Marks were out. As the students got back their exams, the mood was tense and heavy. Celestia stared at her papers that were spread out in front of her with her arms crossed. She studied it so intensely, the person sitting next to her was unsure if this was the right time to annoy her. But he chose to do it regardless. Karma leaned over and in a very curious voice, he poked her on the shoulder: "Hey Celestia, what did you get?"
The violet haired girl rested her chin on her hand, showing her papers to him without sparing a glance at the redhead. Karma snatched her sheet and grinned before showing her his own papers mockingly. "Woah, you really flunked any questions that required critical thinking. At least you passed the questions that were based only at sheer memorization."
"I can't adapt to test questions as I can adapt to real life situations. "Karma blinked, unsure of what to make of her statement. He expected more of a sore loser vibe. Celestia had already turned away from him watching the teacher also enter the class with a gloomy figure. His back was towards them and he muttered his sadness and guilt.
"The responsibility is all mine. It seems that I have underestimated what this school is capable of. I can't even face you after this." Koro- sensei sighed. Karma and Celestia exchanged looks before Celestia sighed slightly and Karma pulled out his knife. He threw it across the room and aimed it at Koro-sensei, causing the octopus to shriek much like that of a small girl's.
"You sure? If you can't face us you can't see us coming to kill you." Karma swiped his test marks and walked up then slapped his and Celestia's marks and on his teacher's desks. The whole class gathered and murmured in surprise. "We were already good at our academics in the first place and since you simply refined our skills even further, we could tackle some unseen questions. Though maybe one of us couldn't handle the sudden advanced critical thinking questions," He casted a mocking smirk at Celestia who was sitting in the back and turned away. "But we're staying right here. Assassination is way more fun. So what's the plan? Are you just going to use the others' results as an excuse to turn tail and run? Sounds like you're just scared that we might kill you."
"You know that there are things that we can't give up, such as my greed for money and everyone else as well. Are you sure you're not just scared that we could possibly kill you?" Celestia added as she walked up to her classmates. Everyone looked at each other before taunting their teacher. They watched their teacher's face turn red. "So, what's the plan?"
"WE WILL PAY THEM BACK TWOFOLD!" Their teacher shouted as Celestia plugged her ears. She never understood how endlessly energetic her teacher was. Was it because of his superpowers or his personality? She suddenly remembered something as her mind wandered off. "But isn't our class trip next week?"
"Oh. You're right."
"Yes! Road to riches!" Rio yelled and wrapped her arm around Celestia. After Rio moved her piece to her destinanted square, Celestia announced robotically: "Maehara's next." Class E was currently on a bullet train and of course, they were in the coach section while the other classes were riding first class. Her group was currently playing a board game and Celestia was their commentator. Of course, the most monotone and "thrilling" commentator. Maehara rolled his shoulder and cracking his neck before smirking and in a very confident way, stated: "Watch me beat you, Rio!" The girl next to Celestia simply stuck her tongue out before challenging him.
"But you know, doesn't Rio look like she's a Yakuza and Celestia is stuck paying you taxes." Celestia and Rio exchanged looks before Celestia asked: "Wouldn't that be more of a loan shark?"
Maehara blanked out in embarrassment but as he did so, his dice rolled flimsily and he got the number one, which forced him to play the imaginary government in the board game taxes. Rio then laughed her head off as she clutched her stomach while Maehara yelled in agony. The group laughed altogether to see the agony of their friend before their blue haired classmate announced:"Oh look! We're here!"
Kyoto was a marvellous sight, the city retaining certain parts of itself being passed down from the feudal era. Though Celestia and her classmates would be staying in a traditional inn while the other students went to a five star hotel, it was thrilling especially since the decoration for the inn was just beautiful. Though Celestia seemed to be more of a city girl with the way her hair was styled, she truly appreciated the traditional Japanese culture and design. Just like the way she appreciates calm classical music over the modern day loud rap songs. It was almost as if she was a-
"Grandma, stop dawdling and let's go." Karma tapped her shoulder after they had dropped their items off and were standing in the hallway.
"Excuse me? Grandma?"
"You're slow, you're appreciating a simple bamboo tree and you seem like the type who would listen to classical music. Prove me wrong" He shrugged. Nagisa attempted to reassure the girl, but his pure hearted words only offended her more.
"Celestia, you're just very soothing as a person. At first I thought you would definitely assassinate all of us because you appear very distant and you were associated with the main part of the school at some time."
Their group, Sugino, Karma, Kaede, Okuda, and Kanzaki stared at Nagisa. He then realized that he made things worse and apologized profusely to her. While she did try to brush it off, her eyes lost the brightness in them as she wallowed in gloom. She never intended to appear antisocial. It was just through years of training that she had to retain a poker face. The classmates walked over a bridge and then Sugino pointed at a tall, bronze covered building. There was a small crack, enough room for a sniper to fit. Okuda immediately wrote it down, saving it for discussion later on when the entire class meets upKaede was instantly distracted from the topic of assassination and more obsessed with a green tea sweet that she was dying to try. Okuda suggested: "Maybe we can put poison in sweets and give it to Koro-sensei."
"That's such a waste! Even if we did do that, I don't think the poison would work against Koro-sensei." Kaede whined. Celestia peeked over Nagisa's shoulder and looked at his small notebook that contained Koro-sensei's weaknesses and strengths. As expected, he was immune. The group then walked around the town, the more old fashioned and cultural part of Kyoto as they balanced sightseeing and planning assassination spots. They even stopped by a nearby sweets shop where Kaede greedily eyed all of the products. Celestia bought herself some small Mochi sets, planning to gift it.
Out of nowhere, Kaede cried, as they were walking down a scenic path: "Selfie!" Caught off guard, Celestia had the look of surprise,which was basically just her eyes widening and her mouth was frozen at the position of almost eating her Mochi. Karma reacted fast enough to flash a quick and perfectly angled smile. Except the "smile" was much closer to a smirk. Nagisa gasped in surprise and had an unflattering state of panic. Sugino and Kanzaki smiled brightly while Okuda lowered her head in shyness.
As the group progressed to where Kanzaki had planned for them, the group marvelled at, not the scenery, but how ideal the location was for an assassination."Wow, Gion is practically deserted. This place is perfect!" Kaede whistled and the group nodded that this would be one of their top candidates for the assassination spot. Celestia placed her hand on the wooden walls. As she pressed it gently, she noticed how easily the wooden panels lifted themselves. The buildings were rickety enough that if they decided to lure their teacher in here, they could knock down their teacher and break these walls, trapping him underneath the rubble. Although she wasn't sure if such a trap would work against a superbeing like him. In the middle of their examination, a group of high schoolers- or more accurately delinquents- approached them.
"Yes this is such a nice spot." One of them mused as he eyed the girls.
Karma walked up to the boy and in his usual cocky attitude, asked: "It doesn't seem like you're here for sightseeing, is it?"
"We aren't here for you, hand over the girls and get lost-" Karma immediately grabbed the man's face and shoved his head into the concrete. Karma looked back at his group with a cat-like grin: "Fighting here is alright because there won't be any witnesses!"
Another member of their attacker was ready to throw a punch but Karma pulled a fabric from nearby and covered his face, before throwing the boy onto the ground. His enjoyment in beating the delinquents around was interrupted as the rest grabbed onto the girls as hostages. He clicked his tongue in annoyance and released his grip on the assailants, raising his hands reluctantly. Pleased with Karma's submission, one of the men gripped his hand on Celestia's arm and he murmured into her ear, attempting to lower his voice to sound seductive. "Aren't you a cutie? Let's have some fun."
His voice only made Celestia's skin crawl. Her eyes stared at him coldly and without a word, she kicked his shin. When his grip loosened, she jabbed her elbow into his jaw, knocking a tooth or two out. Immediately after she kicked his neck and sent him knocking into another delinquent, causing him to lose grip of Okuda. The girl with glasses dashed behind them. But unfortunately for them, before they could act furthermore, Kanzaki and Kaede had knives pressed to their throats, not allowing anymore recklessness.
"Surrender now." Celestia hesitated, but quietly obeyed when her other classmates did as they were told. She wasn't used to a situation with hostages because she never worked with anyone other than her previous partner, who knew how to get herself out of these situations. She watched the boys get beaten and knocked unconscious before allowing the delinquents to tie her wrists together with a rope. The girls were then moved to another secluded area where their kidnappers examined their faces properly, as if examining luxury bags on display. One of them took a particular interest in Kanzaki and pulled out a photo of her, looking indifferent. She was in clothes that were cut and styled to make her look sharp and a completely different person. Kanzaki began to shudder, her face darkening as if she was embarrassed that a side of herself she kept hidden had been revealed. Pleased with her expression, as it was a confirmation of what he wanted to know, the kidnapper walked away.
"I don't think it is something you should be ashamed of." Celestia twirled the words around in her mouth before saying it. She wasn't quite sure what was happening and what to say, but she needed the girls to keep calm so they could escape. After seeing Kanzaki smile in appreciation, she whispered to Kaede to pull out a small pocket knife from Celestia's pocket. Kaede nervously glanced at their kidnappers before nodding, inching closer to Celestia and finding her pocket knife. While their kidnappers were conversing about how to have a photo shoot with the girls, Celestia began to cut though her rope until that it was enough for her to just break apart easily, but not all the way. She was about to help the other two before the delinquents approached them with a smirk. "Our photographer is almost here, just you wait-" A knock interrupted him.
Celestia glanced at the others and nodded as they all shifted to a ready to move position. To their surprise, Karma and the rest of their group had arrived while he tossed the unconscious body of the supposed photographer. Nagisa began to read out the "kidnapper guide" in their guidebook step by step and the leader of the gang snarled. "Don't mess with me kids!"
"I should be saying that." A large figure emerged from the crack of the alleyway and approached them, his tentacles wrapped around several unconscious delinquents before tossing them onto a pile of the high schoolers. "You're messing with the wrong people."
"Damn elitists!" The delinquents shouted as they lunged to attack the octopus teacher. "We aren't elitists, these kids have been discriminated against and dragged to the bottom but unlike you, they all have a positive outlook. This is a famous school, but prestige and-"
Celestia shuffled back, raised her leg and lifted up the couch. She then used her strength and kicked the worn down couch into several of the gang members. "Celestia! Don't ruin my cool speech! As I was saying, we don't care about prestige and being superior. The fish who swim in the right direction will reach the top, whether it is in muddy or clear water." And with their assassination target, the group of 7 quickly cleaned up what was left of their kidnappers.
"The sun is setting." Celestia looked up at the sky that was slowly turning dark. Nagisa looked at her before noticing something wrong. He immediately panicked and flailed his arms around. "C-celestia! You're leg!" The group all blinked at her before they looked down to see a badly bruised leg with a cut at where she kicked the couch. It was completely unnecessary for her to do that but it was in the heat of the moment and she reverted to her old habit of recklessness.
"Oh no! Celestia your leg!" Koro-sensei shifted back and forth in a panic before he fumbled around his pocket looking for a bandage. Karma pointed at the first aid kit that was hanging from their teacher's bag before he personally went to grab it and passed it to Celestia. When everyone was treated, they all began to walk back. Karma pointed at her now bandaged leg and said: "It was completely stupid of you to do that."
"My bad."