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SADLY I HAD A VERY BAD DAY SO I APOLOGIZE BEFOREHAND IF THE CHAPTER SEEMS RUSHED AND OVERALL NOT UP TO MY USUAL CHAPTERS. THINGS... ARE NOT FUN AT HOME RIGHT NOW SO I AM A BIT DISTRACTED BUT I WANTED TO UPDATE SO I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY IT.
Review answering section:
catturner7007: well, obviously he was looking for him. he is one of his precious students after all ;p. the class is working with him but they can't infiltrate the place with him since he is too distinguished.
i feel sorry for him as well. thank you *blush* i am glad you enjoy it.
Kuroi Rin: *laughs* i am happy that you understand and that you liked the chapter.
it's okay, i don't mind the repeating *chuckles* just assures me that you really like the story and what i do to nagisa *smirk*
well~~~ you will have to wait and see, no? and i'm not only talking about the class' acceptance. you might rethink your questions in the future, though. good luck.
Anime neko nya lover: thank you for the copliment ^^. will do, hope you'll continue to like it :)
thank you Griewer for helping me. go check out his story 'Assassination Calssroom: notes of indifference'.
i do not own assassination classroom sadly *pout* i wish Nagisa was mine...
but the plot and OC are mine
Last time on 'I am a snake. I am a human. I am an assassin':
To think that just a week ago all he thought about was saving Koro-sensei and now it was about saving himself. The world really is an unpredictable place.
"I want to go home..." He muttered, the sudden noise ringing in the room and startling him. He sighed and yanked the blanket over his bare form, drawing heat from it.
Hurry... before he losses his humanity...
Chapter 13 - New Place
Several hours later…
"Damn it!" A fist hit the wall. Silence followed the shout but it was anything but quiet. The air brimmed with anger and frustration, and if anyone would have looked at the scene, he would have probably think he had wondered into a gathering of wolves since eyes alight with bloodlust illuminated throughout the darkness of the night.
"Don't give up just yet," The gray-haired class rep stepped forward, dispelling the bloodthirst. "We know that they were here and they probably moved in haste since they realized that we are closing down on them. So search the place for any clues that they may have accidentally left behind!"
"Roger!" The class echoed in reply and scattered in the room and the lab adjoining it. Fuwa caught Kataoka's eye and gestured to the white bed in the middle of the laboratory. She nodded and they inspected it, eyes narrowing on the small reddish brown spots.
"Do you think it is blood?" Kataoka touched the cuffs attached to the bed, wondering if Nagisa was the one lying on this bed merely hours prior to their arrival. She covered her face with her hand, biting her lip in an effort not to cry.
I am so sorry for being too late, Nagisa. I… no, we all failed you…
"Megu-chan," Kataoka turned to Fuwa who picked up a small blue-green scale patch, "I think it's Nagisa's."
"What have they done to him?" She gritted her teeth, taking the patch from the brunette and squinted against it, the color reflecting the flashlight's light. It felt like normal skin but the spaces between the scales were pretty obvious and it reminded her terribly of Koro-sensei's molting. Snakes do shed their skin once in a while so it is possible… But does it mean that they had turned Nagisa into one?
She shuddered.
"There nothing else in here," Fuwa sadly said after a moment and Kataoka nodded, reluctantly admiring the neatness of the abductors. They were thorough, she will give them that, but it was to their disadvantage. Hopefully Koro-sensei will be able to track Nagisa's scent from here.
"Yuzuki-san!" The duo turned to Okuda, who stood at the opposite side of the glass window with a slip of paper. The duo rushed to the other room and stopped before the braided girl.
"What did you find, Manami-chan?" Fuwa asked, out-of-breath. Okuda jumped at their arrival, but shortly after a look of determination appeared on her face and she showed the paper to them. It was a list of unorganized letters, capital letters and numbers – compounds.
"I can understand most of those compounds," Okuda said softly, "And they are mostly for testing nerves reactions or muscle cells manipulation."
"So what does it tell us?" Kataoka asked slightly impatiently. Okuda's eyes widened for a moment before she flushed and pointed at the top of the page where a symbol of a well known university was printed.
"Koike Masato has connections with the Tokyo University?!" Several heads turned to them and she motioned them to continue searching. "Ritsu, can you tell us anything that Koike Masato has to do with the Tokyo University?"
"Searching Koike Masato and Tokyo University…" Ritsu's voice resounded from her pocket. "Hacking into classified files… entering code number 3325 into file number 341A… in three… two… one… There is one request of Koike Masato to the Dean of the Sciences Department for an unknown individual to work as an assistant in a very exclusive experiment."
Kataoka flashed back to the letter they had found. So this is where the sender came from.
"Any personal information?"
"All unknown. But I found a picture of the man so I will update it shortly," Ritsu followed her promise and soon Kataoka saw a picture of a person in his late twenties with blond hair, sharp green eyes and handsome features. The person was smiling kindly at the camera and Kataoka felt pity for the man who didn't know that he was nominated for such a terrible experiment until she recalled the contents of the letter and her eyes hardened; no, this man was anything but piteous.
"Megu-chan, I think we should try checking the university's facility," Fuwa suggested. "It is hidden in plain sight and still somewhere easily overlooked. Plus they would have the essentials to continue the experimentation."
"I agree, it sounds like a plausible place," Sugaya replied, "And I understand the most here about disguises so let me dress you up as university students!"
"That would be a great idea, Sugaya!" Kurahashi clasped her hands together happily, eyes closing and revealing the dark circles under her eyes. She wasn't the only one since all the class did since finding about Nagisa's abduction was search and scout, barely sleeping or eating anything. Even Okajima was more solemn than usual; instead of sitting down with porn, he would sit down with newspapers and articles along with Mimura, pouring over every piece of evidence that will give them the hideout.
Of course they tried the Defense Ministry building first. But Koro-sensei smelled the place and didn't find any trace so they threw the idea to the trash, once again picking up the files and scanning for any sign of a second laboratory.
Nagisa's best friend trio was scouting the other floors in hopes of finding another room with valuable information. Isogai was on the phone with Karasuma, who was in too much danger of exposure so the class forbade him to come unless necessary, keeping him up to date on their findings.
"No cameras, no computers, nothing to track," Fuwa grumbled as she scanned briefly the adjoining rooms, "Seriously, no concept of modern study equipment."
"Fuwa, you do realize that we're talking about the paranoid Special Advisor," Kataoka reminded her friend but Fuwa simply gave her a halfhearted glare.
"I know that, but it's so frustrating that we were so close to finding and rescuing Nagisa and just because we were several hours late we missed him. How did Koike Masato even find out that we were closing in on them?"
That's a good question none of them had an answer to. "Maybe he does have security cameras somewhere?" They had to smile at that; as if their wishful thinking would give them any answers.
"Kataoka! Fuwa!" The duo turned around, blinking in bafflement at Sugino, who rushed into the room, a triumphal expression brightening up his haggard appearance. "We found cameras!"
The two girls exchanged shocked looks. No... way… Seriously?
"Show us the way."
Sugino showed them to the hall they came through when they entered the building and Fuwa couldn't help but groan at the well hidden camera. They seriously found a camera. What the hell is Author-san thinking to herself? Well, no need to look a gift in the mouth.
"So did Ritsu manage to procure the footage from it?" Sugino nodded and took out his phone, turning it on and revealing the purple haired AI. Ritsu smiled at them and opened her 'bag', fishing out a camera icon and opening it up.
"We don't know what it filmed, but since it's the hall going out of the building it must have filmed Nagisa at one point, right?"
Highly plausible, she thought suspiciously since it was too easy. The best friend trio, Fuwa and Kataoka hovered around the phone when it went dark for a moment before a low-definition video of the hall appeared. The group held their breath as a shadow appeared, followed shortly by a familiar blond carrying a bundle with a familiar blunet lying in it, face hidden by loose long blue hair.
"Nagisa!" Kayano cried and Fuwa couldn't agree more with her. It was jarring to suddenly see Nagisa after almost four days of nothing, but the footage was anything but clear which frustrated her to no ends.
The blond suddenly stopped and looked down, then shifted the boy as he fished out a needle. Fuwa suppressed a flinch, knowing that the needle is meant to subdue the blunet but then jumped when Nagisa's head rose up and headbatted the man in the chin, rolling off of the arms and to the floor. Kayano and Sugino squeaked when the blanket rolled off, revealing that Nagisa was stark naked under it save for shackles binding his arms and legs. But the thing that surprised them the most was not the nakedness, but rather the thick blue-green layer of scales over the boy's skin.
Nagisa slithered out of the hand shackles but had to jump away before he could take off the leg shackles and the group watched in morbid fascination as a short game of cat and mouse commenced; slowly disappearing from the camera's field and then suddenly Nagisa jumped back into view, arms hiding face from a puff of powder. Kayano gasped a warning when the blond grabbed the blue hair, Nagisa retaliating by twisting and sinking his teeth into the hand. The assistant flung the poor boy into the wall, out of view then briskly walked over there.
Everyone held their breath as the man was flung back into the camera's view with Nagisa appearing with his shackles in his hand and hitting the man with them.
Fuwa's heart leapt in hope that Nagisa was actually able to run away since the blunet stood up and turned to leave, seemingly fine. But then the worst had happened; the boy collapsed, convulsing in what probably was agony.
"Stop it!" Sugino's cry startled her out of her horror and she quickly stopped the recording, turning to look at the brunet who had his crossed arms clawing on his shoulders but failing to stop his trembling. Kataoka placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You haven't watched the footage before?" The gray haired girl asked, voice barely above a whisper. Fuwa noticed how the small group seemed on the verge of sinking into depression. Karma strangely was the most composed, simply asking her for the phone and watching the rest of the recording by himself. Kayano turned to him and he said something to her, causing her to stiffen and look down, fists clenched.
She could have asked what's wrong and what happened at the end but she a nagging feeling that she knew what happened; he was recaptured and transported, probably still in great pain despite not seeing an outer cause. What happened in those precious seconds the two were fighting out of the camera's range?
"I think we know enough," She decided to bring back the group's attention and they looked at her. She took a deep breath and smiled shakily, "I am positive that they won't suspect that we already have an inkling on to where they are heading, so we are going to strike the minute the place opens up in the morning. Stay strong," She placed a hand on Sugino's quivering shoulder, "We will save Nagisa this time. And then we'll make sure that he won't ever have to go through something like this again."
The brunet sniffled and wiped his tears, raising sharp determined eyes, "You're right. I can't afford to lose heart here. We will save him!"
Kataoka smiled and Fuwa felt her own smile turn more sincere. "Now this is the baseball freak that we all know and love."
"Hey!" They chuckled at his red face and the class' detective and responsible for the safety of the fourth wall relaxed her shoulders. That's true, her class isn't a pushover and they'll prove it.
Wait for us, Nagisa. Just a little bit longer and you'll be safe. I promise on my pride and love of the class.
Somewhere else
The car had finally slowed to a halt and Nagisa's ears perked up when footsteps stopped by the door.
"I hope you are being a good boy, little snake," Raiko's voice echoed in the small space as the door clicked and sled open to reveal the blond with a big blue-black mark on his temple - Nagisa felt a bit smug seeing that - marring the handsome and cheery face of the assistant. But this time Nagisa sensed great danger and inched backwards, back hitting the wall while his eyes were fixed on the smiling blond.
"Aww, don't be suspicious, little snake. After all," Green eyes opened to slits, anger flaring up in them, "You brought it upon yourself."
Nagisa narrowed his eyes, nape stinging and scales itching. Raiko simply walked forward, a syringe appearing in hand. Blue eyes widened and his body tensed. He won't be drugged again! Not here, not now, not ever! He pounced away from the grabbing hand only to jump back when an unknown man launched on him and held him to the vehicle's floor. He had a flashback to his first escape attempt and wanted to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.
"Now, now, don't be afraid, little snake." The needle was inserted into his neck and he chocked on it, feeling bile rise up. The stranger released him and Raiko hauled him to the entrance and then simply threw him over his shoulder like a sack.
"How was the trip?" Koike's voice pierced through his daze and he blinked sluggishly. Raiko laughed. "Oh, it went fine. Little snake tried getting away but as you can see, he came back."
I did not! This thought had woken him up slightly even when his body remained unmovable.
"Good then. Come inside before anyone sees." He was carried into the building, eyes going blank as the gates closed upon their entering, shutting out the faint sunlight. Raiko briskly walked for a long time while chatting with Koike and giving some thoughts on the subject, A.K.A him.
"I noticed that his state has somewhat stabilized so until we create the regressing serum, his body should stay this way. Doesn't he just resemble Mamushi-san?"
"..."
"Right? He really is her grandson. Say, how was she as a subject?"
"We're here, Raiko," Koike stopped the one-sided conversation. Nagisa saw yet another door close behind them and felt himself lowered to a bed and one cold minute later was once again strapped to a bed.
He really, really, hates those cuffs.
"He seems really duped, Raiko. I hope it won't affect his brain. I don't need brain dead subjects."
"Oh, don't worry. The first dose didn't seem to work for long so I upped the concentration by twenty milligrams."
"That's a lot, Raiko... this much could kill my subject. Wait, let me check," The rotund face of Koike appeared in his vision. "I can't check because of his snake pupils..." Then a hand grabbed his chin. "You're right; he does look exactly like her. My only success managed to bear such wonderful subjects." Koike's smug face disgusted Nagisa to the core and the blunet wished to be as far away as possible from the mentally unstable man. Koike smirked and released him, turning to Raiko. The assistant smiled kindly, anticipating the next order. "I want you to try and make the snake genes more potent and then I want to try and create more subjects with his seed."
Nagisa blanched at the start of the order then turned bright red, his nakedness making him feel more exposed than before. He really wants to die out of embarrassment now. This or get away right now.
Raiko inserted the IV into his arm and he winched from the burn his sensitive body felt and then from the feeling of the needle digging which made him gag from it. Raiko took notice of his motion and blinked in surprise, turning to Koike. "Little snake still moves."
Koike snapped around to face him and Nagisa tried to keep a sluggish expression only for the needle to move and he flinched, right away cursing his slip when beady eyes widened with awe and delight, reminding him of a child who just got a candy. The man hummed to himself, "Very interesting indeed. I recall you reporting to me of his resistance to the chloroform.
Raiko, disregard what I asked you. I want you to check his immunity against human and animal drugs."
"No problem, Koike-san," Said assistant mock saluted him and Koike nodded, leaving shortly after.
Nagisa relaxed in relief; at least no one would be nearing his private areas anytime soon. Raiko closed the door after Koike's departure and returned to Nagisa's side, smiling excitedly.
"You really are a very unique subject, little snake," He happily said, green eyes regarding him with warm eyes, which made the teen squirm uncomfortably, "Koike-san wasn't really happy at first when he saw you here and not Hiromi-san since he had thought that you were assassinated by the sniper."
Nagisa figured as much. Koike liked to made sure he would understand that, ranting loudly so he could hear how much he had preferred his mother to be on the bed and not him.
"Then the second assassin was to retrieve Hiromi-san." Snake eyes snapped open. There was an attempt before he woke up?! So his classmates were probably taking shifts outside the room if the assassin was stopped.
Then how did the last two men enter the room?
Raiko continued and Nagisa refocused on the blond, "—learned that you might be alive, he checked your room number and sent to kill you for real and retrieve Hiromi-san, but as you can see they failed."
"Wh-why…" Nagisa forced his mouth and voice to work, "Te…te-tell… mmme?" He winched at his slurred speech.
"Because you seemed lost." Nagisa felt lost. Raiko shrugged. "Although you look cute like that, I'd like to see your reactions to certain information. Like how you managed to talk even though I gave you 1.2 times the dose for an adult of nerve-relaxation. Indeed impressive."
Nagisa gave him a deadpan and Raiko laughed, ruffling his hair and raising a needle. "Well, time to begin."
Help... was the last thing he thought before the fog came and covered everything.