Disclaimer: I do not own Assassination Classroom or anything associated with it. I only own the OC Hiyashi Mizuki and her siblings. All rights go to Yusei Matsui.
A/N: Thank you for the favorites and reviews. Not sure how accurate this part is to canon but this is also a fanfiction so it doesn't really matter. Alright enjoy:)
Mizuki's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the classroom door opening. Her teacher, Aguri Yukimura, walked in. She set her stuff down on her desk at the front of the room, humming lightly to herself with a sweet smile on her face. Turning around, she started to clean the chalkboard which had some dust lingering from its unused state over the break. Every once in a while, she turned her face towards the window and blushed lightly. Is… Is my teacher in love? Mizuki thought with a mental face plant.
Sighing, she knew if she were to enact her plan for the year, she would have to start with her teacher. Getting up, she walked towards her teacher's desk, unconsciously using her sneaking skills acquired from practicing avoiding the monster that lived in her home. Her teacher had still failed to notice her presence, so she lightly tapped on her shoulder to announce her presence.
"EEEEEEEEEE!" Yukimura-sensei squealed, closing her eyes.
Taken aback, Mizuki stumbled a step backwards with a hand on her chest to calm her racing heart.
Opening her eyes, Yukimura-sensei spotted her (finally) and gasped, "Are you the new student? I heard you were added last minute. Hmmmm, the others all already know each other from the mandatory cram school over the break, but it's fine. I'm sure you'll all get along splendidly!"
Mizuki motioned to her throat and mimed speaking then put her arms in an X shape.
"Huh? You can't speak?"
She nodded her head vigorously with a fake pout on her face.
"That's strange; there was no mention of that in your profile."
Grabbing the chalk on the board, she wrote, "There was an accident and I have lost my ability to speak."
"Oh no! That's terrible! Don't worry, I will make sure the rest of the class knows and I won't force you to participate in any vocal participation."
She shot a grateful smile at her teacher. This one isn't so bad.
Turning around, she went to sit back down at her desk and wait for her other classmates to arrive. Arrive they did. Slowly, students trickled in one by one. Each of them entered with a shadow surrounding their whole aura until they spotted her. The shadow remained, but it was joined by their curiosity. As more students showed up, the whispers grew to the point where she could make out the words.
"Wasn't she the top student"
"I heard she beat the Chairman's son last year"
And of course, the biggest question. "Why is she here?"
Mizuki ignored all of this in favor of staring at the bright white clouds floating peacefully in the sky. Once the bell rang, the students' curiosity had faded a tad and they all quieted down, waiting for Yukimura-sensei's introduction of the new student.
"Ohayo class" Yukimura-sensei greeted with a cheery smile. "Welcome back to a new school year."
A few students mumbled a greeting back at her, "Ohayo Yukimura-sensei."
Yukimura-sensei's face fell a little at the poor response, but she immediately picked it back up. She wrapped her white lab coat around her body tighter and continued, "Now I'm sure you all have noticed a new student in the back of the room. Everyone, this is Hiyashi Mizuki-chan. She was transferred here a little late and wasn't informed of the mandatory cram school, so this is her first time meeting you all. Please make her feel welcome. Oh! Also, she had informed me that she has lost the ability to speak due to an accident, so please do not bug her about it."
The whole class perked up a bit at that. Whispers flew across the room again each coming up with ideas of what the accident could have been. Mizuki simply sat quietly in the back. She had chosen to lie about her ability to speak for a few reasons.
One. If she can't speak, then she doesn't have to answer and super hard questions about her past or current situation and everyone will lose interest quickly.
Two. If she doesn't speak, she won't have the ability to become close to anyone which would prevent another Asa- Traitor situation or her father situation from ever happening again. Letting people in close to her has just proven to be a mistake.
Three. It allowed her to be more observant (a weak point for her) as well as allow her free time in class to read ahead or her own material since she doesn't have to fear being called on.
It was a perfect plan. So, she simply sat through class, silent as a mouse, gazing at the clouds the first day.
Timeskip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
During lunch, she had expected students to crowd her desk in attempt to get even the slightest answers from her, but none came. All of them seemed too engrossed in their own gloomy world to care about her. All the better for her. Her teacher looked on silently at them, face drawn into a thoughtful expression as she tried to come up with ways to brighten the spirits of her students.
She's a good teacher, but she's far too inexperienced. The discrimination against these students is far too strong for one teacher to change. Mizuki thought. Guess it'll be interesting this year to see how she tries to motivate this class. In the mean time, I'm going to beat out that idiotic traitor for his precious first spot.
Timeskip (One week later)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOOM
Mizuki bolted upright in bed. Bet. No way that was thunder. Opening the curtains of her room, she looked outside for the source of the sound. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary except for the people who were coming out of their houses or staring out their windows like her. The few people who were on the street were pointing at the sky. She pushed the glass open and poked her head out to get a better look.
At first, she didn't understand; the night sky looked pretty normal: the midnight blue background, stars littering the sky albeit a little brighter than normal, and a crescent moon shining brightly. Something about the image nagged at the back of her mind, but she couldn't figure out what it was.
She heard a soft voice whisper behind her, "Nee-chan!"
Turning, she saw her sister and brother tiptoeing into her room. Sliding the door close, they ran up to her and asked, "What was that sound?"
"I don't know Ren." She said, an uneasy feeling settling in her chest; but she couldn't deal with that now. She was more concerned about whether the sound had woken up the Monster or not. Well, there's no yelling, maybe he's so drunk he didn't wake up.
As she contemplated with her sister sitting on the edge of her bed, she heard a soft gasp next to her. Looking down, she saw Reo staring up into the sky, hands covering his mouth.
"What's wrong Reo?"
"The moon is gone." He replied, face as pale as the moon itself.
"What do you mean it's gone; it's right there." Mizuki said in a slightly irked voice. How could he miss the moon?
Ren ran to her brother's side and gasped, "It is gone!"
"What?"
"The moon. It was a full moon tonight before we went to bed and now more than half of it is gone." Ren told her while putting a hand on her shaking brother's shoulder.
"No. Way." Mizuki denied.
No. That's impossible. She glanced outside where more people had gathered. They, too, were staring at the sky as if there were something wrong. Something clicked in her mind and she realized her siblings were right. The something that was bothering her earlier was the fact that the moon was no longer whole. How did I miss a whole three quarters of the moon? *mental facepalm*
"Okay, you two. I don't know what the hell is going on, but you two need to stay here while I go figure it out." Mizuki told them in a voice that left no room for argument. "You can share my bed. I'll be back in a bit; I don't want you risking going back to your rooms in case he is up."
"Hai." Reo whispered.
Ren still hadn't responded. Mizuki could see the protest in her eyes. She was always the courageous one out of the two.
Bending down, she put her hand on Ren's shoulder, "Listen, I know you want to come, but I can't keep an eye on you out there. Remember what happened that day in the park?"
"Fiiine" Ren groaned out.
Timeskip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"...70% of the moon has been vaporized. Let me repeat. 70% of the moon has been vaporized." The lady on the screen announced.
Another news lady on the adjacent screen questioned, "Does this mean we only get to see a crescent moon from now on?"
All the TV screens behind the glass in the electronics shop showed similar reports. Shoving past the crowd of people who were also trying to figure out what on earth or what in space I guess was going on. She shouldered past the last of the people and stumbled out of the crowd.
Thank goodness the moon was vaporized not exploded. The debris from the moon would've killed so many people. That was her first thought as she started on her short journey home.
Her second thought occurred just as she left the shopping area. How is this going to affect the tides? Wait, are we going to drown? No, wait, we'll be fine, but the oceanic life won't because the moon's decreased gravitational force will cause the tides to fall drastically.
Comforted, she moved on to her third thought, So the question is, how did the moon get vaporized? The three possible answers I can come up with right now are: aliens, a secret government project, or scientist didn't know enough about the moon and it was scheduled to self-destruct. Not too keen on that last one though. If it were a government project, that would be disastrous because now someone somewhere has enough firepower to destroy the freaking moon. On the other hand, aliens would be worse because at least humans can occasionally be reasoned with or manipulated, or they could also be taken down by assassins before they can use it. Plus they wouldn't want to risk destroying Earth since, you know, they live here. I hope it's not aliens then… because what's to stop them from destroying Earth next?
With that morbid thought, Mizuki ran the rest of the way home to hug her siblings, hopefully not for the last time. What she missed was a tentacled creature shooting through the night sky in the light of the crescent moon.
