Bubbles erupt from a piping beaker. She reaches for the spirit lamp. Her fingers glide against the lamp as it moves away from the tripod. Her left hand props up on the wooden table. She pulls a lid from the pockets of her blazer. Fire on the cord flickers out. The cylindrical apparatus is sealed away.
A tentacle holds the mouth of the beaker. The tentacle helps the girl place it on the wooden table. She marks five different test tubes with a black marker; A, B, C, D and E, much like the class system in her school. She puts the test tubes in the hot water. She picks up a paper. Her legs on the stool and body leaned forward. Her left hand holds a stopwatch. She reads the paper. A, B, C, D and E test tubes are divided into horizontal sections and their results will be displayed in the right column.
At five minutes, she pressed the button on the stopwatch. Four of the test tubes crowd each other. A, B, C and D are all blue. They didn't react. E is squished between C and D. Extending her hand, a tentacle lays on top.
"Okuda-san", Koro-sensei said. He holds a pair of tongs. "Don't forget lab safety".
Okuda Manami grabs the pair of tongs. Test tube E is fished out of the water bath. "Th-thank you, Koro-sensei. O-oh, i-it's red".
"Ah, one of them reacted", the octopus teacher chuckled nerufufu. "Test tube E.. I believe it's Karma-kun's snack".
"K-Karma-kun's s-snack?" Manami said. She glanced at Koro-sensei. The liquid swirled in the test tube.
"Yes. You see, Okuda-san. His family loves to send him snacks from other countries along their trip", Koro-sensei said. "He gave me one of his snacks before. Some coconut crackers. It was delicious". He licked his lips. His tentacles grab the tripod and the spirit lamp. "Did you remember the gelato incident?"
Manami nods. It was an incident she could never forget. Koro-sensei has been squishing his tentacles on the wall. He was upset about someone fooling him and melting his tentacles. The class was taking a maths test. Squished echoes in the tiny classroom. No one was pleased. A slurp followed. "Karma-kun, no eating in class".
She turned to the seat behind her. It used to be an empty desk. A red haired boy sits there. His pen and paper are down. He tastes the pink dessert as he leaned back on his chair. Koro-sensei fumed. "Where did you get that gelato from?"
"Oh, this?" the boy licked it once more. "I saw it on my way to class. Apparently, it was left on a desk. You should have kept it in a cold place, teach".
"That was a special order gelato from an Italian gelateria I have been saving for after class", Koro-sensei grows red. "Karma-kun, I will have to come and take it away from you".
"Be my guest", Karma enjoys the ice cream. Koro-sensei moves his tentacles, reaching the seat in front of him. A tentacle melted. Manami gasped. Pink bullets scatter on the ground. Koro-sensei raised his blown-off tentacles.
"Anti-me bullets", the teacher gasped. He swayed his body and tentacles from left to right. More bullets dropped to the floor. Karma laughs. He holds a gun in his left hand.
"Gotcha", he placed it on the creature towering over him. "That's two successful attempts, teach. I'm not stopping now. I'll keep coming for you even if it means disrupting the class. If you don't like it, you can kill me or any of us. But once you do, your teacher status is dead".
"Swapped with the gelato, he smeared it all over the black mantle. He inched his gaze on the shaking pair of black pupils. Pink gelato drops on the ground. Manami gulps. Somebody landed two hits on the class target on the same day. It was a feat she could never imagine.
The same yellow tentacle holds a red pouch with printed foreign letters. "It was from that time. Still, this is too sugary. He could have injured his stomach refluxes. I should keep this to myself".
Koro-sensei opened the pouch. He savoured the sweets one by one. A half grin half frown made its way into his face. "I-It's hard to believe that y-you destroyed the moon back in M-March.."
"You should believe it, Okuda-san", he smiled. Yellow tentacle swirls the beaker. Maybe this teacher isn't so bad after all. He could have eaten the sweets for his own satisfaction but he chose to conduct research for his own students. "Let's try it out".
Character info (by Manami):
Koro-sensei
Octopus teacher at Kunugigaoka Middle School. Teaches Class E. He was the one who was responsible in blowing up the Moon. Yet he is kind enough to conduct an experiment for his students.
Akabane Karma
The only student to affect Koro-sensei's tentacles and psyche. Honestly, she is a little bit jealous considering that it was his first time being in class. She couldn't do the same thing as he did.
Disclaimer: I do not own Assassination Classroom. Assassination Classroom is a series written by Yusei Matsui. The anime is produced by Lerche. This is a fanfiction to provide a character spotlight on Okuda Manami. Themes and characterisation may differ from the original series. Also uploaded on lavender1112 blogspot