A/N: Hi my snowflake~ I hope you guys are all doing well and hopefully still with me on this story. These chapters might be a little rough, but I promise they will get better and you'll definitely see more growth in character relationships. Also, any interaction with the story is very much appreciated because it lets me know there are still those who like the story. Anyway, here's the next chapter! Enjoy~


Chapter 24

"What are you doing?" Mizuki deadpanned as she took in the scene before her.

Of all people, the idiot trio was standing in front of her, blocking her path into the girl's locker room. Today was particularly hot, and she did not enjoy the feeling of her sweat soaked clothes.

Instead of acknowledging her, they simply continued a conversation amongst themselves. Mizuki gave them the grace of a few seconds before deciding if they were going to ignore her, she would ignore them. Not her brightest idea. She walked forward to try and shove past them but was met with a wall of flesh. Glaring up, she tried to shoulder her way between them, but they wouldn't let up.

Fine. You want the hard way, you got it.

Taking out her anti-sensei gun, she loaded a single bb. Aiming downward, at a -ahem- special area, she looked Teresaka dead in the eyes with her silent threat.

"Uh…" He fumbled. Before any damage was done to his family jewels, Rio exited from behind him with a smug look on her face. Brushing past the idiot trio in front of the doorway, she sent Mizuki a wink.

Too frustrated to care, Mizuki just pushed past the three and entered the locker room. She opened her locker to grab her clothes... except they weren't there.

"Okuda-San," Mizuki addressed the timid girl who was still changing. "Have you seen my uniform?"

Okuda stuttered out, "I-I think I saw Nakamura-san with a bundle of clothes in her arms."

"Unbelievable." Mizuki growled as she rushed out the exit.

"Nakamura!"

"Yes?" The aforementioned girl popped up from behind her with an innocent look on her face.

"Give me my clothes. Now." Mizuki growled.

With an offended gasp, Rio looked taken aback, "How could you accuse your friend of theft Mizuki-Chan."

"I'm not your friend. We aren't close enough for a first name basis. Now give me my clothes. I know you took them when you changed earlier."

"Hmm, well you should get your eyes checked cause I got nothing on me. Feel free to check." Rio opened her arms in invitation for a pat down.

Mizuki could tell she wasn't lying about not currently having her clothes, but she knew the other girl was lying about not knowing where they were.

"Um, Hiyashi-Chan." A familiar voice butted in.

Looking a bit nervous, Chiba stood in the doorway of the boys locker room with a pile of wet clothes in his hands. A very familiar pile of wet clothes.

Oh he did NOT.

As if on cue, the devil himself appeared. "Oh dear, Mizuki-Chan...You haven't changed yet? You're starting to smell a little."

To emphasize his point, he pinched his nose with his fingers. To add salt to the wound, the idiot trio followed him as he walked out with their noses covered too.

"Looks like the issue of the missing clothes is solved." A nasally voice came from beside Mizuki. She turned only to see Rio skipping away back into the classroom.

Sighing, she held out her hands and accepted her ruined clothes from Chiba.

"I'm sorry. I tried to stop them, but I realized too late."

"It's fine. It's not your fault Chiba-kun."

The two stood in silence with only the sound of dripping water coming from Mizuki's clothes. Clearing his throat, Chiba started, "I might have an extra shirt or something in my locker if you're fine with wearing my clothes."

Mizuki looked at him with surprise, "No, no, I wouldn't want to burden you. I'll figure something out."

"It's not a burden!" He blurted. "I usually put an extra set of clothes in my locker anyway, so you can use it, no problem. It might be a little big on you though. "

Mizuki hesitated. It was either this or stay in her smelly PE uniform. "Okay. Thank you Chiba-kun."

"Of course. Right. Well… I'll go and grab that really quick." Chiba darted inside the boy's locker room as the blush grew on his face. He was only now realizing that Mizuki would be wearing his , Mizuki was having a similar realization…

Lord save these two.

~~Time skip~~

"Okuda-San, are you sure this will work?" Mizuk asked the other girl for the fifth time.

She nodded, "Don't worry. I might be in E class, but I'm confident in my chemistry skills. This will definitely work better than any store bought hair dye."

Mizuki gave her a complimentary pat on the shoulder. "Thank you so much. I'll pay you back for this in the future."

"Oh, no it-it's okay Hiyashi-San. I'm just grateful to know you're much nicer than I thought you were."

Mizuki had a sudden urge to hug the small girl. She had not originally planned to ask the other girl for help, but when she had recruited Kayano to help her use Nagisa to figure out Karma's whereabouts, the green haired girl had insisted on having Okuda help them with the prank. After working with her, Mizuki realized the smaller girl was rather cute, like a bunny. Timid, but intelligent.

"Hiyashi-San! They're coming!" Kayano warned her. She looked excited. When Mizuki had approached her about helping with this prank, she definitely didn't expect the other girl to accept so quickly nor did she expect her to take initiative with planning. It seemed the other girl disliked Karma as well. Or she simply likes chaos.

"Great" Mizuki nodded, "I'll message you when the coast is clear."

"Mm" The green haired girl nodded, eyes sparkling.

"Thank you Kayano-San."

After she left, Mizuki started setting up. She was lucky that Karma usually showed up early to class, so the room was relatively empty which meant there wasn't a risk of anyone telling Karma the plan ahead of time.

They waited in anticipation as the sound of footsteps rapidly approached. They stopped in front of the doors. The door slid open and the trap was sprung. Instead of seeing a hot pink drenched Karma, Mizuki was met with a smirking face and a drenched Sugino Tomohito.

"Y-you" Mizuki stuttered out in shock.

"Hmmm, did you set this up Mizuki-Chan?" Even if you look down on us, don't you think this is too much?"

Mizuki grit her teeth. There wasn't much she could do against him at this point, instead, she approached the former baseball player and apologized profusely. She unsuccessfully tried to wipe off the dye from his hair and clothes, but true to Okuda's words, the dye was very strong. The original target simply laughed to himself and walked to his desk, plopping down without a care in the world.

"I am so sorry Sugino-San. I really intended this for that annoying prick, not you." Mizuki apologized. "I can pay you back for your ruined uniform."

"Um, Sugino-San, here is some dye remover. I made it just in case we accidentally spilled it when setting it up." Okuda offered a small bottle as she said this. Once again Mizuki had an urge to hug the other girl, but this time it was from gratitude.

"Looks like I owe you again Okuda-San. I'm lucky you're so talented and prepared." She smiled sheepishly.

Okuda giggled and blushed, happy to have been recognized for her skills in her favorite subject.

Sugino gratefully took the dye remover from Okuda and thanked her. Turning to Mizuki, he gave her a strange look before saying, "Don't worry about it Hiyashi-san. Since this'll come off, no harm done. Just… don't do it again, yeah?"

"I won't," She promised. Maybe she had taken things a little too far with this prank. It was risky to play when any of her classmates could have been the ones to walk through the door like Sugino.

As the rest of the class filtered into the room, Mizuki finished cleaning up the spill and the supplies before slipping to her desk right as class was starting. As Korosensei lectured, Mizuki tried to focus on writing her notes, but she kept feeling a ticklish sensation on her legs. She reached down and brushed her hand against her leg and let out a yelp of surprise when she felt something fall off her leg.

On the ground under her desk was a large centipede. Seeing the many legs moving at once Mizuki shuddered and shrieked a little. She couldn't help it. Centipedes and millipedes were her least favorite bugs and that thing had been ON her.

"What's wrong Hiyashi-kun?" Korosensei asked her from the front of the room.

Mizuki only then realized the whole class was staring at her. Embarrassed, she tried to whisper out that it was nothing, but no sound came out. Her eyes were glued to the bug crawling around her desk.

"It's a centipede!" Kuruhashi cried out. Contrary to Mizuki's yell, her's was in delight. The other girl moved from where she had been standing with the others and held her hand out to the creepy crawly. It calmly climbed onto her hand and she skipped outside to return it back to nature.

Now that the threat was gone, Mizuki turned to the culprit. He had been sitting at the desk next to hers, laughing the whole time. His golden eyes shined with mirth and a hint of sadism.

Korosensei hearded the other students back into their seats then turned to the two in the back of the room. "Hiyashi-kun, Karma-kun, please see me after class."

Time Skip

"I have let this go since I wanted the two of you to sort your own differences, but now it's interfering with the other students and with class time." Korosensei lectured. He had a stern look on his face. Mizuki could feel the disappointment radiating off of him. "You two may be ahead of the rest of the class, but that does not mean you are allowed to interrupt their chance at learning with your childish pranks."

"Hai," Mizuki responded. Karma stayed silent, but he had an annoyed look on his face.

"If you continue to disrupt the class, I will be forced to suspend you."

Both of them flinched at the threat. Mizuki contemplated her options. Turning to Karma, she held out a hand, "Truce for now?"

He eyed her skeptically.

"Look, neither of us like each other, but if we keep this up you won't be able to assassinate Korosensei and I know you care about that. It's easier on both of us if we just end it here." Mizuki reasoned out.

"Fine." Karma agreed, taking her hand.

"Ow!" Mizuki yelped. She glared at the smirking red haired boy.

"Karma-kun." Korosensei reprimanded.

He laughed carefreely, "Sorry, couldn't help myself. It's in my nature."

Though they had agreed to a temporary peace, both of them knew this wouldn't be over.

Chapter 24 End


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