Even though I was sick for the few days that we had, I still studied my hardest for my finals. Once my fever went down, I deemed myself well enough to get back to school. Packing up my things, I made sure that my pencil case had everything I needed before going off.

After a quick speech from Korosensei, we went to the classroom where our finals were held, and took a seat. 'The first test, English.' We received our sheets and started our tests. Entering the battlefield with our hammers, we started to take down the monsters called problems. Slaying the monsters, I looked around. 'Heh, these questions are a joke. Even in you lived in L.A for a year, that's not enough. You need years of experience and reading to pass this.'

Looking at the next one, I noticed it's familiar writing. 'Catcher in the Rye. It's a good thing that I read that back in middle school. Even Korosensei apparently recommended it to the class.' Easily taking it down, I finished the English test.

Next, Science.

Grabbing a staff, I fought my way through the questions, defeating each monster. Seeing how Okuda had managed to get her way through, I smiled. 'That girl can definitely defeat anyone in Science.'

Social Studies.

Grabbing a bulky sword, I slashed and sliced through, defeating the odd looking questions.

Japanese Literature.

I jumped gracefully, using my lance to hit the weak spots of the questions, even using some special moves.

Math.

...I won't even tell you how it was.

3 days later, we got our tests back. Because we got our paper and ranking at the same time, it was much more stressful.

"Alright class, it's time to read out the results, starting with English. Our top scorer is...

"And #1 in your grade was Nakamura Rio and Erina!" Everyone cheered as they looked at the both of us. Handing our English tests back, he marked two of his tentacles for us before he announced the next one. "The top in our class in literature was... Erina once again! However, first place was taken by Asano Gakushuu by one point!" Everyone stared at me, shocked at how close I was. Getting my paper back, I looked at my mistake. "Tch. A simple one." I grumbled. "Second in our class was Kanzaki Yukiko!" I smiled.

"In Social Studies, our top scorer was Isogai Yuuma with 97 points! And... you bested Asano-kun and got the top score!" "Woo! I knew you could do it Isogai!" I yelled. "Second was Erina, with 96 points, also beating Asano!" I fist pumped, glad that I beat him. "In Science, the top in our class is... Okuda Manami! You also got the top score in your grade!" Everyone cheered as the walked up and got her paper, sheepish.

"Better luck next time Erina, you were quite close!" Korosensei said, handing me my paper back with a 95. "And for Math, the top scoring in our class is... Erina, with 100 points! She is also the top score in your grade, sharing the spot with Asano-kun!" My eyes widened, shocked that Karma wasn't in this spot. giving a big smile, Korosensei stopped us. "Also..."

"Erina got a total of 490 points, right behind Asano!"

"Alright Erina!" "You go girl!" Everyone cheered at my score, and I blushed slightly. Looking out of the corner of my eyes I saw that Karma had stomped away, clearly angered by his mark. 'I'll talk with him later.'

After school, I hung around for a bit, watching Karma at a far angle. Once I saw him hanging around a tree nearby, I went to talk to him when I was beaten by Korosensei. Watching their conversation, Karma had stalked off, and Korosensei looked at me, nodding. Running, I went to the one place I knew that he would be. The cliff side.

Approaching the area, I saw him, standing in the wind. Carefully walking up to him, I stopped, about a foot away. "Karma?" I said softly, but he didn't answer. "I just wanted to say that I'm so-" I said as I put my hand on his shoulder, but he roughly pushed me away. "Leave." he said sternly. "But-" "Leave!" he roared, and I flinched slightly.

"...I understand."

Turning away, I started to walk away when I was stopped by his voice. "Wait-! I didn't mean to-!" "It isn't your fault."

"I was the same when I was younger. Enraged that I never got the top. But, as I grew older, I learned that the easiest way was to not isolate yourself, and accept help." I said, back to him. Feeling a warm body and wet tears on my back, I simply smiled as I soothed him. "Shh. It's okay. Just let it all out."

We stood there for a few moments. Once Karma was done crying, I wiped his tears away and pecked him on the lips. "Much better, right?" I asked, and he nodded. "Come on. The least you can do is come to the assembly."

The assembly was much better than before. Even though they had made fun of us again, it didn't have much impact, due to the fact that our whole class had gotten in the top 50. Our prize for doing so? An assassination trip to an island, where we would definitely kill Korosensei.

A week before the class headed to the island, they met at the school with Karasuma and Irina. Everyone practised with their skills, either on knife work or gun work. Just then, Lovro came by as a special instructor. "Everyone's skills are very good." he commented. "By the way, where's Erina? Is she not practising with the others?" Lovro asked, and Karasuma pointed to the side, where she was practising by herself.

"She's over there. She prefers knife work over guns, so I sent her to the side to practice on her own. Though, there is something that's bothering me about her." Karasuma said as he watched her in the corner of his eyes. "What is it?" Lovro asked.

"She brought in a scythe."

Lovro's eyes widened. "Where did she get that from?" he asked. "Exactly what I was thinking. Though she's quite good at it." They watched her for a few more moments before Lovro made his rounds to each student, helping them out.

"Hey, Nagisa, come here for a moment." Erina called him over. "Can I practice on you?" She asked. "Don't worry, I have an anti-sensei version, so it won't hurt you." she quickly added, and he nodded. "Actually," she started, and she put her fingers in her mouth, making an ear-piercing sound.

"Come over here for a moment everyone! I wanna practice something, and because I have no one else here, I'll hafta use the class." she said, and everyone nodded. "Okay, what you need to do is try to fight me. This ain't a practice, this is full on you-are-trying-to-kill-me fighting, alright? I'll use my anti-sensei scythe and see how fast I can take you down. One by one, come up to me, and if I say the word 'dead' to you, you can leave and go back to fighting. I'll be timing myself, got it?"

Preparing the watch on her wrist, she pressed a button. "Go!" she yelled, and they started to come at her. "Dead." she said, pretending to slice someone's neck. "Dead." Stabbing someone. This went on until everyone was 'dead', and she stopped her watch.

"36.8 seconds. Not bad." she mused out. "Erina." She looked up to see Lovro standing in front of her, Nagisa right behind. "Yes, Lovro-san?" she asked. "Come with Nagisa and I. I have some... special training for the two of you." Following Lovro, they went to a secluded part of the field. "Erina, I suspect that you know what I'm going to teach Nagisa here."

"I'm sorry, but please give me a hint."

"Two weapons."

"Ah, yes I do." she responded. "Great. You'll help me teach Nagisa that move." "Got it." "Also, I'll give you some special training as well."

"I understand. Let's start."