sensei yelled out, thoroughly confusing his class.
"Anyway, let's all dismiss for now and transfer into P.E." Kurasuma interrupted, causing the students to quickly leave the classroom, leaving Naruto to just follow the group.
Today, the class of 3-E were playing what they called Assassination Badminton, in which the students hit a small yellow ball that was actually Koro-sensei, with his body tightly compressed into the ball that they were using.
The teams were decided by randomly pulling names out of a hat, to eliminate any hurt feelings for not getting picked.
Naruto was put on a team with 13 other students, making the teams a bit unfair, but no one was complaining, seeing as how Nagisa and Karma were not on his team, and those two were apparently hailed as the top students in assassination. The fact that both were female certainly boosted some of the more feministic students.
Taking in their appearances, Naruto could tell that they were very different from each other, something he was quietly glad for, so that they could both grow their own ways without the chance of copying each other, which was a serious problem for friends that were pursuing similar or the same objective.
Nagisa Shiota, while not particularly smart or strong, had one hell of an analytical mind. He could tell that she was constantly sizing everyone up, either consciously or otherwise was unknown to him. She was standing at a 5'1" with vibrant blue hair, though it was done in a ponytail so as to keep it out of her face. She wore the standard skirt that came with the girls' uniform, though she went against tradition with the blue vest she wore over her white, button-up shirt and black tie.
He could tell that she knew her size could be a disadvantage against bigger opponents, so she tried to go for precision shots, like with the ball and paddle just now. Instead of trying to spike it to try and get a point, she hit the ball up to that her teammates could hit it. Though, other than that, she seemed to have something holding her back from believing in her abilities, more than modesty but not enough to be complete obliviousness. Most likely some sort of self-esteem issues.
The teammate that jumped up to hit it just-so-happened to be his other person of interest.
Karma Akabane. A tall girl, standing at 5'6" with long, dark red hair that she didn't bother to tie up. She wore the traditional skirt, but decided to wear a black blazer over her white button-up, though she kept the top one unbuttoned. She seemed to be the powerhouse of the class, obviously working out and brawling, rather than using precision shots like Nagisa. Karma seemed nonchalant and uncaring, especially about grades and school in general, but everyone could see that she got pretty good grades.
Smirking, Naruto dashed forwards to intercept the shot, stopping the ball from hitting the ground, if only barely, and used Nagisa's move, hitting it up for his teammate, Terasaka, to hit it back over to their opponent's side.
Karma quickly dove to stop the ball from hitting the ground, effectively stopping the opposing team from getting a point, while also giving Sugino a chance to hit their sensei back over.
This went back and forth for a couple of minutes, neither team being able to score a point, mainly because of Karma, Nagisa, and Naruto.
Finally, Karma had had enough and charged at the still-airborne sphere and launched it back into "enemy territory."
Naruto smirked at seeing the girl lose her temper, however slight it might be, and took full advantage. He immediately ran forward and threw away his paddle, confusing everyone.
Once their sensei was hit towards him, the blonde pulled a condensed ball of a net-like material which he threw at the ball as soon as it was hit towards him.
Before they made contact, the net ball expanded, showing large metal balls at the ends, and caught the yellow sphere before suddenly dropping to the ground as if gravity increased dramatically.
Everyone gaped in shock at their now trapped sensei, even their other teachers.
"Damn, that was almost too easy. How have none of you thought of that before?" Naruto asked as he pulled out one of his rubber knives and lazily held it above the ball's face.
No one could speak, to stunned by the almost effortless capture of their target. Everyone could feel the suspense building in their chest, the feelings of jealousy at the blonde's skill and award, but what no-one expected to feel was the apprehension, the hesitation, and the unease at the prospect of their teacher dead.
Many thought that it would be easy to kill their sensei once they actually caught him. No-one thought that they wouldn't actually want him to die, especially so early in the year.
They could even see that Koro-sensei was just as shocked as everyone else.
"Umm, before you kill me, might I ask how you were able to catch me off guard so easily?" the octopus asked nervously.
"Oh, it was quite simple, really. All I had to do was wait until Karma-san lost her temper, which happened when she launched you at me, instead of aiming for the ground to get the point. At that point, all I had to do was throw this little net at you and bam, captured sensei. Those balls on the end are specially designed to increase the gravity exponentially, making it hard for even you to get out, though not impossible if you were in your normal form. However, since you are in your ball form, you are practically helpless." Naruto explained nonchalantly.
Everyone was in shock yet again at the ingeniousness of the plan. Though, now that he had explained it to them all, all Koro-sensei had to do was transform back and escape. Or so they thought.
Koro-sensei was confused, for some reason he couldn't change back. Every time he tried, his little ball could be seen expanding in certain points, making it look like something was trying to get out, before shrinking back into his ball form.
"Oh yes, I see you found the other little special thing about this net. You see, I added certain seals along the net fibers that prevents any change in anti-matter. It took quite a long time to get the sealing formula down, even now, this is the first time I've seen it in action." Naruto explained as he stood back up and started walking back to the classroom, confusing everyone once again. "The problem is that, since it's only a prototype, it won't last long."
As if on cue, the net started to glow a bright blue before the fibers quite literally turned to ash, leaving the octopus free to change back and do whatever he wanted.
"Why didn't you do it?" Koro-sensei asked, catching everyone of guard with how serious he sounded. "Mercy isn't always the right thing. You know of the reward, and of what will happen by the time of graduation. So why didn't you kill me?"
With that, everyone turned to the blonde to hear his response. Naruto stopped in his tracks when he heard the question.
…
Looking back over his shoulder at everyone, Naruto smiled before speaking. "It was too easy. I want to experience first-hand what you can do, you know, feel the full extent of your abilities. Well, that and you have a responsibility to teach and guide these kids. They might not know it yet, but each and every one of them, are exceptional in their own right." He started walking again before adding, "Even you Terasaka."
That got him a few chuckles, breaking the tension around the class and allowing everyone to let go of the breath they didn't know they were holding before talking amongst themselves about what the hell just happened.
"Wow, that was incredible." Sugino gasped as he turned to Nagisa, who had an equally surprised look on her face.
"Yeah, who would've thought that he could do something like that by only being here for less than an hour." Nagisa replied, her mind going a mile a minute.
"And the way he knew how Karma would act is kinda weird, right?" Nakamura asked with curiosity laced in her tone.
"Yeah, I was thinking that too. And what was he talking about when he said 'seals'?" Hayami wondered aloud.
"Ok class, let's get back inside, P.E. is over." Kurasuma called out.
The class proceeded to go throughout the day as usual, though everyone took occasional glances at a certain blonde student, who only took them in stride, not really paying attention to what the lesson was about.
Finally, near the end of the day, everyone was called down to the main campus's gym for the assembly. Well, everyone besides E-class. They were only told the time that it started by some of the main campus students, which turned out to be a lie. Koro-sensei was forced to speed down to find out what the real time was, only to discover that they would have to leave immediately if they wanted to make it in time.
So, everyone was forced to sprint down the mountain, even the teachers, which made Irina curse every few seconds.
By the time they all reached the base of the mountain, everyone was sweaty and out of breath, well besides Kurasuma, though he was breathing a little irregular, and, surprisingly, Naruto.
Koro-sensei was forced to stay at the top of the mountain, due to his…unique appearance.
All of the main campus students were looking at the Class-E kids with sneers and glares, showing their distaste that they made it in time.
They all quickly got into their assigned spots before the assembly could start talking, though they were only safe by a few seconds as the member of the student council immediately started talking.
Naruto tuned most everything out, though he did hear some of the other students comment on their "cool" teachers, well that and the comments about himself, but those were mostly by the girls and a few jealous guys.
He did pay attention when Koro-sensei sped through the gym to give them all their pamphlets, since the student council accidentally didn't print out enough for Class-E students. Even when he wasn't paying attention, he could sense someone watching him.
Looking around, Naruto found a regal-looking boy with strawberry blonde hair and calculating eyes. He seemed to be very arrogant, if the way he held himself and looked at pretty much everyone else said anything.
The way he could really tell that the boy was arrogant, was that he didn't look away when he got caught. Instead, he just narrowed his eyes and continued to glare at the blonde, to which Naruto reciprocated in full.
After the assembly was through, Class 3-E was forced to trek back up the mountain to finish up the day. As everyone was leaving, Nagisa was a little parched and went to get herself a drink from the nearby vending machine.
Naruto, being the last one out of the gym, caught sight of two boys following after her, most likely nothing pleasant in their minds. So, of course, he followed them discreetly.
Seeing them engage the blunette, Naruto silently approached behind them and was almost there when suddenly Nagisa got a dark look in her eyes.
"Kill me? Honestly, I'd like to see you try." She whispered, almost too quiet for them to hear, though it made Naruto smirk.
One of them became frightened and started to back away, the other, however, got mad and raised his fist, ready to hit her. While she could most definitely handle herself, Naruto knew the repercussions to such an action would come back to bite her in the ass if he left them be.
So, acting fast, Naruto snuck passed the scared one and lightly tapped the wanna-be fighter on his shoulder, causing him to whip around, only to see a pair of red eyes with slit pupils staring back at him. That causing him to scream and jump back in fright. The problem was that when he jumped back, he tripped on a rock and fell on his ass.
"You ok, Nagisa-san?" the blonde asked, forcing himself to use the proper honorifics, even though he hates them.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine thank you." Nagisa thanked quietly, still not believing her eyes. Naruto had just suddenly appeared behind her would-be bully and did something to cause him to fall back. (No one saw his eyes except the one guy)
"What do we have here? A delinquent from E-Class bullying one of his betters." Naruto turned to see the strawberry blonde kid from earlier walking towards him with a smirk.
"Asano…" Nagisa hissed quietly, quiet enough for only Naruto to hear it.
"Actually, this guy here was about to assault one of my friends and classmates. So, I helped him make a better decision, one where he wouldn't disgrace this fine institution with his actions." Naruto corrected as the two bullies ran behind the Student Council President.
"Ah, I'm sure that's what happened." He replied with an evil smirk, showing how much he truly believed what the blonde said. "Oh, that's right, you're the new student of E-Class or, as it's better known as, the Class of Failures." Asano added, hoping to get a rise out of the blonde.
"Hmm? Is that what it's called? Never would've guessed by the way the classes are run. Each kid is enthusiastic to learn and tries their hardest on each and every assignment. If that's what you guys call failures, then this school is backwards. And if that's true, then I'd hate to see A-Class." Naruto smirked, trying to get a rise out of the boy.
"Hn, it doesn't matter. Once a failure, always a failure. There's a reason they're all still stuck at the top of the mountain, away from the people who actually have a future." Asano replied coolly, showing how much words affected him.
Nagisa looked slightly down at that comment, that is, before she heard Naruto chuckle.
"Oh, how can you be so right while also being so far from the truth?" the blonde asked as he continued to smirk. "Yeah, they're still in E-Class, but that's not because they're stuck. With the way they're working, I don't doubt that a lot of them could make it to A-Class if they kept at it. No, they're not stuck. They like E-Class. They like having cool teachers who actually want to teach them and help them in all of their weak spots. They want to stay in E-Class because they have friends there, friends who would do anything for each other, even if it meant laying their lives on the line. And honestly, I'm glad I got put in this class." Naruto smiled as he shot down Asano's beliefs, making Nagisa smile and move up beside him.
"Couldn't have said it better myself, Naruto-kun." He turned to see Karma, Sugino, and Kayano move to stand beside them, all smiling due to Naruto's speech.
"Hn, that still doesn't change anything. In fact, I'd like to make a bet." Asano said arrogantly, not showing the nervousness brought on by their sudden appearance.
"Hmm? What bet?" Naruto asked curiously.
"If you three…" he said, pointing to Naruto, Nagisa, and Karma. "…score well enough in the midterm to make it into the top 20 students, I will put in a good word to my father to upgrade your class building." He finished, causing everyone, except Naruto, to widen their eyes. Everyone, even Kurasuma and Irina, had been complaining all day about the absurd heat in the classroom, which would only get worse the nearer they got to summer time.
"And if we don't?" Nagisa asked with a raised eyebrow, nervousness creeping into her voice.
"If all three of you don't make it into the top 20, then you three will become servants of the Student Council for the rest of the year." Asano smirked, causing all five to clench their fists at the degrading request.
Seeing as how mostly everyone were about to shout their denial, Naruto stepped forward with a smirk of his own and gripped Asano's outstretched hand. "We accept." He said, shocking everyone again, though Karma just smirked with him.
"Yeah, I mean, how hard could it be. It's not like we have to get top marks or anything. Just top 20. And if we don't, it's just the three of us, not the entire class. So, I'm in." the red-head agreed with her trademark mischievous smile.
"Good, then I will be looking forward to seeing you three servicing our every need." Asano stated as if it were already decided.
"Yeah yeah, get the hell outta here." Naruto said as he shoo'd the boy away with his hand.
Taking him up on his offer, Asano started to turn, ready to leave, only for his gaze to linger on Karma for a second before fully turning around and walking away.
Karma must have caught his linger because as soon as the boy turned a corner she turned to the rest of them and made a gagging gesture with her finger, causing everyone to laugh on their way off of the school grounds.
"Wait, Naruto, how did you know all of that stuff about us? Didn't you just get here late today?" Nagisa asked, unintentionally showing everyone just how perceptive she is.
"That's true, though, what did you think I was doing that made me so late?" he paused, "I spent every day since I learned of Koro-sensei's appearance watching how you all interacted with one another and with your teachers. I have to admit, I could only smile at what I was seeing. You are all friends, even if you don't want to admit it. You leave nobody out, especially when acting out your assassination attempts, like how I saw Maehara, Himura, and Okajima use teamwork to try and stab Koro-sensei when he was prepping lab." Naruto explained with a smile as he continued to walk.
Everyone was surprised yet again, "Wow, you've really done your research." Sugino said with a smile.
"Yep!" Naruto replied. "You have no idea." He added in his head.
Since they were the last to arrive back at the classroom, they had only just walked in when Koro-sensei started drinking a vial of liquid. You see, Koro-sensei and Okuda were starting to collaborate on a poison that might work against the yellow octopus and had let it ferment while they were in the assembly.
Once he drank the liquid, Koro-sensei started to tense his entire body up. Though, instead of pain, it seemed like the teacher was… laughing?
"Hahaha, thank you, Okuda. That was just the thing I needed to LEVEL UP!" with that exclamation, Koro-sensei roared before seemingly melting into a grey blob of slime.
"Wha- I don't get it?" Okuda asked as anxiousness started to grip her heart.
"You see, I didn't help you make a poison. What that liquid actually did was increase my fluidity." He said before he started to zoom around the room. "I can now fit into even the tightest of nooks and crannies." He said from inside Kataoka's desk, before flying off again. "And the best part is…I lose none of my speed!"
"You tricked me! That's not fair!" Okuda yelled, frightened at what she had done.
"Not fair? Persuasion and how you speak is a vital point of assassination. You could've made the deadliest poison or even the cure to cancer, but all of that is wasted if you don't know how to persuade someone to drink it or how explain your breakthrough." Koro-sensei explained as he slithered his way to his robes.
"What do you mean, sensei?" Nagisa asked, though she thought she knew what he meant.
"Naruto, say you were trying to poison me. How would you go about it?" he asked, wanting to get a better read on the boy.
"Simple, while I am no chemistry whiz like Okuda here, I would probably slip unnoticeable traces of multiple different ingredients into some of your favorite foods to see how you react to each of them, seeing as how normal poisonous materials don't work. Once I found an ingredient that would work well-enough, I would mix it into your favorite food and offer it to you as a gift." Naruto listed off nonchalantly.
Everyone sweatdropped, he planned all of that out, on the spot, and he calls that simple.
"Excellent! You see Okuda, to properly persuade someone, you must get inside their heads, use your words creatively in order to meet your goal effectively. In poisoning, as in life, the key to success is communication." Koro-sensei explained with a smile, causing everyone else to smile as well.
Karma then laughed before speaking, "Wow, talk about turning the tables, eh teach?"
Everyone chuckled at that, though Naruto could tell that Nagisa was thinking something.
"Well, I think that's enough for today. You are dismissed everyone!" Kurasuma called out. He came rushing in when he heard all of the ruckus, but only got here in time for the lesson, which made him smile at the octopus's antics.
Chapter End
Thank you all for reading! The pairings are decided and it will be…*drumroll*… Naruto x x x , though the Koro pairing will come into effect way later in the story. I'm sorry if some of you are displeased with the pairings, but I didn't want to make it a huge harem with all the girls because it's set in a sort of real world setting where polygamy is frowned upon, to put it lightly. So not every girl is gonna go for the whole sharing deal, even if they really like the guy. Nagisa and Karma will agree because they are already good friends and Koro will join because she's never had anyone to love, besides Aguri, and even then, she dies almost immediately afterwards. Oh, that reminds me, if you want to help me name Koro-sensei's human form, you can post it in reviews or PM me, either is fine. I just suck at coming up with names, and he didn't even know his name, so I don't have something to work off of.
Anyway, please review and tell me what you all think and I'll see you all in the next one. Seeya!
