Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: The Red Demon

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**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Demons**

Chapter 14

Nagisa's pov:

"Watch your step okay", Nagisa said to Kayano, who walked behind him. "The road is old, and there are lot of rocks."

"Right, I'll be careful", Kayano answered, looking around the road.

The others came right behind them, Nakamura whining very loudly about her feet. And she wasn't the only one, Bitch-sensei was even louder. The road really was very old and it hadn't been used by any cars for years, except few ambulances and police-cars. The nature had taken over the road, growing uncontrollably everywhere. They had just jumped off the bus that took them here, and now they had a mile to the actual house.

Bitch-sensei and Karasuma-sensei had the map, but they didn't really need it, since all they needed to do was to follow the road until it came to an end. The house should be at the end.

Nagisa was really excited and nervous at the same time. He had felt really relieved when Bitch-sensei had found the house - proving that he hadn't just made the whole thing up. But Nagisa was nervous, because he still wasn't sure would they find anything. He wasn't even sure was Karma related to the house. Nagisa had only been dreaming after all. But at least he knew that the owner was actually assassinated and that people did use the house for suicides.

After a while of walking, Nagisa could finally see the house. He had been surprised to hear that it was in the middle of nowhere, considering that they were in Shibuya, but guess there was space for it after all. There it was, standing tall and dark looking, even though it the clock was only twelve. It was surrounded not only by the walls, but a dark looking forest. And there seemed to be only one road in.

"Looks really scary", Kayano whispered right next to Nagisa. "Are you sure we're in the right place?"

Nagisa chuckled a little before nodding. "Yep, this has to be it." Nagisa knew they were in the right place, he had seen the house in his dream. Of course, this house looked more real and wasn't so scary, and there was no fire, but Nagisa was sure this was it. "Let's go."

"From now on", Karasuma-sensei said, as they walked through the gate. "Watch your step carefully and don't take off alone. The house is big and looks like it would collapse anytime now. We don't want any accidents to happen. Hear me?"

"Yes sir", the others answered.

The front door was open, the door looking like it would fall off soon and Nagisa stepped inside. The floor squeaked under him, it was made from wood and looked very weak. But it was quite amazing how beautiful the house was, despite the fact that it was collapsing. The ceiling was high, an old crystal lamp that was about to fall off. The roof had holes in it, and the sun light lighted up the room, making it seem little magical. There was an old hearth as well and some old couches, so Nagisa guessed that they were in some kind of living-room. Nagisa looked up the stairs, there were at least three floors in this house and also one cellar. Kayano and Sugino stayed with him, as the others went to other rooms. No one went upstairs, so Nagisa guessed it was up to him to go and check it out.

"Are you serious?" Kayano asked. "Those stairs don't look safe."

"You don't have to come", Nagisa said. "I wont be gone long, I'll just check out the upper rooms."

"But Karasuma-sensei told us to be together", Sugino said, sounding worried. "Kayano is right, the stairs will break if we go. Maybe we should leave this to Koro-sensei."

"Nurufufufu, if the two of you wont go, I'll go with Nagisa-kun." Both Sugino and Kayano let out a surprised scream, when Koro-sensei was suddenly standing right behind them, his usual creepy smile on his face. "He'll be safe with me."

"Alright", Kayano mumbled, after she had her heartbeat in control again. "Be careful, okay?"

"Of course", Nagisa nodded to her, starting to go up, one stair at time. Koro-sensei was already up, waiting for Nagisa at the end of the stairs.

"There's also a third floor, should we check it out?" Koro-sensei asked.

"Let's see what's here first", Nagisa said when he reached the end of the stairs. He looked up to the third floor, but turned his gaze quickly at the two corridors that left from the stairs. "You take the left, I'll take the right."

The yellow octopus only nodded to that, leaving right away. Nagisa didn't dare to go as fast, because the floor was making scary sounds under him and he was afraid it would break any moment. He stopped when he came to the first door. Behind it was just an old bathroom, which was now dirty and smelled like the sewer. He decided that there was nothing good inside there, so he continued on.

The next room took his interest. It was quite big, and the because of the broken windows, it didn't smell bad either. Nagisa pushed the already broken door out of his way and stepped inside. There was an old red carpet under his feet that had once probably been quite beautiful. The walls had been painted deep wine-red and there was one bed in the room. There was also two book-shells and one writing-table. He walked to them, and looked up the old books. Most of them were covered in dust and already too broken to be able to read. He found nothing interesting from the book-shells, except now he knew that the room had probably been a child's room, since there were many fairy-tales amongst the books.

He moved his hand around the writing-table, not caring about the dirt as he noticed one broken frame that held an old picture in it. Nagisa looked around the room like he would've checked if anyone was watching - and then he reached his hand out for the picture and took it out of the frame. In the middle of the picture was a young boy standing all alone. The boy had bright red hair and golden eyes that glimmered in mischief. But the boy didn't have a smile on his face. Behind the boy was the house, looking better than now. The picture had been taken before the house had been abandoned.

Karma, Nagisa thought, looking at the familiar boy in the picture. He decided to keep the picture, and he put it into his left pocket. Then he noticed that it wasn't the only picture. He took the other frame that had been hidden under the other one and looked at the picture in it. There was a middle-aged woman in it, her curly red hair tied to a loose ponytail. She had a kind smile on her face, golden eyes looking straight at the camera, and Nagisa felt like the gaze would've pierced right through him.

Could this be…? Karma's mother? Sister? Anyway, Nagisa decided to take that picture as well.

"Nagisa-kun", Koro-sensei's voice echoed through the corridor. Soon enough the yellow octopus was standing in the doorway. "Did you find anything?" he asked.

Nagisa nodded and took Karma's picture out of his pocket, carefully, so he wouldn't accidentally rip it. "Here. I found a picture of Karma. This was definitely his house."

Koro-sensei looked at the picture for a moment and agreed, the boy in the picture was indeed their dear red head. "So, this means that the woman assassinated here must've been somehow related to Karma-kun", Koro-sensei mumbled as Nagisa put the picture back to his pocket. "I've noticed that all of the personal stuff is still here. So, when the owners left, they left in hurry. They were probably running away."

"Do you think this has something to do with Karma being part of the Demons?" Nagisa asked.

Koro-sensei nodded. "I'm sure of it. Assassins, Karma's family that no one has heard about, the Demons… These things are definitely linked to each other. I'm glad we came here, now we know what button to press when we meet Karma-kun again."

"I suppose", Nagisa muttered. "Did you find anything?"

"Not really", Koro-sensei said. "There wasn't much to look at, everything I found was pretty normal. I'm going to check the third floor, but you go back down, Nagisa-kun. Be careful in the stairs."

And then the yellow octopus was gone.

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Demons**

Well, Kayano had been right about one thing, the stairs were dangerous. Nagisa managed only to take few steps when they broke under him. He let out a surprised yelp when he suddenly fell to the darkness. Nagisa felt how he hit something hard and cold, and he heard the yells of his classmates just before he lost consciousness.

Nagisa woke up to a loud scream.

"What the-", Nagisa muttered as he got up from the ground, and rubbed his forehead. His head hurt a little, but he could live with it. He thought he would wake up in darkness, since that's where he had fallen, but he found himself in well lighted room. "Where am I?"

The room was rather big, much like a living room. He saw stairs upstairs at the other end of the room, and the floor was cold hard cement. Nagisa got slowly up and took a better look around.

There were many tables in the room, and the tables were full with different kind of weapons. Very scary looking weapons. There were weapons even on the walls. And then there was a bathtub - a lonely bathtub. And there was a boy with red hair. And a huge man. And a beautiful red haired woman.

The man was trying to push the boy inside the bathtub, which was filled with water. But the boy was screaming for the man to stop. It looked helpless, the boy could only bed and cry, and his kicks didn't affect the man at all. And the red haired woman just stared, few meters away from them. Nagisa recognized her to be the woman from the picture he had seen earlier.

The picture… yeah, I fell…

"Stop!" the boy yelled. "Please! I don't want to do this!"

Nagisa turned his attention back to the boy, and he felt suddenly the need to help him. He ran towards the man, tried to pull him away from the struggling kid. But it was like he wouldn't even be there. Then the man was finally able to get the boy into the bathtub. And that made the boy scream even more.

"Don't! Please don't!"

Karma..?

Nagisa stared in horror as the man pressed his friend under the surface, violently keeping the boy underwater. Nagisa felt his body shaking and he stretched out his hand, trying to pull the man off again. But he couldn't do anything.

"Pull the boy up", the woman said with very cold voice.

"Yes ma'am", the man growled, letting the boy come up. Karma took long breaths, his sobs weakening and Nagisa saw how hard it was for him to stay conscious. After a minute, the woman ordered the man to repeat the former actions. Nagisa watched as his friend disappeared underwater once again.

What the hell is going on?! Why are they trying to drown Karma!

"Stop it!" Nagisa screamed. "Karma!"

Suddenly the bathtub disappeared with the woman and the man. Now Nagisa was alone with the red head, who was hardly breathing. He ran to the boy, holding his shaking body in his hand. Karma was small, probably seven or eight years-old.

"Hey, Karma. Stay awake", Nagisa muttered.

The red head stared at Nagisa and tried to mumble something.

"I can't hear you, say it again", Nagisa said.

"Don't…" Karma whispered weakly. "I didn't mean it… Nagisa, please…" There were tears in Karma's eyes, threatening to escape. "Don't let the real me die… He… I didn't mean it… Save me… Please, I'm scared…"

"Na-"

Someone was calling out for Nagisa, he could faintly hear it. But he didn't want to go, not when Karma was so weak, right in his hands. He needed to stay with Karma and make sure that the red head would be okay.

"Nagisa…"

Again, someone called his name.

Nagisa blinked his eyes and suddenly the younger Karma was gone, the real one standing right in front of him. Or this version of Karma was in the right age - not the real one, Nagisa was quite sure about that. Nagisa was sitting on the ground and he watched as Karma kneeled down, and touched his face with his cold hand.

"Nagisa!"

Fake-Karma smiled kindly. "You know what to do, Nagisa. I've given you some answers. Here are the clues:

First: find more information about that woman.

Second: the real me has weaknesses, find a way to use them against me.

But remember, fighting isn't the only way of doing things and believe me: right now, the only way to help the real me, is to break the wall around him. Don't let Karma die, alright?" Nagisa could only nod. Fake-Karma chuckled. "Good. Then, you should wake up."

"Wake up…?"

"NAGISA!"

"Yes. This isn't where you should be", fake-Karma said. "Find the real me and have a talk with him. There's nothing in the past anymore, that's what you need to say to him. Make sure he understands, it's important for him to hear it." He smiled sweetly. "Kindness comes from the heart, and everyone has a one. But only strong have the courage to show it. The Assassination Classroom isn't over yet, there's just a new teacher. There are still things you all need to learn. Now, I believe that your friends are calling out for you, Nagisa. Go."

"Wha-"

"DAMN IT YOU IDIOT! WAKE THE HELL UP, NAGISA!"

And after that yell, Nagisa opened his eyes.

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Demons**

"Finally", Kayano sighed. "You opened your eyes."

"Wha- what…?" Nagisa mumbled, as one tentacle lifted him up from the ground. "What happened?" His head was hurting a little, but not too much. Luckily he hadn't hit all that bad.

"The stairs broke and you fell", Koro-sensei told him, concerned look on his face. "You fell straight to the cellar and hit your head. You were unconscious for ten minutes."

"You really scared us there", Kanzaki said. Nagisa now realized that they were all in the cellar, Koro-sensei, Kayano and Kanzaki leaning closer to him. Nagisa looked around - only to realize that he already knew the place.

He saw the familiar bathtub and the same tables as he had seen in his dream. His body started to shake when he realized where he was, as he slowly stood up. Nagisa took few steps closer to the bathtub and looked down on it. There was no water in it and it looked dirty. But there were strange carving on it… like they would've been left by nails. Well, of course! If his dream was correct, someone had tried to drown Karma here. And the red head had probably tried to stay above the surface anyway possible, probably making the carving on the way. Just thinking his dream made Nagisa's stomach twist.

"Nagisa?" Kayano was standing behind him, worried tone in her voice. "What's wrong?"

Nagisa could hardly stop his body from shaking.

"Save me... Please, I'm scared…"

"As a payback, don't let Karma die."

"Make sure he understands, it's important for him to hear it."

"The Assassination Classroom isn't over yet."

"I really need to find Karma", Nagisa muttered. "Before it's too late."

"What do you mean?" Karasuma-sensei asked.

Nagisa didn't know how to tell about his dreams. He doubted that they would believe him either way. Or maybe they would, since they believed in Koro-sensei. But the yellow octopus was there and that made things different from Nagisa's case. Sensei was a living proof of himself, Nagisa again couldn't show others that he wasn't making things up.

"Nagisa?" Sugino asked, his voice wavering a little.

What the hell should I say…?

Well, Nagisa didn't need to say anything. They were interrupted by a loud thud, coming from above. Nagisa and the others looked up in surprise. They heard footsteps of at least five men and quiet talking. Obviously whoever was above them, knew that they weren't alone - but again, why make such a loud noise if they didn't want to be noticed?

Did someone follow us? Nagisa asked from himself, and he noticed that Karasuma-sensei was thinking the exact same thing. Koro-sensei was already going back upstairs, using the already fixed stairs. Obviously, the yellow octopus had too much time in his hands (tentacles?). Koro-sensei was walking slowly, nervous look on his face.

"Sensei", Kayano muttered. "Do you think it's safe to go? What if they are some bad people? Like assassins?"

"They wont be able to do much damage on me", Koro-sensei answered. "And we need to find out who they are anyway."

Karasuma-sensei moved closer to the stairs. "Irina, stay with the kids. We'll be back soon enough." The blonde woman nodded as Karasuma-sensei followed Koro-sensei, taking his gun out. Nagisa and the others who were left behind moved all closer to the stairs, looking at Karasuma-sensei's back. The yellow octopus was already up, but it was strangely quiet. Nagisa couldn't hear any voices anymore - actually, all he could hear was the loud beating of his heart and breathing around him.

Then suddenly, they heard gunshots and yelling. Nagisa's heart skipped a beat and fear filled him. Bitch-sensei took out her gun, telling the others to get behind her back.

"But… we know ho-" Maehara tried to say, but he was cut off by Bitch-sensei's angry glare.

"This isn't a game, kids", Bitch-sensei said. "Whoever came here after us, they aren't obviously here to just talk. And we're talking about real guns now. Get hit and it'll hurt, I can promise that." So, everyone agreed on staying behind the blonde woman.

It took a moment until the gunshots finally quieted down, and Koro-sensei appeared to the end of the stairs. He was smiling like nothing would've happened. "You can come up now", he said with a reassuring voice. Bitch-sensei lowered her gun and motioned to the others to get up. She followed them slowly, obviously not so sure if she could believe Koro-sensei.

Nagisa sighed in relief when he got up. Karasuma-sensei was standing there, safe and without a scratch. There were six men tied up together right next to the raven haired man, and they all seemed to be just fine, their guns laying few meters away from them. All of the men were wearing suits and sunglasses, just like some professional assassins in movies. There was one more, who was now sitting in front of Karasuma-sensei, his hands tied up behind his back and Karasuma-sensei's gun pointing at his forehead.

"Who are you guys?" Nagisa heard Karasuma-sensei ask from the man. He got no answer, only angry glares. The raven haired man sighed and he was just about to say something more, when a blonde woman jumped on him, hugging the man tightly.

"I'm so glad that you're okay!" Bitch-sensei yelled out, resting her head against Karasuma-sensei shoulder. Nagisa could hear how the woman sighed in relief and how the yellow octopus close by chuckled to himself.

"These guys weren't strong - amateurs probably", Karasuma-sensei said, not even trying to push the blonde off of him. "I'll ask once more, who are you guys? And why did you come here?"

"I believe that you are here for the same reason as we", the man said angrily.

"And that is..?" Koro-sensei asked.

"To find information about Akabane Karma."

Nagisa flinched when he heard the name.

Karasuma-sensei narrowed his eyes. "How did you know where to look? I believe that there's nothing linking Akabane to this house."

The man laughed. "We from The Underworld have our ways of finding information. And it wasn't even that hard - we were able to quickly find out who owned this house."

"Care to fill us in?" Bitch-sensei asked, her eyes cold as her voice.

"You don't know?" the man asked, looking truly surprised. Then he hesitated to continue. "I mean… the owner was quite famous."

"Famous for what? What did she do?"

"Oh, so you do know that it's a woman we're talking about", the man said. "Well, I can't say much about anything. I value my life - better to go to prison than die. But I can tell you her name, it's not like it would be a big secret anyway."

"Well?"

"Akabane Kaoru."

"Akabane Kaoru…" Nagisa muttered. Could it be..? He took the picture of the woman out of his pocket and walked closer to the man. "Is this her?" he asked, showing the picture to the man. The man looked at it for a moment before nodding.

"She's dead now", the man said. "But that certainly doesn't mean that her blood wont continue what she had left undone."

Karasuma-sensei too, took a look at the picture and frowned at it. "I've seen her somewhere", he mumbled.

"Really?" the man chuckled. "She was quite famous, like I said. But how about we change the subject? I'll agree on telling you who I work for, if you let me-"

The man never got to finish his sentence, when he was suddenly shot to the head. Not by Karasuma-sensei, but by someone else. Nagisa took a step back, almost falling to his back. No one managed to react enough fast - the six other men were dead before they could do anything. Nagisa looked to the direction where the bullets had come from, but he saw nothing. The shooter had probably fled already.

So, he was here just to make sure these people don't talk? Nagisa thought. That's cruel.

"Koro-sensei", Karasuma-sensei said. "Can you catch the sniper?"

"On it", the yellow octopus said, disappearing from sight. It didn't take even ten seconds when he was back with a blonde, young woman. The woman was wearing black clothes and she had glasses as well, her pale skin almost white. Koro-sensei was loosely holding her from her neck, not choking her too much, but not letting her go either. The woman was trying to get the octopus off of her, but she could do nothing.

"Tch! Damn it!" she said. "Why didn't they told me that there was someone like this here?!"

Nagisa stared at her for a moment. The woman had short blonde hair and sky-blue eyes that were filled with fear and anger.

"Now then", Koro-sensei chuckled. "We have some questions for you."

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Demons**

Karma's pov:

Karma was trying to drown himself into the music. He wanted to forget everything and playing any instrument made things better right away. He could actually get his mind off of things like assassins, The Underworld and Akame. He could forget his stupid promises and his mistakes.

He had been playing the violin for hours now, his fingers were tired and he knew that he would soon have to stop. But despite being tired, he still wanted to continue. Karma usually forgot to watch the clock when he played music, but now he was very well aware that he would soon have to go to sleep - if he wanted to survive his next mission. Assassins should always be wide awake and ready, so Karma needed to get as much as sleep as possible. It was possible, that the next time he would get sleep, would be after two or three days. It was pain in the ass, but luckily Karma had trained for it - he could stay awake almost four days without falling asleep even once. Of course, he'd be super tired after the third day, but he still had to go through the training.

"Your playing is amazing as usual, Karma-sama."

Karma flinched when he suddenly heard a girl's voice behind him. When did she come in? Karma asked from himself, as he lowered the violin and turned to look at the door of his room - or apartment, to be exact. He and the other from the top ten or elite ten (whatever you want to call it), had bigger rooms than others. Or apartments, like Karma called them. Seriously, the room contained four other rooms, including his very own kitchen, a huge bedroom and bathroom - Karma even got his own room for his instruments. And of course there was a living room, but it wasn't all that big.

Behind Karma was standing a brown haired young girl. She had her hair braided to the left side of her head, and she had a kind smile on her face. The girl's brown eyes were warm as usual, but she also looked little worried. Her name was Yuki, meaning snow, maybe because she had snow-white skin, despite her dark brown hair and eyes. Yuki was Karma's personal subordinate, something like a servant. Karma didn't really consider her as his servant, since he knew how dirty the job could be. Yuki was more like a little sister to him - she was three years younger than Karma himself, meaning that she was 14 years-old, soon to be fifteen. Yuki was wearing black trousers and a plain white shirt. In her hands she had a black jacket, so Karma guessed that she had been outside the headquarters.

"No need for the compliments, Yuki", Karma smiled at the girl. "My playing probably sounded bad, because I'm too tired to try anymore. And don't call me 'sama', I've said this before."

Yuki chuckled. "I know, Karma-sama. But Akame-sama made me your loyal servant, and I need to address you the way you deserve. And your music never sounds bad."

Karma frowned when Yuki brought up Akame. The brown haired girl was one of the few people who (those people being Karma and Yoosuke, aka mister white) knew Black's real name and identity. Probably because Akame had saved Yuki's life six years ago. Yuki never talked about her past, and Karma didn't push her. He did know, that Yuki's parents had been very important to the girl, but they had been killed when Yuki was seven. Then she had lived under some cruel man for three years, until Akame killed the man and took Yuki under her wing. Karma was glad Akame did what she did - now Yuki had the chance to live a better life. Or at least this was better than what she had with the man who killed her parents. Was it right to call this a better life, since Yuki now lived around cruel assassins?

Yuki wasn't an assassin, she only worked as Karmas subordinate. And because she had great respect for Akame, she also respected Karma. Yuki was also very close to Karma - she had been there when Karma had been very close to death, two years ago. Karma appreciated it a lot. But he still wished that Yuki wouldn't have lost her parents. Then the brown haired girl would be safe from the cruelness of The Underworld.

"You look pale and very tired", Yuki said as she walked closer to Karma, taking the violin into her hands. "Did something happen?"

It took a moment for Karma to answer.

"No, nothing out of the usual. You know how my job is", Karma sighed, stretching his tired arms and legs. "I'm going to bed, you should too." Yuki's room was right next to Karma's, so she could always be there when Karma needed. But because she was still younger than Karma himself, he never used Yuki the way he should've. Karma had lived alone, he knew how to make food and clean. He only called Yuki when he needed company.

Yuki stared at him for a while, before she nodded. "I suppose so." They walked out of the instrument room and Karma walked her to the door. Before stepping out, Yuki stopped and turned to look at him once again. Her brown eyes were filled with worry and sadness. "I heard that Akame-sama gave you a new mission. The annihilate the scientist-group that has been doing human-experiments."

"Yeah?"

"You should be careful", Yuki said. "One of my friends, an another servant named Lisa disappeared two weeks ago. They found her body a week ago, it was covered in wounds and blood. Her arm was missing and the body had just been dumped into some ditch. We guessed that that group caught her and used her." Karma saw how Yuki shivered. "Human-experiments… I can't bear to think if something like that would happen to you… So please, be careful. There are people who are waiting for you to come back."

Karma was little surprised to hear this. But then he smiled kindly at the brown haired girl and patted her on the head. There was a dark blush on her face. "Don't worry, Yuki. I wont die, you know I'm too stubborn for that", he said. "And I'm really sorry about Lisa. You should've told me about her."

"I couldn't. You've been away and I don't have any of your numbers", Yuki pointed out.

"Oh yeah", Karma nodded. "You're right about that." Then he let out a chuckle. "You just stay safe, okay Yuki? I couldn't bear it, if something would happen to you. Don't go outside the headquarters alone. I'll ask someone to escort you when you do."

Yuki blushed once again, turning her face away from Karma now. "I got it, just worry about yourself", she muttered. "Good night, Karma-sama." Then she stepped out of the room, leaving Karma alone.

The red head turned around, sighing loudly. It was obvious that things were changing, but Karma wasn't sure was it a good or bad thing. He had so many things to worry about at the moment, and he could hear how his clock was ticking faster than before.

Am I seriously nearing the end? he thought bitterly. Already?

End of chapter 14

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Demons**