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Nagisa hated this. Why? Why did someone have to mistake him for a girl yet again! Honestly he just hated it, when it came from Rio or Karma it was a joke and he didn't mind that. He really didn't, it was when people were actually serious about it did he feel anything toward it. He was a boy! Even if his hair was long that didn't change the fact that he was a boy!
He walk, talked, and acted like a boy yet still people on occasion mistaken him for a girl.
Anymore if a guy was going to acted interested in him or confess he would prefer they thought he was gay and they were gay. At least when it happened he was still seen as a guy. They just confused his sexual interest not his gender. Sighing, he frowned and let his shoulders slump ever so slightly listening to his classmate serving their customers while he sat here.
Sitting here with Yuuji who was quiet till the noodles were brought out, Nagisa watched him slurp them up enthusiastically, "These are good!" he said.
Giving him a small smile, he nodded, "Muramatsu will be happy to hear," he muttered.
Nodding Yuuji brought another bunch up to his lips and slurped them up, "I'm so happy I came to the school festival~~to think that you would serve me personally. Also, I'm really excited because you told me, 'Let's go eat in a place where no one else can see us',' he said happily
Nagisa wanted to cry, of course he brought him over here! He didn't want anyone he knew seeing him in a skirt! Not to mention it was freaking awkward being in a skirt, he didn't get how girls could stand to be in a skirt like this. It was at that moment a cue card popped up, peering over he found dialogue written for him by Rio.
Frowning Nagisa tried to channel his inner actor and clasped his hand together before making a request, "I would like it if~~ you tried to eat everything~~" he told him. He couldn't help but feeling a little robotic when he delivered the line.
Grinning, Yuuji either didn't take notice of his tone shift or just didn't care because he answer back rather excitedly, "Alright! I'll eat everything on the menu if you ask me to!" he said pulling out his wallet that was just stuffed with excess fund for him to use on whatever floated his fancy.
Chuckling from behind the bushes, Rio licked her lips, "Kukuku, that fool has a lot of money after all. He also looks like someone who likes to eat, so earn us some money, Nagisa-chan~~" she said.
Frowning Kimura sighed, "Honestly sometimes I wonder about you," he said.
Unaware of his secret audience, Yuuji gazed at the menu to see all he would be getting and found that they actually had some very interesting stuff selling. That ramen had been pretty top quality for it to be something middle schoolers made. Peering over at Nagisa who was writing down his order he smiled, "Ah, I stopped smoking that strange thing you know. So you wouldn't worry, Nagisa-chan," he told her with a bright smile.
Nodding Nagisa chuckled, "I see," he said.
It would be better if Yuuji-kun stopped smoking because he wanted to stop smoking but as long as he stopped he supposed. Writing down the rest of his order he glanced at Yuuji who was still absorbed in the menu. According to Kayano, Yuuji fell for him when they met him at the dance club. He didn't know why either. First his gender should have been obvious even with the skirt. Second, they barely knew each other, they were together less than an hour, thirty minutes at best.
That was hardly any time to get a connection.
Afterall, Hinata didn't fall for Maehara after a day with him, she slowly began to like him after they spent time together. Just like Chiba and Rinka, they began to bond over their shared skill of the gun and slowly formed their…well he wouldn't call it a relationship but they had something. It was the same for Minako, she fell for Karma after he saved her but that had just been the spark, she knew him for a while. Just like her relationship with Asano, she didn't just see him and like him.
So how did Yuuji decide he liked him enough to do all he had done?
Didn't you need time to form a relationship?
Looking up when Hinano brought Yuuji his Mont Blanc, Nagisa sighed and watched Yuuji take it from her uttering a thank you before he drew out his phone. Gazing at the desert, he grinned, "This looks delicious as well, let's take a picture," he said happily.
It was awkward being around Yuuji. Especially considering he had to be in a skirt, but in order to keep Yuuji from being suspicious about why he was in a skirt despite being a boy he would keep up the lie. After all this was the best way to keep their Class's various secrets. Catching sight of another sign he spied a black sleeve this time and sighed, that was no doubt Karma.
Squinting to read, Nagisa wanted to grab a rock and hurl it at the red head when he popped up pointing enthusiastically at the sigh that told him to ask Yuuji if he was willing to pay ten thousand yen for a date! That was not how you do business!
Before he could mine his answer though, he and Yuuji got the shock of their lives when out of nowhere a man emerged from the woods. He was tall and looked to be in his twenties with blond hair peeking out of his white beanie and red goggles over his eyes. He wore are red and black poncho with skinny jeans and in one hand was a gun and in his other a dead pheasant.
No doubt he was an assassin, but to come out of nowhere!
Smiling easily the guy stepped out and walked up to a conveniently standing by Karasuma-sensei, "This is a present for you, Karasuma-san. This mountain's full of interesting things…and Minako wasn't kidding about the traps," he said dusting off leaves and dirt.
Walking up to him looking stunned, Karasuma gazed at guy surprised, "Red-Eye! They told me the 'God of Death' got you," he said.
So that was Red-Eye the guy from their field trip, they never got to do their joint assassination due to all that trouble with that jerk high schooler. He looked pretty young for an assassin, then again even some young people where in the assassin game. Just look at them.
Chuckling, Red-Eye corrected Karasuma, "I was on the verge of death at that time, but I was able to heal fast because of my youth," he told him calmly.
With that out of the way, Karasuma turned to the elephant in the room, "More importantly, put away your gun!" he yelled.
Laughing easily, Red-Eye brushed him off, "Calm down, man. I have a valid hunting license for all countries in the world," he told him easily.
Heading over Hara took the pheasant from Red-Eye with a bright smile, "Wow, a green pheasant?! I can grill this up in order to make some soy sauce for the noodles!" she said happily. Turning to Red-Eye who turned to her she beamed, "Thank you~~you're from our school trip, right?" she asked.
Watching them from their spot, Nagisa looked over when he heard Yuuji move and found him standing up and pulling his phone out from his pocket, "Why does he have a gun? Maybe we should call the police…" he trailed off.
Standing up himself, Nagisa grabbed his arm and shook his head, "Wait~ Wait~!" he yelled before peeking over for help from Rio to explain this, "I-It's not how it looks," he muttered reading the cue card, "He's…Y-Yoshioka-san from the local hunting club," he muttered.
Jabbing his finger toward Red-Eye who was heading off to the café, Yuuji yelled his doubt at Nagisa's story and Nagisa didn't blame him. If he heard that he would question it too, "Yoshioka-san? He doesn't look like a Japanese guy, you know?!" he yelled.
This time Nagisa used his head to make something up, "H-He changed his name because he likes Japanese anime so much…" he said. It was plausible. There were some people out there that actually did that so it should at least be believable. A little far-fetched but believable.
"I-I see," said Yuuji frowning.
Standing in silence for a few minute, Yuuji made the first move and reached for Nagisa's shoulder, "Well, putting Yoshioka-san to one side, Nagisa-chan, I want you to be honest. What do you think of me?" he asked changing the mood drastically.
Before either one of them could dwell on it however Karasuma-sensei shattered that moment with a vague message. Sighing he spoke aloud, "And you too, don't erase your presence during times like this," grumbled Karasuma-sensei with his back to them. Frowning at the man, Nagisa frowned, was he talking to them because they were hardly hiding their presences. For one Yuuji couldn't do that.
That questioned was answered when a certain someone emerged from the woods just like Red-Eye, that persons being none other than Lovro. Giving a small laugh, Lovro strolled over to Karasuma-sensei casually, "Heh, I was invited here by your octopus," he said casually. Like he didn't just emerge from the woods all mysterious like.
Frowning Karasuma-sensei nodded, "I see, I'm happy to see you're alive and well," he said.
Gazing at him, Lovro smiled his dangerous smile, "This might sound a little rude, but you did a good job in defeating, him. I knew you had good skills…but I was sure that he was in a totally different dimension," he said talking about the God of Death no doubt.
Shaking his head, Karasuma frowned, "I wouldn't have been able to do anything is I was alone. Your disciple was really worried about you, go see her," he said.
Chuckling, Lovro nodded, "Yes, yes, I was already lectured about that by Minako-chan. Who by the way told me she slapped you for your part in my disciple being duped by that man," he said amused. Karasuma-sensei didn't give him much of a reaction but Nagisa could have sworn he saw his eye twitch at that comment. He also couldn't believe what he just heard!
Minako slapped Karasuma-sensei!
Hearing Yuuji panic again, Nagisa frowned as he shook from the shock of Lovro appearance, "Who the hell is that frightening old man…? He's clearly not a normal person," he cried his danger radar sounding quite loud. Which was to be expected, Lovro not only didn't show up in the normal way but he did look like death itself in Nagisa's opinion.
Looking over when Rio raised her cue card again, Nagisa slumped when he read her story for Lovro, he was wondering if she was being serious or if she was just screwing around. Because that story was a bigger stretch than Red-Eyes, but it wasn't like he had a good excuse, "He's mild Yagiyuu, the leader of the Asakusa entertainment hall," he said weakly.
"He's a comedian?!" yelled Yuuji stunned.
Nodding weakly Nagisa gave an uneasy laugh, "A-and the thing they were talking about was also a joke, his disciple became a teacher here and she stopped being a comedian..." he said trailing off.
Watching him Yuuji frowned, "I see…" he said.
Back inside Isogai took notice of their growing crowd customers, "Wow, we suddenly got a lot of customers," he said amused.
Looking out uneasily, Megu nodded in agreement, "Yeah," she said unsure how to take their new customers. These customers weren't just any customers. "…They're all assassins who couldn't kill Korosensei," she said gazing at the wide array of only men…seriously only guys. Did no girls aside from Bitch-sensei and them try their hands at murdering him?
Gazing out with her, Isogai have a nervous laughed, "It's quite a sight seeing them all gathered here like this," he said, "Korosensei called them. They're only acting calm because they know Korosensei's around here," he said sighing.
Coming into the room Takebayashi pushed up his glasses as he chook their box of funds, "I just added up our funds, it's true that the number of our customers has increased, but…we're still unable to keep up with the pace of Class A's customers," he told them all, "We're going to lose at this rate. We have to find something in order to get us out of this desperate situation," he said.
Outside of the classroom though, Gastro dipped his gun into the soup with a fevered blush as he tasted it as it fell from the barrel of his gun mixing with gun-powered, "This gun is delicious…you would never be able to tell that those brats made this," he said. A little shocked that they were able to make something so delicious!
Slurping up his noodles, Smog chuckled, "Yeah, I would happily eat this even if they had put some poison in it," he said savoring the taste of them. This was top quality in his opinion.
Taking noticed of these bizarre guest, Yuuji stared at them from over Nagisa's shoulder with a look of growing suspicions. Giving yet another nervous laugh, Nagisa continued on with the comedian story, "T-they're all comedians! From Asakusa!" he said. Looking back he spotted Grip spitting out his Mont Blanc and from this distant he could see a hint of green with Karma behind him tossing up wasabi.
Well at least that was helping his point.
Pointing to Grip he chuckled, "Look, that guy's even eating a Mont Blanc with some wasabi in it…you can see his natural comedic reaction, taught to him by Mild Yagiyuu himself," he said. Peering down he smiled, "You could say that we're related to those 'comedians' in some way…" he said.
Hearing nothing from Yuuji, both of them jumped when loud grumbling was heard. Looking over from their hidden spot Nagisa watched Minako stomp by with a grimace in place. She was still in her maid uniform and the closer she got the more clearly they heard, "Stupid Gastro! He thinks he so funny, he's just a jerk! As if I ever work for him as his maid!" she snapped before suddenly a tornado surrounded her, or more like a yellow and black snickering whirlwind.
When it cleared Minako was dressed in her wedding dress.
The wedding dress was snowy white, it was a strapless gown with the bodice hugging her chest the skirt billowing out from her waist in a waves of fabric, on her left hip a white bow. Around her neck was a string of pearls and her hair had been pulled back into a braided bun with a long sheer veil trailing down her back with a rows of three blue roses pinning the veil on either side of her head. In her hands was a small bouquet of white and blue roses tied with a long blue ribbon and white pearls.
"Damnit! Who the heck ordered bride! Is Hibiki here!" she snapped walking away.
Nagisa didn't even look over at Yuuji, even if Minako didn't know they were here Korosensei did! Why would he do a change like that in front of Yuuji! Giving a nervous chuckle he looked over, "T-That's our Minako-chan! She's always practicing her magic act!" he said.
Frowning Yuuji sighed, "Nagisa-chan," he muttered his tone spiked with discontent, "You're lying," he said sternly. Looking at him surprised, Nagisa stayed quiet as Yuuji spoke up, "My father is a famous TV chairman, so I've seen the faces of many comedians drawn close to him since I was a kid. Therefore, I'm able to discern an exterior smile done only to deceive people. When I met you in the island's hotel…you weren't the kind of girl who'd smile like that," he said.
Sighing, Nagisa gazed down ashamed, he knew he shouldn't have lied. He should have just told him the truth when he showed up. Giving a small humorless laugh, Nagisa sighed, "You have some really good skills of observation," he said.
Flopping down on the ground, Yuuji waved his hand, "It's not something good, it's just an undesired talent I got from being raised in a disgusting environment," he said annoyed.
Chuckling, Nagisa smiled at him, "It's just like you said, I was lying. I have been forced to look like this since I was a kid and I've always hated that," he told him using the correct I the second time, "…but lately, I've come to understand that even if you have a talent that you don't want, it can still be useful to people. So, I stopped hating that part of me," he told him sitting in front of Yuuji.
Sitting Indian style he gave him a small smile, "…I'm sorry, but I'm a guy," he told him honestly.
Yuuji stared at him in complete silence, feeling nervous Nagisa didn't say a word waiting for him to make the first move and when he did it wasn't exactly a step in the right direction, "…You're lying," he said, obviously not wanting to believe the truth.
Nagisa didn't blame him of course, after all it was always embarrassing to find out you got someone's gender wrong. He just hoped Yuuji didn't get violent like that one guy, "It's true," he told him.
Still sitting still, Yuuji repeated himself, "You're lying," he said.
"It's the truth," said Nagisa sighing before catching sigh of Rio holding up a sigh telling him to show Yuuji just how much of a boy he was with a little drawing of an elephant. He ignored that though and just gazed at Yuuji with a straightforward expression, "…Do I look like I'm lying?" he asked him.
Wilting, Yuuji looked like he was crossed between sick and fearful, "…Are you for real…?" he asked.
Nodding, Nagisa smiled and gazed out at the class's café, "If you're able to exploit your faults and weak points, they can become weapons as well. During my time in this class, I learned how to do that and we created this shop in the same way," he said gazing out at the café.
"The people you see here…are all related to that way of doing things. It makes my heart race, and I really enjoy myself," he told him his feelings on the matter. Sitting in total silence it wasn't long before Yuuji stood up. Scrambling up after him, Nagisa pulled up his money, "Ah. W-Wait, I'll give you back the money you spent while I was deceiving you," he said.
Shaking his head, Yuuji walked away, "Its fine. I…feel like an idiot. I'm going home now," he said dejectedly dragging his bag-pack with him.
Watching him leave, Nagisa held back from calling after him. He no doubted wanted to be alone but he felt bad leaving it like it was. Then again, he doubted he could really say anything to make Yuuji-kun feel any better. All in all he tricked him and it may have not been his intention but he did sort of make a fool out of him.
Hearing some panting, Nagisa looked over and found a rather out of breath Karma with three bulky packages in his hands, "Eh? He's going home already? I thought of trying to make more money by turning this into a cosplay event. Minako's doing so well I thought you wouldn't do badly either," he said sounding dejectedly.
Turning on him, Nagisa wailed, "Karma-kun, how much money do you plan on earning by exploiting me?!" he yelled. Hearing a teh, he looked over and jumped when he found a glowering Minako, "When did you get there!" he cried, he didn't sense her or even hear her come!
Ignoring his question she stomped over to Karma, "Give me my lighters back! Gastro is being a jerk, he said I a make a poor bride! I'll show him a poor bride!" she snapped reaching into Karma's pockets, rooting through them looking for her lighters.
Sighing, Nagisa shook his head and watched Minako shoving her hands everywhere while Karma curiously just sat there letting her do it. Frowning Nagisa crossed his arms and gave Minako a stern look, "Minako-chan what are you planning on doing…also Karma obviously doesn't have them so you should stop searching…because I think I just got why he's letting you search him," he said shaking his head because from where he stood it sort of looked like Minako was feeling him up.
Frowning at him her early anger forgotten, Minako thought over his comment and turned to Karma who just smiled easily at her not saying a word. Looking down Minako gaze before she felt a spike of realization hit her. Shaking as a blush consumed her Minako's bracelet sounded off while she realized where her hands currently were, that being feeling Karma's back pockets for her lighters. Letting out a short scream she jumped away before slapping Karma across the face and running away.
Sighing easily, he watched her head inside, "She's always gives good reactions, plus it's actually a lot more fun than I thought to trick her into the more mature things!" said Karma snickering.
Shaking his head, Nagisa crossed his arms, "You're a mean boyfriend," he said.
"And you never sense when you're in danger!" said Rio popping up from behind scaring him yet again.
Looking back in confusion at her words, Nagisa felt the firm grip of Karma grasping his arm before he showed him his bought outfits, "So Nagisa-kun which would you like to try on first!" he said with a devilish gleam in his eyes.
Chuckling Rio reached over and jabbed her elbow into Karma's side, "How rude, where are your manners Karma-kun. Haven't you ever heard the saying ladies first?" she asked reaching for the maid.
"Please forgive my grave mistake!" he said smirking.
Giving a dramatic sigh, Rio grinned, "If I must," she joked.
Attempting to run Nagisa only got out a chocked cry for help before the devil duo pulled him into the woods with the costumes in their hands. Watching from up above, Korosensei pulled out his camera with a chuckle as he snapped up these precious memories!
No one commented on her flaming red face, they just let her take over the Mont Blanc's as they slowly neared closing time. She just felt up Karma, true he let her but still how embarrassing. Not only that but she did it in front of Nagisa-kun! Setting down the last one for today, Minako let out a pitiful sigh and looked over when Hara came over with a smile in place and a box in hand.
Handing over the box she patted her shoulder, "Can you take that up to Korosensei, I'm sure he's getting hungry up there. There's some snacks for Kimura-kun and Takebayashi-kun too," she said.
Giving her a smile back, Minako nodded, "Just call me if anyone else gets a picture," she muttered.
Peering out the window, she chuckled, "I think it's safe to say you're out of business for the rest of the day so you can relax, Minako-chan! Thanks for doing something so embarrassing for us though! I know it goes without saying but we really do appreciate it!" she said.
Smiling, Minako shook her head, "No please don't worry about it, I do this kind of stuff with Izaya all the time so it wasn't all that bad," she told her.
Chuckling at that Hara gave her a sweet smile, "You may do it with your brother but its one thing to do it with family and to do it in front of classmates and old friends. So I'm sorry if it was hard on you, I know you still have your problems with your heart," she said gazing at the monitor.
Gazing at it herself, Minako smiled, "Embarrassment won't get me down! Don't worry, but thanks," she said taking the box.
Leaving the classroom Minako made her way toward the back and was up the ladder in no time, surprised to find the roof top bare of Takebayashi-kun and Kimura-kun. Crawling up, she headed over to Korosensei's hiding spot, "Sensei, I hope you're hungry," she said holding out the box for him to see, from it came delicious smells.
At once the yellow smiling face began to drool, chuckling she opened the box and reached into it to pull out a small fruit tart Hara made overflowing with delicious fruit and cream. Plucking it out she held it out for Korosensei and tossed it into his waiting mouth, "Ah! Delicious, Hara-chan truly is a master in the kitchen!" he said.
Smiling, Minako gaze at him with a smiled, "I might take offense to that! I'm not bad either!" she said licking the cream from her thumb.
Giving his usual laugh, Korosensei waited for Minako to toss in another before answering, "Tut-tut Minako-chan! Jealously is truly an ugly trait, although in the right doses it can be a truly adorable trait as well!" he said amused, his voice rather sing-song.
"So what is it, adorable or disgusting?" she asked amused.
"Depends!" he said amused.
"Maybe I should invite you for dinner so you can taste my cooking!" said Minako amused.
Watching her as she gazed down below, Korosensei hummed, "From the lunches you've brought on occasion for sensei he's found them to be very delicious, but your talents seem to fall to western food. Not to say your Japanese cuisine is bad, but Hara definitely has you defeated there! You though, have a knack for western cuisine!" he said amused.
Tossing him another treat, Minako licked off the cream from her thumb again, "Mama preferred western food and papa just like anything she cooked. I'm afraid my palate has shifted more toward my western heritage! Not to say I don't enjoy Gran-Gran's pheasant stew," she said.
Chuckling Korosensei nodded, "Yes I understand that all too well! Sensei is not originally from Japan so he does prefer to get dinner outside of the country once in a while," he said.
Peering over Minako pulled her knees to her chest, the skirt of her wedding dress fanning around her body, "Can I ask you a question?" she asked him quietly. Getting a circle face, Minako tossed him another treat, "Why don't you want me discussing G.O.D number one?" she asked him curious. That was something she had wondered about for quite some time.
Staying quiet for a moment of two, Korosensei gazed out at their customers and classmates before turning his gaze back to Minako, "I don't think it's the proper time to discuss him just yet. G.O.D number two was an extremely strong opponent and I think if they learn he was the discipline it could undermine their win. It shouldn't of course because even if he was the student or the teacher it doesn't change the fact he was strong, but often the unknown variables have a tendency to change people opinions," he told her quietly.
Nodding at that Minako sighed, "I wonder what he was like in real life, when G.O.D spoke of him he said he was really quiet and mostly kept to himself. He said he would praise him but it was always a double-edge blade, he would compliment him and insult him all together. G.O.D told me he would never do that to me, he would give me lots of praise," she said leaning back amused.
"He seems quite content to battle against his sensei," said Korosensei giving a nervous chuckle.
Laughing, Minako beamed at Korosensei, "Yeah but that competitive nature…I thought it was a little cute!" she told him honestly. Smiling she peered over at Korosensei with a small chuckle, "I'm going to have nightmares about my time with him for a long time…but I also have some good memories," she told him leaning back. She enjoyed getting to know him and study his habits, plus he took the time to diligently teach her and she had a spare few good memories of him.
For the most part he was really forceful but it wasn't abusive. When he hit her, it was training nothing more and nothing less which was why she didn't flinch. When she read some of the letters from people who shared her experience some of them talked about flinching. When people lifted their arms around them or reached for them for a long time they would flinch rather violently. Because of their memories of being smacked around. He only hit her when they trained, he was much rougher than Karasuma-sensei that was for sure; it gave her a whole new appreciation for the man.
"Minako-chan…you thought G.O.D was cute?" he questioned lost between amused and he didn't know.
Nodding, Minako gazed up at the sky, "It's hard to explain but watching him, was like watching a little kid playing papa! He was of course no child but when he spoke to me and told me what he would do to be a better master than his, I kept getting that image. He loved his master very much but like any child he thought he was mean and didn't understand him…which is half true," she said.
Taking in her words, Korosensei supposed he could agree with her there. Now he would like to know about those nightmares, "You mentioned nightmares?" he said.
Shaking her head, she sighed as a cool breeze swept across the roof, "I just keep having nightmares of escaping…unsuccessfully I might add. Apparently when I'm escaping I'm actually escaping, last night I escaped to my room where Uncle Grip stayed and crawled in bed with him. Talk about embarrassing…I thought I was over all of this," she sighed.
Feeling a tentacle rest on her head, Minako peered back and found Korosensei shaking his head, "You keep mentioning that it wasn't that bad, compared to others you were better off. Stop thinking that way Minako-chan. It isn't a competition. Truth of the matter is even if you weren't beaten black and blue because he didn't like you back talking or starved you from irritation it doesn't change the fact that you were taken from your home. Your allowed to be upset…hate him as well, even if you have forgiven him," he said firmly.
Opening her mouth to protest to what he was saying, Minako was stopped when he put a tentacle to her lips, "No ifs, ands, or buts Minako-chan. Just because you sometimes feel you hate your brother doesn't mean you don't love him right! So you can both forgive him and hate him!" he said.
Glowering, Minako stuck out her bottom lip, "Stop being so understanding and wise! It's creepy," she said frowning at him.
"Creepy!" cried Korosensei shocked.
"What is going on up here? Talking about creepy things?" questioned Karasuma appearing.
Letting out a scream Minako crawled to the edge of the roof and cried out for Grip, seconds later both adults watched her jumped off the roof and into the assassin's waiting arms. Watching Grip carry her away and set her down safely, Korosensei smiled, "Ah, she's really developed a nice relationship of trust with her uncle hasn't she!" he said happily.
"…Why does she keep running? That is the third time today that she's seen me, screamed and run," he muttered confused with her antics. True she was rather mellow dramatic but this was odd by even for her, "Do I happen to smell today and she's the only one unable to stand it?" he questioned.
Chuckling, Korosensei peered at him amused, "It's because you yelled at Minako-chan! She's afraid you're still upset with her blackmailing the world," he said.
Sighing Karasuma watched Minako from above, "…I'm not upset with her anymore, I can of course understand her feelings…although I still think she is going about this all wrong. Acting like a child isn't going to get her any points," he said sternly.
"Minako-chan is still a child…besides I put in her reason for this to help the governments learn," he said.
"Learn?" questioned Karasuma.
"It is like Minako-chan told the class, they offered her up to the God of Death without a word to her and that was completely wrong of them. It's her life. Even if the world is in the balance the proper thing for them to do would have been for them to ask her to go with the God of Death. They didn't though and were going to force her to go with him, so they must be punished!" he said cheerfully.
"Next time you decide something like that at least drop a hint my way! You have no idea how embarrassing it was to learn something like that second hand!" he snapped.
Chuckling, Korosensei nodded, "Will do! So what is the final verdict?" he asked.
Frowning, Karasuma crossed his arms, "She gets what she wants and some countries have even given her more immunity than what you put down, nothing like getting away with murder of course. Some are trying to pacify her out of guilt while America, Japan, and Russia have asked me to get her to change her mind. They don't like the idea of not being able to do anything about the company," he said.
"What did you tell them?" he asked.
"I told them they need to get another man for the job, I don't have the power to change her mind and that I wouldn't try to in the first place. Getting her angry is never fun besides deep down I believe they've reaped what they sowed," he said firmly.
"You're going soft, Karasuma-sensei!" said Korosensei amused.
Day two, another day of café fun or it would have been if Minako wasn't feeling like crap. Sitting in front of Hara, Isogai, Megu, and Muramatsu who frowned at her she gave a sniffle, "I'm sorry!" she sobbed, wilting under their gazes.
Laughing Isogai bent down and grabbed Minako foot gently lifting it up to gaze at her bandage ankle, "Honestly! What are the odds?!" he asked amused. Late last night during another midnight sleepwalking spell she finally did fall down the stairs. Luckily nothing broke in the end she just got a nasty sprang, "Are you alright?" he asked with a smile.
Sighing Minako gave him a small nod, "Yeah, but…now we can't be Cat Noir and Ladybug! And Uncle Grip said he would request it for me today since no one requested it yesterday! That's the only one I wanted to do! Aside from Venus of course," she wailed sobbing into her hands, "Sugaya-kun even painted my assassin yo-yo like Ladybug for you!" she cried holding up her yo-yo.
"And yet I'm smiling!" said Isogai happily, jumping to his feet. He felt like dancing now that he didn't have to dress up in that red jumpsuit abomination polka dotted in black.
Chuckling at that Megu gazed over to Hara and Muramatsu who were starting up their makeshift kitchen, "Since you sprang your ankle I guess you'll stay in and take over a cooking position or maybe prep work would be more suitable," she said looking around.
Standing up, Minako shook her head, "No I'll help with the morning prep just like yesterday but since I can serve anyone like yesterday I've already thought of what I can do in place of that. I'm going to play to my greatest strength…" she said before reaching under her chair to pull out a violin case.
"Your violin?" asked Hara.
Nodding, Minako gave them a smile, "Since I can't play dress up and serve I'll just play a song instead, Korosensei has already gotten my equipment from my old house. A cello, a key board, and my violin of course, a flute, my favorite ocarina, my gemshorn, and he even brought over my harp. Um, let's see what else, oh yes my mandolin, my koto, and I figured that should be enough…I stayed away from the brass instruments and stuck to mostly string and woodwind. No offense to brass because I do love them very much but they don't go with the scenery as well. I have to balance the scenery with the music I mean that's apart of enjoying music. Why do you think idols try to make the place they're playing at so alive and full of energy, it's because they want you to experience the music fully!" she told them.
Gazing at her shocked, Megu frowned, "Don't you have stage fright?" she asked her confused.
Laughing, Minako nodded, "Yep! Horrible stage fright!" she said cheerfully.
Raising an eyebrow, Muramatsu began to pull out everything they would need for the soup, "If that's true then why are you going to play?" he asked.
Smiling Minako gazed at him , "Because I want to contribute, besides I'll focus on you guys and pretend I'm just playing for you. I have no problem performing for my friends and family, its performing for judges and crowds. I'll just focus on all of you and eventually I'll just get sucked into the music that I won't notice a thing!" she said happily.
Nodding Megu smiled, "I guess then good luck with today's performance. I look forward to hearing your music," she said. Giving Megu a salute all of them paused when they heard a commotion. Peering out, Megu frowned when a news crew appeared, "What in the world?" she muttered looking over to Isogai to see if he had any clue what that was about.
The raven hair boy looked as confused as her however, "Minako, you don't have contacts in the media do you?" he asked curious.
Frowning Minako shook her head and she eyed the crew suspiciously, "I hate the media! I would never work with them…I only want to stab them," she muttered.
Hearing a ding, Minako pulled her phone from her pocket along with the others and found Ritsu waiting for them on their respective screens, "I've looked around and I discovered a blog about food talking about our acorn noodles and other items. It turns out, Yuuji-kun from yesterday, is quite the food critic and many people follow him and listen to his reviews. He gave a smashing appraisal on us so we now have people clamoring to come! This is just the first news crew that will come! I suggest we get to work and fast," she said with a chuckle.
Frowning at first, Megu quickly began to smile, "Is that so, I guess I'll go out there and find out what they want to do…Isogai-kun please call the others and get them to hurry up. Muramatsu-kun, Hara-chan, and Minako-chan, start getting the food ready! It looks like we're going to have a busy day!" she said very pleased.
It looked like things would indeed be turning around!
Their day were pack, every minute the long line seemed to grow in length. Mimura helped a news crew get the best footage of their foods while Megu was in charge of the interviews. Meanwhile the rest of the class was busy between serving, cooking, and gathering. There was hardly a moment of rest for them all. Even Karma was made too busy to prank the customers he didn't like.
All day, they all met various people some who were curious about the growing crowd while others who came from all over just to try their noodles after hearing the review or had just seen the news footage. Then there was idols Minako knew who came. Many of her classmates were star-struck when they met the various idols they secretly worshiped when at home in the safety of their room.
Terasaka and his crew minus Itona got autographs from their favorite members of Liberal Strike, Megu sneakily got Shu's autograph under the watch of Isogai who actually look a tad jealous. Then Hinano got the autograph of Sena, a pop idol known for her sweet Lolita appearance and dark lyrics, many of which Minako wrote before her ban to right of idols other than Makoto. Then Minako got the silent treatment for an hour when Ishida charmed all the girls of their class, even the hard-hearted Hazama.
He really was cute!
It quickly change however when an all-female idol group known as Gekkō arrived, they were known for their beauty and they're cheery songs about the good parts of life. At that point it switch to the girls giving Minako the silent treatment while the boys slobbered over the group; save for Isogai, Takebayashi, Terasaka, Itona, Karma, and Nagisa. Apparently they all had enough control over themselves if they were attracted to the group.
After them a few late arrival assassins showed up along with various family members of Class E. They all met Isogai's siblings and in the girls' opinion his little brother was a bigger heart throb than him. He was so cute with his plump apple cheeks and bashful chocolate brown eyes and wavy raven locks. Then they all met Hinano's parents who put to rest a theory Minako had been working on.
Her mother was a cute as her daughter and tiny compared to her husband who looked like he may have ran with a gang once in his life, or was part of a punk rock band. He was a sweet heart though so devoted to his wife glaring furiously at any man whose gaze lingered for what he deemed too long.
It was no wonder cute Hinano liked Karasuma-sensei.
Then there was Takebayashi's stuffy parents who really were uptight, they looked around with distain before trying the food. Once the music started to play they actually began to relax and actually cracked a smile at the youngest son. After them was Terasaka's parents who Minako embarrassingly introduced herself to by accident. During a small moment between songs, Karma came up to tease her and before she knew it she was limping to the safety of doggie.
Only it turned out doggie looked exactly like daddy.
Lucky for her Doggie's temper was all his own, his parents laughed off her mistake of identity before smacking their son, she learned that was how he learned to sho his affection for other, congratulating him finally finding himself a younger sister. Apparently that had been a wish of his since he was young. His mom whispered to her while Terasaka was yelling at his dad that he asked for one at Christmas almost every year till middle school.
Then Minako's own family came including her grandparents, save her auntie and sister but everyone soon came to understand why the blonde was so good at slipping past Karasuma's defenses at long last though. When the two men met, everyone couldn't help but take notice of the similarities between her grandfather and Karasuma-sensei.
After that its was old friends and enemies from school, the baseball team came by to see Sugino and taste the food. Minako was also happy to see she was still on good terms with Shindō. He was such a sweet guy, that she would still like to call him friend. Then people both Maehara and Megu faced during their past came to taste the food that Class E prepared.
All through it Minako went between the kitchen and a small chair outside to play for the guest, something she actually enjoyed very much. As along as she didn't focus on people she felt alright and was able to play to her hearts content. It had been such a long time since she felt an instrument in hand, it felt like a decade.
Just like with fire, her soul ached for music as well but she had been so caught up in flames it sort of got pushed to a back burner. Giving a pleasurable sigh she lowered her bow from her cello with a smile barely able to hear the polite applause. Cellos really were the best with their deep melodic sound that always made every muscle in her body relax as the notes vibrated down to her bones.
Looking over she found Rio waiting to take the cello, sighing the fake blonde strummed the strings with a smile, "I've always been jealous of your ability with instruments. I took lessons when I was younger like you but it never felt the same! No matter how much I practice I couldn't get it to sound like yours," she said amused.
Laughing at that Minako smiled, "Makoto was the same way, she was actually fairly decent at piano but she gave it up because she couldn't get it to sound like mama. Mama kept telling her that we each have our own unique tune and you have to love it in order to inspire and move your audience. Makoto could never get that love with instruments but she did love her voice. Hence why she's an excellent idol," she said proudly.
Holding out a hand for her, Rio grinned, "Well the music scene gets a break we need you back in the kitchen!" she said.
"Aye-aye!" said Minako standing up, careful not to put too much weight on her ankle. Heading inside with Rio Minako gazed around at the crowd, "Who would have thought, one blog would suddenly make us popular…I guess that's the power of true popularity," she said amused.
Grinning, Rio reach over to tickle Minako neck, "Yep, yep, you may be eye candy to school boys right now but you got a long way before you reach true popularity. You should probably work on your relationship with girls first. I mean you get along with us up here but you should branch out. When you become head of Suzuki Corporation you'll be dealing with men and women," she said.
Sighing, Minako nodded glumly, "Yeah, I know, I just can't stand high school and middle school girls…I don't try to steal boyfriends! Heck half those girls hate me without just cause! I mean some of them have actually won over the boys they like but their so insecure about themselves they choose to believe I'm the reason they aren't together," she said ending on a note of annoyance.
Smirking Rio gave her a cheeky grin, "Now, now missy! You don't get to complain about any of that seeing how you never had the courage to tell Karma your feelings till after he told you his. You didn't even tell him after he saved you from Asano and showed he knew…although that is probably better in the long run. Who knows what would have happen if you told him there," she said.
Pouting Minako glowered at Rio, "I can so complain about that! I never bullied anyone while I pined away for him!" she said pouting.
Smirking Rio snickered as Minako's glower turned to embarrassment, "Nope, you just come running to me sobbing when you thought he found someone he might like. Then there was that spell when you thought he was gay and had the hots for Nagisa-kun! I'll never forget that day! I'm still debating whether or not to tell both of them that juicy detail!" she said amused.
Grabbing her shoulder Minako shook her head, "Don't! Karma-kun will hate me! Not to mention Nagisa-kun, he'll definitely be mad…I don't want Nagisa-kun mad at me. Bad things will happen!" she sobbed shaking Rio.
Laughing, the fake blonde gave her a wink, "Don't worry, I'm only joking! Or am I?" she said running off leaving Minako to wither in worry.
Heading inside, Minako was put at a station with Hara and chopped while said girl cooked. It seemed like no matter how many dishes they put out there was always more to make. Stepping back from her vegetables Minako took a moment to breathe only to jump when Okuda yelled in fright, holding up a box of noodles she frowned, "This is bad! We're almost out of noodles!" she cried.
"…We have had a lot of customers," said Minako gazing out the window.
Nodding Isogai frowned, "Yes, we're getting a lot more business that we expected," he said.
Frowning as she waited to take out her dishes, Fuwa frowned, "But Class A is probably doing even better," she commented.
Holding up a string of eggplants Hara gave a wink as she wielded a knife, "The eggplants on the side menu are selling really well. We can try to push this for the rest of the time," she said.
"It'll buy us time but we're almost out of them too," said Minako counting up what they had left. With the rate they were going they would probably run out at the end of the day. At first they didn't have enough customers but now they had too many. Rather ironic if you asked her.
Panting as they rested from running back and worth, Kimura smiled, "We can keep getting more ingredients if we just go farther on the mountain," he offered.
Before any of them could answer they were stopped by Korosensei who let out a hum from his hiding spot that being a wooden desk he stuffed himself into allowing just his head pop out. To keep in theme of their shop he even colored and shaped his head like an acorn, "I think it would be best if we don't make any more moves here," he said letting two of his smaller tentacle slip to make an X.
That was rather unexpected, she would have thought he would come out with a new way to defeat Class A. Maybe take a page from Black Butler. When Sebastian had been disguised one he taught the servants how to make patties that were both delicious and super filling, but made of beans.
Not looking ready to accept defeat, Nagisa spoke up as he retrieved his drinks, "But then~ then we'll lose!" he cried.
Swiveling to turn to him, Korosensei nodded, "That's all right. If we take any more food, we might disrupt the mountain's ecosystem," he said.
She completely forgot about that…man it was a good thing he was keeping an eye on that. She would have hated to been responsible for animals having to suffer through an already hard life. Hinano seemed to be right up there with her as well.
Going on, Korosensei's smile grew as his tentacles began to leak out, "Birds. Plants. Fish. Fungi. Arthropods. Mammals. Everything done by a living thing becomes a blessing in destiny," he said breaking away his desk, "During this festival, were you all able to feel…just how greatly…this mountain's 'destiny' blessed you?" he asked.
Pondering that for a second, Minako smiled, yeah it really did bless them. She herself had become stronger because of the mountain. It allowed her to exercise in secret and push her body to finally experience real play, something she never experience under her father's eye or the school. This was still technically school but with Korosensei able to keep an ear out she was finally able to know her limits, seeing how he would stop her before she had an attack.
Continuing on, Korosensei named out their experiences, "People who've taught you. People you've helped. People you've caused problems for. People who caused problems for you. And people you've fought as rivals," he said.
Giving an amused chuckle, Hinata smoothed down her hair, "Figures. Looks like his goal was to teach us again," she said amused.
"I had a feeling it would end up like this, after all you're a teacher through and through," said Minako amused, she told the chairman Korosensei would find a way to teach them.
Sighing but smiling, Muramatsu crossed his arms, "Man…I really wanted to win, though!" he said.
"Well at least we put up a decent fight! No one can say otherwise, I mean we're going out because we ran out of ingredients! Who else can claim that and now we can take a look at other's booths. Red-Eye told me before he left there were some pretty interesting ones," said Minako trying to give them a silver lining, they didn't have to worry anymore. True they lost but at least they were out of the game because they were out of ingredients! That was a good way to go out.
Smiling, Megu clapped her hands, "Okay let's give our final customers our best!" she said.
With that everyone gave a final cheer and in no time at all they were all out. Heading outside to gather dishes Minako began to stack dirty bowls in the carrying bucket before starting on cleaning off the table, feeling Karma come up behind she smiled, "So did you enjoy the festival?" she asked.
Grabbing the bucket he shrugged as she cleaned off the table before moving over to the next one once it was squeaky clean. "Not nearly as much as watching you change costume, too bad that ended so fast," he said glancing down at her ankle.
Sighing, Minako nodded, "Yeah, need to really learn to watch my step," she muttered. At least with her hurt ankle she hadn't had any dreams of the dungeon maze.
"It really was too bad, I was looking forward to getting to see bride Minako once more!" he teased.
Laughing, Minako grinned, "I would have liked it better if I could have ripped it up, splashed some blood on and could paint my skin grey! With a dead bouquet! I could have been a zombie bride!" she said excitedly. Make her hair look like a rats next and get Sugaya to make her look like she be through hell and back, now that would have been a fun bride!
"Something tells me your idea of a wedding is interesting but speaking of zombies, I got a new zombie movie want to come over and see it?" he questioned.
Grinning Minako nodded, "Totally! Where's it from?" she asked.
Shrugging he gazed at the dirty dishes, "Either Canada or America, I forget which. I haven't watched it through but I've seen some other stuff that the director did so it should be okay. Plus the summery sounded interesting," he said casually.
"Sounds fun!" said Minako happily.
Nodding in agreement the two of them went back to clearing the tables only to pause when a lone figure came up their lonely little mountain path.
That figure being Nagisa's mother, she stood behind Yada who was taking down their menu.
Smiling, Yada turned to her with a smile, "Sorry, we're all sold out, so we'll be closing now!" she said before taking notice of who she was talking too.
Frowning at that, Hiromi gazed at Yada with mild surprise, "…Really? But you were quite popular," she said looking around at their deserted mountain top.
Leaning out the window, Nagisa caught everyone attention, "Mom!" he said shocked.
A few minutes later, Nagisa was bringing out a cup of juice for his mother while the rest of them kept an ear out while cleaning. It wasn't polite to eavesdrop but all of them could still remember her freaking out over Korosensei telling her to butt out of her son's life and to let him live freely. Minako didn't want to leave him alone with her, "Here, it's our last cup of grape juice. Trust me, it's good," he said passing it over.
"Thanks" muttered Hiromi. Waiting while Nagisa took a seat she finally spoke up, "I saw you guys on TV…your class is something else. I think I get why you wanted to stay here so badly," she said.
Smiling a little proudly, Nagisa nodded, "Yeah," he said fondly.
Sitting quietly for another spell, Hiromi sighed, "…Nagisa, about what happened here the other day…when you protected me…and beat that miscreant in an instant…when I looked at your back, I realized something. My son and I are two totally different people. And I could tell that you weren't kidding when you said you'd 'graduate from me'," she told him.
What she mention thought got everyone's attention. Nagisa had to protect his mother…and what was she doing up here? Could this explain while Minako smelt ash that day after Nagisa's mother's freak out! Did someone really did try to take her position as Class E's fire nut! Nagisa was kind of rushed that day to tell her there was no smell of ash in the air.
Not knowing about the various thoughts going through the eavesdroppers' minds, Hiromi continued to speak to her son, "And you got all that power sometime when I wasn't paying attention. But…Nagisa, please at least stay with me until you're an adult. After that, you can live however you want," she pleased with Nagisa. Glancing over, Minako gazed upon the motherly expression Hiromi expressed and felt that twinge of longing…she missed her mother.
Glancing down with a peaceful expression, Hiromi smiled, "I mean, I finally feel like I'm your parent, so at least let me worry about you for a little while longer," she said.
Smiling brightly at her, Nagisa didn't hesitate to give his yes, "Of course!" he said happily.
Well, at least there was two happy endings to this tale. Nagisa got a new relationship with his mother and from the looks of it a healthy one at that and they put up a good fight. No matter what they placed they fought to the best of their ability and did great! No one could deny that.
Meanwhile inside the classroom Korosensei watched from afar while Nagisa big his mother goodbye, no sooner was she out of sigh before he was bombarded by the others with questions. Minako acted as expected to the news of fire while Karma commented on how he was glad to know who make the mystery footsteps. He really did have a good eye! Able to pick out that the assassins foot prints and see they didn't belong to any member of their class. The man's feet were close to Terasaka's in size so it would have taken a critical eye, everyone else didn't give them a second glance.
Hearing footsteps he found Karasuma walking with his usual scowl, "Nagisa's mother apologized. And I hear she tried to start a fire," he said.
Nodding, Korosensei chuckled, "Yes…that did happen…" he said unsure what else to say. If anything it wasn't up to the government to make a complaint it was up to the chairman. This mountain top was by all means his land and no one else, the government was just working out of it.
It was at that moment Karasuma's tone shifted, "Also, she came to talk to me," he spat his eyes turning malevolent, "What did she mean when she said she wouldn't tell anyone I'm bald?" he hissed.
Looking at him sweat pouring down his head, Korosensei gave a small chuckle, "I-I don't know what she would mean by that!" he said worried.
At that Karasuma pulled out his phone to show a photo of him pulling off his Karasuma-sensei wig and ripping it in to…it was a back shot like taken from behind and outside the window, "Really this photo says different," he snapped.
At that, Korosensei looked away worried and began to whistle a broken tune as he avoided eye contact with Karasuma-sensei. Letting out a battle cry, sensei chased after sensei turning the classroom into a battle field, "Ah, Korosensei…he can never catch a break," said Minako amused, really glad she sent that picture to Karasuma-sensei because the end result was good!
"Talk about destiny," said Kayano amused.
Giving an easy sigh, Karma smiled, "Must be destiny that they're so involved with each other…" he said completely amused.
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Also next chapter will bet the reunion between Minako's aunt and Grip. I was going to have it during the festival but I didn't want to pull away from the festival plus it was harder to write it in so next chapter will be their reunion.
