Chapter 23

It's been a few days and the trial is the next day. Tadashi hasn't left his room for anything other than class since that day.

Rukia sighs and looks at Ryuu "Ryuu do you know why Tadashi's been so distant?"

Ryuu shrugs "Maybe… maybe something happened at school?"

"Ryuu…"

He sighs "I talked to him at school on accident. He's mad at me…"

Rukia nods "Understandable. How long till he's okay?"

Ryuu bites his lip "Not sure…" 'he found out the secret of my class. He knows what I am.'

Ryuu grabs his backpack "Gotta go. Rin's meeting me at the cafe before school."

Rukia nods "Okay. Also remember! Dad's leaving on a trip to Europe in 3 days. Moms going to Canada for business the same day. We're gonna probably have some family bonding before then."

Ryuu nods and opens the door "Got it. By the way Nee-san? I'm gonna be busy tomorrow after school. Today I have practice."

"You mean a date with Rinka?"

"…okay today maybe… But just the normal thing! Tomorrow though I have to do something important and I can't miss it. Speaking of miss it if I don't leave then we won't have time! Bye Nee-San!"

Ryuu runs out the door and to the cafe where Rinka's talking to Isogai who picked a morning shift before school.

Isogai "Chiba-san!"

Ryuu nods to him "Hey Isogai. Working before school again?"

"Someone has to take care of the family?"

Ryuu nods sitting down "I feel ya…"

Rinka "Speaking off… How's Tadashi? He still ignoring you?"

Ryuu groans

Isogai 'This is the most expression he's had in awhile…'

Ryuu "That bastard's not only ignoring me but he's ignoring everyone!! He won't talk to anyone at all! Not even to Nanasa!"

Isogai "To be fair… You did drop a lot on him that day?"

Rinka nods "Isogai's right. Tadashi still needs time. He grew up with you. He sees you as home you… the caring older brother who takes care of them. Not as…" she lowers her voice so only they can hear "Not as an assassin trying to murder a super creature. He saw how casually and professionally you shoot. He say all of us naturally using our weapons. Tadashi's a normal person. He's not like us remember?"

Ryuu sighs "Still… it's his fault! He knows not to go to E-3! He hates me! I don't get it… We don't get along that great. Why would he come up the mountain alone just to tell me FBI's looking for the class?"

Isogai "Because you're his older brother no matter what. Chiba-San from what Tadashi-San said… I assume you two are closer than you're admitting…"

Ryuu looks at him confused "What do you mean…? Tadashi hates me and has only hated me more since I got into E-3…"

Isogai smiles and looks at the time "I gotta clock out."

Rinka smiles "We'll wait for you. I think he should hear what Tadashi said…"

Ryuu nods and the snipers wait for a minute while Isogai clocks out and changes.

Rinka looks at her boyfriend "Ryuu? Are you alright?"

He nods "Yeah… I'm fine enough. I was just thinking…"

"About Tadashi?"

"About tomorrow."

Rinka flinches remembering the trial "Don't think about that right now Ryuu. Worry about Tadashi instead. Actually worry about Korosensei. Not the other two things."

He smiles slightly "I know I know. I worry to much."

Rinka nods pulling him to her level and quickly kissing him which causes him to blush deeply

Ryuu "R-Rin… you cant just do that randomly in public… it's embarrassing…"

Rin smirks "You're cute when embarrassed like that."

Ryuu looks away "I'm not cute."

Isogai comes back "I leave you two alone for 5 minutes and you start flirting."

Ryuu's cheeks are still slightly pink "Shut up Isogai…"

Rinka "We weren't flirting… it's not like that…"

Isogai deadpans as they all leave "You two go to the cafe all the time. Alone. Holding hands. Flirting."

"We do homework there!"

Isogai smirks crossing his arms "Yeah? Bitch-sensei's homework maybe?"

Both choke on air and fall into an embarrassing tsundere mess.

Isogai starts laughing "Oh man! You guys seriously can't hide your relationship!"

Ryuu still visible flustered "Anyways… What did Tadashi say? He hates E-3 with a passion?"

Isogai looks at him confused "Really?"

Rinka nods "Yeah? Every time I see him he says something about how we E-3 students and hiding something and are the worst?"

"I guess he did seem really scared but as soon as Chiba came or he heard his voice he realized a little. If he really does hate you and E-3… he wouldn't have ran up the mountain alone to find you. It's nearly impossible to find your way through there if you aren't used to it."

Ryuu thinks for a moment "He… found his way up fairly easy… no one really leaves tracks and he didn't come from the path."

"Ryuu what are you saying?"

Ryuu looks at her "I'm saying Tadashi's been there before. He knew how to find us without using the trail. We didn't leave tracks."

They get to the main campus and subtly look around.

Tadashi and Hitoko are together talking.

Tadashi looks to the three assassins and only sees them holding their weapons. He gulps and turns back to Hitoko.

Rinka "You sure… he's gonna be okay?"

Ryuu shrugs as the three start going up the mountain "Like you said Rin. He needs time to adjust. We all needed time but we didn't get it. We were told to kill this creature and given guns. We were never given a real explanation."

Ryuu reaches for her hand and laces their fingers together

Rinka nods "That's true. We're used to it now."

Isogai "Just kiss."

Remembering the Ikeman the two snipers let go and look away from each other

Ryuu "Isogai…"

He smiles and punches the other boys arm

Isogai "You two don't have to hide it?"

Rinka sighs fixing one of her pigtails "It's not what you think…"

Isogai raises his eyebrow and crosses his arms "You do realize that you've been calling each other but those pet names? 'Rin' and 'Ryuu'? Shorter versions of your first names. 'Rinka' and 'Ryūnosuke'."

Rinka shrugs "Code names?"

"And hold hands a lot?"

Ryuu "Going through some shit. Need reassurance?"

"Going on dates?"

"Not dates. Just practicing shooting or doing homework?"

Isogai smiles innocently "What about all the times you've made out at the cafe when I was working? Like this morning?"

Both snipers tense and become extremely flustered.

"Yo! Isogai! Snipers!"

Isogai looks back to see his blonde friend "Maehara?"

Maehara runs over to them "Hey what's- what's with these two?"

Isogai shrugs "Caught them sitting in a tree. Or rather… the cafe."

Maehara turns to the snipers "So you two admit you're dating!"

Both "No."

Maehara smirks going beside Rinka "If you two aren't dating does that mean Rinka-chan is single~?"

Ryuu grabs his collar and drags him beside Isogai "Stop flirting. Rin's rejected you already."

Maehara frowns putting an arm around Isogai "I don't see why? I'm a great boyfriend! Right Yuma??"

Isogai rolls his eyes "You mean aside from the fact that you had absolutely no respect for my privacy?"

Maehara lets go and puts a hand on his hip "You disappeared for a week and no one heard anything. I was scared. Hayami. If Chiba one day randomly stopped coming to school, stop hanging out with you out of class, stopped texting you and everyone else, and just flat out was never seen anywhere, what would you do?"

Rinka looks confused "I'd go over to his place and check on him?"

"And if he's not home and hasn't been home in DAYS?!"

Rinka glares Ryuu

Ryuu "Hey glare at one of them?! Isogai did it and Maehara's giving you that situation! I haven't done anything!"

Rinka smiles before looking back to them "Then I'd ask his siblings when the last time they saw him and track him down. If it's Ryuu then chances are he's at the shooting range."

Ryuu rolls his eyes

Maehara "Exactly you'll track him down! Which is invading his privacy!"

"But as an E-3 student there's a chance something horrible happened. We're all prepared to defend ourselves but still. He could be in trouble and maybe his life is at stake. It's not really an invasion of privacy if it's something huge?"

Maehara throws his arms up "Exactly!! See Isogai!! Besides you were in the fucken hospital and didn't tell me!"

Isogai brushes him off "That was when we were 1st years Hiroto. Let's focus on the mission."

Rinka pulls Ryuu closer and whispers "Reminds me of you."

Ryuu rolls his eyes "Whatever you say tsundere."

Maehara points to the snipers "Anyway what was with those two? They were all red and nervous when I came?"

Isogai "Called then out on some of the things they do in public that they shouldn't."

Ryuu coughs "Please reword that…"

They look at him for a second.

Ryuu rubs his neck "Um… you remember I sit behind Okajima?"

Rinka "You remember I sit beside Okajima?"

Both "The class pervert."

The other two then process what was said.

Isogai "Oh right… I meant- I meant that these two deny dating but then go on dates, hold hands, and kiss in public!"

Maehara smirks "Reminds me of us when when we first started dating and broke up."

Isogai guts him which hardly phased him anymore (training and he's fucken used to it)

Isogai "Anyway! The snipers?"

The snipers are subtly holding hands and playing with their guns

Ryuu "How should we try to kill Korosensei today? I don't wanna deal with 1st period today?"

Rinka "We have everything set up for the swap. Could try that?"

"Maybe. We'd need a distraction though. I think we should do the switch one a different day since we'd need to get rid of our normal scents. Who's gonna be the decoy snipers?"

Both look at the other two boys

"Rin?"

"Probably."

Isogai "Huh?"

Maehara "Wait What?"

Ryuu looks to Rinka for her to explain.

Rinka "We have a plan to kill Korosensei. But we need help. You two are good at sniping right."

Maehara "Depends?"

Isogai "We can shoot but we're not your level."

Ryuu "Rin think it'll work?"

Rinka shrugs and gives him her bag before pulling out a small piece of paper "Isogai shoot this paper. Maehara this one."

Rinka jumps into the tree and swings around avoiding the shots.

They do hit it on the 4th and 8th try.

Rinka sits on a branch "It can work."

Ryuu nods "Yeah."

Isogai "Hm?"

Maehara "Wait what…?"

Ryuu "Wanna help kill Korosensei?"

"Sure why not."

"Okay."

The snipers explain the plan and they two agree saying it could work.

Maehara laughs "I swap with Rinka-chan right?"

Rinka "No. Isogai can we swap? And Maehara and Ryuu swap? I just don't feel comfortable with his wearing my clothes."

Isogai "Valid. Also? You two do realize that we're the top two in knife work? Maehara barely started getting used to gun? I'm only average?"

Ryuu "True but that's why we need you two. Honestly I feel like Rin should swap with someone closer to her height but-"

Rinka punches him in the stomach "You calling short?"

Ryuu smirks taking out her pigtails "I'm saying you're not close to 5'8. Calm down tsundere. You're 5'2."

She pulls her gun out as they keep walking up the mountain and aim it at her boyfriends jaw

"Chiba Ryūnosuke I swear. If you say it I will shoot."

He sweatdrops and looks to the knife specialist.

Maehara sees the campus "Yea tell us about the plan later. Come on Yuma!"

They run away and the snipers keep walking.

Ryuu smirks still with the pistol to his jaw "You know? You shouldn't point a gun at your best friend?"

She puts it to his mouth "Shut up."

Both laugh and she moves her gun back to her side

Ryuu "C'mon Rin. Let's get to class."

They go to the classroom and talk quietly to each other ignoring their classmates.

Rinka covers her mouth to hide her laugh and Ryuu smirks

Ryuu "Really Rin? Now you're gonna be all shy?"

Rinka blushes slightly and rolls her eyes "I have to keep my appearance too ya know?"

Ryuu crosses his arms and leans on his desk "Yeah…?"

Korosensei "Time for class everyone!! Snipers stop flirting!!"

The snipers then realize the class started already and they were just watching them.

Ryuu stumbles into his seat and Rinka sinks into hers both trying to return to their normal stoic selves.

Sugaya hands Fuwa a sketch "Fuwa-san? This good enough? I only had a few minutes and they kept moving?"

Fuwa lights up "Perfect! You managed to get his loving expression and her shy laugh!"

Both snipers flinch looking over there

The others in class have gathered around looking at the sketch and complimenting the artist Sugaya.

The snipers caught a glimpse of it and it WAS really accurate which is the problem.

Ryuu taps Rinka's shoulder "Guess we aren't very observant?"

She smiles awkwardly "Yet when it comes to assassination?"

He shrugs.

Ritsu "Sugaya-kun! You're drawing is nearly as accurate as my printing!"

Sugaya rubs his neck "Thanks Ritsu!"

Korosensei "Nufufufu!!!"

The snipers know what's gonna come next and quickly go to a neutral unphasable state completely ignoring everything and going on their phones.

The school day end after what feels like forever of them talking about the drawing and how the snipers are surprising easy to make flustered.

End chapter

I have ideas for future but not for now…

Next chapter will probably be the trial so heres the first warning.