(Shinko's POV)
I sat on the workbench waiting for the two class monitors to enter with Koro-sensei so that the hidden students could fail in their attempts to kill him. I sighed and turned the blade over on the Bunsen burner while I waited. I was going to reduce it to liquid form and hide it in his tea and hopefully he would just blow up. Karma smiled at me and I nodded but I knew it wouldn't last long; he would have to come in eventually. As if my thoughts were answered he entered and I moved my position to hide the knife and the assassination attempt began. I groaned and Karma tutted and said "As if a straight forward attempt like that would work, right teach?" I laughed and said "Well, he can prepare a whole science experiment at Mach 20…how impressive." I smiled and looked back at the knife to see the equipment had been replaced and I gasped and Koro-sensei laughed and said "Come now Shinko, melting the knife was a good attempt but watch your uniform." I glanced at the pocket and gasped, only the edge of the pocket had been burnt. I took the blazer off and bowed my head saying "I'm sorry Koro-sensei." He patted my head and said "Please don't worry sweetie, it would have been a good idea." Yeah a good idea if I had been watching the Bunsen burner.
I hopped off the bench and returned to my place with Okuda and I frowned when she looked at me and whispered "Do you think he would take the poison I spent last night making?" I shrugged and said "All you can do is try, after all what is lost if you did?" she smiled and stood up saying "Koro-sensei? Can I ask you to take these potions?" I smiled and watched as the whole class went quiet and I placed a hand on Okuda's shoulder and said "Go one, just try." She nodded and advanced towards Koro-sensei and I stood back and advanced towards the back of the room just in case it actually worked. Koro-sensei looked at Okuda and said "It is certainly a straightforward attempt at assassination." Okuda looked down and I sighed but she began "I'm not very good at being silent or sneaky but I am good at chemistry which is making these kinds of potions." I sighed and Okuda sighed and added "I poured my heart and soul into this last night." Koro-sensei looked at her and whispered "Heart and soul?" I smiled…she had him now. "No one is dumb enough to fall for that." I looked at Sugino and smiled, I knew he would now she had said that sentence. "Bottom's up!" I lowered my stance and began to try and hide just in case he exploded.
I watched as Koro-sensei bent over and I gasped, would it actually work? Then he lifted up and his face had turned blue and he had grown horns and spikes on his head. I frowned and he smiled and said "Sodium Hydroxide eh, very good…if I was human." I sighed and watched as Okuda looked a little disheartened. Then he opened another and said "Let's try another one then…" and with that he gulped down a clear liquid and I lowered my position once again. The room started to shake and I closed my eyes expecting an explosion but instead there is a pop and I glanced up to see Koro-sensei had once again transformed but this time he had wings on the side of his head and small stag-beetle like antennae. I gulped and shook my head because it was clear that ordinary potions wouldn't work on him. He smiled once again and said "Thallium Acetate then? This is better but still not going to kill me." Then he pulled the third one up and gulped it down, maybe this was the one? It was really our last hope. A purple aura surrounded Koro-sensei and I hid completely behind the desk and waited for the end but instead silence filled the room and I gasped and glanced around the table leg to see a white blanked face Koro-sensei and I shook my head and stood back up as he began "Aqua regia I see…" I sighed and walked towards the door when Karma shouted "Where you off to?" I sighed and said "Finding another blazer, my pocket is burnt." He laughed and said "Kay, call me if you need me." I nodded and walked out of the classroom once again.
I wandered outside and towards the tree that was horizontal and I sighed and looked out towards the main campus and sighed. I used to be so mean towards the E class but now I was one of them and to be honest I feel sorry for them. However, they all accept me for who I am and I couldn't even accept myself. "You alright kiddo?" I turned to find Karasuma stood there and I sighed and said "Yeah, I'm alright I guess. Just dreading the whole school assembly." He smiled and said "Don't worry; they can't hurt you anymore than society has." I shook my head and said "I am dreading it because I fear I won't be able to control myself." Karasuma came to the edge of the trunk and laughed "I will be there and so will Jelavic so we have two trained assassins that are able to take you down if needed." I looked at my hands and said "That day comes back to me in my nightmares and sometimes I can't stop the tears that come afterwards." He sighed and said "Coming straight from prison can't be easy." I sighed as a tear trailed down my cheek and I whispered "Life isn't easy, Karasuma if the day comes where I need putting down…I want you to be the one to do it." He hummed and said "I can't guarantee that I will be there but I will do what I can." I stood up and said "Then I will see you in a better place…" and with that I jumped off the trunk.
I heard Karasuma shout but I wasn't bothered…I couldn't live with myself anymore. If we didn't kill him he would blow up the Earth and I would die but if we did kill him I was going to spend the rest of my life being someone else's toy, rotting behind bars for the rest of my life until I leave in a wooden box. I closed my eyes and all my life came flashing forward:
"Excellent, she is a smart 4 year old Mr Yunmi!"
"She is already doing junior high work at the age of 7? How spectacular!"
"She has become a well-seasoned young lady; both smart and sneaky…she would make a great assassin."
"Top scorer of the 1st year group goes to…Shinko Yunmi!"
"What you did was disgraceful, life without bail!"
"You will be my little toy!"
I felt the tears fly past me and I smiled a little, now I could truly be free…free from the restraints of life. But just then something stopped me dead in the air and I turned to find a yellow web around me and I sighed and looked up to find the students and below me was Koro-sensei. I closed my eyes and said "Why?" he shook his head and said "Because no student will die on my watch, why would you want to waste your life like this?" Then Karma shouted down "It's probably the thought of assembly that is killing her." I smiled and said "Do you know what happens to me if you truly die?" He shook his head and I breathed out and said "Once you are dead I go back to jail and back to the men who I can't beat and hurt…basically I rot again until I am dead. I don't want to go back but if we don't kill you I am dead anyway…so why wait." Koro-sensei pulled me back up to the top and placed me on the ground and I went to walk away but I was stopped again and he said "You can't run away from what has happened…" I clenched my fists and shouted "You don't understand me do you? I don't want you to die because it means I will have to carrying on barely living but you will blow up the Earth come March…what other choice did I have?" I stormed away and through the other students until I had reached the staff room and I sighed and lowered myself onto the sofa.
(Karma's POV)
I watched as she walked off and I lowered my head, none of us could relate to the hatred and fear she was truly feeling right now…after all no one here had ever been in prison. I sighed and said "She has a point…we can all go back to normal but she has to go back to that place. I don't blame her." I glanced at Karasuma and said "Honestly, she was a nice girl but people pushed her too far and she snapped…anyone could have in her situation." I walked back to the classroom and glanced at the empty seat next to me and lowered my head. My friend was in pain and I couldn't help her, why was this so hard? I sighed and glanced at the board as Koro-sensei explained something or other and I shook my head…he had done the same for me but nobody could save Shinko from her self – hate.
(Shinko's POV)
I watched as Karasuma walked in with Jelavic beside him and I sighed and said "I know what I did was stupid but no one can understand my reasoning so why should I explain." Karasuma held up his hand and said "I'm not here to have a go at you…I just want to make sure you are alright." I lowered my head and said "Yeah, sorry to spring that on you." He came over and said "Can I tell you something?" I nodded and he sighed and said "I know what it's like in a prison, before I worked for the MOD I was a prison officer and that's how I got transferred and I have seen some horrific things in prison and I would never wish any of it on my worst enemy let alone a 15 year old girl, why did they transfer you to a male prison?" I sighed and twiddled with my skirt and began "I was 2 months into the life sentence when a girl had started bullying me but in prison they don't care and she pushed me to the edge and one day I put my locker padlock into a sock and wacked her on the head. They deemed me too uncontrollable for a female prison so put me in with the males and well; I could never hurt one of them…due to them being built like tanks." Karasuma nodded and said "I know what you mean…how do you survive?"
I lowered my gaze and whispered "I don't…" and with that I rubbed off the foundation on my face and revealed a scar that crossed the length of my face and I began in a quiet tone "This is what happens when you refuse men twice your age…they pulled me into a closet and told me if I didn't then they would do to me what I did to that boy…at the time I didn't want to lose my life. But now I think about it I should have refused…at least I would have been free." Jelavic began to cry and I rolled my eyes and said "Don't ruin your makeup on my behalf." Karasuma laughed a little and said "Well, it is time for the assembly…c'mon kid." I stood up and said "You're not as cold as everyone makes out." He chuckled and said "I will take that as a compliment then shall I?" I smiled and returned to the classroom in time as everyone was ready to leave and I smiled and began my decent down the mountain.
We entered the hall and standing by the door was my once biggest rival Gakushu Asano and I stopped and glanced at Nagisa who shook his head and carried on. I closed my eyes and walked towards the hall when he called out "Well, the rumours are true then…Shinko Yunmi has returned to Kunugigaoka Junior High, perish the thought…I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I read the register list for 3 E." I sighed and walked past him saying "Careful Asano, just because you are the principle's son doesn't mean I can't hurt you." He chuckled and said "You wouldn't, not with that murder rap still looming over your head." I sighed but as I went to walk in Asano held out his hand and said "You don't belong here, you never have and never will…although I will look forward to the competition this year." And with that he walked in and I heard his words echo in my mind and I turned around to be faced with Karasuma and sighed saying "Straight from the mouths of children…" he sighed and said "And I don't care…" and with that he pushed me in the hall and said "Now just line up and don't say a word." I lowered my head and whispering of my name circled the hall and what I did re-surfaces.
I stood in the middle of the line and I could feel something burning my skull and I glanced over the lines to see the 'Big 5' all glancing at me and I sighed and turned away. It may seem like I am ashamed but honestly I am just pissed off that no one can see me for who I am. I looked at the back of Nagisa head and whispered "Nagisa, can I walk with you once assembly has finished?" he nodded and I smiled slightly and whispered "Thanks." I looked over at Karasuma and smiled a little but I knew something would go wrong today…it always did. I watched as a piece of paper fell from the sky and I looked back to see Koro-sensei in a human disguise and I shook my head and watched as Jela-bitch tried to stab him and Karasuma calm them both down. I laughed and then Nagisa said "Trust her to try an assassination attempt here." I nodded and said "Where's Karma?" Nagisa lowered his head and said "He stayed behind…and if I had the grades to do it I would have to." I looked over at Karasuma and muttered "I got pushed in." Nagisa laughed and said "I was watching I feel sorry for you sometimes."
I smiled and as the assembly continued I caught Principle Asano glancing at me and I knew he was trying his fear tactic on me and he was using his own son as the bait but I couldn't rise to him. I watched as A and B class filed out and then finally D class and us could leave and I ran over to Nagisa and said "What'cha doing?" He smiled and said "Getting a drink…you don't mind right?" I frowned and said "Course not, why would I?" He opened his mouth to speak but another came around the corner and said "Because everyone is frightened of you Shinko." I turned to find Asano and the Big 5 stood there and I groaned and said "Nagisa isn't scared of me, and how would you know?" he advanced towards me and I moved back but stumbled into Nagisa and that's when they all pounced. I watched as Nagisa ran and I screamed "Nagisa!" he looked back but continued and that's when Asano came into my vision and said "Call this payback for the kid you killed…" and with that he punched me in the face and I dropped to the ground and curled up while they all punched and kicked me.
Soon they left and I groaned and tried to push up but my arms felt really weak and I fell back to the dirt. Then Maehara and Isogai ran over and shouted "Shinko! Are you injured badly?" I groaned and said "I'm fine guys just give me…" but as I pushed up I fell again and both of them pulled me to my feet and said "Let's get you back to class to see if there is any injury…they certainly chose a blind spot in the cameras." I nodded and said "It was Asano junior and the other 4 douches that know the system off by heart." Both of them nodded and said "Are you alright to climb the hill or do you need a piggy back?" I smiled and said "I'll be fine to walk." Maehara sighed and said "I wouldn't have thought Asano would go that far. Mind you he is about as evil as his father." But as Maehara finished this sentence the Principle and Asano with a new black eye appeared and the Principle said "Miss Yunmi, can I have a word?" I stood up straighter but with help from the boys and he began "Gakushu tells me that you punched him in the eye and the rest of his friends are witnesses…is this true?" I shook my head and said "They beat me up!" I glanced at Asano and I knew I wouldn't win but as the Principle carried on "Are you accusing my son of beating up a girl? I have taught him better and I know he would never." I lowered my head and Isogai butted in "But sir, we have just found her nearly unconscious and she didn't beat herself up." I held up my hand and lied "Yes sir, I beat up Gakushu in pure hatred."
Both the boys began to protest but were soon silenced and I lowered my head as the Principle came closer and whispered "If you ever touch him again I will send you back to the pit you came from Miss Yunmi…don't forget that one." I closed my eyes and said "Yes Principle Asano." And with that they were all once again left and I slumped to the ground and both Maehara and Isogai shouted "Shinko! Do you need help?" I shook my head and that's when Karasuma shouted "Boys what is taking so long?" but as he clocked me he ran over and said "Shinko? What has happened?" Isogai and Maehara ran through what had just happened and I sighed and said "I will be alright…I promise." But with this Karasuma pulled me onto his back and said "I'm not letting you get hurt, come on boys." And with that we descended back up the mountain.
*After classes – Karasuma's POV*
I watched as the girl walked back in and I smiled and said "The whole class brought in a selection of clothes and different things to wear because they thought it would be unfair for you to not have anything to wear." She smiled and said "These guys are amazing…I will have to pay them back somehow…thank you Karasuma for everything." I glanced up and looked into her eyes and I saw honesty and innocence but on the outside I saw pure hatred of oneself and fear of hurting anyone. When I asked her why she didn't fight back she said she didn't want to kill him and she feared she wouldn't stop if she started. I shook my head and walked over to her saying "You don't need to thank me, just trust in me and I will keep you safe." She looked up at me and I smiled and said "Now I have to go but I promise I will be back tomorrow kid okay?" She nodded and I made my way out of the staff room and walked down the darkened corridors. She was strong but maybe still broken…maybe.
