Chapter 26
After school
Rinka "Bye Ryuu. Destroy Tadashi in paintball."
He smirks leaning to kiss her "I will."
She blushes deeply when they do.
Ryuu smiles "I like free Rin. You're a lot more expressive already?"
She pouts "I'm only this expressive when it comes to you…"
His smile softens "You're amazing Rin. Gotta go. Tadashi's meeting me at the store in the opposite direction."
"Bye Ryuu. Have fun. Also? Go easy on your sisters and parents. Destroy Tadashi."
"Oh no. I'm destroying my parents too. Nee-San maybe. Senna I'll go easy."
They wave bye going in opposite direction.
Karasuma drives past Rinka "Hayami get in. Well give you a ride."
Rinka "Have you two been following us this whole time?!"
Irina smirks "0 hits really?"
Rinka groans getting in the cars "This is why we call you a Bitch."
Irina "Well aware and take pride in bitchyness. But seriously! You two need to practice the hits!!! You had 15 last time and he barely got to 20!! You should both be at least to 25 in 10 seconds!!"
A deep blush covers Rinka face as she looks away "……"
Irina "You two haven't kissed with tongue other than for assignments and punishment have you?"
"N-no…!"
Karasuma sighs "Irina. Let them have a young, innocent love while they can. They're still children. Plus they're the most emotionally distant and mature students in class."
Irina "I'm just saying! Learning about subduction and trying the moves on your partner is rather interesting~?"
Karasuma sighs and just continues driving to Rinka's house. They pull up and get out of the car going up to the house.
Rinka unlocks it "There's a lot of rather… unsettling things here."
Karasuma "We've seen a lot of things Hayami."
Irina "I'm an assassin who grew up killing. I've seen everything."
Rinka nods opening the door going inside "I know. It's just a heads up so you don't over react."
They all go inside and start packing everything.
Karasuma sees the photo that was on the fridge "Hayami? You look rather happy here…"
She glances over "Hm? Oh? That was because I was planning to sneak out to go to the animal shelter to play with the kittens later?"
"Ah that explains it."
Irina drops a box in the hallway and both go over immediately
Rinka sighs. It's the one Ryuu stopped at too.
"That one huh… My father had one of his minions to take that photo. He hung it up and I was never allowed to take it down. It was there to serve as a reminder that I can't fight back. That he's stronger. That I'll never be free. I could never bring myself to even touch it." She hesitates taking it down "There's also something in there. I never knew what though…"
She opens the frame and slides a piece of paper out and hands it to Karasuma
Karasuma looks at it "Hayami… how old were you exactly when you first held a gun…?"
She thinks "4 maybe?"
He hands the paper to Irina who's eyes widen
Irina "He was training you…?"
Karasuma "That's an army training schedule though… the kind…"
Rinka looks away from them "The kind Takaoka gave us? Yup. Karasuma-sensei. I really wished you let me snipe him when he fought Nagisa the second time… Takaoka remained me of my father. When he called himself our dad it gave me PTSD from my father. The training was so similar… the way they fought…"
Karasuma puts a hand on her head "Hayami. He's gone now. I'm so sorry for everything you've endured till now but you don't have to face everything alone. Irina and I- and your target- are here if you ever need anything. You have Chiba too. You'd likely go to him before us but we're here for you too Hayami. We want to help."
'He's looking at me… really looking me… wanting to help… no one in my family has ever looked me in the eye like this… not since…'
Her eyes fill with tears as she smiles "Thank you Karasuma-sensei…"
He panics slightly "H-Hayami no need to cry- did I say something wrong or-"
Irina puts a hand on him "You're so dense. She's just happy to have people really see her. Not just her past. Right Hayami?"
She nods rubbing her eyes "Yea… My families never been able to look me in the eye… not since… father tried to stab me I shot his chest. I missed his organs but it did scar. After than my mother couldn't look me in the eyes without seeing a killer… now though… now I really am a killer…"
Irina puts an arm around her and so does Karasuma awkwardly
Karasuma "This must be really hard for you Hayami…"
Rinka nods but smiles slightly "I'll be okay. I always recover…"
Irina "Hayami. You have extreme talent when it comes to over coming things. While you are the most emotionless of the class you've come a long way. I can tell especially recently that you've been happier. But I'm not blind. I could tell sometimes with Chiba you felt obligated to smile. I saw the chains holding you from being free. Even now. Here. The chains are there."
Rinka nods "Its easier to smile to express myself when with Ryuu… I just wish I was free. I want to make him worry less. Ever since father returned he's been worrying a lot. Since that phone call… he hasn't stopped worrying… I want to be free. I want to be at ease with him. With the class. I just wanna be…"
"Normal?"
She nods still between her teachers "normal huh…"
Karasuma "It's going to take awhile but you will be normal."
Rinka laughs lightly backing away from them grabbing her gun "As normal a misfit in an assassination classroom can be?"
The teachers smile holding their own guns
"Yeah."
"Normal for an assassin."
"Remember Hayami. You don't need to continue the life of an assassin. After the year is over… you can go on with your life. Free from both your past and mission."
She nods "I want to be free…" she looks around the wall "And a good way for start is to have all these major chains destroyed. Mom's coming back tomorrow afternoon."
Karasuma "Then we better move."
They continue taking down photos.
An hour later
Karasuma "Hayami? I'm sorry but what is this."
She looks at the jar "Hm? Oh yeah that's horrifying for so many reasons. It looks rather nice and normal huh?
He nods "It looks like red sand."
"It really does…"
"It's not sand is it…?"
Rinka shakes her head "It's ashes. Father burned my brother after killing him. He put the ashes in a jar. It's red from my blood."
Karasuma "What the fuck…"
Rinka nods "Exactly. He made and displayed it so I'd always know that he's not afraid to kill me." She shrugs it off "That's probably not gonna be much use in your investigation. There's probably stuff in his room. I don't know I've never actually been in there…"
Karasuma "Me and Irina can check there. I get the feeling you have no intention of going there?"
She laughs awkwardly "I planned to barricade that room and put a bookshelf or something in front of it to pretend it doesn't exist…"
Karasuma's lips twitch for a second "C'mon Irina. We can probably get a lot of things for the investigation there."
She nods and they leave.
Rinka smiles softly watching them before looking around the house.
The dent in the counter. The hole in the wall. The pictures. The pictures.
There's a family picture. All of them are smiling happily. Or so it seems.
Yachi's arms are tied behind her and Rinka has an ax. Zaraki had a gun.
She sighs "If I could edit him out… Ritsu?"
She looks at her phone as her classmate appears
Ritsu "Yes Hayami?"
Rinka "Photoshop is easy for you huh? Editing pictures and stuff?"
Ritsu laughs "Piece of cake!"
Rinka "Thought so… can you edit a few pictures for me? Just… can you remove him from them?"
Ritsu nods "Absolutely Hayami! Just take a picture of the ones you want changed and save them to the new folder I created. I can have it done before school! My main system can print them."
She smiles "Thanks Ritsu. Can I get them after school though? I don't necessarily want the rest of the class to know?"
"You don't want Chiba to know?"
She shakes her head "I'm sure he knows I'd ask you for help but he doesn't need to see picture from my past."
Ritsu nods "Understandable!"
Rinka nods "I'll start sending the pictures. Gotta go Ritsu."
She disappears from the screen and Rinka takes a picture of the photo before continuing cleaning.
3 hours later
Rinka collapses on her couch "I didn't realize how traumatizing this place is till now."
Karasuma just finished loading the last box of evidence into his car "…Hayami. How do you not realize that…"
"Well I'm so used to ignoring it that I didn't really notice it till now."
Her phone starts to ring and she lights up seeing the name.
Both teacher 'Definitely Chiba'
Rinka answers the call smiling "Ryuu what's up?"
Ryuu "I think Tadashi officially hates me."
"Sniped him from across the area?"
"Across the entire arena actually."
"Good."
Tadashi's voice "Ryuu-nii cheated!"
Senna's voice "You just aren't as good as Ryuu-nii is!"
Karasuma leans to Irina and whispers "You see that too right?"
Irina nods "The chains are loosening. She completely lite up when he called and I haven't seen her smile like this ever."
Karasuma nods "Yeah."
Rinka laughs "Ryuu you totally destroyed all of them didn't you?"
"…I went easy on Nee-san and was on a team with Senna-chan."
She shakes her head.
Ryuu "Anyway hows it going over there? You doing okay? I can stop by and help if you want?"
Rinka "Actually… I'm just about finished. Cleared out the majority of everything. All that's left is the thing I'm dreading most."
The teachers look confused.
Ryuu "You don't wanna clean your room do you."
Rinka nods "Correct. I'm just dreading my room cause it's just annoying."
The teachers sigh
Karasuma "Hayami seriously? I had thought you were gonna say you had a secret basement or something?"
Rinka "Oh shit that's right! There's still the basement! That bastard used it for horrible experiments. It's been barricaded for so long I forgot about it!"
Ryuu "Who was that? It sounded like Karasuma-sensei?"
Rinka "Yea. He and Bitch-sensei helped me since they had to investigate for the case. So don't worry about coming to help."
Ryuu "Alright I guess… I'm glad you're not doing it alone Rin. I gotta go. Call you later?"
Rinka smiles softly "Yea. I'll call you later. Bye 'shy ry'~"
Ryuu "You're never gonna drop that one are you?"
"Nope never."
He sighs "I'm hanging up on you now."
She snickers "Bye."
They hang up and Rinka smiles fondly at her screen
Irina throws an arm around her "Ehh~? Why didn't you say 'I love you' before hanging up?!"
Rinka blushes deeply "The- that's because well um…"
"You haven't said it yet have you?!"
She stands up walking away "So the basement door I think is over here."
Irina "You seriously haven't said I love you?! You've been together for a month or more though?!"
Rinka pushes a bookshelf to the side with Karasuma's help
Irina "Don't ignore me?! I wanna know!!"
Rinka blushes "We haven't okay!"
Karasuma's expression softens slightly "In a way that's a tad amusing."
Rinka pouts looking at him.
Karasuma shrugs "You two have done 15 hits in 10 seconds in front of the class and didn't have to much of a reaction aside from a faint blush."
Irina nods "And yet! You haven't said I love you?!"
Rinka rubs the wall looking for a door "Here! The door. I need a paperclip."
Irina "I have a bobby-pin? Can you pick locks?"
Rinka nods "Duh."
She takes the pin and cuts the wallpaper that blocks the door. Rinka looks at the door and gulps reaching to open it.
Karasuma stops her "We'll handle it. You can go work on your homework."
Irina nods "Yeah. I know I assigned some."
Rinka looks at them. Irina smiles kindly and not bitchy. Karasuma has his hand on the door keeping it shut and looking at her softly. Both are really looking at her and seeing her for who she is.
Karasuma nods "Go ahead Hayami."
She nods and smiles "Thank you sensei's… I'll be in my room. If you need anything let me know."
The two nod and watch her leave before going into the basement.
Irina "You've gotten pretty soft for the kids Karasuma."
He sighs "I guess they've grown on me. Hayami has been through a lot too. You saw her. She completely froze when reaching for the door. Whatever's here we can assume she's dealt with it at some point."
Meanwhile Rinka
She sits down at her desk with her notebook opened studying English.
She gets another call and doesn't check the name just answers
"Ryuu?"
"Sorry girl. Not your boyfriend."
"Oh? Hey Rio. I didn't check the name."
Rio laughs "I figured. So??? What's up? Did you have a date with Chiba again today~?"
"Ha Ha very funny. Chiba was with his family today."
"Well geez I don't keep tabs on him."
Rinka rolls her eyes "Haha…"
"So? How things going with you two?"
"Good? Rio what are you aiming at."
"Deets on your relationship! C'mon girl!! I wanna know everything!!"
Rinka sighs "Look. I trust you with my life. I don't however trust you with this. I know you girl. You'll tell everyone and honestly? Ryuu and I just kinda wanna keep everything on the downlow for a little longer. Just don't tell the others anything you know…?"
Rio squeals "Fine fine! But you two are a thing right?!"
Rinka bites her lip with a faint blush "I will neither confirm nor deny that."
Rio laughs "So yes! Oh man! How'd it happen?"
Rinka "Gotta go. Bye. See ya at school."
She hangs up quickly and sighs putting her head down thinking about him.
She finishes her homework and goes to the kitchen and sees her teachers in there sulking
Rinka "Sensei's? Are you okay?"
Irina "Karasuma's having a breakdown."
Karasuma "All this time… I've spent the majority of my time in the Ministry of Defense looking for him… all this time… the biggest evidence and clue…"
Rinka sweatdrops "What was in there anyway? I haven't been inside since I was like 4 and it's blocked since I was 6."
Irina waves it off "Don't worry about it. It's our problem now. You don't gotta stress it."
Her brow furrows looking skeptical
Karasuma picks his head up "Hayami you wouldn't happen to have any sort of alcohol would you?"
Rinka laughs lightly "No. We never knew when dad would come so my mom never buys any. She doesn't drink and I'm underage."
The teachers nod
"That's smart."
Karasuma looks at the clock "We should be heading out. Stay safe Hayami."
Irina "See you in class tomorrow. Don't forget to finish the homework."
Rinka nods as they leave.
A smile forms in her lips as she pulls her phone out FaceTiming Ryuu
He answers and has it facing the ceiling and she hears the water turning off
Ryuu "Hey Rin?"
"Hey. What's up? And why am I looking at the ceiling?"
He laughs lightly "Just got out of the shower a second ago and not completely dressed. You?"
Rinka blushes faintly and she knows he smirked "Karasuma-sensei and Bitch-sensei just left. We finished clearing the house of everything."
"That's good. I'm glad you weren't doing it alone. I wish you'd have told me you were getting help? I wouldn't have felt so guilty!"
Rinka laughs "Don't be guilty."
"I still wanna make it up to you. I shoulda helped you. What kinda boyfriend am I if I can't even help my girlfriend with stuff like that?"
Rinka "You're a great boyfriend who respects my boundaries. That's what I like… you always go as far as you know you can. You never actually cross that line."
"Neither do you."
She smiles softly as he picks up his phone
Rinka blushes faintly looking at him
Ryuu "Rin? Are you… blushing~?"
She moves the camera to her ceiling "No."
Ryuu laughs closing the door and flopping onto his bed "Rin~ Where'd you go I can't see you anymore??"
Rinka comes back on screen covering the lower part of her face "I'm not blushing."
Ryuu "You're so cute."
She pouts "I am not cute!"
He laughs then hears his dad come in.
Tsukki "Ry! You're grounded!"
Ryuu "What why?!"
Rinka stays quiet on the phone.
Tsukki "Because you shot me from across the entire arena!"
Ryuu deadpans "Dad. Why are you so petty?!"
Rinka snorts on screen trying to hide her laugh
Ryuu glares at her "Rin don't laugh!"
Tsukki grabs the phone "Rinka! How're you doing?"
Rinka smiles "Hey Tsukki! I'm doing fine. Are you really gonna ground Ryuu for sniping everyone in paintball?"
Tsukki "Considering. Although… I'm willing to bargain…"
Ryuu tries to grab his phone "Dad give me my Phone!"
Tsukki "Rinka did Ryuu ever tell you the story from when he was 6 and I came to visit?"
Rinka shakes her head and Ryuu launches himself to grab his phone and mutes it so she can't hear them.
Ryuu "You are not telling Rin any of those embarrassing stories!"
Tsukki snicks punching his arm "I'd rather just tell her bits of stories that way you tell her."
"Dad!!!"
Tsukki ruffles his hair "You're doing the dishes tonight. Unmute your girlfriend I wanna talk to her for a sec."
Ryuu "I'm not leaving though."
"Fair enough."
Ryuu unmutes it and Rinka smirks at him
Ryuu "Shut up Rin."
Tsukki "Hey Rinka? Genuine question?"
"Hm?"
"At school… does Ry ever show his eyes?"
Ryuu flinches noticeably and glances at Rinka 'Say yes'
Rinka nods "Yeah. Sometimes it all depends what we're doing. Lab experiments, cooking, and pe he usually does. But if we're just using textbooks or taking notes then he doesn't."
Ryuu silently thanks her.
Tsukki smiles "Good. I'm glad he's finally starting to be comfortable about it." He pats his sons shoulder "I'll be downstairs. Come by anytime Rinka."
Rinka "I'll think about it."
Ryuu "Bye Dad…"
He leaves and Ryuu's smile fades away as he looks at his reflection mostly his dark red eyes.
Rinka "Ryuu…?"
He sighs "I hate my eyes…"
Rinka "Hey… Ryuu…?"
He shakes his head "Anyway! You guys finished clearing everything? That's good. You're mom comes back finally after school right?"
"Yeah…"
"Good."
They stop talking but don't hang up and continue doing their own things.
Occasionally They'll say something just to hear the others voice.
Next day after school
They're still in class grabbing their stuff
Ryuu "Are you picking her up from the hospital or?"
Rinka nods "Yeah. I'm meeting her there then we're talking a cab."
"Okay. Want me to walk you there?"
"You probably have something to do. I'll be fine."
"You sure? I mean I have to drop something off that way anyway?"
Rinka smiles softly "Then sure…"
Mimura "Oiii?! Chiba! Hayami! Hurry up!"
Ryuu "I told you to go ahead?"
Sugaya "Nah. We wanna tease ya a little."
Ryuu sighs "At least Okajima isn't here to be perverted…"
Rinka "I heard him say something about going to an arcade after school… I think he was going to the one we usually go to."
Mimura whistles "Date spot~?"
Both rolls their eyes but don't deny it.
Sugaya "Dont you two always go to shooting ranges and arcades for dates?"
Rinka "Or the cafe."
Ryuu nearly chokes as the other two are shook
Mimura "So you admit to going on dates?"
Rinka "We go hang out at the cafe to study, the range for practice, and arcade to just have fun."
Ryuu nods "You guys just consider anything we do a date. We literally got partnered by Karasuma-sensei and you considered it a date."
Sugaya "Yeah But you guys don't act as couplly in school!"
They sighs walking down the mountain.
They get to the bottom
Sugaya "Hm? Don't you two usually go this way?"
Rinka "I'm going to the hospital today."
Ryuu "And I have to run an errand."
Mimura "Mhmm…?"
Sugaya "Well? See ya tomorrow? Hayami? Good luck… We don't really know what's going on but we got the general idea from news and common sense…"
Mimura "Is she being released soon?"
Rinka nods "Yeah… today… I gotta go…"
Ryuu "Bye guys."
They go opposite ways.
Sugaya sighs "Oh man I really hope Hayami's okay… We can't really ask her or Chiba about it…"
Mimura nods "Chiba isn't great with words or comforting people… Apparently he's better with her so…?"
"Maybe?"
Meanwhile the snipers
They walk in silence to the hospital
Ryuu "Rin you sure you're okay on your own?"
Rinka nods "I'll be fine Ryuu. I'll probably call you later. Don't call me unless it's seriously urgent. Let me call you."
He nods and kisses her cheek "I'll be waiting. Talk to you later Rin."
They wave bye and Rinka goes to the hospital.
Her mother is brought out and they get a cab.
Rinka "Mom…? How you feeling…?"
She nods "I'm okay Rinka. I'm sorry I was gone for so long. The doctors and therapist said I'm recovered enough to go home but I'm still gonna continue the therapy. How're things at him?"
Rinka "I cleaned out the house. I turned over any and all suspicious things to the government."
"Government?"
Rinka "Yeah… it's like I told you before about the trial. He's now the governments problem. Let's just move forward yeah?"
Yachi nods "Yeah. Like we always do. We move forward."
They get to the house and Rinka opens the door
"Don't worry Mom. Everything is gonna be okay. There's no sign of him anymore."
Yachi smiles following her inside.
End chapter
So yeaaaaa Yachi is back. That explains some stuff. I wanted a bit of fluff in this so there's the boys teasing a little. It's not my best not my worst. I tried at least. I'm working to get more fluffy!!
Miraculous LadybugXAssination Classroom crossover: would take place in Tokyo Japan like this show does. School Kunugigaoka Junior High. Chiba's Hero name: I'm thinking Kuro Neko (go by Kuro for short) or Chat Noir (Chat for short)
This is also the story I have most motivation for which explains why I update this more often. Btw I'm not gonna be deleting the AN cause I want you guys to remember that I'm only human. That my life isn't perfect. It's not like Rinka's but still. My problems are valid and so are all of yours. You're problems are valid. You may think or have been told "At least it's not as bad as *something*" but seriously. You're valid. You're opinion, problems, and feelings are all valid.