Hello everyone! First of all, Ryūki's group, I came up with a bunch of names for his gang because of course I didn't actually know any of their actual names and I hope you enjoy the chapter! Also I have a question, how would you feel about a dream chapter of Minako dreaming about a life where her mother and Usagi didn't die? I've been thinking about it but I want to hear your opinion on the matter. I got some ideas but I would like to know if you want to hear about it or what. Pm me or tell me in the reviews if you have an opinion on it!
I do not own Assassination Classroom.
She was dressed like a princess. Frowning at the mirror, Minako gazed over at Hara who gave her a bright smile, "How do you like your princess dress?" she asked with a chuckle. Sighing Minako looked back and gazed at the dress Hara took from her brother to improve. All in all she took the puffy sleeve power-blue disaster and did make something out of it.
She took off the large puffy sleeves and transformed them into sheer cap sleeves, took a lot of the sparkle out of the top of the dress and cut off the white lace from the sweetheart neckline. She also turned the floor-length skirt to a knee-length skirt. Putting her hands on her hips Minako smiled, "It's definitely an improvement! However, might I add a couple of things?" she asked.
Laughing Hara shook her head, "Minako if you're willing to parade around in costumes to help us out you can do whatever you want. I'm just glad it came out as well as it did. I was afraid I was going to ruin the dress. Although I supposed I could have made another couple of dresses out of the material I took out," she said amused.
Eyeing the dress, Hinano smiled from her spot in the classroom, "You did a really good job Hara!" she said happily.
Watching Minako opened up a chest, Rio frowned, "Hard to believe Izaya had such a low brow costume. Those things are like the only thing he works hard at," she said watching Minako dig through the chest. At the moment the room they all used to change into their gym clothes had been used to store Minako's costume changes. A single rolling garment rack had all of her approved outfits with a large chest filled with add on things.
Finally finding a large circular crown, Minako placed it to the side before looking for two long ribbons to match her dress to tie around her arms and one for her hair, "Izaya doesn't do princess stuff all that much. Apparently it's not popular with the café crowded and he thought he shouldn't give me, Makoto, or Usagi when she was alive a princess complex. Too bad my schools didn't share his desires I've been called Cinderella and princess by my elementary and junior high school," she told her.
"Is that why Karma-kun calls you Cinderella?" asked Yada amused.
"I always thought he figured you were like Cinderella, I mean you do lots of cooking and cleaning at home," said Hinata.
"But you can transform into the belle of the ball," said Fuwa amused.
"Nope, in elementary school when Minako was still learning to tie her shoes she didn't do all that well, she kept losing one of her shoes and well when were kids there is usually one thing in common with princesses. That being princesses are usually pretty blond girls, so because of the shoe thing and the blonde thing she became Cinderella," said Rio recounting the tale of Minako's nickname.
Minako wonder what they would say if she told them the chairman thought she was more Beauty than Cinderella, eh, she would keep that to herself.
Frowning, Rinka gazed curious as Minako pulled on light tan boots lacing them up, "How come Izaya likes dressing people up…and why are all of these perfectly tailored to you," she said looking at the fairy costume, it had the fairy wings sewed onto it.
Pulling her hair back into a high ponytail securing it with her ribbon Minako gave the serious girl a shrug, "Beats me, he's always liked it even when I was young! He's especially enjoyed dressing up his sisters. Makoto made it easy for him, she would dress in anything that was sparkly and jump on the coffee table to sing a song. Me and Usagi pretty much stuck to our respected Scouts more than anything else, which is why there's so many pictures of us in costume" she said turning to Rio so she could tie the ribbons along her arms before she slipped on the crown then a fake jeweled necklace.
Then for her final step she fastened her sword to her waist, turning to everyone she held out her arms and showed them her finished work, "What do you think?" she asked hopeful.
Eyeing her up and down Hazama frowned, "You look like some bandit princess," she said.
"Good!" said Minako spinning around to look at herself in the mirror.
Laughing Yada smiled, "I don't think your fans are going to be happy! They've always imagined you as a princess-princess. Back when I didn't know you I use to think you could be a real princess just like one of those in Disney or you read about from England. More from England considering you do have heritage from there," she said.
Crossing her arms, Kayano cocked her head, "I can't see Minako waiting in some tower for her prince to come; I can't imagine any of us doing that! Well maybe Bitch-sensei, but the rest of us would have scaled the tower and gone off on our own," she said amused.
Nodding in agreement Minako sat down beside Rio, "If I had to pick my fairytale I would say I would have been some princess engaged to a prince. Only I get kidnapped by some bandits and find I like it better with them away from royal customs. Then would spend a couple of years getting pulled back and forth till finally I decide where I belong! Then I'll emerge as the Bandit Princess! Taking over other kingdoms till mine is the greatest there ever was!" she said happily.
"If you're forcefully taking over kingdoms I think I could stand to be your witchy little sidekick then," said Hazama with a slight smirk.
"Curse my enemies oh dear witchy one! Mostly Ren, that guy has gotten way to touchy feeling lately and he needs a curse big time," said Minako happily.
"What happen to the prince?" asked Hinata smiling.
"Or better yet what made the princess stay with the bandits did he have fiery red hair, wicked gold eyes, and a carefree smirk!" teased Megu.
"You know Karma has a couple of fire like traits, red hair and gold eyes, both colors that show up in the fire world," said Hinano teasingly.
"As for why she would have stayed with the bandits, I think we all know the answer to that," snorted Hara while Minako blushed from embarrassment.
Sitting back though, Minako chuckled, "If my life really was a fairytale Asano would no doubt be the prince who I would neither hate nor love but was told to marry and Karma would be the bandit king who would make me question everything in my royal life. Both would make me new sides of my world. I know one thing though I would become a princess and eventually a queen of her people. If I really was a princess I wouldn't want to sit on a throne and look pretty I would want to learn to fight and battle beside my people for their freedom and safety," she said.
Pulling out her gun, Rinka gazed at it with her sharp eyes, "That would be a princess I be willing to serve, kind of like the Snow White in that Once Upon A Time TV series," she said giving her two cents.
Standing up Megu clapped her hands, "That's enough of that, we have a café to get ready for! So everyone to your places, Minako you'll help out in the kitchen with Hara till someone has earned a picture with you. Then you'll act like a server to said person! Hinano I want you to instead go to the gathering team and Kayano you're going to be taking orders instead," said Megu.
Jumping to their feet everyone let out a chorus of yeses before taking their leave, heading over to the window and pushing it open, Minako waited for Korosensei to appear. Once he was around she leaned out, "Am I to keep hush-hush about you-know-who visiting?" she asked him curious.
Giving her a wide smile, he nodded, "Let it come as a surprise!" he said.
Nodding she gave him a cheery wink, "Okay but in return if you have any more assassins coming I want numbers. Eventually all those guys are going to have to retire and I already got Uncle Grip, Gastro, Red-Eye, and Smog telling me their interested in coming to work of Suzuki Corporation after retirement!" she said happily.
"Wanting to cash in on the assassins?" asked Korosensei with a curious tone.
Smiling she turned to him, "Assassins have amazing skills and I'm willing to look past what some might consider a sordid past and see the jewels that they are. I mean I know they make a lot with each kill but they'll get bored with retirement and why not give them something fun and safe to do that isn't too demanding or stressful. Smog has already expressed interested in the Suzuki's research teams! While Gastro and Red-Eye said they be willing to do weapon testing once in a while!" she said happily, she was a part of the world of assassin through her mama and this class.
If her mama was still alive Minako would have no doubt discovered her secret long ago and been introduced to this world way ahead of time. She would have no doubted come to this decision as well, assassin were a part of her life and she wanted to keep that. Not to mention it was just so smart to do that seeing their skills first hand. Assassins had skills and valuable experience that was useful, she was someone who could help them use it for more than themselves.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
"Just remember, no taking over the world!" said Korosensei patting her head.
Chuckling Minako smiled at Korosensei and shook her head, "I told you despite kind of enjoying the royal treatment I get I have no desire to be an actual queen or princess! I simply what to try and influence the world enough that it changes for the better! So not as many people will experience what G.O.D number one experienced. I want to help make the world safer," she told him happily.
"Sensei is sure you'll achieve your dream, just as he is sure your classmates will achieve theirs," he said happily.
"What's your dream?" questioned Minako.
Chuckling he grinned widely, "Sensei wouldn't mind kisses from some college beauties!" he said slipping into his pervy dreams.
Smiling Minako shrugged, "Well I'm no college beauty but if a princess can kiss a frog to find a prince, I can kiss an octopus as a gesture of kindness," she said before snagging Korosensei tie. Bringing him close she kissed what she was sure was his cheek and found it felt the same as last time. Like kissing a warm rubber ball, slipping back inside the classroom she blew Korosensei a goodbye kiss and gave him a flirty wink before skipping off, "Be a good boy sensei!" she said going to join everyone.
Feeling a blush touch him, Korosensei chuckled as a smug smile touched him, "Ah a princess's kiss is truly magical!" he said before zipping up to his hiding spot.
The time had come for their revenge at last! He didn't forget the slimy feel of that, whatever that was, or the feel of that ridiculous books smashing into his head. Ryūki thought good and long about what he would do to those smug ass little middle schooler twerps who fought him. He wanted to beat them for what they did to his fun but he held back. He held back till now! Gazing at the guide book he could feel a smirk, "The school festival! Kukukuku, this is our chance. Class E's students opened up a shop far away from the main building," he said.
They couldn't have played into their hands any better than they already had! This was going to be too easy, far too easy. Remembering than strange teacher his let his anger simmer once more, "They're protected by that teacher-monster so we can't fight them directly, but we can ruin them indirectly," he said crushing his guide as he shoved his hands into his pockets, "The grudge we've born since the school trip in Kyoto, will finally be avenged right here in Tokyo," he said.
Gazing up at Kunugigoka Junior High School Ryūki scowled and stepped in looking for Class E ignoring all the peppy little students who tried to get him and his guy's attention. He had to stop a couple of times to reign in his idiots though , especially when they walked past something that actually had idols. Seriously what kind of school went this far for a stupid festival! It made him sick to see so much school spirit and vibrant youth.
Finally at last they came upon their target. Gazing at the poster along with the menu, he felt a scowl in place when he looked at the bright poster. It had an acorn that turned to noodles that fell into a bowl of soup, "So their store is up ahead, huh?" he questioned.
Leaning forward Yuba read aloud for them all, "These noodles are 'made from acorns', what the hell? This' the first time I've heard of something like that," he muttered.
Popping out of nowhere a cute busty raven head with a ponytail came with a bright smile, "Just like the title says, they're spiced noodles made from acorns. It's a new flavor obtained from the natural ingredients on this mountain. This is probably the only place in Japan you can eat them and they're only available for the limited time of this school festival," she told them in a cheery voice.
Holding up a menu she continued her little show and tell, "Both our senpais and the adults who understand the true value of food…said they're delicious!" she said making his weaker members began to drool at the thought of the noodles.
Laughing Yoshiro grinned, "There's also a crap-load of things on the side menu," he said sniggering.
Nodding Yuba slobbered, "I'm hungry from just hearing what she said," he said wiping away the drool.
Growling at their lack of focus, Ryūki glowered at the lot of them, "Hey! Don't forget our objective," he hissed before turning on the little girl. Smirking at her, he tried to hit the class with his first blow of slander, "They probably don't have a fridge all the way up that mountain, and what about how sanitary the place where the food is being prepared is?" he snickered.
Keeping on her friendly smile the little girl didn't budge, "Ah, you don't have to worry about that! When you order something that requires delicate ingredients to make, we go capture them on the mountain and bring them straight to the shop. So if you order something here and now…by the time you reach our shop on the mountain, we'll have already captured the ingredients and you can eat them while they're still fresh," she said.
Gazing up the mountain he scowled, so they turned the fact that the journey up was a pain in the ass into an advantage. These snot nose little bastards were craftier than he thought. Smiling not at all aware of his inner thoughts the little girl continued, "We can also take the people who have difficulty walking all or half way to the shop, but…you look quite strong, so it won't be hard for you to get there!" she said pointing them toward a little wagon hooked up to two bikes being manned by too punks that looked like they belonged in his crew.
Looking up the mountain he furrowed his brow and began the trek of the mountain with his boys it was only minutes into this began to rethink this whole revenge plot. Forcing themselves up the mountain Ryūki could feel his lungs catching fire as sweat clung to his body and soaked his threads. Huffing and puffing it felt like a life time till finally at long last they reached the top, "Dammit…I should stop smoking…" he said wearily.
Taking a moment to catch sight of the rather picturesque seen he snorted, "Hoh—this looks good," he said sarcastically before taking notice of a shachihoko on the roof of their school building.
Also taking notice of it, Yoshiro scowled, "Why is there a shachihoko up there?" he questioned.
"…Who knows? Looking at it pisses me off though," he snapped.
They were up there long before a loud voice caught their attention, "Ah! They're the high school students from the field trip!" yelled someone familiar. Looking over, Ryūki wanted to question his luck because all the rats he hated were all together, "What are you doing here?" cried the spotter, a dark hair boy who held a tray with two drinks.
Gazing at them, the red head smiled lazily, "Heeeh~~? Are you going to kidnap another one of our girls?" he said mockingly.
Feeling his eyebrow twitch, Ryūki sneered, "We're not gonna do something like that again. If we do, that monster teacher of yours will show up again," he said before reaching out to grab a pair of chopsticks, "But we can ruin this for you even without using brute force," he said. Breaking the chopsticks cleanly apart he grinned widely, "For example, we could scream that this food sucks balls and spread the word on the internet," he said mockingly.
Gritting his teeth, Sugino gazed at them nervously, "Kuh," he grunted.
"Hurry and bring us the food," snapped Ryūki taking seat.
Minutes later Sugino brought out a plate of steaming noodles and a bowl of soup to the table, "This is our menu's main dish; acorn noodles," he said frowning.
Gazing at the noddle he jumped when out of nowhere his idiots began to act foolish, Yusuke leaned down and drooled close to the soup, "Uooh, it looks delicious!" he declared.
Okubo raised his hand and grinned at him drool dripping from his mouth, "Hey, Ryūki-kun, can I also have the Mont Blanc for dessert?!" he cried hopeful.
Next to him Yuba grinned wildly his tongue sticking out like a dog as he pointed to the menu, "I also like smoked fish!" he declared.
Fuming he wanted to hit each of them, "Stop messing around! You idiots keep your cool!" he snapped fed up with the lot of them. Did they forget why they were here! They could fill up on crap in the shops below after they badmouth this place and got it bad listed! Why couldn't they freaking remember that dammit. Glower he grabbed a glob of noddle with his sticks and dipped them in the soups, there was no way anything made by those snot nose brats would be any good. He would just puke it up after taking a bit of it.
Slurping up the noodles though he found his taste buds with a whole new worlds. It was so delicious! It was little a little taste of heaven he couldn't even muster up the will to puke it up. Swallowing it whole tears of pure joy leaked down his face.
Meanwhile nearby Fuwa smirked, "So much for a Mr. Badass! He doesn't even qualify as an antagonist in a manga," she snorted.
Staring at her wearily, Nagisa sighed, "Fuwa-san," he said shaking his head.
Watching the high schoolers eat his ramen Muramatsu grinned proudly as he leaned out the window, "It'll work. It took me a week of research to get to this point," he said.
Coming up to peer out with him, Minako, now dressed as Sailor Venus, frowned and looked a little green and queasy, "Ugh I still have dreams about taste testing. I'm so sick of ramen I don't think I can eat it for years to come," she said feeling sick.
Slurping up the soup, another member of Ryūki's crew, Kuwabara frowned as he tasted the heavenly noodle for himself, "This ramen but…I've never tasted anything like this," he said astounded.
Looking at a green Sailor Venus, Muramatsu sighed, "It was really difficult working with the ingredients that all have strong flavors, these are the acorn noodles in tonkotsu soup I obtained after searching for the ultimate balance in flavor," he said.
Peering over at him with a genuine expression, the queasy blonde spoke to him, "If you bring these to your dads shop when you take over you might be hearing from me in the future! You could take these worldwide and I be more than willing to be your wealthy benefactor in helping you do that! Probably could get you on one of those American cooking competitions to help promote it too, you should really start working on your English!" said Minako.
Smirking, Muramatsu went to comment only to get his smiled wiped away when Itona spoke up while observing what his video surveillance, "It has a miraculous flavor, but because Muramatsu made it his main selling point, his terrible cooking, will be crushed," he said sarcastically.
Growling, Muramatsu looked behind and glared, "Shut up, Itona. Get back to work!" he barked.
Meanwhile back out at the table Ryūki could feel his patience weary thin as his buddies began to drool over the food and forget while they were here. Grinning and drooling freely Okubo laughed, "I want to eat the rest!" he declared.
Nodding next to him Yuba pointed to the menu, "What the hell is this 'tamagotake'? I've never had anything like that!" he yelled happily
Slamming his hands down, Ryūki glared at his idiots, "You idiots! You have to say it taste bad!" he yelled at them furious.
"Eh? It taste bad?" questioned a female from behind.
Turning with his teeth bare, Ryūki could feel his mind stall with a foreign beauty appeared. She had pale milky skip, big crystal blue eyes, luscious glossy pink lips, long wavy blond hair, an a thin willow figure with a large chest packed into a tight little sweater. At once he could feel himself flush as he peered at the beautiful goddess before him! Staring at him with the cutest expression ever she frowned, "Oh my…do the things my students made not suit your tastes?" she asked.
Sighing, Minako could see where this was going and wanted to bash her head in, "If I have to dress up for those dick bags this time I'm controlling the situation," she muttered to Muramatsu climbing through the window.
Snickering he wished her good luck while Bitch-sensei continued to play with the boys with everyone looking on in amazement, meanwhile Ryūki answered Bitch-sensei with a huge smiled, "No, absolutely not, it's incredibly good!" he said.
Perking up immediately Bitch-sensei smiled, "Really? Then, how about a delicacy made from persimmons and loquats? Its skin is as soft as mine," she said happily.
"I'll eat it!" said Ryūki excitedly.
Laughing, Bitch-sensei reached out with a polished hand, "You know, you would make me really happy if you ate everything on the menu~~" she sang. Stuttering out incomplete words, Bitch-sensei spied Minako coming closer and a wick little gleam touched her eye before disappearing when she turned back to the high-schoolers, "If you try everything you even get to play dress up with my little sister! She'll even let you take a picture to commemorate this day forever!" she said teasingly.
"S-sister," he muttered.
It was at that moment he felt a hand on his elbow and turned to find the cutest girl he ever saw beaming at him with a sweet smile that matched her sister. Her sister was single handedly the sexiest woman he ever saw but this girl wasn't that bad to look at, "Good afternoon sempai!" she said giving a cute little giggle while winking. She looked so much like her sister with long straight blond hair pulled back from her face by a red ribbon, her large blue eyes gazed at him with such innocence's, and even if she was younger she seemed to have a charm about her just like her sister.
"Sailor Venus!" said Okubo excitedly.
Looking down he found the girl was dressed just like Sailor Venus, looked a lot like her as well if he was to be perfectly honest, "Sempai! If you do as big sister asked Alice will dressed up as whatever you choose, but if you prefer I can stay Sailor Venus and punish you with my love~" she said sticking out her tongue in a cutesy fashion.
"Ah! Sailor Venus punish me with your love!" cried Okubo going crazy, he really was an anime nut.
Chuckling amused, Ryūki jumped when Bitch-sensei reached out and stoked his face, "I would love too, eh, but, my money…" he said weakly.
Sliding up to him, Bitch-sensei whispered into his ear, "There's one in front of the station, an A-T-M!" she purred into his ear like a seductive songstress.
Bolting they ran, "We'll be back soon!" he yelled.
"Wait for me Sailor Venus!" yelled Okubo.
"Okay, we'll be waiting for you!" said Bitch-sensei.
When they were gone Bitch-sensei smiled and made a quip, "I'll punish you with my love?" she questioned teasingly.
"Bite me, if you're going to keep seducing full menus out of people I'm going to start making them chose what I want them to choose," said Minako turning away from her.
Meanwhile watching from up above, Kimura sighed, "We have Yada attracting customers at the base of the mountain while Bitch-sensei is conning people at the top. The master-disciple combo is frightening," he muttered.
"Minako isn't all that bad either, who knew she could be so charming," said Takebayashi watching her chat with an older couple making them get adoring looks on their faces as they pinched her cheeks.
Chuckling Korosensei turned to the two, "You'll find Minako-chan's brand of charm differs from Bitch-sensei and Yada who are more seductive. Minako has to have gotten an endearing kind due to her nature as a future heiress. It both helps people come to her and underestimate her," he said amused.
Frowning, Takebayashi pushed up his glasses, "Even with the girls we still don't have many customers, we're doing well considering our location but…" he said trailing off.
Smiling easily, Korosensei turned to Takebayashi, "This is still the first day, the duel begins now. We have Sugaya-kun's poster, Okajima-kun's pictures of our products. Hazama-san's descriptions on the menu, Mimura-kun's special home page and finally, our peculiar ingredients will attract the customer's interest," he said.
Before they could make any more comments they looked back when low music was heard along with the sound of climbing. Popping up Itona frowned, "I'm continuing my reconnaissance, in terms of attracting customers, Class A is winning," he said.
Climbing up behind Minako said as she followed after Itona, "I looked at the performers he's had so far and most of B-list performers. They're good but they're not Mako Kato popular. If you want I can still get us some A list performers," she told Korosensei.
"That's not necessary Minako-chan," said Korosensei.
"Aside from idols he also has well known comedians performing. When an idol goes off a comic goes on, on the other side. He's got two stages back to back. He gets repeat customers plenty," said Itona continuing his observation.
"Know any comedians?" questioned Kimura curious.
Shaking her head Minako frowned, "No I just stick to artist and idols, although I'll probably get actors soon if Makoto keeps doing as well as she does and if she apologizes and we start talking again," she muttered absentmindedly as she watched the screen over Itona's shoulder.
It was about that time Asano appeared on stage and began to let loose with a couple of rifts of beautiful music from his guitar. Feeling her jaw drop from shock, Minako gazed at the screen stunned only closing her mouth when Itona reached up and forced it shut. Passing it over to Kimura while Asano flew through songs it wasn't long before he was joined by his back up.
Koyama was on keyboard, Araki played drums, Seo play second guitar, and Ren was on bass.
At least this explained why Ren asked her to take him bass guitar shopping before she got taken, she had wondered but he didn't tell her anything. Just got a beginner lesson from her before going on his own after he decided he hated her style of teaching which most involved glares and a slap when he made the same mistake to many times.
Listening to their song with critical ears, she frowned as they played song after song for the screaming crowd before them. Mostly a bunch of groupie's girls for Asano and Ren…and she wasn't in any way jealous even when that blonde bastard winked at some of the stupid girls. Looking on stunned, Kimura frowned, "Wow, their band's performance is so good. Can we really sell more than these guys?" he asked cautiously.
Watching with his wide eyes, Itona turned to a scowling Minako, "What do you think, you're literally a professional musician?" he questioned her.
Nodding Korosensei smiled, "Yes Minako-chan, you are the professional what is your opinion on their band's performance?" he questioned her amused.
Crossing her arms, Minako frowned and closed her eyes letting their notes wash over her. Listening for at least one and a half songs she snapped open her eyes and answered, "All in all they're amateurs," she said sternly.
"Amateurs?" questioned Kimura frowning.
"Individually they all have talent and they play their parts perfectly. However they're not together and if you close your eyes you can hear it. Koyama is rushing and Seo is half a note behind. Asano, Ren, and Araki must have practice together however because they're staying together fairly well. Aside from that though my only complaint is there are no lyrics and there isn't any excitement," she said.
"Excitement?" questioned Takebayashi.
Nodding Minako looked over to him, "When you hear your favorite song on the radio or hear said song from a live idol performance why do you get excited?" she asked him.
Frowning he thought that over, "With live I guess it's because they seem excited, I don't really know," he muttered.
"When you watch them play do you feel excited?" she asked him.
Watching them for a moment both he and Kimura shook their heads no, "See, I mean there's nothing wrong with their playing. They're amateurs and they're good for this being a first performance but if they were trying out for a record deal they wouldn't get it. Maybe Asano but the others not so much, music is more than playing perfect, it's convening your feelings to others through it," she told them.
"Very well put Minako-chan, music is the words of the heart!" he said happily.
Nodding Kimura gazed at them for a minute more before peering over to Minako, "Are you sure the fact Seo is in the group isn't influencing you any?" he asked her curious.
Sitting in silence Minako smiled, "Maybe a little bit," she said earning laughs.
Down below, Nagisa made a round looking for anyone who might be trying to wave one of them down only to get a small jolt when a voice cried out to him, "Hey are you here, Nagisa?!" yelled a cheerful someone. Looking back, Nagisa was surprised when little Sakura came running toward him with a bright smile in place her hand up high as she waved. Behind her, her fellow nursery school mates, the old man, and the teacher who helped show them the ropes, "We came to see you!" said Sakura.
Beaming as she broke away from the group, Nagisa laughed, "Sakura-chan! Matsukata-san, everyone from the park!" he said cheerfully.
Hearing a chuckle from behind her found Megu smiling at him, "Heh~ So you continue to see them, Nagisa?" she asked amused.
Laughing he nodded catching Sakura when she fell back into him, "Yeah, I go and teach them stuff every now and then," he told her.
Blushing look quite pleased, Sakura spoke up, "Well, he didn't have any other choice after I asked him to be my personal tutor!" she said cheerfully.
Looking pleased with their new guest, Maehara walked out to greet them, "You did well, Nagisa. At least we earned ourselves some new customers," he said happily.
"Sorry we're not some rich clients," said Matsukata.
"You're the enemy of all women!" cried a boy teasingly pointing to Maehara.
Gapping at the boy, Maehara reached down and pulled his cheek, "How dare you! Who taught you that!" he said teasingly.
Racing around the kids played while they waited for their food to come available letting Nagisa and the others play with them once more. It wasn't long before Minako appear once more and upon sight of her in her Sailor Venus uniform the younger kids began to truly believe she was said girl. Something Minako was in no hurry to correct.
Watching her together with Megu, Nagisa shared a look with her, "You think Minako is suffering an identity crises?" questioned Megu, halfway serious.
The answer to that came from Minako's oldest friend, "Don't worry she'll snap out of it when one of us drags it off of her," said Rio casually making her way by.
"That's not reassuring," said Nagisa.
Eyeing Minako with intrigue, Matsukata peered over to him, "Who's the blonde? Did you all hire an actor or something for kids?" he questioned curious.
Smiling Isogai came up, "That's Minako-chan, she's our classmate and was currently missing when we met you. She just recently came back so this would be your first meeting with her," he said casually.
Eyeing her Matsukata seemed to stare and stare before realization hit him, "She's that heiress that went missing…wait if she's involved with you all…never mind. It's none of my business but glad to see your classmate is safe. As a fellow teacher I understand how it feels when one of your pupil's stray from the flock," he said glancing in the general area of Korosensei.
"She looks just like the real Sailor Venus," said Sakura amused.
"She be happy if she heard you say that," said Nagisa amused.
It wasn't long before they had them all seated with warm bowls of soup, slurping up his noodles Matsukata's eyes widen in awe, "Ooh, this is superb!" he said astounded.
Beaming Sakura peered over to Nagisa happily, "Something this good will sell a lot," she said sure of herself, these noodles tasted great.
Feeling his smile dim, Nagisa nodded, "…This is a difficult battle for us, even though we've made something good…it's difficult for us to advertise it to a lot of people," he said.
Gazing at him, Sakura nodded, "I see," she muttered before smiling, "Don't worry, you and everyone else have a mysterious power," she told him sure of herself.
Looking at her surprised, Nagisa's gaze went from Sakura to Matsukata when he spoke up next, "Indeed. If you do things right today, I'm sure word will spread," he said.
Watching them leave Nagisa waved good-bye to the children. He had confidence in their product but they needed something more. If someone could spread the word then they would be set, they didn't know any real food critics though. Minako told them she didn't know any personally either, her brother and father got critics at their restaurants but she didn't have any ties to bring one here.
They just needed one person to spread the word.
Walking down the path toward the bottom of the mount, Minako tugged at the skirt of her princess dress and reached up to straighten her ponytail and crown. She got a text from Gastro telling her she was to come pick him up and lead him to the mount because he hated children. Rio, who found out, then had Korosensei transform her back into the bandit princess and told her to lure in some costumers while she was leading them up.
Sighing Minako gazed at the hustle and bustle below before waving to Yada as she plunged into the crowds, for a small while she was able to slip through unnoticed but it wasn't long before she began to get people's eyes. 'Geez this is embarrassing,' thought Minako before she heard a cheerful voice from behind, no sooner did she turn was her face buried into a well muscular chest that smelled of body spray, something tropical.
Letting out a muffled cry she shoved against her attacker before pausing when she finally caught sight of said person. Beaming down at her was a handsome boy who had short reddish-brown hair with teal eyes, a baby face, with his right ear pierced at the shell of his ear. "Ishida," she said surprised.
Ishida Aoi, the third member of the famous group known as the Starlights and one of the only other musicians she worked closely with aside from her sister. Ishida was the youngest and closest in age with her, during her days with Makoto she and him grew to be friends. Smiling at him she hugged him back ignoring the growing whispers around them, "Ishida-kun! It's been so long! Thanks for the letter and snake animal! He looked just like Wordsworth!" she said happily.
Pulling back he flashed her a peace sign, "No problem, I'm just glad you didn't die. I would have missed our chats! Plus you still have to come back and write for me and the others someday!" he said with a wink, "You know as soon as your done with this place and no longer under the devil's eye!" he said laughing, clearly not believing her tales of the chairman.
"Why are you where? Wait don't tell me you're here to perform at Gakushū's stage…I guess he does have some A-listers, how do you know him?" she asked curious.
That was answered by the charmingly handsome member of the Starlight, Shu Takigawa who took his cue to enter the conversation, "I know, Gakushū-san. By the way nice to see you, Minako-chan!" he said, drawing her into a hug. Shu, the pretty one of the group with honey brown hair with long bangs that framed his classically handsome face and accented his lovely twinkling honey brown eyes. He served as the leader of his group and was the favorite among the fan girls with his melodious tone and sweet handsome face.
Hugging him back, Minako beamed at him when she stepped back, "Shu-kun, it's great to see you too! Wait how do you know, Gakushū?" she asked.
"Better question is how is it your on a first name basis?" he asked with a friendly smile.
Gazing at him, Minako turned away, "Where's Hibiki?!" she asked ignoring the question.
"I beg to differ, the better question is what is she wearing," snorted Ishida eyeing her outfit.
Blushing, Minako crossed her arms, "Bite me, I still look better than you! Not to mention this is a million times better than some of the things you wore," she snorted.
That earned a laugh from both of them who gave twin nods of agreement. They had worn some strange outfits for a few of their music videos some of which they still didn't understand. Art was sometimes more strange than understandable.
Before the conversation could change though Minako felt someone at her back, "I think you look beautiful!" whispered a voice in her ear.
Sighing Minako peered back into the golden eyes of who was named the lone wolf of the group, Hibiki. His last name wasn't known in order to help him play the mysterious lone wolf. Something he played quite well actually. With soulful golden eyes Hibiki had short raven hair with his bangs falling into his eyes. What he was most known for however was his smile that housed his straight pearly whites, "Ah, no matter how much time past your as lovely as ever!" he said grabbing a lock of her hair to sniff it, "I also have to admit your make a wonderful princess!" he said amused.
"Still as charming as ever," she told him amused.
"It's good to see you, Minako-chan! I'm sorry I missed you at the hospital," he told her beaming.
Laughing she pushed his shoulder playfully, "Please you'll have plenty of other chances. I spend half my life at the hospital although, this year alone my hospital visits have gone down greatly. All that fresh air up on my little mountain classroom!" she told him.
"You're looking great!" said Shu.
"Thanks you too, your hair has never looked so lustrous!" she joked reaching up to ruffle his hair.
Grinning he gave her a wink, "Thanks to my girlfriend, but don't tell that spread. After all an idol is wanted more when he is single!" he said.
Chuckling Minako shook her head, "That is one rule Makoto never listened too," she snorted thinking of all the boys she dated even while she had her celebrity status. The only one she ever kept hush-hush was Gino-san.
Shoving his hands into his jacket pockets, Ishida frowned, "Speaking of Makoto she's been pretty unhappy lately. She's still taking time off and last time I saw her she had bags under her eyes, the last time I saw her with bags under her eyes was when she was waiting for the reviews for her first album and when you got taken too," he said crossing his arms.
Frowning, Minako gazed down feeling a stab of guilt, maybe she should make the first move. Makoto had a lot of pride and in the end despite her diva attitude she did love her family. Plus it was like Karma-kun said, she probably reacted the way she did because she always sided against papa.
Still…she was tired of always being the mature one and making the first move.
"So what is your class up too!" asked Hibiki.
Watching Hibiki for a minute Minako smiled at him, "A classmate of ours made delicious noodle unlike anything you've ever tasted! Made from the ingredients on the mountain, come up and try them. Not only that but you can dress me up and get a photo…depending on how much you spend of course!" she told him happily.
It was a little weird finding out he liked her but she could at least use this to convince him to come and help their class. Not to mention they could bring fans with them and that would help strum up some more business as well. "Food made from the mountain…sounds interesting I'll come!" said Ishida happily, he always loved sampling delicious food. He always enjoyed it when they got to do little cooking segments!
"Sounding interesting, I'll come too!" said Shu
"You'll dress up?" asked Hibiki trying to keep the intrigue off.
Smiling Minako nodded, "One of the choices is a bride!" she told him amused.
"I'm there!" he cried giving her a thumbs up.
Chatting with them for a couple minutes Minako got promises they would come and bring some others before they left. Waving them good-bye didn't get even three steps away before she was stopped. Finding Gakushū blocking her path, Minako frowned and wonder what would happen now, "You know the Starlights?" he asked.
"I've written for the Starlights…I've written for lots of idols," she told him.
Smirking he peered at her and nodded, "Of course after all your Venus, someone who's said to have Aphrodite whisper love songs into her ear," he said amused. Looking at him surprised Minako frowned and he answered her unasked question, "I learned of your identity long before we even enter the same school. Just as you've known idols I've known idols," he said before walking past her.
He didn't leave without one last comment though, "By the way, compliments on embracing your title! You look the part very well," he said flicking her ponytail as he past.
Blushing Minako watch him leave, happy that he didn't stir her enough to set off the monitor, and witnessed him head back to some waiting girls. The sour taste of jealousy filled her mouth but she just turned away. She would not give him that satisfaction. Instead she continued on her way and found her uncle quick enough, like last time the man came students have him wide berth along with the others. Save for Red-Eye who was coming back from a place that gave him cotton candy.
She didn't blame them, aside from Smog who seemed friendly and Red-Eye who looked normal the rest of them just screamed danger. Still, they were no danger to her! Skipping up she hugged Grip tightly, "Good morning! I hope you all enjoyed breakfast!" she said happily.
"How the hell did you learn to cook so well, Maria was crap at it," said Gastro right off.
Smiling at him, Minako shrugged, "You know that old saying practice makes perfect, pretty much just that. It took me long years but I eventually got the hang of it all!" she said happily.
"The better question is what are you wearing," said Lovro eyeing her attire.
Sighing, Minako crossed her arms behind her back, "In order to help bring in business we have something set up where you can take a photo with me in costume when you get so much on your bill…this is my princess costume. See at school I've been nicknamed Princess because some little kid said I looked like one because of my hair!" she said pointing to her head.
"Teh, you're more of a royal pain in the ass than a princess," said Gastro smirking.
Sticking her tongue out at her adoptive uncle, Minako turned away, "Well come with me and do I even want to know what's in that bag Red-Eye?" questioned Minako looking at the bag he held.
Smiling he gazed up at the mountain, "I just want you to point me in the general direction of your class because I would like to check out the splendors of your mountain!" he said patting the bag.
Shrugging Minako nodded, "Be warned I have left various traps along the mountain and I no longer have any clue where they are. Most are well hidden and the others are pretty obvious!" she warned him before leading them through the crowd.
"I think I'll take the scenic route as well then. Let's see if your traps are any good," said Lovro taking up that challenge.
Bringing in the dirty dishes Nagisa listened as outside began to get a touch noisy, they seemed to be picking up in business. Hearing Minako's voice he looked out and watched her finally come over the top with Grip, Smog, and Gastro in her company. He was still surprised that they were actually here, before he could ponder too long on it though Rio caught his attention.
Walking over to him, she smiled, "By the way, Nagisa. I heard about why your hair's so long," she told him making a small squirm hit his stomach. What happened next surprised him, "I'm sorry, I unknowingly made fun of you…did I hurt your feelings?" she asked lowly.
Looking at her surprised, a smiled quickly worked its way on, "Ah, not at all!" he said, "As long as it's you or Karma-kun, its fine," he said laughing.
A reassured expression seemed to melt on her face, "I see. I won't tease you about it anymore," she said easily.
He didn't even get a minute before a voice broke through, "HEY!" yelled someone loudly. No. It couldn't be, that frivolous voice, it just couldn't be. Turning to look out the window, Nagisa's stomach dropped right out of his stomach, "Hey, Nagisa-chan!" yelled a very familiar boy. None other than Yuuji, "I came here to see you!" he yelled waving wildly.
"Geh. Yu-Yuuji-kun?!" he yelled.
"Yuuji?" questioned Rio before a knowing and cunning gleam touched her, "Ah, the guy Minako told be about. The one who actually fell for your girl act back on the island and feel in love with you. Your boyfriend!" she said with a grin.
Giving her a side glance, Nagisa turned his attention to Yuuji, "H-how did you know that this was my school?" he questioned.
Grinning Yuuji pulled out his phone and smiled, "Ever since that day I've been searching for the names of the hotel's guests and I found your school's homepage when they were advertising the school festival," he said happily making Nagisa feel a stab of unease.
It was at that moment Minako came over with a smile on, she clearly hear everything, "Sheesh, Nagisa-chan! And people think I'm Aphrodite's chosen one!" she said teasingly, dressed up in her maid uniform at the moment.
The maid uniform was a black and white dress. Everything but the ruffled bodice was in black, with the skirt ending just above her knees and the sleeves fitted loosely ending at her elbows dipping off her shoulder blades. Around her waist was a white corset lined in black ruffles with raven laces, peeking out from under the corset was a white frilly apron that tied at the back in a big bow. She completed the look with black stockings and knee high dark brown boots, a white frilly headband, and a white ruffled choker with a black ribbon tied around it.
"Who are you?" questioned Yuuji eyeing her with curiosity.
"I'm afraid I'm the one who interrupted your date so we could do something illegal!" she said cheery.
"Something...illegal?" questioned Yuuji cautiously.
Going to stop Minako from talking to him Nagisa let out a loud wail when his pants were yanked down, looking back a bright blush burned his face as Rio yanked his feet up one by one to remove his pants. Walking forward Minako peered over the window sill and grinned when she found Nagisa wearing dark blue boxers with white stars and little planets in purple, blue, green, and yellow, "Nice boxers Nagisa-kun! Super cute," she whispered giving him a flirty wink.
"Rio! Minako!" he cried.
He couldn't stop it though, before he knew it his pants were removed and he now wore Rio's skirt which he was dejected to say hung lose on his hips. Stepping away from the window as she yanked on his pants fastening them, Rio smiled, "This is the last time, I promise!" she said gleefully.
Turning on her burning bright, Nagisa wanted to cry, "B-But you just said that~!" he cried.
Heading over she whispered into his ear, "He's rich right? We don't have any other choice, we have to increase the average amount of money we get from the customers!" she whispered laughing. Then with one fluid swoop she kicked him in his rear and launched him over the window sill past Minako, "Go, Nagisa-chan! The fate of our class depends on your abilities as a hostess!" said Rio.
Listening to Nagisa groan he quickly picked himself up before heading over to a confused Yuuji pulling him away, much to the boys delight, to a more private spot. Watching Nagisa hid himself and the grinning boy away Minako peered over to Rio with a curious look, "Do you think Nagisa might actually get violent if Yuuji-kun tries to steal a kiss?" she questioned.
Freezing Rio's eyes widen before she beamed, "I have to get my camera!" she yelled darting away.
Watching her leave, Minako turned her gaze to Hara, "I'm serious, you think he'll get violent and haul off and punch him in his face?" she asked her.
Smiling Hara shrugged, "Who knows, I mean it's one thing to be forcefully French by Bitch-sensei but completely different to be kissed by a boy who likes you and thinks you're a girl," she said before eyeing her uniform, "So who chose the maid?" she asked amused.
Glowering, Minako scowled, "Stupid Uncle Grip, Gastro, and Smog combined their bill and chose maid, Gastro said I should stick to my true calling and start waiting on people hand and foot," she snorted. Listening to Hara's laugh, she gave a mischievous smile, "By the way, Gastro is called Gastro because on his first hit job he shot himself in the gut after tripping when he was escaping after killing his target! Spread the word!" she said running off.
"Will do!" said Hara shaking her head amused.
I hope you all enjoyed! Also I hope you don't mind Minako's interpretation of Asano's band, she's the music snob of the class after all and I also hope you don't mind the little story I created for Gastro! I thought I give him a funny back story for his codename.
