Warning: Fem!Nagisa, AU (although almost same with the anime)

Pairing: Karma x Fem!Nagisa

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own assassination classroom. This fanfiction pure come from the anime, manga and my head.

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Flashback

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Chapter 15: Final exam 1st term

It's exam time again. Koro-sensei's been making them cram exam material since it's a week before the exams. The E Class students were studying hard. After all, they do not want a repeat of what happened in the midterms. At the moment, they were studying outside with Koro-sensei's clones. But, one student wasn't trying hard like the others, and that was Akabane Karma, who ranked fourth in the midterms.

'Karma-kun's skipping again…' Nagisa thought with a sigh.

"What's wrong, Nagisa-san?" Koro-sensei asked as he tested her with English flashcards.

"Ah, it's nothing," she replied. She looked up from her notebook. "Koro-sensei, do you want us to make the top fifty this time, too?"

"No, was too focused on your total scores for midterms. I've come to believe that each student should have a goal better suited to him or her. And that's why I've come up with the perfect target for our assassination classroom!" Koro-sensei replied. He stood in the middle of the E Class students. "Now, then… As Shiro said, when I lose a tentacle, I also lose speed." He shot one tentacle off. "See? I can't keep up the quality of my clones."

'So that's how his clones get reduced!' Nagisa thought, taking note of it while Koro-sensei continued his explanation. It turned more absurd every time he lost a tentacle.

"Each tentacle lost is a ten percent reduction in my movement," Koro-sensei said. "Here's the deal: the students who get the best overall score and/or the best score in each subject will each have the right to destroy one tentacle."

The students were choked by his declaration.

"This is the final exam for our assassination classroom. Can you get any closer to that ten-billion yen prize?" he asked. "That is up to you." He grinned with a wicked expression.

Thought they didn't show it outwardly, the E Class students were fired up.

'This teacher… really knows how to get us motivated,' Nagisa thought.

After that, the E Class students went back to the classroom. At Sugino's desk, Nagisa, Karma, Kayano, and Okuda were talking about Koro-sensei's bet with them.

"So what kind of bet did Koro-sensei make?" Karma asked.

"Oh, yeah, you skipped the morning tutoring so you don't know about it, Karma," Sugino said.

"The bet is that we can shoot off one of Koro-sensei's tentacles if we get the top score in each subject," Nagisa said.

"Heee… So he's betting something like that," Karma said with a smirk.

"You seem so confident, Karma," Sugino said.

"Did you forget he was in the top 5 during the midterm exams? He basically ranks first in our class. Honestly, I can't believe he's really a genius devil," Kayano asked.

Karma's smirk widened.

"But that doesn't mean the others can't not do their best on the final exam," Nagisa said.

"We have our share of high-score students other than Karma-kun, too. And of course, we'll try too. After all, more is better than one. And this is our revenge for the midterm scores, too," Kayano said, a fire in her eyes.

"Yeah! We can do this!" Okuda said.

"When are you ever this fired up, Okuda-san?" Karma asked.

"Well, since science is my one strong suit, I might be able to help everyone out!" she replied.

Suddenly, Sugino's phone vibrated. He looked at the caller name on his phone. "Shindo?" he said. He answered it. When Shindo told him that he had information about Class A, Sugino put the call on speaker so the others could hear too.

Shindo said the A Class had five students that grabbed the top spots within the top 50, excluding Karma. They were called the Five Virtuosos—the pride of Kunugigaoka.

Nagisa took note of the members:

Araki Teppei—Media Club President

Rank: 2nd on midterms

Strength: Overwhelming Social Awareness

Sakakibara Ren—Student Council Secretary

Rank: 3rd on midterms

Strength: Perspicacious Poet

Koyama Natsuhiko—Biology Club President (has a grudge on Karma-kun)

Rank: 5th on midterms

Strength: Memorization Monster

Seo Tomoya—Student Council Meeting Leader

Rank: 6th on midterms

Strength: LA Language

Asano Gakushuu—Student Council President and Principal Asano's only son

Rank: 1st on midterms and national mock exam

Strength: Genetic General

"That's all I can do to help you. And one more thing, they're looking to keep you from returning to the main campus," Shindo said. By the time Shindo finished his explanation, the E Class students had gathered around Sugino. Koro-sensei was at the teacher's desk. "If this keeps up…"

"Thanks for looking out for us, Shindo, but it's alright. Right now, our goal isn't to get out of the E Class," Sugino replied, looking around the class. "Still, to meet the goal we do have, we need to beat the A Class in points. Watch us, okay? We'll put up a real fight."

"Heh, knock yourselves out. The E Class's fight isn't my problem. Then I'll take my leave," Shindo said.

"See you later," Sugino replied before ending the call.

The E Class students, except Karma, looked more determined after hearing the phone call.

"Everyone, with the information we got just now, it's clear that we have a tough opponent that we need to take down before we can reach our target," Isogai said. "But I believe with us doing our best… we can get the top score for each subject!"

"Yeah!" the others replied.

If Koro-sensei didn't have a never-ending grin on his face, maybe they would've seen a soft smile form. 'Everyday they become more admirable and reliable than before… I'm so happy and proud that they've already grown up so much since I first came here. Is this what you feel when you see your students growing up?' he thought.

From the outside, Karasuma and Irina who saw the scene had soft smiles on their faces.

'They've really changed for the better…' Karasuma thought.


Karma, Nagisa, and Kayano were walking home together. Well… Karma and Nagisa were in a heated argument.

It started like this: Isogai asked Nagisa and Kayano if they wanted to study together at the library at the main campus since he got tickets for it. They immediately replied with an OK. Nakamura, who overheard them, wanted to join in too.

Then Karma, Nagisa, and Kayano continued walking.

"Karma-kun, you think this exam is gonna be easy for you, right? That's why you aren't trying hard," Nagisa said.

Kayano was a bit confused at why the bluenette suddenly said something like that.

Karma smirked at her question. "Well, even without studying hard, I bet I'll snatch the top 5 positions easily. After all, Koro-sense's teaching is top-notch," he replied.

"But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your studying. You do know that there will always be someone that's better than you," Nagisa stated.

The mood between them suddenly turned sour.

"What do you want to say, Nagisa-chan?" Karma said in a chilling tone, stopping in his place.

Nagisa stopped walking, as well, and looked at Karma. "Even though you're talented, if you don't hone your talent, you'll eventually fail someday, Karma-kun," she said, bluntly.

On the other side, Kayano had a cold sweat. This is the first time I've seen them like this!' she thought.

Karma walked in front of Nagisa, eyes glinting in anger. "Even if it's you, I can still get angry, you know?" he said.

"I'm just stating the truth," Nagisa replied, staring back at him.

"Indirectly, you're saying you don't believe in my skills and that I'll get the top spot, right, Na-gi-sa-chan?"

"I'm not—!"

"Enough. I don't wanna hear anything from you. This is the first time I've been so disappointed in you, Nagisa-chan."

Nagisa's eyes widened.

"I thought you knew me better than anyone else, but… I think I was wrong," he continued with piercing eyes. "I'll prove that I can get in the top 5 easily, and for the time being, it's better if we don't talk to each other."

He walked away from Nagisa and Kayano.

Nagisa had her head down as she clenched her hand into a tight fist.

"Nagisa-chan… Are you okay?" Kayano asked, worriedly.

"…I'm okay," she said in a strained voice.

Kayano pulled Nagisa into a hug. "It's okay, Nagisa-can. He'll come back eventually…"

"Yeah…" Nagisa replied, tears rolling down her face. 'It really hurts…' she thought, clutching her uniform over her heart.


The next day, the class was shocked when Nagisa came in with red, puffy eyes. Some of her classmates asked what happened, but the bluenette just brushed them off. When Karma came into the classroom, the others were silent since they didn't want to tick off the red devil especially if he saw his said 'best friend' with puffy eyes. They were shocked when he just walked to his seat like nothing happened, not even asking Nagisa what happened.

Unknown to them, Karma fished out his phone and secretly took a photo of Nagisa and her red, puffy eyes. 'Well, it never hurts to collect blackmail materials,' he thought with an evil smirk.

In the middle of the day, the E Class students and teachers realized that Karma and Nagisa were avoiding each other.

'What's really going on between them?' they thought.

Kayano looked at the bluenette worriedly.

The last bell rung, and the 3-E students readied themselves for the journey home. Meanwhile, Nagisa, Kayano, Nakamura, Isogai, Okuda, and Kanzaki were on their way to the library to have a study session thank to Isogai's reservation. Nagisa and Kayano walked behind the others.

"Are you sure you can concentrate on studying, Nagisa-chan?" Kayano asked.

"Why wouldn't I be able to concentrate on my studies?" Nagisa asked back.

"Well… It's because yesterday… you and Karma-kun…" she replied, hesitantly.

Nagisa gave her a small smile. "Exams and Karma-kun are two different problems. Of course, I can't have yesterday's incident bothering my studies. Even though we're like this, i believe Karma-kun and I still have the same important goal: to get one of Koro-sensei's tentacles so you don't have to worry, Kayano-san."

"Nagisa, Kayano! Come on! We don't have all day to stand in front of the library!" Nakamura called.

"We're coming!" Kayano said, grabbing one of Nagisa's hands. "Come, Nagisa-chan!"

With big smiles, the two of them ran to the others.

From a tree, Koro-sensei followed them since ehe was worried about Nagisa, but it seemed he didn't have to. 'Nagisa-san already found her resolve fourth final exam. So… what should I do with Karma-kun?' he thought, flying away at Mach 20.

The six of them were peacefully studying for the final exam, until the Five Virtuosos decided to bother them.

"Well, if it isn't the E Class crew!" someone said. They looked at the source of the voice. "This library is wasted on the likes of you. Pearls before swine, am I right?"

'Ugh… Don't tell me…' Nakamura thought.

'…The Five Virtuosos?' Kayano thought.

Seo commanded them to get lost, but Kayano yelled back at him while the book covering her pudding book fell to the desk.

The other E Class students sweat-dropped at this, 'So that's why she had a hungry look on her face the entire time,' they thought.

Isogai turned to look at the virtuosos again. The others except Nakamura followed him. "These seats are ours! We reserved them!" he explained.

Koyama walked near Isogai's seat. "Have you forgotten? The bad-grade E Class can't defy the A Class. Not at this school," he said with a smug smirk.

Okuda stood up and walked in front of Koyama. "W-we can, too!" she said.

"What?" Koyama asked, nearing his face to Okuda's intimidatingly.

Even though she felt uncomfortable, she stood her ground to give them a piece of her mind. "We're aiming for the top scores in every subject! Let's see you try to boss around then!" Okuda said, determined.

'This is the first time Okuda-san has done something like this…' Nagisa thought.

"Don't talk back to me, you E Class losers!" Koyama yelled.

Their argument continued until Koyama realized that the E Class wasn't entirely hopeless in academics. He pointed it out to the other virtuosos then Araki got an idea. They were going to make a bet between A Class and E Class: whichever of the two classes snags the most top spots over each of the five subjects gets to make the loser do anything they want.

Seo Tomoya went to Nagisa and put his hand on her shoulder. "It's fine if you don't have the guts to accept the bet. We're completely willing to put our lives on the line."

The E class students felt something from within them. They felt confident after hearing those words, and their bloodlust heightened. Suddenly, the temperature dropped as they pointed their mechanical pencils or pointer like Isogai at the virtuosos as if they had guns or knives in their hands.

Four of the Five Virtuosos felt afraid and threatened for the first time after coming to Kunugigaoka Gakuen. Cold sweat drenched their bodies after feeling the aura around the E Class students suddenly change. They slowly scooted away from them.

"You probably shouldn't be so quick to bet your lives," Nagisa said.

The four of them grouped together.

"Then it's a deal!" Koyama yelled before they left.

The commotion spread like a wild fire, and soon the whole school knew about bet between the A and E Classes. The next day, the E Class was more determined to study due to the bet. Well, other than Karma, who's been slacking off in his study.

"Come on, Karma-kun! Shape up and study right! You know you have a good chance of getting the best overall score!" scold Koro-sensei .

"I would, anyway. Your teaching methods are top-notch," Karma replied, lazily.

Nagisa sent a glance at him.

"But you know, Koro-sensei… The way you've been going on about top this, top that… You're sounding more and more like a regular teacher—crappy and boring."

Koro-sensei stopped beside him after hearing his words. The others turned their attention to Karma.

"Anyway, what's the plan? You know those A Class goons have something up their sleeve," karma said.

"Don't sweat it, Karma. What more does the E Class even have to lose?" Okajima asked back.

"I have an idea for that since the rule is to hand down one command," Koro-sensei said. With his Mach 20 speed, he moved to the teacher's desk. "What if we make them hand this over?" He showed them the school pamphlet.

At first the class was confused at why their teacher was showing them the school pamphlet. He showed them the cover of the pamphlets, thus shocking them. "You've been at the bottom of the heap. That's why I'd like you to experience a lively battle for the top," Koro-sensei said. "An assassin must aim for the top and take it down."

Meanwhile, in the A Class, the virtuosos that had been at the library told Asano about the bet they made with the E Class.

"S-sorry, Asano… I thought it was just a dumb bet, but those smart-asses ha dot go and take us up on it," Seo said.

"Well, it's not all bad. Maybe this way we can turn the heat up on the A Class," Asano said.

The four virtuosos let out sighs of relief after hearing his reply.

"And for the rules, the winner can hand down only one command, the details of which will be announced after finals."

"So what's ours going to be?" Sakakibara asked.

Asano opened up his laptop and typed with inhuman speed. Within a few seconds, he had already finished typing up a contract for the E Class in the event that A Class had won. He showed it to the other virtuosos.

"Did you come up with all this just now?" Sakakibara asked. "You're one scary guy."

"Scary? Perish the thought," Asano said, lightly. A dark smirk appeared on his face. "This is just a little game among autonomous students. I've got a good grasp of civil law. I could whip up a contract that would break a man."

The Five Virtuosos felt something awry at his words.

Asano stood up from his seat and gave the A Class a speech to lift their spirits.

'What a scary person… He really knows exactly what to say to rally the troops. On the other hand, we were all aware of that, but we still jumped in and tagged along with him, believing in the victory beyond his hypocrisy. He's truly the absolute ace of the A Class, Asano Gakushuu,' Seo thought.

'One part of the contract says that the E Class is forbidden form keeping secrets. With that, I've found their weakness. I will find out whatever their big secret is. After that, you'll be in my thrall,' Asano thought, the dark smirk returning to his face. 'After all, Father… The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.'


As usual, the E Class students had their exam on the main campus. Nagisa and Nakamura were the first ones to come to the classroom the exams were being held, but when they opened the classroom door, they already found a girl in there.

'Who is she?!' they thought.

Karasuma walked up behind them. "She's Ritsu's proxy," he said, as if he knew what they were thinking. "As expected, we couldn't get the principal to allow an AI to take part so we settled on a stand-in—someone that Ritsu had tutored. Do you have any idea what it feels like to have the principal give you a pity-filled, you've-sure-got-it-rough look during those negotiations?" Karasuma continued, gloomily.

Nagisa and Nakamura sweat-dropped at his words, 'He's sure got it rough becaues of us…' they thought. "We're really sorry!" they said, bowing to him.

Karasuma moved from the door to face them. "Ritsu has a message for you, and so do I: Good luck," he said with a soft smile. He left.

After that, the other 3E students came, and the bell that indicated the start of the exam rang. The battle began, and the E and A Classes worked on their exams. They answered the questions as if they were fighting like gladiators, with those who fought beside them, those they fought against, and the cheers and jeers from onlookers.

'Everyone's in such a tizzy. That's not what winning is all about,' Karma thought with a smug smirk. 'Total victory is scoring an easy win by doing what you always do. I'll show that to everyone. Especially her.'

Meanwhile, in 3E's building, Koro-sensei was waiting for them outside the building as usual. "Tests are a good thing. The knowledge gained from a night of cramming will be all but forgotten once you hit adulthood, and that's fine," he said. "The experience you gain thought competition, having sharpened your skills and broadened your minds all under the same set of rules… that's the real treasure."

'That's why I believe… I believe that they can reach the top together even thought their ways separate.'

After two exam days, the results came out the day after.

"Now, everyone, your scores have all arrived," Koro-sensei said. The E Class waited with anticipation. Koro-sensei told them the results of the exam while Fuwa counted the top subject scores of E Class and A Class for the bet.

The results turned out like this:

English

First in E Class and in the grade: Nakamura Rio

Score: 100/100

Japanese

First place in grade: Asano Gakushuu

Social Studies

First place in grade and E Class: Isogai Yuuma

Score: 100/100

Science

First in E Class and grade: Okuda Manami

Score: 100/100

Total Result:

E Class - 3

A Class - 2

The E Class students cheered for joy once they saw the results, except for Karma who grit his teeth at his score. He stood up, test results in hand, and walked out of the classroom. Not long after that, the bell rang, and it was time for lunch.

"What's wrong with him?" Sugino asked.

"Maybe he's frustrated about his score…?" Kayano replied, uncertainly.

Nagisa saw her best friend standing behind a tree outside the building from the window.

Outside, Karma clenched his hand over the exam sheet, gritting his teeth.

Koro-sensei came up behind him. "The A Class is mighty, indeed, regarding the overall scores for the five subjects. Even the best overall in E Class, Kataoka-san and Takebayashi-kun, tied for seventh place. The tests' difficulty levels had been ramped up. No lazy student could be expected to keep up."

"What are you trying to say?" Karma asked.

"You thought, 'I'm so cool—I'll ace these exams and show her with no sweat'? How mortifying!" Koro-sensei teased, making Karma go red. Green stripes appeared on Koro-sensei's face. "An assassin who neglects to sharpen his blade is no assassin at all," he continued, poking Karma's head with his tentacles at Mach 20 speed. "He's just a boastful brat swinging around a rusty sword."

Karma's face got redder. He brushed off Koro-sensei's tentacles then walked away, his destination being behind the building.

Meanwhile, in the principal's office, Asano Gakushuu was in the same situation as karma. He was gritting his teeth and clenching his hand into a tight fist as his father came beside him and teased him with a wicked smirk filled with darkness due to his loss to the E Class. Not only did he lose to the E Class, he lost to his father, as well, because he was unable to reveal the secret his father was keeping from him. For the first time in his life, Asano Gakushuu felt humiliation and failure.

"Wasn't that a little much?" Karasuma asked from behind Koro-sensei.

"Don't worry. I only cut him down because he'd spring right back up. He's been gifted with so much talent, but one so talented often lacks experience. There's the danger of training him up without knowing real competition just so he can keep winning without ever really trying," Koro-sensei replied.

"If great talent knows the frustration of defeat early on, it can become even greater," The yellow octopus walked forward to the small clearing in front of the building.

"Exams are an opportunity to teach them correctly the meaning of strong and weak so they will better their knowledge of what it means to win and what it means to lose!" He looked up to the sky and bathed in the sun's rays as the soft wind blew his robe, "It's just so important, and I didn't realize it until the very end."

Nagisa saw the scene from behind and looked at Koro-sensei in awe. 'He's like an angel without wings…' she thought. She then left to search for Karma. The bluenette saw her best friend sitting on the stairs that connected to the field outside with his head down. She sat beside him.

"Laugh if you want to," he said, clenching his fists.

"I will never laugh at you. Your score is amazing even though you didn't get into the top five," Nagisa said, looking at Karma's exam.

Karma let out a small chuckle after hearing her words. "How can you still say something like that to me after what I said to you?" he asked, looking at the bluenette beside him.

"Because I believe in you…" she replied. "I believe we still have the same goal in the end." She stared at Karma's mercury eyes deeply with a small but soft smile.

His eyes widened, and his face went red again. "Honestly, what should I do with you?" Karma said with a small voice, looking away.

Nagisa was confused by this.

Suddenly, Karma grabbed her shoulder and brought her close. "I'm sorry," he said, "and thank you." He planted a kiss on Nagisa's hair, taking in her familiar vanilla scent.

"You know… I miss our time like this," she said, leaning her head on Karma's shoulder.

"I know…" he replied with a small chuckle as he leaned his head on Nagisa's.

Koro-sensei's face changed into a light pink as he quickly snapped a picture of this scene. He fished out his notebook again to write a caption for the scene. "Nurufufufu… They're a really good source for my nonfiction romance novel," he said.

Karasuma, who stood beside him, sweat-dropped, "You will not use your students for romance novel references!" he said.

Koro-sensei pouted at him then looked at Karma and Nagisa again.

'Their relationship is deeper than I thought… I do believe that their feelings will not disturb any assassination plans, but… will they stay like that after this class ends?' Karasuma thought.

"You don't have to worry about them, Karasuma-sensei. I believe that they'll be okay even when his class is over. After all, they're my students," Koro-sensei's said before leaving.

Karasuma took one last glance at Karma and Nagisa then followed Koro-sensei.

Not long after that, the bell for the next period rang. Karma and Nagisa walked back to the classroom.


"Alright, class. You put on a fine show in the final exams, taking the top spot in three out of five subjects. Shall we get started with the assassination? The top three can choose any tentacle they like," Koro-sensei said. 'I can lose three with no problem, but six would be rough.'

"Wait right there, octopus!" Terasaka said, walking to Koro-sensei. "We got more than three in the top spot!"

"Nyu? There are three, Terasaka-kun. Over Japanese, English, Social Studies, and—"

"Huh? Quit playing dumb!" Terasaka said, brushing off his tentacles. "Five subjects. That's Japanese, English, Social Studies, Science, and Home Economics!" Terasaka threw his exam paper on the teacher's desk.

"H-home Ec?!" Koro-sensei said, horrified.

Home Economics

First place in E Class and grade: Terasaka Ryoma, Yoshida Taisei, Muramatsu Takuya, and Hazama Kirara

Score 100/100

Second place in grade: Akabane Karma

Score: 99/100

Third place in grade: Asano Gakushuu

Score: 98/100

Fourth place in grade: Shiota Nagisa

Score: 95/100

Fifth place in grade: Hara Sumire

Score: 93/100

"No one said what subjects we had to ace!" Terasaka said.

"W-wait a second!" Koro-sensei said. "Home Ec is just—"

"Just what?" Karma asked, cutting him off. "Isn't that a little rude, Koro-sensei? Home Ec is the toughest subject of them all," he said, a smirk on his face.

"Yeah! Don't break your promise!" Mimura continued.

"That's seven tentacles in all!" Kurahashi said.

"Se-ven! Se-ven! Se-ven!" the class cheered.

Koro-sensei was sweating, horrified at the news. "Seven?! Eek!" he screamed.

Isogai raised his hand. "Koro-sensei, we've been talking… We'll use our prize form the A Class wager for this assassination." He showed Koro-sensei the school pamphlet.

"What?"he asked, dumbfounded.


Then the last day of school came, and it was time for the school assembly again. But this time, the E Class students held their heads high since they won the battle against the A Class. And for the bet, of course, the A Class must follow the E Class's command.

Well, the shocking part was that it was the first time Akabane Karma ever came to the school assembly.

"Hey… isn't that…" a boy from C Class said as Karma walked into the auditorium.

"It's Akabane!" another shouted.

Karma stopped walking then looked at the person who shouted his name. "do you have a problem with me?" he asked with a dark smirk.

"N-no," the person replied.

Karma continued walking to the E Class.

'Akabane Karma, the second heir of the Akabane Co. From what I've heard, he was always in the top ten, but he's failed on this final exam,' Asano thought. 'He will be a worthy rival for me. After all, the E Class is now my target before I get to my father.'

"Karma-kun," Nagisa said.

The other E Class students were still a bit shocked from Karma's sudden appearance.

"Whoaa… Never thought I'd see the day Karma stands with us in the school assembly," Sugino said.

"Why? Did you see me as a ghost, Nagisa-chan?" Karma asked, reaching her.

"Well, can you blame me? This is the first time I've ever seen you come to the assembly," she replied with a shrug.

Karma chuckled then ruffled Nagisa's hair while the other classes murmured about them.

To some extent, the whole school, except people like Asano, knows you shouldn't bully the blue-haired girl named Shiota Nagisa if Akabane Karma is around. If he catches you bullying his said 'best friend', you'll know what it's like to feel the devil's wrath. The only one who can subdue his anger is the small, sky blue-haired girl. The other E Class students already knew this after spending their time with the two for one term.

"Karma!" Isogai said from behind the redhead. They were already in line. "Since when do you attend assemblies?"

"Because if I skip now, it'll look like I'm running away. No way do I want it to seem like that," Karma replied, lazily.

Isogai was confused at his reply.

When the assembly was over, the usual two bullies came to Nagisa. This time they brought other D class students. They blocked Nagisa and Kayano's way as they were walking back to their isolated building. The other 3E students nearby didn't notice since they were in front of them, expecting them to be following them.

"Well, well, Nagisa-chan," one of them said. "It seems your class is getting cocky just because you guys won for the first time."

"You guys had no right to say something like that to Asano-sama!"

"I bet the E Class cheated! It was impossible for them to win the bet!"

"Yeah!"

"See? You guys don't deserve to be—"

"We won the bet, fair and square. We didn't cheat to win," Nagisa said.

"Liar!" the bully yelled. He launched a punch at her.

"Nagisa-chan!" Kayano screamed, getting the others' attention.

Nagisa grabbed his wrist and locked his hand behind him.

The other D Class students were shocked.

Unknown to her, a strawberry blond boy saw her action. 'Never thought someone from E Class was able to use martial arts. Judging from her move, she's no beginner in it,' Asano thought, amused.

Karma, who heard Kayano's scream, looked behind and saw his best friend put someone in a lock. He saw another student attempt to attack her so he ran to Nagisa and grabbed the attacker, gripping his wrist painfully.

"Karma-kun!" Kayano said, shocked. She felt a murderous aura radiating off of him.

"What do you guys want with my classmates?" he asked, chillingly.

"A-Akabane!"

"I'll ask you again," Karma said, pressuring his wrist more. "What do you guys want with my classmates?" His bloodlust grew, making the other D Class students cower together in fear.

"Karma-kun, please release his hand. "You're hurting him," Nagisa said, calmly.

Karma looked at his best friend from the corner of his eye then finally released the attacker.

"There's a rule that says fighting on campus is prohibited," Asano said from behind him, the Five Virtuosos behind them.

"Asano-sama!"

"It's their fault, Asano-sama!" one girl form D Class said. "They—"

"The E Class is the winner. That's final," he said, shocking Nagisa and Kayano.

'He's guarding us?!' the two girls thought.

"But their victory will not last for long," Asano said, smirking darkly as he looked to the remaining E Class students. Karma in particular.

'Or not…'

Karma came face to face with Asano, and evil smirk forming. "We'll see about that."

'It's like the clash of demons for the throne of hell!' the others thought.

Asano looked at the D Class students. "I will overlook this incident this time, but if I see anything like this again, you'll face the consequences," he said. "Now go back to your classroom."

"Y-yes," the D Class students said, reluctantly. They started walking back to their classroom but not before glaring at Nagisa, Karma, and Kayano.

When the D Class students were out of sight, they turned around to walk back to their classroom on the mountain.

"Wait," Asano said, making the three of them stop in their tracks. "What's your name?" he asked the bluenette.

"Shiota Nagisa," she replied, confused.

Karma narrowed his eyes at this. He grabbed her wrist and put her behind him. "What business do you have with her? I thought you weren't interest in E Class girls."

"Now I'm interested since the E Class is my target now," Asano replied with a smirk, "Especially after what she did just now."

'This is the first time Asano-kun's been interested in a girl,' Ren thought.

"You won't come near her again," Karma said, threateningly. "She's mine."

"What are you, her boyfriend?" Asano said.

Karma was silent.

"I don't care about your family tradition. I'll make her mine."

The Five Virtuosos looked at both of them worriedly.

Nagisa pulled her wrist form Karma's grasp and stood between them. "I'm not yours," she said, bluntly. "And who I want to be with is my decision alone."

After that, Nagisa grabbed Kayano's hand and left with Karma following them from behind. The walk back to the classroom was filled with silence.

"Kayano-chan, can you go back to class first? Tell Koro-sensei we'll be back later. I bet he's worried about us now," Karma said.

"Are you sure?" Kayano asked, worriedly.

"We'll be okay, Kayano-chan. You don't have to worry," Nagisa replied.

The green-haired girl reluctantly went back to the classroom.

"Why did you do something like that, Karma-kun? Even though you already know my answer," Nagisa asked.

Karma pulled Nagisa close and stared at her sky blue eyes. "I'm possessive. I don't want anyone else going near what's mine," he replied, bluntly. He tilted Nagisa's chin up so she looked at him properly. "And you're mine."

"Not yet," Nagisa said.

"You will be," he said, smirking. "After all, you're the one I chose."

Nagisa blushed like mad when she felt his breath on her ear.

The smirk on Karma's face widened. "I'll never let you go," Karma said. "I'll fulfill my promise to you no matter what." He took Nagisa's hand and kissed the back of it.

"I'll be waiting," Nagisa replied with a soft smile. The two of them walked back to the E Class.


Nagisa and her mother sat at the dining table with her exam report on the table.

"Nagisa-chan," Shiota Hiromi, Nagisa's mother, said. She had neat, short, dark blue hair that reached her neck and eyes of the same color. "I've already gotten the report on your final exam. You got 31st place," she continued.

Nagisa already knew what she wanted. 'She wants me to leave the E Class. With my rank, it's possible right now.'

"I want you to talk to the D Class homeroom teacher so you can transfer to D Class. From what I've heard, you can request that if you get into the top fifty," Hiromi said.

Nagisa looked at her mother. She was aware that Ritsu was listening into this conversation from her phone since she didn't have enough time to turn off her phone when her mother called her so she just begged Ritsu to stay silent in her bag no matter what. "I can't… mother," Nagisa replied, reluctantly.

Hiromi's face turned dark. "What do you mean by that, Nagisa-chan?" she said, raising her voice.

"I already told you that I don't want to leave the E Class…" Nagisa said.

"What?! Why do you want to stay in that rotten class?!" she yelled, grabbing Nagisa's twin tails. "WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DISOBEY ME?! YOU USELESS DAUGHTER!"

'Ahh… She's in her dark time again… I can't do anything when she's in this mode,' Nagisa thought.

Hiromi painfully dragged Nagisa by her hair in front of a big mirror beside the eating table. She can't scream because if she screams, he mother will be more ticked off so she bit her cheek until it bled.

"I always wanted a daughter so I could teach my daughter all the fashion I wanted." She took off Nagisa's hair ties, making her hair fall down.

'She always says that,' Nagisa thought.

"See how beautiful you are?" Hiromi said, grabbing Nagisa's face. "Smooth white skin, long, beautiful hair, a petite body…" She touched Nagisa's body while they looked into the mirror. "I always wanted a body like yours," she continued.

Then she turned Nagisa to look at her, "BUT WHY DID YOU WASTE ALL OF THIS?! I GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO ENTER KARATE BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS FOR SELF DEFENSE, BUT WHAT I GOT WAS YOU WINNING THE TOURNAMENT LIKE A BOY! THREE TIMES!" Hiromi yelled. "But it's not a problem anymore because I made you quit. THEN YOU DROP INTO E CLASS BECAUSE OF YOUR FAILING GRADES! AND NOW YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT ROTTEN CLASS?! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS GIVE ME PROBLEMS? CAN'T YOU BE USEFUL FOR ME JUST ONCE?!"

She slapped Nagisa's face a few times, making her face go red from the impact. She grabbed Nagisa's hair again and slammed her head into the dining table, making Nagisa feel like her head was splitting into two. Hiromi grabbed her neck. Nagisa tried to pry off her mother's hand. Suddenly, Hiromi release her then, as if what she'd done wasn't enough, she grabbed a vase with both her hands. She threw the vase at her head, but Nagisa dodged it by rolling away.

The vase broke on the dining table. Before Hiromi could grab Nagisa again, the bluenette jumped over the dining table to the other side, grabbed her school bag, then ran to her room as fast as she could. She locked the door and sat on the floor by her bed.

"GET OUT OF THERE, SHIOTA NAGISA, OR I WON'T FEED YOU FOR A WEEK!" Hiromi yelled, banging on her door.

Nagisa took her phone from her bag then saw Ritsu on her phone screen. "Ritsu… I'm sorry you had to hear all of that. Please don't tell anyone about this… Especially Karma-kun," she said, tears beginning to fall from her eyes.

"OKAY! STAY THERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT! YOU'RE NOT GETTING FOOD FOR A WEEK!" Hiromi yelled again. Nagisa heard her stomp away from her room.

"I've already… contacted Koro-sensei, Karasuma-sensei, Bitch-sensei, and Karma-san," Ritsu said.

Nagisa's eyes widened at the news.

"I'm sorry, Nagisa-san. I was so worried about you so…"

"No… It's okay, Ritsu," she said with a small strained smile. 'Ah… He'll snap for sure.'

Meanwhile, when Karma heard the news about Nagisa being abused by her mother, he immediately got up from his bed, grabbed his jacket and car keys then went to Nagisa's apartment in his red Ferrari. At the moment, he didn't care about the driving age or rules. What he had in mind is just going to his best friend's apartment right now.

When Koro-sensei received the news, he immediately flew to Nagisa's apartment at Mach 20 while Karasuma and Irina made their way to the apartment in Karasuma's car. They came because they were worried about the bluenette's condition.

When Karma arrived, he immediately got out of his car and saw the three E Class teachers in the parking lot. The E Class teachers' jaws dropped when they saw the redhead get out of the driver's seat of the Ferrari.

"Karma-kun!" Koro-sensei scolded. "You can't drive—!"

"I have my license," Karma said, showing the three his license.

The three of them gaped at his driver's license. 'It's an M-grade authority license! And with a car like that, just how rich is his family?!' they thought.

"You can scold me all you want later, but not right now," Karma continued, coldly.

They felt a sudden chill form the redhead. Right now, his bloodlust was super thick. He looked as if he wanted to kill someone for real.

'His bloodlust is so murderous. It's like a predator that's ready to unleash its attack. Akabane Karma… He is the most dangerous student in the class after Shiota Nagisa with her assassination skills,' Karasuma thought.

Irina had cold sweat on her face, and Koro-sensei stunned when he felt the redhead's bloodlust.

"What's wrong with Nagisa and her mother?" Irina asked.

"It's not my place to tell you," Karma replied, turning around. "Follow me if you want to see Nagisa-chan."

The three teachers followed Karma from behind. When they arrived at the back of the apartment, Karma stopped.

"Why did you bring us here? We want to see Nagisa—"

"Right above where we are on the fifth floor. That's Nagisa-chan's bedroom window. Her mother is still inside the apartment so it's impossible for us to use the door even though I've got a key," Karma said. "Usually, she'll lock herself in after an incident like this and will open her door in the morning when her mother leaves. Our only way to see her is to come in from her window with Koro-sensei bringing us in to above."

"If that's our only way, then I won't make any assassination attempt on him tonight. After all, Nagisa-san's wellbeing is our top priority right now," Karasuma said.

"What about you, Bitch-sensei?" Karma asked.

"My answer is the same as Karasuma's," Irina replied.

The three of them looked at Koro-sensei.

"Then, Koro-sensei, bring us to Nagisa-chan's room," Karma said.

Koro-sensei nodded then placed his tentacles around them tightly. They arrived at Nagisa's window within a second. Karma opened the window and went inside, the E Class teachers following form behind. They saw the bluenette sitting on her bed, head down in her knees and hair disheveled.

"Nagisa-chan," Karma called, sitting on her bed.

The bluenette looked up at him with teary eyes. "Karma-kun," she said, her voice small. Her tears fell.

Karma carefully brought Nagisa into his embrace. "I'm here," he said, tenderly calming her down.

Irina gasped after seeing Nagisa's bruised face and bleeding forehead.

Karasuma's eyes widened.

Koro-sensei turned black. "What kind of parent abuses their daughter like this?!" he said, furiously.

"Her mother," Karma said, venomously. He clenched his hand. "Koro-sensei, I'm sorry, but could you go to the refrigerator and bring back a pack of ice and a bucket of water with a small towel? So her mother doesn't know that we came."

"It's okay, Karma-kun. My weakness isn't more important than Nagisa-san's condition at the moment."

At Mach 20, he left and returned in a second. Koro-sensei gave the ice and water bucket to Karma. The redhead cleaned the blood off of her face. After he finished, he put the ice pack on her.

"Nagisa-san, can you tell us what happened to you? I'm not forcing you if you're not ready," Karasuma asked.

"It's okay, Karasuma-sensei," Nagisa said. "What I can say is that my mother is furious because I'm wasting my chance to leave the E Class. She wants me to leave, but I said that I wanted to stay here."

"Just because of that she abused you like this?!" Irina asked, her pitch rising. She almost left the room.

Koro-sensei just looked at the bluenette.

Karma already finished icing her wound. He grabbed the first aid kit from under Nagisa's bed and put medicine on her wound. She hissed a bit but let out a sigh of relief when her wound felt better than before.

"You will stay at my house until we go to the island," Karma said, finality in his voice. "I'm not taking no as an answer."

"I'm staying here," Nagisa said.

"Nagisa-san, even though you think you should, that's not the best option. I think it's better for you to leave your mother alone for right now," Koro-sensei said. "But, of course, Nagisa-san, you must tell her first."

"No, Koro-sensei. I won't leave for the entire summer," Nagisa said.

"I won't let you starve for a week, Nagisa-chan," Karma said.

"Eh? Starve?" Irina asked, confused.

"Her mother won't give her any food for a week. That's what Ritsu told me," Karma replied.

"Nagisa-san, it's better for you to stay with Karma-kun for the week until your mother feels better," Koro-sensei said.

Nagisa looked at her teachers. Seeing that they had the same opinion as Koro-sensei, she let out a sigh. "Okay," she said. "But just for a week."

Karma gave her hand a light squeeze for assurance.

She walked to her desk to write a note then left it on the dining table so her mother would see it. Luckily, her mother already ate in her room.

"My mother will see the note in the morning," Nagisa said. "I just hope she won't be mad at you, Karma-kun."

"She won't," he said with a smirk. "Well, Nagisa-chan, it's time for us to go."

"Eh?! I haven't even packed my clothes," she said, shocked.

"I already packed it for you," Irina said with a wink.

'Ughhh… I just hope she didn't pack me anything weird,' Nagisa thought.

"Now, let's go," Koro-sensei said, wrapping his tentacles around the four of them.

When they arrived at the parking lot, Karasuma and Irina bid them goodbye.

"I never thought Nagisa had a mother like that," Irina said once they got inside Karasuma's car.

"Me too. We can't help much for a family problem like this, though. It's all up to Nagisa-san and her mother," Karasuma replied.

"As annoyed as I am, you're right. We can't really help if Nagisa herself doesn't want to do anything to her mother."

Their journey was filled with silence.

Koro-sensei insisted on driving the car for Karma and Nagisa.

The bluenette just looked at her best friend when she saw the familiar red Ferrari in the apartment complex's parking lot.

Karma just smirked. "You don't have a license, Koro-sensei," he said. "How can you drive if you don't have a license?"

"Nyuaa! You're right! I don't have a license!" he said with a horrified face. "But—"

"You don't have to worry, Koro-sensei. Karma-kun can drive really well," Nagisa said.

The teacher looked at the two of them then put his tentacles on their heads. "Okay," he replied. "And Nagisa-san, you can tell us when you have trouble like this again. We will help you as much as we can."

"Yes, Koro-sensei," Nagisa replied with a small smile.

"Then I'll take my leave," Koro-sensei said, blasting off.

Their journey was filled with silence. When they arrived at the redhead's house, Karma brought her to the room his parents readied for her whenever she wanted to come over. He put her bag on the floor.

"Karma-kun… Can you sleep with me? Just for today…" she said.

He let out a chuckle then grabbed her wrist and brought her to his room. "I can. We'll sleep here," he said, giving Nagisa his clothes. "Change into that then we'll sleep."

After Nagisa finished changing, she saw Karma on his bed, waiting for her. She lay next to him on the other side. Karma brought her closer to him, hugging her with his chin resting on the top of her head. Nagisa hugged him back, burying her head in Karma's chest. Her exhaustion got the better of her, and she slowly drifted into dreamland.

"Sleep well, Nagisa-chan," Karma said, softly. He kissed her head.


Omake

"I just realized that you're a tsundere, Karma-kun," Nagisa said, taking her head from Karma's shoulder.

"What makes you say something like that?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well… Secretly sulking behind a tree with your exam papers and going red when Koro-sensei teased you," she said with a snicker. "Never thought I'd see you like that."

"So… What am I going to do with this tsundere girl here?" Karma said, an evil smirk on his face as he showed her the photo he took of her with red, puffy eyes.

"W-when did you take that photo?!" Nagisa said.

"Before the exams," he said with a smirk. "Now, now… Who's the real tsundere here?"

"KARMA-KUN!" she yelled with a red face.


AN: Whoaaaaa…. This is the longest chapter that I ever write! Hope you like it :D

Name : Asano Gakuushu

English : 99

Japanese : 100

Social Studies : 98

Science : 94

Math : 100

Side subject

Home Ec : 98/100

Rank : 1/186

Total Score : 491/500

Name : Akabane Karma

English : 94

Japanese : 93

Social Studies : 94

Science : 92

Math : 85

Side subject

Home Ec : 99/100

Rank : 13/186

Total scores : 458/500

(If I make his total scores like in anime, he would be snatch all three top spot on each subject except math)

Name : Shiota Nagisa

English : 91

Japanese : 83

Social Studies : 85

Science : 78

Math : 70

Side subject

Home Ec : 95/100

Rank : 31/186

Total Scores : 407/500

Vote result

Kill Koro-sensei: 35

Let Koro-sensei live: 8

Neutral: 3

I'm really for the lateness, but my beta reader is fall sick. So, I told her to recovery her health first before beta-ed my story… and I've been very busy for the last two weeks and almost have no time to write T.T

Once again… I'm really sorry…

I hope you enjoying this chapter :D

See you on next chapter~~

Review corner

To theanonymousbeingofplanetearth-san:

Hmmm… for this one is no, because Koro-sensei know they want the time for their self this time

So, for this one he let it go… even though he want to record it…

To Unicornblossem13-san:

Well… it's about time they will be kissing after all hahahahah…

And here your update, sorry for took it so long

To Amaya Kuruta-san:

Please don't die while you read my story hahahha…

Of course ;) I'm as the writer fangirling too when imagine Karma and Nagisa kissing XD

Sorry for the long update…

To Order and Chaos 1-san:

I have the same mind as you XD

At first I don't really have an idea to do the kiss scene, but… I think this chapter is the right time :D

Of course, I will write that, after all the 3E's civil war is one of the most important event in the story

To konan248-san:

Hahahha… It's Terasaka we talking about, he never be traumatized by Karma, the devil it self

And here your update, sorry for the lateness…

To Aipom48-san:

I'm glad you find a joy from reading my story XD

You know, you can write whatever you want in your review :D

To tareginji-san:

Thank you for the information :D

I thought that too at first, for make them being intimate after the civil war…

But, it took so long and Karma doesn't have patience like a saint

Nope, for them being a couple is still have a long way to go~~

Umm…. I never really thought about that, but if I were to say. For foreshadowing feeling to Kayano I think not in this early chapter, to given she's a good actress. But on the start of second term, one of her classmate will have this feeling.

To Yuzuhara-san:

Glad you like it XD

I'm as the writer fangirling too when imagine Karma and Nagisa kissing and my friends told me crazy when I was smiling out of nowhere XD

And thanks for the love :D

To Guest 22:

Well… at first I want to write it in my mother language, then I thought again it's better for me to write it in English.

After all, I want to polish my English too XD

Thank you for liking this story

Please give me a name to call you, it make me easier to give my review reply :D

To AnimeQueen82-san:

Hahahhaa… that's why please don't die early because of my story

Thank you for reading this story and I'm glad you like it :D

To TheBear1-san:

Thank you for loving this story :D

Ah… for update, I will try to update on schedule and hope can stick to the schedule

Hahahha… this is Terasaka we were talking about, I think he would be okay XD

To Blackbird66-san:

Uummm… for epilogue I already thought for one…

But for making 3 epilogue…

You don't have to worry, I will consider your idea :D

About Karma and Nagisa together is… still a secret ;)

To jilnachtaugen-san:

You're right about Karma patience hahahhaha

After all, he doesn't have patience like a saint XD

Glad you like Akashi's appearance

And thank you for your vote :D

To baby-chan:

About time they kissing, after all XD

Hmmm about how they will fight, I will following the canon in some direction, but overall of their fight I think it would be from my idea :D

To Guest of Honor-san:

Thank you for found and loving this story :D

And here your update, sorry it took so long…

To Miyazaki Akemi-san:

Ummm… about Takaoka second appearance, I'm already have some idea

And I would like to read that idea yours, you can tell me on PM :)

I will continue this story till the end, I don't want to disappoint my reader

Thank you for your vote :D

To Yhanrah Shinaide-san:

Thank you for loving it :D

Of course, he will be overprotective after all Nagisa is the only girl who can grab his heart ;)

To Ia nouillie-san:

You can translate this story to France… just don't forget to mention that you translate it from my story :D

About the update schedule is all up to you :)

Please don't die after my story ahahahhaha…

And glad you like this story

To ThedDancingMelon-san:

Hmmm… for what will Karma do to Nagisa

I give it my reader idea to imagine it ;)

To Sara3361-san:

Thank you :D

And hope you will read this story till the end

To Pandamon-san:

You have a unique way to fangirling XD

I'm just praying for your phone life hahahahaha…

It's okay, I know how busy is real life T.T

Ah, I rarely read on wattpad, could you tell me the title? If I have time, I will try to read it :D

To Guest23:

That so many… I never thought that someone re-read my story that much, and I so happy to hear that :D

Thank you for loving this story XD

Ah for update, I just hope that I can stick with the schedule…

Please give me a name to call you, it make me easier to give you a reply

To KarouUchiha-san:

Hmm… for female Kuroko… I think I will do that, but I must find the right time for she appear first

After all I'm shipping Akashi x fem! Kuroko too XD

Hmmm… for Kuroko meet Koro-sensei indirectly… I will think about that

Thank you for reading this story :D