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: Hey guys, so I'm having kind of a writer's block for this fanfiction. I kind of felt it coming as I haven't written anything good for it in the past few weeks. It's probably because I'm in an intense Haikyuu phase where that's all I can think about. Basically, The Class A Elitist will be going on temporary hiatus. I don't think it'll be for very long, but who knows? I might post a Haikyuu fic cause I have one started or I might not. We'll see. Anyway, here's the last chapter for a while. I'm sorry my snowflakes!~


Chapter 19

"Hiyashi-chan, want me to walk you to the cram school?" Chiba asked her as she packed up her things. She deliberately didn't pack up earlier since Shiota tended to be one of the last few who left the building. He always seemed like he wanted to take as long as possible to get home.

"It's okay Chiba-kun. I have to take care of something first. I already let Matsukata-san know. Thank you for the offer though." Mizuki thanked with a closed eye smile.

"Oh… um alright. See you tomorrow then." Chiba said, sounding disappointed. He turned and walked out the door. Looking up, Mizuki spotted the blue head as she finished putting her books away. He was walking alone today which worked just fine for Mizuki.

"Shiota-san."

"Oh! Hiyashi-san, you're still here?" Shiota asked her politely.

"I was hoping you could help me with something." Mizuki said a bit shyly. "Do you mind walking with me down the mountain?"

"Of course not!" He smiled.

As they walked in amicable silence downhill, Mizuki felt a bit unsure how to broach the topic. Instead, she went for a general question, "How have you been since the incident Shiota-san?"

"I've been much better! Thank you for asking Hiyashi-san. Your advice really helped me."

"Really?" Mizuki was a bit surprised at this. With a soft smile, she looked ahead, "I'm glad."

"What did you want my help with? I have a few more notes of Korosensei's weaknesses, but they're not really useful right now haha." He laughed with a hand behind his head in embarrassment.

"Oh, thank you, but it's okay. I've been observing a bit more. Maybe we can discuss later." Mizuki offered. She felt a bit awkward still. Was this how people made friends? She was definitely more comfortable in Shiota's presence than the others barring Chiba-kun.

As if he could read her thoughts, Shiota spoke up, "You and Chiba-san seem to be getting along these days. Everyone was surprised. They all thought you were too snobby to befriend us."

Mizuki stopped walking in shock. "Wait, really?"

Shiota seemed nervous at her expression, "I hope I didn't offend you! If it helps, I told them you weren't like that type of person and now that they see you with Chiba-san they don't seem to think that of you anymore."

"No- you didn't offend me. I didn't realize that's what people thought of me."

"Well, we were kind of confused why you would rather pretend to be mute rather than talk to us so everyone just assumed you thought you were above us." Shiota said sounding a bit ashamed.

"I see." Mizuki hummed thoughtfully. She didn't particularly care about what others thought of her, but she didn't enjoy being compared to the snooty Class A kids. I suppose I deserve it. I never defended them even though I had every opportunity to. Karma's a bitch. Mizuki thought with a hint of bitterness. Wait, Karma!

"Shiota-san!" She suddenly exclaimed.

His blue eyes snapped to her clearly startled after her silence. "What's wrong Hiyashi-san?"

"I wanted to ask you about the new student, or old I guess."

"Oh, Karma-kun?" Shiota wondered aloud, "What about him?"

Mizuki glanced forward seeing the gates at the bottom of the mountain coming into view before turning back to Shiota. "Well, I guess I'm curious about his history. Why was he suspended? What kind of person is he?"

"Hmmm… well he was suspended towards the end of his second year for his violent actions towards another student. His violent tendencies landed him in Class E despite his good grades." Shiota began, "As to what kind of person he is… well that's a little complicated."

"Hmmm," Mizuki hummed again. She didn't want to push Shiota, he already seemed uncomfortable when she asked what kind of person Akabane-san was. A light bulb went off in her head as she pondered what he said, "Wait, he's the same guy who beat up Taijin-san? I heard he didn't perform well at his high school entrance exams because he was ruthlessly beat up by a student from our year."

"Yeah," Shiota sweat dropped, "That was Karma-kun."

Mizuki went silent again as they passed the gate. Since they had come out a bit later, all the main campus students had already left except for a few stragglers here and there. The duo started in the direction of the train station. Just as they stepped off campus, something occurred to Mizuki, "Ne, Shiota-san, if you don't mind me asking, why do you seem so familiar with Akabane-san? No offense, he seems a bit more… violent than you."

Shiota didn't seem to be offended. He let out a nervous chuckle, "Ha ha, yeah, I don't know either. We were friends in our first and second year, but I never understood why someone like him would hang out with someone like me."

"That's not what I meant." Mizuki clarified, "I was wondering why you'd hangout with him. You seem, uh, kind. I mean compared to him." Mizuki ducked her head letting her hair fall forward in embarrassment. She wasn't used to complimenting a person so openly especially since they were just acquaintances.

Shiota looked surprised at her response. "Thank you? You seem pretty nice too, Hiyashi-san. As to why, I guess because I didn't have any other friends. He was so cool compared to me, so when he seemed interested in being my friend, I didn't see any reason to object. It was better than being alone." His blue eyes darkened as he said that.

"I wouldn't say that." Mizuki whispered.

She didn't mean for him to hear, but he had and responded, "Why do you say that? I thought you'd understand out of anyone. After all, aren't you and Chiba-san friends?"

"Yes," Mizuki answered slowly, "but it was really at his insistence." If he didn't want to be friends, I'd be fine on my own.

"Oh, my mistake." Shiota answered. They continued to walk in companionable silence towards the train station. Shiota took a breath as if to ask her something then paused seemingly to have changed his mind.

"What's wrong, Shiota-san?"

"I- well, I was wondering- Never mind." He babbled, "Oh, you don't have to call me by my last name, you know? Everyone else just calls me Nagisa."

"But we are simply classmates, are we not?"

For some reason, Shiota seemed slightly put out by this response, "Yeah, no, we are. Forget it." He told her with his typical smile.

Before she could figure out what was wrong, a sneering voice rang out, "Oi, it's Nagisa!"

"He's gotten completely used to Class E."

Mizuki turned in the direction at the sound while Shiota stood frozen next to her. His whole face had turned dark clearly being affected by the words. She spotted a pair of boys wearing their school's uniform standing near a pillar at the entrance of the train station. They were stealing judgemental glances towards the blue haired boy not even bothering to lower their voices. They clearly wanted him to hear their hurtful words.

She had seen this many times before. Usually she would keep walking, unaffected by the lives of others, but this time, for some reason, she could feel anger bubbling up.

"Look, the Fallen Angel is with them. She really is one of them now."

Mizuki snapped, she glanced quickly at Shiota to make sure he'd be okay for a bit, then turned to march over and give them a piece of her mind.

"... Even if it kills me, I seriously don't want to end up there." The shorter, freckled boy was saying.

SMASH!

The sound of glass shattering broke the afternoon air. Mizuki paused as she saw a certain redhead standing next to the pillar holding the broken glass bottle, sharp end pointing at the two boys.

"Ahhhhh!" They squealed.

"You'd rather die?" Akabane-san questioned playfully before his expression turned threatening, "Then how about dying right now?"

"Uwahaaaaa! Akabane!" They shouted fearfully as they ran away.

"Ahahaha! As if I'd actually kill them." He laughed as if he hadn't just threatened to commit first degree murder. "I have a new toy, so I won't risk getting suspended again."

Mizuki's hazel eyes immediately closed off as the red head turned his head in her direction.

"Karma-kun…" A soft voice whispered next to her. Mizuki snapped her head to the side, startled to see Shiota-san standing beside her. It seemed he had snapped out of whatever trance he had been in. She was tempted to ask if he were okay, but her survival instincts forced her to focus on the threat in front of her.

So he's a sociopath. She observed, intrigued, His tendency towards violence plus his personality explains why he was able to take down all of those thugs last time.

Golden irises locked onto hers. She saw a lazy curiosity in his eyes and wondered if he even remembered her. The curiosity barely lasted a second before his eyes shifted to the blue head next to her. Completely ignoring her presence, he spoke to Shiota, "By the way, Nagisa-kun, there's something I wanted to ask you."

Shiota shot her a quick glance as if to apologize for his friend's behavior. She shrugged, indifferent. It appears he didn't remember her. The problem was she wasn't sure how she felt about that. Well, that's something to figure out later. I better leave them alone. She thought to herself.

"I guess that's my cue. Thanks for walking with me, Shiota-san." Mizuki addressed the blue eye boy. "I'll see you two tomorrow, Shiota-san, Akabane-san."

Turning around, she headed in the direction of the cram school to pick up her siblings. Lost in her thoughts about the day's events, she missed the way golden eyes followed her as she walked away.

Chapter 19 End


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