Tentacle Time
Where Nagisa a manga reader like his classmate Fuwa, he should've been able to see this coming.
What type of event was coming, one might ask.? Why its very simple, dear reader:
The arrival of his foil and counterpart.
XXX
"We're getting a new student today, class." Koro-sensei said early one day. "Please make him feel welcomed."
Into the room stepped two individuals; the new student, a boy with a towel wrapped around his head, accompanied by a man dressed entirely in white, revealing only his beady eyes.
Nagisa's pulsing headaches and itches returned en masse, much worse than ever before. He downed his water bottle in an attempt to lessen them and cover himself, to no avail.
"My name is Shiro." The man in white explained as he bowed. "This is my ward, Itona."
Itona made his way right up to Karma and glared at him.
"You're strong." He pointed out. "I'll have to crush you."
Karma simply smirked; a challenge? He was delighted.
"Bring it on."
"Please don't encoura..." Nagisa started before the new student then turned his glare on our herp, glaring at him with all his might and silencing him.
"Now, now." Koro-Sensei called. "It's all well and good to want and mingle, but class is in sesseion."
"Of course, of course. Please, forgive him. He was home-schooled until recently." Shiro said. "Itona, say hello."
The new boy turned to face Koro-Sensei, have him a look over, opened his mouth and said:
"Hello…brother."
Before anyone could inquire as what the boy meant by his words, one of Koro-sensei's tentacles was sliced right off…by one of five white tentacles coming Itona's forehead.
"Where. The Hell. Did you get those tentacles?" Koro-sensei glared in anger, his head turning black in rage and his teeth grinding.
Itona then spun downwards, ridding Koro-Sensei of his leg tentacles
It was then that everything clicked with Nagisa: the pulse he got whenever Koro-Sensei was around were the same as Itona.
Tentacle tip #10: Tentacle users CAN sense each other!
The newest tentacle user attacked Koro-Sensei, who dodged...only to loose another tentacle. All turned to see Shiro had a wrist mounted blaster filled with Anti-Sensei bullets...and another with a ray that made Koro-Sensei as stiff as a board.
"We're going to be bringing you down, Koro-Sensei." Shiro annouced with glee. "Go wild, my student!"
And Itona did just that; putting their teacher on the defensive. Throughout teh fight, his eyes never lefyt Nagsia.
'Oh crap.' The blue-nette thought. 'He knows. HE KNOWS!'
His pleading and wanting for Koro-Sensei grew. Itona had only locked eyes on him, Karma and Koro-Sensei. Based on the way he carried himself, there was nothing keeping him from revealing what Nagisa feared the others finding out.
He had no alibi or lie for that.
But, as the fight went and Shiro ranted about Itona being made to kill Koro-Sensei, Nagisa noticed that the white haired boy had also shot Kayano a look. That logically only lead to two possiblities: Either she was stonger than she let on...or...
And for the first time, a thought occurred to him. Well, not the first time. It had crossed the recesses of his mind before, but he gave it no thought:
The pulsing also happened whenever Kayano was around.
Was she a tentacle user?
Questions to be answered layer.
In another verse, Itona would've eventually been stopped when Koro-Sensei had ridden the boy of his tenacles through taking his students' Anti-sensei knives and then trapped him in shedded skin.
But not here.
Here, while the teacher was panting, Itona turned his attention to Nagisa.
"You."
He leapt towards our hero; his goal clear.
"ITONA! FINISH KORO-SENSEI FIRST! LEAVE THAT BOY!"
XXX
In spite of everything, Nagisa was calm...and he smiled at his attacker.
Itona's tentacles flew wildly and where without a doubt powerful; destroying most of whatever they touched. And Itona himself looked very fit; easily being able to fight Karma and the others.
And yes, Nagisa was still weak bodied...but he had one advantage over his attacker: He ahd been practicing his tentacles in secret and found out a few things he was certain had not occurred to his white-haired countepart
Nagisa wrapped 20 tentacles around his arms, then using the remaining tentalces to keep his feet on the floor. So when Tonality brought down his tentacles, he war surprised to find the blue-haired boy caught them: two beneath his right arm, another two in a vice grip over his head...and the other on the floor, as it ahd but cut by the knife in Nagisa's mouth.
Still, this wasn't enough, so Itona threw down a punch...which Nagisa blocked with his own, slicing off the two tentacles in the vice grip before doing so.
If their life was indeed a manga, this would've been a full page spread: The clashing of fists, with winds of an impact knocking those with lesser strength and minds outright
Itona suddenly tensed for a second, feeling hot breath and a constriction around his chest. He turned just as a snake reached to take a bite out of him and he stumbled, allowing Nagisa to slam into his stomach shoulder first and send him flying into Shiro, who caught him readily.
Itona however, was out cold. Shiro glared at Nagisa and readied his Anti-Sensei blaster, only to be grabbed by his target.
"Teachers. Never, Hurt, Students." The yellow octupius growled. "Now, leave."
"Fine. But you'll see us again, Koro-Sensei. And you, boy..." Shiro growled at Nagisa. "I'll be watching you. I have an idea where you got whatever set my charge off, and If I'm rigt, I'll make sure you pay for it."
The two then vanished, leaving so many unanswered questions.
"...So, who wants a half day?" Koro-Sensei asked, breaking the silence
"Well too bad!" The tentacled teacher smirked. "Get ready for Math!"
Everyone groaned.
XXX
In spite of the crazy beginning of the day, everything seemed to proceed as usual. Irina failed to gain Karasama's attention, Koro-Sensei avoided assassination attempts without effort...
The highlight had been Fuwa's story of how Koro-Sensei and Itona could be brothers.
The one downside? Nagisa's popularity at taking down Itona. In spite of sounding taht the old Nagisa would've been proud of, it did nothing to quell the worry filling the blue haired boy's being
'Keep it cool, Nagisa' Our hero told himself, praying his teacher wouldn't make the connection of him having tentacles. He had no doubts his fellow students wouldn't...but still. Said tentacles were itching to burst and let loose, almost radiating blood lust to HIM!
So, when the bell rang, he was NEVER happier to get out and away from the others, even contemplating using his tentacles to get home as soon as possible, consequences be damned (Koro-Sensei couldn't hamr hi...wait, that left his mom open...oh well, a risk he was willing to take)..until a spot of familiar green hair caught his eyes.
Nagisa caught up with Kayano, who smiled at him
"Finally got away from your adoring fans?"
"Hardly." Nagisa retorted. "Terasaka and them want to fight me, Karma and Mr. Karasama want to up training and Bitch-sensei...honestly, she scares me sometimes."
Kayano frowned.
"Most guys would LOVE being in such big boobs."
'Most guys don't deal with a psychopath of a mom who has aged graceully.' Nagisa thought to himself.
"Come on, you're my best friend aside from Karma." He pointed out.
"That was freaky, wasn't it?"
"Yeah."
"So what do you think Itona's deal with you was?"
The worry returned, if only for a moment
"I mean, no offence, but you're not the scariest kid in the school."
And now he felt insulted
He could ask her, he knew that. It was so simple to do. Just ask
'Hey, did you notice that Itona gave you a glance as well?'
But he didn't.
After the stressful day thus far, Nagisa didn't want to add any more drama. This little bit of banter was what he needed.
"He seemed kind of out of it." Nagisa honestly answered. "I'm more surprised I was able to hold him back."
"Guess Karma training you is working out, huh?"
"Someone say my name?"
The redhead and Okuda appeared alongside them, said redhead taking his best friend in a neck grip.
"Having another moment of badass again, Nagi? If you're this good already, maybe Ishould try and take over for teach!"
"Please don't." Kayano begged, horrifying images filling her head.
"He's really not that bad." Nagisa and Okuda assured her, the shy girl's comment getting Nagisa's attention. He remembered Karma had expressed interest in the chemist on the class trip...When had that happened.
"So, what's everyone's plan for the weekend?" Karma asked. "I'm going with sis to visit my grans."
"I'm going to helping out at my family's shop." Okuda confessed.
"Well, i was thinking of checking out that new pudding shop." Kayano explained. "But my folks are out of town and didn't leave a heck of a lot of Yen..."
Karma jabbed Nagisa with a shoulder and motioned to the green haired girl.
"Um..." Nagisa asked. "W-when were you thinking of going?"
Kayano saw this, as well as Karma and Okuda backing away slightly.
"Tomorrow? Around 3?"
"I can take you." Nagisa offered. "My dad's support came in...Of course, if you don't want to, I'd compeltly under..."
"I'd love to." Kayano cut him off.
...
...
"So...pick up at 2:30?" Nagisa asked
"2:30."
Karma and Okuda fought the urge to squeal in joy, settling for a high five
"Remind me to tell Nakamura." Karma whispered.
XXX
Thankfully for Nagisa, his mother was at work, giving him some time to work. Not on homework. No. This was much more important:
He had to hide the vial of Anti-matter fluid. If Itona had proven anything, its that anyone could get them. And while Shiro seemed to have a more 'effiecent' way to do them, he couldn't run the risk. He had to hide it.
The problem was...were?
Under the bed?
Most obvious place.
The closet?
Another obvious pick.
One of the drawers in his desk?
Maybe...but that was another obvious pick. And besides, like the above two; is mother could easily find it in one of those.
His uniform?
He walked to school everyday, it'd probably fall out. And one, possibly two, tentacle users aside from Koro-Sensei were bad enough.
Nagisa racked his brain, trying against all hope to come up with a solution to this problem.
"Think, think, think!"
He spied something: under his door there was a partially uplifted doorstop. Taking out the vial, he looked at the spot. It sure wasn't too obvious; he could forget about it, yes...but still remember it.
Finding no other alternative, Nagisa stuffed the vial into the flap an dused some tape to block it off, using his tentacles to push down to make sure it stayed. And not a moment to soon, as he heard the door click and his mother walk in.
"Hi mom."
"Hello sweetie, how was school?"
"We had a new student, but he got expelled for picking fights." Nagisa said.
"Classic E-buliding student behaviour." Hiromi mused as she poured herself a drink, Nagisa getting some of teh dinner supplies ready. Once again, she'd barely give the mostly premade meal any thought. "Still, at least this nw teacher of yours is on top of bad apples."
"I...also...kind of...maybe...have a..." Nagis paused, trying to find the best words to appease his mother and get her permission for what was coming next. Finding no other words, he came clean:
"...I have a date tomorrow."
Hiromi's eyes shot up and she marched right into her son's face.
"Who?"
Nagisa weakly took out his phone and showed his mother teh picture Karma had taken as they left for class that day.
"Her name is Kayano Kaede." He explained. "She's new, but very nice..."
Hiromi's eyes widened and am smile appeared on her face.
"Your first date!" She beamed, taking him into a hug and smothering him with kisses. "Oh! I think I have a good jacket laying around somewhere...where are you planning to go? Plans on what to do? Oh, what are her parents like?"
It would be a long, but good night at the Shiota household that night as Hiromi hounded Nagisa for details and offered some good ideas.
XXX
Shiro, aka Kotaro Yanagisawa, prided himself on the fact he was not an idiot. Perhaps a little too much, but try telling him that without getting a black eye. His incredibly wealthy parents had spoiled of him and his good looks (snake eyes aside) and made many look the other way in how he treated others, so being told he was wrong or in the wrong was almost a foreign thought to him.
Back to the above; he was no fool: He had suspected someone would come across his old lab, and inwardly cursed himself for not taking care of that sooner. But at the same time, it wielded an oppertunity:
He had seen the blue-haired boy at his lab the night everything went wrong thanks to a closed-circuit TV. In hindsight, Shiro probably should've gotten after the boy a little sooner. But Itona needed conditioning and he had been having such fun creating his alternate persona.
Besides, seeing another person survive the Anti-matter tentacles proved his theory still could have some merits. And as for the boy? Not a problem.
All it would take is a little digging and favours being called in; as wealthy as his family was, on top of what the UN was paying him on the information he gave on Koro-Sensei, it would be done by the end of the week at the latest.
"Sensei!"
Speaking of wards!
"Awake Itona? Go back to sleep; you'll need energy for the next batch of treatment. Dinner'll be here shortly."
"That...blue...weakling...!"
"Relax, my ward. Relax." Shiro hushed his pet, upping the sedative. "We'll deal with him soon enough. But for now? We wait and plan. Strength is important, but with information to direct it, it is useless."
Itona wanted a rematch? He would get it
And this time, he'd win.
XXX
"Okay, just be cool Nagisa." He told himself as the door to the apartment Kayano called home the next day, just as said door suddenly opened. "Everything's fine, just have a good time with the girl you can't get out of your heaa…."
Nagisa's jaw dropped as he dragged the 'a' in his speech; Kayano had opted to wear a sleeveless green dress and red scarf. She'd let her hair down as well, with waves of green cascading from her crown.
"So, how do I look?" Kayano asked coyly. "Figured I'd try something different."
"….Beautiful." Nagisa finally said, straightening his form and offering Kayano his arm. "Shall we go fill ourselves with delicious pudding?"
Kayano giggled and took Nagisa's arm, beginning the trek to the pudding restaurant.
"So, what did you last night?" Nagisa asked.
Kayano shrugged.
"Just watched some movies. You?"
"Got lectured by my mom for about the billionth time before I let this little event slip. Then she got off my case and started planning everything from tea to drink at the resteraunt to when and if she meets your folks..."
It was also one of the few times she seemed like a genuine mother, he mused. Still, he kept that to himself.
"I almost slept in; mom didn't let me go until 3 in the mornin g." He confessed "Thank goodness sensei shot me a text...not sure how he knew, however..."
"Well, when you can move at Mach 20...and he does care about us after major events. Like you tanking some tentacle user." Kayano mused, and the two smiled with a chuckle."He's pretty good, isn't he?"
"Best teacher I've ever had." Her date smiled, noticing a change in her demeanour; her norally sparky demeanour downtrodden. "So….what's on your mind?"
Kayano looked down at the ground.
"I just…remembered my sister. She was a teacher too, you know. Kind of an airhead sometimes, but she loved…."
"All her students." Nagisa smiled. "I know. She was my teacher. Ms. Yukimura."
The two stopped walking, and Kayano tensed, letting go of Nagisa's arm.
"How long have you known?"
"Since Itona attacked Koro-sensei." Nagisa admitted. "It's...kind of hard to explain..."
It was indeed: How do you explain that you have tentacles as well? A proper assassin (and anyone with common sense) knew not to tell everything, but Nagisa couldn't find a reason not to at least tell Kayano...or Akari, he mused, a half truth.
"Ever since sensei came along, I've been getting these...headaches."
"I remember." Kayano reminded him, her tone saying 'get to the point.'
"...And when Itona came in, i got those same headaches...and to be honest..."
This would probably alienate her from him for good, but while he was spilling his guts and soul out, he figured he might as well come out clean.
"..I've kind of had them around you too. But I didn't want to believe it. I've also seen a couple of your movies."
"What do you know?" Akari frowned.
"That you have tentacles on your neck and are...were...the younger sister of Yukimura-sensei" He explained.
"Then you know everything." Akari said, clutching her hand. "That I…"
"Used me?" Nagisa smiled. "Yeah maybe, but I should thank you. If you hadn't become my friend while Karma was gone, I'd never had the reason to even try and take out sensei…Though knowing what I do about you now, I'm sure you could've gotten out by yourself out of that kidnapping situation?"
This took Akari/Kayano for a spin. Her red herring….was okay with being such.
"Don't you get it, I faked everything!" She snapped. "The friendships…!"
"No you didn't." Nagisa smiled. "If you were really faking all of that, you would've left before now and left me alone. Come on, try to deny that."
The green haired girl couldn't.
"When did you become an expert in psychology?" She teased half-heartdely. "I know Koro-Sensei hasn;t been teaching that."
"Spend time with a psychopath mom with delusions of lost innocence." Nagisa shrugged, as if reading her mind. "You pick up a thing or two."
The girl looked like she was about to burst into tears. Seeing this, the boy's face took on a concerned look and he slowly walked over to her.
"Kayano, I mean Akari?" Nagisa asked. "C-can I hug you?"
The girl whimpered and nodded, letting the boy take her into a kind embrace. Nagisa let her wail in pent up sadness and rage…along with some relief.
"Please don't cry." Nagisa smiled. "Tears don't belong on your pretty face."
Kayano laughed lightly.
"You know, some people would say the things about you."
Nagisa tensed.
"Oh come on, not you too!"
Kayano began laughing, making Nagisa smile and stretching his hand out for a shake.
"I'll help you take sensei down." Nagisa promised. "And, I'll even let you deliver the killing blow. But for now, how about we get to the pudding place, stuff our faces, and have a good time?"
The girl nodded in agreement and slipped her arms around Nagisa's.
"Pudding ho!" They said together and raced towards their destination
A few minutes later, they reached their destination: It was a two floored resteraunt with a dance floor
"Welco…Nagisa?"
The boy turned to see a woman about Irina's age with short brown hair and petite bulid dressed in a waitress outfit.
"Auntie Sekai?" He asked, honestly surprised. "I didn't know you worked here?"
"Work?" Sekai smirked before turning to see who he was with. "I own this place, boyo. My usual waiter is si….Now less about me and more who this jade haired cutie with you is."
"Auntie…" Nagisa blushed.
"I'm Kayano Kaede." The girl smiled. "Nagisa's girlfriend, pending this date goes well."
Sekai smiled at this and turned to her staff, who all suddenly stoof behind her as if she was a dreaded drill Sargent.
"Alright everybody! Treat these two like royalty, make em fall in love! This is a 'failure is not an option moment!' DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!"
"HAI!" The staff saluted.
"Come on you two." Sekai smiled as she motioned the two over to a table near a window and the dancefloor on the second floor. "Best seat in the house."
She then left them to go over the menus, delighting when her nephew helped his date into her chair.
"Um, Kayano?" Nagisa asked weakly.
"I meant what I said." She smiled mysteriously. "This date goes well, and NagKay becomes official."
Nagisa's face went red from heat and spotting the bathroom.
"Excuse me for a sec."
XXX
The assassination prodigy of Class-E let out a massive gasp for air and dosed his face in cold water. He then glared at his reflection
"Come on Nagisa!" He told himself. "Man up! Prove you don't have to drop your shirt or pants! This is about Kayano."
He looked at his reflection steeling his eyes.
"You took down a gang of thugs for her. She's the first person to treat you decently aside from dad and Karma. You can make this afternoon one of the greatest of her life, as well as yours. For crying out loud, you have freaking SUPERPOWERS! You stopped being a pansy the second you jumped off of that cliff!"
His confidence began to refill his form. With a smile, he pulled on his hoodie like a suit, did a slight spin and pointed to the reflection.
"Now get out there and win your girl!" He told himself, stepping outside.
"Sorry about that." Nagisa smiled as he sat back down. "Have you decided what to order?"
"I'm going to go with the rainbow platter; a bit of everything with fruit."
"Guess I'll try that too."
The puddings came shortly after, along with two pots of coffee. The two fleding assassins found themselves relaxing and having a good time until….
"Well lookie here."
It was Tanaka and Takada, from Class D. The two 'just barely not in E-building' brats who had brught Asano down on Class E when they ahd tried to bully Nagisa.
"Ah, hello again whoever you are." Nagisa said, not paying any attention to them. "Here for a date as well? You have actually decent taste."
The two blushed and stepped apart a little bit, as if trying to deny Nagisa's comment without saying anything.
"What are you Class-E scumbags doing here?" Takada asked, seemingly not realizing school rules did not carry out into the real world.
"Well, we were enjoying pudding and coffee." Kayano said, only to irk in disgust with Tanaka smiled at her.
"You must be new. Why don't you ditch this loser and come hang with…"
"Pathetic nobodies literally one mark away from being losers themselves?" Kayano smiled, inwardly irking at the two. "Sorry, but I happen to like cute losers with hairstyles that stick out. Not bullies."
"You know," Nagisa said, taking a sip of his coffee. "The truly mature and sensible person from ANY class would just leave people be. Mmm, good coffee. Gotta ask auntie what brew it is."
"Yeah, I mean, this just proves ow worthless you guys are." Kayano smirked. "This isn't the school, it's a public place. People can come and go as they please, no rules."
'Thank you!' Nagisa mentally praised her for pointing out the flaw in their logic. Seriously, how old where these guys?
"So what? We're still better than you bit.." Takada started, only to feel something that was shaped like a knife at his throat.
"Care to finish that?" Nagisa smiled sweetly, but his eyes promising nothing short of pain. "Please. Go on... Finish."
"Nagisa, calm down." Kayano smiled, enjoying her swirl pudding. "You're making a scene in your aunt's restaurant."
"Yes Kayano." Nagisa simply twirled his blade and stuffed it into his sleeve while sitting back down into his seat
"It's actually not that bad." Nagisa mused. "We have teachers who actually give a damn about all of us, fresh air, beautiful scenery…and I'm not just talking about the forest if you know what I'm saying."
"Nagisa!" Kayano playfully swatted his head, a smile on her face.
"I just call it as I see it." He smiled back, thinking 'Yep, defintely more pervy thanks to these tentacles.'
"Stop being happy!" The two said, each of them grabbing one of them out of their chair. "You want us to kill you?"
Nagisa felt his restriction on his tentacles lessen, temptation to swat these flies filling his head. Looking over, he saw Kayano was not fearing the situation, actually swinging a leg back to hit her holder in a...certain place boys treasure.
These would prove unnesscary, as the two gonks were then grabbed by an enraged Sekai and thrown out the window into the dumpster below.
"GET LOST!" She then turned to the couple. "I'm so sorry about that; how about a free meal to go with those puddings? I know its usual dinner than dessert, but…"
"Thank you auntie." Nagisa smiled, making his aunt sigh, pat him on the head and hug him as she went to place an order and apologize to the other patrons.
"I take it she's…" Kayano started.
"On my dad's side, yeah." Nagisa confirmed. "And before you ask, I had no idea she owned this place."
The two finished their puddings and were discussing which ones were the best when:
"You know, something missing…." Nagisa said to himself before getting up.
"Bathroom again?" Kayano asked.
"No, I'm going to check out the jukebox."
Nagisa went over to the jukebox and searched for the song he was looking for.
"Nope…too J-pop, too 50's…Boy band, really? Definitely not…too Mozart…soundtrack of crappy movie….Why is it so hard to find a good romantic song?"
Then he found it.
Nagisa played his selection; Singles You Up. He offered Kayano his hand during the slow build-up of the song and escorted her to the dance floor. Once the song began to pick up, they let their bodies flow into the ryhtum, spinning, embracing and doing whatever they felt like, gaining the attention of others.
Sekai in particular teared at the sight of her happy nephew dancing with a cute girl, slyly taking a photo and shooting her brother a text.
'He is going to hate me for this...but so worth it!' She mused to herself
The other patrons applauded the young couple as the song came to an end, and they took a bow.
"So, how'd I do?" Nagisa asked, making his date smile sweetly and whisper.
"NagKay is now official." She answered.
XXX
After pudding, the couple managed to catch the early show of the latest Sonic Ninja movie, despite Nagisa having seen it with Karma and Koro-Sensei earlier in the week. They enjoyed it immensely and could honestly say that they were saddened to see the day come to an end.
"I had a great time, Nagisa." Kayano smiled at the door to her apartment. "And I really mean that. This has been the best day I've had in a while."
"Good to hear." Our blue haired hero replied, not wanting their time togetehr to end and sharing her thoughts. "Thanks aga.."
He was silenced by two round objects on his lips and froze in shock and happiness:
Kayano was kissing him full on the lips.
This was really happening!
He closed his eyes and returned the feeling, cupping her face in his hands as she wrapped her petite arms around his neck. Time seemed to slow for them, and they could care less. Nagisa's tentacles came out of his neck gently flowing in the air. Kayano's own did teh same, her two tentacles grabbing one of Nagisa's.
Miraculosly, no one else saw this.
They parted for air reluctantly, and the green haired girl smiled as she walked into her apartment.
"See you Monday….Nagi-chan."
"You too…Kaya-chan."
And with that, he'd leapt down to the streets (not hurting himself this time) and walked back home to sleep and dream happy thoughts.
He was unaware his tentacles had doubled again.
XXX
Meanwhile, Koro-Sensei watched Nagisa from afar.
The boy was clever in hiding his tentacles, he gave him that. But still, Nagisa was an amateur compared to him.
Kayano...or rather, Akari, was by far the best student in terms of hiding her trie feelings. And thsoe tentacles of hers? He'd have to be careful
Still, there was no need to confront Nagisa at this juncture; he seemed to have everything under control and was actually better at controlling his tentacles than the others he had seen.
Still...the reason for his deadline haunted his mind.
"I just pray those two survive this..."
To be continued...
After all this time...I'M BAAAAACK!
And opening the door to co-writers!
I never realized how popular this story was, and with life currently throwing me a couple of hurdles, I suspect a co-writer might be a good idea. If you're interested, shoot either myself or DragonReaperKing a PM.
I know, I kind of repeated the date from my 'Assassin with a mouth' stories, but hopefully the set up for a rivalry between Nagisa and Itona made up for that
Read and review, would ye kindly?