Author's Note: See! I told you! Kinda... soon for me there! Anyway hope you enjoy and I still only own a handful of DS games and a few books. Ooh and my AoT (Attack on Titan) shirt!
PS- HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AS A GIFT I WROTE A SCENE ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO FLUFF! Now if its good, great, or shit that's for you to decide.
WARNING EXTREME FLUFF and before anyone skips this chapter no there is no smut period, Haru just wanted a little fun :)
"Oh hell no..."
"Pleeease!"
"I swear to god Ichinose I will withhold cuddles for a week," Tokaku warned.
"Okay!"
"Wait! Hey! Watch it!"
"Aaaaand done," Haru beamed as she leaned back to admire her handy work. She was currently sitting on top of her girlfriend's hips as the poor assassin struggled furiously to rip off the monstrosity the pinkette had pulled over her head. Haru had decided to take advantage of their afternoon off (that was meant to give them time to mentally prepare) and do a little shopping while Tokaku waited in line at the Indian place for their pick up order. Unfortunately for Tokaku, Haru loved shopping for her even though they had vastly different tastes which led to this moment. Her refusing to try on a giant kitten sweater then Haru tackling her to the ground playful and pulling the cursed thing over her head while she struggled uselessly.
"You look adorable!" Haru giggled.
"Great now take your mental picture and evacuate the premise before I seek my revenge," Tokaku growled.
"Why take a mental one when my phone is right here?" she smirked snapping a photo before Tokaku overcame her shock, "there, forever saved in the Cloud."
"You're going to pay for that," Tokaku snarled playfully using Haru's joy as a minute distraction to switch their positions. In mere seconds her fingers were at the smaller's sides racing from weak point to weak point.
"TOKAKU! NO BAHAHAD! WAIT! AHAHAHAHAHA!
"Say your sorry," Tokaku smiled cheekily as her girlfriend writhed beneath her unable to stop the overwhelming tickle attack.
"I-I'M SORRY!"
"I don't think you are," Tokaku sing-songed leaning closer to the pinkette, proud smirk never leaving her face, but Haru was nothing if not resourceful. Overcoming the onslaught she leaned up and captured the blunette's lips with her own. The tickling instantly stopped as a shocked Tokaku took in the act. Smirking inwardly, Haru copied the move Tokaku had just used on her, rolling them so she was back on top though the assassin didn't seem to mind. Becoming bolder as Tokaku relaxed completely into the kiss, Haru decided to take things up a notch by swiping her tongue along the blunette's low lip asking for entrance which was hesitantly granted. Haru happily took advantage of this, but made sure to not push Tokaku though the assassin seemed to be quite enjoying it. Unfortunately, air is kind of necessary and the impromptu tickle fight did not help matters forcing Haru to pull back breathlessly scrapping just enough air to chuckle at Tokaku's unintentional whine and bright blush.
"Someone seems a little out of sorts," Haru giggled at the disheveled assassin beneath her.
"S-shut up," Tokaku bit back weakly.
"Sooo did you like it?" Haru asked, lazily drawing circles on the blunette's stomach. Tokaku had to stop herself from rolling her eyes. Of course she liked it though she was very thankful that Haru didn't seem to catch the small moan she let slip. Catching Haru's eye slightly marred by worry and apprehension, Tokaku took her hands and pulled her into a rather awkwardly angled hug.
"I think that answer is quite obvious," she chuckled, lightly nuzzling the side of Haru's hair.
"Really? I don't think I got that message," Haru smiled challengingly.
"Oh dear, that's unfortunate because it seems I've lost the draft," Tokaku replied smartly.
"You poor soul, did you forget? Everything's saved on the Cloud," Haru smirked and Tokaku conceded drawing the pinkette into a languid kiss. Pulling back Tokaku peered at her girlfriend strangely causing Haru to go even pinker.
"What?"
"The Cloud seriously?"
"Hey! What about you and the email reference? Who even emails their significant other?"
"Me apparently."
"Apparently," Haru pouted. Smiling, Tokaku pulled her in for another kiss, more chaste than the others, but no less loving.
"Thank god for the Cloud," Haru giggled once they retreated.
"Ugh, you're never going to let that go now are you?"
"Never, though I may be persuaded."
"Your insatiable."
- Okay now plot :) -
Night fell before the class knew it and soon they were all meeting up at their designated locations: the wire fence surrounding the launch pad (Karma, Nagisa, Tokaku, Haru, Okano, and Kanzaki), atop an overlooking hill, and multiple places inside the mission control building (Kimura, Yada, and Hinano). Everything was set up, the three trampolines were lined up, Yada and Hinano were in place, and Kimura was waiting for their cue.
"Alright guys, Operation Sebu (save in Japanese, at least so says Google Translate...) is a go," Isogai commenced, "Good luck guys."
Much to Tokaku's surprise, everything started without a hitch. Outside the launch pad, none of the infiltrators nicked themselves on the barbed wire or had to attempt the jump more then twice. Inside, Yada and Hinano managed to distract the guards and workers both faster and longer than expected giving Kimura plenty of time to sneak into the control room and download Ristu into their systems. Meanwhile, everyone on the hill was now working surveillance with Chiba and Hayami being the main 'eyes' while Isogai and Nio directed. Most with them had all ready completed their jobs: Takebayashi (with the help of Itona and Yoshida) worked on researching their best plan of action, Okuda developed multiple kinds of smoke bombs and emergency items while Itona, Mimura, Okajima, and a few others fixed up some of Itona's old inventions and modified them for this mission. Regardless, Koro Sensei said it was essential for everyone who didn't have a job that night be on the hill because they needed all they eyes they could get and so everyone could watch. Tokaku didn't disagree with the first reason however, should this mission fail or god forbid something goes wrong with the rocket she did not want them anywhere nearby, not that there was much she could do now with her already being two thirds of the way to the rocket's base.
About five feet behind her was Karma with Nagisa and Haru trailing him by another few feet while Okano and Kanzaki made up the rear. They had agreed earlier that Tokaku should lead due to her experience with these missions far outweighing the others. They also agreed that Okano and Kanzaki should be behind because if Tokaku was seen then they still had a chance to run to safety without jeopardizing the mission and if they were seen, they could distract from the main group. Originally, one of them was going to be in front, but Karma countered that idea with their current formation. Tokaku honestly had to hand it to the kid, he was pretty good at these things.
"We're in range, Kanzaki, Okano, start looking out for places to take cover," Tokaku relayed over their coms.
"Right," Okano replied.
"Got it," Kanzaki confirmed. Now all that was left was the four of them getting to the top, properly put on the space suits, buckle in, and hopefully not get seen, caught, miss buckle (either on the suit or safety belt), or explode.
"Security guard across the way at your ten o'clock," Chiba alerted causing five of the six shadows he'd been watching to duck away, "Azuma, you need to get down."
"I can't there's no cover," she replied racing down the main floor of the launch pad.
"Use a smoke bomb," Karma hissed.
"No, they'll see that and think there's something wrong with the rocket," Itona cut in.
"Azuma, he's far enough away that if you pick up the speed you could reach the stairs before he could see you," Hayami said, "but you're going to really have to push it."
"Damn it," Tokaku growled, but she accepted Hayami's plan. Digging her heels in, she bolted as fast as she could to the stairway.
"Faster!" Isogai urged.
"He's practically right there!" Chiba exclaimed.
"Shit, Chiba grab one of Okuda's bullets," Isogai rushed, "Maybe we ca-"
"Aurgh! Fuck it!" Tokaku cursed, leaping for the side of the stair base. She attempted to land with a PK roll to lessen the sound and momentum, but the rushed maneuver caused her to mess up resulting in a shoulder to the concrete before that combined with her momentum flipped her, slamming the poor assassin into the wall.
"Shit... that looked like it hurt..." Isogai sighed, having watched the whole thing through his rifle scope.
"Tokaku! Are you okay?" Haru whispered worriedly.
"Bad news, I think he spotted her anyway," Chiba notified, "He's nearly to her!"
"It's fine, I'll lead him as far away as I can while keeping him distracted," Tokaku ground out, rolling to her side as she held her now throbbing shoulder, "Give me a minute to get him away though."
"And what do we have here?" an oddly familiar voice questioned as a large man came around the corner. Tokaku jumped into action, rushing to her feet she was off in the opposite direction when out of nowhere two very long and gooey arms wrapped around her torso with another at her mouth, pulling her back to the stairwell. Struggling furiously, she slammed the back of her boot into the ground activating the stunner before kicking it back into the guard behind her. She waited a beat for the arms to release her, but they got tighter instead with an inhuman chuckle sounding behind her as she lashed out in another fit of struggles.
"Oof! Hehehehey! Stop! Hehehehe! That tickles!"
Her actions froze at the sound of the man's voice. Finally stopping and calming slightly, Tokaku took in the feel of the figure behind her.
"Mhmh smhshe!" she growled from under his tentacle gag, deactivating her weapon.
"Sorry what was that?" Koro Sensei asked, still chuckling slightly from his impromptu shocking. Tokaku snarled once she was released, fighting the urge to whip around and (try to) punch the teacher in his fat bobble head.
"All clear," she reported, "continue your advance."
"But the gu-" Nagisa began.
"Isn't a threat, if an annoyance," Tokaku sighed.
"Hey!" Koro Sensei exclaimed, "I'm here to help you know!"
"And a swell job of that you're doing," Tokaku replied sarcastically as she watched the rest of her group run in.
"Good one Koro Sensei!" Karma laughed completely unfazed by the heated glare Tokaku was throwing his way, although the same could not be said for Nagisa, Okano, and Kanzaki. Haru however...
"Koro Sensei," Haru frowned as she marched coldly past him with a scolding look causing the previous trio to shallow their shock and huddle a bit farther into the shadows. She beelined for Tokaku, instantly going to check her shoulder almost causing the blunette to chuckle if it hadn't been for the wince it induced.
"I'm fine Haru," she assured giving the younger a small smile, "right now we need to focus."
"Ladies first," Karma smirked, bowing sarcastically towards the stairway.
The trek to the top was simple and having left Kanzaki and Okano behind to guard the base just incase, there was much less possibility for noise. Once at the rocket door, Koro Sensei pried it open with minimal effort and ushered them in one by one. Throwing the manikins aside, they pulled their suits on and got strapped in with a little help from the octopus before finding themselves with little time to spare.
"Alright, everyone ready?" Koro Sensei asked worriedly, but he received four sure nods, "okay, just remember. Don't worry too much about the data, the important thing is that you enjoy your time in space. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity after all."
"Koro Sensei," Nagisa said firmly, "from the second we meet you, you've devoted every second of your time to providing us opportunities to learn and for that, we're very grateful. However, your life means more to us than any education." Tokaku swore the octopus started trembling with emotion though if you asked him he would have denied it.
"I know, and that makes me very happy," he smiled. With that, he stepped out of the capsule and closed the door. Hesitating only a second before shooting off towards the hill where the rest of the class waited.
"Everyone good?" Tokaku asked as mission control started their count down.
"I can't say that I'm in my happy place, but we're not dead yet so," Karma chuckled.
"Well if I recall, we've gone threw something nerve-racking like this before," Nagisa smiled.
"Yes well, that was not my proudest moment," Karma sighed, shaking his head at the memory. Haru looked over to Tokaku as Nagisa and Karma reminisced. The bluenette had her eyes set forward, boring into the back of Nagisa's headrest while her hands practically strangled the arm rests.
'She's asking about us when really she's terrified,' Haru sighed, 'Oh Tokaku.' Reaching out, she took Tokaku's gloved hand in her own causing the silently panicking assassin's head to snap her way. Their eyes met just as the count down started making the terror in Tokaku's spike, but Haru just tightened her grip and smiled. Out of habit due to a constant and unyielding string of nightmares Haru let her thumb rub circles on her partner's hand and began to breath in big steady motions. Tokaku followed her lead and by three she squeezed the pinkette's hand in thanks. Haru just let her smile grow.
"We'll be okay," she mouthed. One sounded over the speaker as the engines ignited. A sudden heavy force slammed into them, pushing the rocket skyward at speeds Koro Sensei couldn't even dream of reaching. However, he could probably hear all four of them scream as they went from zero to sixty in a second.
Tokaku had to admit that docking had to be one of the happiest moments in her life thus far. Sure they were still in space and they were floating which was definitely an adjustment, but at least they were flying around with a massive fire on their asses anymore.
"Everyone in positions," Tokaku ordered, "we can't let them see us at first or we'll get pummeled."
"I thought that's what you were for," Karma replied with a smirk.
"I'm a combat assassin not a navy seal nor do I have military combat training," Tokaku sighed, "but if you want to get us all arrested along with a one way trip to the hospital be my guest."
"We're just kids to them, I doubt they'd beat us up," Nagisa frowned.
"Just be prepared for anything okay," Tokaku said firmly effectively ending the conversation just as the hatch opened. The tail ends of laughter could be heard as a Japanese man floated inside.
"That's weird, they couldn't have just sent empty space suits," he muttered confusedly continuing to float in, "they'd collapse on launch." Tokaku nodded to Karma and Nagisa once he was completely in the capsule. Instantly the two lunged at him, grabbing him at the arms before pulling him into a better hold.
"What the?"
"Hey Nagai, what's wrong?"
Two other astronauts floated in to find their companion being held by Nagisa and Karma both holding a knife to his throat while Haru and Tokaku hovered in front of them, Haru with a bomb and her phone which currently displayed mobile Ristu and Tokaku with her knives.
"We have a bomb," Tokaku said plainly, "but we'd like to do this as peacefully as possible."
"And as easily so could we please go somewhere with a little more space," Haru smiled sheepishly. The shocked men could only nod, leading the foursome plus Nagai to a larger compartment.
"Great, thank you," Haru said, floating to Tokaku's side.
"Now, our demands are pretty simple, we just want a copy of all the research you have on the octopus monster that is currently threatening our planet," Tokaku explained, "nothing more. As I said before, we would like to do this as peacefully as possible, however, we are not above using any means at our disposal to acquire those files."
The mens' eyes narrowed, but none of them made any move. They simply glared and observed them with unreadable expressions.
'Damn it, this isn't working,' Tokaku growled tensing in preparation.
"First off, I'd like to congratulate you on making it this far, you kids got serious guts," the bald man in the middle of their semicircle said lightly before his eyes turned dark, "however, you clearly did not think this through. Most of us are military personnel and regardless of that we're all bigger and stronger than you, there's no way you could take all six of us. Secondly, that bomb isn't much of a threat seeing as living up here means death is a possibility every second."
"Honestly, the bomb was just plan A," Karma smirked, "and as for the six of you, we have her for that."
"Wow, thanks for that Karma," Tokaku bit out, "so much for element of surprise."
"No problem Azuma," he chuckled, "besides, you're the only one of us that both free to fight and has a weapon so it was kind of obvious."
"Shut it Akabane," she growled as the men started to float closer, but all of a sudden the bald man started laughing.
"Gosh you kids are really serious about this," he chuckled, "look, we don't want any pointless violence so let him go and we'll talk things out."
"Karma, Nagisa do not let go," Tokaku ordered, "data first then he goes."
"But he said-" Nagisa started.
"Do not," Tokaku growled.
"You're a tough one," the bald man sighed, "we won't harm ya, honest. Please just let him go."
"Tokaku, it's fine," Haru said softly taking her hand, "we can release him."
"... fine," Tokaku sighed, "but try anything and you'll regret it."
Nagisa and Karma released the hostage astronaut and a relieved air filled the quarter. The captain began issuing orders, he had them unload the supplies Japan sent and help put everything in its proper place, but they all made sure they had fun as well. It was their first and probably only time in space so the astronauts made sure to make it memorable. Even Tokaku managed to cool down although, Haru gave her one hell of a scare when she accidently set something off...
When it was time to leave, everyone was a little sad to go, but proud of what they had accomplished. Karma even gave them to 'bomb' -which was actually just a red bean cake- as a souvenir. Overall, the trip was a blast though not one Tokaku planned on repeating any time soon.
The trip home went exactly as planned and thankfully Okuda was able to translate the scientific jargon leading to the biggest reward of all. The discovery that Koro Sensei's chances of exploding were actually less than one percent and could be further lowered with a simple chemical solution. Tokaku had never seen the class so happy, but of course the hard truth and questions hit. Will the government sign off on this? How long will it take to call off the assassination? Has the data been confirmed? What did it mean for them?
In the end, the entire class agreed that the assassination was their bond and thus too important to drop until the final word had been given so they would keep trying to kill him until the end of the year or until the government calls off the assassination. In all, everything was back to normal. The students were thrilled and excited for each coming day and the octopus was as energetic as ever, none of them even about how close their really deadline was.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
There were cheers and cries around the classroom as the feasted and played in their Sensei made Santa gear. A large table was set up with snacks and assortments while a giant decorated tree stood in the center of the classroom.
"Ooo! It's time for everyone to go to sleep! Quick get into your futons!" Koro Sensei giggled as he hurried out of the room. They flicked the lights off and laid down as Koro Sensei reentered with a large sack on his back.
"I bet they'll never guess that I'm-"
"NOW!"
"HIIIEEEEEEEHHHHH!
A couple crashes and bangs later, the lights clicked back on to reveal Koro Sensei dressed in a kimono standing at the front of the classroom.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" he cheered as everyone absorbed the change. He seemed to have changed everyone into kimonos as well...
"I wish you all good luck and great fortune in this coming year!" he exclaimed before plopping down and removing his kimono to reveal a worn out jumpsuit, "Now then, I'm going to lounge around and enjoy the rest of my winter holiday."
"THE HELL!"
"Oh, I think I get it," Fuwa sighed with a tired chuckle, "you missed all the activities at the beginning and end of the year so you're cramming it all in now."
"Precisely!" Koro Sensei praised, "this was my one and only winter break with you all and none of you stopped by to play with me! All I got was a grumpy Azuma who begrudgingly delivered Haru's holiday gift!"
"You visited him?" Nagisa asked disbelief evident in his tone. Tokaku groaned.
"Haru forgot about her gifts for everyone so she and I ran around and delivered them all, but when we got back I found Koro Sensei's in the corner of the closet where she stored them and it wasn't like I was going to remind her with everything that was on her mind about the assassination so I delivered it myself," she admitted with a shrug as a couple aw-s rang out accompanied by some smirks and smiles, "And let's just say the experience wasn't pretty."
"You didn't want to play with me!" Koro Sensei cried.
"Because I had to get back home!" Koro Sensei just sniffed before brightening.
"Well it's behind us now and we can all make up for it!" Koro Sensei beamed, "Okay! Back to sloth days!"
Over the next two hours the class reenacted everything they missed from the New Year's Martial Arts Event to chasing off demons in preparation for spring leaving everyone drop dead tired. Well everyone save a certain superhuman octopus.
"Now I have no regrets," he smiled, "and its time for the next stage!"
"NEXT STAGE!"
"Of course! Your entrance exams! Regardless of what happens, you're all dropping assassination at the end of the year. You have to look beyond the now and prepare for you futures!" Koro Sensei exclaimed.
'It's going to be a long 38 days,' Tokaku groaned.
Author's Note: Next chapter! All fluff and fun! Well at least that's what I'm planning. We only have a max of four chapters left people! Wow! Although I am thinking of going back through and adding some scenes I missed, tell me what you think! Or I could just tag them all at the end in one big chapter. Think about it! Until next time!